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Chapter 7 Iron Cavalry

The fall of Phoenix Mountain not only means that the complete four-party defense system of the Waste City has been torn a big gap, but also means that the heart of the Waste City has been exposed to the Qin army's sight.

Although the nearly 10,000 Qin troops who refused to guard Phoenix Mountain did not have much attack on the Wucheng at the foot of the mountain, the long-range crossbows shot from the mountain from time to time made the military and civilians of the Wucheng frightened all day long: Maybe a deadly arrow would be shot from the mountain and sent them to hell. Therefore, the Wei army on duty on the east city of Wucheng did not dare to show up on the city without a shield. Although this thin shield was not much better than a piece of thin paper in the Qin army's super crossbow! Maybe this just gave me a sense of psychological security!

The fall of Phoenix Mountain also gave the "Wolf Tooth" warriors an excellent opportunity to perform. They did not have to cross the Wei army's heavily guarded defense lines at all, and could often sneak into the waste city through the cover of the mountain, poisoning, assassinating, and setting fire. A small group of "Wolf Tooth" warriors made the soldiers and civilians in the waste city feel panic and restless day and night.

However, what made the military and civilians of the waste city feel a little strange is that the Qin army has no more movement since it captured Fenghuang Mountain. They only trained troops and then trained troops all day long, and surrounded them and then surrounded them, and did not launch any large-scale offensives at all.

The silence before the war is frightening, especially on the passive side, because the unknown danger is the most heartbreaking. Although Zhao Tie knew that Fusu was definitely preparing for a decisive battle, it was naturally difficult to know how Zhao Tie would attack, so he had to strengthen his defense day and night to strictly prevent the sudden and urgent attack from the Qin army.

Two months have passed, and autumn bid farewell to the earth, and winter has officially arrived. Several heavy snow has fallen on the earth, and the whole world is covered with silver.

However, the cold winter was nothing for the Qin army scattered in the camps around the abandoned city. The complete and sufficient supply of food and charcoal fire, and the warm and comfortable cotton coat guarantee made the Qin army's winter very comfortable.

In comparison, the lives of the military and civilians in the abandoned city are a bit like the years.

The abandoned city has been surrounded for more than half a year. Although Fusu released a large number of people and wounded soldiers in the middle of the journey, the food has been almost consumed so far. The hungry Wei army had to start slaughtering a small number of horses and animals to fill the hunger. The Wei army stationed in the fields outside the city was even more miserable. There was no sufficient food, no enough charcoal, and no warm clothes. Every day, the Wei army lived like the New Year. In this way, in the cold and ice of the snow, the Wei army lost more and more non-combat troops, and its combat power gradually began to decline.

The time for the Qin army to launch a fatal blow to the Wei army in the abandoned city is ripe!

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The main business in the north of the Qin army was that the tent was full of charcoal fire and the candles were like torches, making the room as warm as spring and extremely bright.

Fusu sat upright in the middle, and the other generals stood on both sides. Obviously, this was a high-standard military meeting.

Fusu looked at the generals and smiled and said, "It's the first time in two months that so many generals have been summoned! How is the morale in the army during this period?"

A commander stood up and smiled and said, "The morale of the brothers is very high. Since the capture of Phoenix Mountain, the brothers have been so delicious that they have been so delicious that they have been in a suffocating the enemy as soon as possible and destroy the Wei Kingdom as soon as possible!"

Wang Ben smiled and said, "That's right, not to mention anything else, just watching the Wei army lack clothes in the wild and shaking and shrinking from cold, it feels very relieved. The brothers are all so busy practicing wrestling, falling, throwing stones all day long, and trying to repay the blood debts from the day before yesterday from Wei army!"

Fusu smiled and said, "The morale of the army is available! It seems that the time to break the city is ripe. General Wang, the soldiers and armor of Nanyang have arrived on time, and they can be equipped with the cavalry of General Li's headquarters. You only need to be familiar with it for a few days to use it for combat! However, before the full siege of the city, there is one thing that must be solved!"

Li Xin asked, "What is the matter with the Lord?" Fusu smiled and said, "There are a large number of pits, antlers, tripping ropes, hexagonal nails and other obstacles in front of the Wei army's trenches. These things are still very lethal to our iron armored cavalry and subsequent military charges, so in order to reduce casualties, we must find a way to overcome this difficulty!"

Wang Ben thought about it after hearing this and said, "Your Majesty, what's the problem?" Fusu was stunned and smiled and said, "What's the good plan for General Wang!"

Wang Ben said with murderous aura: "There are hundreds of Wei prisoners in the army. When the battle is in the future, we can let Wei prisoners open the way forward. If the Wei army cannot bear to attack, our army can take advantage of the situation to capture the defense line of the Wei army. If the Wei army attacks regardless of brotherhood, one will inevitably be severely damaged, and the other will also allow Wei prisoners to find out the obstacles in front of the trench for our army, so that our army can attack. What do the generals think?"

When the generals in the tent heard this, they were excited and said good things.

But Fusu couldn't help but feel a faint cold on his back. Although this idea was good, it was too cruel. If he did so, no matter whether the Wei army would attack his compatriots, the chances of Wei prisoners surviving during the exploration process and the melee that followed were very few. This was simply a disguised massacre of prisoners.

Fusu shook his head solemnly and said, "No, doing this will hurt the world. I don't care whether I will do this in other troops, but as long as I am here, my subordinates will not allow me to do such things!"

Wang Ben smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Your Majesty is really kind and righteous. For many years, I am afraid that except Li Mu, the only one who has always been benevolent and righteous. However, if we do not follow this method, it may be very difficult for our army to conquer the outer defense line of the waste city with very few casualties!"

Fusu thought for a while and suddenly said, "If you have it, you can't use people. Can't you use livestock instead?" Li Xin was stunned when he heard this, "Your Majesty means..."

Fusu smiled and said, "In the past, Tian Dan used the Fire Cow Formation to break the swallows, and we also used the cattle herd to explore the way forward. The furious cattle herd charge was no less powerful than the cavalry!" The generals were overjoyed and claimed goodness in unison.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is kind. If those prisoners of Wei know, they will definitely be grateful!" Fusu shook his head and said, "I just want to be at peace in my heart. How could I think so much!"

He turned to Wang Ben and said, "General Wang, there should be a lot of plowing oxen in the city where our army is trapped nearby! You can send someone to collect a thousand plowing oxen and gather them all for use within seven days. And within these seven days, our cavalry should be familiar with the new iron armor!" "Here!" Wang Ben responded.

Suddenly Fusu thought: "General Wang, remember, when collecting plowing oxen, remember to pay the people and not forcefully rob them!"

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other: I have never heard of the Qin army having to pay for collecting things in occupied land.

Wang Ben smiled bitterly and said, "I have never convinced you that your kindness is so kind!"

But Fusu smiled and said, "As the saying goes, 'The people suffer, and there is no great thing to do if they don't take away their wealth.' As long as the abandoned city is destroyed, the beam will be in front of you. By then, the Liang will be broken, and there will be countless powerful people in the city, and their wealth will be like a mountain. Are you still afraid that there will be no chance to get rich!"

When the generals heard this, they were overjoyed. When Fusu said this, they obviously intended to make money. The generals were very happy: Anyway, it was not just about spending money to collect oxen, so why not be able to get along with the Lord! Fortunately, when you break the big beam soon, you can make a fortune. It is also considered that you have not had any effort in the past few months! It would be great to do things with the Lord!

*******

The New Year is approaching, and the Qin army outside the city is busy preparing for war and does not care about the New Year, but the Wei army in the abandoned city is in a tight position and cannot celebrate the New Year.

On that morning, the sun had just risen from the horizon, and the cold wind was raging on the earth. Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in the sky, and in a short while, a little snow fell, mixed with some small hail, which made the ground sound.

The Wei army in the trenches outside the waste city couldn't help but complain: As soon as the rain and snow, the soldiers stationed outside the city were in trouble. They were cold and wet, and they were just as happy as the year!

The heavy snow and hail were getting heavier and the cold wind became more and more bitter. The thin-clothed Wei soldiers trembled in the severe cold. In order to keep the cold, they had to immediately set up campfires in the trenches and sit together to keep warm.

Due to the siege of the city, Phoenix Mountain was captured by the Qin army. In order to keep the cold, the Wei army in the abandoned city had already burned up all the accumulated wages in the city. Now even the furniture, tables, door panels and other items in the vacant houses were removed for the soldiers to keep the cold. But this was obviously a drop in the bucket. Seeing that the wood was about to be used up, the Wei army couldn't help but worry about how to survive the days ahead!

At this moment, suddenly the sound of "rumbling" war drums sounded from all over the abandoned city. The Wei army was stunned. At first, the fashionista thought he was wrong. After all, the Qin army had not attacked for two months. However, as the sound of war drums became clearer, the Wei army looked at each other and knew that this was not an illusion. They quickly jumped up and issued a warning drum horn.

The positions suddenly became lively, and the soldiers of the Wei army ran around and quickly entered various positions to prepare for the battle.

Under such difficult conditions, the Wei army still did not lose its will and hope to fight, which shows that this is indeed a well-trained strong brigade. No wonder their predecessors once bullied the Qin army for decades before Shang Lian reform. Wei Wuzhang did have extraordinary features: perseverance, strength, and courage to fight with each other!

The bowstrings were pulled up, and the catapults were moaning and pulled away. The Wei army was ready!

On the Qin army's position, in addition to the Qin army in the east, the Qin army mobilized 10,000 troops to feint the attack on the Wucheng City to restrain the troops from entering and supporting the other three parties, the Qin army in the north, west and south of the city mobilized more than 20,000 troops to be used for the upcoming offensive operations.

It can be said that with the current total strength of the Qin army, which is slightly more than 100,000, this time, the attack on Fusu is spent on its capital and strives to defeat the enemy in one battle!

At the forefront of the Qin army formation in the north, west and south of the waste city, a thousand strong plowing oxen were already waiting in front of the formation.

"Cabin, Qin cavalry!" "Prepare for war quickly and return to the original position!" The Wei army officers hissed and roared!

However, how could the formation that had been messed up by the fire cattle herd to recover for a while? The Wei army rushed into the position, and the Qin army's iron cavalry had already reached two or three hundred steps.

The catapult was no longer of great use, and could only attack the tail of the Qin army's iron cavalry to play a role in a bit of partition. The main task of blocking the enemy fell on the Wei army's crossbowmen.

"Swoosh swish swish swish..." Wei army's arrows were like rain, almost turning the already dark sky into black, densely submerging the Qin army's cavalry.

"Ding Ding Ding..." The rain-like arrow hit the Qin army's chain of thin scale armor, making a crisp sound of gold and iron clashing.

Then something that surprised the Wei army and almost broke out their eyes. Arrows hit the Qin cavalry's armor and fell one after another. Except for the occasional blind cats hitting the Qin cavalry and war horses, they almost caused any casualties to the Qin army!

The Wei army was a little panicked, and then they realized that the Qin army that was swept up this time was different from the past: the leather armor worn by the Qin army had long disappeared, and everyone was wearing new styles of cold armor. Even the war horses that had never been protected by armor were covered with a thick layer of armor, revealing only two eyes and four iron hooves.

However, the Wei army had no mood or time to appreciate the new armor of the Qin army, because the Qin army's counterattack came: the Qin soldiers stood up immediately, holding crossbows in both hands, "swhoosh..." After a quick roar, the precise and sharp cavalry crossbow shot out arrows all over the sky and flew towards the Wei army.

"Puboo..." A stream of blood fog immediately echoed in the Wei army's formation, and countless Wei army were overthrown.

The accuracy of the Qin cavalry arrows made the Wei army feel scared. Almost in an instant, the Qin army's precise crossbow arrows forced the Wei army's counterattack momentum.

Suddenly, the Qin army suddenly reached a hundred steps, and a drum sounded. The Qin cavalry quickly hung back to the cavalry crossbow and took off the long halberd on the victory hook. Under the reflection of the snow light, the sharp long halberd flashed with a green light and the cold air of death!

The long halberd pulled out the Wei army's follow-up arrows, and the speed of the war cavalry remained unchanged. It avoided the pits and obstacles discovered by the fire cattle herd, and rushed to the Wei army's trenches in a daze.

The sharp long halberd flashed among the snowflakes with cold lights like the moon, and heads flew into the sky. The screams and the blood sprayed in the air made the Qin army's blood boil and the murderous aura surged!

The Wei army in the trench was slaughtered by the Qin army in almost a moment, and then the Qin cavalry rushed to the catapults and Wugang chariots behind the trench. As for the small number of Wei troops remaining in the trench, the large number of old-style cavalry and infantrymen that followed the Qin cavalry swallowed them clean in an instant!

The counterattack of the Wei army began, and Wugang cars were connected together and rolling in a line. Tens of thousands of short blades flashed with silver-white cold light under the snow.

Seeing this, the Qin army roared, and the rushing iron-armored cavalry team immediately scattered, avoiding the front charge of the Wugang car group with its super maneuverability, and rolled up from the side. Using crossbow arrows and long halberds, the fierce Qin army heavy cavalry killed the Wugang drivers of the Wei army almost in a moment.

The Wuhan Iron and Steel Cars without drivers can only be a pile of puppets. The melee catapult car that has lost its protection is even more vulnerable. The Qin army heavy cavalry quickly surrounded it and cut the catapult car into pieces in just a few seconds!

The first line of defense of the Wei army was quickly defeated, and the main force of the Wei army's outer line of defense was also destroyed in the first line of defense.

Immediately afterwards, the Qin army continued to work hard and took advantage of the hasty moments of the Wei army, so it was not too late to quickly conquer the second line of defense before organizing a powerful counterattack force on the second line of defense.

Then the third line of defense was also submerged by the Qin army's iron armored cavalry!
Chapter completed!
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