Xian Cui, the guard of Qi'e City, was raised by his uncle since childhood, and his uncle was an important minister of Bigan.
Many generations of their Xian family were also relatives of the Shang royal family.
Because of being implicated in Bigan's case, Xiancu's uncle is now in exile in the Xiqi Zhou Kingdom.
A few days ago, Zhou Fang's secret envoy came with a letter from his uncle to persuade him to oppose business.
At this time, Xiancu was standing on the tall tower of Qi'e City, waiting indifferently for the two armies coming from the distance.
To the north, more than a thousand counter-rebellion merchant troops from Henan City have appeared in Xiancu's field of vision, and the black bird flag is floating on the horizon.
The mysterious bird of destiny descended and gave birth to Shang, and the residence of Yin earth was radiant.
The ancient emperor ordered Wu Tang, and the sounds of war chants from all directions in the main domain could be heard clearly.
But Xianxu didn't care about this army in the north.
He only cared about Xia Fangdong Division coming from the west.
When the merchant army of Henan City set up camp in the north of Qi'e City, which had four closed gates, a dense "wall" of long poles gradually rose on the western horizon, with more than a dozen summer poles floating on it.
China’s unique ocher dragon flag.
This is the military that Xian Xu cares about.
A weird smile appeared at the corner of Xian Xu's mouth.
At this time, if you look down at the earth from the air and move twenty miles east along the east-west central axis of Qi'e City, you will find a huge camp full of people.
The camp was full of disheveled people, ranging from dozens of people to groups of three to five scattered in every corner of the camp.
There were also a large number of armed and armed "Beatles" roaming around the camp to keep watch.
This was contacted by Zhou Fang and used to support Xiancu's 30,000 Huaiyi army.
The Huaiyi tribes dared to move such a large number of troops westward because the Zhou envoys had convinced their leaders that the Shang eastward army, which was conquering the lower reaches of the Huai River, would return to Wangji soon.
Now a trap is waiting for Xia Jun, which is exactly the same as the previous ambush battle in Xie Yi.
When the Xia army invaded Qi'e City, 30,000 Huaiyi troops would crush them from behind and "crush" them to pieces.
The generals who led the Henan Yi merchant army came to see Xia Nanbo and expressed their willingness to obey Nanbo's instructions in countering the rebellion.
Two days later, when Xia Guo's repeated efforts to persuade him to surrender were ineffective, Hua ordered an attack on the city.
Looking at the enemy troops swarming under the city, Xiancu sneered and ordered to the sergeants on his left and right: "Light a fire."
A simple beacon tower built at the top of the city was lit, and billowing smoke rose into the sky.
Four huge "wooden houses" on wheels moved towards the four gates of Qi'e City.
They were Xia Fang's heavy-duty city-breaking machines.
The Henan Yi Shang army also rushed to the city wall in groups carrying their own ladders and set up straight ladders.
They were feigning an attack and their purpose was only to distract the defenders.
Qi'e City has such a tall wall and is surrounded by ladder-climbing ants.
It is impossible for such a small number of people to capture it.
Arrows were pouring down from the top of the city like a sudden rain, and the people carrying the ladder were instantly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The shield bearers held the ladder with their right hands and raised their shields with their left hands to withstand the dense arrows and continued to move forward.
But many people's legs and feet were still injured by arrows and fell to the ground.
However, these arrows had no effect on the "log house".
When the city-breaking machine arrived at the city gate, a large pot of hot oil suddenly poured down into the air.
Although this did not hurt the soldiers in the "wooden house", it splashed hot oil on the shield fighters who were covering both sides of the "wooden house", causing them to scream in pain.
The city-breaking machine began to hammer at the gate of Qi'e City.
The gate of Qi'e City was much thicker and stronger than ordinary ones.
These city-breaking machines actually failed to completely smash the door panel with one blow, but only opened a large crack, leaving only one of the several bolts in the door unbroken.
Dozens of garrison soldiers resisted the city gate with all their strength.
Inside the city-breaking machine, several large soldiers, sweating profusely, used the winch to lift the heavy hammer high again.
Then use the buckle to lock the weight, and then remove the rope from the hammer head.
At the same time, pots of hot oil continued to pour on the roof of the "wooden house", dripping along the gaps in the ceiling onto the soldiers' armor, and then penetrated into the skin of the body through the gaps in the armor.
Although the high temperature has long been lost, the hot oil will still cause unbearable burning pain.
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However, these soldiers are all system halberdiers, a combination of bravery and discipline.
They endure the pain and continue to operate in an orderly manner.
Then a few more torches and lit straw bundles fell, but to no avail.
The "wooden house" had already been made extremely damp.
Grease covering the roof will only increase the intensity of the fire from the torch or straw bale, but will not ignite the roof itself.
With a loud "boom", the soldiers who arrived at the door were knocked to the ground one after another, and some even flew two or three meters away.
After all, the city gate failed to withstand the second blow of the heavy hammer.
The four gates of Qi'e City were broken down one after another.
The Xia soldiers who were already behind the city-breaking machine, holding arrows, formed a charging formation and rushed into Qi'e City.
Although Xian Xu was surprised that the thick city gate was broken down so quickly, he was not panicked.
Then he found that there were not many troops attacking the city.
He estimated that there were more than 4,000 troops.
Excluding the 1,000 merchant troops, there were only 3,000 Xia troops, and 2,000 of them were militiamen.
The famous Huben seemed to have only a few hundred troops.
The shield guards join the battle.
This made a thought flash in his mind.
Could it be that the other party discovered the trap he had set and divided his troops to intercept it?
But he immediately gave up this doubt.
There are 30,000 Huaiyi friendly troops.
He went to the camp to see it in person.
The tents were connected to each other.
This was the largest army he had ever seen in his life.
Even if the Xia army divides its troops to intercept, how can it stop them?
This is a plain thousands of miles away, and there is no danger.
There are no hills or lakes, and even the river is just a stream of sand.
I have heard that the Xia Army's spear formation is sharp, but so what if thousands of people encounter tens of thousands?
No matter how they set up the formation, they can't prevent the opponent's flanking detours, and they will be attacked on the left, back and right at the same time.
What's the use of facing a spear formation that always attacks and defends?
At this time, the battle situation under the city no longer allowed him to think too much.
With arrows flying at the top of the city, the Xia army's halberdiers and shield fighters who swarmed into the city were intensively intercepted by the defenders in the city gate.
The two sides waved their halberds, spears, and spears at each other's bodies, faces, and limbs.
There was a sound of weapons clashing.
Relatively speaking, it was much easier for the Xia army to insert or cut their weapons into the enemy's body than the opponent's, because the defenders of Qi'e City wore leather armor, while the Xia army and even the militiamen all wore zha armor.
The situation was at a stalemate for a while.
At this time, a general and guard commanding the Xia Army militia shouted loudly: "Get out first."
The Xia Army soldiers in the doorway retreated one after another.
What appeared in front of the defenders was a large group of Xia army militia crossbowmen stationed two battles outside the city gate.
Hundreds of arrows fired from the powerful crossbows were fired into the doorway in batches.
Each batch was separated by one or two seconds, which was exactly the time it took for the opponent's body to fall to the ground.
The garrison soldiers inside the city gate were mercilessly pierced by powerful arrows and fell in pieces.
Seeing this, the defenders on the city tower ignored the merchants who were climbing up the ladders and walls.
They gathered on the city tower and fired arrows downwards with all their strength.
Even though these Xia army crossbowmen were covered by the Dunge militia, they still fell to the ground with a large number of arrows.
At this time, a group of capable soldiers with black helmets and black armor ran out from behind the crossbowmen and ran quickly towards the city gate.
When they approached the city gate, they fired arrows from the crossbows in their hands.
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After shooting down the remaining defenders blocking the city gate, they hung the crossbows on their backs, took off their shields and swords, and killed them.
Enter the city.
These people were the elite soldiers who participated in special mountain operations in Nanxiang and were temporarily transferred to the front line of Qi'e City by Hua
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