The city walls of Qin Ling are very tall and thick, nine feet high and three feet thick. The walls are made of black boulders, which are extremely hard. The surface of each stone has been carefully polished and is extremely smooth, making it difficult for reptiles to
Stand on it. What's even more strange is that this is a completely closed city without a gate. It is very difficult to enter it. You have to climb the city wall.
The Chu army was well prepared and set up ladders to climb the city. These ladders were much longer than usual. They were connected two together, otherwise the length would not reach the top of the city wall.
Hundreds of ladders were erected at the crenellations of the city wall. Dozens of people were responsible for stabilizing each ladder to prevent it from slipping on the sides. The Chu troops who ascended the city lined up and began to climb the ladders one by one.
Climb up the city wall.
This ladder is too long and the city wall is too high. It is not only a test of physical strength, but also a test of courage. Some timid soldiers couldn't help but tremble on the ladder. From time to time, some people fell from the ladder and broke their arms and legs.
There are many cases, and some of them are unlucky and end up breaking their breath and losing their lives.
Some generals above the spiritual saint level did not bother to go up the ladder with the soldiers like this. The spiritual energy under their feet rose, and they jumped straight up and went straight to the top of the city wall. But they were not enough to reach the city wall in one go. They stepped on the ladder two or three times in the middle.
Then he used his strength to jump up the city wall.
King Xiang stood in front of the city wall, looked up at the city wall, let out a soft "hum", slammed his foot on the ground, and suddenly flew up into the air. He waved out his palms, condensing his spiritual energy into air cakes in the air
, then stepped on the air cake and walked up the city wall very gracefully.
A word appeared in Mo Di's mind, step by step, a lotus grows! He could only envy him. He didn't have the strength yet, so he obediently climbed the ladder to the city wall with the ordinary soldiers.
Yang Zi is also a spiritual saint, so she can naturally jump up the city wall like those generals, but in this case, she deliberately kept a low profile and climbed up the ladder. Zhao Man'er followed closely behind, and Mo Di protected her at the end.
Although Zhao Man'er looked weak, she was indeed very courageous. She climbed the city wall very smoothly, which made Mo Di relieved.
Standing on the city wall, you can have an unobstructed view of the city. You can see palaces one after another, which are particularly brilliant and magnificent. Especially on the Qin Mausoleum in the middle of the city, a nine-story palace was built, which is dozens of feet high, covering all the land.
Covered below. Although Xianyang Palace is large, it is nothing compared to this nine-story palace.
Looking at all this, Mo Di always had a strange feeling, something was wrong. Later, he suddenly realized that the city lacked popularity. There were only tall palaces and empty streets, but not a single person, not even a bird.
It can't be seen, giving people a cold and eerie feeling.
Most of the Chu army had already climbed onto the city wall. Some soldiers tied bundles of very thick ropes to the crenellations of the city wall and threw them into the city. Soldiers climbed down one by one along the ropes.
Mo Di looked around and saw that there was no way to go down to the city. The only way to get into the city was this way. He was wondering why the city was built like this. It was impossible to go up or down the city wall.
There is no city gate, it is just a closed wall. I really don’t know what the builder’s intention was.
Going down to the city is several times more difficult than going up to the city, because the city wall is still extremely smooth and cannot be used by force at all. The soldiers going down the city must rely entirely on the strength of their arms to hold the rope and go down slowly. This pair of arm strength is a
It was a great test, and some soldiers fell from the rope from time to time, and some even hit the soldiers below and fell together. They were seriously injured even if they were not killed.
In about an hour, more than 10,000 soldiers came down. These soldiers gathered under the city, marched into the city in groups, and went straight to the seal in the middle of the city.
Everything went very smoothly, all the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and even King Xiang's face looked much better.
Mo Di thought, does the Qin Mausoleum have defenses outside the city but no defenses inside the city? This is very unreasonable. Generally speaking, the closer to the core area, the defense will be tighter and the danger will be greater, but
Looking at it now, that's not the case at all.
The soldiers who entered the city searched forward one after another without encountering any resistance, and the speed was much happier than before.
At this time, a dull sound came from deep inside the city. It was neither human nor animal. It sounded very strange. The soldiers in the city were startled, and their nerves became tense. They immediately stopped and stood on guard.
Everyone on the city wall also heard this voice, and their hearts were in suspense as they stared at the movements in the city.
There was a "rustling" sound from far to near, from small to loud, and the earth trembled slightly. As the trembling intensified, the sound became louder and louder. When they saw it clearly, everyone gasped.
He took a breath and saw a dense group of spiritual beasts running over quickly, including wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, as well as some unknown spiritual beasts.
This group of spiritual beasts came like a tide and pounced on the Chu army. Many soldiers were so frightened that they had no time to defend themselves or even run away. Their necks were bitten off, their heads were devoured, and they were even disemboweled.
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These more than 10,000 soldiers only resisted slightly before being overwhelmed by the team of spirit beasts. Everyone cried for their fathers and mothers and ran for their lives.
This group of spiritual beasts are chasing behind. Their speed and strength have far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers. It is effortless to bite and kill a soldier. Moreover, they are just for killing. They bite a soldier to death and immediately throw it aside.
, and then rushed towards another soldier...
This was an unequal killing. Chu Bing's corpse was flying up and down, and it was too horrible to see. Zhao Man'er couldn't help but grab Mo Di's hand, and her body started to tremble.
Mo Di was shocked by this scene. This was the first time he saw the ferocity of spiritual beasts, and he didn't expect them to be so cruel.
"Arrow, shoot quickly!" Cao Kun gave the order, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately shot out waves of arrows, heading straight for the spirit beasts. There was no need to aim this time when shooting arrows. There were spirit beasts everywhere below, so just focus on
If you shoot the arrow, it will hit the target. The sound of "Puff, Puff, Puff" continues, and many spiritual beasts are shot to the ground, and their speed is stagnant.
Taking advantage of this gap, many Chu soldiers ran to the bottom of the city, grabbed the rope and climbed up desperately.
Although the spirit beasts were hit by arrows, their skin was rough and their flesh was thick, so they rarely died. The pain further aroused their animal nature, and after a brief panic, they rushed over at a faster speed.
"Shoot! Shoot quickly!" Arrows rained like locusts and crossbows, and the soldiers on the city wall also fired arrows downwards with all their might. Waves of fierce arrow rain fell into the group of spiritual beasts.
These spirit beasts were as if they were crazy. Some of them were still charging forward with more than a dozen arrows in their bodies, and they slowly fell down until the last moment of their lives.
Although the arrow rain was dense, it only slowed down the attack speed of the spirit beasts, and they finally rushed under the city wall.
The soldiers who had arrived at the city had no way to hide or escape, and were all submerged by the tide of spiritual beasts. Some of the soldiers who had climbed halfway along the rope were so frightened that their legs weakened and they fell down.
Before it even hit the ground, it was bitten off at the waist.
Some spirit beasts bit the rope and pulled hard. The soldiers on top were knocked down one after another. While they were still in mid-air, they were bitten by the leaping spirit beasts and thrown into the group of spirit beasts behind them. For a moment, they were covered with flesh and blood.
fly......
There were also some spirit beasts that were good at climbing and climbed up along the rope at an astonishing speed. The soldiers on the city were so frightened that they quickly aimed at these spirit beasts and shot at them. Some spirit beasts were hit by arrows and fell, and some jumped.
Dodge, they will rush into the city soon.
The soldiers were so panicked that they could only keep shooting arrows...
"Cut the rope! Quick! Cut the rope!" Mo Di shouted! Seeing this situation, Mo Di knew that if he didn't cut the rope, many spiritual beasts would rush up. The city wall was so narrow that it was impossible to launch an attack.
Without the use of arrows, more soldiers will definitely be killed or injured.
The soldiers woke up from a dream, pulled out their swords one after another, cut off the rope, and then the spirit beasts on the rope fell down one after another. But one spirit beast still rushed up. This was a black bear, and it killed ten people in a row.
After several soldiers, he was besieged and killed by two Lingzong-level generals.
The spirit beast under the city kept jumping up, but the city wall was so smooth that it couldn't get up at all. Only then did everyone understand that the function of the city wall was not only to prevent outsiders from coming in, but also to prevent the spirit beasts in the city from escaping. If these spirit beasts ran away
Going out will definitely be a disaster for Xianyang.
There was no hope for the spirit beasts to ascend the city, and they were also attacked by arrows, which only increased unnecessary casualties. So they gradually retreated and disappeared into the palace buildings, disappearing without a trace. Only corpses were left on the ground.
They are beasts, but more of them are soldiers of the Chu army.
More than 10,000 Chu soldiers entered the city. In the end, only a few dozen generals with higher spiritual ranks escaped, and the rest were all killed by spiritual beasts.
The morale of the entire team suddenly dropped, and some soldiers with poor mental control skills burst into tears. There were also several soldiers who were frightened out of their minds and jumped from the city while crying and laughing.
It's impossible to survive.
After such a disturbance, the morale of the entire army was in chaos, and many people had the intention of retreating. King Xiang ordered to kill more than a dozen crying soldiers one after another, and used the most severe means to control the soldiers, and the entire team gradually stabilized.
King Xiang's face was gloomy and murderous. The defensive capabilities of Qin Ling were completely beyond his expectations. Now, before even a handful of soil was dug out of Qin Ling's grave, more than 20,000 of the 100,000 troops had been killed or injured.
No one can bear this loss.
In fact, King Xiang did not feel the slightest pity for the loss of 20,000 troops. One general's achievements are worth ten thousand bones. Soldiers are dedicated to their lives, and death is normal. But the key point is that the death now is meaningless. If another 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers are left,
Entering the city would only result in the death of an extra ten or twenty thousand people, which would be of no help to the achievement of one's own goals.
"What do you think we should do now?" King Xiang asked.
All the soldiers looked at each other and said nothing.
"What? There is nothing you can do?" King Xiang glanced at each of the generals, who all lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.
A young general stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea."
"Oh? Say it!"
"The spiritual levels of these spirit beasts are not very high. They are all spirit masters and spiritual beasts at the spirit sect level. I think we can select all the powerful ones above the spirit sect among the generals and escort the king to the core of Qin Ling. This way
It can reduce unnecessary casualties."
"This..." King Xiang was a little moved.
"No!" Cao Kun stood up. "Your Majesty, this method is absolutely impossible!"
"Why not? Tell me."
"Your Majesty, these spirit beasts are indeed not of high spiritual level, but there are too many of them. There are less than a thousand strong men above the Spirit Sect in our army, and they cannot resist the attacks of so many spirit beasts. Besides, this is just what we have seen.
As for the spiritual beasts, it is unknown how many have not been seen, how many have not come out, and whether there will be spiritual beasts with higher spiritual levels. Therefore, if you enter hastily, it will be extremely dangerous, and you will eventually think that this method is not feasible.
"
All the generals nodded their heads after hearing this, strongly agreeing with Cao Kun's statement.
King Xiang also thought that what Cao Kun said made sense and asked, "Is there anything you can do?"
"This... will never happen." Cao Kun replied.
"Huh! Since there is nothing we can do, why don't we just withdraw our troops like this?" King Xiang got angry.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea."
King Xiang was overjoyed when he saw this man and said, "Tell me about it!" (To be continued)