Chapter 317: The battle for Xia County, a psychological warfare!

Chapter 317: The battle for Xia County, a psychological warfare!

The scene before his eyes made Li Xin suddenly at a loss. He indeed did not guess the purpose of the Southern Border Army. However, after only a slight hesitation, Li Xin quickly made a decision and decisively assigned one of his generals to step forward and engage in a fierce battle with Erniu.

Compared to the thrilling duel between Li Xin and the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan yesterday, the rhythm of this confrontation was obviously much more normal. The fight was very lively. Recalling the fierce battle yesterday, the two sides fought back and forth for hundreds of rounds, and every move and every style contained fatal lethality. The fierceness of the battle at that time was simply breathtaking! Whether it was Li Xin or Yi Xiaochuan, if any of them was picked out alone, I am afraid it would take two or three fierce generals to fight against them.

Although Erniu was extremely brave today, the general sent by Li Xin was also a leader in the army - a vanguard general. This general's military strength was as high as 80, and he could be called a brave and combative general.

Therefore, when the two met on a narrow road, they were evenly matched for a while and fought fiercely. This evenly matched situation is reasonable. After all, on the battlefield, fighting is often not just to decide the outcome of life and death, but its deeper purpose is to inspire the formation of one's own side and suppress the morale of the enemy. If you can successfully kill the opponent, it is naturally the best choice; as a second choice, even if you just defeat the opponent, it can also have a positive impact on the battle situation.

The prerequisite for a battle is definitely not to fight at the cost of sacrificing one's own life. Recalling yesterday, the fierce battle between Gao Yao and the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was too dangerous and fierce. It was a life-and-death struggle. In comparison, today's battle seemed more in line with conventional logic.

The two generals fought back and forth on the battlefield for more than 40 rounds before they stopped to rest. At this moment, Li Xin frowned and watched the thrilling duel in front of him with full concentration.

Until this moment, he seemed to have finally seen through the opponent's calculations. Could it be that the opponent did this deliberately to stabilize the morale of his army? Just as Li Xin was thinking secretly, suddenly, he heard the drumbeats of the Southern Border Army suddenly change, and the originally exciting and majestic drumbeat rhythm instantly became rapid. At the same time, Erniu turned his horse around without hesitation and led his soldiers to gallop straight into the city.

Seeing this, Li Xin couldn't help but be stunned again. Just now he thought that the Southern Border Army was trying to stabilize the morale of the army through fighting, but who could have expected that they would suddenly choose to retreat. This action of directly withdrawing from the battlefield in the middle of the fight would undoubtedly cause a certain degree of blow to the morale of their own side. Li Xin really couldn't figure out what kind of trick this was, what tricks were the other side playing!

"Report--" A loud shout broke through the sky, and a horse came galloping like lightning, with its hooves raising clouds of dust. The man on the horse was a messenger. He ran all the way to the front army, dismounted, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "General, General Meng Yi has an order saying that the southern border army is deliberately delaying time. Please order the siege as soon as possible to avoid wasting the opportunity!" After that, he raised the token in his hand high to prove that the order was true.

At this time, Li Xin was standing in front of the battle formation, stroking his long beard and gazing at the city wall in the distance. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking in his heart: Why is Meng Yi so anxious? But then he thought again, Meng Yi is the commander-in-chief of the three armies appointed by His Highness Fusu, and his military orders are as heavy as a mountain and cannot be disobeyed. Considering this, Li Xin nodded slowly, indicating that he had known about this matter.

After all, Li Xin had been on the battlefield for a long time and was very experienced, so he still needed to think carefully about the current situation. If Meng Yi was not acting according to military orders, he might still be able to argue with reason, but now that it was clearly stated that it was a military order, as a deputy general, it was really inconvenient for him to refute it.

After a moment's thought, Li Xin raised his head decisively, staring ahead with a sharp gaze, and shouted loudly: "Change formation!" As he gave the order, the flag soldiers beside him quickly waved their bright flags and issued one command after another. In an instant, the originally strict and orderly imperial army seemed to be injected with a powerful force and began to move quickly.

Countless soldiers marched in neat and powerful steps, shouting in unison, and steadily advanced towards the city wall. They were all in high spirits, with bright armor and weapons in their hands flashing cold light, like a surging torrent of steel, unstoppable.

At the same time, Gao Yao also climbed up the city wall with steady steps. After a long and quiet night of rest, he deeply felt that his physical condition had improved significantly compared to yesterday.

Last night, when he lay exhausted on the couch, Gao Yao used his superb medical skills to systematically heal himself. Generally speaking, people often say that "doctors do not treat themselves", because when doctors diagnose and treat themselves or their loved ones, they often unconsciously have many associations and concerns because they know too much about the individual's living habits and emotional state, which causes the diagnosis and treatment process to lose its due objectivity.

Especially for those diseases that require surgery, it is difficult for doctors to perform the operation themselves. On the one hand, they are influenced by emotional factors, and on the other hand, they worry about whether their medical skills are complete and comprehensive enough. However, this situation did not happen to Gao Yao.

However, the medical skills granted by the system are perfect, covering all areas, and are amazing. Faced with such a powerful skill blessing, Gao Yao has no doubts in his heart. He firmly believes that as long as he prescribes the right medicine according to the knowledge he has learned, the disease will be cured. Because of this, he never had any psychological burden when treating himself. The whole process was smooth and naturally there would be no mistakes.

In addition, Gao Yao has been storing a lot of medicines for various external and internal injuries, which is why he can recover in time. This is also the reason why Gao Yao dares to climb the city wall to watch the battle. However, what Gao Yao needs most now is rest. It is still a long way to go before he can actually participate in the battle. It will affect his body's recovery and easily lead to recurrence of wounds, or even further aggravation of the injury.

At this moment, Gao Yao was standing on the towering city wall, looking down at the Qin army below, which was marching towards the city wall with firm steps. His eyes revealed a trace of amazement that was difficult to conceal, and he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart: "It really lives up to its reputation! This elite army of the Great Qin is really awe-inspiring!"

The dark mass of Qin troops was like a surging steel torrent, advancing in an orderly and well-organized manner. At the front were the soldiers holding heavy shields, who were closely arranged together, forming an indestructible iron wall. Even in such a difficult siege moment, their actions were still not panicked or disorganized, but rather appeared extremely uniform, as if they had been tempered a thousand times, and there were almost no obvious flaws or omissions.

Following closely behind the shield soldiers was the most famous Qin Crossbow Troops of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Crossbow was an extremely precious and powerful weapon in the Qin Army, and not all Qin troops were lucky enough to be equipped with it. Looking at the entire vast Qin Empire, only the army guarding the northern border had some of these weapons, and the vast majority were firmly controlled by the Imperial Guards. Now, the Qin Army outside the city was the elite of the Qin Dynasty. With the Qin Crossbows in their hands, they undoubtedly became one of the most deadly forces on the battlefield.

The Qin crossbow, which is famous and powerful, is a masterpiece of exquisite design. However, the reason why the Qin crossbow has such powerful power is not only because of its excellent design concept, but also a crucial factor - the bowstrings used are all made of top-grade deer tendons. Not only that, but also a considerable number of tendons from fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards. Generally speaking, the better the animal's athletic ability, the better the tendons in its body are for making bowstrings.

Because of this, the Qin crossbow can show its amazing power. However, to create such a peerless magic weapon, the time and financial resources required are simply inestimable. This matter was definitely not something that Qin Shihuang could accomplish alone during his reign. It took the unremitting efforts of several generations to achieve it.

Gao Yao did not want to replicate the Qin Crossbow, but there were many restrictions in the southern region where he was. Even if he wanted to capture animals that could provide high-quality tendons, these animals were either erratic and difficult to find, or extremely ferocious and difficult to capture. Moreover, even if he managed to capture some animals with great difficulty, if he could not obtain enough tendon materials that met the requirements, then even if he could barely replicate the appearance of the Qin Crossbow, it would never be possible to achieve the amazing power and long range of the original Qin Crossbow.

Fortunately, the system rewarded Gao Yao with a design of a high-performance, well-made compound bow, which undoubtedly became a sharp weapon in his hand, allowing Gao Yao, who was originally at a disadvantage in long-range attack weapons, to instantly turn the tide. Gao Yao raised his hand calmly, but surprisingly, he did not take advantage of the range advantage like ordinary people and waited for his troops to move, but resolutely issued an order to shoot in advance.

Gao Yao had always adhered to an unwavering principle of action - that is, to maximize the lethality at all costs. Even if doing so might bring a certain degree of loss to his side, as long as he could destroy the Qin army's confidence in their proud Qin crossbow, he would do it at all costs.