The black sky gradually fell, and the people in the city fell asleep early. In this chaotic situation, they stayed at home with nothing to do. Instead, they had to be worried all the time, so they might as well take a rest early.
However, in the vast city of Chang'an, there are always some people who toss and turn, unable to sleep all night long. And the undercurrent hidden under the night is on the verge of erupting.
Countless torches rose, illuminating the dark night outside Chang'an City as bright as day.
On the wall of the West City, Yang Lin looked at the Jin troops arrayed in neat formation outside the city, and felt his scalp numb. Uncharacteristically, during the day today, the Jin troops did not attack the city. Originally, Yang Lin thought they could calm down for a while.
But they never expected that the Jin army would attack the city at night.
In a siege battle, soldiers fighting at night have limited night vision, which is not conducive to figuring out the defenses on the city. They can't see anything, so how can they hide?
The soldiers below the city were burning brightly with torches and the fire was making people panic. They didn't know how long they would have to fight to end this war of attrition.
Another reason is that in ancient wars, soldiers' needs were ranked in order of urgency. They went to bed before eating. After a tiring day, who doesn't want to have a good night's sleep?
Therefore, it is not suitable to attack the city at night. But the more it is like this, the more it makes Yang Lin think that the Jin army has some conspiracy, and the uneasy feeling in his heart becomes stronger.
Moreover, tonight was different from the past when the Jin army attacked from three sides. Only the west gate where he was located was about to face attack. Although the other gates also had large armies gathering, they were only used as a deterrent, and there was no direct attack like his side.
Really.
"Attack!" Bai Qi gave an order, and tens of thousands of troops set off in unison. Even generals such as Jia Fu, Luo Ren, Luo Cheng, and Kua Fu were mixed in with the army and followed the army to attack.
"Ding, Bai Qi Wu'an's skill effect three is activated, which will greatly increase the force, morale, and speed of the entire army..."
"Ding, once the effect of Bai Qi Ren Tu's skill is activated, all enemies' strength will be reduced by -1. Yang Lin's current strength has dropped to...,
Hou Qing's military force dropped to...
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"The whole army listens to the order and prepares!" Yang Lin raised the long sword in his hand high, and when the long sword in his hand fell, thousands of arrows were fired from the city wall.
"Let go!" Following Yang Lin's order, thousands of archers on the walls of Chang'an City raised their bows like a full moon. With just such an attack, thousands of arrows were shot out at once, turning into a rain of arrows.
In the Jin army's position, the Jin army was well prepared for this.
The well-prepared Jin troops erected huge shields one after another, forming shield walls that blocked most of the arrows coming from the air. Only a few soldiers who were too late to erect their shields were unfortunately killed by the Sui army.
Shoot to death.
After the Jin army established defensive measures with the shield soldiers, a large number of archers immediately emerged from the rear, hiding behind the shields, and started shooting at the defenders on the tower.
In addition to archers, the Jin army's catapults, wells, crossbows and other siege equipment once again showed their power as always. However, after all, they still fought at night. Whether it was the Sui army or the Jin army, their long-range attack methods were
The accuracy is much worse.
Outside the city, the battle between the Jin and Sui armies was fierce, but inside the city, a turbulent situation that had been brewing for a long time was finally about to begin.
"Brothers, come on!" Two hundred soldiers wearing Sui military uniforms suddenly rushed toward the city gate. They were part of the family soldiers that Yang Jian had captured before. Yang Jian still had a good grasp of these family soldiers.
Yes, several aristocratic families in Chang'an City worked together and could only control these two hundred people again!
In some houses or shops around the west city gate, another 500 people armed with steel knives came out. Together with the 200 ethnic soldiers, they jointly attacked the Sui army at the city gate.
As mentioned before, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Although Yang Jian has strictly ordered to collect the soldiers of the aristocratic families, the aristocratic families are not fuel-efficient lamps. Although they dare not resist on the surface, everyone in the dark sun pretends to be a slave.
The method retained a small number of clan soldiers.
These aristocratic families were quite capable, and they quietly hid the small number of clan soldiers they had reserved near the west city gate, making sufficient preparations for tonight's scene.
"Defense, never let the enemy troops approach the city gate!" Wei Chenghu shouted, commanding his five hundred elite soldiers to form a defensive formation with the city gate as the center.
Wei Cheng, the veteran swordsman general, was indeed mature and prudent. When encountering a sudden change, he immediately chose the safest method. He did not underestimate the approaching enemy at all, and took the defense of the city gate as his first priority.
Moreover, in order to prevent unexpected events, Wei Cheng immediately sent someone to ask for help from Lao Yanglin on the city wall.
However, Wei Cheng was guarding the city gate, but Yang Lin was right on the city wall. There was a sneak attack outside the city gate, how could Yang Lin not notice it at all.
Therefore, before the soldiers sent by Wei Cheng to ask for help had even set foot on the city wall, Yang Lin had already ordered his deputy general to mobilize 800 soldiers to prepare for the battle.
"General Yang, those aristocratic families have already started to take action. Shouldn't the general set off too!" Not long after the soldiers of those aristocratic families launched an attack on the west gate, Mao received the news from his subordinates.
Xiang hurriedly said to Yang Xuangan.
"Mr. Mao, don't worry, Xuangan will naturally not disappoint you!" After sighing secretly deep in his heart, Yang Xuangan slowly said. After all, from today on, he may have to fight with the Sui Dynasty who he had always been loyal to.
The military forces had completely gone their separate ways. Thinking of this, Yang Xuangan couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in his heart.
Tonight, whether it was Bai Qi's attack on the city or the aristocratic family's sneak attack on the west city gate, it was just to create suspicion and attract the attention of Yang Jian and the entire Sui army.
They were attacking the city and attacking the west city gate. This formation of the Jin army seemed to be a posture of destroying the city in one fell swoop. When the battle situation in the west city attracted all the attention of Yang Jian and others, at this time,
If Yang Xuangan takes action again, his success rate will definitely be greatly improved.
As for those aristocratic families, it is obvious that, like Yang Xuangan and Qin Hui, they are the result of Mao Xiang's busy work during this period.
At this moment, even among Yang Jian's forces there are some people who want to find a way to find a good home as soon as possible, let alone these aristocratic families who have not really taken refuge in Yang Jian at all.
At this time, they could be persuaded by Mao Xiang to turn against Yang Jian, which was a normal thing.
However, these aristocratic families have clearly been regarded as abandoned by Mao Xiang, or a bait, used to attract the attention of Chang'an City and provide cover for Yang Xuangan's actions.