Chapter 158 The Great Wall

Wang Youde, the general of the State of Qin, guarding Wuguan. This is an arrogant person. Although it is a necessary procedure for the enemy's army to invade and report to the court, in his heart, he did not pay attention to 30,000 horses in Jingzhou at all.

Wuguan originally had 10,000 troops stationed, but now with more than 10,000 troops retreated, Wang Youde already has 20,000 available soldiers in his hand.

At the same time, Wuguan is built between the two mountains, becoming a man and ten thousand people can't open it. Once the city gate is closed, no one can think of it unless it becomes a bird. Do you want to break the barrier with 30,000 horses? Dreaming, right?

However, Wang Youde was not stupid. He knew that the Jingzhou army was strong and his martial arts were strong, so he wisely did not choose to fight. Close the door tightly, like you can do anything about me.

According to Wang Youde's idea, in a few days, the Jingzhou army will retreat by itself. However, he soon found a strange phenomenon. Jingzhou soldiers were moving like ants and were constantly pulling stones into the camp.

Wuguan is located in the mountains, and the most indispensable thing is stone.

It surprised Wang Youde. What does Lu Qiang want to do? Build a passageway to close the wall with stones? Haven't you woken up yet? Do all my soldiers eat dry food?

However, Wang Youde soon couldn't laugh. One morning, when he was called up from the quilt by soldiers and climbed up to the top of the city to look at the dense catapults erected under the city, he finally understood why the Jingzhou army had picked so many stones.

It's just that Wang Youde still doesn't believe it, because these catapults are a little far away, and he knows the range of the catapults very well. At this distance, even if he can throw stones on the wall, I'm afraid it won't cause any harm.

Wang Youde has been in the army for many years, and it is the first time that he has seen so many catapults gathered together at one time. Although it is unlikely to destroy the city wall, his scalp is still numb.

If it weren't too far away, he would have ordered the crossbow to destroy the wooden frames.

Lu Qiang is a typical cannonist. There is no artillery. If stones are thrown out like mountains and seas, it may not be worse than artillery, right?

Lu Qiang believes in a saying that the wisdom of the ancients is infinite, and the facts also prove that after he ordered to reward the skillful craftsmen who improved the range of the catapult, the range of the Jingzhou catapult has been constantly being refreshed.

This is also the reason why Lu Qiang transferred a large number of catapults to Wuguan.

In fact, from the beginning, Lu Qiang did not intend to attack hard. The pass of the enemy country was his own obstacle, so he wanted to destroy this majestic pass, and even if it could not be completely destroyed, he would be severely damaged.

At present, there are nearly 100 catapults in Jingzhou Camp, but because the terrain before the customs is not too open, only more than 30 can be placed.

Next to the catapult are 3,000 iron riders led by Deng Xiang to prevent the Qin army from coming out to destroy the catapult.

With the rising of the morning sun, under the order of Lu Qiang, 30 catapults began to launch stones at the same time. But in the rising sun, the stones all over the sky roared up to the sky and flew to the city wall like raindrops.

In the first round of launch, only a dozen stones fell on the city. The soldiers in charge of the operation quickly readjusted the angle, and then the second round of stones were launched. This time, the effect was good and almost all flew to the head of the city.

Wang Youde was really shocked when the first round of stones flew out. He thought that Jingzhou's cataping machine could throw such a long distance?

Looking at the rolling stones, Wang Youde's first thought was to destroy these catapults, but he also saw the coveting Jingzhou iron horse next to the catapult.

He knew that as long as his door was opened, these iron riders would rush in. At that time, not to mention destroying the catapult, the city would be lost.

But if it is not destroyed, will you just look at the power of Jingzhou's cataping machine?

While Wang Youde was still hesitating, the second and third rounds of stones flew to the top of the city, and one of them happened to hit the wall in front of him.

Poor General Wang, who didn't even have time to issue an order, was smashed by stones and broken tendons. He was snatched down by his own soldiers and choked for a moment.

Although the general is dead, there is still a deputy general! However, this guy dared not go to the city. The cat was in a strong wall, waiting for the stone rain to stop. In his imagination, once the stone stops, the Jingzhou army will launch an attack, and then he can command Renma to avenge General Wang.

What Qin Jun didn't expect was that Jingzhou's catapult seemed to never tire, flying stones all over the sky, from morning to noon.

The houses in Guanguan have almost been destroyed by stones, and the streets are full of stones, and it is even difficult to walk. The head of the city was even more wolf, and the city stacks were almost completely flattened, and there were dilapidated corpses everywhere.

The stone is not like a crossbow, and there is basically no way to live when it is hit.

Finally, after the catapling machine of the Jingzhou army stopped, the deputy general took a lot of effort to get out of the hiding place, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his tears almost fell down. Is there any way to fight like this? If the Jingzhou army has another burst of stone rain, it is estimated that Wuguan will become a stone city.

The vice general sent people to rush to Chang'an and organized the army to prevent the Jingzhou army from taking the opportunity to attack the city.

But after waiting anxiously all afternoon and night, the Qin army found that the Jingzhou army had no intention of attacking the city at all, and when they pedaled on the bare wall the next day and looked down, they couldn't help but be scared.

It turned out that dozens of catapults were erected in the city. At this moment, they are doing the final debugging and are about to start to launch.

Thinking about the horrible flying stone, I don't know who shouted first. The soldiers ignored the weak obstruction of the vice general, turned around and ran down to the city, spread their legs and ran to the other side to close the wall.

The deputy general also understood that the Jingzhou army was aimed at destruction. He couldn't help sighing and turned around and quickly joined the fleeing army.

If you run like this, you will also lose your head when you go back, so the deputy will gather troops on the other side of the wall and wait for the Jingzhou army to enter the city to fight for a while. Although this is not very useful, it is better than running away.

Without letting the Qin army wait for too long, the Jingzhou army's catapult once again became powerful, but this time it was slightly different from yesterday, because what was thrown in today was not only a stone, but also a fireball burning flame. I don't know what the fireball was made of. After falling, it immediately dispersed and jumped the Mars to everything it could.

Soon, the whole Wuguan was filled with fire.

In fact, the next day, a general suggested that Lu Qiang take advantage of the situation to seize the barrier, and then use this place as a stepping stone to enter the barrier.

Lu Qiang was also interested in this proposal, but somehow he remembered what a braided emperor said in a TV series he had seen in his previous life.

I remember that someone advised the braided emperor to repair the Great Wall at that time, but the braided emperor's answer was very thought-provoking.

"Emperors of all dynasties are building the Great Wall, but does the Great Wall really protect the people of the Central Plains? It may block the footsteps of the war horse, but it can't stop the enemy's ambition. Only when the Central Plains is strong, the enemy dare not invade. It is not the towering Great Wall that can block the enemy, but the strong dynasty of the Central Plains.

Among the gorgeous poems left by many literati on the Great Wall, there is only one sentence praised as incisive by the braided emperor.

"The Great Wall is thousands of miles away, the dream of 100 heroes..."

When you are strong enough, you can't stop yourself with this city. On the contrary, if you are not strong enough, the Qin army will definitely come in.

So this city can't be changed in essence.

The raging fire burned for two days, and the fire completely destroyed Wuguan and the southern gate of Qin.

Then the powerful army returned to the south, but although the Jingzhou army withdrew, the navy did not leave. The navy, with Xiangyang as the center, began to patrol Hanshui and Danshui. Once you find signs of the Qin army going south, you can not only report it to Xiangyang immediately, but also rely on natural danger to stop the Qin army.

Yao Xing was completely dumbfounded after receiving the news that Wuguan had been destroyed. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person who could destroy the former Qin of the Fu family, so he directly saw Lu Qiang's intention.

"Lu Qiang is warning me!"

In fact, after his brother was arrested, Yao Xing began to regret that he should not participate in the fight between Long and Lu Qiang, but he has reached this point. What's the use of his regret?

Especially now that Wuguan has been destroyed, Jingzhou's army can**. Although this is unlikely at present, what about the future? Lu Qiang can destroy the first time, can't he destroy the second time?

After discussing with the ministers, Yao Xing sent a delegation led by Prince Fu Yin Xu to Jiangling to make peace with Lu Qiang and discuss the cost of redeeming Yao Chong.

100,000 war horses, millions of silver are obviously impossible, but changing conditions or minimizing the ransom is the task of Yin Xu's trip.

Lu Qiang returned triumphantly with the victorious teacher. This time, he can finally free his hands and completely solve the traitor.

I felt that Huan Xuan did not win support by betraying the country. After returning to Jiangling, Lu Qiang ordered someone to send a letter to Huan Xuan.

In the letter, he took the initiative to ask Huan Xuan to surrender, and as long as he was willing to surrender, he would ensure that his younger generation would be a rich man. If he did not agree, the letter did not say what would happen, but Lu Qiang believed that Huan Xuan would understand what he meant.

Now that Jiang Dalong's water army has wandered in the waters of Badong County, and He Wuji is fighting in Baidi City and can kill Badong County at any time. Just wait for Lu Qiang to give an order.

Seeing that he could attack Shuzhong at any time, Lu Qiang was a little hesitant. For nothing else, although Jingzhou's army had won a series of battles, after a long battle, the soldiers were inevitably tired. Should they rest for a few months before entering Shuzhong?

Although He Wuji's people and horses did not participate in the previous battle, it was still very difficult for him to take all of them from Shuzhong alone.

Just as Lu Qiang hesitated, Jiangling came a guest he didn't expect, Yang Sheng, the governor of Liangzhou.