Meng Ao led the Qin army to come.

After receiving support from 50,000 troops, Meng Ao now has a total of 150,000 people under his command, and they are all permanent troops of Qin.

Although a large part of this is the newly recruited permanent troops in recent years, the combat effectiveness of the permanent troops is definitely stronger than the Zhaoguo County soldiers in Hedong County.

Therefore, on the eighth day after Zhao Kuo arrived in Zhiyi, Meng Ao also led 150,000 Qin troops to arrive in a mighty manner.

Standing on the chariot, Meng Ao looked at Zhiyi in front of him, a light flashed in his eyes, and slowly said to Wang Jian beside him: "This time, we will avenge General Wang!"

Wang Jian focused his attention and said, "Please rest assured, General, I will do my best to help the general win this battle!"

Both of them are equally firm.

It is impossible to defeat Wu Xinjun, the world's number one general, just by relying on a fire of revenge, so the two began to exchange information again.

"General Wang Jian, how many soldiers and horses do Zhiyi have in total now?"

"It was about 60,000 before. I heard that Wu Xinjun has been recruiting young and strong soldiers nearby these days, and now there may be about 70,000."

"Only 70,000?"

Not even half of us, and we are all county soldiers."

"Yes, this is a good opportunity for us."

Meng Ao pondered for a while, touched his chin and said, "General Wang Jian, I always feel something is wrong."

Wang Jian said curiously: "What's wrong?"

Meng Ao said: "If there is only this little force, why should Wu Xinjun fight with us?

He had no hope of victory in both field battles and defending the city.”

Wang Jian thought for a while and said, "Didn't our Qin Dynasty attack Zhao first?

Maybe Wu Xinjun was just ordered to come to defend."

Meng Ao was stunned again, and after a while, he laughed: "If this is true, then this time it will be our best chance to defeat Wu Xinjun."

Wang Jian smiled and said, "If we really defeat Wu Xinjun, then we have to thank Wu Xiangjun Lianpo.

If it weren't for Wu Xiangjun's great defeat over the years, how could Wu Xinjun fall to the point where there is no soldiers available?"

The two of them looked at each other and their expressions seemed much more relaxed.

In the afternoon of that day, the Qin army set up camp around Zhiyi.

Zhao Kuo was not nervous after receiving the news, but asked his confidants around him several questions.

"Is military rations enough?"

Xu Li hurriedly replied: "The city has now stockpiled enough food and grass to hold on for more than three months."

Zhao Kuo asked again: "How did Jianbi Qingye do?"

Li Si replied: "All villages within a radius of hundreds of miles have been evacuated, all the wheat in all the fields has been cut off, all the stored grain has been taken away and hidden, and the Qin people will never get any food and grass."

Zhao Kuo continued to ask: "How is the people's shelter done?"

Han Fei replied: "All the people within a hundred miles have entered the nearby city."

Zhao Kuo asked again: "The reinforcements from Wuyuan and Jiuyuan counties should have arrived, right?"

Xu Li replied: "They turned around from Wuyang City and have just entered Shangdang County. It should be about ten days or even later to arrive."

Zhao Kuo nodded, smiled, and said to the three confidants beside him: "Look, isn't everything ready?"

Everyone in this world thinks that this marquis can only play offensive battles, so this time, let them take a good look at this marquis’ defense skills.”

The next day, the Qin army began to reorganize the army and set up an attack outside Zhiyi City.

Meng Ao stood on the chariot and watched for a while before he made a judgment: "It seems that Wu Xinjun really doesn't plan to leave the city and fight with us."

Wang Jian nodded, his face becoming much more relaxed.

It may sound a bit outrageous. In the current comparison of the troops, there are only 70,000 people. Why is the Zhao army, whose main force is still a county soldier, fighting against the 150,000 Qin army, which are basically the standing army?

But Meng Ao and Wang Jian really believed this.

Because that was Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo! Meng Ao glanced at Wang Jian and said, "General Wang Jian, do you think we should attack the city now?"

Wang Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "The general thinks it is indeed necessary to attack the city."

Meng Ao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then I'll send the order and start siege!"

The rumbling drum sound began to sound, and the Qin army swarmed out among the drum sound, waved the black flag, and attacked Zhiyi City in front of them.

Since he had been staying on the east bank of the Yellow River for a long time, this time the Qin army came with a large number of siege equipment and could directly join the siege without waiting for the craftsmen to make it.

Meng Ao and Wang Jian looked at the battlefield expectantly.

Since the Battle of Changping, this is the first time that the main force of the Qin army has attacked the city defended by the main force of the Zhao army! After a while, Wang Jian and Meng Ao's faces became not very good-looking.

"Zhao's long-range attack is too fierce!"

Wang Jian couldn't help but say.

In the sight of the two, the arrows fired by the Zhao army's crossbow poured down like dense raindrops. The leather armor of the Qin vanguard was not enough to resist, and fell down like harvested wheat.

In just a short moment, several waves of crossbow arrows came down, and the casualties of the Qin army rose rapidly.

Meng Ao narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "It seems that Wu Xinjun is here to be prepared. There are so many powerful crossbows... Hey, I'm afraid that all the powerful crossbows from several nearby counties have been mobilized here by him?"

Wang Jian took a deep breath and said seriously: "It's okay, these powerful crossbows are not enough to determine the entire battle situation!"

Sure enough, after a moment, the situation began to change.

The Qin army began to gradually adapt to the rhythm of the Zhao army and advanced to the city.

Amid the shouts of the Qin army, many Qin soldiers climbed onto the ladders like ants and began to attack the city.

The two sides began a close contact battle, and the sound of killing was shocking.

In the sight of Meng Ao and Wang Jian, many Qin soldiers kept falling from the ladder, and the number of casualties continued to rise.

Meng Ao and Wang Jian were not worried about this, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Jian said: "If Wu Xinjun's trump card is just these, then there seems to be a great hope of winning this battle."

Meng Ao nodded and said, "That's true.

But Wu Xinjun... To be honest, I always think Wu Xinjun's plan should be more than that."

After all, Meng Ao is someone who has fought with Zhao Kuo many times, especially at the decision-making level, who has deeply experienced the power of Zhao Kuo's strategy.

Wang Jian disagreed and said, "The general is worried too much. Now that Zhao State has only such a small amount of troops, what can Wu Xinjun do?

As long as we take down this city well and break Wu Xinjun’s invincible myth is right in front of us!”
Chapter completed!