The area of Zhongli City is actually only half the size of Taoist City, but since the previous dynasty, Zhongli has been the southern dynasty's important land and waterway.
Further north from Zhongli City, it was considered the northern border for the Southern Dynasty.
But for the Northern Wei Dynasty, the vast wilderness between Zhongli and the border towns where the Southern Dynasty's border troops stationed troops was their coveted fat.
The terrain of these areas is flat, and most of them are fertile farmland. Before the rise of the Northern Wei Dynasty, many refugees and horse thieves from the north tried their best to enter these places and plunder, because a successful plunder might allow them to
Have no worries about food and clothing for a year.
Compared with other surrounding cities, although Zhongli City occupies a small area, it has always been laid out as a strategic location. Half of the city is built on the water, and the thick stone walls go deep into the underwater mud.
The city wall is high and the Huai River is fast, so it is difficult for ordinary naval forces to attack the city from the Linshui side.
Therefore, even though Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan in the Northern Wei Dynasty repeatedly launched surprise troops, the elite troops under Lan Huaigong in Zhongli City had already been transferred by Lan Huaigong. There were only a few thousand defenders in the city, but Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan was all from the army, let alone nothing special.
There is no powerful navy, not even ordinary navy.
For the Southern Dynasty defenders in Zhongli City, if the water side does not need troops to guard, it means that all troops only need to be concentrated on the land side.
In addition, Zhongli was originally a land and water fortress that stored grain, grass, and ordnance. The grain, grass, and ordnance were extremely abundant. Therefore, in the past when heavy troops from the Northern Wei Dynasty were not available, Zhongli City felt impregnable.
It was only when an army of the Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly appeared, and it took only a short time to pile up islands on the fast-flowing Huai River into islands where troops could be gathered, and then communicated with the north bank, and gradually built bridges to approach the waterfront wall of Zhongli City.
The opinions of the Southern Dynasty sergeants in Zhongli City were also divided.
In the middle of the night, a rebellion broke out in Zhongli City.
The rebels were victorious.
Several high-ranking generals in the city fell to their knees with scars all over their bodies. The first general among them had all his armor removed, leaving only his close-fitting blue robe.
This general was not seriously injured, but his neck and shoulders were pressed by several cold swords. With a slight movement, the sharp sword blades cruelly scratched blood marks on his skin.
"Chaozong, how dare you do the following!" The general was extremely angry and looked up at a young general in black armor with an expressionless face in front of him and shouted coldly.
The black-armored general whom he called Wang Chaozong finally had some expression on his face, showing some contempt, "Are all Lan Huaigong's subordinates such cowards?"
"you!"
The general who was pressed to the ground was furious for a moment. In the next moment, he gritted his teeth and said sharply: "Do you know who my uncle is? How dare you disobey military orders here and treat me like this?"
"I'm not even afraid of death. I'm afraid of your uncle?"
Chaozong interrupted the general's words coldly, and then said: "I want to live, so I won't let you lead people to escape like Lan Huaigong."
The two sentences "I am not afraid of death" and "I want to live" are obviously in conflict. However, at this time, all the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty gathered around understood what the young general who led the rebellion meant.
If you hold on here, you may die, but if these generals are allowed to secretly escape with their subordinates, I am afraid that like Sicheng, the city will collapse quickly, and most of the soldiers who are still kept in the dark will die.
"Hang them on the north side of the water."
Wang Chaozong stopped talking nonsense with this general and said coldly to the several generals behind him.
"What!"
The several generals who were kneeling on the ground screamed in horror.
Even several generals behind him were a little puzzled. One of them asked softly: "Kill him if he wants. Why hang it on the north wall?"
"It's not for our own people, it's for those Northern Wei people."
Wang Chaozong raised his head indifferently. He knew that with his military order, no matter whether he won or lost this battle, even if he could survive well, he might die because of this matter in the future, but after all, the Southern Dynasty needed something useful. People with such shoulders should take up things, otherwise they will only be laughed at by those in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
"It's just a fight to the death, we will fight to the death."
He took a deep breath and said slowly and coldly, "If you want to take down Zhongli easily and happily, that's just a dream."
When his voice sounded like this, the sergeants around him completely understood.
The appearance of the original highest-ranking generals in these cities is not a secret, and those in the Northern Wei Dynasty will definitely recognize them.
Originally, the top generals in the city were hanged on the north water. The new Northern Wei army coming from the Huai River naturally knew that these people in the city had completely sacrificed themselves and wanted to defend the city.
"They have spent a lot of effort cutting down trees and piling soil these days, and it is impossible to sleep peacefully. I will recruit some loud voices later, and bring some drums, and they will not be able to sleep peacefully all night." A bearded general said with disdain. Smile.
Knowing the outcome they were about to face, the generals who were suppressed screamed loudly and struggled.
There were heavy footsteps.
An ordinary sergeant strode forward and grabbed one of the generals by the collar. Before the man could react, with a pop, the sharp knife he held in his hand had been directly pierced into the chest of the general. A deep bloody mouth came out.
The general's eyes widened in disbelief.
His heart and lungs were all pierced. He wanted to scream, but he couldn't. He could only watch his blood spurting out from the wound.
"If I remember correctly, your name should be Chen Gengnian?" Wang Chaozong's expression remained unchanged, but he looked at this ordinary sergeant like a farmer with some surprise. Seeing his simple and skillful methods, he couldn't help but ask, " What did you do before?"
"Pig-killer." The sergeant bowed to Chaozong and said seriously.
"No wonder."
Wang Chaozong suddenly became cheerful, and while he relaxed his brows, some generals behind him burst into laughter.
The laughter is wild and heroic.
The remaining generals who were kneeling on the ground did not know whether they were frightened by the laughter or paralyzed by the dripping blood. They all fell to the ground with bloodless faces and were dragged out by a group of sergeants.
Before it was time to drink tea, countless chaotic sounds rang out from the wall facing the water in the north of Zhongli City.
Some people yelled and cursed loudly, and some shouted to kill them.
The war drums sounded.
The Wei army on the water island fired a large number of arrows, which were mixed with gravel and flying blades thrown by some ordnance.
A sob broke through the air.
Wang Chaozong patrolled the city with an indifferent expression. At this time, he and the other generals in the city who had the same idea as him had never thought that the most cruel and largest bloody strangulation between the Northern Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty in history would start from there. The thick night where he was was unfolding at this moment.