Chapter seven hundred and seventy first burn these recalcitrant people
"The water is cut off? The water channel is cut off. This has been expected for a long time. Why are you panicking?// Fastest update//(Baidu search)" Cao Zhang calmed down quickly. He thought that the water cut off that the soldiers said was actually the water cut off.
It's the two clear water sources.
"No, it's not the open water channel, it's the dark water channel, which suddenly stopped this morning!"
Cao Zhang's body was shaken again, and the expression on his originally resolute face began to distort, and a look of shock surged in his sunken eyes.
After being shocked for a long time, Cao Zhang's mouth twitched and he reluctantly said: "Let's go, take me to see it."
After leaving the camp, the soldiers led the way, followed closely by Cao Zhang. Many lieutenants who got up early in the morning and came to report to Cao Zhang also followed suit.
This large group of people anxiously rushed to the exit of the dark water, and sure enough they saw that the water had stopped flowing, leaving only a few traces of water on the ground.
Everyone's expressions were frozen in a moment of horror, and a deep fear quickly spread among the crowd like a plague.
"Don't be afraid. This may just be a temporary retreat. Maybe the water will come back again after a while." Cao Zhangqiang regained his confidence and comforted everyone loudly.
Only then did everyone's panic calm down a little.
Throughout the morning, Cao Zhang and his 7,000 men waited anxiously for the water flow to recover. However, until noon, the water flow did not come. The Qin army on the cliff did not even have water for cooking, so they could only make do with it.
I ate some of yesterday's leftover cold rice.
Cao Zhang felt a little anxious and had to order a message flag to be set up on the top of the cliff. He hoped that Wu Zhi from the other camp would reply to him quickly after seeing it and tell him what was wrong with the dark water source.
What drove Cao Zhang crazy was that from afternoon to evening, there was no response from Wu Zhi at all, and the water flow still did not reappear.
The more than 7,000 Qin troops have been without water all day long. The soldiers are getting more and more anxious and frightened, and the morale of the army is rapidly sinking.
Unconsciously, night fell and the water flow still did not recover, which drove Cao Zhang almost crazy.
The reason why Cao Zhang had the confidence to camp on Maiji Cliff was because he relied on the hidden water source as a base. Now all the three water sources, light and dark, have been cut off. Cao Zhang's original tactic of taking advantage of danger and defending has become a
Draw the ground as a prison, a passive situation of being trapped in a dead ground.
"What's going on with this bitch Wu Zhi? Didn't I order him to guard the dark water source? What on earth is this bitch doing?"
Cao Zhang was restless and kept cursing.
The signal that his emotion conveyed to his subordinates was that their commander-in-chief, King Liang, was helpless to solve the water source problem. Their seven thousand Qin army was really completely without water.
In the Qin camp, panic spread rapidly. Almost the entire Qin army in the camp was whispering, and their hearts were in a state of flux.
Wen Chou at the foot of Maiji Cliff was very clear about the situation of the Qin army on the mountain.
Due to Wen Chou's temperament, he originally planned to attack the mountain that day. However, Xu Shu persuaded him not to rush and to trap Cao Zhang for a few more days. When the morale of the Qin army was completely shattered, it would not be too late to attack the mountain again.
Wen Chou had no choice but to suppress his temper and ordered 30,000 troops to surround Maiji Cliff on all sides. He would never allow a Qin soldier to sneak down the mountain to steal water.
For three days, Cao Zhang and his 7,000 Qin troops were besieged for three days.
During this period, several lieutenants suggested that since the water source had been cut off and the morale of the army would inevitably collapse, it would be better to break out while morale was still there and perhaps save some troops.
Naturally, the fierce Cao Zhang refused these negative suggestions. Cao Zhang knew very well that if he broke out and fled, the street pavilion would be captured by the Chu army.
As soon as the Chu army captures Jieting, the gate of Longxi will be opened, and the Chu army of 170,000 to 80,000 people will swarm in and march into the Longxi plain. At that time, what will the Qin State, which has only a few soldiers and few generals, do?
To stop the Chu army's crushing footsteps.
Cao Zhang was determined to defend the street pavilion and called on his Da Qin soldiers to show extraordinary courage and fight for Da Qin and the Emperor.
Cao Zhang's generous call did not have much effect. Compared with their commander, the last thing ordinary soldiers needed was spiritual encouragement. What he most urgently needed now was water, water, water.
Since the dark water source was cut off three days ago, the soldiers could only eat unpalatable dry rice every day. At the beginning, each person could get a little bit of turbid water to quench their thirst. Later in the siege, even the dirty water was
Drink dry.
After three days of siege, the Qin army of seven thousand fell into a state of depression, and the morale of the army was on the verge of collapse.
On the fourth day, some soldiers in the Qin army finally couldn't bear their thirst and chose to escape down the mountain and surrender to the Chu army.
The surrender of the Qin army was a key signal, which made Xu Shu realize that their siege had been effective.
So, under Xu Shu's suggestion, Wen Chou sent thousands of crossbowmen to shoot rockets at the mountain day and night.
Thirst and lack of water, coupled with the burning fire, Xu Shu believed that this would be enough to accelerate the collapse of the Qin army.
From day to night, rockets kept flying and falling on the cliff top all the time.
When the Qin army set up camp previously, they had cut down all the trees on Maiji Cliff, but there were still dense weeds on the surface. The Chu army did not need to shoot rockets to the cliff, they only needed to light the foothills on fire.
Come, the fire will quickly spread to the cliff.
The fire was raging, black smoke was billowing, and the entire Maiji Cliff was shrouded in fireworks, as if it had turned into a big steamer.
The billowing black smoke made the Qin army, who was already dry and on fire, even worse. When the Chu army's rockets shot into the Qin camp, the Qin army didn't even have water to extinguish the fire. They could only use tarpaulins or clothes to put out the fire.
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Facing the "despicable" tactics of the Chu army that were almost ravaging, Cao Zhang also lost his sense of proportion and didn't know how to deal with it.
On the fifth day of the siege, Xu Shu judged that the morale of the Qin army in Shanshan had collapsed, so he suggested that Wen Chou launch an attack immediately.
Wen Chou had been patiently waiting for Xu Shu's words. With an order, the 30,000 Chu army vanguards rushed out and rushed towards Maiji Cliff.
The rumble of war drums soared into the sky. Wen Chou raised his gun and shouted: "Go up the cliff to me, kill all the rebels, and capture Cao Zhang's son alive——"
After the order was passed, the soldiers of the Chu army who had been fed and drank well and had been preparing for a long time, like wild beasts that had been hungry for a long time, launched the most violent attack on the Qin army on Maiji Cliff from all directions.
Cao Zhang, who was distressed in the military tent, received the urgent report of the Chu army's attack and rushed to the front line of the camp gate.
"Hey~~" Cao Zhang took a deep breath as he reined in his horse.
At this moment, the Chu army at the foot of the mountain, covered by black smoke, had already rushed up the mountainside.
Every Chu soldier had the luxury of wrapping his mouth and nose with a wet cloth to prevent him from being choked by the fireworks.
The whole area around Maiji Cliff was filled with flying arrows, and the sound of killings was loud. The Chu army attacked from five sides, targeting the Qin army's five camp gates, and launched a fierce attack.
The iron armor was dense, and the waves of Chu troops rushing up from all over the mountains and plains were like huge black waves, lapping at the isolated reef of Qin Jun one after another.
"Hold it, hold it for me, let the crossbowmen fire, and kill the enemy thieves fiercely~~" Cao Zhang waved his long sword and roared like thunder.
The Qin army, which was in torment, faced the Chu army's attack, as if it had finally found a channel to vent its inner pain, and launched a crazy counterattack in the desperate situation.
At the Qin camp, the Qin army's crossbowmen endured the smoke of fireworks and fired arrows wildly at the oncoming Chu army. Under the fierce attack of the Qin army, the momentum of the Chu army's attack was slightly restrained.
It was not easy for the Chu army to attack from the rear, but the trees on the hillside had been cut down and the grass had been burned clean, allowing the Qin army's crossbowmen to obtain a good shooting range. Under their crazy arrows, the Chu army
The army's first wave of strong attacks forced them to retreat.
Wen Chou was also angry, and immediately ordered the retreating soldiers to reorganize and continue to launch an uninterrupted fierce attack.
Amidst the rumbling war drums, rows of Chu troops held their shields high and bravely descended against the rain of arrows. When one person fell, the people behind him jumped up without hesitation.
At the same time, the Chu army's crossbowmen kept firing arrows to suppress the enemy's arrow attacks on the cliff.
The fierce battle lasted for a full two hours, and both the Chu and Qin armies suffered heavy casualties. From the top of the mountain to the hillside, countless corpses were lying in random directions, and the blood flowing was like a huge red carpet, covered in blood and fire.
It filled the entire Maiji Cliff.
Although the Chu army suffered heavy losses, Wen Chou's advantage was that he had more troops. Once a wave of people fell, he could call in another wave of energetic reserves without hesitation.
However, Cao Zhang's troops are limited in number, and his soldiers have been suffering from thirst for a long time. The current battle is entirely based on the instinct of survival.
The potential of willpower is indeed terrifying, but the Qin army is only flesh and blood after all. After the fire of will burns out, it will be replaced by the collapse of the body.
Under the fierce attack of the Chu army, the will of the Qin army finally collapsed.
The Qin army suffered a mental breakdown and could not even lift the spear in their hands, and the crossbow hand was so trembling that he could not even trigger the crossbow machine. The Chu army rushed forward and had their heads chopped off mercilessly.
Amidst the roaring sound that reached the sky, the camp gate to the west had been broken through by the Chu army, and large numbers of Chu troops rushed into the Qin camp like a tide.
"Your Majesty, please give the order to break out quickly. If you don't give the order, there will be no chance. We will all die -" Before the deputy general could finish his words, he was hit in the face by a flying arrow and fell next to Cao Zhang.
Cao Zhang's spirit also collapsed. He knew that the fall of Maijiya and the fall of Jieting was a foregone conclusion.
"I cannot die. I have to go back. I want to live to see my father!"
This thought flashed through Cao Zhang's mind, and he immediately gritted his teeth and shouted: "Break through, the whole army breaks through -"
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Twenty miles east of Jieting.
That mighty army was marching quickly on the road, with the "Chu" flag flying proudly in the wind.
Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, but saw that the road ahead was getting wider and wider. He knew that the army was not far from Jieting, and his army of more than 100,000 people would soon pass through Longshan.
"I wonder how the fighting in the street pavilion is going?"
Just as he was deep in thought, a scout came from Pegasus from the west and arrived directly in front of Yan Liang's chariot.
"Your Majesty, General Hussars has reported success. The street pavilion was captured yesterday!"
