Chapter 906 Xiangping
By March, Liaodong is no longer so bitter and cold.
All things in the world are awakening, and the Qin army naturally also awakened.
After a winter of training, the new army looks quite elite. If these people can survive in Liaodong, they are strong in themselves.
The Xianbei people are also ready.
Murong Xianbei, Duan Xianbei, plus the Goguryeo and Hao barbarian troops supporting them, Xiangping City had a total of 60,000 troops.
Murong Xianbei's waist straightened up again.
Forty thousand Qin troops attacked the fortified city defended by sixty thousand men, but the defenders were still unable to retreat.
It’s also a great sight.
But no one felt that something was wrong. The word "Qin Jun" could make them breathless.
Of course, it is not difficult for Ma Long to recruit a hundred thousand troops in an instant as long as he raises his arms. However, his military strategy is similar to that of Yang Zheng. Soldiers are more valuable than more expensive.
"Tuo Duo——"
Then a row of rockets roared sharply, the city wall roared, and flames shot into the sky.
But at this time, there was a roar in the city.
Malong looked at the city wall calmly, his face not showing much emotion. There was not much suspense about this battle so far. The Xianbei people's crazy counterattack driven by fear was destined to not last long.
No matter the enemy or friend, shoot them all!
The Qin army lost more than a hundred people, and the defenders lost four to five hundred people.
There were calls for surrender all over the mountains and plains.
The clanging of armor and the sound of dense footsteps sounded like a heavy rain, and a sheet of blackness surged toward Xiangping City.
At the rear of the infantry formation, ten thousand cavalrymen were already mounted, waiting silently, with branches as long as the forest, piercing the sky.
The Qin army also gradually adapted to the fierce fighting and began to play the role of array, and the soldiers became more and more skillful in cooperating with each other.
"Oh, oh, oh..."
I have trained my own soldiers, so I naturally have confidence in my heart.
The messengers flew away on horseback, and the war drums roared.
As time went by, as Malon expected, the Xianbei people's will to resist and their combat effectiveness continued to decline.
Under Xiangping City, various siege equipment are lined up.
Everyone's expressions of gloating were laced with regret.
The momentum of the Qin army was obviously different.
Swords, spears, bows and crossbows harvested lives wantonly.
Ma Long did not mobilize a powerful army, but summoned all the powerful leaders who entered Liaodong, as well as the tribes who were enamored with Qin, to watch the battle together.
A shower of arrows suddenly covered the sky, and then they were nailed to the city wall indiscriminately.
Until the last moment, you will always take chances.
Of course, no matter how magnificent the momentum is, Xiangping City cannot surrender, and the Xianbei and Goguryeo people have no way to retreat.
The Qin army was well-trained and well-equipped, but it could not withstand the enemy's large number of troops.
The shouts of the messengers came one after another.
Everyone who wants to make a fortune is a grasshopper on a rope.
"Captain..." The general still had more to say.
Maybe one arrow cannot kill the Qin army, but once it is injured, it is often more cruel than shooting directly.
The Qin army has shown its ability to break through the city.
At this time, the defenders also boarded from the city, and the two armies strangled each other crazily.
Of course, it does have some effects.
The defenders on the city and the powerful men and tribes watching below the city were all horrified.
The soldiers' eyes were firm, and they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. More than 30,000 people were moving like arms and there was no confusion at all.
The Xianbei people also knew that they were quite tenacious at the last moment, and there were people behind them who were boosting their morale, "The Qin people have already said that when the city is broken, they will be killed. If they die early or late, they will all die. It is better to fight with the Qin army!"
The fire oil and coal cakes were constantly thrown towards the city wall. The huge flames even burned the sky red, like a miracle coming to the world.
Malong's defeat was not a good thing for them.
Malone shook his head and waved his arms forward.
The 30,000 Qin troops looked at him with eager eyes, as if they were hungry and thirsty beasts, trying to choose someone to devour.
Some people were glad that Ma Long didn't let them be the vanguard, "I'm afraid it won't be possible for even half a year. With Governor Ma so entrusted by him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end..."
After being tortured all night long, the reality in the city was exposed. Many Xianbei people were no longer willing to continue the fight, and deserters were increasing day by day.
If Ma Long does not let them retreat, the remaining four thousand people will not be able to withstand several waves of arrows.
Rows of Qin troops stood at the foot of the city. Yesterday was just a test, but today it will be serious.
If there are more people, the pressure on food and grass will increase, and the combat effectiveness will decrease.
"Down, down, down!"
There are many generals who know how to fight these days, but there are very few who are so capable in training troops.
The fire burned for two hours before it was slowly extinguished. At this time, there was no one alive on the city wall.
Both sides were equally matched, and it was difficult to tell the difference between them.
However, the Qin army's combat power has not been fully deployed.
"Retreat." Malone repeated.
"Xiangping City is so strong, and the enemy's troops are so entrenched that it will take at least half a year to break through." The powerful men whispered.
The tribal chiefs who came to watch fell on their knees.
However, Malone's thoughts were never something they could figure out. Throughout the winter, in addition to training soldiers, Malone also ordered army craftsmen to build more than two hundred improved catapults, which could be disassembled and reassembled.
The brutal fighting once again shocked the powerful and powerful chiefs.
"The thieves are trapped in a lonely city and their power cannot last long. If I attack urgently, they share the same enemy's hatred. If I attack slowly, the thieves will be in chaos!" Ma Long summoned the generals to appease him.
The second wave and the third wave of arrow rain followed one after another, and there were screams on the city wall.
Xiangping City is no longer their support.
"attack!"
The Xianbei people had never seen anything like this and thought it was ordinary fire oil.
Ma Long frowned slightly, this method of killing each other was too shameless.
The advantage is already slipping to the Qin army.
The generals did not dare to say anything. The sound of golden ringing sounded and the Qin army on the city slowly retreated.
Dozens of ladders were pushed to the front, and the Qin army calmly stepped onto the city wall with swords and shields in hand.
Those wounded by arrows wailed on the city wall.
After more than three months of training by Malone, the new army was completely transformed.
The entire east wall of Xiangping City burned.
The powerful men's awe for Malone deepened.
Ma Long was strict in running the army, but he also loved his soldiers like his own sons. This kind of casualties was not good for the Qin army. The enemies in Liaodong were not only the Xianbei people. If there were too many casualties here, they would be weak in the follow-up and "retreat the army."
There were more than 5,000 people, nearly 1,000 were killed, and countless others were injured.
Sure enough, many people escaped from the city that night and were captured alive by the ambushed Qin army.
The voice was majestic and murderous, and more than a hundred people shouted with the effect of thousands of people.
The next day, the Qin army besieged the city again, shouting loudly, and catapults were pushed to the front of the formation again.
The command flag waved, the catapult began to roar, and the black oil cans streaked across the clean sky and hit the city, with black juice flowing slowly.
More than a hundred cavalry rushed to the city wall two hundred steps away and shouted in unison: "Liaodong has been the land of China since ancient times, and Xianbei has also been the concubine of the Central Plains. Now China is unified, and the Qin Dynasty is at its peak. You surrendered early, but you still did not lose your status as a prince.
, fight stubbornly in the corner, and when the city is broken, kill them all!"
Their appearance meant that the defenders had no way to escape.
The defenders on the city were hiding timidly behind the battlements. Yesterday's fire burned the tawny city wall to black.
The cracks on the wall look like spider webs.
Everyone knows that such a city can no longer withstand...
Chapter completed!