The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

"Fortunately, Yang Xiong did not specifically ask me to be the first to ascend..."

The next morning, standing at the foot of Waihuang City, looking through the faint smoke and dust at the three villages ahead of him, Hei Fu shouted in relief.

The so-called first to ascend is the first to ascend the city during a siege. Although they will definitely get a collective merit after success, Hei Fu calculated in his mind that it would be fine for ordinary sieges, but in this kind of hard battle with similar numbers of attackers and defenders, the casualties of the first to ascend would be huge, and it is possible that all of them would be killed!

Moreover, when encountering a boss as scheming as Yang Xiong, those who take the initiative to show up will often fill the gap for him and die in a confused manner...

So when Yang Xiong's eyes swept over, Hei Fu looked at his nose and his heart, and did not rashly stand out. Fortunately, there were many reckless men in the Qin army who were eager to be the first to make merit. The two garrison chiefs from Nanyang beside Heifu immediately stood up and asked to fight, and Yang Xiong also readily agreed!

And Heifu and his garrison were ranked behind these garrisons. As the second echelon, they hid their bodies in a place more than a hundred steps west of the city, gathered together and held their breath waiting for the drums to beat.

As a meticulous middle-level officer, Yang Xiong fought like he lived, never straight, but liked to play some tricks.

He first ordered the prisoners to collect fuel such as dry manure, straw, and leaves, and set fire to the south and west sides of Waihuang. Then he put out the fire with sand, causing thick smoke to blow towards Waihuang with the south wind that was common in this season, thus obscuring the view of Waihuang City.

Then, Yang Xiong ordered hundreds of people to carry newly made wooden ladders from the south of the city where the Qin army camp was located, and march forward with loud drums, making a posture of attacking the south of the city! Yang Xiong also sat there in person, so that his flags could be seen on the top of the city, and beat the drums continuously...

The sound is endless, and the drums are also drums, which means to command the soldiers to rush forward. The drums were high and rapid, stirring the sky, so most of the defenders on the top of Waihuang City were attracted and focused their main energy on the south.

However, the west of the city where Hei Fu and his men were located was the scheduled main attack direction.

Since we have to attack the city, of course, we can't do without equipment. The Qin army's siege methods, in addition to water and fire acupuncture points, are basically tower cars, catapults, siege vehicles, and ladders.

As the name suggests, the tower car is a very useful siege weapon. It is as high as the city and has wooden wheels underneath. When pushed to the edge of the city, it is like building a bridge. The attackers can jump directly from the tower car into the city. Hei Fu had seen it under the city of Daliang, but it was too heavy, difficult to build and inconvenient to carry, so it was not available at the moment.

Catapult? It has already appeared in this era, but there is no such thing in the army. In the words of later generations, it is just a small county town, why do we need Italian cannons?

The only thing is a hastily built siege car, with a large wooden stake hanging on the beam, protected by a wooden top covered with rawhide, and wooden wheels underneath, pushed by a villager, aiming directly at the city gate!

But the siege vehicle is heavy and needs to be pushed forward. It is easy to be scrapped when encountering potholes. Someone has to fill the ditches along the way. Even if it reaches the city gate, it is not realistic to use wooden stakes to knock the city gate open. Not to mention the wooden and stone arrows on the top of the city, in this case, the city gate is generally blocked with various things, and it is difficult to break it even if the door bolt is broken.

So in addition to the siege vehicle, the main means of attacking the city by the Qin army is still the ladder. It is not the more advanced cloud ladder, but a bamboo ladder, named bamboo flying ladder, with a single pole and a large bamboo, with multiple horizontal levels for hand climbing and foot climbing, and there is a hook at the top of the ladder to firmly cling to the city wall...

Seeing that most of the people of Waihuang Wei were attracted to the south of the city, under the order of another five hundred masters Cheng Wuyou, the messengers ran back and forth between the several garrisons responsible for attacking the city in the west of the city, delivering the order to advance!

After receiving the order, the generals and the garrison commanders walked to the side, following the gentle rhythm of the drums, and beat the bamboo sticks and tiles in their hands. As in the usual training, the Qin soldiers followed one after another, walked through the light smoke, and walked towards the outer Huangxi city wall...

The three garrisons in front of Heifu and his men each had their own tasks. In the first garrison, half of the people held shields and were responsible for attracting firepower from the top of the city, and the other half carried door panels and the like to fill the gullies.

The second garrison had five squads, and each squad carried a bamboo flying ladder as high as three feet! After the road ahead was filled, they would run all the way, braving the arrows from the top of the city, put the bamboo flying ladders on the top of the city, and hold them tightly!

The third garrison was the "first to climb". They were all wearing heavy armor and holding short weapons. Their only responsibility was to climb up the bamboo ladders to the top of the city and be the first to climb up and capture the city!

Heifu's garrison followed closely behind. If all the people in front died, they would have to take over...

Looking at the city wall getting closer and clearer in front, Bu Cheng, who had tied his hair into a bun and walked beside Heifu, swallowed his saliva and murmured: "I have calculated it. The "Daily Book" says that if we attack today, it will be beneficial to attack the city. If we kill the enemy generals in the battle, we will definitely get the dukes and kings!"

He originally wanted to encourage his own morale and the morale of his comrades, but this sentence caused a burst of dry laughter. Ji Ying also scolded: "You, the garrison, have calculated it wrong. How can there be a duke and king in a broken small county?"

Everyone laughed for a while, and the tension was relieved a little, but soon, everyone's expression became tense again.

They had entered the city fifty steps away, and the thick smoke could no longer cover their whereabouts. The Wei people on the top of the city discovered this aggressive Qin people! Start ringing the bell to warn!

The rhythm of the garrison commanders and hundreds of generals knocking on the bamboo boards and tiles immediately changed! From the slow drumbeats to the rapid drumbeats, several troops began to run wildly!

However, they had already entered the range of the city wall. A burst of scattered crossbow arrows shot over. Several Qin soldiers carrying wooden boards to fill the gullies fell to the ground as if they were hit by a fist...

The attackers also had to deal with this side. The two troops on the flanks of Heifu and his team were all tall and slender. After they followed here, they stood thirty steps away from the city wall and began to draw arrows and bows continuously, releasing arrows towards the city wall...

The rain of arrows in the film and television dramas looks very domineering, but it is not easy to do in reality. There are not so many arrows and archers, and they can only cover the city wall for a short time. It can't cause too much damage. The main function is to serve as firepower support and win a little gap for the siege troops.

But in this instant, it was enough for the Qin people to carry bamboo ladders, cross a distance of twenty or thirty steps, and run to the city wall!

Although some people carrying ladders were shot and fell on the way, they were soon replaced by others. With a click, several bamboo ladders were safely placed on the city wall. The first garrison who rushed to the city also carried leather shields to protect them and held down the ladders tightly, preventing the people on the city from pushing them away!

The first garrison had also arrived at the city. With a few shouts, several soldiers climbed up to the top of the city along different bamboo ladders at the same time! Someone immediately followed them.

Heifu's garrison also arrived at the city wall at this time. While they raised their shields to help the people who stabilized the ladders to defend against arrows from the top of the city, they looked up at their comrades climbing the ladders.

Attacking the city with bamboo ladders is also called "ant attachment", which means that the soldiers are like ants, clinging to the wall and climbing up.

But in this way, people are as fragile as black ants. In the eyes of Heifu and his men, the boiling water constantly poured down from the top of the city, the falling wood, stone and bricks, and the crossbow arrows released at close range, almost every moment, there are soldiers who are the first to climb the city being hit and falling down.

Even if there are a few warriors in heavy armor who climbed to the battlement against the arrows, they were stabbed by two spears and lost their lives. After losing their strength, their bodies fell from the top of the city and hit the flying ladder heavily...

Another Qin soldier who had just climbed to the top of the city was stabbed in the chest by a sword before he could jump into the battlement. His body fell diagonally to the bottom of the city and almost hit Heifu...

As Heifu had expected before, the first group suffered heavy casualties and soon there were only a few left.

Heifu took a deep breath of the air of the battlefield, and when others were not paying attention, he hit his thigh hard to stop it from shaking.

Because next, it was his turn to climb the city!

Fortunately, at this time, under the command of Wubaizhu, the Qin army also launched a counterattack. In addition to the archers, the more powerful Jue Zhang crossbows were also in place. Fifty Jue Zhang soldiers used their hands and feet to string the crossbows, and pulled the hanging swords at the Wei people who were desperate and constantly throwing bricks and stones on the top of the city!

Without any sign, a group of crossbow arrows shot from the bottom of the city and stabbed the Wei people on the top of the city. The county soldiers heard the whistling sound of the rain of arrows breaking through the air, and subconsciously raised the shield in their hands. The sound of "ding ding dang dang" was chaotic, and occasionally mixed with a few painful groans. A dozen Wei people's light knights and civilians were shot to death or injured by the fierce crossbow arrows due to the lack of strong protection, and the painful groans continued.

The counterattack on the top of the city stopped. Taking advantage of this gap, Hei Fu shouted and shouted to Dongmen Bao in the front row!

"Abao, climb the city!"

"Yes!"

Dongmen Bao roared, and without a shield, he led the way, climbed the ladder, and held the sword in his mouth!

The defenders were shot by the crossbow arrows just now and suffered heavy casualties. They didn't recover for a while, and Dongmen Bao jumped on the top of the city in a few steps.

This guy has been unable to fight for a long time and has been frustrated for a long time. Now that he has the opportunity, he shouts and shouts, slashes left and right, and hits the enemy with a blade. Relying on the protection of two layers of thick armor, although he was stabbed by a spear, it was not fatal. Instead, he held the spear shaft and killed the opponent.

Dongmen Bao was invincible for a while, and he guarded the battlement where the flying ladder was set up. Taking advantage of this gap, Li Xian and others also climbed the battlement one after another, and fought with the Wei people together with the remaining dozen people in the first landing camp.

This is an opportunity!

Hei Fu couldn't just shout "Go!" at this time, because the military judge was watching the archers. As the head of the garrison, if he flinched, he could be held accountable and beheaded in front of the battle!

So Hei Fu gritted his teeth, chose a bamboo ladder, and climbed up!

Although the city wall was not high, only three feet, it took great courage to attack it in one go...

The surroundings were full of roars, screams, blood, and arrows, but Hei Fu seemed to be unaware of them, because he knew that at this time, the more timid and retreated, the faster he would die!

He used all his old skills in obstacle training in the police academy in his previous life and climbed very fast!

Soon, after barely avoiding a brick that fell, Hei Fu reached the top of the city wall. He grabbed the edge of the city wall, and with the powerful explosive power in his body, he tightened his whole body and rushed to the city wall with his hands and feet!

"Finally he's here!"

However, just as Hei Fu jumped onto the top of the city wall, he saw a big man with a beautiful beard standing in front of him. His face was stained with blood and he was breathing heavily. A Qin soldier who had climbed the first group was lying at his feet. He was already dead!

At this moment, the two of them looked at each other!