Outside Guangling City, night had fallen. But after more than an hour of silence, the sound of war drums sounded again.
Although the soldiers of the Liang Army fought a fierce battle, after a short rest, they launched another attack on Guangling City. Although the soldiers of the Qi Army in the city were in a turbulent mood, they could only passively fight.
Soon, the scouts who stayed here quickly reported the news of Liang Jun's night attack on Guangling City to Duan Shao, who retreated to a dock wall more than 20 miles away.
After hearing the news, Duan Shao was silent for a long time, frequently looking at his exhausted tribesmen, and finally gave up the idea of ​​returning to Guangling City overnight.
Although he was proficient in strategy, there were times when he was unable to do anything. These troops followed him and fought thousands of miles away. Today, they fought hard at the foot of Guangling City. In addition to witnessing the tenacity of Liang Jun, their own losses were also extremely serious.
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At the moment, he can only hope that the garrison in Guangling City can continue to maintain a stable performance and be able to defend Guangling City as they did in the past few months. After the troops have rested and recuperated, he will lead his troops back to the city in order to break through the internal and external cooperation.
enemy.
There are also dramatic moments, ingenious tactics, and exciting reversals in war, but most situations require a head-on confrontation of wills, and victory or defeat is often only a thin line. If you can endure it, victory is in sight.
, if you can't stand it, you will be completely defeated.
The two sides fought fiercely in Guangling City. After several months of offensive and defensive operations, the soldiers of both sides had reached their limit. Especially the Nanliang army. After a fierce battle during the day, the more than an hour of rest before and after dinner was not enough to restore physical strength.
, at this time, they were forced to attack the city again, so they inevitably became a little slack and their fighting spirit was not strong.
Even if Chen Baxian personally supervised the battle under the city, most of the soldiers were just bluffing, shouting and shouting on the earthen beams and ladders connecting the earthen hills to the city wall, and were unwilling to move forward bravely.
The defenders in the city were very excited when they saw the reinforcements arriving during the day. Even if they failed to break out of the city, the fire of hope was rekindled in their hearts. They only hoped that the reinforcements could defeat the enemies outside the city and relieve the siege of Guangling City for several months.
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But in the evening, the reinforcements led the crowd to retreat, which inevitably disappointed the defenders in the city. Although before the reinforcements withdrew, they also sent some news to the city through flag and drum signals outside the long siege, telling them that there was still more to come.
Reinforcements are arriving one after another, and they will definitely be able to resolve the crisis in Guangling.
But the pale flags and drums were obviously no more convincing than the actual actions. Especially when the corpses of Qi soldiers and horses were placed under the city gate and illuminated by Liang Jun's bonfires, the defenders' expectations for reinforcements were also raised.
sudden drop.
Despite this, the defenders in the city still worked hard to resist Liang Jun's night attack. However, when they realized that Liang Jun was just bluffing and the real attack was not violent, the defenders were happy to deal with this.
The emphasis on siege was greatly reduced, and even some generals and soldiers withdrew from the city.
But not everyone on the offensive and defensive sides was just acting, there were still people who took every siege seriously. When the soldiers on Tushan retreated after fighting for a long time without any results, another new force climbed up Tushan and attacked the city wall.
Among them, there was a young general who led dozens of brave soldiers, waving large spears in both hands, and managed to fight their way to the top of the city smoothly.
At first, the two warring parties did not pay much attention to this. Firstly, the night was deep and it was difficult to notice some details on the battlefield in time. Secondly, the two sides had been fighting for a long time. It was not the first time that Liang Jun attacked the city wall, but without exception, everything happened. Soon after, they were repulsed by the defenders.
But after the young general led his troops to the city, the situation was a little different from usual. The man was extremely brave. The big spear in his hand was flying up and down. There was no enemy in front of him, and he unknowingly fought a distance of more than ten feet along the city wall. .
So both warring parties noticed this abnormality, and Chen Baxian became even more excited after noticing it. With his sword in his hand, he repeatedly ordered the soldiers to attack the city wall along the space created by the young general, and at the same time pointed at the man The young general who was still fighting the enemy bravely on the top of the city asked: "Who is this general? He is so brave!"
Next to him, Hou Andu was also looking up at the battle situation on the city. After hearing this, he said proudly: "This disciple's name is Xiao Maha. He is a subordinate of the last general. He has always been known for his bravery. He is a rare one." Warrior!"
"This disciple deserves a reward, and there will be many rewards after this battle!"
After hearing this, Chen Baxian said loudly that Guangling City could not be captured for a long time, which seemed to have become a worry in his heart. But now he did not expect to be defeated by a young general bravely. He was naturally surprised.
As more and more soldiers of the Liang Army attacked the city, the defenders who were still resisting suddenly began to retreat. Under the pressing step by step of the soldiers of the Liang Army, they still fought. They retreated, finally giving up the outer Luocheng, and returned to the inner Jincheng to continue to defend.
The reason why it was so difficult for Liang Jun to attack Guangling was because Guangling City had already gone through a relatively thorough purge. Not long after the Hou Jing rebellion was settled, Chen Baxian moved to defend Jingkou and launched a strategy to target Guangling.
At that time, some people in the city who were unwilling to submit to the rule of the Northern Qi gathered in crowds and revolted, preparing to seize Guangling City by cooperating inside and outside. However, because the Southern Liang court was eager to negotiate peace with the Northern Qi, Chen Baxian could only lead his troops back. As for the troubled scholars and people in the city, they were naturally punished. To the Northern Qi's revenge and purge.
Therefore, it was so difficult for Chen Baxian to attack Guangling this time. Even though the city had been besieged for several months, the soldiers and people in the city had no intention of protesting. They were afraid that Liang Jun would suddenly withdraw and return south, exposing them to the Qi people again. Under the butcher's knife.
Although the process was extremely difficult, the capture of Guangling Luocheng was already a huge breakthrough. Chen Baxian and the other soldiers were overjoyed. They immediately entered the city from all sides overnight and continued to clean up the recalcitrant people in Luocheng while deploying plans to target Jincheng. siege attack.
At dawn, Duan Shao once again led a small number of his troops back to the outside of Guangling City, and found that the Nanliang army had already stationed in Guangling City. He sighed and had no choice but to retreat. Before, the Liang army stationed outside the city could not break through its formation, but now the opponent has already After entering Xiongcheng, it will be more difficult to attack and plunder again.
Although he was still quite unwilling, Duan Shao could only accept this result for the time being. Even if he wanted to take back Guangling City, the thousands of elite cavalry under his command would not be able to do it. He still needed to return to Huaibei as soon as possible in order to save some of the situation. For the time being,
Stabilize the moment before asking for help from the country.
With Duan Shao's withdrawal, the Northern Qi Dynasty no longer had considerable military strength in the entire Huainan region. The remaining troops could only stick to their own cities in order to survive, and hoped that reinforcements would be sent quickly from the country.
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The morale of the Nanliang army that had secured Luocheng in Guangling was high, and they continued to launch fierce attacks against the Jincheng defenders who were still resisting. Finally, a few days later, Jincheng was also captured, and the entire Guangling City returned to the city again.
It fell into the hands of Nanliang, or it was under the control of Chen Baxian.
In Guangling City, the victorious Nanliang soldiers were all smiles and cheered to celebrate this glorious victory. Chen Baxian was also happy from ear to ear and sighed repeatedly: "Guangling has been gained. Although the Jiang defense has not been fully restored, we have finally recovered."
This is a big advance. In the future, the towns in the north of the Yangtze River will be recovered one after another. You all will be our heroes in the south of the Yangtze River!"
Compared with the simple joy of the soldiers, Chen Baxian was secretly relieved, because just before Duan Shao's reinforcements arrived, he had received an order from Jiangling, asking him to quickly withdraw his troops across the river and return to Jingkou. But he did not.
If he disobeys the order, he will directly conceal the matter.
If this battle ends up being in vain, he will definitely have to bear accountability and punishment from the Jiangling court. But now that he has finally regained Guangling, it is a great achievement for the country. Even if it goes against His Majesty's wishes, the Emperor should not
I will publicly hold you accountable again.
After taking Guangling, Chen Baxian also secretly felt exhaled and proud. During the banquet to celebrate the victory with the generals, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "In the past, there was chaos in the northern country. Our country was unique in the world. The northern country was the only one in the world."
The captives came south one after another to ask for favor and protection. One brigade of partial troops can go directly to Luoyang, and the emperor of Wei also needs to respect me.
However, a great chaos ruined our country's destiny. The rich land in the south of the Yangtze River was almost a hell on earth, and the territory in the north of the Yangtze River was stolen by two thieves. How dare the young disciple of Mianbei roar in the tent and force me to kill my beloved general. I don't hate the enemy's rampant power.
My country is not prosperous, but if the situation in Jiangdong can be repeated in my lifetime, then I will live up to my destiny as a human being!"
While he was talking, he picked up the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp. After hearing this, the other generals were also filled with regrets. They each drank strong wine angrily and beat their chests as an oath.
However, the joyful mood here did not last long. The news that Hefei had been conquered by Li Boshan came immediately, and the time was calculated to be earlier than they had conquered Guangling.
Their capture of Guangling was based on the long-term attack in the previous months, but the Western Wei troops did not enter Huainan until mid-May. This means that after Li Boshan arrived in Hefei, he moved to the north, defeated tens of thousands of Northern Qi troops in one battle, and then turned around and went straight down.
Hefei.
After such a comparison, their original joy of conquering Guangling was immediately halved. However, their happiness was only reduced, while others were angry, regretful, etc., and there was no happiness at all.