The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 190 The Fortified City Can't Be Survived, It's Helpless to Summon

For a time, the Yanmen Army was divided into two armies, land and water, and marched hand in hand, heading south to Jiangling.

Hussar General Gao Qi claimed that 30 troops marched southward, and vowed to wipe out the Xiaoliang separatists in one fell swoop and restore peace to the world.

Following the move of the Yanmen Army to the south, people in the Wangcheng Jiangling suddenly panicked.

Because Xiao Liang's army of more than [-] elite soldiers from the Northern Expedition was defeated by the Yanmen Army in less than a month.

After this news spread to Jiangling, the people in the whole city became afraid and panicked.

But now it is heard that the Yanmen Army's hundreds of thousands of troops are marching southward.

The common people, who had been frightened by the prestige of the Yanmen Army for a long time, could not help further aggravating the panic in the city.

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Finally, after a few days, the navy led by Zheng Chenggong and Gao Qi's main force converged outside Jiangling City.

And because all the battleships of the Xiaoliang Army were confiscated by the Yanmen Army in Xiangyang.

Now, Liang Wang Xiao Mian gathered the only [-] troops in the city to firmly defend the city, not daring to lead his troops into battle.

Since the battle with the Yanmen army, Xiao Liang's army has not won a single game.

The morale of the army has long been hit, and now it can be said that from the generals to the soldiers, they have no fighting spirit.

Under the current situation, how dare Xiao Xian lead the army to fight?
The most important thing is that Gao Qi led the army to garrison the northern border for several years.

He went out of the fortress several times to fight the barbarians, and all of them returned with great victories!

Under the deterrence of such a record, Xiao Xian had no choice but to passively defend the city in order to fight a war of attrition with the Yanmen Army.

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Outside the city, it was only said that Gao Qi finally decided to divide the army into two camps after discussing with the advisers under his command.

Since all the warships of the Xiaoliang Army were captured by the Yanmen Army, there must be no warships.

Therefore, Gao Qi continued to appoint Zheng Chenggong as the commander of the navy, and led his troops to build a water camp.

Drive the warships above the river to watch Jiangling City from the river and distract the defenders.

After dividing the troops, Gao Qi didn't dare to besiege the city because the numbers of the two armies were almost the same.

In order to prevent the rebels in the city from taking risks, they suddenly rushed out and were defeated here.

Therefore, Gao Qi set up camp thirty miles away from Jiangling City.

Of course, setting up a big camp will definitely inevitably attack the city.

First of all, the whole army gathered outside the city to implement some discourses such as persuading surrender.

As a result, don't think about it, it must have been sternly rejected by Liang Wang Xiaoxian.

For a moment, Gao Qi raised his spear high and shouted the command of 'the whole army attack'.

In an instant, the Yanmen Army, under the command of the generals, formed a neat siege formation.

For a while, I saw Yanmen soldiers gradually advancing towards Jiangling with high morale.

But after a while, after the Yanmen army entered the shooting range, the defenders on the city decisively fired arrows.

All of a sudden, a rain of arrows shot up into the sky.

Simply put, the Yanmen Army is well prepared and has already prepared a large shield.

Under the blow of a rain of arrows, the casualties were not outstanding.

As they got closer to the city wall, the soldiers of the Yanmen also tilted the ladders on the city wall one after another, and began to climb up fearlessly.

However, Jiangling City has high walls and thick walls, how could it be so easy to attack?

I saw that the Yanmen soldiers had only climbed to less than one-third of the distance, and they were thrown down the ladder by the swiftly falling thunderstones and rolling logs.

In an instant, the scene was extremely bloody, with layers of corpses everywhere.

Among them, the faces of Yanmen soldiers had already been slammed into hideous faces, which made people feel a sense of fear.

There was also a thick smell of blood in the foggy air.

Time gradually continued, and it took nearly an hour to siege the city.

Although the Yanmen soldiers tried their best to attack the city, Jiangling was too strong.

What's more, the rebels have tens of thousands of troops sticking to the city defense.

How difficult is it to break through the city?
Therefore, within an hour of the siege, the Yanmen Army suffered nearly thousands of casualties.

"General, quickly order the withdrawal!"

"Jiangling City is so strong, how many rebels are there?"

"If we continue to fight like this, our army will suffer heavy casualties, and we may not be able to break through the city."

Just to say, at this time Zhang Yun quickly galloped to Gao Qi's side, talking hastily.

All of a sudden, Gao Qi saw all the soldiers fall under the siege battle, and couldn't help but start to bleed in his heart.

You must know that the Yanmen Army is a strong army that Gao Qi has pulled out after years of hard work in Yanmen.

Although this army is still nominally under the so-called Great Sui Dynasty.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this army has already followed Gao Qi's lead.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Gao Qi stood up and raised his arms, he would be leading them to rebel.

The whole army can be said to follow without any scruples.

This is Gao Qi's prestige in the army now.

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Seeing the soldiers under his command fall down in pieces, how could Gao Qi sit still and wait for death?

It's just that at this time, not only Zhang Yun is trying his best to persuade, but the rest of the generals can't help but also start to persuade.

In the end, even the counselors began to persuade Gao Qi to order the withdrawal.

After all, today is a tentative attack, and it is our own military that has suffered heavy casualties.

Hearing this, Gao Qi took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, each department takes turns to cover, retreat!"

The order was passed, and the Yanmen soldiers who were attacking the city retreated one after another.

Then, under the alternate cover of various ministries, they withdrew safely.

It's just that Liang Wang Xiao Xian, who was supervising the battle in the city, originally wanted to take advantage of the short-term chaos of the Yanmen Army's retreat.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he opened the gate of the city in one fell swoop and led the elite to fight out to expand the results of the battle.

However, when he saw that the various units of the Yanmen Army were retreating in an orderly manner without a trace of confusion, they completely gave up their minds.

For a moment, Xiao Xian couldn't help standing on the top of the city, looking up to the sky and sighing: "The Yanmen Army really deserves to be the world's elite!"

"With such a degree of advance and retreat, I really don't know how Gao Qi built such an iron army?"

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Yanmen Army Camp

In the big tent, Gao Qi was discussing with his advisers and generals how to break the city.

However, after discussing for a long time, no one had the slightest idea.

After all, Jiangling City is now extremely strong, and its geographical location is also excellent.

It happened to be in the very center of Jingzhou, in the hinterland.

As long as they occupy Jiangling, they can attack Jingxiang and other places in the north, enter Jiangxia in the east, and then attack Jinling, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River.

And the west can also enter the Bashu generation, while the south is the Jingnan area.

It is also the place where Xiao Mian started his business, and it is also the top priority of Xiao Liang Group.

And if Gao Qiru wanted to completely destroy the Xiaoliang Group, he would attack the Jingnan area.

Only by capturing Jiangling City first can they continue southward.

Otherwise, Xiao Mian's tens of thousands of troops would be entrenched in Jiangling City.

You can give the Yanmen Army a fatal blow at any time!
In the end, Gao Qi retreated from the crowd and reluctantly took out the summoning stone.

This time, he was going to perform the most helpless summoning since he activated the Summoning Stone.

The reason why it is called helplessly is because Gao Qi now has so many counselors and generals, but he can only look at the city under the Jiangling city wall and sigh!

Di, the summoning stone is activated, what is the host's order?

(End of this chapter)