Chapter 425: You're Cheap
The two watched the offensive and defensive battle of the northern city wall for a while, and then returned to the military camp in the eastern suburbs. At this time, Wang Pu and other three division commanders had already prepared the formation, and there were all kinds of siege equipment such as siege towers, rushing cars, cloud ladders, and flying ladders.
Wang Pu, Ju Meng and Yang Qin were waiting for Wang Bo and Song Shilun at the moment, Wang Bo saw the three of them and said, "This is waiting for us, it is estimated that the west city wall will collapse in half a day!" After the city wall collapses, the attention of the Youjun army will be focused on that side, and there will be omissions on the east side of the city wall, this is a good opportunity for you to attack the city, and you will take your subordinates to kill the city at that time!"
"Whoa!"
The three commanders of the Tenth Army in front of Wang Bo were smiling for a while, the prince was really kind, such an easy task was handed over to them, and he left the work of making a fortune to them.
Just when they were triumphant and were thinking about making a windfall, Wang Bo looked at them and said, "After entering the city, if the people in the city do not resist, the tribes shall not kill innocents indiscriminately, and the female cadres will be taken captive. The bounty of the sons and daughters came out of the treasury of the Fuyang Mansion."
After speaking, Wang Bo then explained solemnly: "Remember! As long as they do not resist, they shall not commit massacres without permission, and those who violate them will be beheaded!"
The three division commanders looked at each other, did not kill, did not set fires, did not rob, what kind of strength did they fight in this battle? However, the acting king was the commander of the Tenth Army, and his orders did not dare to disobey, so the three of them had to bow their heads and agree.
In the eyes of these three people, in the face of a city that refuses to surrender, it must be slaughtered three or five times in order to effectively deter people. In the past, they had done this in the Xuan, Yu and Ji countries, and there was an impeachment of the imperial history in the imperial court, and because it was Wang Bo, he was pressed by Wang Rong.
But for Wang Bo, it was before, and now it is now, at the beginning of this war, he received a secret letter from his own emperor, telling him not to slaughter the city again, otherwise he will be punished for serious crimes. Wang Bo knew the meaning of this felony, so he could no longer do the same thing after this siege.
"Go and prepare!" Wang Bo looked at the city wall again, waved his hand to the three of them, and the three of them turned around and came to their respective soldiers. Immediately afterwards, rumbling drums sounded, the siege equipment was pushed, and the officers and men of the Tenth Army moved with momentum.
Rumble! Rumble!
There was a roar in the city, and stone bullets from the Tang army continued to fall on the houses in the city, causing casualties among the people. In the northern city wall, those streets have long been in ruins. Under the rubble, I don't know how many innocent lives have been buried.
Under the clear blue sky, smoke and dust billowed out. The entire city of Frustration was shrouded in dust.
In the huge roar, the frustrated Yang City, which was riddled with holes, was crumbling. Under the city wall that the Tang army focused on bombarding, tens of thousands of Tang army tigers were ready to go. Just waiting, the moment the city wall collapsed, roaring in.
Bang, another loud bang.
The walls of the frustrated city shook violently twice, and then there was a clattering sound of broken masonry. Immediately afterwards, there was another surge as if the earth dragon had turned over and the sky had collapsed. A huge gap appeared in the wall of the city of Fuyang visible to the naked eye.
First, the green bricks of the outer wall fell, and then the rammed earth inside was dumped in pieces. When the rising smoke cleared, the collapsed city wall formed a messy slope directly at the gap in the frustrated city wall.
"The city is broken!"
Tens of thousands of Tang troops suddenly let out a shocking shout.
Meng Song was in front of the army, raising his arms and shouting, "Sons, go in with Lao Tzu!" Kill!"
In an instant, tens of thousands of Tang Army Tiger Ben outside the city, like a torrent, began to charge towards the gap in the city wall. It's a pity that the gap is not large, and it is completely insufficient for tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Tang army to rush in.
Han Yan came to Meng Song covered in blood and said loudly, "Military commander! I can't get in, the gap that this trebuchet has smashed is too small."
Meng Song said urgently, "Now is not the time to talk about this! Where did you dig it?"
Li Xian said to his soldiers behind him, "Go, call Li Zhu'er, the military commander has something to ask him!"
A moment later, a thin and short man was brought to Meng Song.
Meng Song opened his mouth and asked, "Li Zhu'er, where did you dig the tunnel?"
Li Zhu'er bowed and saluted, not daring to lift it
head, and said, "Back to the commander, two-thirds of the digging has been dug, and in one night, the brothers will be able to dig under the city wall!"
Meng Song was a little surprised, and said, "So fast? Don't fool this commander!"
As a county governor, the city is high and deep, and the Youjun army is determined to defend it, and the besieging party will have to pay a lot of price.
So he thought of a way, whether he could dig a tunnel, dig under the city wall of Fuyang, and use the method of cave attack to collapse the city wall.
This method has been used by generals since ancient times, and there is nothing unusual. It's just that it's winter, and he thought it would be difficult to dig.
It's just that he didn't expect that the progress of the excavation would greatly exceed his expectations.
"The villain has a few guts, dare to deceive the military commander!" Li Zhu'er kowtowed and said, "The soil in the west is not sticky, and the frozen is not sincere, so the brothers will go down a large area with a hammer......
Meng Song felt that it was better to see for believing, and said, "Let's go, take this military commander to have a look!"
Subsequently, the group came to the ruins of a secluded military camp outside Fuyang City, which looked like a ruin on the outside, but in fact there were several tunnels hidden.
A square opening came into view, straight and wide, in a straight hook shape underground, leading into the distance. Both sides of the tunnel are compacted and covered with wooden squares to prevent collapse.
In the tunnels, countless shirtless soldiers pushed wheelbarrows, and carts carried out dirt.
"Commander, you can't go inside!" Seeing that Meng Song was curious to get in, Li Xian and the others hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
Meng Song nodded and asked casually, "There are three tunnels like this?" It's all going so fast?"
Li Zhu'er was on the side, and said with a wince: "Hui Junshuai, it's all the same, the villain has calculated the distance, and Song Mouse has led people to dig it. There are also people on the side of the acting prince, there are many of us, the front brother digs, and the back brother rams the earth on the top, and it takes three or two days to dig it out!"
There is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the army, Meng Song looked at the straight tunnel, opened his mouth and asked with a smile, "Song Mouse? What did he do before?"
Li Zhu'er replied, "He used to be a miner!"
"No wonder!" Meng Song asked casually, "What did you do before?"
Li Zhu'er suddenly knelt down and didn't dare to speak.
Li Xian scolded with a smile: "What did the military marshal ask you, are you dumb?"
"The villain, the villain used to dig ...... Tomb robbers!" Li Zhu'er buried her head in the soil and said in a trembling voice, "Later, I was arrested by the government and confiscated into the army!"
Meng Song smiled, "It's cheap for you!"
It's really cheap Li Zhu'er, after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the law clearly stipulated that tomb robbers were executed regardless of the head, and the wives and brothers of the tomb robbers should be executed.