The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

The next day, Qiang Yong stood on the city wall and looked at the Shu army camp. The chief general of the scout camp said: "General, our scouts found that the enemy had been building siege equipment last night. We have also found out that the Shu army has 20,000 armored soldiers, 40,000 migrant soldiers and 100 chariots. The chief general of the Shu army is the famous Shu general Du Ru, and the Shu general who attacked the highlands is the Shu's first fierce general You Wei."

Qian Yong's face was a little nervous after hearing this, but he quickly recovered his face and said: "Order the scouts to investigate the enemy more and pay attention to any movement of the enemy!"

"Yes!"

Qian Yong said to the deputy general next to him: "Order the whole army to prepare for defense. Are all the city defense equipment in place?"

The deputy general replied: "General, all the city defense equipment is in place."

Qian Yong nodded after hearing this and then took the other generals to the tower to command the three armies.

Shu Army Camp

The Shu Army had already assembled. Du Ru personally reviewed them and said to the deputy general: "You take a thousand men to guard the camp! The rest of you follow me to attack the city!"

"Yes, General!" The deputy general bowed.

Attack~~

The Shu Army filed out, and the outside of Baojiang City was full of Shu Army.

Du Ru stood on the nest car to observe the enemy situation and said to the messenger beside him: "The whole army is in battle array!"

The Shu Army quickly formed two teams, and various siege equipment such as catapults, ladders, and well fences were placed in front of the army.

Du Ru ordered: "Archers, shoot!"

Ten thousand archers shot arrows at the same time, and arrows rained down. The Zhu army hurriedly raised their shields and hid behind the parapet, while the Shu army continued to advance. Qiang Yong said calmly: "Archers, get ready, shoot!"

Thousands of archers exerted their strength together, and with a whoosh, thousands of arrows were fired. The Shu army captain ordered: "Raise shields!"

After the rain of arrows, Du Ru in the back saw that the front team was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, and ordered: "Charge! Set up ladders!"

The Shu army's ladders were set up on the city wall one by one, and the Shu army soldiers began to climb the city.

Qian Yong hurriedly ordered: "Push the cart!" The soldiers of the Zhu army pushed the ladders down with a cart. The Shu army soldiers on the ladders also fell down directly. A Shu army lieutenant shouted: "Archers, shoot! Keep the ladders!"

Despite the strong rain of arrows, the Shu army still did not stop attacking the city. The catapults in the rear were also constantly throwing stones at the city wall.

A battering ram rushed to the gate of the city, and the wooden spikes on the battering ram hit the gate heavily. The gate was shaken and seemed to fall down. The soldiers of the Ju army desperately resisted the gate.

Qian Yong saw it and ordered: "Use fire attack!"

Several barrels of kerosene poured out from the tower, and the kerosene was poured directly on the battering ram. Several braziers were thrown down, and the fire immediately engulfed the battering ram. The Shu army soldiers near the battering ram were burned to death by the fire, and they kept wailing.

The siege stopped at noon. Seeing that the Shu army had retreated, the Ju army couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As a result, the sound of war drums sounded again, and Du Ru looked at the city.He said with a smile: "I want to see how long you can hold out under this siege intensity! The rear team will attack the city!"

Qiang Yong did not say anything nonsense, but said firmly: "The whole army will defend the city!" The soldiers of the Ju army said nothing, but silently picked up their shields and swords, and looked firmly at the Shu army below. Another brutal siege began. ………

The setting sun illuminated the earth purple. Qiang Yong looked at the soldiers of the Ju army who had already fallen down on the city wall, and felt a little bit reluctant. The deputy general next to him said: "General, today our army has suffered nearly a thousand casualties, and the enemy army has also suffered nearly 3,000 casualties. General, when will the main force of the general arrive?"

Qiang Yong silently looked in the direction of the capital of the State of Qi, and slowly said: "It will be soon!"

At night, the Shu army sent an army to the city wall, constantly beating gongs and drums to harass the Ju army.

The soldiers of the Ju army were harassed to the point that they could not sleep at all. Qiang Yong brought several lieutenants to the tower and looked outside. It was pitch black outside with only constant drumming sounds. It felt like the whole world had been shrouded by the drums and they could not tell the direction at all.

A lieutenant said, "General, do you want me to drive your chariot to drive away the enemy?"

Qian Yong said, "Order the soldiers to plug their ears with cloth and leave three hundred-man teams to patrol!" --Yes!

For several days, the Ju army still stood firm in the high-intensity siege and constant harassment at night. Du Ru had begun to admire the will of the Ju army and the commander's strategy for defending the city, and murmured, "It seems that the combat effectiveness of the Ju army has improved a lot compared to the past. We must find a way to break through!"

On the high ground, the Shu army had attacked more than 50 times in a row, and the whole battlefield was filled with the smell of blood and filth.

In the Shu army camp, some soldiers' faces, hands, and even their bodies were covered with filth. The accompanying soldiers had closed the door and washed off the hot filth with cold water. They saw that the filth had rotted their skin.

When Yu Wei saw the miserable state of the soldiers, he couldn't bear it, but he was helpless. No matter how he attacked, he couldn't capture the high ground.

The patrol lieutenant on the side said: "General, why don't you stop the attack! If this goes on, our army will no longer have the will to fight."

Yu Wei looked at the defense line of the Zhu army on the high ground and said: "Continue the attack tomorrow! No matter what the cost, we must attack!" - Yes!

The next morning, the Shu army began to attack again. Both the city and the Zhu army on the high ground were desperately defending.

For several hours, the high-intensity siege did not allow the Shu army to capture the city, leaving only corpses.

Du Ru could no longer care about that, and drew his sword and shouted: "Chariot soldiers, attack the city!"

Thousands of Shu soldiers marched in neat steps to attack Baojiang City, but when they were less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, they suddenly sounded the retreat.

The Shu army felt very strange, but had to retreat. Du Ru said unwillingly: "This battle is your victory.Sooner or later I will wash away this shame!"

Du Ru ordered: "Throw away all the siege equipment, the rear team becomes the front team, the front team becomes the rear team, and the whole army retreats!"

On the tower, Qiang Yong was very surprised why the Shu army retreated? The Zhu army on the wall shouted that the Shu army should retreat.

Suddenly, Qiang Yong saw a yellowish flag of the Zhu State, and he shouted in surprise: "The general is here! ”

It turned out that after Zhou Borui captured Piyi, he spent a long time clearing out those villages in order to prevent the food supply from being cut off, so he arrived so late.

When Zhou Borui arrived with his army, he saw the Shu army attacking the high ground, and Zhou Borui immediately ordered to go to support. When the Shu army general You Wei saw the main force of the Zhu army coming, Zhao hurriedly told the news to Du Ru. In order to prevent a two-sided attack, the Shu army was forced to retreat, so the Shu army retreated in a hurry.

Qian Yong was overjoyed and personally went down the tower to open the city gate and went out to meet Zhou Borui. When Zhou Borui's army arrived in front of the tower, Qiang Yong walked to Zhou Borui's chariot and bowed, saying: "Meet the general, fortunately I have completed the mission and successfully blocked the enemy! ”

Zhou Borui got off the car and said with a smile: "Brother Qiang Yong, the credit for destroying the State of Li this time is yours. If it weren't for you leading the army to stop the attack of the Shu army, I wouldn't have been able to stabilize the capital of the State of Li so quickly!"

At this time, Bianci, whose armor was covered with blood, said to Qiang Yong: "Report to the general, our army successfully completed the mission and held the high ground!"

Qiang Yong smiled and said: "The first credit for this battle should be General Bianci. If General Bianci hadn't held the high ground, otherwise, if it was occupied by the enemy, it would be difficult for our reinforcements to come to support."

Zhou Borui smiled and said: "Okay, I will report it to the king truthfully when I go back! Let's go in and discuss how to manage this State of Li first. ”

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After the Shu army retreated, Du Ru felt mixed emotions. As the first general of Shu, he was defeated for the first time. When he led his army to the border of Ba State, even the powerful Ba State retreated from him.

Seeing Du Ru's gloomy face, You Wei advised: "General, victory and defeat are common in the military. Although our army was defeated this time, it is because our main force is still there. When we return to Shu and reorganize, we will surely defeat Ju State!"

Du Ru shook his head and said: "After this defeat, it will be difficult for Shu to suppress Ju State. You should go back to the capital and tell the king the current situation. Now we Shu must put aside our hatred with Ba State and unite to deal with Ju State, otherwise Shu will be in danger of extinction!"

"Yes, General! "You Wei bowed.

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Jiameng Pass

Du Wu rushed to Jiameng Pass with 20,000 troops, looked at this solid pass, and said: "Order the whole army to camp first, repair for a while, and attack immediately!" - Yes!

At the pass, Chang Zhongxue looked at the dense Shu army below and said: "Order the whole army to prepare for defense!" - Yes!

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