Chapter 136 Lu Buwei’s unsolvable problem! Xiong Mao died in battle!
Once a person exceeds ten thousand, there are no boundaries.
Especially at night, it was difficult to see clearly in the distance. Everyone could only see the fire dragon crashing into the Qinian Palace, then turning into countless flames and surrounding the three floors inside and outside the Qinian Palace!
On the palace wall, Ying Zheng bowed his hands to Xiong Qi, Xiong Mao and Lu Buwei:
"The bandit army is strong, and I have my uncle and uncle!"
Lu Buwei and the other three returned the salute with their hands raised: "We must protect the king!"
With his hands hanging down, Xiong Qi shouted in a deep voice: "Zhongchang will serve the troops, demolish the palace and take out the wood."
"The rest are left behind." Go up to the palace wall and meet the enemy!"
The doors of each palace in Qinian Palace opened, and a soldier wearing Chu style armor stepped out.
Five thousand Hakka soldiers and servants transferred by Xiong Qi quickly adjusted their formation in the Qinian Palace Square. Then four thousand soldiers climbed onto the four palace walls without hesitation. A thousand soldiers raised their axes and slashed at The palace behind you.
Lu Buwei quietly ordered: "I order all gentlemen to die for the king!"
After Lu Buwei's death, the servant took out the horn from his arms and blew it vigorously according to a specific rhythm.
“Woo~wuwuwu~~~”
Three miles to the west of Qinian Palace, a large number of flames suddenly rose and rushed towards the direction of Qinian Palace.
When he got closer, Ying Chengyu could see clearly. They were clearly more than 3,000 elite soldiers wearing cooked bronze armor!
Ying Chengyu could not help but ask in a low voice: "My brother has never seen the main army."
Ying Zheng said quietly: "There is no main army under the authority of Zhongfu and all uncles."
Ying Chengyu looked at the soldiers and horses inside and outside the palace wall.
Lao Ai had 12,000 soldiers and horses, including 7,000 private soldiers, all wearing Da Qin standard armor that they had taken from the arsenal.
Xiong Qi and Xiong Mao commanded five thousand private soldiers, all wearing privately forged armor that was slightly better than the standard armor.
Lu Buwei has more than three thousand private soldiers, all with the best armor and weapons.
Even if you don’t count the regular troops who can be mobilized based on their positions, the number of private soldiers that can be mobilized by these three parties is 15,000!
Ying Chengxuan knew that this battle was a decisive battle for all parties, and he wished he could wipe out all his family wealth, and even take out loans to make bets.
But at the same time as you have to spend all your money, you can get 15,000 well-equipped and strong soldiers. Isn't this a bit too much?
And these are just the soldiers and horses put on the battlefield of Qinian Palace.
There is still a big battle in Xianyang Palace!
The total number of private soldiers in the two battlefields combined is more than the total force that small countries such as Weiguo can mobilize!
Ying Zheng asked softly: "Can we understand that we are brothers now?"
Put yourself in someone else's shoes and imagine that you are the King of Qin. You have so many soldiers and horses under your command who do not listen to your orders. Are you panicking or not?
Ying Chengyu sighed with emotion: "Jaw-dropping!"
"But looking at it this way, the number of soldiers and horses under Prime Minister Lu's command is quite small."
"Prime Minister Lu should have put all the hands he can mobilize into this army, right?"
Ying Zheng looked at the old figure standing on the edge of the palace wall.
Lai Ai can use Zhao Ji's power to mobilize seven thousand private soldiers, and Lu Buwei's rights and abilities should be able to mobilize even more power.
But Lu Buwei only mobilized three thousand private soldiers.
However, Ying Zheng knew that Lu Buwei could only mobilize so many people.
After a few moments of silence, Ying Zheng’s voice was a little complicated: “Compared to Lao Ai, there are so few.”
“Compared to the ministers, there are so many!”
Ying Cheng was silent.
Should Lu Buwei have more personal power or fight alone like a minister he admires?
This was an unsolvable problem for Lu Buwei, and Ying Chengyu was not prepared to make things difficult for him with problems that even Lu Buwei could not solve.
He could only turn his attention to the battlefield.
"Sure enough, we are prepared." Looking at the soldiers emerging from the palace wall and the soldiers approaching in a hurry, Lao Ai smiled softly: "But there are only thousands of soldiers and horses, and there are no weapons to support them. How long can we defend it?”
After seizing the arsenal, Lao Ai not only obtained armor and weapons, but also a large number of ordnance for attacking and defending the city.
On the other hand, Ying Zheng's side, although their armor and weapons are more sophisticated, they don't even have a crossbow, let alone rolling stones and knocking trees.
The only tung oil that Xiong Mao sent in the name of a sacrifice can be called a city defense weapon!
Pinching the horse's belly gently, Lao Aici took a few steps forward and shouted loudly:
"Order Zuo Geyi to lead his troops and two thousand disciples to intercept the enemy's reinforcements."
"Order Zuo Gexi to lead his troops and a thousand disciples to shoot the city with crossbows."
Sun Xi and Tang Yi both handed over their hands: "Wei!"
Tang Yi led three thousand soldiers and horses to meet Lu Buwei's troops.
Sun Xi led two thousand crossbowmen quickly forward and formed an array 250 feet outside the palace wall.
"First row, raise your head high, the target is directly in front, release!"
With Sun Xi's order, two thousand crossbowmen pulled the trigger, and two thousand heavy crossbows The arrow shot towards the palace wall.
Yingzheng’s troops did not have Qin crossbows, and the range of the bows was far less than that of the crossbows.
Facing this overwhelming rain of arrows, Xiong Qi could only order: "Get out of the way!"
With the order, all the soldiers squatted down and hid behind the female wall.
A round of crossbow bolts failed to cause any damage, but Xiong Qi was unable to fight back.
And this has achieved Lao Ai's goal.
The dream of being a general that could not be realized last year was finally realized this year. Lao Ai gave a high-spirited and serious order:
"Nangong's servants obey the order, and form a team of a hundred people!"
"Build a ladder!"
"Push the cart!"
"Build an arrow tower and a trebuchet! ”
More than a thousand servants began to assemble arrow towers, trebuchets and other engineering ordnance.
Hundreds of servants drank a bowl of wine, picked up the ladder, pushed the carriage, and charged towards the palace wall!
Xiong Qi had to shout in a deep voice: "Defend the enemy with arrows!"
Taking advantage of the slight gap between the rounds of crossbow arrows, thousands of archers quickly stepped out and took a rough aim. The direction of the servant is an arrow.
Without looking at the outcome of the battle, the moment the arrow left the string, the archer hurriedly got back under the parapet.
“Ah!”
Screams were heard from up and down the palace walls.
No matter how fast the archers dodge, several archers are still hit by the crossbow bolts.
More than half of the servants in the city were lost!
But domestic servants have no human rights, and everything they have depends on Lao Ai.
Under Lao Ai's order, the servants could only watch as their companions fell beside them, charging with a horrified and crazy roar:
"Come on! Rushing to the palace wall is victory!"
"Kill the deposed king, and we will be the Marquis!"
Xiong Qi snorted coldly: "Shoot again! ”
After two rounds of arrows, all the first batch of servants died outside the palace wall.
But Lao Ai had a smile on her face.
Trade the lives of a hundred servants for the lives of more than a dozen elite archers and two thousand arrows, and make a profit!
Lai Ai ordered without hesitation: "House servants, get in first!"
Round after round, the servants charged desperately under Lao Ai's command. After each round of charge, The position of the ladder will be further forward.
Finally, the ladder was erected on the palace wall.
Xiong Qi immediately shouted: "Throw the wood down!"
A pillar of the bedroom was thrown down the ladder, knocking down all the servants who were clinging to the ladder.
There was even a ladder that was directly knocked down by a heavy column and beam!
Lai Ai smiled: "With the houses in Qinian Palace alone, how long can you hold on?"
"Continue to charge!"
The pillar just rolled down On the ground, another group of servants charged forward and continued to climb along the ladder.
As soon as the war began, it reached a fever pitch.
In just two hours, from the front army of Lao Ai to the foot of the palace wall, there was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
At such a heavy price, Lao Ai finally exhausted all the wood that the Qinian Palace could provide.
More and more servants climbed up the palace wall along the ladder, holding on to the ladder with difficulty.
"Climb first! Climb first!" "Hold the ladder! As long as we hold the ladder, there will be reinforcements, otherwise we will all die!"
Seeing that the situation ahead was excellent, Lao Ai shouted: "Twenty-five hundred masters, Zhao Zhou, attack the city!"
Zhao Zhou suddenly handed over his hands and looked at Bu Cong behind him excitedly: "Everyone is here! They are all elites who have been on the battlefield. It can be seen that the palace wall is on the verge of collapse. "
"The Shangguan ordered our troops to attack the city, and he gave us a fortune that is beyond the sky!"
“Both Fei Wangzheng and Lord Chang’an are within that palace wall, and the two positions of marquis are waving to you!”
Listening to Zhao Zhou's words, all the soldiers' breathing quickened.
That is the position of Marquis!
Normally they wouldn’t even dare to think about it.
But now, the position of Marquis is so close to them.
All they need to do is rush up to the palace wall and stab Ying Zheng with their weapons!
Seeing that his morale had been boosted, Zhao Zhou shouted: "Go first!"
Thousands of palace gate guards shouted in unison: "Go first!"
Stepping on the corpses of the servants, thousands The famous palace gate guards charged towards the city wall.
And this is also the first time that Lao Ai has thrown regular troops into the battlefield!
Xiong Qi looked at the charging troops and horses indifferently, and watched helplessly as the thousands of guards approached the city wall and climbed up the ladder.
Just when the vanguard was about to attack the palace wall, Xiong Qi decisively ordered: "Light the fire!"
Vats of tung oil poured down the ladder, followed closely by a torch.
In an instant, the tung oil was ignited, and the billowing flames spread downwards along the ladder.
All the wood that Xiong Qi threw down the palace wall turned into nourishment for the flames, nourishing the flames and making them burn even more intensely!
"Fire! Get out of the way!"
"People behind, please stop climbing up, the ladder is on fire! It's their mother's fault! Ah!!!"
"Withdraw troops! Withdraw troops first!"
The soldiers climbing on the ladder were horrified He wanted to retreat, but the soldiers behind him were blocked by the soldiers further back and could not make room at all.
In desperation, the soldier who had climbed up the ladder had no choice but to jump off the ladder, but what was waiting for him after jumping off the ladder was the already ignited wood!
The sudden fire instantly disrupted Zhao Zhou's formation.
Xiong Qi looked at Xiong Mao: "Thank you."
Quickly walking down the palace wall, Xiong Mao got on his horse, looked at the five hundred people of the same clan behind him, and asked in a deep voice: "Children of the Xiong family, how dare you Fight to the death?"
The five hundred disciples raised their hands and shouted: "Die for the king!"
Xiong Mao clamped the horse's belly and shouted: "Follow me to the battle!"
The palace door hidden under the flames suddenly opened.
Xiong Mao jumped out of the sea of fire on his horse, and directly pierced the throat of a soldier with the spear in his hand.
Zhao Zhou was stunned: "The palace door is open?!"
Then Zhao Zhou shouted in surprise: "Hurry, seize the door!"
Hearing a vague voice , Xiong Mao tightened the reins, and then clamped the horse's belly. The horse's speed increased to another level, and he rushed in front of Zhao Zhou in just a few dozen breaths.
"Follow Chang Mao?" Zhao Zhou clenched his spear and was eager to try: "All ministries obey the order and kill those who serve Chang Mao...ah!"
Before Zhao Zhou could finish his words, Xiong Mao's horse had already passed through the crowd and sent Xiong Mao in front of him.
The spear stabbed through Zhao Zhou's heart and interrupted his words!
"What a shame!" After complaining, Xiong Mao threw Zhao Zhou's body to the ground and shouted angrily: "The enemy general is dead, why not surrender quickly?!"
Gong On the wall, Xiong Qi was overjoyed when he saw this and directly ordered: "Leave the city and pursue the victory!"
Two thousand infantry rushed out of the palace wall and formed a counter-siege to Zhao Zhou's troops along the gap made by Xiong Mao.
However, Xiong Mao had already led his soldiers to rush further away.
Looking at Xiong Mao's troops who were quickly charging towards them, Sun Xilou gave a panicked order: "First row, stand tall, target the enemy cavalry, let go!"
The crossbow bolts fired. As they came out, cavalrymen kept falling off their horses, but Xiong Mao's speed did not slow down at all.
The purpose of his raid out of the city was for this crossbow army.
If this crossbow army is not removed, Yingzheng's long-range forces will always be in a passive situation where they can only be beaten and cannot fight back!
Finally, after paying the price of nearly a hundred sacrifices, Xiong Mao finally rushed into the crossbowmen's formation.
Lao Ai curled her lips when she saw this: "We are finally here."
"But there are only five hundred people, which is too few."
"Wei Wei Liu , let me destroy them!”
Lailiu solemnly ordered: “Come out on both sides and surround the enemy!”
Thousands of eunuch soldiers rushed out from behind the crossbowman, surrounding the crossbowman and Xiong Mao's troops like a pair of huge hands.
Aware of the outflanking enemy troops, Xiong Mao also felt a little nervous: "Don't worry about anything else."
"Follow me, sprinkle tung oil, and kill the crossbowmen!"< br>
Hundreds of the Xiong clan's children all shouted: "Wei!"
All the children used their daggers to pierce the pouch on the horse's back, letting the tung oil in the bag flow on the ground. , the weapon in his hand stabbed the crossbowman mercilessly.
Sun Xi shouted in shock: "Abandon the crossbow and hold on to the sword, hold on!"
"Reinforcements have arrived. As long as we hold on, our army will annihilate the enemy."
"Hold on. !"
Looking at the enemy troops rushing toward the headquarters, Xiong Mao looked anxious and ordered quickly: "Fire up!"
"Target northwest, rush out of the enemy's position!"
A group of disciple soldiers dropped their torches, and all the tung oil on the ground was ignited, and the flames spread around.
There are not many combustibles on the battlefield.
But aren’t those Qin Nus that fell on the ground perfect flammable materials!
And they are exactly the goals of Xiong Mao’s trip!
Looking at the flaming crossbow army formation, Laoliu's eyes were gloomy: "Now that you're here, don't leave!"
Pulling out the hard bow from his back, Lailai took out an arrow from his quiver and aimed it at Xiong Mao with the help of moonlight.
While holding his breath and concentrating, his fingers unconsciously loosened, and an arrow shot out.
“Hmph!” Xiong Mao felt a numbness in his abdomen, followed by a chill in his lower back, and he couldn’t help but groan.
Looking down, Xiong Mao saw an arrow suddenly appearing in his abdomen.
Xiong Mao’s eyes suddenly widened.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. As long as I can fight back to the city, I can ask Lord Chang'an to stitch up the wound."
Mumbling to comfort himself, Xiong Mao touched his back with his trembling right hand and found an arrow shaft' It grows on the spine!
Xiong Mao quickly tried to clamp the horse's belly, but as expected he could no longer feel the presence of his lower body.
Xiong Mao looked bleak, and exhaled a bitter breath: "Huh~"
Now that there are no stirrups or saddles, the loss of the legs holding the war horse means that Xiong Mao If you lose the qualification to ride a horse, you may fall off the horse at any time!
He can't go back!
Strengthening himself, Xiong Mao shouted angrily: "Children of the Xiong family, keep charging!"
After saying that, Xiong Mao tightened his reins and faced the pursuing enemy troops alone.
Some sensitive disciples noticed something and shouted in shock and sorrow: "Uncle, get on my horse, I will take you home!"
"Since we came together, we should be together. Return!”
Xiong Mao shouted angrily: "Let's go!"
"Don't look back, go back to the city!"
Holding the reins tightly with his left hand, Xiong Mao lay next to the horse's ear and whispered softly: "Old man, stay with me again!" Let me walk for a while.”
“Xu~~~”
Xiong Mao lost the ability to clamp the horse’s belly again, but the horse consciously stepped forward and launched a final charge towards the enemy. .
Xiong Mao laughed heartily, holding a spear and shouting loudly: "Xiong family Xiong Mao is here."
"Who dares to fight me!"
(End of this chapter)
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