Chapter 1233

The hemp rope tied to the arm-thick wooden pole slowly pulled taut.

A loud shout followed immediately after.

"Pull!"

This voice was none other than Meng Tian's.

Inside the Great Wall, the soldiers who received the order.

Pulled with all their might on the hemp ropes in their hands.

This hemp rope was precisely connected to that wooden pole.

Under the fearful gaze of the Xiongnu.

The siege engine was dragged away from its original position.

And toppled rapidly toward the city wall.

Boom!

A muffled thud rang out.

The massive siege engine crashed to the ground.

Stirring up a cloud of dust.

At this moment—

The Xiongnu surrounding the siege engine were terrified.

Their legs, beyond their control, retreated one after another.

And the surrounding Xiongnu army was no exception.

These arm-thick crossbow bolts were too powerful.

They were truly afraid of being hit by one, and if that happened, the consequences would be dire.

However, there might not be many of these thick arrows.

Otherwise, they should have been fired long ago.

The only plan for now was to retreat first.

If they continued to advance, they couldn't block these thick arrows.

No matter how many men went up, it would be in vain.

Moreover, they only had five siege engines in total.

Now that one was destroyed, four remained usable.

They could only retreat and make other plans.

If they didn't retreat now, these four siege engines might also be left here and unable to leave.

In that case, they wouldn't be able to answer to Chanyu Prince Modu upon returning.

Under the command of the Xiongnu commander.

All Xiongnu soldiers began to retreat slowly.

And Meng Tian did not order them to continue firing.

After all, now was not the time to launch a full-scale attack.

As long as they didn't engage in close-quarters combat while the Xiongnu were numerous,

then there would be absolutely no problem.

Watching the slowly retreating Xiongnu army.

Some generals grew anxious.

"General, are we not attacking?"

"This is a rare opportunity!"

"We should shoot down a portion first; as long as they dare to come up, we should just shoot them down!"

"Indeed, General, are we not fighting back?"

Meng Tian pondered for a while, still not launching an attack.

"What's the rush?"

"There will be plenty of opportunities."

"Do you think they are leaving just like this?"

"They brought so many people; it's impossible for them to retreat easily."

"Wait for the next attack."

Meng Tian did not want to launch an attack so quickly for the time being.

It would be nothing more than wasting more arrows.

It wouldn't deal a significant blow to the Xiongnu.

If they were to strike, they should strike hard; only then would it be satisfying.

Otherwise, if it were just a tickle, the Xiongnu wouldn't know fear.

Seeing that the General had said so, the other generals.

Could only abandon their plans to attack.

Otherwise, they would have definitely taught the Xiongnu a lesson.

Thinking they could attack the Great Wall with just a few broken siege engines and catapults.

It was truly a pipe dream.

Seeing the Xiongnu army retreat.

The new recruits on the Great Wall erupted in cheers like a tidal wave.

Having seen that the enemy force was twice their own, the Great Qin recruits had been somewhat worried.

But seeing the Xiongnu's vulnerability, they were completely put at ease.

The border defense troops didn't feel much, as they were all veterans who had experienced many hardships.

The Xiongnu cavalry, two miles away, all wore grim expressions upon seeing this scene.

They were cavalry, skilled at fighting in open fields.

Siege warfare was truly not their forte.

After all, they had never besieged a city in their lives.

Most importantly, they lacked siege weapons.

If they had siege weapons in hand, perhaps the situation would be different.

Prince Modu's face was dark, and the surrounding generals didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

"Who was in charge of these siege engines before?"

"Bring him to see me!"

Prince Modu was in a very foul mood at this moment.

Originally, there were only fifteen siege weapons.

Yet, upon their first appearance, they were defeated and returned.

How could he feel good about that?

Moreover, these siege weapons had actually rotted and aged.

To think such junk was pushed onto the battlefield to make a fool of themselves.

Couldn't the people guarding these siege weapons have checked them?

It was simply too shameful.

Of the ten catapults, six had rotted and aged.

The remaining four were also completely destroyed.

Of the five siege engines, one was destroyed by the Qin army, leaving four.

The siege weapons, already pitifully few in number.

Now only four remained.

Besides these siege weapons, Prince Modu didn't know what to use to break through the Great Wall gate for the time being.

These technical tasks like siege warfare were truly not their strength.

Had he known this, he wouldn't have sent these siege weapons out to make a fool of themselves.

This was truly losing face right at the doorstep of the Qin people.

Casualties were fine, with only a few hundred dead or injured.