Early the next morning, the Chu army came out of camp and formed an array.
As if to increase his momentum, Qu Ping ordered that all 150,000 Chu troops march out of camp and form a mighty formation outside Jianyang City.
At the front is the chariot of the Chu army. Hundreds of bronze chariots are lined up in a row. The soldiers on the chariot stand firmly and motionless. The long and thin red and yellow flags of the Chu army are on the chariot. Go up to hunt and dance.
Behind the chariot, more than 100,000 Chu army infantry formed a neat and dense formation.
Spears are like a forest.
After a night's rest, the morale of the Chu army has improved. Such a magnificent formation in front of them seems to have given all the soldiers inexplicable encouragement.
Former general Wu Bi raised the sword in his hand, the Chinese flag waved twice, and hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers shouted in unison -
"Great Chu will be victorious!"
The low roars were like rolling thunder, sweeping across the entire battlefield, even from dozens of miles away.
There was deathly silence in Jianyang City five miles away.
Looking from a distance, there seemed to be shadows of people flickering on the city wall, and the green flag of the Yue Kingdom was flying above the city.
The generals of the Chu State were very satisfied with the momentum of their soldiers. Qu Ping waved his hand: "Send someone to persuade them to surrender."
The front line of chariots separated by a gap, and a Chu military captain with a loud voice came forward on horseback.
The entire Chu army formation also slowly advanced and stopped within a stone's throw outside Jianyang City.
Xiong Wuliang listened carefully and could clearly hear the captain standing at the foot of Jianyang City and shouting to the city -
"Listen to the Yue people in the city, the King of Chu has arrived..."
"The little Jianyang can be conquered with one blow..."
"My general Zhu Guo admires the talents of General Ji Chuo. He doesn't want to destroy his talents. Why don't he turn his back and surrender, surrender with courtesy... and serve our great Chu."
"General Zhu Guo promises that as long as you open the door and surrender, the lives of the sergeants in the city will be guaranteed!"
"...If we remain stubborn and stubbornly resist, when our army conquers Jianyang, no wonder we will all be destroyed."
There was a slow commotion in Jianyang City...and then several naked and tattooed Yue men climbed up the battlements in full view of everyone.
Under the watchful eye of 150,000 Chu troops.
Those Yue people actually took off their pants, swung the unspeakable objects towards the city, and started to let loose!
The Yue soldiers on the city wall laughed loudly, not hiding their provocation and sarcasm.
The 150,000 Chu troops could see clearly!
Unspeakable rage spread among the army!
The Chu generals surrounding Qu Ping's chariot under the banner of the Chinese army suddenly changed their colors!
"presumptuous!"
"How dare Shu Zi insult me like this!"
"This beast must be killed after the city is broken!"
Xiong Wuliang, who also felt humiliated, was furious.
Xiong Wuliang waved to Zhong Hua and ordered in a low voice: "Use the repeating crossbow to shoot them down!"
Zhong Hua's face turned red and he waved at Quyang's military array!
Twenty Quyang sergeants all stepped forward, picked up the repeating crossbows in their hands, raised a slight arc towards the Jianyang city wall, and buckled the machine gun!
Swish, brush, brush!
Two hundred crossbow arrows shot out!
The position of Xiong Wuliang and others was one arrow away. Logically speaking, the arrow had no accuracy at this distance.
But the accuracy is not enough, so the density is needed!
At this moment, the four or five Yue people on the battlements who were shooting back and forth had not even finished draining the water, but they saw a dense mass of black arrows shooting towards their heads and faces!
Several howls.
The two of them were shot off the city wall on the spot, fell from a height, and probably squirmed on the ground a few times before losing their breath.
Several Yue people fell back behind the battlements, and there was a sound of exclamation on the wall.
He didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but it was obvious that he had been hit by several arrows more or less.
The jeering sounds of the Yue people on the city wall suddenly stopped. On the contrary, the Chu army below the city laughed wildly, and the insults and taunts went straight into the sky.
On Jianyang City, Jiuchao frowned as he looked at the several Yue people in front of him who had been hit by arrows.
At this distance, any crossbow loses its accuracy.
That's why he ordered these soldiers to do such a reckless thing in order to boost the morale of the Vietnamese army.
Unexpectedly, the Chu army on the opposite side reacted so quickly!
That rain of arrows just now was worth at least a hundred arrows! This means that there must be hundreds of Chu archers firing arrows at the same time!
It’s incredible! Whose subordinate is this? Can you organize a volley of two hundred archers in an instant?
Jiuchao looked at the soldiers writhing in pain before him and waved his hand: "Carry them down and treat their injuries."
Fortunately, this distance is already the limit of the crossbow. Although these soldiers were all hit by arrows, their injuries were not serious... If they were not shirtless, they might not even have such injuries.
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Qu Ping, who was at the foot of the city, was startled, then he put his hands on his hands and laughed.
"Who shot the arrow?"
Xiong Wuliang stepped forward and handed over his hands: "They are part of my Quyang Army."
"Oh?" Qu Ping glanced at Xiong Wuliang and praised, "I didn't expect your Qu Yangjun to be so well-trained!"
"The troops leading the army on the right can be described as elite!"
During the march, Qu Ping had also seen the sophisticated equipment of Xiong Wuliang's subordinates... The iron armor on the bodies of a thousand people shone with luster, which almost blinded Qu Ping's poor dog eyes...
Qu Ping: Poverty limits my imagination!
Qu Ping didn't know that Xiong Wuliang had a serial crossbow in his hand. He, like the villains on the city, thought that only two hundred Quyang troops fired their arrows together to produce such a rain of arrows!
It can make more than 200 people execute orders in less than a pee!
Qu Ping was overwhelmed with emotion!
Xiong Wuliang's soldiers moved quickly! Execute resolutely! He must be well-trained!
The attempt to persuade them to surrender obviously failed, but the morale of the Chu army was at a high level, so Qu Ping made a decisive decision: "Send the order! Attack the city!"
"Tell the whole army - whoever climbs the city wall first will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins and promoted to the third level!"
All the generals were in high spirits: "Promise! I will obey the general's orders!"
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The drums were beaten continuously and the attack lasted for three days.
Can't attack for a long time.
Photo albums of the deceased under the city!
All the Chu generals also became depressed.
The terrain of Jianyang City is steep, and the Yue defenders on the city are as powerful as a rainbow, and they become more and more brave as they fight.
There is a seemingly endless supply of rolling logs, rocks, arrows, and more! This shows the perfection of the defense.
Within three days, the Chu army took turns to attack fiercely, carrying ladders and rushing forward under the cover of bow and arrow suppression, but they almost never climbed onto the battlements.
The fierce warrior on the opposite side is indeed a strong general.
Under the fierce command, the Yue people defended the city in an extremely destructive manner——
First, heavy objects such as rolling logs and stones were thrown down from the city. The improvised ladders built by the Chu army often could not withstand it and were smashed in half... If any unlucky Chu soldiers were accidentally hit by these high-altitude objects, at least they would be injured. Broken bones and tendons.
They even boiled feces, urine and other filth in large pots, and poured the hot, stinking golden juice down from the city.
The soldiers of the Chu Army who were soaked all screamed and fell down miserably. Even if they survived for a while, their bodies would soon suffer from large areas of ulcers, which were almost hopeless.
Before all the defensive equipment was consumed, the Chu army seemed to have no chance of defeating the city.
But when will it run out?
This is a dangerous border crossing between Vietnam and China, and the stockpile of weapons must be endless!
In the past three days, the Chu army suffered more than a thousand casualties, and its morale inevitably declined.
The lights were lit, and the Chu army withdrew its troops and returned to the camp.
Soon, the military camp fell into darkness and silence. Only in the wounded barracks on the west side of the military camp, faint groans and screams could be heard from time to time in the night.
The soldiers of Chu State slept listening to this sound, which was extremely depressing.
Only Qu Ping's Chinese army commander's tent was brightly lit.
More than 20 Chu generals gathered together, and the atmosphere was dull.
Qu Ping held the sword with one hand, his expression serious——
"How many casualties will there be in today's battle?"
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