strictlysupreme Chapter 1226 No Matter How You Look at It, It's Impossible to Lose
Chapter 1226 No Matter How You Look at It, It's Impossible to Lose
In the twilight, blood-red dust rose from the Qin army camp. Three hundred heavily-armored cavalrymen galloped across the parade ground, their iron hooves crushing the gravel on the ground.
Qin general Meng Ao wielded his 10-foot-long lance and plucked the straw man's head off. The scarlet tassels shed blood beads in the sunset:
"How dare Chu Ning, a little kid, bully me, there is no one in Great Qin!"
In front of the central army tent, a three-meter-high cowhide war drum suddenly exploded, eight rows of black-armored infantry shouted in unison, and the sound of iron shields colliding made the flagpole at the gate buzz.
The fierce general Li Ran loaded his bow with arrows and pulled the full length of his three-stone hard bow. Fifty wolf-tooth arrows whizzed through the wooden target a hundred steps away, and the white feathers at the tails of the arrows cast afterimages in the twilight.
"Report——!"
The messenger pushed open the curtain of the tent, and the bronze armor made a clanging sound as he moved quickly: "Chu General Chu Ning shot down our army's red flag in Hecheng, and threatened to fight to the death in three days!"
General Wang Wei smashed the wine jar on the table with his fist, and the amber wine mixed with pottery shards splashed: "150,000 against 100,000, he thinks he is a god from heaven? I will lead the cavalry battalion as the vanguard!"
The swords at the waists of the generals in the tent were unsheathed with a clang, and the cold light made the torches in the tent flicker.
Commander Wang Jian stared at the sand table on the table in silence. He reached out and touched the model of Hecheng with the broken flag, his fingertips stained with cinnabar-dyed red soil:
"How far is the flagpole from the city wall?"
"More than three hundred and fifty steps."
The kneeling scout's Adam's apple rolled, "The Chu army uses a new type of crossbow, three bows with twisted strings, and arrowheads with barbs..."
The tent suddenly became quiet. General Zhao Tuo's sword fell to the ground with a clang. This fierce general who had once destroyed seven barbarian camps in the northern border now looked pale.
Wang Jian picked up the broken flag fragments, and there were still spiral cracks on the fine bamboo grain - these were the unique traces of the winch force of the three-bow crossbow.
"Hecheng several years ago."
Wang Jian said in a hoarse voice: "The Chu army used 2,000 crossbows to kill tens of thousands of our soldiers."
He slammed his fist on the sand table, his face full of indignation: "Last year in Maple Leaf City, he pretended to run out of food and retreated, but took advantage of our army's unpreparedness and killed General Meng, causing our army to lose tens of thousands of people."
Meng Ao slammed his lance down heavily on the ground: "I don't believe that a hundred thousand Chu troops can stop the elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty!"
"General Wang, I am willing to be the vanguard and capture the east gate of Hecheng."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ran narrowed his eyes, a hint of blood red flashed across his eyes, and he stepped forward with his sword in hand, saying sternly:
"General Wang, I have fought fiercely with the barbarians on the front lines for many years and have a lot of experience in attacking cities and conquering territories. It would be better to let me be the vanguard of this battle!"
But Zhao Tuo frowned when he heard this and said in a cold voice: "General Li, we can't use brute force to attack this battle. Let me lead the way."
He turned to look at Wang Jian, a hint of murderous intent appeared on his resolute face: "General Wang, this battle is related to the morale of our army. We must win the first battle."
"Now our army's strength far exceeds that of the Chu army. Although the Chu army occupies Hecheng, our army only needs to attack one gate fiercely and we will be able to break through it in an instant."
"I have thousands of strong men under my command, and they are good at attacking cities. Please leave this matter to me!"
Wang Jian nodded slightly at the heroic and confident words, and the uneasiness in his heart was slightly eased.
Unexpectedly, Wang Wei stood up and sneered, "Relying solely on strong men to hit the city gate is a bad idea!"
"I have many archers under my command. Together with the infantry, they will surely suppress the Chu army and allow our army to climb the city wall and enter the city."
The four generals were all transferred from the barbarian front by Ying Zheng. Although they had heard of Chu Ning's name, they had never seen how powerful Chu Ning was.
As for Chu Ning, they had only heard about him from Wang Jian and rumors.
However, the more Chu Ning was praised as a god, the more they refused to believe it.
The battlefield will not change because of one person.
They have great confidence in the strength of their troops and in their own abilities.
This time against the Chu army, they are confident of victory, and even want to capture Chu Ning alive and take down the Chu State and the Zhou Dynasty in one fell swoop!
Suddenly a strong wind blew outside the tent, and the roars of 150,000 soldiers in training made the cowhide tent rustle.
Wang Wei frowned when he saw Wang Jian was slow to speak. He grabbed the command flag beside the sand table and was about to throw it, but Wang Jian held his wrist.
"Attack from all four gates simultaneously and divide their forces!"
Wang Jian drew four marks on the sand table with his fingertips and said with a cold face: "Meng Ao leads 30,000 infantrymen to attack the east gate, with 10 ladders for every 100 men.
Wang Wei led the crossbow battalion to block the west gate, and all the arrows were soaked in kerosene. Li Ran led the battalion of rams to break through the south gate, and each ram was equipped with three layers of raw cowhide; Zhao Tuo's heavy armor battalion focused on attacking the north gate - "
Before he finished speaking, there were sudden hurried footsteps outside the tent.
A soldier held a sharp arrow in both hands and said, "Generals, someone shot an arrow outside the camp just now, and there was something on the arrow."
Wang Jian raised his eyebrows, stood up and walked down from the main seat, came to the soldier, and reached out to take the sharp arrow.
The arrow shaft was wrapped with blood-stained silk, which, when unfolded, turned out to be a map of the Chu army's defense.
Wang Jian's one eye shrank suddenly. Could it be that the master of the Black Ice Platform had obtained the defense map of Hecheng and sent it out at the risk of his life?
Wang Jian's face was solemn, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
He walked out of the tent and looked at the looming figure on the top of Hecheng City in the distance. As the dusk deepened, torches lit up on the top of the city, like stars in the night sky.
"Pass the order down, all troops on alert, and strengthen patrols." Wang Jian ordered in a deep voice, "Especially at night, Chu Ning is best at night attacks."
Back in the tent, Wang Jian carefully looked at the blood-stained defense map.
The map showed the distribution of Chu's troops, fortifications, and food storage areas. However, Wang Jian always felt something was wrong.
He reached out and touched the drawing, and felt a strange touch at his fingertips.
"Someone, bring some fire." Wang Jian ordered.
The guards quickly brought an oil lamp. Jian gently baked the blueprint over the fire, and after a while, another layer of dark patterns appeared on the blueprint.
Those were invisible words written with special potions, recording the true deployment of the Chu army.
A cold light flashed in Wang Jian's single eye: "As expected. Chu Ning, Chu Ning, you are still so cunning."
He immediately summoned all his generals and redeployed the battle plan.
"General Meng Ao, lead 30,000 infantrymen to feint and attack the east gate to attract the main force of the Chu army.
General Wang Wei, you lead the archers and crossbowmen to ambush in the woods outside the west gate. When the Chu army leaves the city to pursue Meng Ao, set fire to the forest and cut off their retreat.
General Li Ran, you lead the battering rams to break through the south gate and go straight to the Chu army's food and grass camp.
General Zhao Tuo, your heavy armored battalion will ambush outside the north gate, and when the Chu army retreats, kill the remnants.
The generals took the order and left. Wang Jian stood alone in front of the sand table, staring at the Hecheng model.
He knew that this battle would determine the fate of the Qin and Chu countries.
This is the first battle between the two sides, and he must show momentum and boost morale.
Although Chu Ning is cunning, he is poisoned by the blood spider and cannot do everything by himself.
And the remaining Feng Anguo and others could never be his opponents.
In addition, now that he has obtained the defense map of Hecheng, he is confident of victory.
There is no way we can lose this battle!