When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 600: Xiang Yan returns home, and the Chu army marches north

The setting sun is as charming as blood, and it is projected on the ground, as if even God can't stand it, and uses the blood-like setting sun to cover up the blood stains and broken limbs on the ground.

Wang Jian stood with his strong body on the broken city wall, wiped the blood on his face, and stuck the spear on the ground. His face was still indifferent, but the slightly curved corners of his mouth revealed his mentality at the moment.

Built since the 19th year of King Hui of Wei, the Great Wall of Western Wei has been repaired and reinforced by King Wei Hui, King Xiang of Wei, King Zhao of Wei, King Anxi of Wei and the current King of Wei for five generations to resist the Qin army. However, it was destroyed in one day. It was defeated by Wang Jian without even using Shang Gong Loser's Potu Saburo.

Although Poto Saburo is named Poto Saburo, he is also divided into earth types.

After all, it is a machine beast made of bronze. No matter how sharp and tough the blade is, it can only break through the city gate, which is the most fragile compared to the city wall.

But if it is a masonry structure, especially the Weixi Great Wall with extremely thick walls, even Poto Sanlang is powerless.

However, although Potu Saburo did not play a role, the massive siege ladders greatly improved the ability of Qin soldiers to climb the city. There are shields on both sides of the ladders to defend against arrows. Stones cannot easily break the ladders. Only fire can be used to break the ladders. Oil can destroy this ladder.

More than forty trebuchets lined up and simultaneously dropped a large number of boulders on the top of the Great Wall in Western Wei. Giant siege crossbows and a large number of Qin crossbows suppressed the Wei defenders on the Great Wall. It was obviously a siege, but because The gap in armaments between the two sides abruptly reduced the battle loss ratio to one to three.

One person from the Qin army can replace three from the Wei army!
You know, in ordinary siege battles, the siege team loses seven or eight people in exchange for one person from the defenders. This is something that only the regular army can do.

Five to one, it must be an elite siege!

But the Wei army was so beaten by the Qin army's firepower that they didn't even dare to show their heads. Apart from being condescending, they had no advantage at all in terms of the quality of their soldiers, their morale, or other aspects.

Li Xin encountered almost no decent obstacles when he marched into Northern Wei. There were not many cities along the way and it was almost a smooth journey.

However, Teng, who was attacking Wei Nan, encountered some troubles. Several fortified cities blocked his marching route. However, with Jin Yao, the son of Jin Bi, the former Wei general who had been personally recruited by Zhang Ji, as his guide, the Qin army avoided it. After a lot of troubles, Jin Yao also personally persuaded the surrender of the city fortress where Jin Bi's old troops were stationed. Finally, he successfully entered the hinterland of Wei and marched towards Daliang, the capital of Wei.

After Lord Xinling, Wei no longer had a capable commander. The four battlefields were fought on their own, facing famous generals like Wang Jian, Li Xin, Teng and Wang Ben, even if Lord Xinling was resurrected. , facing one of them alone cannot guarantee that a certain battlefield can be defended for a long time, and I dare not say victory at all.

Moreover, with the technological support of the Mohist and Gongshu family, Qin's armament has opened up a gap of nearly a generation with other countries, and in terms of machine beasts, the gap seems to have opened up for thousands of years.

After all, even in the era before Zhang Ji traveled through time, machines similar to the machine beasts had not yet been developed to this extent.

As for Wei Wuzu... Well, since Zhu Hai, the last general of Wei and the master of the armored sect, died under Wei Yong's plot, King Wei Anxi just asked him to change his identity and use a new look to be with Lord Xinling. The court checks and balances each other. Although Lord Xinling knew the truth, he did not choose to give an explanation to the Pijiamen and Wei Wuzu.

As Black and White Xuanjian took action to kill Wei Yong, this secret was made public, and it completely chilled the hearts of the Pijiamen and Wei Wuzu.

Over the years, Wei's soldiers suffered heavy casualties. As the main force and reserve of Wei's soldiers, the Pijiamen had become separated from Wei. Over the years, they were scattered and died, and could no longer provide help to the Wei court.

The collapse of the Wei State seemed to be a wake-up call for other countries. The Chu State originally wanted to wait and see, use the Wei army to consume the morale and physical strength of the Qin army, and wait for the Qin army to be weak before sending troops, but it did not want the Wei state to directly pull Tuo Da. . Under such circumstances, Li Yuan could not sit still and urged all armies to assemble, with the rebuilt Shadow Tiger Army and Thunder Leopard Army as the left and right vanguards, and he led Xiang Yan and his Tenglong Army and the 300,000 Chu army as the central army. , there are another 100,000 troops as the rear army, and nearly one million civilians have been recruited.

You must know that the entire Chu State only has a population of about five million. Although the nobles from all over the country handed over their hidden gangsters to serve as civilian husbands in this battle, it was still a battle that mobilized the entire country.

Originally, in Li Yuan's plan, this was just to rescue the Wei State, so he only planned to send 250,000 troops northward, but the Wei State was defeated too quickly and too miserably.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad. Seeing the former powerful neighbor next door being crushed by the Qin State, even the nobles of the Chu State who were enjoying themselves could not help but feel sleepless at night.

The prerequisite for them to indulge in enjoyment is that Chu State is safe. How can they enjoy themselves if Chu State is gone?
Two hundred and fifty thousand is not enough!
At least four hundred thousand!
No money or food?

We have!
Weapons and armor are scarce?
We have!
Are there not enough soldiers and civilians?

We have!
At a speed that stunned the temples of Chu State, the nobles assembled an additional 100,000 private soldiers who may be inexperienced but full of morale and strong, as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians.

In the commander's tent, Li Yuan was wearing a suit of battle armor and said frankly: "Although I have taken the position of commander, I am only doing this to boost morale."

"I ordered Yin to take care of military affairs on his own, but in a battle on the battlefield, the decision will be made by General Xiang Yan."

With that said, Li Yuan stood up and left the table, knelt down on one knee and presented the tiger talisman in his hands to Xiang Yan.

Looking at the Tiger Talisman so close at hand, Xiang Yan was slightly startled and looked at Li Yuan with somewhat complicated eyes.

In fact, he had never been convinced by Li Yuan, but he was from the Temple Sect, and Li Yuan replaced Chun Shenjun as the leader of the Temple Sect. He was also the uncle of the new King of Chu, so Xiang Yan only obeyed Li Yuan's orders.

However, as a veteran nobleman of the Chu State, he obeyed Li Yuan, a Zhao who came from a humble background. He was also a despicable Zhao who relied on flattery to become Chun Shenjun's retainer, but he used despicable means to kill Chun Shenjun, his master. Yan was hard to convince.

But he had to admit that Li Yuan relied on his ability to flatter, repair the relationship between the temple, the clan and the local nobles, and integrate the power of the entire Chu State to the greatest extent.

If Xiang Yan was still a little dissatisfied before, now faced with Li Yuan who took the initiative to evade himself and handed over the command of an army of 400,000 to him, Xiang Yan couldn't help but know that Li Yuan's move was still for show. An urge to die for Li Yuan arose in his heart.

The so-called courtesy to the virtuous scholar, as a talented person, don't you really know that the monarch's courtesy is not from the sincerity, but is used to build a memorial of courtesy to the virtuous scholar to attract other talents to come and serve?

But from ancient times to the present, how many virtuous people have been immune?
Even though he knows that it is just a show, as a superior, he is willing to show off on you, just like the great master of future generations, he holds your hand affectionately and hopes that you can contribute to the country. How many people can restrain their inner feelings? Where's the excitement?

"Your Majesty Xiang Yan, take your orders!"

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