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Chapter 411 Across the sea, Fang shows the true character of a hero
Numerous things can prove that after a traitor betrays, he is more vicious against his own people than against his enemies.After Liu Zhongli took refuge in Xiao Yi "unexpectedly", he really set the opponent's first poisonous plan.

Liu Zhongli argued to Wang Seng: I am familiar with the structure of Taicheng, because there are too many gates (there are twelve) and they are all made of wood, so climbing the walls is the best way to go down, and burning the gates with kerosene is the way to go. top choice.

Liu Zhongli is very familiar with the structure and defense of Taicheng, and the city gate is the weakest point.

Wang Sengbian followed the remonstrance like a stream, and ordered Liu Zhongli to be fully responsible for the matter.Since there is a surrounding canal in the west and north of Taicheng City and flows through the city, it is not too convenient to get water, so it is really not advisable to burn the city gates in the north and west.

However, there are two city gates in the east, and four city gates in the south. Obviously, in terms of the difficulty of defense, the south side is much larger than the east side.More importantly, there are no canals on either side, and the defenders in the city cannot get water nearby to put out the fire.

Liu Zhongli is not a person who knows how to fight. After receiving the order, he immediately divided his troops and attacked Taicheng with three groups!
All the way to feign attack and ascend the city, start from the west and north, and use the crude siege equipment to ascend the city to attract the attention of the defenders.

Feint attacking the east gate all the way, pretending to set fire to the city gate, attracting the defenders to concentrate the soil, sand, buckets, etc. to put out the fire on the east.

The last way is the killer's trump card, which is not triggered.

Feint attack for one day first, and then attack in three ways at night.

I have to say that Liu Zhongli's plan is indeed a bit level.After thinking about it for a while, Wang Sengbian found that there was no cheaper way to explore for the time being, so he asked Wang Lin from the north to cooperate with Liu Zhongli in "acting".

Wang Lin's department was responsible for attracting the attention of the defenders, and Liu Zhongli's department was responsible for setting fire to the city gate.

As soon as Xiao Yi made a move here, Yang Kan, who was solely in charge of Taicheng's defense, suddenly felt a lot of pressure!
……

"Father! The western and eastern walls are under attack!"

A young Imperial Guard soldier gasped and told Yang Kan who was sitting on the south tower.He is the son of Yang Kan, Yang Zhen. As a messenger, he runs around in Taicheng every day.

At this juncture, Yang Kan has limited trust in other people, and the only thing he can rely on are his sons.Well, there is also the son-in-law who cannot be advertised everywhere.

"The truth is the reality. It is impossible to break through Taicheng by conventional methods. Don't panic. You stay there and report it after an hour."

Yang Kan ordered in a deep voice.

Yang Yan took the order and left without doubting Yang Kan's judgment.

After a while, another son of Yang Kan, Yang Qiu, came running and said that Xiao Yi's army was sending people to burn the city gate to the east!
"Is the fire out?"

Yang Kan asked disapprovingly.

Yang Qiu was taken aback, then cupped his hands and replied: "Back to father, the fire has been extinguished. Last night my father ordered me to wait to drill holes above the city gates. It was indeed a stroke of genius. There are several large water tanks around each city gate. The people in charge are responsible for delivering food, sending the wounded down the tower, and putting out the fire. The two doors on the east side, the fire was extinguished before it started to burn."

"These must be poisonous tricks offered to Xiao Yi by Liu Zhongli, who is familiar with the structure of Taicheng, but I only got the things to put out the fire after I took office. You stay on the east side, no matter whether there is any problem, come back in an hour. .”

Yang Kan waved his hand and said the same thing to the son.

Xiao Yi's army attacked for a while, but did not take any advantage, and retreated angrily, Yang Kan was relieved.In front of the two sons, it was just a strong support.

There are contingencies in everything, if a thunderstorm split the city gate in half, who would you cry to?Those who guard the city are just doing their best to know the destiny.

The south is surrounded by gates, and it is the main road for hundreds of officials to enter the city. The direction of Xiao Yi's army attacking the city must be the main attack from the south.The previous ones were nothing more than small routines.

Yang Kan sneered alone, it was not difficult to get through the day, but it was hard at night.

Sure enough, at night, there were loud drums outside Taicheng!Yang Kan didn't dare to entrust him to stay in the signing room, but stood on the south wall to fight calmly.

The routines are still those during the day, but the intensity is much stronger.Yang Kan is still steady and does not deploy troops, and each general is responsible for his own defense zone.Those who should defend the city should defend the city, and those who should put out the fire should put out the fire.

At this time, Taicheng, which had been operated for several dynasties, began to reveal the superiority of its architectural pattern.Every emperor, whether he is a tyrant or a fool, spares no effort in running his own capital.

As for the city, the stronger it is, the better.

The area of ​​Taicheng is not very large, but the height of the city wall is ridiculously high, it is more than ten feet high!

Standing on the city wall and seeing the people below rushing towards the city gate like death squads, Yang Kan already understood Wang Sengbian's true intention.

"Gather the team of noble families and rich household slaves to the south gate to carry water. The sand and soil are ready."

Yang Kan said to his son Yang Kun.

He was calm on the surface, but he was very nervous in his heart, because during the daytime, the east gate caught fire, and it was obvious that Wang Sengbian's men were testing the truth.

After learning that the city gate can "put out fire", those people would probably burn the city gate in an even more outrageous way. After all, it is really not too convenient to find things like wood, thatch and so on around Jiankang City.Flint, kerosene and other items should also be innumerable in Jiankang's arsenal.

Yang Kan almost mobilized most of the crossbowmen to the south, shooting fiercely towards the city.However, those people in the city had already prepared for it, and made a special "pointed wooden donkey" to fight against it.

This thing is simple and simple, that is, the lower part is a structure similar to a flatbed car, and the upper part is a triangular spire, which is usually covered with a layer of cushioned animal skin on a thick wooden board, so it is not afraid of arrows and stones.

Put the fire starter inside, and no matter what is thrown from the top of the city, it will not be able to ignite and destroy these things.The soldiers pushing the carts were all carrying tower shields and pushing the pointed wooden donkeys forward at a fast speed.

Once someone is hit by an arrow, stop immediately, and the people behind will quickly make up for it.

It’s okay to play like this with one city gate, but now there are four gates in the south, and four teams of soldiers and horses are responsible for conquering the corresponding gates, while the two gates in the east, the lineup for setting fire is far less "luxury" than the south.

Yang Kan frowned as he watched the fourth team setting fire to the enemy army who were showing off their might under the city, his brows were tightly frowned, and he couldn't think of any good way to break the situation for a while.

"For the current plan, we have to fight poison with poison."

Yang Kan is determined to take a gamble.

He ordered to move part of the fierce oil in the treasury of Taicheng to the south wall. Once the enemy approached, he would greet him with fierce oil.

This tactic had an immediate effect, and many soldiers of Liu Zhongli's troops in the city were stained by the burning oil, and they were quickly burnt to inhuman shape.However, the four city gates were also ignited, and the situation is critical!
"Pass down the order to pour the water in the tank on the inner side of the city gate." Yang Kan ordered the sheep.

The outer walls and palace gates of Taicheng are thick and heavy, and they cannot be destroyed by burning them.After repelling the enemy army, it will not be too late to extinguish the fire with soil and sand.

Both sides of the siege continued to make moves, and they continued to respond, and it was very lively.However, after dawn, Wang Sengbian, who came to investigate the results of the battle, almost had a myocardial infarction.

Under the four walls of Taicheng are all the corpses of the siege soldiers from his side, and as for the walls, not even half of them have climbed up (it was a feint attack anyway, Wang Lin was also paddling all the way).

As for the burning of the south gate, which was given high hopes, there was nothing left except for a mess of charred corpses and sand at the gate.None of the four city gates had been breached, and they looked not much worse than before, except that there were some dark marks on the door panels.

To put it simply, it may have caused some trouble for Yang Kan last night, but Taicheng is still firmly in Xiao Gang's hands.

Seeing that working hard for a while had no effect at all, Xiao Yi was also disappointed with Liu Zhongli's strategy, so he put it aside and went to Wang Seng to debate and ask about it alone.

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"Who is the guard who presides over the defense of Taicheng, and why is it so difficult?"

In the commander's tent of the King of Eastern Hunan, the one-eyed dragon Xiao Yi's complexion was extremely terrifying under the light of the fire, as if he was on the verge of eruption.

"Back to Your Highness, it's Yang Kan...it should be."

Wang Sengbian said with some uncertainty.

Looking at the information from all parties, Yang Kan is the only one who can talk about being trapped in Taicheng.Other miscellaneous fish are not so capable.

"Have you figured out a way? Could it be that the tens of thousands of troops are helpless outside Taicheng? Time has dragged on for a long time, and there are so many long nights and dreams!"

Xiao Yi remembered stomping his feet, but there was no way to solve the predicament in front of him.Liu Zhongli made a good promise at the beginning, but...it didn't work out.

"Your Highness, in fact, sometimes, a stupid way is a good way. The end is not that there is no way, but it will take some time."

Wang Sengbian persuaded calmly.

"For example? What method, how long will it take?"

Xiao Yihu put on a face, he didn't want to listen to Wang Seng's argument about what was there and what was not, as long as he smashed open the gate of Taicheng Palace, everything was easy to talk about, and he could give whatever he wanted!
"On the one hand, we can cut off the moat so that there is no water in Taicheng. I believe the effect should be immediate."

Wang Sengbian said very firmly.

"I was in Taicheng when I was a child, and there are many wells there, why is it difficult to drink water?"

Xiao Yi said helplessly.

"Your Highness, it is true that well water can be used, but can everyone really use it?"

Wang Sengbian's soul questioned, leaving Xiao Yi stunned on the spot.

Yes, generals like Yang Kan are well-fed, but what about the soldiers below?Taking a ten thousand step back, soldiers can drink water, so can other people in the city?
The amount of water that a well can provide is limited after all!What's more, just have water to drink and it's over?Do you need to wash, do you need water to put out the fire?

"This plan works."

Xiao Yi nodded slightly.

"Besides, we can pile up earth hills outside the city. There are not many people on the outskirts of Jiankang. We gather all these people to pile up the earth until it is level with the outer palace wall of Taicheng.

At that time, the top can even run a horse, so why worry about not being able to attack the top of the city? "

This is the truth, although the speed is extremely slow, but a pile of ten feet is one foot, and the soldiers in Taicheng can only stare blankly!When the two sides were even, Han Xinbai couldn't use his strength anymore.

Those tricks proposed by Liu Zhongli are useless, it seems that the only conventional routines that Wang Seng argues can be used.

"If Yang Kan is also piled up in the city, condescending, what should we do?"

Xiao Yi suddenly thought of something and asked suspiciously.

In fact, he often loses his mind due to various reasons, but when he is calm, he is still a very smart and assertive person.

Xiao Yi's question can be said to be the only flaw in Wang Sengbian's strategy.

Wang Sengbian lowered his voice and said: "Pile up soil at the top of the city, and the foundation will definitely be unstable. Normally, it is easy to say that once it rains, it is very likely to collapse. Not only will it be impossible to defend, but it will damage the city wall. At that time When we attacked Taicheng.

So no matter how Yang Kan struggles, it's useless. "

After thinking about it carefully, Wang Sengbian's words are not unreasonable.It is rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Jiankang, which will enter the rainy season in one month. If the soil is piled up on both sides, it is really hard to say who is more unlucky.

Xiao Yi nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's words are true, you tell me how many days it will take?"

"20 days... If you call on those who can mobilize in the city to do it together, [-] days is probably enough."

Wang Sengbian didn't know how fast it needed to be. He only knew that the delay was too long. Once Xiao Gang's reinforcements arrived, it would be useless no matter how high the mound was.

"This king will give you ten days, and after ten days, start attacking the city from the earth mountain!"

Xiao Yi didn't want to argue with Wang Seng about the length of time, he was just like Liu Yishou's confident father of Party A in his previous life, he had to settle a lot of things if there was nothing to do.

"Then... just ten days."

Wang Sengbian replied with a guilty conscience.

"Don't worry, you can order to do anything for the sake of building a mountain of earth, and this king will not stop you, don't care about it, and don't ask for guilt."

Xiao Yi said with a chuckle, that face looked a bit pervasive.

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In fact, Yang Kan didn't take Liu Zhongli's little routines to heart at all, and had already prepared for them.However, the movement of the army outside the city pointed to the two problems he was most worried about.

One is the water source, and the other is the height of the city wall.

Sure enough, Wang Sengbian sent people to block the moat flowing into Taicheng. Although many people were damaged by the violent arrow rain against the wall, the soldiers still blocked the river.

In desperation, Yang Kan could only implement a water rationing system in the city. Every day, people drilled well water day and night, and filled it with all utensils that could hold water.

Although it is barely enough, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city has dropped significantly!

Cutting off the water source is the enemy's first step, will it be the last step?Smart people always think more, and Taicheng is full of countless smart people at the moment.

If there is still a way for Yang Kan to deal with the method of cutting off the water, then the pile of dirt outside the city will make him completely unable to resist.Seeing Wang Sengbian's men and horses driving countless Jiankang people to pile up the earth hill outside the city, Yang Kan found that the morale of the soldiers on the city wall collapsed like an avalanche, which was almost visible to the naked eye.

Powerless, Yang Kan had no choice but to find Xiao Gang for help.

"What, let me take out 5000 taels of gold? Is it 5000 taels?"

Hearing Yang Kan's report, Xiao Gang thought he was deaf and had auditory hallucinations.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true. In order to boost morale, the general said privately that he would distribute the 5000 taels of gold rewarded by His Majesty, and cash it out after defeating Xiao Yi.

Now that Taicheng is in critical condition, it is not too late to divide the gold first to boost morale and motivate the soldiers to fight to the end.If it continues, once Wang Sengbian attacks the city, the current morale of the soldiers in the city will not be able to stop them. "

"Now that the country is in chaos, the money in the treasury will be used to rebuild it in the future..." Xiao Gang's eyes dodged, and he didn't want to take out the money at all.

Yang Kan wished he could kneel down with Xiao Gang.Thinking about how easy it was to ask Liu Yishou for money back then, but now "borrowing money" from Xiao Gang is not for Yang Kan's own use.

"Your Majesty, if you don't take it now, you don't need to take it in the future. Just wait for Xiao Yi to enter the city and send someone to take over the treasury. Although I will die, will Xiao Yi, who even dared to smash the Taimiao, let Your Majesty go?"

Yang Kan asked helplessly.

"Then... well, let's get 1000 taels of gold first."

Xiao Gang said reluctantly.He even wanted to give nothing away, but in the current situation, it seemed that if he didn't take the money, he would really die.

With the 1000 taels of gold, it was useless for Yang Kan to distribute half of it to the city guards and half to the generals in the city. Almost everyone got a share.

Seeing that Xiao Gang kept his promise, the morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted.At the same time, Yang Kan ordered people to pile up earth mountains on the city wall to confront the earth mountains outside the city. Every day, he asked crossbowmen to take turns to harass Xiao Yi's soldiers who piled up the earth mountains.

In this way, nine days passed in a row.

During these nine days, Wang Sengbian ordered people to drive away the people in Jiankang City, piling up the soil crazily day and night.Those who were shot by arrows, buried by earthwork collapse, and exhausted were everywhere.When people die, they are directly buried in the earth mountain, and the rest continue to pile up.

On the tenth day, there was a sudden storm, and the rainstorm came suddenly at dusk.

(End of this chapter)