Chapter 825 Jiangling City is destroyed

Chapter 825 Jiangling City is destroyed

"What does Li Boshan want to do? He didn't attack when the army arrived! As a famous general of the time, doesn't he know the principle of making a strong effort, weakening the second and exhausting the third?"

On the north tower of Jiangling City, Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang and his civil and military officials looked at the enemy from afar. Seeing the series of actions of the Western Wei army, they were also puzzled.

Although Xiao Yi was ashamed and annoyed by the bad deeds shouted by the enemy soldiers, he was anxious at the moment because of the strong enemy's pressure. He had no time to take care of this for the time being. He just ordered the soldiers inside and outside to be on guard and not to relax, so as not to reveal flaws and be taken advantage of by the enemy.

However, the whole army was on guard for several hours. From early morning to dusk, the Wei army was always building the city elsewhere and shouting around the city to persuade people to surrender. Apart from that, there was no further action. This inevitably made the emperor and his officials who watched the enemy prepare for battle on the top of the city feel relieved.

"It seems that Li Boshan thinks he has the upper hand, so he pretends to be kind and righteous, hoping to weaken our defense outside the city by confusing the public. Humph, this guy thinks that with his past reputation, our people will be frightened and afraid of fighting, and surrender at the sight of the enemy. It's really ridiculous! This battle is a battle for the survival of the country. The Liang family's years of nurturing scholars have been proven here. How can the arrogant enemy general destroy it with his tongue!" After the initial fear and trepidation, the expected fierce battle did not happen. Seeing that the Wei people's persuasion to surrender was only so-so, and few people outside the city were deceived by them, Xiao Yi regained some calmness in his heart, and then turned back and ordered the generals: "Since the enemy is arrogant and does not fight, I can take this opportunity to strengthen the defense and set up a long fence between the houses outside the city. In the next battle tomorrow, all the soldiers and civilians who can defend the fence and not retreat will be rewarded after repelling the enemy!"

The generals hurriedly accepted the order, and after escorting His Majesty the Emperor back to the city, they quickly arranged defenses.

The Western Wei army did not launch an attack immediately after arriving in Jiangling, which naturally made the soldiers and civilians in Jiangling City breathe a sigh of relief, but the generals in the Western Wei army were inevitably puzzled, and the one who reacted most strongly was Liang Wang Xiaozha.

"Please move out of the tent first, Your Highness, Prince Liang. After the general and the other generals have finished their discussion, I will report to Your Highness, Prince Liang, that I am here to visit you."

Military officer Pei Hong said to the anxious Prince Liang Xiaozhao, and pointed to the small tent next to him.

However, Prince Liang just stood outside the big tent and refused to leave, snorting coldly: "I have been marching for many days, and I have repeatedly asked for an audience but was refused. Today, I must see the Duke of Taiyuan no matter what! If you still refuse to see me, I will stay here forever!"

Seeing that Prince Liang was so stubborn, Pei Hong could only apologize and then turned to report to the inside of the tent.

Li Tai had just finished arranging the night's duty in the big tent. He frowned slightly after hearing Pei Hong's report, but after thinking about it, he raised his hand and said, "Please invite Prince Liang in."

Since the situation turned around, Prince Liang has repeatedly sent people to ask for an audience, but Li Tai did not have time, and there was nothing special to talk to Prince Liang about, so he never met him.

After being led into the tent, the King of Liang bowed to Li Tai. Li Tai, who was about to stand up to greet him, saw this and quickly stepped out of the tent. He looked at the King of Liang and said, "Why does your Highness do this?"

"The former has betrayed the alliance and violated the faith, so he should apologize to the Duke of Taiyuan!"

The King of Liang said in a deep voice, then looked up at Li Tai and said, "But today I have been asking for an audience for another thing. Now that my army has arrived in Jiangling, the soldiers and civilians of Jiangling are terrified by the mighty military force. They should take advantage of the situation and attack the city from all directions, which will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort and crush the enemy with ease! But now the Duke of Taiyuan is just stopping his troops outside the city and is lazy to attack, which seems to be contrary to the purpose of using troops?"

Li Tai knew why the King of Liang was so anxious about this. He was just worried that he would reach some peace terms with the people in Jiangling and leave it aside. After all, he had betrayed him before, so he was also worried about retribution.

"King Liang has also seen that there are many people living outside Jiangling City. If we attack rashly, there will be heavy casualties. We need to pacify and guide them to settle elsewhere before we can attack Jiangling directly." He raised his hand to signal King Liang to take a seat, and explained at the same time. But King Liang did not mean to take a seat. After hearing this, he just frowned more tightly, and his tone became a little stiff: "Duke Taiyuan has been in charge of military affairs for a long time. Don't you know that opportunities cannot be missed? Moreover, now that a huge army is stationed here, the consumption of grain in a day is more than 10,000 stones. You must know that kindness does not lead the army. How can we be so womanly when the two countries are at war!" "Womanly kindness? King Liang has a strong and brave mind. So in King Liang's view, grain that can be harvested in three months after sowing is more valuable than a person who can barely support himself at the age of 20?" Li Tai also said in a deep voice after hearing this. The King of Liang still argued: "Cheap grain can save our soldiers, but people are valuable, but they are the claws of the enemy! The Duke of Taiyuan has been luring people for a long time today. Have those fools abandoned the lawlessness and followed benevolence? Such ants who cannot distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, are not worth dying. It is better to wait for a new life and educate them again than to spend time and effort to save these fools!" "Is this what a human being says, King Liang? Even if the fools cannot distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, isn't it because of your Liang family's failure in education? The dogs in Shu bark at the sun, probably because they are unfamiliar with it. The people do not know morality, but they have never met before! The king and ministers of Liang State have no morality to educate the people. Now I have displayed it here, but people do not know it. King Liang is not ashamed of this failure, but instead questioned my womanly kindness. It's really ridiculous!" After hearing this, Li Tai pointed at King Liang and scolded him.

Seeing this, King Liang suddenly felt that he had lost his composure. He hurriedly lowered his head and said: "I am just feeling sick and anxious. Seeing the enemy city is close in front of me, but I still can't enter the city to kill the thieves. It was only because of my anxiety that I lost control. Please forgive me, Mr. Taiyuan!”

"I know what the King of Liang is worried about. Now that he has raised troops to come south, they will definitely be incompatible with the master of Jiangling. There is no reason to have both sides! If it only stops at attacking Jiangling, there is no need to send so many troops south. The reason why The reason for the army to suppress the situation is to take things calmly and give these innocent people outside Jiangling City a chance to survive, and this is also to do good for the King of Liang! "

When Li Tai saw King Liang lowering his head to admit his mistake, he spoke again.

After Liang Wang heard this, most of the anxiety on his face immediately dissipated, but there was still a hint of excitement. Apparently he was secretly happy because of Li Tai's virtuous words. He nodded repeatedly and said, "It's me who is stupid." It is ridiculous to be so short-sighted that you want to discuss military affairs in front of Duke Taiyuan. Please rest assured, Duke Taiyuan, I will definitely urge my troops to obey military orders and save the lives of the people outside the city in order to preserve Jiangling's vitality!"

There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, when the soldiers left the camp to start a new day's business, they soon discovered that hundreds of ragged people gathered under the walls of the newly built Anmin City.

Although these few hundred people are really inconspicuous compared to the tens of thousands of refugees outside Jiangling City, it is undoubtedly a good start for the soldiers who spent all day in vain to persuade them to surrender. .

When the soldiers galloped towards that place, the people who came here at night were frightened and fled into the wilderness. The army quickly dispatched a sergeant from Nanliang to shout in a local accent: "Countrymen, don't panic. I have been ordered by General Li to take you into Anmin City! Once you enter the city, there will be no war troubles, and you will be provided with food and clothing!"

Hearing this call from the local voice, the fleeing Jiangling people stopped, turned back hesitantly, and entered the Anmin City under the guidance of the sergeants.

At this time, Anmin City only had the outline of a wall and no buildings inside. Seeing these ragged people entering, some of the soldiers who were still busy building the city couldn't help but laugh and said: "There are actually people who are not afraid of death who enter the city!"

These words naturally frightened the people, but what happened next made them feel like a dream. First, a sergeant came forward and threw them a pair of coarse kudzu clothes, and pointed to a row of passages inside the wall. She said: "There is a residence for you and others. There are ten people in one house, half a dozen women and children. There is a stove in front of the house. For each stove, you will be given five dou of rice a day. If you are sick, report it immediately. If you don't report and the disease develops, you will be given a stove." All people are quarantined! Those who collect firewood and are willing to work will be given five liters of food per day..."

These people who had defected from Jiangling City just obeyed the arrangements of the sergeants here with dull expressions, and there was no obvious reaction. After putting on rough clothes in the residence, which could protect the body from the cold, they all gathered around Beside the stove fire, staring at the moving flames.

Waiting until the rice in the earthen pot was steamed and distributed by the dormitory leaders to the people in the same dormitory, a middle-aged man grabbed the rice and stuffed it into his mouth. He grinned because of the hot rice.

The middle-aged man suddenly covered his mouth and burst into tears. While crying, he let out a hoarse roar: "Anu, Anu, it's true! If you had come yesterday, you wouldn't have starved to death at night..."

Cries rang out one after another among this group. These refugees had endured too much suffering, and the accumulated sadness was deposited in their chests like hardened stones. They had forgotten to cry anymore, and now they were supposed to be massacred. Their Wei Jun felt soothed again, and the sorrow that was stuck in his chest was blasted away again, and he could only vent his anger by crying.

"Why, why didn't you come earlier! I have a family of seven, and there is only one left..."

While crying, a young man with half-broken palms stared at the Wei soldiers walking around with teary eyes and roared, but soon he knelt on the ground again, and his forehead was smashed into the dust again and again: "Benefactor, My benefactor!”

The sergeants in the city were indeed ruthless soldiers who killed people without batting an eyelid on the battlefield, but now they could not help but feel deeply moved when they saw the people venting their anger after being rescued. They waved their hands and said loudly: "We are just soldiers under orders. The one who really saves you is General Li, Duke of Taiyuan! If you are grateful, please fill your belly quickly and summon more companions to come to the city so that our army can capture Jiangling City as soon as possible!"

After the people heard this, they hurriedly swallowed the grain rice, which was not exquisite but was enough to satisfy their hunger. After they were full, they spontaneously walked out of the city and boarded the city after obtaining permission from the Wei army. Tushan showed off his robes to the people below and shouted loudly about the treatment he received in Anmin City.

The power of examples is infinite. Not to mention the Western Wei army that was just across the fence and watching eagerly. Even if there was no threat of military disaster, outside Jiangling City, there was already a lack of food and clothing, and the living environment was extremely harsh. At this time, when we saw those who took the lead, The people actually received gifts of food and clothing, and a large number of people rushed out of the simple shacks and ran straight towards Anmin City.

In some places, due to the barriers of fences, large sections of fences were directly pushed down from the inside by people eager to escape, and then they strode towards the city that contained vitality and hope.

"Don't run, don't escape! Stop, stop, anyone who escapes will die!"

The Jiangling defenders scattered between the fences of the houses outside the city were naturally a little panicked when they saw this scene. They hurriedly waved their swords, guns, and sticks to stop the people who were running out. In places with more defenders, they barely stopped them, but in places with fewer defenders, they were directly dispersed by the people. What's more, even the defenders simply threw down their sticks and followed the people to escape from this desperate place.

"How can this be absurd, how can this be absurd! These unruly people, who are ants under the city and are sheltered by me, if it weren't for the tolerance here, how could they survive? Now they are tempted by the strong enemy and actually abandon me and run away. They deserve to be killed, deserve to be killed!"

The Liang Emperor Xiao Yi, who was shocked to hear that the people were fleeing in the city, hurried to the north tower of the city. Seeing the people pushing down the fences and swarming out, his face suddenly turned pale, and he drew his sword to keep chopping the city wall, shouting and cursing. Immediately, he ordered Wuchang Prefect Zhu Maichen to lead a team of elite soldiers out of the city and walk into the fences of the houses to kill the noisy and fleeing people.

At this time, in the north of Jiangling City, Li Tai couldn't help showing a relieved smile on his face as he watched more and more people flee to Anmin City.

The more people are on the periphery, the worse the living environment is, and they are the ones that Li Tai wants to rescue the most. His mentality is not that of a saint, nor is it the womanly kindness that King Liang accused. The reason why people are different from beasts is that people have compassion. The stronger people are, the more they should have this mind, and make the world a better place within their own abilities, instead of sighing with a sophisticated face that the world is like this.

The world can be different, but it requires capable people to take responsibility. If greater ability only makes people less scrupulous and more beastly, how can the world not be like this? The world can be better, and it also requires incapable people to distinguish right from wrong, rather than blindly following authority and venting their anger.

There was a sudden sound of killing between the fences of the houses, especially in the east of the houses near Anmin City, where many armored Liang soldiers could be seen waving swords and guns to constantly hack and drive away the people who tried to escape. These Nanliang defenders turned a blind eye to the Western Wei army outside the city, but they were brave and invincible when suppressing the people outside the city!

"The Archery Battalion quickly attacks and shoots the Liang soldiers who are killing the people inside the fence!"

After seeing this scene, Li Tai's face darkened and he issued the first order to attack after arriving in Jiangling.

After receiving the order, the archers put on their armor and saddled their horses, and galloped to the battlefield under the leadership of the camp commander Pi Jinghe.

At this time, because many people fled outside Jiangling, the scale of the defense line was directly reduced by a large layer. The fences and shacks on the outermost perimeter had been completely knocked down, and Pi Jinghe and his party were able to gallop into the inner circle unimpeded.

Naturally, the Nanliang defenders did not dare to cross the fence to attack such an elite cavalry unit, but just lined up behind the fence to wait for the enemy. Pi Jinghe and others went directly to the area where the fighting was the most serious in the fence. When they were within the range, they each drew their bowstrings. With a shout, arrows fell into the fence like a rainstorm, and dozens of Liang soldiers were killed on the spot.

"Counterattack, counterattack quickly!"

Zhu Maichen, who led the team, was panicked when he saw the fierce arrows of the enemy army, and shouted loudly.

However, this exposed his position. Of course, if it was a normal situation, it would not be a big deal. Zhu Maichen was still in the inner circle, and he was wearing fine armor all over his body. Even if the arrows of the Wei army could shoot to this position, it would be the end of the strong crossbow and it would be difficult to penetrate the armor.

However, he did not know that this team was affiliated with the Archery Camp organized by Li Tai's personal soldiers. Its riding and archery skills were second to none in the entire Western Wei Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were the best in the world.

"Shoot the general!"

With Pi Jinghe's shout, dozens of archers who rushed to the front drew their bows and shot at the enemy general who was still shouting for dispatch.

Zhu Maichen only felt a flash of black shadow in front of his eyes, and then the whole world fell into darkness and silence. Dozens of arrows hit his face in a very short time, shattering his entire facial bones, and he died on the spot in an instant!

"Zhu Taishou is dead! The enemy is too fierce, retreat, retreat!"

The soldiers near Jiangling saw this scene, and they were all awed. They no longer cared about stopping the people between the fences and fled to the defense line.

"Retreat to one side temporarily, and attack again when the enemy comes!"

After seeing this, Pi Jinghe led the crowd to retreat to the side of the battlefield temporarily, allowing the people to continue to flee.

After escaping the defense line, many people who were lucky enough not to die in the killing of the Liang army bowed deeply or bowed to Pi Jinghe and his party, and then hurried to Anmin City. If this scene was seen by an uninformed person, it is estimated that they would mistakenly think that the Wei army was the guarding side and the Liang army was the invader.

Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang thought that the defense line outside the city was solid and reliable, but it was constantly reduced in the following time. After a whole day, at least tens of thousands of people fled from outside Jiangling City to Anmin City built by Li Tai.

This was not because the slogans that Li Tai had people shout were so tempting, but the living conditions outside Jiangling City had already reached a limit that was about to collapse. Li Tai's means only slightly pushed it, and the collapse came immediately!

By the evening, the defense line outside Jiangling City, which was originally tens of miles long, had been greatly reduced, and the residential defense area outside the city, which was several miles thick, had collapsed and shrunk to within a mile.

The reason why the people within a mile of the city wall did not flee was not because they were all loyal to the Southern Liang, but because there were many defenders in this range, and the layers of fences and trenches restricted the movement of the people.

"Clear the plains outside the city tomorrow and prepare to begin the siege!"

Now Li Tai can directly see the Jiangling City Wall. Under the current situation, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people will gather around Jiangling City in a week. However, if the defenders of the city are not suppressed, they will have to surrender just by shouting. It is also difficult to separate these people from outside the city.

After hearing the words, the generals nodded in agreement, and their eyes looking towards Jiangling City also showed excitement. Although they had rescued tens of thousands of innocent people without attacking for two days, which greatly satisfied their sense of morality, their army was still here to kill the enemy and destroy the country. Only by conquering the city in front of them would they be considered successful. Great creation!

Unlike the excitement of the Wei army outside the city, the city of Jiangling was full of gloom and gloom. Emperor Liang Xiao Yi stood on the tower until dark before walking down with the advice and support of his ministers.

He did not return to the inner garden, but stayed in a nearby Buddhist temple. He summoned Zong Mo and said: "Prefect Zhu was loyal to me and did not do any wrong. Now he died in battle, and his body was stolen by the mob." I really couldn't bear to abandon the Wei army, so I sent an envoy outside the city to return the body of Governor Zhu with gold and silk and bury it in a grand ceremony!"

After Zong Mo heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Although I am not afraid of sending envoys, even if the Wei people are willing to talk to each other, they should ask about the future of my king, ministers and people. Zhu Maichen, an eunuch, died. The country is also within its bounds, so why should your majesty still think about it in times of crisis? Isn’t it possible that the lives of all the people in this city are like eunuchs?”

Xiao Yi fell silent immediately after hearing this. After a while, he said again: "It's different, sir. I made a mistake, please forgive me!"

As he spoke, he looked around at the people present and said: "The ants outside the city have dispersed, and the city has been exposed to the enemy. Why should we resist the enemy? Do you have any plans?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a general in uniform came out and said: "I see that the enemy camp is well organized and difficult to break. However, the newly built thieves' city in the east of the city has been hastily built, and there are also many mobs. If we can attack at night, they will There will be chaos. I rashly sent out my elite soldiers at night to frighten the enemy!"

The person who took the initiative to ask for a fight was Pei Ji, the son of Pei Zhigao. He had been convicted of conspiring with the Qi envoy to assassinate the Wei envoy. He had just been released because the enemy troops were approaching the city. He also needed to perform well to gain understanding.

"General Pei is really brave. If he is able to defeat the enemy, I will personally greet the general at the city gate and congratulate him on this great achievement!"

Xiao Yi was overjoyed after hearing this. He nodded repeatedly and said that he immediately decided to arrange for Pei Ji to lead his troops out of the city to camp that night.

In the middle of the night, Pei Ji, who had placed the hopes of Jiangling's monarch and ministers on him, led two thousand troops out of the city and headed towards Anmin City. Soon, the sound of fighting rang out from the direction of Anmin City. However, due to the darkness blocking the view, Xiao Yi and others who were watching from the top of the city could not see how the battle was going.

As Jiangling's monarchs and ministers waited anxiously, the morning sun slowly rose, and the light returned to the earth. In the wilderness north of Jiangling City, the Western Wei army had already formed a formation, and in front of the formation was a row of corpses. Pei Ji and his party left the city to build a camp last night and attacked Anmin City.

"Thieves, thieves are so vicious!"

When Emperor Liang Xiao Yi saw this scene, his face suddenly turned pale, and his figure became shaky and unsteady.

At this time, the exciting sound of drums and horns also sounded outside the city. The armies of the Western Wei Dynasty slowly advanced and officially launched an attack on Jiangling City.

"Your Majesty, please return to the city temporarily. I will fight to the death to resist the enemy!"

After the leading general Hu Sengyou saw the enemy's movements outside the city, his mood suddenly sank. He immediately persuaded the emperor to retreat into the city and not to affect the defense on the city wall to resist the enemy.

Xiao Yi descended from the city wall in despair. When he heard the sound of fighting already outside the city, he couldn't help but feel even more panicked. He suddenly looked around and shouted loudly: "Where is Wang Pushe? Hurry up and invite the Wei envoy Li Daochi to come. Li Boshan, the ant villager outside the city, is still merciful and does not want to kill him. He must be more important to the army. If you can get it for me, you can give me money, silk, and land. I just tell you to be afraid of fate and let me go back to the east. If I don’t survive, what’s the use?”

However, after all his plans and nagging, Wang Bao shattered his hopes with just one sentence: "Your Majesty, I am busy with city defense matters, but unexpectedly Li Daochi broke through and ran away without a trace..."

After Xiao Yi heard this, he felt dizzy and fell directly into the arms of the waiter beside him. When he woke up again, he had returned to the inner garden. Prince Xiao Fangju was standing in front of the couch. When he saw him waking up, he came up to him with a mournful face and said plaintively: "Father, Hu and Hu led the army to the enemy. Kill him at Wansheng Gate in the north of the city!"

"Well……"

Xiao Yi opened his mouth, only to feel his throat was hoarse due to interference. He took the honey water handed to him by the palace servant and drank two sips of it, then said in a trembling voice: "Has the Wei army broken the city? Who is still resisting the war? Are there reinforcements outside the city? arrival?"

The good news is that the Wei army has not yet broken through the city, and all parties are still defending. The bad news is that there is still no news from the reinforcements. Under the siege of the Wei army, Jiangling City is like a small boat struggling to sail in the vast ocean.

Xiao Yifang took a breath and was lying on the couch to think about other ways to save himself. Suddenly, various crying sounds came from outside the room, completely interrupting his train of thought.

"Who dares to scream and make noise in the garden!"

He stood up angrily from the couch and yelled loudly.

The eunuch next to him hurriedly came forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, it is the families of the generals who died in the battle defending the city who are remembering their dead."

After hearing this, Xiao Yi remembered that all the officials and their families had been connected to the inner garden not long ago, making the already not very spacious inner garden even more crowded and cramped, and now even the most basic tranquility was gone.

"Since you have deprived your country of wealth, you must die for your country! If you dare to shout mourning and disturb others again, you will be driven out with sticks and sticks!"

He was in an agitated mood, and became even more angry when he heard these howls, so he waved his hand and gave the order.

Soon, there was a louder sound outside the living room, accompanied by men and women shouting, cursing and crying, and it gradually became more and more intense. At this time, Xiao Yi, who was upset, also noticed something was wrong and quickly pointed at the prince Xiao Fang. Ju ordered: "Go and take a look quickly, summon Zhu Maichen... Oh, summon the general on duty and lead his troops to the arch immediately!"

Xiao Fangju did not dare to refuse his father's order, so he took a group of soldiers and went straight to the direction of the commotion. As soon as he arrived here, he saw a mess of people, and there were many blood stains on the ground. A fallen person.

"Stop it! What happened?"

Xiao Fangju took a step forward and asked loudly.

"Yes, it's these thieving slaves who disobey orders! The slaves were ordered to drive the rioters out of the garden, but they were injured by the thieves!"

The person lying on the ground was the eunuch in the garden. When he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arriving, he hurriedly got up and covered his wounds to complain.

Several strong slaves on the opposite side said with indignation: "Your Majesty, the servants are the servants of the leader Hu. Because the mistress heard that the master died in the battle, the mistress was unbearable. She wanted to hold a sacrifice for the master to summon his soul, but she was killed by the eunuchs... "

"Insolent! How can you desecrate the solemn place in the inner garden! Hu led his army to death, and he will be rewarded with kindness and gifts. You are waiting for the imperial edict to reward you. Is it possible that the funeral in the middle of the garden can bring the dead back to life!"

Xiao Fangju also inherited some of his father's irritable temper. After hearing this, he angrily made an explanation: "Capture these unruly slaves, don't be rude to Mrs. Hu..."

"The dog-footed prince! He led the army to fight to the death for the country, but his family members were humiliated! How can such a country not be destroyed!"

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the crowd watching, and the onlookers who had already been unable to restrain themselves shouted loudly and reprimanded. Some teenagers even shouted at the strong slaves and surrounded the eunuchs and imperial guards to beat them. When he got up, the scene suddenly became more chaotic.

The chaos in the inner garden spread very quickly. Although the number of civil and military officials in Jiangling City was not as high as in the heyday of Jiankang, there were at least several hundred in number, and the number of their respective family members would be expanded several times. Thousands of people were crammed into the limited space of the inner garden, and they were filled with fear and fear. Now that they were exposed to various stimuli and burst out, it was naturally difficult to control them. Soon the riot spread to the entire inner garden.

Although Xiao Yi recruited the Forbidden Army to defend him in time, it was difficult to control the turmoil with just a few hundred Forbidden Army soldiers, and he could not massacre the ministers and their families, so he could only order the guards to escort him there. Go outside the garden, gather the city guards and then return to suppress the situation.

At this time, the garrison soldiers who had just experienced a whole day of fierce fighting were resting near various city gate strongholds, but news of riots in the Imperial Garden soon came from the inner city. The families of these governors and generals were all in the imperial garden. When they heard the commotion in the imperial garden, they immediately led their troops towards the inner city without thinking of defending the city.

The Wei army officers and soldiers who had fought hard all day outside the city had also returned to camp to rest and recuperate. Only a small team of men on night watch were stationed under the city. The sudden call for men and horses outside the city soon aroused the alert of the night watch personnel outside the city, who immediately passed the news to the rear camp.

In the large tent in the camp, Li Taizheng summoned the generals to summarize the gains and losses of the day's siege and arrange tomorrow's combat tasks. After hearing this, he realized that Liang Jun did not have the energy and courage to fight at night again, so he just ordered his general Quan Xu to lead the army. Two thousand men and horses went to inspect and report back if the enemy's situation changed drastically.

About half an hour after Quan Xu took the order, the envoy suddenly reported that Wansheng Gate in the north of Jiangling City had been captured, and the general needed to send reinforcements quickly.

"Is this happening?"

Li Tai and all the generals in the tent were shocked when they learned about this. They immediately did not care to discuss the rhythm of tomorrow's attack. Li Tai personally led 5,000 elite troops out of the camp. Liang Shiyan, Gao Le and others returned to camp to gather their troops. The successor.

When Li Tai rode his horse to the outside of Jiangling City, he saw the Wansheng Gate in the north of the city standing proudly open. Quan Xu, who had arrived first, was waiting under the city gate with several governors. Standing next to Quan Xu was a general dressed in Liang Jun's uniform, Hu Changyi, son of Hu Sengyou.

When he saw Li Tai riding his horse, Hu Changyi immediately knelt on the ground and choked with sobs: "My father died in the battle, and he died a worthy death. However, the Liang Lord was unkind and even tortured and killed his mother and younger brother in the inner garden. Changyi was not talented, so he could not To protect the stability of the country, we can only welcome the king's master to express our hatred! General, please forgive me for my late return..."

Li Tai quickly got off his horse, helped Hu Changyi up, and said in a deep voice: "But there is no need to return to justice sooner or later. Hu leads the army and the country, and he will be honored even if he dies. General Hu has a pure heart, and he has no regrets! Wait until my king's army enters the city. , I will help the general to avenge his hatred!”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the army behind him filed into the city. Using Wansheng Gate in the north of the city as the base point, they quickly rushed into the city along the streets and alleys.

At the same time, all the armies from behind also arrived here one after another. After a preliminary understanding of the situation, they each occupied different areas of the city in accordance with the general's orders. As the Wei army entered the city in large numbers, many people fled in various places in the city, but there were few stubborn enemies.

This night, Jiangling City was destroyed!

Sorry, sorry, long wait. . . I originally wanted to spell another 10,000 words, so I’ll stop here first. If I don’t update, people may think I’m cheating again. . . Jiangling City has been conquered, and this volume is over. Next is the content of the next volume. The update of the next volume will begin tomorrow. . . I wish you all a happy life! ! !