Chapter 360

Within the Qin army, countless battering rams slammed toward the gates of Changping, and scaling ladders were set against the walls of Changping.

Zhao Zhu stood on the city wall, looking outside, his expression very gloomy.

The Qin army came very quickly; they were well-prepared. Most of the stone projectiles piled on the city towers had already been smashed, and the remaining stones could not stop the Qin army’s attack.

This battle was likely to be ominous.

He had already sent people to Yecheng to ask for help, but there had been no movement so far.

Had the Zhao State really abandoned them?

He was not reconciled!

“General, the enemy is attacking, you should hurry and hide under the city tower!”

A soldier beside him hurriedly advised.

Zhao Zhu waved his hand, “I am a general of the Zhao State, how can I run away?”

“But, General…”

“Step down, you don’t need to worry about my affairs, get out!”

The man wanted to say more, but was scolded mercilessly by Zhao Zhu, scaring him into lowering his head and running away.

“General, the enemy has reached the foot of the city.”

At this moment, a guard rushed over to report.

Zhao Zhu took a deep breath and looked outside the city.

At this time, the enemy was only ten zhang away from the city wall, and a rain of arrows had shot over like a tide. The Qin archers kept throwing feathered arrows at the city wall. Although it had little effect, it could slightly slow down the enemy’s speed.

“General, this subordinate is willing to request to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and I guarantee I will not disgrace the mission!” At this time, a young man beside him said, cupping his hands.

Zhao Zhu raised his eyebrows and glanced at the young man, “Who are you?”

The young man smiled: “This subordinate’s surname is Liu, given name Liu Jiancheng, courtesy name Zhongde!”

Liu Liu Jiancheng?

Hearing this unfamiliar name, Zhao Zhu was stunned, then suddenly realized, so this was the son of that Changping county magistrate!

Thinking of this, a look of unbearable pity appeared on Zhao Zhu’s face, and he gently patted Liu Liu Jiancheng’s shoulder.

“Go down, this has just begun, it’s not yet time for you to enter the fray.”

At this time, the siege battle on the battlefield had completely begun.

Under the arrows of the Zhao army, Qin soldiers kept falling from the scaling ladders.

Everywhere was filled with wailing.

On the Zhao side, the archers were still endless.

The Zhao archers included not only ordinary centurions and colonels, but even some partial generals participated.

“Kill!”

Zhao Zhu on the city wall waved his war sword, roaring and howling.

“Swish swish~”

Just at this moment, a dense sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air suddenly erupted from under the city, and hundreds of sharp arrows tore through the void, coming with a whistling sound.

On the city wall, it suddenly fell into chaos, and countless Qin soldiers were tragically killed.

This round of crossbow arrows knocked down more than a dozen Qin soldiers, and these soldiers died on the spot.

“Shield bearers! Shield bearers!”

Someone in the Qin army was shocked.

“General, it’s bad, the Qin army has bypassed our flank.” Just then, a guard ran to Zhao Zhu in a panic, shouting in a fluster.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhu’s expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly turned to look at the Qin army’s flank.

I saw dust filling the sky there, and the Qin army had already bypassed from the flank.

Scaling ladders were set against the south city wall.

Zhao Zhu roared: “Send two teams to reinforce the south city wall, hurry!”

The two deputy generals hurriedly mobilized troops upon hearing this.

Zhao Zhu stared at the Qin army’s flank, gritting his teeth, and said hatefully: “The Qin army is indeed cunning, daring to set up feints to lure our main force away from the western line. This is trouble. Order all units to delay until reinforcements arrive!”

Two teams of soldiers quickly killed from the flank, attempting to resist the Qin army and buy more time for Zhao Zhu.

Unfortunately, these two teams of Qin soldiers had already made perfect deployments.

The moment these two teams of Zhao soldiers left the south wall, they all fired arrows together.

Even if these two teams of people risked their lives, they only blocked the Qin army for a short time and did not change the trend of the battle.

Instead, it angered the Qin army.

The Qin army strengthened its attack on the south city wall, and the Zhao army retreated steadily, soon falling into a disadvantage.

“No, if this continues, we won’t be able to hold on for long.” Looking at the overwhelming arrows coming from outside the city, Zhao Zhu’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Even if the laborers in the city helped repair the city wall, the Qin army’s arrows were simply too many. Every wave of arrows had hundreds flying over, and even shield soldiers couldn’t hold up!

Moreover, shield soldiers were also human, not made of iron. If this continued, they would sooner or later be unable to hold on.

Having figured this out, Zhao Zhu sighed and made up his mind, “Order all soldiers to climb the city tower and fight to the death with the enemy!”

“Yes!”

With this order given, all the soldiers picked up their weapons and walked to the city tower, waiting for the final struggle.

At this moment, their hearts were filled with despair.

Because this city simply could not be held, could not be held!

“Dong dong dong…”

The war drums beat, and the Zhao army began to attack.

The Zhao army on the city tower immediately stood in battle formation.

Unfortunately, these Zhao soldiers ultimately lacked training and combat skills, and under the crazy attack of the Qin army, they retreated steadily.

Soon they were forced to the foot of the city tower, only one step away from falling off the city wall and being smashed to pieces.

“Bang bang bang!”

But just at this moment, a violent crashing sound suddenly rang out from outside the city.

Zhao Zhu turned his head abruptly to look at the south city wall.

“Damn it, how did the Qin army climb the south city wall?”

“Quick, organize manpower to retake the south city wall!” Zhao Zhu shouted angrily.

Now that the south city wall was gone, the entire northern defense line was as good as non-existent.

If the Qin army were allowed to charge over along the south city wall, they would undoubtedly be defeated.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

“Rumble…”

The Qin army’s attack had already unfolded, with scaling ladders thrown onto the city wall, pulling soldiers up one by one.

Zhao Zhu took the lead, his long sword rolling, taking a Qin soldier’s life with every move.

However, Zhao Zhu also knew that he couldn’t continue fighting; he had to retreat.

Otherwise, once the Qin army occupied the northern city wall and blocked the northeast direction again, Zhao Zhu would have no way out.

It didn’t matter for him alone, but the key was that there were tens of thousands of troops in the city.

He had to stay alive.

“Kill!”

Zhao Zhu gave an order and took the lead in charging toward the Qin army.

He had no choice; he knew that if he retreated now, Changping would truly be lost.

“Charge, charge!”

The rest of the Zhao army followed down one after another.

However, they clearly couldn’t escape the Qin army’s pursuit.

Because their speed was far inferior to the Qin army, not to mention the Qin army galloping on horseback.

“Puchi!”

The Qin army pursued and killed, directly cutting down several Zhao soldiers.

Blood sprinkled the sky, staining the city tower red, and a pungent smell permeated the air.

The Qin army pursued the victory, continuing to chase the Zhao army.

“Swish swish swish!”

Another few waves of arrows came, and several people on the Qin side fell, but it still couldn’t stop the Qin army’s pace.

“General, the Qin army is chasing, if we don’t leave now, it will be too late.”

“General, let’s go!”

“General…”

The surrounding soldiers said to Zhao Zhu one after another.

Zhao Zhu looked at the soldiers pleading with him, gritted his teeth, and his long sword swept through the air, directly cutting off the head of the Zhao soldier closest to him.

“Anyone who dares to clamor for retreat again will be treated as disobeying orders. Changping cannot be broken! Give me the order to beat the Qin army back!”

At this moment, everyone was intimidated by Zhao Zhu.

In Zhao Zhu, they saw the shadow of the young Lian Po.

In an instant, all the Zhao soldiers were stirred up.

The morale of the army returned.