Datang: Rebirth of Li Chengqian, the beginning of the treason interrogation

Chapter 98: Fighting in the Night
"General, I'm not afraid!"

The young sergeant raised his head and said stubbornly.

"Don't be afraid of death. This is what a good man of the Tang Dynasty should be like!"

Cheng Chumo raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

"I'm not afraid of death. It's an honor to die fighting for my country. My name will be engraved on the monument of the Martial Temple, and my brothers and sisters will be able to go to school."

The young sergeant smiled brightly, as if he was looking forward to it.

Cheng Chumo was shocked. This was a determination to die. He didn't understand. In the past, when the conscription order was issued, the people would be as fierce as tigers.

However, with the subsequent reform of the military system, soldiers who died in battle were provided with pensions and other resources, which made them no longer so resistant.

Some people in difficult areas are still very eager to join the army and eat the government's food in the army. The counties will pay their salaries on time every month, which undoubtedly gives them a new way to make a living.

"That's right, General. Now everyone is not afraid of death. In the past, we were afraid of death because we were afraid that no one would take care of our family after we died. But I heard from the soldiers in the army that all the generals who died in battle can enjoy the incense of the Martial Temple forever, and the emperor will worship them. What an honor it is."

The old sergeant at the side also spoke with a smile.

Through publicity in several aspects, Li Chengqian has made the Martial Temple Monument popular among the people.

Enjoying incense, being worshipped by the emperor, and solving the soldiers' worries made all the grassroots soldiers see the meaning of fighting.

It is not feasible for you to promote patriotism to them now. What they care about is their own food and clothing. They don't even know why the court has been fighting wars all the time. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to just farm honestly?
Even now, they don't know the meaning of launching a war, but at least they now know the meaning of their death in battle.

"It's almost time. It's getting dark. Let's go."

Cheng Mingzhen then sent a message, and all the soldiers stood up, leaned against the mountain, and slowly moved forward.

The night was as dark as ink, and one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. The soldiers could only crawl up the cliff step by step by groping their way.

All the trees on the mountain of Beisha City had been cut down, and the same was true near the big city, leaving no place for the enemy to hide.

Therefore, they had to move forward under the cover of night.

"Signal!"

Liu Rengui, who was in the main tent, spoke to the soldiers below.

Soon.

A gorgeous firework shot up into the sky, lighting up the entire night sky. The momentary beauty also illuminated the way forward for Cheng Mingzhen and his death squad.

With the help of that brief moment of light, the five hundred people figured out the conditions ahead.

Fireworks, at this time, have been used in the military field as signal lights. When launching a general offensive, there will definitely not be enough time to defeat the enemies one by one, so fireworks have to be used as a signal.

At this time, Liu Rengui was not launching a general attack, but to create some noise.

It is no secret that fireworks are used as signals.

In an instant, the entire Beisha City's defenders became nervous, and almost all of them gathered at the city gate.

They would never have thought that the Tang army would attack from the top of the cliff.

In that case, it would probably take several days for 10,000 or 20,000 people to climb up.

Fireworks kept blooming from time to time, but the Tang army was slow to attack the city, which made the defenders of Beisha City very puzzled. So soon, they all faced west and admired the fireworks.

“Get ready to climb!”

The five hundred soldiers led by Cheng Chumo were standing close to the foot of the mountain. Several of the most skilled climbers immediately took off their armor, held iron spikes and iron axes, carried hemp ropes on their backs, and began to climb with the help of the faint light.

They take every step carefully, if they misstep, they will be crushed to pieces.

They are not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they want to die.

After a long time, there were twitching sounds from the other end of the hemp rope. "Send a few more people on board, and then we can transport the weapons and equipment."

Without any accidents, the soldiers who had climbed up earlier reached a safe place.

With the help of ropes, the soldiers reached the first high point in a short time, which was still a long distance from the top of the mountain.

The highest point of Beisha City is one thousand meters above sea level. To climb this distance, one needs to do it five or six times before one can barely get close to the city wall of Beisha.

The soldiers who had come up earlier were not idle either, but kept climbing higher, leaving only a few soldiers here to support them.

It was already midnight and all the fireworks in the Jiangan camp had gone out.

The defenders of Beisha City also thought that the Tang army had come from afar and was exhausted and would not launch an attack immediately. So they only left a few people to stand guard and went back to sleep.

In the darkness, more than 500 Tang soldiers appeared at the foot of Beisha City like ghosts.

The reason why attacking a city is difficult is that there are defenders waiting for you with swords in hand. Without the defenders' walls, there will be no threat at all.

An iron hook wrapped in cotton cloth was thrown towards the top of the city wall without making any sound.

It was already the second half of the night, and all the soldiers who were not on a mission had fallen asleep, and the guards were not out on patrol at this time.

Dozens of soldiers nimbly climbed up to the top of the stone city wall, which was made of piled stones and was not as solid as the city walls in the Central Plains.

"alert!"

Cheng Chumo held his spear horizontally and walked forward quickly. Behind him, several soldiers also drew their bows and arrows and quickly occupied the top of the city wall.

"General Cheng Chumo, you lead your soldiers to attack and make sure to occupy all the key points of Beisha City before dawn."

Soon, five hundred Tang soldiers descended upon Beisha City like divine troops from the sky.

Cheng Mingzhen looked at the defense drawings of Beisha City and made strategic deployments.

The five hundred people quickly divided into two groups and ran forward quickly. They were very fast, but their footsteps were very light.

These soldiers were selected from tens of thousands of people. They are elites with excellent martial arts skills.

call!call!
The wind was whistling, and several arrows shot out from the darkness, piercing the necks of several Goguryeo soldiers who were on duty. Even though they were not killed instantly, they cried for help.

Cheng Chumo immediately climbed up the watchtower.

"Leave ten of you to guard this place, and I will continue to kill the rest."

Soon, a strong smell of blood spread, and blood oozed out from the top of the city wall. Many defenders of Beisha City fell in a pool of blood.

One important military stronghold after another was breached, and the soldiers of Beisha City were pierced by arrows before they could even react.

Later in the night.

Cheng Chumo and Cheng Mingzhen met again. Because all the strongholds in the entire Beisha City had been eliminated one by one, no one in the city was alarmed.

"Send a signal to Commander Liu!"

Cheng Chumo said that with only 500 people, they did not have the strength to rush into the city and massacre all the soldiers of Beisha City.

Occupying the city defenses was already a complete victory.

Outside the city of Beisha, a brilliant firework rose into the sky.

This made Liu Rengui, who was drowsy, suddenly perk up.

"Beat the drums, march out!"

Liu Rengui roared loudly, and the entire military camp shook instantly. The warships set out and circled to the front of Beisha City.

(End of this chapter)