Under Luozhou City.

With the cover of the carriages and wooden curtains, the Yifu soldiers finally filled in the ten-foot-wide moat in front of Genshan Gate.

But compared to an undefended moat, a well-fortified city wall is obviously more troublesome.

Several consecutive waves of offensives were defused by the soldiers defending the city. Rolling stones and flying arrows, accompanied by buckets of hot and smelly gold juice, caused heavy casualties to King Qin's army who attacked the city for a while.

King Fu Zhao Huan frowned as he looked at the tragic situation below the city.

Now more than a month has passed since the uprising, and the province of Ji was taken over with lightning speed. King Fu secretly colluded with King Ning and King Tan, who were close friends, and exchanged secret letters to discuss major events together.

In order to gain the support of the two brothers, he even made a heavy promise. After the matter was accomplished, the world would be blessed with peace and happiness.

As a result, the number of rebel princes increased from one to three. With three provinces as their rear, and secret support from the nobles at the border, King Fu quickly raised an army of about 100,000 soldiers, and King Qin's army was said to be 300,000.

Among them, in addition to the young and strong civilians who were temporarily recruited, the three kings had about 10,000 truly elite veterans.

It was such a rabble that fought all the way from Ji Province to Yu Province, invincible and invincible, until they were finally stopped at the foot of Luozhou City, the capital of the province.

King Fu's central army was stationed at Genshan Gate, and the rest of King Qin's army attacked Yongtai Gate, Fengtai Gate, Hongyuan Gate, and Chengkang Gate, leaving only Jinquan Gate.

As a result, the situation has formed a situation of surrounding five and missing one.

There seemed to be a way out at Jinquan Gate, but in fact a battalion of elite cavalry was ambushed. If the defenders in the city were timid and broke out from Jinquan Gate, they would be defeated with just one charge.

Seeing through King Fu's intentions at a glance, the generals who defended the city preferred to die rather than surrender. They went from house to house and forcibly recruited men to mount the walls to defend the city.

The soldiers came to block it, and the water came and the earth covered it. They relied on the high walls of the city to hold back King Qin's army for three days.

"The defender of Luozhou City is also a good soldier. With two thousand defenders, he held back King Qin's army for three days. Generals, who is willing to climb to the top of the city first for me and take down this hard nut?"

After a long while, Zhao Huan relaxed his brows and looked at the generals in the tent with a slight smile.

"Your Highness, the general is willing to issue a military order. If he cannot climb the city wall within half an hour, the general will be willing to be dealt with by military law."

Beside Zhao Huan, a tiger general stood up and volunteered.

Like Qiu Daorong, this man was an old minister of King Fu when he was in hiding, and he was deeply trusted.

"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's-eye. If General Zou takes action, he will be able to capture him easily. However, I still want to give young people more opportunities."

"I wonder if Captain Chen is willing to do this?"

But Zhao Huan already had a candidate in mind, so he politely rejected Zou Mingyuan and looked at Chen Qingzhi with a smile.

On that day when Wuwei Town was captured, Chen Qingzhi led another 600 soldiers from Yanzhou and successively attacked the counties of Yanzhou to raise his troops with battles. Several small-scale siege battles were won, and with Qiu Daorong on the side to give guidance, it was actually quite impressive.

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"How dare you disobey your orders!"

Wearing fish scale mail armor, the white-robed young man came out of Leno Road.

This person was none other than Chen Qingzhi, who was ordered by Zhao Yu to accompany the army on the expedition.

King Fu also had his own considerations in doing this. The generals he relies on now are all former ministers of Qiandi, and they are very familiar with each other, so it is inevitable to form cliques.

In time, when he ascends to the 95th position, this group of people will become the new noble group. No emperor can accept that his subordinates are too big to lose.

Therefore, supporting Chen Qingzhi is also intended to create another young and strong faction to fight against the old ministers in Qiandi.

The more fiercely the men fought, the more secure the position under the emperor's butt naturally became.

"Brothers, King Fu has ordered that the first person to climb the Luozhou city wall will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and a third-level official!"

"My captain has issued a military order. In this battle, our White Robe Battalion will be the first to attack. Brothers, are you confident?"

Chen Qingzhi's words immediately caused a commotion in the camp.

What is the concept of a thousand taels of gold? One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. A thousand taels of silver is enough for a family of six to live comfortably for a good year. Ten thousand taels of silver is enough for you to become a landlord.

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Not to mention the significance of the third-level official position, which makes those children from nearby aristocratic families jealous.

"Wei! Wei! Wei!"

For a moment, the fighting spirit soared into the sky.

Xian Deng has been synonymous with high mortality in people’s minds since ancient times.

Braving the flying arrows and rolling stones, I finally stumbled up the city wall. What I was about to face was the swords and guns of the city defenders.

In fact, this is not the case. First of all, siege of a city is not a one-man attack.

Carts with wooden curtains, catapults, and parapets were all used to minimize casualties during the attack on the city.

Supplemented by pedestrian bridges and overhead trains, the defenders on the city wall could only gnash their teeth in hatred and be helpless in the face of these iron turtle shells.

Secondly, although it is dangerous to reach the camp first, the equipment is well-equipped and the rewards are high. The elites in the army will flock to it, so the survival rate will naturally be high.

Many important people who have been granted the title of marquis or general have a record on their resume that they first arrived at a certain city on a certain day, month, and year.

Therefore, King Fu gave Chen Qingzhi the job of being the first to ascend. Although it was for the purpose of supporting and promoting him, it also implied that he was taking the exam. If a waste could not even be the first to ascend, it would naturally not be possible for him to be assigned to the senior minister.

A benchmark for court struggle.

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The situation of the Luozhou City defenders is not optimistic.

After three days, the two main defenders of the city gate suffered thousands of casualties.

Guard General Cao Keyong led his troops around the city gates, filling in wherever there was a crisis. Soldiers who died in battle or were injured were carried off the city wall one by one, and lives were taken away at every moment.

Either because of the golden liquid falling from the rolling stones on the city wall, or because of the rain of arrows and stones from outside the city.

There were even one or two times when King Qin's army had already stormed the city wall. Fortunately, Cao Keyong arrived in time and killed them back. If not, Luozhou City would have changed its name.

The sky gradually became scorching hot. After three consecutive days of high-intensity offensive and defensive battles, even with rotation, the soldiers defending the city were somewhat exhausted.

Just when Cao Keyong secretly complained, the offensive at the city suddenly slowed down. Before he could feel happy, a group of elite men in armor and white robes slowly walked out from the rebels.

Cao Keyong's hole suddenly shrank.

I saw that the leader's true energy was full and full. Not only that, but the soldiers behind him were all full of energy. They were in a group of five, wearing twenty or thirty kilograms of heavy armor and walking as fast as flying. They were all obviously internal martial artists.

The arrows shot from the top of the city pierced their bodies and could only be bounced away with a bang. The rolling stone golden juice was even more easily avoided.

"Climb the Rui Shi first!"

A bitter smile appeared on Cao Keyong's lips.
Chapter completed!