Chapter 1515: Han Banner World 205 Decisive Battle 19

The speed of the collapse of the defense outside Xianyang was unexpected not only by the Qin people trapped in the isolated city, but also by the attacking Han army. After occupying the outer defense line, the pause was temporarily stopped because the Han army was not ready for the final attack on Xianyang.

But three days later, the cannon roared again. This time, it directly attacked the tall and steep walls of Xianyang. As the capital of a country, the tall and steep walls of Xianyang City are naturally well-deserved. After the advent of reinforced concrete, Xianyang City has been strengthened again. In history, there are many examples of being trapped in an isolated city for more than ten years and still holding on. And this has become the only thought of the people in the city.

In the Black Ice Platform Hall, Lu Chao sat on the throne in a gorgeous dress. Under the steps, all officials in Xianyang were told that they must go to court to see the emperor today.

Inside the Black Ice Terrace, rows of Eagle soldiers stood with their swords drawn, adding a bit of murderous aura to the already solemn Black Ice Terrace Hall. Everyone dared not breathe, their eyes watching their noses, their noses watching their hearts. Since the failure of the Qin and Chu alliance to attack the Han Dynasty last year, Lu Chao's temper has become moody. Killing people is a common occurrence, and it doesn't matter how long your family history is or how high your prominent position is. If you disagree with someone or feel unhappy, you will be killed with a big knife.

The heavy door of the Black Ice Terrace Hall was closed, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed. Huge candles were lit, and the faint artillery reflected everyone's changing faces.

Although the door was thick, it couldn't stop the rumbling sound of artillery from afar, and the landing point of the artillery seemed to be getting closer and closer. Along with the huge roar of the artillery, there were countless strange chirping sounds. And this strange sound even passed over the sky of the Black Ice Terrace Hall from time to time. The whistling sound that tore through the air made everyone tremble with fear.

This is the latest weapon of the Han army. At Hangu Pass, Qian Zhongyi's 20,000 elite defenders were destroyed in one fell swoop. As more and more intelligence about the defeat of Hangu Pass came out, people in Xianyang were increasingly afraid. It was the sickle of the god of death, the harvester of life, and it was impossible to stop it.

Since yesterday, this strange chirping sound has never stopped. The only difference from Hangu Pass is that after the shells exploded, it was not the kind of ghost fire that fell. Instead, it was posters flying all over the sky.

The content of the posters is self-evident. Naturally, they were persuading people to surrender, calling on the people of Xianyang to overthrow the tyranny, and luring the soldiers in the city to open the city and surrender. The Eagle soldiers led by Gou Yi ran their legs off, trying to collect all these posters, but no matter how fast they ran, they were not as fast as those outside. After the explosion, all the posters flying all over the sky were snow-white posters, and there was nothing to collect. There was nothing to destroy, and in the end, Gou Yi gave up this meaningless move.

"Tell me what we should do now?" On the steps, Lu Chao's cold voice sounded, as if it came from the Netherworld. All the court officials lowered their heads in silence. Now, they really had no idea what to do. No, there should be another one, but unfortunately. No one dared to speak out.

Outside the city, the artillery of the Han army was removing the firepower points on the city one by one. Compared with the suicidal artillery on the outer defense line, the artillery on the city was of much better quality. Although the firing speed was slow, it had been firing at the bottom of the city. However, as soon as he exposed his firepower point, he would immediately attract fierce artillery fire. The covering shooting would destroy the artillery on the city bit by bit, and finally remove this firepower point.

This was the last battle, and no commander would care about the loss of ammunition.

Teams of infantry took advantage of the gaps between the artillery firing on the city, passed through the firepower blockade, and went straight to a place not far from the city wall, and began to set up their infantry artillery in a busy manner.

Small cannons were lined up in a row. With a command, shells jumped out of the barrels. Unlike other cannons, this infantry cannon flew in a high parabola in the air, landing accurately one by one on the city wall. The continuous explosions and flashes of fire, accompanied by the screams of the soldiers on the city, formed the main theme of the entire battlefield.

The firepower of the Han army covered all areas of medium, long and short distances. The fierce artillery attack lasted for a whole morning. The shells consumed were in the hundreds of thousands. The counterattack on the city finally became weaker and weaker, and finally completely silent.

With the loud sound of the military bugle, the infantry who had been holding back for a long time finally launched an attack. Countless siege vehicles, siege plank roads, battering rams, battering rams, and ladders were pushed by the Han army. They raised their heads and rushed towards the walls of Xianyang amid the shouts of mountains and mountains. The range of the artillery began to extend at this moment, and the small cannons under the city became more and more fierce, making it impossible for the Qin soldiers hiding in the soldier caves on the city to get out.

Amid the shaking of the earth and mountains, ladders were put on the city wall, siege vehicles approached, and the anchor hooks in front of the siege platforms were firmly hooked on the parapets. Countless Han soldiers followed these siege equipment and climbed up like ants. On the tower city that was almost as high as the city wall, countless divine crossbows fired crossbow arrows like locusts, suppressing the Qin army on the top of the city. Almost as soon as the Qin army showed up, they would be shot down like hedgehogs. Occasionally, there were breakthrough arrows rushing to the front, facing the tall tower city and the fastened anchor hooks, there was no way at all, and they could only desperately swing the knife in their hands, desperately chopping the anchor hooks as thick as a child's arm, trying to push these huge guys away from the city wall like a dragonfly shaking a pillar.

Inside the Black Ice Platform, there was still deathly silence. No one spoke, and no one dared to speak.

With a bang, the closed door was pushed open by the wall, and a general covered in blood rushed in. He staggered and fell on the cold black ground. He tried his best to get up but was unable to do anything. When he saw the blood flowing out from the general's body, there was a loud bang in the hall, and he was so frightened that he fainted. on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the west city gate has been breached. The west city defenders have retreated to the inner city. The Han army is expanding their attack area. The outer city cannot be defended." The loyal general lay on the ground, but still stretched out his bloody hand. hand, "Your Majesty, go quickly, go quickly, the Han army's artillery fire is too fierce, we can't resist it."

There was a snap, the raised hand dropped down, and the general who tried his best to say these words stared with big eyes and died in a pool of blood on the ground.

"Your Majesty." The white-haired Chief Assistant Liu Zhilong came out of the queue tremblingly and knelt down in front of the steps: "Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."

"Decision, what decision?" Lu Chao leaned forward with a smile on his face: "Liu Qing, what decision do you want me to make?"

Liu Zhilong raised his head: "Your Majesty, the situation is over and the manpower is irreversible. For the sake of Xianyang and the common people, please ask your Majesty to surrender to the Han people! The Emperor of Han is so far-flung that there has never been a precedent of killing and surrendering. So I ask the Emperor of Han to surrender. Although we lost our country, we were able to protect our ancestral temple!”

"Country, mountain, ancestral temple?" Lu Chao laughed loudly: "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. Since you lose, you should lose more completely? Surrender? Hahaha, yes, surrender, of course you can surrender, After surrendering, you just changed your master and you can still live a comfortable and happy life, but that's not what I think. I can surrender to anyone, but I will never surrender to Gao Yuan."

Liu Zhilong looked at Lu Chao in astonishment: "Your Majesty, you and the Emperor of Han are close friends and have been connected for many generations. If you ask him to surrender, with the style of the Emperor of Han, you will not treat your Majesty badly, even if your Majesty does not do it for you." For your own sake, you have to think about the Queen Mother and the Prince!”

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the ancestral temple, please surrender to the Emperor of Han!" In the main hall, hundreds of courtiers knelt down. In fact, everyone didn't have this idea in their hearts, they just didn't dare to say it. Now Liu Zhilong made the move, and everyone just happened to They went down the slope to persuade the emperor together. With more people and strength, they were not afraid that the emperor would not obey.

With a crash, Lu Chao overturned the imperial case in front of him and stood up suddenly, with a look of anger on his face, "Young Gao Yuan, you are cunning and cunning. I, Lu Chao, would rather break my body into pieces than surrender to him, and you, too, Don’t think about it.”

Looking at the courtiers kneeling in the darkness at the foot of the steps, he suddenly laughed coldly: "And you, you can't even think about it." He raised his hand and made a gesture to the guards in the hall.

With a cry, the steel sword was unsheathed. An officer from the Eagle Department took a step forward, picked up a young official kneeling in front of him like a chicken, and wiped the man's face with one smooth knife. The neck was thrown to the ground with a snap.

The official who fell to the ground had already died, but his body was still twitching in a pool of blood. Others around him were stunned. It wasn't until another official was cut off in the neck by a soldier that the hall exploded.

"The Emperor is going to kill us, run away!" One jumped up, turned around and ran away towards the door. A steel knife roared with the cold wind, passed through his chest, stabbed him flatly, flew up, and fell heavily to the ground.

There were endless screams in the main hall. Almost all the people gathered in the main hall today were civil servants. In front of these Yingbu soldiers, there was no way they could parry. The occasional military generals were rarely able to resist, and they were defeated in the blink of an eye. The fate of killing.

Liu Zhilong looked at this bloody scene, his lips trembled, "You, you are crazy, are you crazy?"

Gou Yi sneered and walked up to Liu Zhilong: "Chief Assistant, didn't you say that you would be loyal to His Majesty and always serve His Majesty? His Majesty still left you the position of Chief Assistant under Jiuquan. Please feel free to go on your way. "

After stabbing out the knife, Liu Zhilong stared blankly at the steel knife that had penetrated into his chest and abdomen, and fell down with a sad smile.

More than a hundred officials were slaughtered in an instant. Looking at the corpses all over the hall and the pool of blood on the ground, Lu Chao laughed crazily: "No one can survive. Gou Yi, go do your thing!" "

Gou Yi knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Lu Chao: "Your Majesty, take care. I will still serve your Majesty in the future."

He stood up and said loudly: "Let's go." (To be continued.)