Li Mu hurried back to the camp. There was a shadow of Zhou Jun there. He knew that he had been tricked by Ji Jie, but what could he do? Even if he rushed out in full force, he still had no confidence in breaking through the ambush at the mouth of the valley.
If you want to rescue the besieged Sima Shang and Han Chuang, you can only start from the other end of Sanzhe Valley. I'm afraid the Koreans don't know about this yet. It's difficult to do!
By the way, take the opportunity to attack Zhaocheng and encircle Wei to rescue Zhao. I don’t believe that Ji Jie can just watch his city and ignore it. Even if he can’t rescue the trapped soldiers in the end, it’s good to capture Zhaocheng. In general, the merit is greater than
Pass.
Having made up his mind, Li Mu marched out with only more than 20,000 troops and headed straight for Zhaocheng. In his opinion, Ji Jie had used most of his troops to set up an ambush in Sanzhe Valley, so the city must be empty.
In the evening, the Zhao-Han coalition forces arrived outside the city, rested for a while, and then began to prepare to attack the city.
Ji Xueling and Sima Xueran appeared at the top of the city wearing white leather armors. The bulky leather armors did not affect their perfect figures, but instead gave them a unique charm. The two of them were in command today, Zhao Qianxiao
The girl also wanted to come, but she had to give up because she needed to avoid suspicion.
Li Mu looked at the two female generals at the head of the city with disdain, and said in a disdainful tone: "People say that Zhao Wenjun and Ji Jie have many talents, but it seems that the rumors are not worth believing! He actually gave the responsibility of city defense to his own woman.
There’s really no one left!”
Li Mu didn't know that Ji Xueling and Sima Xueran were superior to most men in terms of intelligence and martial arts, but Ji Jie was a bit of a chauvinist to some degree. As long as he was around, he would never let his woman face him.
To danger.
"Prepare torches and beat the war drums!" Li Mu ordered. Before that, he prepared many torches and other lighting objects, hoping to end the battle before dawn.
After the three-way drum, the soldiers rushed forward with shields in hand. The platoon of vehicles that had been bombed a few days ago still stayed in the same place, and the craters on the ground were vaguely visible.
"Order the artillery to prepare to fire!" Ji Xueling said to the herald with a relaxed expression: "Suppress them step by step, and be sure to block them thirty feet away from the moat!"
"Got the order!"
Sima Xueran looked back at the trebuchet that was being loaded, and said with a smile: "Sister Ling'er, why do you have to keep them thirty feet away? Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to put them in and hit them?"
Ji Xueling smiled and said: "Li Mu is a general who cannot be underestimated. I'm afraid he will play tricks and it's a night battle. It's better to be careful!"
Sima Xueran nodded. When Ji Jie handed over the task of guarding the city to them, the two women together assured him that Zhaocheng was absolutely safe.
"Boom boom boom..."
The battle began with the roar of thunder. Li Mu suddenly discovered that the torches held high by the attacking troops had become the best target for the enemy, and immediately ordered the front-line troops to extinguish the torches.
Sima Xueran said to the ordering soldier: "Launch the illumination bomb immediately!"
Illuminating bombs are a new type of weapon that Ji Jie has just researched and invented. A mixture of white phosphorus and sulfur is placed in an iron cylinder, and black gunpowder is used as the ignition medium. When thrown into the air, the gunpowder ignites the mixture and continues to illuminate for twenty seconds.
It shines brightly for dozens of feet in radius.
Specially used for night battles, this invention was timely enough. It had only been two days since the artillery unit was assembled, and it came in handy.
"Chichi..."
The three flares emitted dazzling light at the same time and slowly fell from the sky. The enemies on the ground had no way to hide and were completely exposed to the bright light.
"Adjust the projectile distance and fire again!" Ji Xueling ordered.
With the help of flares, thunderbolts and sky-shattering cannons exploded among the enemies, ruthlessly harvesting lives.
Li Mu originally thought that without Ji Jie in charge, Zhaocheng would be in chaos under attack. Who would have thought that under the command of these two female generals, the counterattack would be even sharper.
The coalition soldiers rushed forward regardless of the cost. When they reached a position dozens of feet away from the city wall, they could no longer move forward. An invisible line turned out to be an insurmountable gap for them.
…
In the Sanzhe Valley, torches are lit at the top, but the bottom of the valley is pitch black.
Ji Jie had already given the order when it was just dark, not to let the enemies below light a torch, and to carry out the most intensive bow and arrow attacks on the torch holders. Often, as soon as one was lit, the owner of the torch would be shot by dozens of arrows at the same time.
Medium, like a hedgehog.
Han Chuang, Han Sui and Sima Shang finally got together, but ended up with no way to escape and could only discuss matters in the dark.
In the darkness, the soldiers were under great psychological pressure, and their morale dropped to the extreme.
The three of them discussed for a long time, but could not come up with an effective way to break out. At this time, Ji Jie's voice came from above: "You three, I know you are together. How about you? Do you dare to show up and join me?"
Let’s talk about it!”
Sima Shang made a gesture of silence. Han Chuang and Han Sui shut up at the same time, and the three of them remained silent.
Ji Jie sneered twice, waved his hand and flew out a flare from the Sumeru joint. The dazzling white light illuminated the area below, and the three guys were unable to open their eyes due to the sudden light.
After they got used to it, they saw Ji Jie standing majestically on a high place.
Sima Shang couldn't help but reach out to touch the strong bow beside him.
"Du...Pulengleng..."
An arrow accurately nailed Sima Shang's carved bow. His outstretched hand stopped and he looked back, only to see Ji Jie lowering the sun-shooting bow slowly.
"What I want to say is, if I want the life of one of you, or the life of all of you, then he must die!" Ji Jie said coldly: "I have hundreds of ways to kill in a short time.
Your method, but I didn’t do it. You are all discerning people, can’t you even see this?”
Of course I can see it!
At first, Han Chuang thought that the reason for encircling and not attacking was to attract more reinforcements. The appearance of Sima Shang dispelled his idea. Although the number of Zhou's troops was smaller than his own, they had a geographical advantage and could completely shoot in the circle.
They can be easily dispatched like a flock of sheep! Or they can throw down fireballs and jars of kerosene, and within an hour, they will all be burned to death.
But why didn't Ji Jie do this?
"I'm warning you, if anyone dares to shoot arrows at me and my people while I'm talking, I guarantee that all of you will die miserably!" Ji Jie continued: "I didn't want to be your enemy.
, but you all came to the door, I have to resist! The three of you are generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time. They should know that there is no possibility of breaking out, and the people who want to save you can't get in. I hope you can judge the situation.
, I promise you as the Supervisor of the Great Zhou Dynasty that as long as you lay down your weapons and surrender, you can survive, otherwise you will die!"
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.