On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 406
Yang Su supervised the battle at the foot of the mountain from the first day of attacking the mountain.

This is already the seventh day, and the food in the army had bottomed out as early as yesterday, and now they are killing horses to satisfy their hunger, barely supporting themselves.

The Gaobi Ridge in front of him blocked an army of 18 for seven days, and more than [-] soldiers of the Sui Army died in battle. All this made Yang Su hate Qian Jie who had stayed behind in Gaobi Ridge.

In fact, Li Jing's method of attacking Gaobiling was nothing more than copying cats and tigers.

Previously Yang Su used Huoshan trail to bypass Gaobi Ridge, taking advantage of Xiao Mahe's unpreparedness, thus occupying this dangerous pass and capturing and killing Xiao Mahe.

With a ready-made example right in front of him, Qian Jie could still take it lightly, which made Yang Su very indignant.

During the past seven days, from time to time, the Sui army detoured from the Huoshan trail to the south to intensify their offensive on the south side of Gaobiling.

But under the trampling of people and horses, the road condition of the Huoshan Trail is already very bad, and it is difficult for the army to pass.

In order to leave a way for himself to retreat and not make the road conditions worse, Yang Su stopped dividing his troops after sending [-] soldiers to the south one after another.

Now Cui Che has set up a heavy army at the mouth of the Shuque Valley, and the siege is impenetrable. Once the Gaobi Ridge cannot be captured, Yang Su himself has to escape through the Huoshan trail.

The eighth day of attacking the mountain was another tragic day.

The defenders of Gaobiling could only seize the short time after the Sui army retreated and before a new round of offensive was launched, and take a short rest.

At this time, there were less than seven hundred defenders who were able to fight, and even the chief general Mai Tiezhang was covered in bruises.

The reason why the defenders have been able to persist until now is nothing more than the fact that Mai Tiezhang, the chief general, took the lead and fought to the death without retreating, so as to motivate the soldiers.

Li Jing, the lieutenant general, was not much better either. After Yang Su sent more troops to the south, Li Jing was now under tremendous pressure, but Mai Tiezhang did not have any extra troops to support him.

In the night battle on the eighth day, Li Jing's left arm was injured by Liu Ya, and Mai Tiezhang was exhausted, and was almost killed by a knife.

Fortunately, the [-] defenders stubbornly repelled the Sui army under the inspiration of the two people who did not care about themselves.

This time, Yang Su didn't ask Jin to withdraw his troops, but the Sui army still retreated on their own.

After eight days of fierce fighting, not only the defenders on Gaobiling suffered heavy casualties, but also the Sui army complained endlessly.

Every time they attack the mountain, they have to drag their tired bodies and fight hard with the Yan army after a difficult climb.

The Sui army's wounded barracks were already overcrowded.

Due to the lack of food in the army, the soldiers of the Sui army often had to eat half full.

As for those who were seriously injured, they had already been deprived of food and left to fend for themselves.

In a state of starvation, and having to endure physical and mental torture, Sui Jun's endurance has now reached a critical point.

In fact, the Sui army had spent more time than before in the mountain attack just now, but Yang Su did not withdraw his troops for a long time.

It turned out that Yang Su found out that Gaobiling's defenders were at the end of their strength, and decided not to give them a short rest time. He was already preparing for the next batch of attacking troops, so that the offensive could be seamlessly connected.

It's just that Yang Su didn't care whether the previous group of soldiers who attacked the mountain would be killed or injured, but these soldiers were eager to survive, so they couldn't hold on without a military order, so they retreated on their own.

Also because they retreated from Gaobiling, the next batch of attacking troops could not go upstream.

However, Yang Su has long stipulated that if there is no military order, those who retreat privately will be beheaded.

When Yang Su wanted to kill this group of soldiers to correct the military law, Yu Zhongwen persuaded:

"Marshal, I can't kill any more, I'm afraid it will stir up the soldiers to mutiny."

All the generals agreed one after another, interceding for the retreating soldiers.

As the leading generals of the various ministries, they naturally knew about the days of attacking the mountains. After suffering heavy casualties, the war weariness in the army is now high.

One after another, the Sui army quietly fled to the south through the Huoshan trail, or passed through the Shuque Valley, and surrendered to the Yan army in the north.

Anyway, the Yan army didn't mistreat the captives, it was better than staying under the high wall mountain, not having enough to eat, and being driven by Yang Su to die on the mountain.

Of course Yang Su was aware of the actual situation in the army, but he couldn't make such an opening, otherwise the soldiers would follow suit and muddle through when attacking the mountain.

Even if they kill horses to satisfy their hunger, there are only two days left of food in the army, and there are only two days left for Yang Su to seize Gaobiling.

Now seeing that the defenders on Gaobiling suffered heavy casualties and exhaustion from fighting for days on end, how could they allow the soldiers to retreat at this critical moment, so that the defenders could have a chance to breathe.

Yang Su explained the truth clearly to the generals, and then sent an order to behead the group of retreating soldiers in front of the army.

However, the generals could understand Yang Su's difficulties, but the soldiers of the Sui Army could no longer bear his tyranny.

The soldiers who were about to be executed cursed Yang Su loudly before they died, and their heads were cut off, but the effect was not that of deterring the three armies on the first day of the siege.

Instead, it aroused the anger of the soldiers.

When the new batch of Sui army soldiers preparing to attack the mountain gathered at the foot of the mountain, someone stood up and raised their arms and shouted:
"Everyone has just seen that the Marshal has been reluctant to call for money to withdraw his troops, because he wants the former to fight to the death and consume Yan's army for the later ones.

"Now they fought fiercely on the mountain for a long time, and retreated exhausted, but were beheaded by the marshal, and then it will be your turn!
"Once you set foot on the mountain road, you will either be killed by the defenders or by the military law.

"Gaobiling has been fought for so many days, the mountain is dangerous, it is not easy to take it, you and I will definitely die!
"Those who want to survive, follow me and fight for a way out!"

The general in charge of leading the troops to attack the mountain scolded loudly and ordered the people who instigated the mutiny to be killed quickly, but his shouts were already drowned out by the responding voices of the soldiers.

Among the chaotic crowd, whoever stabbed out the spear in his hand pierced the general's heart to death.

The mutiny broke out, but the mutiny had no organization at all. The soldiers were just between two dead ends, trying to ask for a way out. They didn't plan it for a long time, but they were just witnessing the tragic situation of the previous mountain attacking troops. , and the temporary outbreak.

Although the three thousand rebellious soldiers had an astonishing will to survive, they were still easily put down by Yang Su.

It's just that Yang Su couldn't be happy no matter what.

This sudden mutiny had already clearly presented the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in front of him.

What made him even more anxious was that there was an undercurrent in the army, and at some point, there would be another chaotic soldier.

Mai Tiezhang, who was guarding the north, waited for a long time on the Gaobi Ridge, but he did not see a new round of offensive by the Lingbei Sui Army.

At first, Mai Tiezhang thought it was Yang Su's trick to lure the enemy, and wanted him to think that the Sui army was in chaos at the foot of the mountain, so he sent troops to help Li Jing, and Yang Su would take the opportunity to mobilize troops to break through from the north.

Until he saw it clearly, under the moonlight, it seemed that there were really two Sui armies killing each other.

　next chapter tomorrow morning
　　
　
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