Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

"Beat the drums, march!"

As soon as Le Cheng gave an order, the earth-shattering drums sounded immediately in Zhao Jun's formation. The dense drum beats sounded deafening, as if they were about to beat everyone's heart.

In front of Le Cheng, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Zhao army rushed out like a tide, flocking to the distant city of Suiyang.

At this moment, the tall walls of Suiyang City were full of potholes smashed out by trebuchets. Soldiers of the Wei Army kept appearing behind the battlements, condescendingly shooting arrows at the soldiers of Zhao Army who were charging on the ground.

Many Zhao soldiers had no time to dodge these ferocious arrows falling from the sky, and they all screamed and fell down.

But there were also more soldiers of the Zhao army holding their shields to protect their bodies, and rushed to the foot of Suiyang City carrying long ladders.

The moat outside the city had already been filled up by soldiers of Zhao Jun in the past month of war, and it was irrigated very tightly by the blood of the past month. At this moment, apart from the tall city wall, , Suiyang City no longer has any barriers.

There is a huge breakthrough under the head of the north side of Suiyang City, which is obviously much higher than other places, and Zhao Jun's most violent offensive is concentrated here.

After a while, hundreds of ladders began to be erected on the top of Suiyang City, and the most tragic siege battle began.

The soldiers of Zhao State were like ants clinging to the ladder, holding the shield in one hand, and climbing with both hands and feet in the other hand, trying to climb to the top of the city with the fastest speed, and started Hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

But it is obvious that this method of siege has long been common to the defenders of the Wei State in Suiyang City. Countless stones and arrows fell from the sky on the top of the city and landed on the heads of the soldiers of the Zhao Army. superior.

Many ladders were pushed away from the city under the concerted efforts of the soldiers of Wei State. The soldiers of Zhao Army on the ladders fell from the sky to the ground with screams and screams, splashing countless dust.

Le Cheng looked at the situation in front of him very calmly, without any expression on his face.

In the view of this general who has always been famous for his safety, war should be like this. The attacker will pay a lot of life and sacrifice to break through the city. Once the defense line of the city is broken, then the seemingly dominant The end of the defense will come in an instant.

The world is always fair, and temporary disadvantages do not mean forever. The difference is only whether you can persist until the time period when the extremes come.

It's just that at this moment, Zhao Guo's siege of Suiyang City has lasted for a full month, and Handan's patience has obviously been exhausted, and several urging orders for Le Cheng have been issued.

So after observing calmly for half an hour, Le Cheng gave the order very decisively.

"Come on, push all the eight-ox crossbows up!"

Le Cheng gave an order, and the fifty eight-ox crossbows that had been prepared for a long time were pushed out immediately, and slowly moved towards the city of Suiyang.

These fifty eight-ox crossbows were specially dispatched for the purpose of attacking Wei State this time, and they had been used in several previous siege battles.

After a whole month of offensive and defensive battles in Suiyang, Le Cheng felt that it was time for this big killer to play.

In fact, this was the first time that Le Cheng took out all the eight-ox crossbows in his army to attack the city.

The crossbow machines of these Baoxu crossbows are all installed on a large cart with four huge wooden wheels under the cart. There are a total of [-] Zhao soldiers beside each Baoxu crossbow. Except for the ten warriors pushing the ballista forward with all their strength, all of them held a large shield in their hands, obviously to guard against the arrows of the Wei people.

The speed of the eight ox crossbows is not fast, and such a huge ballista is marching towards the city of Suiyang with fifty pieces forming a huge square formation of thousands of people. Naturally, it is impossible to hide from the observation of the defenders at the top of the city. .

So soon, the trebuchets at the head of Suiyang City began to show their power.

Many boulders fell from the sky and landed in the phalanx of the eight-ox crossbow. Each of these boulders weighed hundreds of catties. Once they fell down, anyone who was directly hit would instantly turn into a puddle of meat, rubbing it slightly It is also a broken bone and tendon.

Three eight-ox crossbows were hit by the trebuchet on the spot, and they exploded in full view. Countless sawdust flew around, and there were screams beside the ballista.

Le Cheng frowned, even at his distance, he could vaguely hear the cheers from the city of Suiyang.

But soon the Wei people couldn't laugh anymore, because after destroying several Baoxu crossbows through the first attack wave, the Wei people's luck seemed to end here.

Although there were still boulders falling on the front, back, left, and right sides of many eight-ox crossbows, directly killing and injuring many Zhao soldiers, but no more than one eight-ox crossbow was broken by the Wei army.

After about two quarters of an hour, the eight-ox crossbow phalanx finally arrived at the city wall which is only three hundred steps away from Suiyang city.

This distance is already a very dangerous distance. Although the bows and arrows above the city head may not be able to do anything to the eight-ox crossbow above this distance, the crossbow arrows shot from the city head are deadly enough.

At such a moment, every minute and every second is crucial, so the moment the phalanx stopped, the captain Zhao Jun, who was in charge of leading the entire phalanx of eight oxen crossbows, immediately let out a roar.

"Loading! Height up, first class!"

The wrestlers immediately gathered together, and while shouting in unison, they turned the capstan with great difficulty. Amidst bursts of teeth-piercing creaks, the bowstrings of three four-stone bows were simultaneously pulled apart, and then The long and thick stepping arrows were firmly placed on the eight-ox crossbow.

After a while, all the eight-ox crossbows were wound up, and they kept adjusting their directions, finally aiming at the part about ten feet above the top of the city.

"emission!"

Lieutenant Zhao Guo let out another roar, and then dozens of Lieutenant Zhao Guo Zhao Guo who were standing next to the Ba Niu crossbow raised their wooden mallets and slammed them down heavily on the firing machine.

"Hum!" Dozens of extremely dense crossbow firing sounds merged into a loud sound. Dozens of prong arrows, which were longer than a human being and as thick as an arm, shot out with a sharp sound of piercing the air, deep into the air. It penetrated deeply into the city wall of Suiyang City, and the end was still trembling rapidly.

Lieutenant Zhao Guo hardly hesitated, and issued the order again: "Continue to go online, raise the altitude, second class!"

The well-trained wrestlers also started the tense winding work again without any pause. The front of the ballista was slowly raised, which looked like the barrels of the artillery were continuously raised. Gao, ready to let out a roar of his own.

The next moment, there was another round of volleys, and the stepping arrows were once again nailed to the top of the city. The height this time was obviously higher than the previous one, just enough to climb.

"Keep firing!"

After five full rounds of firing, hundreds of stepping arrows had already landed on the top of Suiyang City densely.

By this time, all the eight-ox crossbows had been emptied of "ammunition", and several of them were even damaged due to being overwhelmed.

"Mission complete, retreat!"

The Eight Bull Crossbow Troops began to retreat slowly, their mission was over.

Le Cheng in the distance finally let out a long sigh of relief after this scene, and gave the order solemnly.

"Pass down the order, beat the drums, the whole army strikes, launch a general attack!"

Amid the sound of majestic drums, countless soldiers of the Zhao army rushed to the foot of Suiyang City, climbed onto the stepping arrows like apes with incomparable sensitivity, and then climbed up the stepping arrows, only a moment later He successfully broke through the defense line of the Wei army that even the tall ladders could not break through before, and climbed to the top of Suiyang City.

This is the first time in a month that Zhao Jun soldiers were able to climb to the top of Suiyang City.

Although the No. 1 soldier of the Zhao army who climbed to the top of Suiyang city was hacked to death by the people of Wei who surrounded him in just a short time, although the soldiers of the Wei army were still resisting with great efforts at this moment, but with the support of stepping on the arrow Next, Zhao Jun's soldiers also continued to climb to the top of the city, and there was no sign of being beaten down at all.

At this point in the war, the war has finally entered the most intense, cruel, and bloody stage of hand-to-hand combat.

You must know that the Zhao State army under Le Cheng's command is the main army of Zhao State that has been invincible all over the world over the years. It is far stronger than the people of Wei State in terms of mutual cooperation and individual combat effectiveness. .

Therefore, once the two sides entered the situation of hand-to-hand combat, the strength of Zhao's soldiers gradually revealed over time.

After a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of Zhao Jun finally gained a firm foothold in one city and began to attack other places above the city.

After another quarter of an hour, a large area of ​​Suiyang City had already fallen into the control of Zhao Jun's soldiers.

After a few ladders were firmly placed on the top of the city, the constant stream of soldiers from the state of Zhao speeded up to the top of the city again, and the Wei army finally couldn't hold on, and began to retreat from the top of the city.

Le Cheng watched this scene quietly, finally showing a smile on his face for the first time.

At this time, everyone knew very clearly that this city of Suiyang, which had withstood [-] Zhao's main force for a whole month, was finally breached on this day!