Qinzhangcheng.

Duan Shao stood at the top of the city.

This famous general who has been famous for his entire life has turned gray at this moment.

He was not wearing a coat, and his gray hair was extremely dazzling.

The messy beard grew wildly on his face, and he became much thinner. There were loud cries outside the city, and the soldiers were escorting the temporarily forced civilians to dig ravines.

This kind of ravine is very laborious, but once built, it will be a nightmare for the cavalry.

It is half a man wide, and the bottom is covered with spikes. War horses cannot jump over it. If you fall in, you will die. You must fill it up before you can continue the attack.

Duan Shao has always disdained the use of this kind of defensive method in the past.

The sky is dark.

The soldiers on the city wall stood alone.

The elite Baibao soldiers on both sides had taken off their masks, their faces were gloomy, and they did not look at their leader.

Duan Shao sighed, looked down at his hands again, and squeezed them hard a few times.

Even Baibao began to abandon Duan Shao.

Duan Shao remembered the city at his feet, and he also remembered the official roads in the distance.

Decades ago, he followed Emperor Shenwu and led troops through here more than once. At that time, he was following behind King Gao, smiling as he listened to many generals commenting on the world and showing off their martial arts.

He once swore to protect this world.

But in the end, everything seemed to betray him.

The old comrades in the past are now generals in the hands of the rebels, and the juniors in the past are now serving as vanguards in the rebels.

Even the people of the past are now yelling at themselves.

Duan Shao picked up the cold helmet and put it on his head again.

Dugu Yongye has completely fallen out with Duan Shao.

The emperor's edict came down, requiring Duan Shao to defeat the enemy's vanguard army and not to evacuate.

Duan Shao did not stupidly go head-to-head with Yao Xiong. He took the opportunity to capture Dugu Yongye's Qinzhang City, killed the rude defender in the city, and then recruited the army here, expanded the army, and actively set up fortifications.

, make a last ditch effort.

He originally wanted to have an army showdown with Liu Taozi, but unfortunately, Dugu Yongye did not give him this opportunity.

Now, he could only use these defeated troops with no morale to fight Liu Taozi's tens of thousands of elites.

He originally thought that Dugu Yongye would not dare to do this.

The ground trembled slightly.

The soldiers under the city suddenly screamed.

They abandoned the people guarding them, turned around, and rushed towards the city.

Duan Shao understood something, raised his head and looked into the distance.

A large army appeared in the distance.

Vast and vast.

They held their flags high, blocking out the sky and the sun. As far as Duan Shao could see, all he could see were enemy soldiers.

They were fully armed and strong, marching slowly at a unified pace.

Their speed is neither too fast nor too slow.

But it brings a great sense of oppression.

There was chaos in the city, and the people outside the city had nowhere to hide. They could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy. Many people cried in despair.

The enemy was approaching little by little, and the huge Qinzhang City was as small as an insignificant reef in the vast ocean.

Duan Shao looked at the opponent's formation, then looked at the armor and stomach, and the corners of his eyes twitched again.

No matter how many times he sees it, Duan Shao will always say: This armor coverage rate is a bit too much...\n

In this way, they approached all the way to the outside of the city and beyond the hills and valleys.

The troops of Qi State climbed onto the city wall one after another, with their bows and crossbows pointed outside, ready for a fierce battle.

The enemy suddenly stopped.

The shield in his hand was placed on the ground, making a huge noise, and then it was silent for a moment.

I saw several knights rushing out from the enemy formation, running back and forth horizontally, shouting in a skilled Heluo accent: "The Han army has arrived!! People don't need to panic! Leave quickly!!"

"The Han army has arrived! People don't need to panic! Leave quickly!"

Between the Han and Qi armies were the abandoned civilians digging trenches.

The knights shouted along the road, and the Han army's formation gradually separated, revealing several passages.

The knights urged again and again.

The civilians stood up in disbelief and walked out through the gaps.

Many people are prepared to die.

However, until they walked over and ran away, these troops were unmoved and did not behead them.

Nor did they torture them to death.

Duan Shao looked at this scene with increasingly complicated eyes.

After all the civilians had evacuated, the scene became extremely quiet again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!"

The Han State had no achievements in all aspects. Everything was directly borrowed from its surrounding neighbors, not only in terms of big policies, but also in small details.

For example, the marching drums are the same ones from Qi State, and there is no change at all.

This is the drumbeat of attack.

The next moment, the Han army launched an attack, and the first ones to come out were the crossbowmen.

Rows of crossbows were aimed directly at the city wall.

"Whoosh~~~"

The strong crossbow fired while moving forward.

The sword and shield men protected them and kept moving forward. After suppressing the opponent's firepower, they began to fill in the ravines, otherwise they would not be able to move forward.

After effectively advancing, the military craftsman began to push the throwing cart forward.

Many of the items brought by the Han Dynasty this time were assembled and removable throwers.

This cart is so big that it takes six people to push it.

It is universal and the effect is very obvious.

The Han army did not choose to attack the city directly with their numerical advantage, but began to take advantage of their wealth and began to bombard the city indiscriminately.

In this situation, even Duan Shao had no choice.

This is not Yubi City, and there is no natural defensive terrain.

The two sides were either engaging in encounters or just shooting at each other.

There were constant screams on the city wall, and the enemy was suppressing them regardless of the cost. Perhaps in their eyes, the lives of the soldiers were more important than the wasted arrows and carts.

After rounds of shooting, the city wall was beyond recognition.

The enemy successfully filled in several ravines.

Duan Shao drew his sword and prepared to fight.

The enemy's infantry finally began to attack. Many ladders were heading towards the city wall. The carts stopped attacking, but the arrows were still there. The crossbowmen's positions were getting closer and closer. They even got on the ladder carts and looked down at them.

Enemies on the opposite side shoot at each other.

Duan Shao's military strength was originally small, but it became increasingly insufficient with repeated consumption.

The enemy does not attack from one side, but chooses to attack from three sides, a standard siege tactic.

"kill!!"

Duan Shao took the lead and let his left and right men shoot fiercely at the Han troops below the city.

The enemy's armor was full of arrows, some fell down, and some continued to fight.

Duan Shao also ordered people to hit him with stones.

This effect is more obvious.

However, the number of enemies is simply too great.

Duan Shao saw several fierce generals of the Han army taking the lead in ascending the city, and secretly thought something bad.
To be continued...