Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 394 City Collapse
Of course, what made Xiao Yi most restless was the commotion outside the city in Bei Qi.

The city walls of Jiangling are tall and majestic. There are Jingnan soldiers mobilized by Xiao Yi in the city, and the defense is sufficient. Gao Cheng did not have the idea of ​​attacking the city at the beginning. Did not fall.

For example, after Gao Cheng's army arrived at the foot of Jiangling City, he mobilized civilians to build a mountain of earth in the east of Jiangling City. With the remaining [-] cavalry guards, Liang Jun could only watch helplessly that the earth mountain outside the city was higher than the city wall little by little. .

On July 549th of the second year of Zhaode (27), the fourth day after Liu Zhongli was escorted to the city of Jiangling to make a public display, the Northern Qi, who had finally completed the work on the earth and mountain, immediately launched an offensive after besieging Jiangling for more than [-] days.

Since the mound was in the east of the city, the main attack was from the east. Archers of the Northern Qi Dynasty climbed up the mound and shot arrows from a condescending position, suppressing the defenders on the city wall, and the peasants were able to safely fill the moat.

The moat was filled up, and Gao Cheng immediately dispatched state and county soldiers to attack the city. There was a lot of noise, but even if the Liang army defending the city was suppressed by the earth mountain archers, the Northern Qi siege troops could easily approach the city wall, but the guards in the city were also concentrated in the east. On the other hand, they continued to attack the city for several days, but they were unable to succeed for a long time.

On the third day of August, watching the Northern Qi siege troops retreat like a tide again, Gao Cheng’s face was calm, even with a tinge of joy. The reason was that just now Li Bi came to report that the tunnel had been dug below the Jiangling city wall. Now the towering Jiangling city wall It is only supported by wooden pillars, and the soil underneath has long been hollowed out by the Qi army.

Murong's family must learn to lure the enemy into setting an ambush, and the Gao family must not lose their ability to dig tunnels. Gao Huan, Gao Cheng's father, used this method to collapse the city walls of Yecheng, and thus invaded Yecheng. It was also used in Jingzhou.

The siege of the previous few days was just to cover up the movement of the underground operations, and the archers on the earth hill suppressed the Nanliang defenders, and the siege troops who used the cover to dig tunnels could also reduce casualties. In the name of protecting the earth mountain, the pawns also cover the tunnel behind the earth mountain.

The key to the success of the tunnel lies in whether it can be hidden from the eyes and ears of the enemy defending the city.
"Your Majesty, do you want to set fire to the stake now?"

Li Bi asked for instructions.

Nine years ago during the Guanzhong War, Li Biyi surrendered to Northern Qi just as he had turned his back on Hou Mo Chenyue and surrendered to Yu Wentai.

Gao Cheng knew his talent, but he also knew his nature, so he stayed by his side and became the governor of the tent. The so-called governor of the tent refers to a general who can participate in military discussions but has no troops under his command.

Li Bi had a lot of complaints about his situation, but he didn't dare to speak to others. This time he finally got an errand from Gao Cheng to be in charge of digging tunnels, and he put all his energy into it, lest the news would be leaked. Now the hard work pays off.

Gao Cheng saw that it was getting dark, so he didn't agree. The Northern Qi army returned to the camp one after another, leaving only some troops to take turns to protect the earth mountain.

Only then did the Nanliang defenders on the top of the city relax. They used to be condescending when defending the city, but now they are reversed at two levels. From time to time, arrows are flying around their heads. Not big.

Wang Sengbian was suspicious in his heart, and reported to Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi didn't take it seriously and said:
"The high-ranking thieves like to attack the city with the soldiers of the state and county. They often suffer heavy casualties, but the rewards are lower than those of the soldiers. The morale of the besiegers is low and they naturally don't want to fight to the death."

On the fourth day of August, it was still Yin time (three o'clock in the morning), Xiao Yi, who was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms, was awakened by a loud noise, and shouts of killing came from far outside the city.

"What's going on! What's going on!"

Xiao Yi stayed on the bed with bare feet, came to the yard and howled.

Soon Wang Sengbian ran over and said with a sad face:
"My lord, several sections of the east city wall have collapsed."

"Then hurry up and block it!"

Xiao Yi said anxiously.

"It can't be stopped. The people of Qi have been prepared for a long time and formed an array at night, while our soldiers are resting. When the wall collapsed, it didn't take long for the people of Qi to rush in through the gap, and there was no time to block it!"

Wang Sengbian explained a sentence, and Du An, the mastermind who came after him, urged:
"The city wall has fallen, and Jiangling is difficult to defend. The body of the king's daughter should not be taken lightly. It is better to get on the boat and leave through the water gate."

There are two water gates in Jiangling, one is in the north of the city. There is a wide river dug by the population in the north of Jiangling City, and the other is in the south of the city. Du An's words are naturally to escape into the Yangtze River through the water gate in the south. Now that Jiangling is so noisy, it will definitely happen. Attract the attention of the patrolling navy, and with their support, they will surely be able to retreat to Jingnan.

When Xiao Yi was hesitating, he suddenly heard a report that a large number of cavalry soldiers from the Northern Qi Dynasty were attacking the Xiangdong Palace. It turned out that after Gao Cheng ordered the soldiers to enter the city along the ruins of the collapsed city wall, they seized the east gate and let them go. The cavalry entered the city, led by Xizuo along the avenue, and went straight to the Xiangdong Palace.

In such an important place as Jiangling, Gao Cheng has arranged meticulous work, even though it is night, there will never be any embarrassing incidents of getting the wrong way.

Xiao Yi was shocked when he heard that, not to mention burning books, he didn't even care about his wife and concubines, so he fled to Shuimen in the south of the city under the escort of Wang Sengbian, Du An and others and his guards.

When Xiao Yi boarded the boat that had been prepared and left by the south water gate, he glanced at Jiangling City behind him, and could vaguely hear the exclamations of the people and the shouts of soldiers.

But before they have time to catch their breath, the Northern Qi navy who had already ambushed came to kill them. If the Jingxiang navy hadn't rescued them in time and drove them back, Xiao Yi might not be able to escape.

In this world, like Wang Wei, when the enemy army entered the city at night, there are only a few deeds of repelling the enemy army with bare feet and holding a wooden stick. Otherwise, Sima Ziru would not hold a grudge. When he surrendered, Jin slandered and killed Wang Wei.

After all, this kind of thing is really shameful for the siege troops.

After Gao Cheng led his army back to the camp earlier, except for the battalion patrol, the rest of the soldiers rested, and it was the idea of ​​attacking the city in the middle of the night.

At three o'clock in the morning, when sleep was deepest, the city wall suddenly collapsed, Liang Jun had no time to react, and the Qi army who had been prepared could rush into the city.

Xiao Yi and others took advantage of the chaos and fled. The Liang army, led by the generals, managed to gather in the city and used the night to escape. However, after the initial panic, the people of Jiangling saw that the Qi army passing by along the way did not loot. Most of them went back to the house, but closed the door tightly.

The turmoil in the city quickly subsided, and the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty poured in one after another to guard the important points in the city. At dawn, Gao Cheng entered the city surrounded by everyone.

He didn't stop along the way, and rushed straight to the Xiangdong Prince's Mansion. At the moment when many sections of the city wall in Jiangling East City collapsed, there was no suspense in this battle. He was more concerned about Xiao Yi's collection of more than [-] books in the city.

　It's a bit late, but I didn't achieve the 7000 promised before, only 4000, sorry everyone, I miscalculated my body before, I will rest first.

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