On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 536 The Fall of Daxing City
There is no need to worry about whether it was Yu Wenshu or Gao Jiong who abandoned the city and left, or whether the two ran away together.

In Cui Che's view, the occurrence of such a situation already shows how pessimistic and negative attitude the defenders in the city have towards the defense of the city after being bombarded for more than a month.

Cui Che is even more confident in winning Daxing, he said to the generals:

"Our army has been besieging the city for a long time, and now the morale of the defenders in the city has fallen to the bottom, it is time to cheer up.

"I have made up my mind. Tomorrow is exactly the hour (8 o'clock in the morning), and we will attack Daxing from three sides!"

The generals had been besieging Daxing for such a long time, and their patience was almost exhausted, and they all accepted orders gladly.

As the night darkened, all the generals dispersed and returned to their camps to convey the king's order.

On July 608th in the third year of Zhenyuan (AD [-]), outside the dilapidated Daxing City, soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty lined up in the north, east, and south. Waiting for the arrival of the hour.

Even though the three city walls have collapsed in many places, the damage to the inner wall is not serious, and a ladder is still needed to climb over the inner wall.

The trebuchet behind him was still bombarding the city for a moment, suppressing the soldiers on the city wall until they couldn't lift their heads.

Using the bunker, Gao Jiong looked at the Eastern Sui army outside the city. Once upon a time, relying on the strong national power of the Sui Dynasty, he himself, who was used to fighting with the wind, was now facing such an embarrassing situation.

The panic on the faces of the defenders was clearly visible, and there was even a bit of relief.

Perhaps they had long been looking forward to the day when the Eastern Sui Dynasty launched a general offensive, and it was better than living in the shadow of Feishi every day.

As soon as the time comes, the war drums are beating on three sides, and the sound of the horns is endless.

More than [-] Sui infantry from the Eastern Sui Dynasty approached Daxing City from three directions under the cover of trebuchets with irregular steps.

The army approached the city wall, and the trebuchets behind them finally stopped, but at this time, the defenders of the Western Sui Dynasty who were able to take the lead could no longer prevent the siege troops from approaching the gap in the city wall.

However, Gao Jiong had already made arrangements, and he calmly commanded all the ministries to stop the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty who were about to cross the gap.

But the result was beyond his expectation, or he had expected it long ago, but he was still unwilling to face it.

The defenders of the Western Sui Dynasty collapsed at the first touch, and when they encountered the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, they threw away their helmets and armor, and took out the "Book of Telling the Fathers of Guanxi" that they had kept for a long time in order to survive.

The infantry of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were also very disciplined, as long as they put down their weapons and issued this book, they could save their lives.

Cui Che, who was watching the battle from the rear, couldn't see the specific situation in the city, but the continuous flow of soldiers into the gap in the city wall was enough to show that they were progressing smoothly.

In fact, the outcome of this battle has long been doomed.

Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu abandoned the people in Weibei, but Cui Che did not regard them as a burden, and helped the people, so that Cui Che had a large number of civilians who could drive them to help bomb Daxing. No matter how strong the city wall is, there will always be people When it was smashed open.

But what can Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu do?

Yang Guang was worried that Jiangnan and other places would not be controlled, and he would lose confidence in competing with Cui Che in the north, so he moved south and took away the elite of Guanlong.

The result of this battle had been answered as early as the moment Yang Guang left.

The two palace gates of Daxing Palace, the Xuanwu Gate to the west and the Anli Gate to the east, have all fallen, and even the Wengcheng was captured by an army of more than [-] camped in the north.

Dou Jiande personally led the various ministries in the northern camp, entered the Daxing Palace, crossed the broken walls and ruins, and successively captured Yeting Palace, Daxing Palace, East Palace and other places.

The army rushed out from Yong'an Gate to the west on the south side of Daxing Palace, Changle Gate to the east, and Chengtian Gate in the middle, and charged towards the imperial city.

The imperial city used to be the government office of the three provinces and six provinces, but now it has been vacant since Yang Guang moved to the south, and the few remaining defenders are not much tougher than the other two sides.

Perhaps it was Yu Wenshu, Gao Jiong and others who abandoned the people in Weibei, and Yang Guang abandoned Guanlong and moved his capital to the south, which chilled people's hearts.

Of course, it is also possible that Cui Che's "Report to the Fathers and Fathers of Kansai" completely disintegrated the will of the defenders.

The specific answer is only clear to them.

When the northern army completely captured Daxing Palace and the imperial city, the other armies on both sides had already entered the city.

There was no street fighting that theoretically existed, and the defenders simply did not have the determination to resist desperately.

On the day when the Eastern Sui Dynasty launched a strong attack from three sides, Daxing, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, fell immediately.

Gao Jiong did not break his promise, he did not become Cui Che's prisoner, but when the city was broken, he chose to kill himself and die in the city.

The battle was over, there were no shouts of killing, and the surrounding area was extremely quiet.

Gao Jiong's body was carried in front of Cui Che.

Although he drew his sword and killed himself, his death was very peaceful.

Perhaps this death also relieved the heavy burden in his heart and relieved him a little.

Cui Che stared at Gao Jiong's remains. Gao Jiong's face was very haggard. Thinking about it, he probably didn't have a good night's sleep.

From the bottom of his heart, he admired Kao Chiung very much.

Yang Jian created the prosperous Sui Dynasty, and Gao Jiong was the veritable number one hero regardless of martial arts or martial arts.

Cui Che and Gao Jiong also knew each other quite early. He entered the Prime Minister's Mansion as Yang Jian's secretary and joined the army when he was 11 years old.

It's just that the two are not on the same road after all. In the early years, Cui Che supported Yang Guang, while Gao Jiong opposed Yang Guang.

Now Gao Jiong supports Yang Guang, but Cui Che is the leader of the rebels.

Cui Che whispered:
"Maybe you and I are born with conflicts, and we can't get together."

As he said that, Cui Che withdrew his gaze, and told Xue Shuu:
"Good life and honorable burial to Duke Gao."

"promise!"

Xue Shou obeyed the order and led people to carry away Gao Jiong's body.

Cui Che adjusted his mood, took the carriage, and drove slowly into Daxing City.

There was no river of blood as imagined. After a long period of bombardment, the defenders were extremely weak in their will to resist.

But there were indeed corpses strewn across the field. In the past month or so, there were not a few people who were stoned to death by flying stones in the city.

A stone has no eyes, and it cannot actively distinguish whether the people in the city are innocent or not.

Cui Che also deeply realized the pros and cons of this method of siege.

The advantage is naturally that it reduces the casualties of soldiers and can effectively attack and disintegrate the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

The disadvantage is that a large number of civilians need to be recruited, which consumes a lot of food and grass, and more importantly, it will cause a large number of casualties of innocent people, and only one bombed city can be harvested after the war.

But this is war, and even modern wars in a civilized society will bring disasters to civilians, so Cui Che naturally doesn't feel guilty.

However, if it is not a last resort, the use of this method should be reduced in the future.

This kind of siege method is indeed a waste of time. Gathering so many soldiers and civilians, the daily expenditure is astronomical.

If Yu Wenshu hadn't raided the people of Weibei, Cui Che would have to support the people of Weibei regardless of whether the people in Daxing changed hands or not.

　Only three chapters today

　　
　
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