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Chapter 1285 Battle of Wuxi (Part 1)

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    When Lu Kai attacked Yanling, Zhu Xie, who had stayed in Jinling, led his army south to prepare to attack Piling County, the only city that failed to capture Wuxi.

    Although the land south of the Yangtze River is rich and vast, it is inherently deficient in defense and has no danger to defend.  For Jiangnan, only two places are the most important.  One is the defense line along the river, namely Jingkou, Caishi, Dangtu and other south bank ferries; the other is Wujun.  Jiangnan is also called the land of Wu and Yue. Even during the more than three hundred years when the capital of the Southern Dynasties was healthy, Wu County has always been the core area of ??Jiangnan. Whoever wins Wu County wins Jiangnan.

    Zhu Xie sees the long term better than anyone else. He knows that his strength is insufficient. If he wants to succeed in the rebellion, the most important thing is to unite most of the rebel forces, even if he gives up his reputation.  Therefore, he sent someone to contact Liu Yuanjin in Yuhang, preparing to join forces with Liu Yuanjin to jointly carry out major events.  Wu Jun, which cut off the contact between the two sides, became a place Zhu Xie had to conquer.

    Liu Lie, the governor of Piling County, was still serving as his local emperor in Jinling. Who would have thought that overnight, the city of Jinling would change its banner. Not only the wealthy families in the city rebelled, but even the soldiers in Piling also betrayed the imperial court.  Fortunately, his subordinates fought hard to save him, and Liu Lie survived and fled to Wuxi.

    But after losing the county seat, Liu Lie was anxious and annoyed, so he fell ill on his bed, and the affairs of the county were also under the control of the county prime minister Li Hui.

    When Ou Yan heard that Jinling City had been lost, in order to prevent the rebels from entering Wu County, he ordered his general Ying Yanglang, Qu Wei, to lead an army of 2,000 men to station in Wuxi County.

    With the main force of these two thousand officers and soldiers, Wuxi County could barely stabilize the situation.

    When Liu Lie escaped from Jinling City, he had only a few hundred soldiers with him. When he entered Wuxi, Li Hui recruited thousands of people in the city to assist the officers and soldiers in defending the city.  Hundreds of strong men were selected and recruited into the army.  In addition to the two thousand men under Qu Wei's command, there were more than three thousand men in total, guarding the city.

    After Qu Wei arrived in Wuxi, Li Hui immediately handed over the power of city defense to Qu Wei.  Li Hui was originally a civil servant and was not good at guarding.

    Qu Wei is considered a veteran of the Fengzhou Clan. He has been serving as a general in the Fengzhou Army since he and his brothers Su Yong joined the Fengzhou Army.  After the Jiangnan Rebellion, in order to strengthen his control over the Jiangnan army, Huang Mingyuan transferred a group of generals from Fengzhou for use. It was at this time that Qu Wei came to Wu County and served as General Ying Yanglang of the Jiangdong Provost Division.  .

    Qu Wei is a simple man with a stable character.  Although he has no commanding talent, he is a good general.  As soon as he arrived in Wuxi City, he stepped up repairs on the city walls, dug deep trenches, and prepared for defense.

    The land of Wuxi is originally a plain with no danger to defend. That is, the land of Lishan (now Huishan, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province) in the west of the city is high and is the commanding heights of Wuxi.  There is the Buddhist temple Huishan Temple (today's Huishan Temple) on the mountain, which can be relied upon.  Qu Wei then ordered his general Chen Jingzong to lead 500 men to garrison based on the mountains and Buddhist temples, and they were at odds with Wuxi City.

    Zhu Xie's army of more than 20,000 came all the way south to the city of Wuxi.

    Zhu Xie had already received news from Liu Yuanjin that Liu Yuanjin was heading north from Yuhang County, seeking to attack Wu County.  Between the two sides, whoever can conquer Wu County first will take the lead. Therefore, Zhu Xie was anxious and intended to break the city quickly.

    Among the four families in Wu County, the Gu family, the Lu family, and the Zhang family were all based on literature. Only the Zhu family did not produce many literati. Instead, they were numerous generals in Jiangdong, and Zhu Xie himself had always known military skills.  When Zhu Xie arrived at the gates of Wuxi City, he saw the trenches outside the city and the countless rolling logs and stones on the top of the city. He knew that the city was not easy to enter.

    Wuxi City was already close to Taihu Lake, so Qu Wei introduced the water from Taihu Lake into the ditch to make it a barrier.

    Zhu Xie had no other choice but to fill in the trench step by step.  But the trench is full of running water, and the sand is easily washed away when thrown into the trench.

    Zhu Xie had no choice but to build a pontoon bridge over the trench, but some siege equipment could not be transported.

    The rebels built some catapults and siege ladders outside the city, and Zhu Xie impatiently launched an attack on Wuxi City.  He didn't want to waste any more time here.

    Zhu Xie divided his troops into one team with a thousand men, and divided the whole army into more than twenty teams.  Each time, two teams were dispatched to attack Wuxi City from both sides of the city gate, and the ants attacked the city.

    Zhu Xie did not understand the Sui army's defense strategy, nor had he seen the Sui army's powerful equipment. From the beginning, he deployed the only batch of catapults in front of the formation in an attempt to cover the ant soldiers.

    Qu Wei had already deployed cannons at the blind spot behind the city wall. When the rebel catapults attacked and exposed their position, the Sui army immediately launched a counterattack.

    Soon the rebels¡¯ only catapult was destroyed by the Sui army.

    Although the rebels captured Jinling, they did not capture many long-range weapons.  Without long-range weapons at this time, it would be even more difficult to attack the city.  The Sui army had already prepared enough rolling wood and rocks for the rebels, and they smashed them wherever there were people.

    The rebels attacked for a day without making any progress, but suffered heavy losses. The walls were covered with corpses.?

    Zhu Xie did not give up and attacked for two more days, but was still unable to break the city. In addition, the Sui army on Mount Li continued to harass the rebels. Therefore, the rebels made little progress for several days.

    Zhu Xie knew that most of his troops were newly-attached ordinary people and their combat effectiveness was very weak. As for a strong attack, it was even more impossible. He sent people to secretly contact the aristocratic families in the city and prepared to cooperate with them inside and outside.

    Although the Jiangdong family does not hold military power, many families have many tenants and tribes. During this chaos, many cities fell because of the rebellion and sneak attacks of these people from within.

    The rebels besieged the city, and several families who had been contacted by Zhu Xie were also preparing to make a move in the city.

    The Mao family in the city is the first family in Wuxi.  The Mao family could only be considered a low-class family in Jiangnan, with little status or prestige.  After the demise of Nanchen, the Jiangnan family declined together. Instead, someone from the Mao family who was a merchant had food and became a big local tycoon.

    Mao Su of the Mao family desperately hopes that his family can be among the first-class families in the south of the Yangtze River, so he often forms friendships with families such as the Zhu family and the Zhang family.

    Originally, everyone looked down on the Mao family, but at this time, the war was about hard power. Zhu Xie sent someone to send a message to Mao Su. As long as the Mao family was in the city, the Zhu family would be related to the Mao family and support the Mao family.  Integrate into the upper class of the Jiangnan family.

    Mao Su, who had been looking for an opportunity all his life, was overjoyed. Although there were risks anyway, he found wealth through danger.  Mao Su took the fate of his family and prepared to fight for it this time.

    The sadness of the small family is undoubtedly evident at this time.

    That night, Mao Su united with some other families in the city, gathered thousands of private soldiers, divided into two groups, and went all the way to the north city gate, preparing to open the city gate to welcome Zhu Xie's army to enter.  Mao Su personally led hundreds of people straight to the county government office in the city.  Although Zhu Xie only asked him to open the city gate, Mao Su was preparing to capture Liu Lie and others. Otherwise, he would not have enough credit, so why should he compete with the Zhu family.  Moreover, in order to create opportunities, Mao Su also ordered people to set fire to the city and create chaos.

    The city was unprepared, and in an instant, everything was on fire.  The whole city was filled with shouts of killing, and no one knew how many thieves had entered the city.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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