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"Hidden~"
"Boom~~"
A boulder weighing a hundred kilograms fell from mid-air. Sun Xueyou roared and stepped to the side first, lying tightly on the city wall.
With a deafening bang, the boulder hit the wall of Suoyunguan Pass, and yellow sand filled the air, covering Sun Xueyou and his party.
Wang Chang, who was hiding from the boulder attack below Suoyun Pass, couldn't help but sweat for the thirty people at the top of the city when he saw this scene.
"Bah~"
After a long time, Sun Xueyou shook his head and shook off the dust and gravel covering his body. He leaned over the crenellation that had become a ruin, looked out, and shouted loudly: "Is everyone okay? Breathing squeak. !”
One after another, dusty figures climbed up from the ruins, each holding a firecracker and approaching Sun Xueyou.
After counting, there were twenty-six people left.
Four people died in this round of trebuchet offensive. One of them was blown down the wall by the air wave caused by the impact, and his head was broken and died.
Sun Xueyou didn't have much time to feel sad about the sacrifice of his comrades. The most important thing now was to continue to observe the enemy's movements and never let them take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city.
He picked up the looking glass and looked carefully, only to see the Chu army starting to load stones again.
"Damn, you're a coward!"
Sun Xueyou shouted angrily, put away the spyglass, and then commanded: "Come here and collect the bodies of the fallen brothers. The rest will continue to stick to their posts. No matter how fierce the rebel army's offensive is, we cannot retreat!"
"Here!"
The sergeant of Jingwu Hall shouted loudly and began to complete his tasks in an orderly manner.
Soon, another trebuchet attack swept over.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Fortunately, the hit rate this time was not high. Only one of the seven trebuchets hit the city wall.
But even so, Sun Xueyou and the others felt like the earth was shaking.
But Wang Chang and the others had no idea what to do about it, they could only watch as Sun Xueyou and the others exposed themselves to the enemy's long-range attack.
"Hold on, you must hold on..."
Wang Chang tightly grasped the military badge on the left side of his breastplate, which represented his identity, and kept praying to Sun Xueyou and the others.
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"Very good. After two more rounds of attacks, the enemy will almost be in despair."
At the Chu army camp, Qin Zongquan was extremely excited when he witnessed the attacking power of the trebuchet, and kept rubbing his hands.
In his opinion, in the face of such a blow, no matter how tenacious the defenders of Suoyunguan were, they should collapse.
Not only did he think so, Fa Yang also thought so.
Seeing that Suoyunguan was already crumbling under the ravages of trebuchets, Fa Yang thought that the three consecutive days of blows were worth it.
"Continue to launch, make sure that the enemy at the top of the city has no resistance left!"
Following Luo Song's order, the trebuchet that had just been loaded with stone bullets began to throw again.
This round of projectiles was hard and accurate. Five of them hit the city wall, and two of them fell into the pass.
"Uh~"
The two non-commissioned officers who were observing the enemy's movements had no time to dodge and were immediately hit in the chest by the force that landed on the top of the city.
With a groan, a non-commissioned officer immediately fell to the top of the city, bleeding from all seven holes, and vomiting wildly.
After being shocked, he looked up and raised his hands, as if he wanted to see through the sky.
In the end, his hand dropped weakly, ending his young and energetic life.
After this round of projectiles, although Sun Xueyou escaped, he felt a slight shaking under his feet when he stood up.
"Not good!"
He immediately understood that the wall was about to collapse.
"The whole army obeys the order and leaves the city wall~"
Hua la la la——
Before he finished speaking, his feet went weak, and there was a hissing sound in his ears. He fell uncontrollably, was thrown heavily into the gravel, and was drowned by the gravel falling from the city.
The middle section of the city wall of Suoyunguan finally collapsed under the continuous catapults of the Chu army.
The famous non-commissioned officers including Sun Xueyou all fell to the city.
Seeing this scene, Wang Chang immediately ordered: "Quick, save people!"
Then he rushed to the ruins first and started digging for his companions with his bare hands.
at the same time……
"Attack~~"
"drink!"
"drink!"
"drink!"
The Chu army finally launched a general offensive.
The collapse of the city wall meant that the defending soldiers lost their support barrier. Facing the surging army, few could muster the courage to continue resisting.
"Bah~ pull me up!"
Wang Chang, who was looking for Sun Xueyou, suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him. When he turned around, he saw that half of Sun Xueyou's body was exposed, and he was reaching out to Wang Chang for help with a disgraced face.
Wang Chang immediately pounced on him and pulled him out of the ruins. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "Damn, I almost thought you were dead. It's better to be alive."
Sun Xueyou spat out a mouthful of saliva, picked up the firecracker that fell on the ground, glanced at the Chu army slowly approaching from outside the gap, and said immediately:
"Now it's time to show these sons of bitches some color. Just use this gap as the center and line up the musketeers."
Wang Chang said: "I understand. You go down and rest for a while. You have wounds on your forehead."
Sun Xueyou shook his head: "I'm not tired. I've been suffering for two days. It's time for me to vent. If I don't take away a few lives, it's hard to let go of the hatred in my heart."
After he finished speaking, he checked the gunpowder and found that it was not too damaged, so he immediately loaded it with gunpowder pellets.
Three thousand Chu troops shouted neat slogans, and under the cover of sword and shield men, they pressed forward step by step towards Suoyunguan.
Without the obstruction of the city wall, they were confident that they could successfully turn all the garrison in the pass into their own military exploits.
If you want to be promoted, you can only exchange for military merit. What is military merit?
Enemy heads!
One head can be exchanged for five acres of land, or ten taels of silver. Two heads can be exchanged for twenty acres of land, which is equivalent to forty taels of silver.
For the Chu army, which had no military pay and was oppressed by the upper echelons of the Chu state, their desire for heads had reached an unprecedented level.
In their subconscious mind, if they want to have enough food, they can only fight; if they want to have enough food for the whole family, they can only exchange their heads for wealth.
In addition, no profession can escape their embarrassing status quo.
Under the rule of the policy of obscuring the people, in just a few years, the soldiers and civilians in Qinghu and Huzhou have become numb to these. The only purpose of their lives is to work and join the army.
The only material requirements are money and food. As for the spiritual level, there are only official prostitution camps and gambling houses. As for books and the like, they were completely banned in the early years of the founding of the Chu State. Fa Yang will also The six arts in Confucianism are collectively called the six lice that bring disaster to the country and the people.
Now, the wealth is right in front of you. Within the collapsed city wall is the wealth that these Chu soldiers dreamed of.
As long as they cut off their heads and pin them on their waists, even if there is only one, they can be exchanged for enough food to feed the family for half a year.
However, just before they reached the gap, twenty jet-black gun tubes were already aimed at them mercilessly.
