Chapter 592: The opponent is facing the base!

It was not until dawn that the Qi army put out the fire, but at this time half of the camp had been burned to white ground. What's more serious is that half of the large equipment such as the Cangche Arrow Tower used to prepare for the siege today were also burned, which made Zhao Wujiu heartbroken.

Fortunately, for the sake of safety, he built the army's granary in Hangu Guanzhong and transported it regularly every day, so that he did not lose much food and fodder.

"Send the order to rebuild the camp..." Looking at the camp with black smoke, Zhao Wujiu said helplessly.

The generals quickly took action separately, and Wu Zhilong was left at the door of the tent and said, "Mr., do you think the offensive will be stopped for a few days?"

"Yes, stop for three days, so let's take a breath." Zhao Wujiu nodded bitterly and said, "This Qin Yutian is really capable of killing his master's father by random punches." He said, "It's the first time that people have bullied so miserably after fighting for so many years."

"We don't have much time." Wu Zhilong whispered: "Hangu Pass wrote yesterday that there is still one month of military rations." If we dial out the time for withdrawal, there will be only half a month left to attack Tongguan.

"Half a month is enough." Zhao Wujiu said slowly: "In three days, I will order all my strength to attack the city!"

Qin Lei in Tongguan City did not feel the pleasure of succeeding the sneak attack, but instead felt heavier.

The court's resolution had been sent to his desk. He had no reinforcements, horses, and food and fodder he asked for. Instead, he sent two high hats called "Prince Wucheng" and "Great Marshal". How could he not disappoint?

"I really want to write a letter to ask the court," Qin Lei complained to Shi Gan angrily: "How much are these two bans worth?"

"It should be very valuable." Shi Gan replied in a low voice.

"Then let me discount it." Qin Lei said angrily: "One million taels per person is not high, right?" He said angrily: "This dick, I am surrounding his throne, why are you stabbing me in the back?"

Shi Gan was speechless and could only listen to the prince's complaints quietly.

I felt relieved after scolding for a while, but the problem had to be solved... Qin Lei's purpose was not only to repel the Qi army, but also to recover Hangu Pass and even to take down Hulao Pass. The so-called "smart woman can't cook without rice". No matter how good the follow-up plan is, it requires enough troops and materials to be used as the foundation.

With your current strength alone, nothing can be done.

Qin Lei was thinking about a solution all afternoon, and he didn't come up with a good idea until the lights were in hand.

Seeing the prince's distressed look, Shi Gan finally couldn't help saying, "It's better to ask for help from the Fuxing Yamen." As a person around Qin Lei, he knew very well what terrifying potential the rapidly developing south has.

"No, the Fuxing Yamen is in the golden period of development." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Although the Lone King can move millions of taels as long as he speaks, it's not worth it." He said angrily, "Besides, I'll fight him, and I still have to pay military expenses? Is there such a stupid prince in the world?"

"The deliberators can't understand either." Qin Lei frowned and said, "Unless..."

"Unless what?" Shi Gan quickly spoke.

"Unless you let the court borrow it." Qin Lei said with his eyes shining: "Yes, why didn't you expect it?" As he said that, he bounced from the rocking chair, strode to the desk, and whispered: "Grind the ink quickly, I want to write a letter."

Qin Lei wrote seven or eight letters in one breath, the first one was to Emperor Tianyou. In addition to thanking His Majesty for his generosity and kindness, he cried out in a big way and threatened Emperor Tianyou. If he didn't give money, he would be unable to defend the country. After crying and scaring, he changed his mind and expressed his understanding of the court's financial crisis, and actively put forward suggestions to solve the problem - using the court's taxes for the next few years as collateral, he issued interest-bearing war bonds to wealthy families across the country to raise the military expenses needed to align the battle.

He also gave an example to Emperor Tianyou: Assuming it is eight li interest, if it is issued a bond of 10 million taels of silver, the interest paid within one year is only 800,000 taels, and the relevant expenses are only 900,000 taels.

Among them, Qin Lei wrote: "The poverty of my Great Qin lies in the people of the court; the wealth of my Great Qin lies in the aristocratic families." As long as they give them enough rewards and make up 10 million taels of silver, it is still no problem.

And the price you paid is just starting next year, starting from next year, you will take out 900,000 taels of silver from taxes every year. It is really cost-effective. It is better to act than to act. Why is Your Majesty hesitating?

He was also afraid that Emperor Tianyou would be scared by the debt of tens of millions of taels, Qin Lei relieved him and said, "The debt is the most insignificant right now. I, Qin and Qi have already bet on the national fortune and will never stop until death. If we lose, everything will be over and the country will be destroyed. At that time, our brothers will have to wipe their necks. What's the difference between having debts and not having debts? If we win, we will ask for everything from Qi, and are we still worried about the debt of tens of millions of taels?"

Finally, Qin Lei patted his chest and promised that he could guarantee the bond endorsement and share the risks! What a great discount...

Feeling that it was enough to fool the second child, Qin Lei stopped writing and wrote letters to Qu Yanwu and Tian Minnong. In addition to writing the contents for the second child, he also asked them to persuade the emperor to do this and told them that if they had any questions, they could ask Mr. Guantao Zhang Jianzhi to understand.

In the letter to Qu Yanwu, Qin Lei directly ordered him to recommend Zhang Jianzhi to be fully responsible for issuance.

Then, naturally, he wrote to Guantao. In addition to explaining the above situation, he also asked him to try his best to gain something. First, he expressed his opinion to the people of the world, and second, as long as the Qin Dynasty is there and he is there, this thing will be foolproof and the benefits are quite considerable.

The rest of the letter was naturally to the big men of the Fuxing Yamen, and the letter was much more explicit. In addition to the conventional description, he advocated to these parents who dreamed of overwhelming the northern aristocratic families: 'If you want to achieve your goal, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!' and made them not have to worry about anything, and he had the decision to do everything...

He had been busy all night and did not finish writing until dawn. He stretched out his muscles and bones, and Qin Lei rubbed his arms and smiled bitterly: "This is much more tiring than fighting."

Shi Gan also stayed with him all night, his eyes were red like a rabbit. While placing the thick stack of envelopes, he asked softly: "Prince, are you going to patrol the city today?"

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "No need, Zhao Wujiu can't get enough time to get back at least three days, so let's hurry up and rest." He left a sentence, "Call me if there is any situation." Then he went back to the inner room to sleep.

As Qin Lei expected, the second time the Qi army siege was three days later. Of course, Qin Lei was not idle in the past two days. He ordered the military and civilians to go out of the city, dig the moat again, and widen it by one meter to form an extremely large trench.

On the 30th day, Zhao Wujiu killed cows and wine to reward the entire army, and promised everyone that after breaking through Tongguan, he slaughtered the city for three days, and plundered the city, which led to the officers and soldiers' wolves and eager to try, and wished to climb to the top of Tongguan.

After they had enough food and food, the Qi army lined up to attack. This time the elite troops of Qi were on the battlefield. Not only were the soldiers of the army far higher than those three days ago, but they even had a huge difference in the siege equipment they used.

The soldiers on the city saw a row of "screens" like a long snake, slowly coming from the east. When they were closer, they saw clearly that it was a huge wooden curtain with iron sheets, two or three meters high and one or two meters wide, supported by wooden beams and stood on a four-wheeled cart. There were thousands of civilians and men pushing the cart together, and the continuous barrier approached the city wall, which was obviously a "shield" used to resist the flint bow and arrow.

Under the cover of the "shield chariot", Qi army pushed the cannon cart and goose cart hole and other attacking tools and arrived directly under the city wall in the southeast.

Within the range, Qi army organized the cannon carts. The people in the city saw it clearly. There were only nine-seven-shot giant cannons, with a total of more than forty... Thanks to the fact that one fire burned out that night, there would be hundreds of cannons here.

Bo Shang Saiyang on the city asked for his order to attack, leading the iron cavalry to destroy the bulky cannons. However, Qin Lei did not agree to this beautiful plan. He pointed to the southwest corner of the battlefield and said, "The cavalry of Qi is there to be alert. As long as there is movement in the city gate, it will arrive immediately." Bo Shang Saiyang had to give up reluctantly.

"Just order all the soldiers over there to enter the bunker and leave a few observers behind." Qin Lei ordered.

The order was quickly passed through the flag, and the officers and soldiers who were waiting for the battle on the city wall retreated like a tide and hid in the shelter behind the city wall.

A quarter of an hour later, the Qi army's cannon was finally installed. Of course, the cannon rod was not very strange, but the cannon seat was actually a style that Qin Lei had never seen before. It was like a small house, with all the appearance of raw cowhide protection, and the cannon people were pulled into the cannon seat, and the arrows could not be entered. Moreover, the bottom of the cannon seat was still equipped with wheels, which could be pushed back and forth by soldiers to find the best shooting angle.

As soon as the installation was completed, Qi army's cannon-waited to launch arrow towers and enemy towers on the east coast city wall. The cannon stone weighs forty or fifty kilograms. As long as the tower is hit, it will be broken at a small distance, and at a severe blow, collapse...

The only thing that is fortunate is that the Qi army's artillery cart is really not worthy of. Only ten cannons can hit one or two cannons, and the southeast city defense that the Qin army has worked hard to build is not destroyed for a while.

"We can't go on like this." Qin Lei had no choice but to order the civilians and soldiers to hang leather curtains made of cattle and horses on the turrets to protect the huge rocks in the sky to hang them on the turrets.

Seeing that the effect of the huge rocks decreased, Qi Jun decisively replaced them with large bags of pebbles. Raindrop-like stones poured down, and the Qin army, which was not too late to evacuate, smashed them into hornet's nests... No one dared to stand on the entire southeast city wall again.

Qi Jun took the opportunity to push the goose cart hole protected by cowhides under the city wall. The "goose cart hole" is also called the "pointed wooden donkey", which was also Zhao Wujiu's invention. It is an empty-bottomed personnel carrier with six wheels, covered with iron on the roof and sides of the car. The reason why it is called the pointed wooden donkey is because its roof is sharp, which can effectively reduce the destructive power of cannon stones, and can also push and walk with the soldiers in the car.

These goose carts can be guarded and connected into long belts of dozens of feet to form a passage for soldiers to rush to the city. Because they are covered with pig iron and are protected by wet felt, they cannot enter the diamond, lime and fire.

The Qi army connected eight goose cart caves one mile long, and under its cover, the army reached the edge of the moat. They carried bags of earthen cloth, grass, cattle, bamboo and wood and other objects in the cave to fill the trenches.

At this time, the Qi army's cannon stone finally stopped... The thing was too accurate, and most of it fell into the trench, killing many people who filled the ditch. I guess if the infantry siege would turn against each other and dismantle the bird cannons first!

As soon as the cannon stones stopped, a sharp whistle sounded across the city. The Qin army officers and soldiers quickly returned to their posts from all directions, picked up crossbows, arrows and stones, trying to stop the Qi army from filling the trenches.

Today's Qi army is obviously of high quality. The infantry in the front row raised a large shield more than eight feet high, and the infantry in the back row used cover to shoot at the officers and soldiers guarding the city with strong crossbows. The Qin army's enemy tower in the southeast city was destroyed by 80% of them, and they could not form an overwhelming advantage. They could only shoot with the Qi army, and there were no minor casualties.

But the defenders did not dare to stop for a moment. They understood that once the enemy crossed the trench, there must be many ways to climb to the top of the city, which would be even more difficult.

The two sides started war since the hour of Mao, and shot each other until dark, shooting more than 100,000 arrows, and the troops of the offensive and defense were also replaced by several groups. During the day, the Qi army injured five or six thousand people, and the Qin army suffered one or two thousand casualties, and the Qi army did not let the Qi army fill the moat... After all, the guardian of the city was condescending and covered by the battlements of the city walls, which was not an ordinary advantage.

However, the Qi army's offensive became more and more fierce. They lit a raging fire and continued to shoot against the city. They had no intention of returning to the camp to sleep. Their intention was obvious. Everyone's eyesight was not good, so they quickly filled the ditch before talking.

During this period, Qin Lei also tried to do something through the night. He sent a thousand dead soldiers, carrying explosives and fires, and sneaked down from the west city, intending to blow up the Qi army's cannon hole. However, the Qi army was very prepared and the suicide squad was discovered before it got close, so he had to withdraw in a hurry. If it weren't for the darkness of the Qi army, they would have to conquer them all.

After defeating the Qin army's sneak attack, the Qi army's morale was greatly boosted and its arrogance became even more arrogant. More civilians were sent to fill the pits, and the archers responsible for suppressing the city were even more energetic. The rain of arrows suddenly became fierce, which made the Qin army feel a little breathless.

Seeing that Qi army bullying others because they were too many people, Qin Lei was finally furious and shouted: "Concentrate all the shooters for me!"

"Prince, the city wall is already full, and people can't watch it down again." Shi Gan reminded kindly.

"You are smart!" Qin Lei blocked him in anger and ordered someone to call Captain Niu and ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare all the tables and chairs in the city to the top of the city!" Captain Niu knew that obedience was necessary, so he quickly moved the tables and chairs near the warehouses and houses to the southeast city wall.

Qin Lei ordered him to stack all the tables and chairs into five rows in a stepped shape, which made the crossbowmen who came from all over the place stand up. Including the shooters standing there, they actually lined up six floors from high to low, and shot out five or six times the original arrows in one volley. In addition, Shi Meng's thunderbolt cannon bombarded the city, the Qi army could no longer support them and was almost all shot down.

"Continue to shoot and see who can shoot over who!" Qin Lei laughed.

Under the high-density and multi-level attacks of the Qin army, Qi army's shooters suffered heavy losses, and the bows and arrows shot down the city became increasingly sparse, and they were finally completely suppressed.

This is not a solution. Zhao Wujiu had to order the front-line troops to retreat. Qin Lei quickly ordered the shooter to retreat and move the tables and chairs away. Sure enough, not long after the retreat, the Qi army's cannon stone once again baptized the city...

All the officers and soldiers, including Qin Lei, breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that the torture of the day was finally over.

But they obviously underestimated the military strength of Qi and Zhao Wujiu's determination. After the preparation troops gave him the opportunity in person, Zhao Wujiu re-entered him into the battlefield. These troops no longer shot against the city, but just carried earth bags on their backs and bustled in the cave like an ant colony, threw the earth bags out of the hole and turned around and rushed back, never going out of the cave to seek death.

After a while, the entrance of the cave was blocked by a high pile of soil. Qi Jun demolished a piece of the cave and continued to fill the pile of soil. This method is called "distance" in military tactics, which builds sandbags from far to near and from low to high, and when the number reaches a certain level, it can even be higher than the city wall.

Of course, this is not a simple task. The Qi army was busy until dawn and only piled up two or three meters high, which was far inferior to the city wall. But he could not resist the spirit of Yugong moving mountains. He ordered the military and civilians to take turns to build a series of cowhide caves on the earthen mountain, and the workers traveled day and night to transport civil and engineering.

In front, there were several sail-like screens to cover the workers and the staff, and both arrows and stones could not enter. In order to prevent the Qin army from raiding, players were used on both sides of the Tushan Mountain, and cavalry were supported by the rear. The defense was strictly controlled, so that the Qin army would not have any opportunity to take advantage of.

Facing the enemy like a turtle shell, Qin Lei was also trying his best and had nowhere to quit, so he had to use the stupidest method... to confront him.

As the name suggests, confrontation means confrontation. Aren’t you going to build a higher wall than the city wall? Then let’s raise the wheeled city wall and see who is faster than who is faster!

The dual convenience of offense and defense has once again been devoted to the vigorous civil engineering project.

Qin Lei ordered people to demolish all the idle houses in the city and bring bricks and stones to build the walls. The Qi army still used the "distance" method to increase the earthen mountains bit by bit. Naturally, the efficiency was not as good as the Qin army, but they were more successful and could rotate in a few rounds, so the speed was faster.

By the third day of November, the Tushan Mountain was about a hundred steps long, several hundred feet in radius, and more than ten feet high.

But the opposite of the city wall was five feet taller. With the advantage of the terrain and the original foundation, it was exactly five feet taller than the earthen mountain of Qi army... but it was already at its limit. In order to build this city wall that was one mile long, five feet tall, three feet wide at the bottom and one feet wide at the top, the houses in the city were basically demolished, and the next step was to demolish the western wall and repair the eastern wall... But Qin Lei would never dare to do this, because the Qi army had tried to encircle it from behind. If the western wall was broken into pieces, Zhao Wujiu would probably give himself from behind at all costs.

That would be too unprofitable.

Looking at the dangerous wall hanging alone and above the city wall, Qin Lei took a cold breath and said, "You can't build it anymore, otherwise it will collapse on its own."
Chapter completed!