Qin General Chapter 143: Everyone has their own thoughts
"Good Zhao Tuo, you can do this."
Yang Xiong held the copper trumpet in his hand and spoke. Hearing that the sound he made had indeed become stronger, he couldn't help but admire it. This thing is quite interesting.
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly.
The method of military warfare is to attack the heart from the top, and to attack the city from the bottom.
With the help of this thing, the morale of the guards in the city was reduced. The Qin army only had to wait for the siege equipment to be built before launching an attack.
He looked at the head of Waihuang City in the distance. There were crowds of people there, and he wondered if Waihuang Ling Zhang Er was among them.
"This is a prince..."
Zhao Tuo now remembered that Zhang Er was not a small figure in the late Qin Dynasty, but a famous prince and king.
This person first followed Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the uprising against Qin.
After the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty, he was named King of Changshan by Xiang Yu. Later, when the Chu and Han Dynasty fought for hegemony, he turned to Liu Bang and became the King of Zhao of the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Er's son Zhang Ao married Liu Bang's daughter Princess Lu Yuan. Zhang Er's granddaughter Zhang Yan married Liu Bang's son Liu Ying.
This guy is a die-hard anti-Qin faction.
Zhao Tuo's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
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The sky gradually darkened and night fell.
All the soldiers of the Qin army had eaten and drank enough, and the elite troops responsible for the main attack had even gone to sleep to recuperate and wait for the siege battle tomorrow.
In ancient times, it was very difficult to attack a city at night, not to mention that the Qin army had traveled thirty miles today and was not tired yet, so it was not suitable for a night attack.
However, the Qin army was not inactive. After Zhao Tuo and Zhao Bi's discussion, they decided to implement the heart-attack tactics to the end.
The Qin army sent more than ten people at each city gate. Under the cover of night, they held copper trumpets and continued to preach about the current situation in which Wei was destined to perish, and the different consequences of surrender and resistance.
Among them, the sounds of Qin and Wei mixed with each other, forming a wave of sound that continuously hit the head of Waihuang City.
And because of the cover of darkness, these people were not afraid of missing arrows from the city, and got closer than during the day. The sound, amplified by the copper trumpet, was as close as a few feet, and could be heard clearly.
Zhang Er looked ugly. He didn't expect the Qin army to be so cunning and use such dirty tactics.
The power of these words is probably stronger than the power of weapons.
Weapons hurt the body, but words attack the heart.
On top of the city, torches were burning and the lights were bright. Everyone had different expressions and they didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts.
Fortunately, not all of Zhang Er's men are courageous. Isn't Liu Ji from Peixian County, Chu State, a loyal and brave man?
Liu Ji stood up, cupped his hands to Zhang Er and said, "Zhang Jun, these Qin people are deceiving everyone with lies. They are really noisy. Liu Ji would like to lead a group of strong men out of the city to attack and chop off the heads of several Qin people.
Build up your reputation!"
Zhang Er's heart moved, and he sent people out of the city to charge and kill some Qin troops. If they could kill some Qin troops, it would really calm people's hearts and let the people in the city understand that the Qin troops outside were not invincible.
This Liu Ji is quite knowledgeable and is willing to take people out of the city himself. He is really a strong man!
But Zhang Er still shook his head and rejected Liu Ji's proposal.
Because the general of the Qin army under the city could come up with such dirty tactics, he was not a mediocre person. How could he know that the opponent was unprepared?
Maybe there is an elite Qin army hidden in the night, waiting for them to open the door and attack, and seize the opportunity to break in.
Moreover, if Liu Ji can attack the Qin people when he goes out of the city, it will be good. But if Liu Ji is killed by the Qin army, the morale of the guards in the city will be greatly affected.
Zhang Er is not willing to take this kind of risk.
Seeing Zhang Er rejecting his proposal, Liu Ji's eyes flashed with disappointment.
Just when he was secretly regretting that he had lost another chance to escape, when he saw Zhang Er turning around and walking towards the bottom of the tower, he rolled his eyes and followed him quietly.
Zhang Er came down from the city wall, and there was a close aide waiting below.
"Zhang Jun, the carriage is ready. If the situation goes bad tomorrow, we will escort Zhang Jun out of the east gate."
"very good."
Zhang Er nodded slightly.
The Qin army attacking Waihuang was not large in number. Even if they broke through the city, they would not be able to stop their ability to break through.
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The escape route has long been left, which is why Zhang Er dared to stay in Waihuang to resist the Qin army.
In the darkness, Liu Ji looked at this scene with a smile on his lips.
In the early morning of the second day, the sun had just risen, and the beautiful morning glow covered the earth with a colorful veil.
Zhao Tuo was neatly dressed and looking at the outer Huangcheng in high spirits.
Behind him, the elite soldiers of the Qin army were full of energy after a night's rest. Everyone was gearing up, full of fighting spirit, and wanted to climb the city and make meritorious deeds.
Zhao Ben yawned and asked the remaining soldiers to carry weapons and prepare for the sheep attack.
"Zhao Ben is a very capable person and very upright."
Zhao Tuo secretly thought that compared to Yang Xiong's unreliability, although Zhao Ben talked less, he was very practical in his work and did not seek credit.
When the two were discussing last night, Zhao Ben took the initiative to request to bring some soldiers to build siege weapons, carry out heart-attack tactics and prepare for the Wei army's night attack.
Zhao Tuoze and the elite Qin army cultivated their energy and prepared to attack the city on the second day.
After a night passed, I thought that most of the guards on the city had not slept well, and there were many who had second thoughts. It was when the Qin army broke through the city in one fell swoop.
"Son, today is the day to break the city and make a great contribution!"
"Those who advance will be rewarded, those who retreat will be killed!"
Yang Xiong, the leader of the two and five hundred troops, was in high spirits and issued the order to attack.
As the drums were beating, Zhao Ben commanded his soldiers to launch an attack from the west of the city where Zhang Er was stationed personally.
They pushed the siege engines built overnight.
That is, a large wooden stake is placed on the beam, with a wooden wheel underneath, and is pushed by a person from the village to hit the city gate.
At the same time, other soldiers also charged forward carrying bamboo and wooden ladders.
Amidst the sound of war drums, the Qin army's momentum was astonishing.
Zhang Er stood at the top of the city, frowning.
"There are about five or six hundred people here... How many Qin troops are there in the south of the city?"
He stood at the top of the city and with just one glance, he roughly calculated the number of Qin soldiers in the west of the city.
The confidant on the side said: "Zhang Jun, there should be about four to five hundred people in the south of the city. Please rest assured, Zhang Jun, we have eight hundred young and strong guards there. With the advantages of numbers and city defense, nothing will happen."
Zhang Er frowned and glanced at the general flag behind the Qin army in the west direction of the city.
He sneered and said: "Huh, although the general flag of the Qin army is here, I'm afraid it's just a cover. The west of the city is just a sheep attack. The real purpose of the Qin army is to attack Waihuang from the south of the city. Although there are eight hundred young men there,
, I’m afraid you’ll run away a lot after just one encounter.”
"Liu Ji, take a hundred county soldiers and knights to the south of the city to support you!"
Zhang Er thought of Liu Ji's heroic words yesterday and thought that this man must be determined to defend the city to the death. With him taking the lead in guarding the south of the city, he would definitely be able to hold on longer.
When he escapes, Liu Jida will be able to buy himself some time.
"only!"
Liu Ji responded loudly, with a smile flashing in his eyes.