Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 97: Outside the West City, News at Night
East City of Jinyang.

Under the city gate, the battering ram had been burned beyond repair, the battering beam had turned into a piece of charcoal and fallen to the ground, the entire battering ram was emitting thick smoke, and on both sides of the city gate, the ladders and temporary vehicles were almost completely burned, and the ground was littered with corpses.

The siege lasted for a day, and when night fell, the rebel army finally retreated.

Within the city road.

Fu Zihou looked at the bandit army evacuating outside the city and knew that today's siege by the bandit army was just the beginning. Day after day, such sieges would continue until the day the war stopped.

"Captain, more than seventy people died, more than twenty soldiers, and the rest were civilians who came to help! More than two hundred people were injured!"

Hu Jingyuan came up to Fu Zihou and began to report.

Thanks to the high morale of the soldiers and civilians, the rebel army has not been able to attack the city walls today and has been kept outside the city.

"More than seventy people..."

When Fu Zihou heard Hu Jingyuan's words, he was not very happy, but rather felt helpless.

There is still a shortage of armor in the city, and some has been distributed to men. If other old people, children, women and children also had armor protection, then the people who died today might have only been injured. Even if they were seriously injured, they would still have hope of survival.

"Send people to collect all the paper in the city, and make armor for all the people tomorrow. Prepare water in the city..."

Fu Zihou gave instructions to Hu Jingyuan.

At this time, Yin Tianzong also came over and looked at Hu Jingyuan. He waited until Fu Zihou finished his instructions before speaking.

"Captain! The firewood prepared on the city wall today has been completely consumed in three places on the left. It was replenished from the city behind. The rest of the places have also consumed 70% to 80%. The damage on the high platform..."

Yin Tianzong told Fu Zihou roughly all the statistics of the consumption in defending the city today.

Hu Jingyuan was shocked when he heard Yin Tianzong's words. The consumption was already far higher than expected. If it continued like this, it wouldn't be long before the savings would be completely consumed, and then they would have to demolish the houses where the people lived.

There were not many casualties in the city today, and the rebels did not even reach the top of the city wall, but this was almost all achieved by consuming the wooden beams in the city.

A city is not a wilderness or a deep mountain where there is an endless supply of wood. Wood can be used as beams to support vehicles, ladders, and the like. If one beam is destroyed, there is one less beam.

"How long do you think the siege equipment prepared by the rebel army can last?"

Fu Zihou looked towards the plain outside the city. In the gradually darkening scenery, except for the faint white light on the mountains, the area below the mountains was already pitch black and the rebel army could not be seen.

"Based on today's numbers, the rebels can probably hold out for at least a month!"

Yin Tianzong thought about it and told Fu Zihou his speculation.

"Since the rebels outside the city are going to attack Taiyuan County, the siege will probably take less than a month!"

Hu Jingyuan also agreed with Yin Tianzong's words.

Looking at the towering earthen hills outside the city, Hu Jingyuan knew that with the number of troops in the rebel army, those earthen hills would only get higher day by day.

"I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive!"

Hu Jingyuan sighed.

The west city of Jinyang cannot be relied upon. Right now, not only Hu Jingyuan is waiting for reinforcements from the Sui Dynasty, but also Yin Tianzong and other soldiers defending the city, as well as the people in the city, are all waiting for the Sui Dynasty to send reinforcements to save Jinyang.

Within the city road.

When Fu Zihou heard Hu Jingyuan's words, he saw Yin Tianzong and other soldiers looking at him.

"Jinyang is an important place in the north, it will be quick!"

Fu Zihou said softly.

At the moment, Fu Zihou did not dare to tell everyone that in the next few months, the Sui Dynasty would not have any reinforcements that could repel the bandit army.

Looking towards the south, Fu Zihou couldn't help but wonder, now that Zhen Zhai'er had led the rebel army to attack Jinyang in advance, when would the Sui Dynasty send reinforcements.

under night.

The cold wind was blowing, in the dark night, next to the corpses.

With the help of torches held by Cao Yong and Xiong Ruixiang, Fu Zihou finally found the unconscious Qi Lingyang.

Squatting down and looking at the blood on Qi Lingyang's forehead, Fu Zihou felt his breath and confirmed that he was not dead from the fall. Then he ordered the soldiers to throw Qi Lingyang onto the horse's back and take him back to the city.

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West City of Jinyang.

A bandit was lying under a bush, watching the top of the city wall of Jinyang West City, watching the occasional patrol figures passing by under the dim firelight. As the wind blew, the bandit quietly covered the bushes on his head better.

Since arriving in Jinyang, he has been responsible for monitoring Jinyang's every move at night. Other night scouts have been killed one after another, but he is the only one who is safe and sound. He even killed several guards of the West City, all thanks to this secret pit dug under the weeds.

Not only is it windproof but also hidden. When daybreak comes, you only need to pull some of the original weeds over and no one will notice.

For this reason, he has been praised by the captain several times in recent days. The captain has promised that after capturing the West City, he will be promoted to scout centurion in the future.

"Ok?"

Hearing what seemed to be footsteps, the bandits immediately held their breath, guessing that it must be the defenders in the city, and they wanted to leave the city.

The bandit had already thought about the scene in which he would attack from behind, kill the Sui army soldiers and make merit again. However, as he was thinking about it, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He felt footsteps coming towards him.

Did he discover himself?

impossible!
I dug the hole under the grass and left all the traces intact, so there's no way I'd be discovered.

It must be...

While the bandit was thinking, he suddenly heard a voice.

"kill him!"

Before the thief could think about it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, followed by another sharp pain in his forehead, making it impossible for the thief to shout. The pain continued one after another, and finally the thief lay motionless under the grass with his eyes open.

Perhaps in the last moment before his death, the thief was thinking in his mind how he could be discovered.

Why does that voice sound familiar?
In the night, as the breeze blows the weeds, it seems that the weeds are cheering, waiting to thrive in the future.

Under the dark night.

On the city wall of Jinyang West City, a man carrying a package on his back, with the help of others, slid down from the city wall with a rope tied to his body. After reaching the ground, he untied the rope and walked out of the city.

In the darkness of night, the man in silk clothes came to the agreed place. Looking at the dim surroundings, he suddenly felt a cold blade on his neck.

In the darkness, the man in silk clothes could only vaguely see a few figures but could not see their appearance clearly.

Just hand over the money you are carrying to the other party.

"Did you bring the list of all the generals, captains, lieutenants, and counselors in the army led by Zhen Zhai'er on the other side of the river? And what is the current situation in the East City of Jinyang?"

The man in silk clothes asked. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel very nervous. After all, the people around him were all thieves, and he couldn't see their faces clearly. What he could rely on now was to establish continuous transactions with them in the future.

I hope the other person is a smart person who won't be content with just this little bit of money.

"Here is the roster! Two days ago, Zhen Zhai'er had already issued an order to capture the East City of Jinyang and massacre the entire army for five days! Today, the army has begun to attack the East City of Jinyang, but it has not been taken, and there have been many casualties. However, in the next few days, they will continue to attack, and the East City of Jinyang will not be able to hold on for long!"

After the leading man got his subordinates to confirm the package, he handed the list he brought to the man in silk clothes and told him what happened on the other side of the river.

"What? Massacre of the city? Why would Zhen Zhai'er order a massacre of the city? Why would he abandon the people's hearts and minds after he conquered the East City of Jinyang? What good would this do him?"

The man in silk clothes asked urgently.

Massacring a city and being captured by bandits are completely different things. Zhen Zhai'er's actions were not only unexpected by the man in silk clothes, but also by the officials, generals, and clans of the entire Jinyang West City.

“Why massacre the city?”

When the leading man heard what the man in silk clothes said, he couldn't help but look at the other men in the night, and then looked at the man in silk clothes.

"It's the commander of your Jinyang East City! Not only did he use smoke to escape from the city a few days ago to thwart Zhen Zhai'er's plan, he also killed Tu Ye, a general under Zhen Zhai'er's command, outside the city..."

The man told the story in a strange tone about everything that had happened in the west city of Jinyang during these days.

Hear the words.

The man in silk clothes was stunned in his place...

The two armies fought, and the general Tu Ye, the bandit general, was beheaded in front of the battlefield!

Go out of the city at night to attack and capture the bandit general Xiang Yifeng!

This, this is something that can be done when the East City of Jinyang is surrounded by an army of more than 100,000 bandits?
The night wind blew across the plain.

In the dim light, the man in silk clothes came to his senses in a trance only after the bandits had left for a long time. He looked towards the east city in disbelief, then, breathing rapidly, he hurried back to the west city to inform the officials, generals, and other clans waiting in the city about this matter immediately.

(End of this chapter)