Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 251 The Gate of Life and Death

"Chan Yu, the East and the West have already fought two tactics of war, probably with Li You and Qiang Li's troops. Now we are facing a desperate situation of three-way encirclement!" The scout said slowly with tears in his eyes.

All the soldiers looked at each other with horror on their faces, looking at Shan Yu in disbelief. Is this the auspiciousness brought by his pigeons?

There are a total of [-] troops on both sides!

The Xiongnu soldiers had already had the idea of ​​retreating. They did not want to resist the Qin army, so it was better to escape from the north gate immediately before the Qin army formed a siege on Longcheng.

But Mao Dun's eyes were cold, he still firmly believed in King Zuo Xian's loyalty, and scolded those fugitives: "We have nowhere to go now, do you think we will be safe if we leave Dragon City?"

Dragon City is impregnable and is a towering barrier made of thick walls. It will be difficult for the Qin army to conquer it for a while.

If the Xiongnu retreated, they would lose the protection of the barrier, and the Qin army would cross the barrier to encircle and suppress the Huns. The Qin army's marching speed is not too slow, and it is likely to catch up in a day or two, and be beheaded by the Qin army. Exhausted.

Modu's reminder did rekindle the fighting spirit of many retreating people. As for those who took the lead in surrendering, Modu didn't show mercy, and directly killed them all with a knife.

When the Xiongnu soldiers saw Maodun and killed them, they all looked terrified and dared not mention the surrender again. Maodun used his majesty to force the retreaters to have nowhere to escape, and they could only join the others to participate in the city defense.

But Mao Dun is not the kind of person who is sleepy and stubborn. He firmly believes that Zuo Xianwang will come to help them and burn the Qin army's food and grass, forcing the Qin army to surrender.

Li You and Qiang Li outside the city led [-] soldiers each to the outside of Longcheng Pass and joined Meng Tian, ​​who held a military meeting with them.

Inside the tent, Meng Tian's eyes were as sharp as knives, his tone was as cold as ice, and he said slowly: "One hundred thousand troops launched an attack on Longcheng from three routes, we set aside one gate for the Huns to escape, opened three sides of the net, and left one side alone !"

"But our door is not the door of life, but the door of death. Once the Huns flee, the [-] elite cavalry will kill them all!"

Li You and Qiang Yan smiled slightly, and slightly agreed with Meng Tian's killing move.

The army corrected for three days and waited for Zhang Han's food and supplies. Among them, Maodun had been scared by the Qin army, so he dared not attack the Qin army's camp again, and only stayed in Longcheng.

Seeing that the Qin army still hadn't retreated, Mao Dun's face gradually became serious, and he frowned and said: "It's been three days, and it stands to reason that Zuo Xianwang has received our information, why hasn't he acted so long?"

"Could it be that the Qin army has learned the lesson from the last time and has added a lot of soldiers to the food and supplies, and there are even regular troops to guard against it?"

"If this is the case, will we fail completely this time, or we are doomed to fail from the very beginning!"

Mao Dun recalled the plan he thought was perfect, with a faint smile on his face, he still concluded that King Zuo Xian was right, it was only a matter of time.

Mao Dun didn't care about his plan at all, it seemed impeccable, but it was full of loopholes, Qin Jun was definitely not a fool, how could he be fooled, he still thought Qin Jun was too stupid and naive!
The next day, Zhang Han had already arrived outside the city. Qin Jun had a smile on his face and looked at the military rations with scrutiny. Showdown of the day!

After the army had enough food and drink, the long night gradually came, and there was a faint smile on the faces of all the soldiers. Now the Xiongnu soldiers were so happy and began to fall asleep, but Meng Tian frowned in the barracks.

Meng Tian had already sent the vanguard troops to spy on the intelligence. The city wall was tens of meters high and made of thick soil. Ordinary slings were really helpless. Unexpectedly, the Xiongnu actually learned the essence of wall building from the Central Plains and imitated the Great Wall. Forged Dragon City!

Now Zhang Han's catapult may not be able to cause substantial damage to the city wall, so we can only hope for the ladder!
However, the Xiongnu soldiers still fought fiercely against the Qin army inside the city walls. I am afraid that this time the siege will take a bit of trouble. According to the Art of War, it takes five times as many troops to attack a city, let alone the Huns royal court. The Huns will definitely defend it with all their might , will definitely consume a lot of troops.

Naturally, this is not what Meng Tian wishes to see the most!
But in order to capture the Dragon City, conquer the King's Court of the Huns, and completely destroy the last direction of the Huns soldiers, they had to let the soldiers stare at the endless pressure to attack the city.

The next day, a rumbling army of [-] people began to attack at the third gate. Meng Tian first threw all the stones with a sling, and struck a head-on blow at the Huns. Shi was so confused that he didn't know how to put up a shield for defense.

Upstairs in the Dragon City, the soldiers of the Huns faced the stone-like rain of arrows, or were hit on the forehead, bursting out blood, or were hit by a blow to the legs, and couldn’t get up in pain, or they themselves were weighed down by the stones. Defeated.

When a round of throwing stones fell, the Huns soldiers were quickly dispersed, and they were a little at a loss. Mao Dun raised his arms and shouted in time, and raised his shields to defend, and the Huns soldiers raised their shields.

However, the Qin army's stone throwing had stopped, followed by a new round of attacks. The Qin army raised the bamboo poles and charged regardless of the hail of bullets on the tower, and the ladder was slowly approaching the city under the push of the soldiers, who charged Go up the city wall and fight against the Huns soldiers.

The Xiongnu soldiers looked at the series of siege machines of the Qin army, with horror and ferocious faces on their faces.

Where have they seen these huge monsters in the grassland? When they saw these creatures, they were terrified. They were at a loss for a while, their legs trembled uncontrollably, and some even peed their pants on the spot.

When the Qin army slowly approached the city wall, they realized the role of these monsters. They pushed the rolling logs and stones in the city to fight against the Qin army. When the Qin army rushed to the top of the building, they waved their spears to fight.

Facing the fierce offensive of the Qin army, the Xiongnu soldiers could barely resist on the first day, but they were obviously injured on the second day, and they were hanged and beaten by the Qin army on the third day.

The Xiongnu soldiers were completely flustered, and the south gate had already been captured. Modu immediately sent soldiers from the Chinese camp to guard the cattle and sheep to reinforce.

But Mao Dun has long been unable to recover. At this moment, he is still saying to the Huns: "Let's fight against the Qin army first, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. If everyone persists for a few days, the Qin army will definitely withdraw its troops on its own initiative!"

But few people can believe his nonsense. The Xiongnu soldiers have already noticed the gap in the Qin army's siege, which is the North City Gate. Therefore, of the [-] Hun soldiers guarding the city, one-third of the troops rushed to attack from the beginning. North gate, ready to flee
(End of this chapter)