Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

The sky on the plateau is blue and clear, dotted with white clouds, which makes people worry and worry. The so-called refreshing is probably nothing more than that.

There are eagles spreading their wings and soaring, adding another three points of vitality to this intoxicating tranquility... and chilling!

Zheng——

dong dong——

beep-

The fierce drums and horns contended for the sky, and suddenly shook the sky, followed by a powerful roar like thunder: "Wind! Wind! Strong wind~!!!"

The eagle flapped its wings and circled, overlooking the sunlit land surrounded by snow-capped mountains, a fight was about to take place.

The Qin army set up a large siege formation on each of the three sides of the stone city. The soldiers pushed the siege equipment and slowly advanced in the breathtaking Qin Fengqu, like three mountains pressing down on a small stone. city!

Watching this scene, the allied forces of the Western Regions guarding the city couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. They were already three points timid before fighting...

The Qin army besieged the city for several days, but never took the initiative to attack. They just blindly built a wall on the other side of the moat, as if they wanted to trap the Western Region coalition forces in the city.

While the Allied Forces of the Western Regions watched the Qin army gradually build up the low wall to encircle the city, apart from despair, they were actually a little depressed.

They hope that the Qin army will attack the city!

Because of their confidence, let the Qin army defend on the inner line of the moat, and they will be bloody when they meet!
Now, the Qin army really started to attack the city, but the power shown by the Qin army exceeded their psychological expectations.

Who wouldn't be afraid of such a crushing feeling of oppression?
"The Qin army really has a way of intimidating people... The Qiang people fought with them, and they became decent!"

On the city wall, the generals of the Western Regions looked at the coercive Qin army coming to attack the city, and their mouths were somewhat dry, and they couldn't help muttering angrily.

Everyone knows that the Qin army that attacked the city from three sides is actually eighty to ninety percent Qiang people, and the real Qin army is very rare.

But knowing it is one thing, seeing it with your own eyes is another.

The Qiang people are cannon fodder under their hands, but under the hands of the Qin army, they have strict orders and are quite capable!
thump—

The war drum beat heavily, and the Qin Feng song, which was full of evil spirits, suddenly stopped playing.

The Qin army's siege formation stopped fifty steps before the moat, and the world seemed to be suddenly quiet.

This is undoubtedly the tranquility before the war!

"All the generals return to the defense area..."

"Order the whole army to be on strict alert..."

"Toriti, bring your troops as backup and be on standby at any time. If you see that the city wall is in emergency, you should rescue it immediately..."

"When necessary, go out of the city to counterattack the Qin army~!"

Lei Zhe drove back the generals of the Western Regions around him to the defense area, and assigned the most important task to the resourceful and skilled Toriti.

Although the Qin army made a three-sided siege posture, but due to the strength of the troops, it is impossible to attack all of them.

And before the fight started, no one could tell which side of Qin Jun's main attack.

Therefore, only one reinforcement can be left on standby!
After Lei Zhe made some arrangements, the panic in his heart subsided a little, and he turned his attention to the Qin army's siege formation on the other side of the moat.

As the chief general of the reinforcements, Toriti didn't need to be in a hurry at this time, so he accompanied Lei Zhe to observe the Qin army on his side.

At the same time, although the Qin army on the other side of the moat stopped advancing, they were not standing still. The real Qin army was setting up firearm positions in front of the formation. …

At the forefront is a series of unconscionable cannons.

Followed by a ballista.

Again, it is a rocket.

Three different types of firearms, all pointing obliquely towards the sky, aimed at the other side of the moat and the walls of Stone City.

The Qin army is going to attack the city with firearms!
This made many western allied forces who had seen the power of the Qin army's firearms unconsciously lower their bodies and hide behind the bunkers.

Including the chief general, Lei Zhe, also subconsciously wanted to order the ballista to bombard, interrupting the Qin army's deployment of firearms positions.

But when the military order came to his lips, he found that the Qin army's firearm position was just outside the range of the ballista at the top of the city, as if it had been measured!
The crossbows placed at the top of the city couldn't hit the Qin army's firearms positions, and the trebuchets behind the city walls naturally couldn't hit them!
woohoo-

When Lei Zhe frowned, the sound of stone bullets whistling suddenly came from the left and right city walls.

Obviously some generals from the Western Regions were not reconciled, and ordered ballistas to bombard the Qin army's firearms position in front of them!
However, the whistling sound of the stone bullets only rang for one round, and then there was no movement. After all, there was no point in wasting stone bullets.

"When the Qin army was building a low wall on the other side of the moat, our ballistas and stone cannons kept firing to obstruct the bombardment... The Qin army may have figured out the range and power of the fire..."

Lei Zhe sighed helplessly.

What he said was not only to vent the powerlessness in his heart, but also to tell Toriti beside him.

But after hearing this, Toriti was taken aback, and then showed a thoughtful look.

Lei Zhe waited for a while, but didn't hear his reply, so he turned to look at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Toriti shook his head first, but then pondered: "The firearms of the Qin army can be regarded as accurate... The last time I went to ambush the Qin army, the banner of General Oduscu was still several miles away from the Qin army. It was covered by the Qin army's rocket salvo and was almost killed on the spot."

"Our ballistas and stone cannons have been fired these days without moving their positions... As you said, the Qin army has probably figured it out. If we use firearms to urge them, wouldn't they be accurate?"

Lei Zhe blinked, then jumped three feet high, and cursed: "You lowly dog ​​slave, why didn't you say it earlier... pass on my military order, and quickly move the ballista and stone cannon... Hurry up~!"

Toriti was so scolded that his mouth was tongue-tied, and his face turned black instantly.

Meanwhile, Lei Zhe's personal guards dispersed and hurriedly delivered orders.

But, it's too late...

"wind!"

"wind!!"

"Great wind~!!!"

On the other side of the moat, the Qin army's siege formation suddenly broke out with an earth-shattering roar.

woohoo-

Boom boom boom—

tom tom tom—

Rockets, catapults, and heartless cannons started firing at the same time.

boom--

Rumbling--

The sound of different explosions resounded on three sides of Stone City.

Lei Zhe and Toriti were pulled by the guards and hid in the sandbag bunker. After a round of explosions, the two raised their heads and looked around.

However, it was discovered that half of the ballistas arranged on this wall had been destroyed.

Including the trebuchets arranged behind the city walls, it seemed that many of them were destroyed by the rockets fired from the sling, because they heard the wailing of soldiers below and the collapse of the trebuchets. …

Obviously, Toriti's crow's mouth has come true again, Qin Jun intends to use firearms first to knock out the heavy defensive equipment they are proud of!
Lei Zhe was so distressed that he wanted to vomit blood, and shouted: "Quickly move the ballista stone cannon...Don't hide it, first move the ballista stone cannon..."

But no matter how he shouted, many soldiers from the Western Regions who faced the Qin army's firearms for the first time were not willing to leave the bunker at all.

Lei Zhe was furious, and directly sent his personal guards out to urge: "Those who don't obey the military order, beheaded immediately~!"

The guards bravely left the bunker, and after killing a few cowards who refused to come out of the bunker, the defenders finally showed their heads, rolled up their sleeves and worked together to move the ballista.

But what should be said, the ballista in its original form is too bulky, and they don't wait for them to move the ballista.

Qin Jun's second round of firearm salvo came again!
Moreover, since the first round of bombing had already destroyed many ballistas, the firepower of the second round of bombing was even more concentrated.

boom boom-

After the violent explosion, not only the ballistas remained, but more than half of them were destroyed, and the defenders who tried to transfer the ballistas suffered heavy casualties.

Then, there was the third round of bombing with more concentrated firepower...

In fact, it is useless to shift the position, because in the Qin army's siege formation, there are ladder vehicles that are higher than the city wall, and experienced old gunners climb up to watch and guide, and they hit each one accurately.

Unless the defenders push the ballista down the city wall, it will be a rabbit on the bald man's head, an obvious living target!

Lei Zhe and Toriti could only watch helplessly as all the ballistas arranged on the city wall were destroyed, and hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured.

After the catapults behind the city wall shifted their positions, they barely managed to keep a few of them.

However, these cumbersome big guys have limited use in the future. If they are inconvenient to move, as long as they dare to use them, they will definitely be destroyed by the firearms of the Qin army...

"Boom, keep on booming... I'd like to see if Qin Gou can break through the defense of this stone city with only firearms..."

Lei Zhe was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed.

After several rounds of bombing, he also understood that the Qin army's firearms were not omnipotent.

The terrifying explosion couldn't blow up the walls of Stone City at all!

According to Toriti's opinion, Oduscu built the inner line of the moat with sand and soil for defense, which can effectively reduce the damage caused by the Qin army's firearms.

The defenders hid in the trench bunkers, and the casualties were almost negligible!

If the Qin army wants to destroy the city, they will eventually have to pay for it with human lives. Everyone goes in with white knives and goes in with red knives, and compete who can bear it more deadly!

tom--
rumbling --
The rockets and catapults were turned off, leaving only the unique firing sound of the unconscionable cannon and the deafening explosion of the gunpowder pack, which were still ringing non-stop, aiming at the sheep and horse walls on the inner bank of the moat.

Under the tremendous power of the gunpowder pack, the wall of sheep and horses was punched into gaps one after another.

But if these gaps are used for offense, they are somewhat better than nothing, and the defensive soldiers have already responded to this.

Where the sheep and horse wall is blown out of a gap, the defenders will immediately explode the gap, and bury the horse and antler thorns, which can also block the Qin army!

After firing a few rounds of unconscionable cannons, the bombardment had to be stopped because the cannon body was overheated. …

Lei Zhe looked at the sheep and horse wall, which was barren but still effective in defense, and finally showed a rare smile: "Where Qin Gou bombards during the day, we will rush to repair at night... Let Qin Gou blast hard , let’s see if they have more firearms, or if we rush to repair quickly..."

Toliti also laughed and said, "Why do you need to rush to repair it at night? Pull out some Qiang slaves, and we can repair it right now!"

"Didn't Qin Gou claim to be of the same species as the Qiang people? Let's see if Qin Gou will kill those Qiang slaves."

"Let them kill hard, kill a batch, and pull out another batch."

"Hundreds of thousands of Qiang slaves in the city starve to death, so it's better to use them to consume Qingou firearms!"

The customs of Xiqiang are weird, they never take a bath several times in their life, and most of them can't swim. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are all landlubbers.

Therefore, he was not worried at all that the Qiang slaves would swim to the other side and escape while building the sheep and horse wall.

Anyone who jumps into the moat is looking for death!

Lei Zhe's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded appreciatively, "It's still you who are so humble... You have a good brain, so according to what you said, immediately escort a group of Qiang slaves out of the city to rush to repair the sheep and horse walls."

He was so happy that he almost called Toriti a humble dog slave, but luckily he reacted and held back.

But he had already spoken half of what he had said, and Toriti was neither stupid nor deaf, how could he not understand what he had left to say, and anger flashed in his eyes.

Odyscus called him humble, called him a defeated general, and he admitted it.

After all, they are really capable!
But this Lei Zhe, to put it bluntly, is a noble general. If he is stupid or not, he is capable, that's all.

Such a bastard, calling him a real military upstart as a lowly dog ​​slave?
How can Toretti not be angry? !

call out--

boom--

On the battlefield that had become quieter, a signal flare suddenly rose, blasting a cloud of eye-catching crimson smoke in the tourmaline-like blue sky.

call out--

boom--

Tilting slightly, a few miles to the east, another signal bomb exploded in the sky.

Then, farther away, there are also signal flares that go up into the sky, extending to the huge lake in the distance...

Toliti had already gone down to the city with a dark face, and was going to pull the Qiang slaves to repair the sheep and horse wall. Seeing this, he couldn't help but stop, and instead ran wildly back to Lei Zhe's side.

At this moment, Lei Zhe was also looking at the signal flares extending to the east, seeing him go and come back, he asked, "What's going on with Qin Gou..."

"General Lei Zhe, the east is a saltwater lake!"

Toretti reminded him anxiously without waiting for him to finish speaking.

Lei Zhe frowned: "What happened to the saltwater lake?"

Toriti was speechless and wanted to scold his mother, so he had to explain patiently: "The water of our moat is drawn from the saltwater lake..."

"Qin Gou built a low wall outside the moat... No, that's a river embankment... Qin Gou built a river embankment on the other side of the river, but used firearms to blow up the sheep and horse wall embankment on the inner bank of our river. Once they store water upstream When the flood is released, the flood will rush down, and our inner defense of the moat will turn into a flood country in an instant~!"

Lei Zhe was dumbfounded when he heard that, he was already stupid.

After being stunned for a long while, he was awakened by a muffled thunder coming from the direction of the saltwater lake.

He turned his eyes to look at the reputation of Menlei, and found a mushroom cloud of black smoke produced by the explosion of the firearm in the upstream direction of the moat.

Then, he saw, in the river channel connecting the moat and the saltwater lake, there were crystal waves rolling in, which was very magnificent under the sun!
Looking at this scene, Lei Zhe thought of the sea for no reason.

He is from the Western Region Basin, and he has never seen the sea in his life, not even a real big river, but he has heard from Daqin businessmen and Western businessmen that the rolling waves of the sea are very magnificent.

Maybe, that's what the sea looks like?

"It's really magnificent~!"

Lei Zhe expressed his sincere admiration, but there was a wry smile of despair on his face.