Meng Ao looked at the high-altitude Zhou army's artillery position. He knew that it could be captured as long as he fought hard, but the casualties would be huge, and winning this position did not mean that the rest of the journey would be smooth.
Because he had been holding on to the idea of luck before and suffered a lot along the way, so now he has no illusions.
In fact, this is the last artillery position set up by Ji Jie. As long as Meng Ao dares to charge up, the road ahead will be smooth.
Things are often like this, when you feel that there is an insurmountable gap in front of you, in fact, it is just a small gutter. One step across it will open up the sea and the sky, but there are very few people who dare to lift their legs.
"Forget it, let's take a rest!" Meng Ao ordered: "Count the number of dead and injured, and send scouts to make a detour to inquire about General Yan's situation. Do these two things together!"
"As you command!"
The number of casualties was quickly calculated, and it turned out that **100 soldiers died from the harassment along the way. Overall, the casualties were not large, and could be considered negligible for an army of tens of thousands.
However, everyone is still afraid, because you don't know when the shells will fall around you, and there is no way to avoid it.
The scouts also quickly sent back news from Yanping, saying that he and the remaining 10,000 Qin troops were almost fainting from hunger, and that Ji Jie's men were psychologically attacking them.
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Ji Jian picked up a basket of big meat-stuffed buns, threw it at the Qin soldiers, and shouted: "Grandpa Ji Jian is in a good mood. Please eat buns. Don't be polite. If you want to be full, just do it." Put down your weapons and come here, I will definitely take care of you!"
Many soldiers looked at the flying buns eagerly, but without the general's order, none of them dared to step forward, so they could only watch the big white buns fall into the blood.
"General, what should we do? Everyone is very hungry!" the general asked.
Yanping glared at him, stood up with a "hoo", and shouted to Ji Jian: "You Zhou people are not kind, you treat us in this way, I, Yanping, don't accept it!"
Ji Jian sneered and said: "Don't accept it? So you are a very kind person! Then who sneaked under the city of my country last night, and then broke in. You were allowed to carry out a sneak attack, but we were not allowed to fight back. A sneak attack? Yanping, I thought you were a nobody, but now it seems that you are not even an ant compared to other generals of the Qin State!"
"You..." Yanping was so angry that he couldn't speak!
"What are you doing? My Lord has said that I will give you a quarter of an hour to think about it!" Ji Jie raised a finger and said, "As soon as the time passes, we will fire immediately! The artillerymen obeyed the order and pushed the trebuchet to me. Come up, the thunderbolt bowmen and crossbowmen are ready!"
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of large and small trebuchets were pushed out from the crowd, the sky-shattering cannonballs on their trebuchets were pointed directly at the Qin formation, and tens of thousands of soldiers armed with thunderbolt crossbows came forward.
Yanping sat down on the ground again angrily and said sternly: "Whoever dares to surrender to Zhou Dynasty will be punished on the spot! Even if he dies, he must die with dignity!"
Time passed minute by minute. Ji Jian squinted at the sun hanging high in the sky and said loudly: "You still have a little time, but of course not much! Living is the right that everyone is born with. , no one can take it away, just do what you think in your heart, and whoever doesn’t let you live, you should let him die first!"
Yanping was stunned for a moment after hearing this. It must be said that people in this era have limited thinking ability.
However, many people still understood the meaning of Ji Jian's words, and they all looked at Yanping with resentful eyes until he felt sick in his heart.
"What do you want to do?" Yanping pulled out his long sword and said sternly: "Do you think there will be a good end if you surrender? Look at these corpses on the ground, and look at the companions buried in the ruins. If Ji Jie is really
How could a kind-hearted person kill us? Don't be fooled by their lies. The surrendered soldiers are worse than pigs and dogs in the eyes of the victor. Think about how you dealt with prisoners of other countries in the past.
, that’s the result of surrender!”
Many of these soldiers are veterans who participated in the Battle of Changping. What Yanping said makes sense. Those who surrender will only be slaughtered. Who wants you to give up the chance to die with the enemy in the end!
"Everyone rush with me and rush out to join General Meng. I took a look just now and General Meng is already very close to us!" Yanping continued: "As long as you and I can break out of the encirclement, we will be saved!"
"Come with the general!"
"Come on!"
Ji Jian's psychological offensive failed. He turned around and glanced at Ji Jie's position helplessly, and at the same time relaxed his shoulders.
Ji Jie clearly saw Ji Jian's expression through the telescope. He ordered the messengers around him: "Send the signal for a general attack and let Ji Jian and Zhao Ling act according to the plan!"
A green signal flare rushed into the sky. Ji Jian and Zhao Ling issued attack orders at the same time. Hundreds of trebuchets roared. The Qin army, led by Yanping, desperately attacked a point. When they rushed to a certain distance,
Suddenly, thunderbolts hit like raindrops.
The Qin army suffered heavy casualties. Yanping organized two charges in succession, but in the end they failed. The soldiers' remaining strength was exhausted.
At this time, the Zhou army acted together, charging towards the Qin army trapped in the center, while narrowing the encirclement without limit, and the general ground attack began.
On the other side, Meng Ao's scout knelt in front of him and said hurriedly: "The Zhou army launched a general attack, and General Yan was unable to fight back. He was suppressed in a small area and was in danger of being annihilated.
!”
Meng Ao took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "For decades, our Qin army has been invincible in battles, but why is it not Ji Jie's opponent? This time the losses were even greater. All 110,000 elite troops were lost in two days.
, and I’m stuck on the road to rescue and can’t move!”
"General Meng, what should we do next?"
Meng Ao thought for a while and asked: "How long do you think General Yan can last?"
After a comprehensive analysis, several generals came to the conclusion: "At most half an hour!"
"Then we will take action in two quarters of an hour!" Meng Ao said: "Then the Zhou army will think that they have a chance to win, thus reducing their resistance to us. We will just rush in to rescue General Yanping out of trouble!"
"General Meng is wise!"
When Meng Ao launched the charge, the artillery position on the high ground only fired a few symbolic shells, and then fled. Before they could come into contact with the Zhou army besieging Yanping, Yanping actually succeeded with two to three thousand remaining soldiers.
A hole was opened and he rushed out!
Not only Meng Ao, but also Yanping himself didn't believe this was true.
But the facts are in front of them. They have indeed rushed out. The two parties have joined forces. Yanping has no time to say anything to Meng Ao. He only has one sentence: "Retreat, target our camp, hold on!"