On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 225 Siege of Wuxi

Cui Che only left a small number of soldiers to guard the Jinling Mausoleum, waiting for the Yangzhou Governor's Office to send someone to take over the defense.

The rest of the nearly 70,000 troops followed him south to Wuxi.

On the eighth day of February in the eleventh year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 591), Cui Che led his army to the gates of Wuxi.

Seventy thousand troops formed a formation outside the city, with banners covering the sky and murderous intent. Shen Xuanyao, Gu Shixing, Ye Lue, Lu Mengsun and others who were watching from the city tower were horrified.

"The Sui army is so brave that you cannot fight with them outside the city."

Gu Shixing, who had suffered a big loss, shook his head.

He simply trusted Bao Qian, who said that the city should not be defended, but should go out to fight to weaken the enemy's spirit.

As a result, the morale of the Jinling garrison was completely destroyed.

Shen Xuanyi nodded when he heard this. Although he had an army of 60,000 men under his command, the good and the bad were mixed. If he really wanted to go out of the city to fight the Sui army in the field, he would have no chance of winning.

At first, he heard that the Sui army did not accept prisoners. Shen Xuanyao thought that by motivating the soldiers, he could fight the Sui army. However, Xiao Zuo also found out that the Sui army also used high-pressure tactics. Anyone who retreated without orders, regardless of their position, would not escape death.

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When they meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Since both sides are brave, it naturally depends on their own killing skills. In this regard, the rebels cannot compare to the Sui army.

Shen Xuanyu, who was determined to defend to the end, looked south.

Presumably, Wang Wenjin is very intelligent and would not ignore death. If he is destroyed, it is possible that they will be able to survive alone.

Gao Zhihui and Wang Wenjin both understood the meaning of death and coldness. After receiving Shen Xuanyu's request for help, they were already organizing troops to go north for rescue. However, the road was far away and could not be reached overnight.

Cui Che could only form a formation under the city on the day he arrived in Wuxi to show off his force. After that, he continued to besiege Wuxi without attacking, and only piled up mountains of earth in the north of the city.

Since there were eight thousand horsemen traveling in shifts to protect the mountain, the rebels in the city did not dare to leave the city to stop them, so they could only watch the mountain getting higher and higher.

During this period, Shi Wansui had already sent all the heads of the three thousand garrison of Yixing. On the night he arrived at Yixing, he personally led more than thirty cavalry to attack the city gate.

Cui Che recruited cavalry from the army on a large scale, and the thirty cavalrymen who participated in the capture of the gate were exempted from being drafted because of their status as personal soldiers.

The city gate was lost, and 10,000 Sui troops poured into the city and easily captured Yixing.

Shi Wansui left no one alive and massacred the rebels, but he did nothing to the innocent people.

It's not that he loves the people very much. The notice clearly states that he only punishes rebels and does not harm the people.

Han Qinhu disobeyed orders and sent troops to the Nanchen palace to humiliate the palace residents. After the war, he was held accountable and was not granted any additional titles.

Shi Wansui inherited his father's title and is the Duke of Taiping County, but he also wants to raise his title to a higher level. Not only the Duke of the country, he must at least be a county Duke, so he can speak loudly.

Therefore, before crossing the river, he had already warned his subordinates not to take the opportunity to rob the people, and he would chop off the heads of anyone who blocked his way to promotion.

After receiving Cui Che's latest transfer order, Shi Wansui arranged for 2,000 people to stay in Yixing and wait for sergeants to be sent from Jiangbei to garrison, while he led the rest of the troops to Wuxi to join Cui Che.

Cui Hongdu on the other side only encountered resistance in Jiangyin and delayed for two days before breaking through the city.

Cui Hongdu beheaded thousands of people in Jiangyin and transported them all to Wuxi. He then led his troops southward. When they arrived at Changshu, it was already an empty city.

As Lu Mengsun led the army to help Wuxi, Changshu was empty. After hearing the miserable situation of the defenders in Jiangyin, before Cui Hongdu arrived, the defenders left by Lu Mengsun dispersed long ago, and even the people in the city also fled to the mountains and forests.

With the restoration of Changshu, there was no longer any obstacle between Cui Hongdu and Wuxian. Just when he was about to lead his troops southward in high spirits, attack Wuxian directly, and attack the rebels outside the city, he received outrageous news.

Gu Ziyuan, who was left behind by Shen Xuanzao to besiege Wu County, was actually persuaded to surrender by a letter from Suzhou Governor Huangfu Ji.

Gu Ziyuan was from Suzhou and had been favored by Huangfu Ji. After Shen Xuanzao left, he sent people into the city to offer wine and meat to Huangfu Ji.

After being besieged for more than eighty days, Wu County was close to running out of food. It was only thanks to Huangfu Ji's unified distribution of food that it was able to survive until now.

When Huangfu Ji saw Gu Ziyuan bringing wine and meat, he tried to write a letter of persuasion to surrender and asked the envoy to take it back.

Although this letter of persuasion to surrender is not as good as "The Letter to Chen Bo", it can still move people with emotion and reason.

After Gu Ziyuan read the letter, he kowtowed to Huangfuji at the city gate and expressed his willingness to surrender.

But Huangfu Ji didn't dare to believe it and asked him to enter the city alone in a hanging basket. When he saw Gu Ziyuan, he did so.

Only then did Huangfu Ji believe his sincerity, and the rebels who besieged Wu County were led by Gu Ziyuan anyway.

When Cui Che, who was intent on building mountains of earth and buildings in Wuxi, heard the news, he quickly asked Huangfu Ji to send Gu Ziyuan and ordered Cui Hongdu to station in Wuxi to resist the reinforcements of Gao Zhizhi and Wang Wenjin.

When Gu Ziyuan heard that Cui Che had summoned him, he was afraid at first and did not dare to go forward. After all, everyone in Jiangnan knew Cui Che's brutal treatment of the rebels.

It was Huangfu Ji who pledged his life and was willing to go with him, so Gu Ziyuan set out on the road.

As for Wu County, it was handed over to Cui Hongdu to guard it.

When Gu Ziyuan came to the city of Wuxi with anxiety, he was first shocked by the towering mountains.

This earthen mountain was already higher than the Wuxi city tower. The archers stood on the earthen mountain and rained arrows into the city. The rain of arrows suppressed the defenders on the city wall until they could not lift their heads.

Then there is the Jingguan built by Fang Yanqian with the heads of rebels. This Jingguan is terrifying and can be regarded as Fang Yanqian's proud work.

When he was in Youzhou, he often practiced with Turkic heads.

Gu Ziyuan felt frightened just by looking at it, and he didn't know how the defenders in Wuxi felt about this thing every day.

After the camp captain verified the identities of Huangfu Ji and Gu Ziyuan, they were introduced into the camp. After Cui Che was notified, the soldiers brought the two into the commander's tent.

There were two handsome young men sitting in the handsome tent. Gu Ziyuan couldn't tell who was Cui Che.

Fortunately, Huangfuji recognized him. He first saluted the person on the left and said:

"Wei ministers pay homage to His Highness the King of Jin."

Then he turned to Cui Che and bowed:

"Meet Duke Yan."

Gu Ziyuan understood immediately and hurriedly followed Huangfu Ji to salute Yang Guang and Cui Che.

Yang Guang raised his right hand slightly and said with a smile:

"There is no need to be polite. Huangfu, the governor, has been stationed in Wu County for more than eighty days. He also said that Gu Ziyuan came to surrender and made great achievements. After returning to the court, I will definitely report to Ming father and discuss his merits for the governor."

Huangfuji hurriedly thanked him again.

Cui Che just nodded to Huangfu Ji. He turned his eyes to Gu Ziyuan, stroked his smooth chin and said:

"Although you take the initiative to surrender, you can only avoid death and have to become a slave."

Gu Ziyuan's expression changed greatly. The notice posted before did only say that surrendering before the battle would avoid death, but it did not say that he would be exempted from guilt.

Huangfu Ji was asking for mercy when Cui Che continued:

"But if you can make great contributions to me, I can show mercy to you outside the law, and even work with King Jin to protect your future."

I was originally going to write five chapters plus an extra chapter yesterday, but it was already 10:30 when I finished writing four chapters, and it was already 11:30 pm when I finished writing the extra chapter. I really couldn't finish the fifth chapter yesterday, so I can only put it in today.

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Five updates today. I brought the first chapter and went to bed first. The second chapter will be posted in the afternoon.

Thanks to the book friend Wuhen is traveling far away, Zhang Jialiang is a young man, he only loves ruthless people, and the tragic song is building up Gao Jianli for the reward.

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