On the top of Qucheng, the arrows fired by Liukang's soldiers were missed, and Qin Yi's soldiers pushed the ladder and rushed towards the city wall with all their strength.

Many soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and the ladder stalled. However, the soldiers who rushed up from behind pushed the ladder with all their strength and continued forward. After suffering some casualties, the ladder truck was finally pushed under the city wall.

"Rot the wood with hot oil!" Hissing shouts suddenly came from the city wall.

Many Liukang soldiers kept leaning down, bows and arrows, and they shot arrows under the city wall and missed.

Some soldiers brought boiling hot oil and suddenly poured it down the ladder!

A soldier of Qin Yi was climbing up the ladder when hot oil suddenly poured on him and he fell down. He screamed in pain, his hands and feet were weak, and he fell down the ladder.

Afterwards, the soldiers were panicked, but the faster they moved, they knew that the only way to avoid being poured with hot oil was to rush up to the city wall.

Only by rushing to the city wall can you change your destiny and become famous!

According to Linzhan's custom, Qin Yi has ordered that the first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver and promoted to one rank.

In other words, if it is just a small soldier, the first person to climb the city wall will be promoted to a hundred households, if it is a hundred households, it will be promoted to a thousand households, and if it is a thousand households, it will be promoted to captain.

Under a heavy reward, there must be brave men. Even if arrows are missed and hot oil is poured down, the soldiers will not be afraid of death and climb crazily.

After the hot oil was poured on the city wall, many soldiers carried the rolling logs and threw them down the ladder.

Linzhan's soldiers were unable to dodge and were hit so hard that they vomited blood and fell off the ladder.

Even though there were many casualties, the number of Qin Yi soldiers was huge. There were as many as 50,000 soldiers involved in the siege, while there were only more than 20,000 Liukang soldiers guarding the west wall.

The double strength gap allowed Qin Yi's men to advance very quickly. Not long after, a soldier climbed up the city wall with a roar.

He was lucky and avoided arrows, rolling logs and hot oil.

But he was also unlucky. He was the first to climb up the city wall, and he was left alone and helpless. He was suddenly swallowed up by many Liukang soldiers who rushed towards him!

Qin Yi saw from a distance that a soldier climbed up the wall of Qucheng. Before he could stand still, he was cut into pieces by the enemy soldiers. He couldn't help but frown.

"Five hundred taels of silver, plus double pension, must be sent to his family!" Qin Yi said in a deep voice.

Chen Yu on the side responded quickly.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third soldiers climbed up the city wall one after another and began the battle for the city head.

Perhaps due to the huge difference in military strength, the city head was quickly captured, and many Qin Yi soldiers began to attack downwards, trying to seize the city gate.

As long as the city gate is opened and the troops outside the city are allowed in, the city will definitely change hands!

Time continued to pass, and after a fierce fight, the city gate finally changed hands and slowly opened.

Qin Yi saw this and immediately ordered, "Charge the entire army!"

The rear troops who were ready to attack suddenly roared and rushed towards Qucheng!

Qin Yi was slightly calm and secretly guessed that it was probably because of the huge difference in troop strength and the lack of morale of the enemy soldiers that the battle developed rapidly without too many casualties.

Presumably, after a while, the guards in the city will escape from the city through the undefended north gate. By then... Thinking of this, Qin Yi smiled faintly.

The west city wall was breached, and the morale of the guards plummeted. The east and south walls also fell. Qin Yi's soldiers and Mu Haorang's soldiers began to launch street fighting in the city.

The original more than 200,000 horses suffered heavy casualties due to Qin Yi's surprise attack. Only 80,000 soldiers were left. The Liukang soldiers had long lost their fighting spirit. Now that the city was broken, their morale plummeted to zero. They retreated while fighting.

Escape through the north city gate.

In just half an hour, Liukang's soldiers fled and surrendered, and the whole city fell into the hands of the Qin and Yi armies.

At the north city gate, many homeless soldiers fled in a hurry and ran towards the distance along the official road.

With panic on their faces, they gritted their teeth and ran desperately, fearing that if they were one step slower, they would be overtaken by enemy soldiers and die.

In order to outperform their teammates, many casual soldiers began to abandon their helmets and armor, and some even threw away their weapons, just wishing they had not grown a third leg.

But just as they were crowded and running through a forest, they heard the neighing of horses in the forest.

Immediately afterwards, there was a roar, "Yi Ziying, charge!"

Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed out from the woods like a black tide, carrying strong murderous intent!

The frightened Liukang infantry, facing the elite enemy cavalry, all they could do was to let out horrifying howls!

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In the main hall of the county government in Qucheng, Qin Yi stood with his hands behind his hands and quickly issued orders, "pacify the people and calculate everyone's casualties and losses; open the prison door and release the county government officials; treat the wounded soldiers and count the casualties..."

Following Qin Yi's orders one after another, Qucheng, which had experienced the war, began to settle down. Many surviving people cried with joy and rushed to the streets to see the soldiers who rescued them from the fire and water.

Many Li common people brought scallions, onions, eggs and other agricultural products, hoping to comfort the soldiers who fought hard, but the soldiers who had received orders from Qin Yi did not dare to accept them.

When some well-informed people learned that it was the famous general Qin Yi who had recaptured Qucheng, they all called their friends and flocked to the county government office in large numbers, wanting to thank Qin Yi for his rescue and to meet this once-in-a-century man.

Outstanding people.

At this time, Qin Yi was giving instructions at the county hall. When he learned that a group of people had gathered outside the county government office, shouting loudly to thank him, he couldn't help but be surprised, so he walked out of the county hall and came outside the county government office.

As soon as he walked to the gate, Qin Yi saw a lot of Li people gathered outside the gate, at least one or two hundred people.

Seeing Qin Yi, everyone suddenly became excited. They didn't expect Qin Yi to come out. They wanted to get closer, but they were worried about bumping into each other, so they didn't dare to move. They stood there and thanked loudly, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for the rescue."

Grace!"

"The commander-in-chief rescued me, and I and the people of Qucheng are very grateful!"

"The commander-in-chief is really brave and brave!"

As they talked, everyone was about to hand Qin Yi something, including pickled fish, steamed mutton, roasted deer legs... all of which were extremely precious meats to the common people.

Qin Yi was moved when he saw it. He quickly handed over his hands and said sincerely, "I understand everyone's thoughts. Guarding Qucheng is the duty of our officers and soldiers. There is no need to thank you. Please go back as soon as possible. Although the city is already closed

It's been pacified, but it's difficult to guarantee that enemy soldiers are lurking, so please don't stay outside."

Seeing that Qin Yi refused to accept it, no one was willing to agree, and they quickly said, "The commander-in-chief has worked so hard, you have to accept this mutton no matter what you say!"

"My family is poor and I don't have anything precious. I got this deer leg from hunting in the wild mountains outside the city ten years ago. I have been reluctant to eat it. I asked the town commander not to dislike it."

How could Qin Yi accept it? He could only push and persuade, and finally persuaded many people to return.

Back in the main hall, many generals looked at Qin Yi with even more admiration.

It is one thing to be able to win a battle. As a marquis, a second-grade high-ranking official, his character is as before, humble and gentle, polite to others, not arrogant, not arrogant. Such a general, let alone Linzhan, even the entire Cangyuan Continent,

It's also rarely seen.

Not long after, Chen Yu walked into the hall and reported quickly, "Commander, the casualties have been calculated. Our army suffered more than 9,000 casualties. General Mu's casualties were more than 18,000."

Qin Yi felt a little toothache after hearing this.

In his past field battles, he used less to fight more, and he basically killed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers with thousands of casualties.

But now, we have a large number of troops, twice as many as the opponent, but we still paid a heavy price. Even our own casualties are close to 10,000 people. It seems that attacking the city is really not easy!

Chen Yu then reported, "Jing Shou's military orders are strict and prohibit his subordinates from disturbing and harming the people. Therefore, the people in the city suffered little damage. Many officials also survived and were imprisoned. The general has carried them out according to the commander's order."

Release them all."

Qin Yi nodded secretly. He didn't expect that Jing Shou, besides being cautious, also had such a character, which was really good.

Of course, he also knew that Jing Shou ordered his subordinates not to harm the people, probably because he was afraid that the people in the city would rise up and affect his dealings with Mu Haorang.

If the war goes unfavorably and we are in a situation where we are running out of ammunition and food, Jing Shou will definitely not care about the lives of the people in front of him.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Yi ordered the two armies to withdraw from the city, set up camp for garrison, and return the control of the city to the Qucheng County Magistrate.

Then, he wrote a battle report and sent it back to the court to ask the empress about her next move.

Qucheng has been recaptured, and it is up to the empress to decide what to do next.

Four days later, the decree was sent, and the empress issued an order that Liu Kang invaded Linzhan and started a war. It was really a great evil. How could Linzhan calm down the matter? He should send his troops north, attack Kangdu, and ask Emperor Liukang for an explanation!

Therefore, an additional 100,000 troops and horses were added to the two armies. They were led by Qin Yi and obeyed his instructions. No one was allowed to disobey the order.

After receiving the order, Qin Yi summoned many generals and Mu Haorang's subordinates to gather in the main tent to discuss the war.

Regarding how to act in the future, many generals made suggestions. Some said that they should unite their troops and attack with all their strength, while others said that there was no need to unite their troops.

After everyone's suggestions were completed, Qin Yi said firmly, "Liukang has suffered a lot of military losses and it will be difficult to gather a large force. Therefore, we do not need to unite our troops. We should divide our troops into two groups and speed up the siege!"

The 250,000-strong army was defeated in Qucheng. Only Jing Shou fled back to Liukang with thousands of soldiers and horses.

And when he penetrated deep into Liukang's heart and burned down the large army warehouse in Linxi, he defeated five or six groups of soldiers and horses, and the number of enemy soldiers was as high as more than 100,000.

In total, Liukang had already consumed 350,000 troops and horses. There were not many troops and horses to begin with. Even with the strength of the whole country, he could only gather another 300,000 to 400,000 troops. The rest of the troops had to guard the city and could not be mobilized.

And he has more than 120,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and Mu Haorang has more than 130,000 soldiers and horses under his command, plus the 100,000 soldiers and horses sent by the empress. When divided evenly, each side has 170,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses.

, there is no need to join forces at all.

What we should do now is to capture Liukang as soon as possible. If we have the remaining strength, we can move westward and take advantage of the civil strife in Dali to seize several cities and take revenge!

Mu Haorang and others all agreed with Qin Yi's decision and responded, "The general will obey the order!"

When the generals left, Qin Yi turned his head and looked at the map, looking at the Kangdu mark on the map with bright eyes.
Chapter completed!