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Ruyin was taken at night, and the city gates were closed when it was taken down, which meant that no one could escape.

When the whole city fell into the hands of Shen Bing, the people were exiled to the west again.

The people walked on the west side of Rushui, while the Heijia army rode horses to make trouble on the east side. Of course, they were one step faster.

When Ru Shui'an Chu Jun received the news and found out, it was already too late.

In fact, what Shen Bing needs is not these materials, such as stone bullets, arrows... There are piles of them in the Ruyin warehouse.

The problem is that Shen Bing knows that if these nearby supplies are not gathered together, then in the not-too-distant future these stone bullets and arrows will soon become supplies to attack the Heijia army and hit the city wall of Ruyin.

Among them, trebuchets are needed. There are not many trebuchets in Ruyin City, but the Heijia army needs them to ambush the Chu army.

The sad thing is that these trebuchets are all old-fashioned trebuchets, that is, the kind thrown by humans.

This is actually not surprising. Chu State is located in the south of the Seven Kingdoms and is traditional and conservative so it is not easy to accept new things.

Therefore, it has been nearly a year since the new trebuchet was invented by Shen Bing, and its manufacturing method and advantages must have been passed on to Chu State, but Chu State is still unwilling to change.

This is a good thing for Shen Bing, because it means that what Ruyin has to face is this kind of backward trebuchet.

And Shen Bing only needs to modify these trebuchets a little.

Soon, Shen Bing received a report that the Chu army had sent troops from Shouchun.

This is not difficult at all for the Black Armored Army. They wear Chuqi's armor and even carry Chuqi's biography, and they are in Chudi, which is not strictly checked. The breadth depends on the fish to leap".

All Shen Bing had to do was send a few cavalry to the direction of Shouchun, and follow them all the way to know exactly the marching route of the Chu army.

Now that the marching route of the Chu army is mastered, setting up an ambush is a trivial matter.

Shen Bing set the ambush circle at Yelangling, more than [-] miles away from Ruyin.

Although the terrain of Wild Wolf Ridge is not steep, it is densely covered with jungle, and the forest is oily and flammable coniferous forest...

The difference between coniferous forests and broad-leaved forests is that coniferous forests are more drought-tolerant, and their leaves are needle-shaped to reduce water loss.

Because of its drought tolerance, its branches and leaves are relatively drier, such as pine needles and pine branches, and the forest is even covered with branches, leaves and pine cones that have fallen over the years and accumulated a thick layer.

Shen Bing led his troops to make some preparations in the pine forest, piled up a pile of branches and leaves every few steps to light the fire, and then cut a firebreak in between.

The so-called firebreak is to empty the branches and leaves of the trees sawn to the ground to form a "firebreak road" with a length of more than ten steps and a width of more than ten steps. Because there is no combustible material in this firebreak road, the fire cannot cross it and make the other side a safe area.

The Black Armored Army waited in ambush in a safe area.

The Chu army only wanted to rush to Ruyin and fight all the way. How could they have thought that the Qin army would set up an ambush here, so they stepped into the ambush circle without any precautions.

Seeing that the time had come, Shen Bing ordered the soldiers to light the fire, and then the soldiers fired several batches of rockets out...

The dead branches and needles ignited at a little bit, and the fire quickly reached the crown of the tree, and when it was blown by the wind, it "cracked" and swept towards the Chu army on the road.

The Chu army panicked for a moment, and people screamed and horses neighed into a mess.

What surprised Shen Bing was that the Chu army settled down after being in a mess for a while and continued to move forward instead of retreating...

Shen Bing miscalculated on this point. He originally thought that the Chu army would retreat, so he deployed more troops in the rear.

It can be seen from this that this Chu army is not an idle generation, and the leading generals are also with online IQs.

But this seems to be unable to change anything, because this dense forest is like a pocket array that has been laid in advance. As long as the Chu army walks in and wants to escape, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky.

Sure enough, when Chu Qi rushed forward, he found that the road ahead had been blocked by piles of firewood and dead branches.

In fact, it's not firewood, to be precise, it's a wall of fire, which has already been ignited, and it has spread to both sides to form a piece.

Zhang Qi squeezed up from behind to take a look, and then ordered:

"Halberd soldiers and shield hands open the way!"

The Chu soldiers responded, and immediately divided into several teams of halberd soldiers and shield soldiers.

The guards of the capital are indeed the private soldiers of the King of Chu, and they can advance and retreat in an orderly manner in the face of danger.

Zhang Qi is also worthy of being the general of the Zhu Kingdom, and he can still stay awake and make a correct judgment at this time.

For example, now send halberd soldiers and shieldmen... the halberds can pull out the wall of fire, and the shield covered by cowhide can block the fire or the arrows that the enemy may shoot.

The problem is that what is shot from the opposite side is not an arrow, but a stone bullet.

Zhang Qi knew something was wrong when he heard the sound of "creaking" from the other side of the firewall, and he yelled:

"spread……"

But there was no rush, and even if the Chu soldiers wanted to disperse, there was no room for them. There were fires all over the front, back, left, and right, and all the horses were crowded on the road in the middle, unable to move.

As a result, a wave of stones bounced off and immediately set off a bloody storm. Before the halberd soldiers and shield hands had time to react, they were smashed into a pulp in rows and rows.

The cavalry who followed were not much better. The horses were frightened and threw the rider off the horse, and the panicked horses immediately trampled to death.

Some riders wanted to turn around, and some riders wanted to move forward. Even Zhang Qi didn't know what to do, so the Chu soldiers soon fell into real chaos.

Chapter 236

Chu Qi ran around in the chaos, with no way forward or backward. The pine forests on both sides were fiercely fired and poured into the Chu army with thick smoke, making the Chu army unable to see the direction and have difficulty breathing.

Occasionally, a few groups of Chu Qi recklessly galloped into the sea of ​​flames... but those who were not afraid of death had a chance to rush out. The reason was that although the forest fires on both sides were strong, most of them were only shallow layers of dead branches, and the trunks had not yet had time. Ignite and the area is not wide.

Therefore, it is really possible to escape if you ride a horse and force your way.

But that's just a possibility.

If the horse gallops too fast, it will be blocked by branches and trunks. The rider will either trip over the branches or be thrown off by the horse. Needless to say, without the speed of the horse, he can only scream in the sea of ​​fire.

Occasionally, a few lucky ones broke out of the sea of ​​flames, and were immediately shot down by the black armor guarding the periphery.

If you are still lucky enough to rush through the arrow array, then you will have a tripping rope and a horse-rejecting gun...

As a result, these five thousand Chuqi did not even have a chance to surrender. Most of them were burned to death or smoked to death on the road, and only a few became prisoners.

However, the Black Armor Army did not keep any prisoners... This battle was going deep into the enemy's rear, and keeping prisoners was just asking for trouble, so the soldiers simply cut off their heads and hung them around their waists.

Zhang Qi survived.

He found a small ditch for irrigation by the side of the road, and then ordered his guards to cut trees and weeds around the ditch.

This Chu army was originally going to Ruyin to make siege equipment. With hatchets, hand saws and other tools, they really opened up a safe space before the fire spread.

But this is also because the black armor army can't stay here for a long time.

The Chu army was followed by [-] main forces, and they were more than [-] miles behind because they carried a large amount of food, grass and supplies with the army.

Although they were more than thirty miles behind, their spies were almost behind the forward. When they saw the fire in front of Yelang Ridge from a distance, they knew something had happened and turned back to report.

The main force of Chuqi hurriedly organized Qingqi to come for reinforcements.

Of course, the Heijia Army couldn't wait for them to come up to confront them head-on, so Shen Bing withdrew with an order.

As a result, dozens of Zhang Qi's people were able to save their lives, otherwise the Black Armor Army would have time to clean up the battlefield, and they would have captured them all.

But Zhang Qi was not having a good time, his face was covered in mud, his body was burnt in many places, and his voice was hoarse.

Zhang Qi didn't care about these, he got up from the ditch angrily, and shouted:

"Catch up, catch up with these traitors."

"If I don't trample the Black Armored Army under the horse's hooves in this life, I, Zhang Qi, will never be a human being!"

Of course the Chu army failed to catch up with the Heijia army.

Not to mention that it was extremely difficult for the cavalry troops on both sides to catch up. The fire at Yelangling had not been completely extinguished and the road was blocked, so the Chu army had to take a long detour to Ruyin.

When they arrived, the city gates of Ruyin were already closed, leaving only hoof marks outside the city.

In this battle, the Chu army killed and injured more than [-] people, and the vanguard was almost wiped out.

In addition, this battle also hit the morale of the Chu army... The capital guards have always been considered by the Chu army to be the elite of the elite. Everyone, the combat power cannot be underestimated.

Before setting off, Zhang Qi also vowed to utter bold words to the whole army that he would crush the Heijia army and capture Shen Bing alive.

However, it was just such an army that had just set off and even before it arrived in Ruyin, it was beaten dizzily by the black armor army... In ancient times, the first battle of the army was attached great importance to the first battle of the army. Great impact.

In fact, what is more important is that this battle caused General Zhang Qi of the Zhu Kingdom to be in a state of rage.

Objectively speaking, although Zhang Qi is talented, General Zhu Guo is not worthy of his name.

At the end of the Warring States Period, only the Chu State retained the post of Zhu State General, and his power was only under the Xiangbang, and he was the head of the military officer.

In terms of strength and military exploits, the head of the military officer should be left to Xiang Yan, how can Zhang Qi and He De be called the general of the Zhu Kingdom.

However, another meaning of Zhuguo is the official who defends the capital of the country (Zhuguo originally means the capital of the country).

Of course, the king of Chu had to choose a trustworthy person to serve as Zhuguo instead of a certain nobleman, otherwise he would be putting the country and even his own safety in the hands of the nobleman.

The scope of selection in my own family is small, and the princes and nobles are often idle and have no real talents, so Zhang Qi was selected among the tall ones among the short ones.

Zhang Qi is only in his early thirties, although he can't be said to be young and aggressive, but he is arrogant because of his noble background, and he usually relies on elite soldiers in his hands to be unruly, so he would fall into the mud when he goes out to battle.

This made him feel ashamed, and immediately lost his mind and jumped into a rage, almost in a state of berserk throughout the battle.

Just like right now, Chu Qi hastily prepared dozens of simple siege ladders in an hour and launched an offensive against Ruyin...

Shen Bing was still a little confused at the beginning. There was no trebuchet or car crash, and he didn't even arrange for the crossbowmen. He just moved the siege ladder to attack the city?

Then Shen Bing understood that Chu Jiang was beaten and then became angry from embarrassment.

This was a windfall.

In fact, Shen Bing never thought that the enemy general was within the five thousand horses who were ambushed, and he didn't even know who the enemy general was.

There is no way, the communication and reconnaissance means of combat in ancient times are all backward, and sometimes it depends on luck to know.

But Shen Bing at least knew one thing: if the Chu army attacked like this, then it would not be a problem for Ruyin to defend for ten days and half a month.

Sure enough, the Chu army's offensive did not pose much threat to the Heijia army.

One of the most important points is that the black armor army is better than bows and crossbows.

They were cavalry soldiers when they were Wei soldiers, and then they specialized in cavalry and archery every day.

At this time, standing on the city wall, condescending and not needing to maintain balance, the accuracy and strength will increase exponentially.

Even if the Chu army raised their shields to attack the top of the city, it would be useless... The shields can only defend the front, but the arrows of the Heijia army will attack its weak points from both sides.

So the soldiers of the Chu army screamed and fell down the siege ladder one by one.

Even more powerful is the pole.

The Pai pole was transplanted by Shen Bing from the wheeled warship...how can the wheeled warship be used to defend the city wall?

And because the pole is set on the top of the city, it is heavier and longer, so it is more powerful.

This shot not only shot down the enemy from the siege ladder, but directly split the siege ladder into two pieces. In an instant, the entire Chu army on the siege ladder fell to the foot of the city wall screaming.

It was because of the barb at the front end of the siege ladder, so the upper half could barely hang on the city wall.

But of course the Chu soldiers hanging on it didn't have the slightest attack power, instead they needed the Black Armored Army to save them.

Chapter 237 The Siege

The more Zhang Qi fought, the more annoyed he became, and the more angry he became, the more he attacked randomly.

To be honest, the capital guard army is far superior to other troops in terms of equipment, quality, and individual combat power... As I said before, the so-called elite soldiers in this era are often rich soldiers.

When other troops eat rice all day long and are malnourished or even worry about starving to death, the guards are well-nourished and well-trained, and the gap can be seen immediately.

If Zhang Qi prepared step by step and then attacked, although Ruyin still could not be broken through, at least he could cause some pressure and casualties to the Heijia army.

The weakness of the Heijia Army is its lack of troops, only 3000 people.

In this way, if the Heijia army fights less and less, and the number drops to a certain level, I am afraid that it is really possible to be attacked by the Chu army within ten days.

But attacking like this, the Chu army is just wasting their troops.

All it can do is consume the arrows and stone bullets of the Black Armored Army.

And the arrows and stone bullets in Ruyin City were piled up like a mountain, Shen Bing wished that every soldier could shoot ten arrows out.

At this time, Xiang Bo's army also launched an attack on the other side.

In fact, Xiang Bo's army has arrived for more than a day, but Xiang Bo is not as impatient as Zhang Qi. He first cut down wood to make catapults and siege ladders... Xiang Bo's attack direction is to cross Ru River, so he wants to hurry I can't get up soon either.