Chapter 750: Xiaobei City Is Reduced to Scorched Earth! Ying Chengjiao Is Surrounded with His Few Soldiers!

In Handan on April 20th of the 14th year of the Qin Dynasty, two days stood side by side.

A rising sun hangs high in the sky, spreading its radiance all over the world!

A blazing sun sinks to the ground and burns everything!

In less than an hour, the flames had completely engulfed the Beicheng District of Little Beicheng.

The sea of ​​​​fire that had already started was difficult to extinguish, and was driven by the wind and spread all the way towards Nancheng District!

As we all know, Xiwang City is located on the south side of Xiaobei City.

The farther south the residence in Xiaobei City is, the closer it is to the West King City, and the residents further south are more noble!

After the middle-level officials of Zhao State had cried together, the high-level officials of Zhao State and the royal family and nobles also became anxious.

"The fire is completely uncontrollable! If the fire is allowed to continue burning, it will inevitably spread to the royal city! Prime Minister, we must not put the king in danger!"

"In this battle, the Qin army is outnumbered and our army is outnumbered! General Sima, why do our troops have to be trapped in the city and can only be passively beaten? I am willing to send all my soldiers and servants to participate in the battle. I only want to get back the head of Lord Qin Changan. The official family takes revenge!"

"Xiangbang, the last general is asking for a battle! The last general will destroy all the catapults of the Qin army!"

An important minister of Zhao State jointly threatened Guo Kai, Sima Shang and Zhao Yi with an increasingly tough attitude. They must immediately destroy the catapults of the Qin army outside the city to ensure the safety of their property!

But Guo Kai and the others were in trouble.

Outside the city, more than 40,000 Zhao troops were desperately rushing towards the Qin army's catapults, trying to use their lives to tear a hole and destroy the twenty behemoths spewing death and destruction.

At the top of the city, more than 30,000 Handan City crossbowmen stood shoulder to shoulder on a narrow section of the city wall. Each round, more than 10,000 crossbow bolts were continuously thrown into the sky, blocking the sky and the sun, and throwing them down towards the Qin army!

But the Qin army also formed a solid front under the command of Ying Chengyu.

Even after more than an hour of fierce fighting, and even withstanding attacks from multiple directions at the same time, they still refused to retreat, firmly protecting the catapult behind the army!

Sima Shang's eyes were always fixed on the battlefield, and he roared: "Send orders to Feili's troops to circle to the west and flank the Qin army's rear flank!"

"Instruct Zhao Ke's troops to hold the battle line at all costs. We must not allow Qin Duwei Mengtian's troops to join forces with Qin Duwei Qiang Huai's troops!"

"The crossbowmen gave up the direction of the Qin army's catapults and targeted Qin Duwei Qiang Huai's troops. Shoot!"

After giving a few more orders, Sima Shang looked back at the ministers and said with a serious face: "The general is already trying his best to send troops and horses to attack the Qin army!"

"Please trust me, General!"

"The main battlefield is now completely within the range of my Little Beicheng crossbowmen."

"Every breath, soldiers from Qin are killed by our army's crossbows!"

"Five hours at most! Only five hours at most!"

"The Qin army is bound to be unable to bear the losses..."

Although the fire in Xiaobeicheng was raging, and although Sima Shang was the captain, his family still needed to stay in Handan City.

But as mentioned before, a poor man like Sima Shang did not have enough money to settle his family in Xiaobei City.

Therefore, Sima Shang could not empathize with these courtiers.

In Sima Shang's view, the left and right were just burning some buildings in the city.

As long as we can take this opportunity to weaken the Qin army as much as possible, it is worth it even if Xiaobeicheng is reduced to ashes!

However, before Sima Shang could finish his words, he was rudely interrupted by Sikou Zhao Chong: "Five hours?"

"General Sima, does he know what will happen to Handan City if the Qin army is allowed to continue setting fire for five hours?"

"A piece of charcoal!"

"The south wind is getting heavier today, and the fire in the north of the city will inevitably be blown to the east and west royal cities by the south wind."

"If the sea of ​​fire ignites the Longtai Palace, the arsenal and even the grain depot, even if the Qin army is severely damaged and retreats, how can this battle continue!"

Zhao Yan also said coldly: "I think that General Sima lost his courage because he suffered consecutive defeats under Lord Wu'an. He was even more afraid of Lord Qin Chang'an, so much so that he forgot that the king intended to kill Qin Chang'an in this battle formation." Jun!”

"In this battle, our army is outnumbered and Qin's army is outnumbered. Lord Qin Chang'an may be brave, but our Zhao soldiers are also fighting bravely!"

"This general believes that we must not continue to besiege Handan, but must take the initiative to annihilate the Qin army and kill Qin Changanjun!"

All the ministers nodded in unison: "We second the proposal!"

Sima Shang said anxiously: "Qin Chang'an Lord has the ability to control the earth dragon, and he is also proficient in military strategy."

"Qin Chang'an Lord is only burning Xiaobei City with fire and ignoring the city wall. It must be because of his plan!"

"Allowing Lord Qin Chang'an to burn Xiaobei City will certainly cause Xiaobei City to catch fire, but it will not harm our soldiers. On the contrary, it will give our army the opportunity to weaken the Qin army."

"Our army should maintain the war situation as much as possible to weaken the Qin army and expand its advantage."

"Instead of fighting the Qin army just for a house with wooden beams!"

It's a pity that even the military strategy formulated by Li Mu will be constantly questioned by the Zhao court, let alone Sima Shang?

More importantly, Sima Shang's idea is indeed beneficial to this battle, but it is not beneficial to the ministers!

Under the quarrel and noise, Guo Kai made the final decision: "Handan City must be defended, and Xiaobei City must also be defended."

"The King's will must be implemented by us!"

"Qin Changan Jun is brave, but Qin Changan Jun has only more than 90,000 troops and horses left under his command. We, Handan City, have more than 150,000 troops. If we continue to defend the city and sit back and watch the Qin army burn Xiaobei City, I, Zhao, will probably Become the laughing stock of the world."

"It will even lead to the loss of military morale and loss of morale!"

Sima Shang said anxiously: "Xiangbang! Think twice!"

Facing a pair of excited eyes, Guo Kai said solemnly: "Pass on my order!"

"Order the deputy general Chunping Jun Zhao Yi to lead 120,000 troops to leave the city through various gates and fight to the death with the Qin army!"

When Ying Chengjiao completely abandoned the other three cities and only attacked Xiaobei City, the biggest weakness of Handan City was finally exposed.

For the property safety of all court officials and the lives of their families, Guo Kai had to give up the complex city defense system of Handan City and choose to leave the city to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army!

Sima Shang's eyes were full of despair: "Prime Minister!!!"

Zhao Yi smiled and bowed: "This lord, I will definitely take back the head of Qin Chang'an Jun for my Great Zhao!"

Zhao Yi knew that Guo Kai promoted Sima Shang to deputy general not only because Sima Shang was experienced, but more importantly, to let Sima Shang contain Zhao Yi to prevent Zhao Yi from becoming too powerful.

But, in the end, it was still up to this lord to clean up the mess!

With a flick of his sleeves, Zhao Yi spoke proudly: "Pass on my order!"

"Captain Zhao Ke and Captain Fei Chong continue to attack the Qin army's catapult position."

"Captain Fei Li's troops leave the battle and take a detour to the southwest of the Qin army while the Qin army is unprepared."

"Captain Ma Fuchao's troops leave the city through the north gate of Dabei City and take a detour to the northwest of the Qin army while the Qin army is unprepared."

"Captain..."

Under Zhao Yi's command, the troops in Handan City moved together, quietly left the city through various gates, and sneaked towards the Qin army from all directions.

Seeing that the troops in the distance had arrived at the designated position, Zhao Yi shouted: "Pass on my order!"

"Open the city gates! Ambush troops are out!"

"Encircle and annihilate the Qin army!"

The west gate, north gate, northwest gate of Xiwang City, the north gate, northeast gate, northeast side gate of Xiaobei City... and more than ten other gates were opened at the same time!

More than ten Zhao troops rushed out of the city gate at the same time, covering the Qin army like a big net!

Seeing this, Ying Chengjiao sat up straight and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the commander Meng Tian to line up in the north!"

"Commander Qiang Huai to line up in the east!"

"Commander Meng Nan to line up in the west!"

"Commander Xiao Tu and Commander Wang Qun continue to line up on the south side and must withstand the Zhao army's front!"

"All crossbowmen line up, don't hesitate to shoot arrows, and kill the enemy!"

The battle situation suddenly became fierce.

One hundred thousand Zhao troops surrounded the Qin army from all directions.

The 30,000 Zhao troops on the top of the city kept shooting, and even some important officials of the Zhao State personally picked up the Zhao crossbow and shot angry crossbow arrows at the Qin army soldiers, so that the crossbow arrows shot at the Qin army were overwhelming and continuous!

Facing the heavy blows from the Zhao army, the Qin army did not dodge at all. They withstood all the blows and remained firmly outside the north gate of Xiaobei City, resolutely and stubbornly throwing oil into Xiaobei City.

Seeing this, Zhao Yi's mouth curled up slightly, and he ordered again: "Order the captain Zhao Sa to lead the chariots to the battle."

"Crush the Qin army's formation!"

The north gate of Xiaobei City, which has always been at the center of the battle, burst open.

Behind the gate were chariots emitting brilliant golden light in the sun!

Captain Zhao Sa roared: "The country is in turmoil! Homes are lost!"

"And all this is caused by the enemy in front!"

"Soldiers, revenge! Charge!"

The warhorse stepped out with four hooves, pulling the heavy bronze chariot to accelerate. One hundred and twenty chariot soldiers and four thousand infantrymen roared in unison: "Kill!!!"

Wang Qun hurriedly shouted: "Left-wing spearmen line up to stop the enemy!"

Two thousand spearmen immediately lined up in front of the formation, stabbing the tail of their spears into the ground, and the front end pointed directly at the Zhao chariot.

The complex battlefield environment did not give Zhao Sa room to dodge, so Zhao Sa simply avoided it and roared madly: "Charge! Keep charging! Kill those who slow down!!!"

Wrapped in the bloody wind, the Zhao army chariot and the Qin army's spear forest suddenly collided!

The sharp and dense spear forest pierced the warhorse fiercely, even piercing the warhorse through.

But the chariot behind the warhorse was also thrown into the spear forest under the effect of inertia. The heavy chariot body not only smashed the long spears, but also smashed the spearmen behind the long spears into minced meat!

As the first row of Zhao army chariots were all lost, the spear forest defense line set up by Wang Qun's troops also overturned.

Under the command of Zhao Sa, the second row of chariots avoided the corpses of their comrades and the wreckage of the chariots, and charged towards the Qin army further inside!

Wang Qun could only shout hoarsely: "The spearmen in the middle are in formation!"

"All of you, come to me!"

"Even if you die, you must bite off a piece of meat from the Zhao army!"

However, when shouting, Wang Qun's heart was extremely bitter.

Wang Qun's troops were not elite at all, but just ordinary Qin troops.

How could they withstand such a strong attack from the Zhao army!

Under the attack of Zhao Sa's troops, Wang Qun's troops were defeated step by step, and they could only watch the Zhao army's chariots penetrate the Qin army's formation and get closer and closer to the Qin army's catapults!

Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw this: "The Qin army is exhausted!"

"Opportunity!"

"Pass on my order, beat the victory drum!"

"Defeat the enemy in one battle!!!"