Chapter 72
It was dim and the Zhao army woke up a loud sound of trumpets. The Zhao army soldiers did not care about washing up and rushed to the edge of the camp. They saw many huge black shadows moving slowly towards the Zhao army camp in the distance.
The black shadow was tall and big, and it was called a giant, with low visibility. The soldiers of Zhao army could not see clearly, and the magical monster was shocked.
After a while, the visibility was slightly better and the shadows were getting closer. Sima Shang finally saw clearly that these shadows were huge trenchers. Sima Shang had never seen such trenchers and did not recognize them at all, so he had to wait and see what happened.
The sound of the trumpet came from the mouths of the Qin soldiers who were pushing the trench. The soldiers pushed the trench forward with all their might. Not long after, the trenchers stopped, one by one, lined up neatly, like beasts that wanted to choose people and eat.
The King of Qin led Zhou Chong, Wei Liao and Meng Wu to come, jumped off the horse, held the whip in his hand, and strode to the catapult, stroked the catapult, and said, "Mr. Zhou used this sharp weapon to break through Xinzheng that day. Today, this sharp weapon will show its power again, let the war end here, and let the blood of the Zhao army soldiers dye the land red.
Let's start!"
"Put the soil!" The school waved its flag and ordered the loaders to pack the soil into the bucket.
"Flash!" The school ordered again that the soldiers knocked off the wooden pillars for support, and the huge rocks fell. Only the sound of breaking through the air was heard. The bags of soil looked like arrows leaving the strings, drawing a wonderful arc and landing straight towards the haygate.
The King of Qin spent a lot of money and built no less than a thousand catapults. This time, thousands of bags of soil were shot away. Even though it was a little off, it did not fall into the ditch, and there were many that fell into the ditch. Red splashes of water splashed.
The reason why the water in the hay ditch is red is that the blood flows into it a few days ago.
"Don't stop, keep shooting!" The King of Qin said with satisfaction: "I don't believe it, a small ditch can't be filled."
A few days ago, the Qin army paid a heavy price and did not fill the Haogou. For the Qin army, this Haogou was invisible pressure. Unexpectedly, a lot of earthblocks were thrown away in just one round of shooting.
As long as time is used, it doesn’t take too much. At most, the Haogou will be filled in in one day. At that time, you just need to shout and kill and rush forward, and everything will end. The thought of a wonderful ending.
The Qin army was full of morale and energetic. Even if the Qin King didn't give orders, he knew what to do. He was all desperately loading up the earthblocks and launching them. He shot them one round after another.
Looking at the splashing water, the generals of the Zhao army couldn't understand it. One general muttered: "What is the King of Qin going to do? Just rely on this sparse earthen bun, I want to fill the hay ditch. I'm just thinking about it."
Sima Shang glared at him and said, "One hour is unsatisfactory, half a day, one day, two days is hard to say."
Another general said in shock: "The King of Qin is really cruel. If there is no Haogou, how can we resist? General, think of a way, and you can't let them succeed."
Sima Shang certainly knew that the consequences were serious. But in this situation, he had no other way except to watch the Qin army fill the Haogou bit by bit.
"General, please allow General Zhunmo to go to war, General Yu promises to destroy the monster." A general asked for a fight.
Sima Shang shook his head slowly and said, "You can see clearly. The King of Qin has dispatched so many troops to protect them. These soldiers have many crossbow soldiers. The firepower of the crossbows is too strong, and we will suffer a lot. If we leave the camp.
We can only be slaughtered by others.”
"What should we do? We can't watch the Qin people fill our ditches with us." The generals were very dissatisfied.
Sima Shang said helplessly: "This is all you can do. If you want to fight, be prepared for the final battle. If you don't want to fight, go and run for your life. It's still time. Everything is broken today!"
He was resourceful and his judgment was so pessimistic that the problem was naturally very serious. General Qi Ran said, "General, no matter what you say, even if you want to die, we will die together."
General, don’t worry, we are not cowards, but good men, and we will never lose the dignity of our Zhao State!”
"That's good, go and prepare!" Sima Shang said with confidence.
The catapults were launched endlessly. In the afternoon, a moat ditch more than ten feet wide was filled. Sima Shang thought that the Qin army would attack immediately, so he drew his sword and unsheathed it and shouted: "Bloody battle to the end!"
The soldiers followed him and shouted "Bloody Fight to the End", and their voices shook the sky.
However, the progress of the matter was not as he had imagined. The Qin army did not attack immediately, but moved the catapult slightly forward and continued to launch. This time, the catapult's target was not Haogou, but Zhao's local village.
The landblocks kept falling down, and many of them hit the village. Although the village was made of solid, the landblocks fell from the sky and had a great force. In just a short while, the attacked villages fell into pieces and were in disguise.
The Zhao army suddenly turned into defense during the retreat and paid a lot more than normal. It can be said that this camp was exchanged for the blood of the soldiers, and each wooden stake had to be paid. Unexpectedly, it was broken so easily by the Qin army, and Sima Shang's heart was as if he was slashed.
In less than half an hour, the village of more than ten feet wide was useless. The Qin army's attack was completely opened, and the Zhao army's last line of defense no longer existed.
The King of Qin flew on his horse, drew his sword out of the sheath, pointed at the front, and issued an order: "If it is far away, shoot with a crossbow! If it is close, fight! If they are going to fight to the end, I will accompany you to the end! Move forward!"
"I will accompany you to the end! I will accompany you to the end!" The Qin soldiers shouted, lined up in battle formations and pressed towards the Zhao army. They were soon able to cross Haogou and approach the village.
"Bloody battle to the end!" Sima Shang waved his long sword and roared. Behind him, a bloody battle to the end resounded throughout the sky.
Sima Shang thought that the gap was not wide and could completely fight a human wave tactic to keep the Qin army out. His idea was also the idea of the generals. The generals led the soldiers to enter the gap. For a moment, the gap was crowded with people, as if the sea of tides were till the same.
The most effective way to use the tactics of the sea of people to push the Qin army out and wait for an opportunity to repair the village was the most effective way at that time. The King of Qin had long expected that it would be clear, so he sent a crossbow to walk in his head.
A sound of breaking through the air sounded, and countless sharp arrows flew towards the Zhao army. Many Zhao army was caught in arrows, as if the pile of straw was pushed down by people, and fell down in one go.
There was only one round of arrow rain, and a large area suddenly appeared when the gap that was originally full of people.
After the Qin army approached, they no longer advanced and only used continuous crossbows to shoot hard. This is a very clever tactic. If the two armies fight together at the beginning of the melee, the power of the continuous crossbows will not be exerted. It is better to shoot and kill them first.
Chapter completed!