Chapter 483 Battle of Yuncheng

On June 12, the 450,000-strong Qin army arrived outside the city of Yun in Lu. Wang Jian saw the moat in front of him, which was more than 12 meters high and four meters wide, and began to have a bad feeling.

Yun was the only passage into the hinterland of Lu, but it was unknown how many lives would be needed to capture such a mighty city. Wang Jian asked the army to camp outside Yun, repair siege equipment, and protect the camp. He planned to try to take Yun in one fell swoop in the battle tomorrow, even if it cost a huge price.

The defense of Yun was much better than Wang Jian had imagined. They had long anticipated the possible military force of Qin attacking Lu. This time it was similar to what they imagined. The general of Lu was only in the early stage of foundation building. He stood on the city wall without fear, watching the Qin army camp under the city wall.

"There are a total of 147,000 Qin elite soldiers, of which 40,000 should be the most elite veterans of Qin, with the lowest cultivation level of Qidong Realm. Our cavalry will inevitably suffer heavy losses in a strong attack.

The remaining more than 100,000 Qin elite soldiers are stationed on both sides of the gate of the camp, which shows that Qin does not trust these surrendered soldiers, and these surrendered soldiers do not have a strong fighting will. The chance of victory still lies in these surrendered soldiers." The general of Lu was originally the Taiwei of Zheng. After Zheng was destroyed, he fled to Lu and vowed to defeat Qin and bring King Zheng back from Xianyang City.

The King of Lu was moved by his loyalty and was willing to treat him as a general, so he stayed in Lu temporarily.

The general of Lu saw everything in the Qin camp clearly on the city wall. He asked people to pay attention to the movements of the 40,000 Qin veterans. For Lu, the most difficult ones were only these 40,000 people. The other 100,000 Qin elite soldiers were much worse than the 50,000 elite soldiers of Lu. They occupied a favorable defensive terrain, and Lu was not afraid.

Nothing happened overnight. The next day, Wang Jian sent people to challenge outside Yuncheng and sent a thousand veterans to yell outside the city.

The general of Lu knew that he could not let the Qin army be so arrogant. Yuncheng's military supplies and soldiers defending the city had exceeded 260,000, accounting for more than half of the entire Lu army. As long as the morale was in Qin, Yuncheng could not be captured. What he needed to do most now was to keep the morale of the entire Yuncheng intact, even if he could not win and the opponent could be anxious.

Yuncheng also sent a thousand infantrymen out of the city to fight. These thousand people were also the strongest troops of Lu. The lowest combat power was above the late stage of Qidong Realm. Their average realm was one small realm higher than that of Qin veterans.

But the general of Lu had no confidence on his face. The sound of war drums sounded in Yuncheng, and a thousand elite Lu soldiers lined up to kill Qin's elite soldiers.

The thousand Qin elite soldiers gathered together. They were not fast, but their steps were very neat. When the two sides fought together, the sound of war drums from both sides resounded throughout the battlefield.

The front row of Qin elite soldiers were shield soldiers like the elite soldiers of Lu. They all held large shields and charged at the other side. Qin elite soldiers were obviously experienced in this aspect. They were much better than Lu infantry even without rhythm. Although their realm was not as good as the other side, they killed Lu elite soldiers and made them retreat step by step.

The soldiers of Lu seemed to have expected this. They sent arrows into the Qin battle formation while dispersing into ten teams. This meant that they were going to fight separately with the Qin soldiers in large and small teams. The Qin elite soldiers were too strong in group combat.

When Qin elite soldiers saw the other side disperse, the archers in the center of the battle formation shot arrows, which did not cause much damage to the other side. On the contrary, the arrows of Lu soldiers were much more accurate and powerful than those of Qin elite soldiers. For a time, Qin seemed to have the advantage, but the loss was much greater than that of Lu.

The Qin soldiers had no choice but to disperse. They were confident that the coordination between the squads was much better than that of the elite soldiers of Lu. The two sides began to attack and defend in squads of 100 people. You surrounded my squad and I surrounded your squad, and they fought hard. But the advantage that Qin expected did not appear.

Wang Jian frowned and looked at everything in front of him. The damage caused by Qin's elite soldiers to Lu's elite was several times higher than that of the other side. It stands to reason that Qin's elite soldiers can completely gain the advantage in half an hour, and it is no problem to defeat the other side in an hour.

But now the situation is that more than half of Qin's elite soldiers were killed or injured, while only about 30% of Lu's elite soldiers were killed or injured. Two Qin's elite soldiers stabbed the elite soldiers of Lu with their spears, but the elite soldiers of Lu jumped in pain but nothing happened. The spear did not pierce his armor.

Half of the more than 1,000 elite soldiers of Lu were wearing high-level inner armor. Lu could actually put such inner armor on ordinary soldiers, which caused many of them to be seriously injured, but they could not die without being injured in the vital parts.

Two hours later, only 200 Qin soldiers were left, and there were more than 600 Lu soldiers who surrounded these 200 soldiers. The Qin army had no intention of saving these 200 soldiers. Seeing them die one by one under the attack of Lu's elite soldiers, a murderous atmosphere appeared on the battlefield.

Wang Jian did not say anything until the last Qin soldier died. The last 400 Lu elite soldiers who survived returned to the city under the cheers of all the defenders of Yuncheng. Almost everyone of them was injured, and half of the more than 400 were disabled. If it were not for the protection of [Gold Silk Soft Armor], they would have been defeated long ago!

The first batch of Qin soldiers were defeated. The military commanders of both sides knew that the problem was with the Lu armor, but ordinary soldiers could not see this. Everyone saw that the Qin soldiers were in neat formation, but the Lu soldiers were powerful. No Qin soldier retreated until the end. Many people in the Lu army were carried back by their comrades in arms, which greatly boosted the morale of the Lu soldiers.

Wang Jian was not anxious about this. Even if a thousand elite soldiers died today, he did not order support, because as long as he asked for support first, Qin's momentum would inevitably decrease, and the surrendered soldiers would have a big trouble. But the thousand Qin soldiers all died on the battlefield, and the surrendered soldiers did not dare to have any dissent.

The next day, Qin sent generals to challenge, and Lu sent generals to respond. The two sides fought more than ten games, and Qin won more than it lost, but it did not raise much momentum. On the third day, Qin stopped challenging and sent surrendered soldiers to carry more than ten floating bridges made in the past few days to the Gucheng River under the rain of arrows from the city wall. A large number of Qin surrendered soldiers died, but Wang Jian still sent a large army to fight. By the time the ten floating bridges were built, more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers had died.

Countless Qin soldiers braved the rain of arrows and carried ladders to the walls of Yuncheng. Some Qin soldiers had already built catapults outside the moat. Before the Qin soldiers ran to the wall, the catapults had already launched an attack.

The general of Lu saw several Qin Xiantian masters mixed in the siege army. Soon, Qin soldiers broke into the 12-meter-high wall of Yuncheng. He hurriedly arranged for Xiantian masters to provide support.

Qin sent Xiantian masters at the beginning. The general of Lu also understood the intention. The other party wanted to quickly break through Yuncheng just like he had broken through Zheng. As long as Yuncheng was quickly captured, the entire Lu would lose more than half. No matter what, the other party could not be allowed to attack Yuncheng.

Wang Jian saw that the other side sent Xiantian Realm to stop the Qin army from attacking the city wall. He waved his hand and 30 Blood Dragon Guards went out in an instant. They quickly stepped over the floating bridge and climbed up the city wall. The prince of Lu saw that the Blood Dragon Guards had already attacked and knew that now was the most difficult time. He quickly gave orders. No one noticed that several old men began to approach the city wall. When the Blood Dragon Guards climbed the city wall, several Foundation Establishment Realm suddenly appeared and killed the Blood Dragon Guards by surprise.

The Blood Dragon Guards were all Xiantian Realm. Their high combat power was one of the strongest forces in Qin State. Ordinary Xiantian Realm were not their opponents. Wang Jian did not expect that Lu State would dare to send Foundation Establishment Realm first. He locked on several Foundation Establishment Realm masters of Lu State who had already taken action, and quickly flew to the city wall with more than 20 Foundation Establishment Realm masters of Qin State. As long as these Foundation Establishment Realm masters of the other side were killed, then half of Yuncheng would be taken.

The Lu Foundation Establishment Realm had long guessed that the Qin Foundation Establishment Realm would take action. They quickly killed one or two Blood Dragon Guards and fled into the city without looking back. Before the Qin Foundation Establishment Realm reached the city wall, they had already hidden in the military camp. Wang Jian approached the military camp and several bows and arrows shot at him. Hundreds of militiamen with crude weapons came to kill him. Wang Jian must break through the blockade of these people to enter the military camp. However, killing these people would also be entangled in karma. Is it worth it?

When the Qin Foundation Establishment Realm was hesitating whether to kill into the barracks, countless Lu militiamen rushed to the top of the wall. They took weapons and killed the Qin army regardless of everything. The Qin soldiers were killed and retreated step by step.

The Blood Dragon Guards killed civilians for a while and found that it did not have any effect, so they only looked for Lu Qi Training Realm masters to kill. It was very troublesome for them to kill too many people.

The two sides fought a life-and-death battle on the city wall. The Qin elite soldiers kept climbing up the city wall along the cloud ladder. The Blood Dragon Guards stood on the city wall and slowly expanded their advantage. At this time, Wang Jian saw a cavalry team in the distance rushing towards the outside of the Yuncheng city wall.

This cavalry looked very well-equipped, and the horses under their crotches were extremely majestic. Especially when they galloped on the road together, they gave people the illusion that they were just one horse. Wang Jian saw a big word "Hua" written on the flag of the cavalry regiment.

"Huaxia country? The timing is really accurate. We have firmly occupied the city wall position. It is not possible to retreat at this time. However, although your cavalry is elite, do you dare to attack my Qin elite soldiers?" Wang Jian saw the Hua family cavalry coming from a distance at a very fast speed. He just took a look and ignored it, concentrating on finding the Lu country's Xiantian realm to kill. The Lu country's foundation building realm did not dare to take action, and could only use the lives of these militiamen to delay time. They only needed to kill the Xiantian realm on the city wall, and Qin would slowly gain absolute advantage.

There are more than 300,000 Qin troops outside the city, and there are 100,000 Qin elite soldiers guarding. Lu State is anxious to send out these 10,000 cavalry. Even if they are elite, they cannot fight against their own 300,000 troops.

Hua Zichen has been hiding in the mountains and forests in the north of Yuncheng for nearly ten days. The most important task of the plan given by King Lu this time was assigned to the Qinglong Corps. Now everything is going according to their plan. Qin State's foundation-building realm has really taken action to enter Yuncheng, so it is time for the Qinglong Corps to take action.