Chapter 482 Jiafu City

The King of Lu lived in a small courtyard of an ordinary family in Yuncheng, which was close to the street area and a long distance away from the city lord's mansion. No one could have imagined that the King of Lu would be in such a small courtyard.

In fact, when the Qin soldiers began to gather in Zheng State, the King of Lu had already realized that Qin was going to launch another attack. He knew that Qin's biggest trump card was Qin Zheng, so he prepared safety measures early. As long as he was not dead and could continue to resist the Qin army, with the current strength of Lu, it would be no problem to hold on for a year or two.

Moreover, as soon as the capital of Song State was broken, he asked for help from Qi, Huaxia and Yan. These three countries must know the severity of Lu's being broken. In any case, they had to give Lu the confidence to fight against Qin, so sending support was necessary.

In this way, as long as they can hold on until this winter, after Qin has added a large amount of land, the defensive pressure will inevitably increase. Every time they hold on for a period of time, the pressure on Lu will continue to decrease. If Lu can resist the Qin army, it will inevitably become one of the first-class great powers. If Qin has problems in its rule, Lu can launch a counterattack to the west and annex several countries in the Central Plains, so it is hopeful to become the world's hegemon.

The King of Lu was just wearing ordinary silk clothes. At this time, an old man in a butler's uniform quietly walked in. The King of Lu turned his head and looked at him, motioning him to speak directly.

"Your Majesty, 60,000 elite soldiers of Qin have arrived at Jiafu City. In the morning, they launched a full-scale attack on Jiafu City. They fought for three hours without success and finally retreated after losing more than 4,000 elite soldiers. Our army lost more than 1,000 soldiers." The old man whispered to the King of Lu.

"The elite soldiers of Qin are really amazing. We have made sufficient preparations. The 6,000 defenders of Jiafu City are all the most elite soldiers trained by me. Even with the advantage of the city wall, they can still lose more than 1,000 people.

Has the message for help been sent to the three countries? What are the reactions of the three countries?" The King of Lu asked in a deep voice.

He knew that Lu State seemed to have more than 400,000 troops now, but the real combat power was 50,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 cavalry. Qin State's 200,000 elite soldiers arrived, but he was unable to resist all the offensives of Qin State. If Yuncheng was broken, many noble families in Lu State would surrender to Qin State, and Lu State might collapse all at once.

"Huaxia State has sent Wu Ye to lead the main force of 10,000 Qinglong Corps to Tangfu City. The noble families of Qi State are still discussing countermeasures with Qi Family.

Only Yan State has not responded yet. The King of Yan has been missing for many years. I am afraid that Yan State is unreliable!" The old man said to King Lu.

"So my son-in-law has arrived, and the King of Huaxia actually sent the Qinglong Corps. I thought he would send the Yuezhi Cavalry Corps.

With the support of the Qinglong Corps, the pressure on Qin soldiers to attack the city has increased several times. Let's see how Wang Jian, the world's number one cavalry regiment, will deal with it.

Continue to send envoys to Qi and Yan State, and ask the two countries to send elite support." King Lu said.

The old man turned and went downstairs. A woman in plain clothes came out of the house. Who else could it be but Princess Ji Le's mother!

"In the most dangerous times, we still have to rely on our own people. When Ji Le wanted to marry Zi Chen, you were unwilling. Now look, Zi Chen has helped my Lu country too much. This time he personally led troops to support Lu country!" Queen Lu said as she went out.

"Yes! If it weren't for the Hua family, Lu country would not have a population of three million now, with more than 400,000 elite troops and nearly 100,000 elite troops. We have a chance to take on Qin's 200,000 elite troops. My efforts for so many years have been on these elite troops.

Qi country no longer has much strength. The monarchs of the world know that after Lu country was broken, only Chu, Huaxia, and Yan countries were left to confront Qin. The three countries do not know the true strength of Lu country, so they must support it, so that we can lose less." King Lu said.

"The envoy of Chu country arrived a few days ago, but what news did you get?" Queen Lu asked.

"Yue has raised its flag to submit to Qin. Qin has sent military officers to Yue to command the march to Chu. Qin's intention is very clear. They want to involve Chu to take down all the small countries in the Central Plains first." King Lu was full of admiration for Qin Zheng when he said this.

Qin, which originally occupied 40% of the world's power, only occupied more than a dozen small and medium-sized countries such as Song. It sent troops to Lu to surrender Nanyue. Suddenly, the world's situation was in Qin's hands. Lu seemed to have become the last focus of the balance. If Lu won, the Central Plains would be divided into five countries. If Lu lost, Qin would dominate and compete for the Central Plains!

All the countries in the Central Plains were looking at Lu. After Qin lost the first battle in Jiafu City, it began to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops.

At the end of May, Song and Chen were completely occupied by Qin troops. Many people wanted to escape but were ignored. People from small countries such as Cao and Cai fled eastward. Before the Qin troops arrived, many noble families were ready to welcome them. 40,000 Qin elite soldiers only brought 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and 40,000 surrendered soldiers to the Central Plains countries. By the end of June, Qin troops had reached the borders of Zhoulai and Xu.

On June 4, 160,000 Qin elite soldiers, 90,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 320,000 surrendered soldiers from various countries arrived at the border of Lu. Qin claimed to have a million-strong army led by General Wang Jian himself.

On this day, Wang Jian failed to invite a battle outside Jiafu City, so he began to order the army to besiege the city. Qin elite soldiers were responsible for the main attack on one side, and surrendered soldiers were responsible for the secondary attack on both sides.

More than an hour after the war started, the tentative attack was over, and the Qin army began to launch a full-scale attack. Nearly 60,000 Qin soldiers rushed to the small Jiafu city wall, and countless rolling logs, boulders, and hot oil fell from the Jiafu city wall, causing heavy casualties for a while.

"General, the strength of the Lu garrison cannot be underestimated! We have already lost more than 10,000 soldiers in just a short while, and the Qin soldiers have lost more than 1,000. Should we let the surrendered soldiers consume some time before letting the Qin soldiers attack?"

The speaker was a general of the Qin State who was in the foundation building realm. He was also a military strategist who was familiar with the art of war. He spoke up when he saw that the Qin soldiers' attack was blocked.

"I didn't expect that Lu could have such elite soldiers and was not at all inferior to the Qin soldiers. It is not so easy to take down Jiafu City. Withdraw the troops!" Wang Jian said.

Wang Jian led 200,000 elite soldiers of Qin this time to sweep the eastern part of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Qin wanted to pacify all the countries in the world by holding back the troops of Chu. He could not lose too many troops in Lu. Qi, Huaxia, and Yan were not so easy to deal with.

On the second day, Qin surrounded three and left one, but this time they replaced the surrendered soldiers with the main attacking side. They left 20,000 to capture corpses in the morning. As a result, the Lu garrison suffered no more than 100 casualties, but the rolling logs, boulders, and fuel consumed a lot in defending the city.

On September 8th, after four consecutive days of attack, Jiafu City lost more than 2,000 soldiers, but it achieved the Warring States Period of killing 1,000 elite Qin soldiers and 60,000 Qin surrendered soldiers.

Lu State only had 3,000 elite defenders left in Jiafu City. Many people in the city had begun to help defend the city, and there were few defense supplies in the city. This time, the death rate of Qin surrendered soldiers began to slow down. Qin elite soldiers climbed the walls of Jiafu City many times, but were quickly driven down by the defenders.

Everyone saw this and knew that Jiafu City was about to collapse. As long as they attacked the walls a few more times and consumed all their defense supplies, when the Qin elite soldiers attacked with all their strength, Jiafu City would inevitably be broken soon.

At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from the north. Wang Jian looked over and saw that about 30,000 cavalrymen were flying the flag of Lu. He couldn't help but frowned.

Qin State never paid attention to any country other than the Seven Heroes, even the quasi-first-class country like Huaxia State with a rising rear army.

The 30,000 cavalrymen of Lu State looked good. Even if they could not fight against more than 100,000 elite soldiers of Qin State, they were more than enough to deal with Qin State's auxiliary soldiers and surrendered soldiers. You must know that the role of cavalry on the battlefield is decisive. This time, the more than 10,000 cavalrymen he brought were just ordinary cavalrymen and could not be opponents of the other side.

The 30,000 cavalrymen rushed to the vicinity of the Qin battle formation, and Wang Jian had to send 50,000 troops to stop them. If the other side broke through the Qin army formation, the loss would be great.

The 50,000 elite soldiers of Qin State attacked, and the 30,000 cavalrymen came to 200 meters outside the Qin army formation, shot a round of arrows and retreated to the right. Hundreds of Qin elite soldiers were injured. The range of their arrows was not enough, and the arrows shot more than 10 meters in front of the Lu cavalry formation.

After the Lu cavalry attacked, they came to the left wing of the Qin army. After seeing this, the 50,000 surrendered soldiers on the left wing of Qin State began to move towards the central army. Wang Jian could only send another 30,000 troops to stop them.

Seeing this, the 30,000 Lu cavalry continued to run quickly outside the Qin army and soon came to the rear army of Qin. The Qin auxiliary soldiers in the rear army hurriedly formed a chariot formation to resist.

Wang Jian saw that the Lu cavalry had been looking for an opportunity, so he hurriedly ordered the troops to withdraw. If these 30,000 cavalry destroyed all their siege equipment, they would have to spend another half a month here.

"Lu has elite cavalry, which will be difficult to fight. We can't spend all our time on the small Jiafu City." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

With the support of these 30,000 elite cavalry, it would not be so easy to break through Jiafu City. The people in the city would definitely resist with all their strength when they saw the reinforcements. If he couldn't make Lu lose the will to resist quickly, then this battle would be difficult to fight.

"Order! All troops return to the camp to rest. Tomorrow, leave 10,000 Qin elite soldiers and 20,000 surrendered soldiers to continue the siege. The Qin army will attack Yuncheng with all its strength!" Wang Jian ordered.

Since Lu had cavalry, it could not think that Lu would only defend the city blindly as before, and everything had to be done carefully. Moreover, Qin had to take Lu's Yuncheng by force, because only in this way could the Lu family lose the will to resist and begin to surrender to Qin.

At night, Wang Jian asked the scout cavalry to monitor the movements of the Lu cavalry, but he did not expect that the Lu cavalry would dismount and rest a thousand meters away from the Qin camp. The cavalry who could sleep with the war horses at night must be elite, and the strength of Kaiyuan Realm was the minimum standard. The most important thing was that there would be no problems in their cooperation with the war horses. It was rare for Lu to quietly build such a cavalry team. The funds spent on building such an elite cavalry were much greater than those of 100,000 Qin elite soldiers. How did they get their funds and how were they trained?