Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

The next day.

At noon, dark clouds covered the sun, and the sky and the earth were grim and solemn.

Inside the Han camp, the sound of assembly horns slowly sounded.

The gates of the Han camp in Jicheng were wide open.

Tens of thousands of Han soldiers left the camp and assembled in battle array to the north of Jicheng.

Nearly a hundred Hanwei cannons were dragged out of the camp by thousands of mules and horses and placed in front of the city gate.

Nearly 100,000 Han troops lined up at the north gate, with hundreds of military formations stretching endlessly.

Battle flags covered the sky, and swords and spears formed a forest.

Liu Bei immediately took up his sword and personally commanded the attack.

Hundreds of Hanwei cannons were aimed at the north gate of Jicheng.

On top of the city.

Nearly five thousand Qin soldiers had been driven to the top of the city wall by Yu Jin.

They all looked panicked, and their hands, which were tightly gripping their weapons, were trembling.

The surprise attack on the Han camp failed, 15,000 soldiers were wiped out, Cheng Gongying was beheaded, and the Han army surrounded the camp...

Yesterday's series of heavy blows had severely damaged their remaining morale and fighting spirit.

Even the commander-in-chief Yu Jin was as pale as paper, his brows were furrowed, and his breathing was extremely heavy.

Looking up at the Han army outside the city, Yu Jin took a breath of cold air.

The number of Han troops outside the North Gate was at least around 50,000.

And the number of troops he could use at the north gate was only less than 5,000.

The difference in military strength is ten times.

What's more, the Han army had flying battle flags and was in great spirits, each of them like a tiger that had held its strength.

On the other hand, his own soldiers were like frightened birds, uneasy and their fighting spirit was extremely low.

There is a huge gap in the strength and morale of the troops. How can we fight this battle?
Yu Jin had no confidence at all.

When he saw hundreds of Hanwei cannons being slowly pushed to the front of the formation, Yu Jin's heart couldn't help but rise to his throat.

He knew very well how powerful that thing was.

Even though the Ji City under our feet has been built and thickened, it can withstand the bombardment of the Hanwei cannon and will not collapse.

But the earth-shattering force and the terrifying power like the coming of doomsday made him shudder just thinking about it.

Yu Jin swallowed his saliva, tried his best to suppress his inner fear, and pretended to be calm and composed.

The Qin soldiers on both sides were all trembling with fear, and were terrified before the battle even started.

"General Yu, how can we possibly stop them? If we insist on defending, we will only end up dead."

"Why not abandon the city and break out now? Maybe we can still survive?"

Zhao Ang's voice was hoarse and his face was full of fear as he asked Yu Jin for instructions.

"Break out? The Han army has already surrounded the camp. How are you going to break out?"

Yu Jin glared at him, but gritted his teeth and said:

"It's too late to say anything now. Let's stop the Han army's attack first."

"If we can't stop it, you and I will die here today!"

"At worst I can surrender to Han, and Liu Bei may not kill me. But you killed Ma Chao's wife and children. Do you think you can survive?"

Faced with life and death, Yu Jin couldn't help but speak out his true feelings.

At worst, I can surrender to the Han.

This is Yu Jin's final escape route.

Although he was an old minister of the Qin State, he had no irreconcilable hatred with Liu Bei, nor did he have any enmity with the ministers of the Han State.

If you are really at your wit's end, or if you are unfortunately captured, surrendering to Liu Bei can be a way to save your life.

But you, Zhao Ang, can't do that.

You killed Ma Chao's wife and children, and you have an irreconcilable feud with Ma Chao. How could Ma Chao forgive you?

Would Liu Bei discourage a powerful general like Ma Chao just to win you over?
Of course not.

So you, Zhao Ang, have no way out. If you want to save your life, you can only fight to the death. "General Yu, you, you——"

Zhao Ang was shocked and looked at Yu Jin in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that this old minister of Qin could say such words of surrender to Han.

"What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and lead your troops to prepare for a fight to the death to defend the city!"

Yu Jin also shouted at Zhao Ang angrily as if his face was torn apart.

Zhao Ang shuddered again, and suddenly came to his senses.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth, stomp his feet, draw his sword, and shout:
"Liangzhou soldiers, fight to the death on the front line, do not retreat a single step—"

After all, Zhao Ang is from Liangzhou, and he still has some appeal to these Liangzhou soldiers.

What's more, many of the remaining soldiers from Liangzhou were from Tianshui County and were from the same hometown as Zhao Ang.

Under his encouragement, the morale of the Qin army was slightly boosted, and sporadic shouts of killing were heard along the city.

Yu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and cast his eyes towards the Han army outside the city, gritting his teeth and saying:
"Liu Bei, let's attack. I will let you see my true strength!"

outside the city.

The central formation of the Han army.

Seeing that the Hanwei cannon had been deployed, Liu Bei waved his whip without hesitation and shouted:
"Pass on my order, the Hanwei cannons will fire at once and raze Jicheng to the ground!"

The imperial edict was passed down, war drums sounded, and command flags fluttered like the wind.

On the north gate line, hundreds of Hanwei cannons were fired at the same time.

"Uuuuuu——"

A loud noise like the collapse of heaven and earth was heard, and hundreds of huge rocks rose into the air, drawing a long arc, and whistling towards the north gate of Jicheng like falling stars.

These soldiers from Liangzhou had never witnessed such doomsday-like terror before, and they were so frightened that they froze in place.

"Dodge the bullets, everyone dodge the bullets!"

Zhao Ang screamed and was the first to crouch behind the battlements.

Yu Jin, who had been standing tall, could no longer maintain his fearless pretense and hurriedly squatted down with his head in his hands.

The Qin soldiers along the city line finally came to their senses and retreated back towards the battlements like frightened birds.

The next moment, the stone bullet fell to the ground.

"Boom boom boom!"

The roar, like the sky falling, instantly filled my eardrums, drowning out all other sounds between heaven and earth.

The city wall was shaking, countless battlements were shattered, and huge dust rose into the sky, filling the entire sky above the city wall.

And in the dust, there were countless streaks of blood and broken flesh.

Amid the loud noise, one could faintly hear the painful cries of countless Qin soldiers after being hit by stone bullets.

A round of salvos ended.

The dust gradually settled, and the roar in my ears became silent in an instant.

Yu Jin let out a long breath, touched his blood-dusted face, and straightened his neck tremblingly to look around.

Take a breath.

The main city wall of Jicheng did withstand the bombardment of the Hanwei cannon and was not collapsed.

However, the upper part of the city wall was almost razed to the ground, and the tower behind it was smashed with countless large holes and collapsed in half.

Countless Qin soldiers hiding behind battlements and shields were smashed and injured, and the painful wails of the wounded were heard everywhere.

Many of the surviving Qin soldiers were so frightened by the terrifying power of the Hanwei cannon that they suffered mental breakdowns and turned around to flee towards the city.

"General Yu, no matter how powerful the Hanwei cannon is, this is not a solution!"

"If the Han army bombards the city walls a few more times, they will be able to withstand it. The soldiers will have a mental breakdown and flee without a fight!"

Zhao Ang covered his bruised arm and cried out to Yu Jin in a trembling and terrified voice.

Yu Jin swallowed and looked towards the Han army outside the city.

After the first round of bombardment, the Han army calmly began to reload ammunition and prepare for the next round of bombardment.

Obviously, Liu Bei was not in a hurry to attack. He wanted to bombard them with Hanwei Cannon for more than ten rounds to break their morale and will first.

Yu Jin's remaining will to resist finally collapsed at this moment.

"All troops, listen to my order. While the Han army is loading stone bullets, follow me and break out from the west gate immediately. Immediately..." (End of this chapter)