Under the starlight, Count Sāo's camp was lit up, and the soldiers grilled the smoked (ròu) and sausages left over from the previous days in a campfire, and then raised their glasses to drink. There are also people who beat their hands and shields, singing and dancing around the bonfire, as if they were having a bonfire.

Their singing even reached the ears of Baron Bird at the head of the city, where only sporadic torches provided illumination, which was much more boring than the camp of Count Sāo below. After all, all the fuel has been raised to defend the city, where is the surplus for lighting?

"What is the Hessian Army doing this time? Could it be that they are trying to lure us into surrender by eating, drinking, and having fun? Could it be that they think we don't have much food? "Baron Bird was puzzled by the behavior of the Hessian army under the city, and was simply confused. He only vaguely felt that the movement of the Hessian army was inevitably a little too big, so that he felt a tremor under his feet.

Not to mention Baron Bird, even Count Sāo himself was confused about this, he just vaguely guessed that Han Xing probably had some secret plan, maybe it was a night attack or something, so he needed to attract the attention of the defenders in front of him.

Even the Duke of Hesse sent someone to ask Count Sāo, "What's the use of you eating, drinking, and beating?" Do you expect the walls of the other party to crumble because of your singing? Again, this is not a biblical story! In the end, Count Sāo fooled the past with the excuse that "this is to mediate the soldiers' qíng (qíng) thread and prepare for tomorrow's general attack."

In fact, not to mention, the Duke of Hesse's guess is very close, Han Xing really wants to let the walls of Goslar Castle collapse by itself, of course, not through singing, dancing or praying, but through - digging!

Sometimes an advantage can also become a disadvantage, and everything has a double side (xìng), like a sword, with blades on both sides, which can hurt both the enemy and yourself.

The existence of this hill bag has certainly made Goslar rise dozens of meters out of thin air, making it impregnable, but this hill bag can also be a breakthrough, no other, because it is just a small hill, no more than 50 meters high, no more than 100 meters long and wide.

It stands to reason that the siege tactic of digging tunnels is a thankless type, which is not only a lot of work, but also easy to detect by the enemy. For example, like the city of the Celestial Empire, basically dig a trench several meters deep behind the city wall when defending the city, and then put a water tank on the edge of the trench, so that people can stare at it all day and night, as long as someone dares to dig a tunnel, the water tank will ripple, only need to make a fire, and then fan the smoke into the tunnel to ruin the work of the besieging party for several months.

But Goslar is just a small castle! There is only a small mountain bag below, and Han Xing has a large group of soldiers who are infinitely powerful and not afraid of hardship or tiredness, so the tactic of digging tunnels is feasible (xìng). If it is a three-mile city, a seven-mile Guo Heavenly Empire city, this kind of tactic is not to think about!

Moreover, do you think Han Xing's plan is to dig the tunnel into the city and then surprise him?

Wrong! Han Xing didn't plan to dig the tunnel into the city at all, his plan was to artificially cause a landslide, the specific (cāo) work was to dig out a hollow area under the Goslar Castle, and then use wood as a support, and finally only need a fire to burn all the wood, without support, the entire hill will collapse, can the Goslar Fort above be spared?

With the tireless labor force of the "Devil Terminators", Han Xing's plan is in full swing, and the only problem is to worry about the tremors and sounds generated during the excavation to alarm the defenders in the city. This is also the reason why Han Xing asked Count Na (sāo) to take his men to play with shields there, and then sing and dance, how (rè) to make trouble.

The hard work paid off, and the tunnel was thoroughly dug before dawn. And Han Xing was even more disgustingly planned to wait until the sun had just risen, on the one hand, to hit their morale, and on the other hand, to increase the visual shock, after all, if it was launched at night, what could the black goo see! That's boring!

The defenders, who had stayed up all night, looked at the dawn shining on themselves (shēn) and sighed: "Ah, after another day, I will be able to go to sleep soon!" Then he yawned heavily.

There was a severe tremor on the ground, a muffled sound from underground, and smoke and fire faintly rising from underground, as if the gates of hell had been opened below. The hill on which the entire castle of Goslar was located collapsed at a visible speed (ròu) and then sloped to the left, making the 50-meter hill instantly shorter.

Goslar Castle will certainly not be unharmed, one of its walls is like a toppled building block, directly "crackling" and scattered to the ground, after all, there is no concrete to reinforce this year.

The entire castle was tilted to the left, and even the watchtower collapsed, leaving only half of it to become the same version of the "Leaning Tower of Pisa".

The soldiers in the city screamed and slid towards the left, and some were thrown off the city wall directly, with a height of 50 meters, it was basically certain death, and this one was lucky.

Some of the unlucky eggs were directly bubbled by the boiling oil in the overturned oil pan, and the air smelled of half-baked (ròu), and that guy called him a dead and alive! Several archers either fell directly from the tower or were buried alive in the ruins of the tower.

One of the most unlucky brothers happened to be cooking and eating below, but the hot soup pot was directly on his head, and he was screaming there! Another car full of cabbage rolled over on its side, and a pile of cabbage rolled towards him. The question is: he still has a pot on his head! Even if he takes it away, he won't be able to open his eyes anytime soon, right? As a result, he fell countless times in the sea of cabbage, and got up again with tenacious perseverance.

To say that he should be thankful that it was a cart of cabbage instead of a cart of durian or cactus balls or stuff like that, so he was just overwhelmed by the cabbage. The wall on the left has collapsed, hasn't it? So he slid down directly with the cabbage, and his screams could be heard from a distance of a kilometer, and finally ended with a "boom~". Obviously, that pot was not enough to ensure that his head would not be hurt when he hit the ground, and his fate can be imagined.

"It's a miracle! It must be God's punishment for these perfidious people in the city! The Duke of Hesse shouted with joy when he saw that the walls of Goslar had collapsed on their own.

"That's right! We also saw fire and smoke just now, Satan must be trying to drag these bastards into hell! The soldiers immediately chimed in. When they saw Goslar's walls collapse in such a miraculous way, they were overjoyed. You must know that defending a city with walls and without walls are almost two different things!

Baron Bird was glad that he was in the Arrow Tower to inspect his work, for he should have lived in the tower that was now half in ruins. Before him was a hellish scene, with the walls and towers crumbling and cracking, and even the other three sides were already shaky (yù) and falling.

In an instant, a solid castle was reduced to a pile of rubble, and the most shocking thing was that cries for help and cries could be faintly heard in the piles of collapsed ruins. The hands and legs were exposed, apparently indicating that a large living person was buried underneath.

"Retreat! Fall back! "Baron Bird didn't have the heart to take care of the ruins, and although his family and friends might still be buried in the ruins, there was no way that this pile of rubble could withstand the Duke of Hesse's attack. If they don't run anymore, as long as the Hessian army under the city reacts, they will all have to stay here!

Almost as soon as Baron Bird left his castle in tears and embarrassment, the Hessians had already attacked. Han Xing, who was the initiator, was just a bystander from a distance on the periphery, and he directed this good play. Although this is cruel, there is a saying that "kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself", and if you storm this castle, you don't know how many of your own warriors will fall on the way to the siege!

Anyway, this castle doesn't need Han Xing to repair it, does it? Anyway, the strategic purpose has been achieved, and the remaining mess will naturally have the need (cāo) of the lords here in the future!

The Hessians cleaned up the rubble and rescued many of the wounded and dead. However, the main reason for them to clean up the ruins is not humanitarianism, but for the gold, silver and jewelry buried in the ruins, after all, these things will only be buried, but not destroyed.

The whole excavation site is like a massive treasure hunt! One soldier kept exclaiming, "Behold, I have found a golden ring!" It is not known whether the gold ring is still on the hand of its owner. If the man was still alive, the Hesse would save his life and confiscate the gold ring. If he's dead, that's easy, just take it down.

It was around noon that the Hessian army's "treasure hunt" officially ended, and now Goslar Castle, one of the three pillars of Paderborn, had fallen, and the last target was Göttingen Castle, the regional capital.

Theoretically, there is still a bishopric of Paderauen, but first of all, Paderborn is actually a monastery that is still the territory of the Archbishop of Münster. Although the county was nominally called Paderborn because it was part of the Bishopric of Münster, the actual capital was Göttingen Castle, and the relationship between the bishop and the local nobility had been dissolved for hundreds of years.

The Duke of Hesse has no pit in his head! Although he had the audacity to embezzle the bishop's property, as his ancestors had done, he had not lost his mind to the point of leading his troops to attack the monastery. It was almost a declaration of war against the religious world, which was suicidal in the framework of medieval Europe!

Although the Duke of Hesse did not take the Archbishop of Münster seriously, after all, he was not one of the electors, and because the HRE Emperor had been very unhappy with the Pope over the years, the Archbishop of Münster was actually just an embarrassing character, sandwiched between the HRE Emperor and the Pope.

But if he dares to directly send troops to attack the monastery, it is difficult to guarantee that the Pope, the supreme leader of the religious world, will not directly punish himself for the sake of face! The old Pope can not care about the little person of the Archbishop of Münster, but the face of Catholicism cannot be lost, right? Otherwise, if all the nobles vied to follow suit, wouldn't all the church property be divided among the hungry wolf-like nobles? (Excommunication, similar to deprivation of political rights, the excommunicated person and his territory, anyone can step on it, and it is not a crime to rob him and kill him)

So for the Duke of Hesse, he only needs to take Göttingen Castle, and his long-cherished wish will be fulfilled! After a few days of marching, Göttingen Castle is just around the corner! But it was destined to be the most difficult bone to gnaw in the war that the Duke of Hesse encountered.