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Chapter 1523 A battle of wits and courage

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    The Turks opened up their positions and began to cut down trees and dig earth step by step.

    Since he didn¡¯t have many slaves with him, Ashina Simo had to order his soldiers to serve as slaves.  Officers and soldiers from various ministries either went up the mountain to cut wood and build siege equipment; or they dug soil and then filled in trenches.  These are some hard work, usually only done by slaves. Everyone only focuses on looting. No matter how you have experienced it, it is really more tiring than fighting.

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    The Turks have always been lazy and forget their righteousness when they see benefits, and no one is willing to make such a sacrifice.  The officers below could obey orders at first, but then they became tired and began to cause chaos.

    "These people seemed to have made up their mind that the Sui army did not dare to attack, so they were all disorderly, sneaking around, making noises, and not even taking the most basic precautions. How could they look like an army.  Some people would believe them if they were said to be hooligans.

    The Sui army's scouts kept a close eye on the Turks. In the end, the Turks were so noisy that even the Sui army's scouts couldn't stand it anymore.

    However, Li Jing always looked at the actions of the Turks on the top of the city and remained indifferent.

    Huang Mingpu was a little puzzled. The Turks were in such chaos, so why bother with them?  As far as the Turks are in this state, there is no need for a large army to attack. As long as he leads a cavalry to directly attack the Turks' central army, they can defeat the opponent effortlessly.

    Huang Mingpu initially thought that Li Jing was worried about scaring away the Sui army in Yanmen, so he let this group of Turks go.

    Huang Mingpu is Huang Mingyuan's cousin and his deputy commander. He has a special status. Li Jing cannot take his proposal lightly.

    Li Jingnai explained: "Although the Turks were in dire straits, they were still very aggressive when they came from afar. It's just a small setback and it is so chaotic, which is unreasonable. The Turks may have deliberately staged it for us to lure our army to attack.  "

    Li Jing deliberately let the other party perform and enjoyed watching the show.

    The chaos among the Turks was certainly intentional on the part of Ashina Simo.  This group of Turkic elites under his command is almost a semi-professional army. Their combat power is amazing and they will not become chaotic due to some fatigue.

    Ashina Simo knew that the thousands of men and horses in Heng'an City were enough for them to fight. If they attacked by force, it would only be effective if it lasted for a long time, so he deliberately showed weakness to the enemy.

    It¡¯s a pity that the Sui army was not fooled and regarded the Turks as fools.  Within two days, Ashina Simo saw that the Sui army did not take the bait. He knew that the other party had seen through his intentions and doing so would delay his work, so he stopped acting.

    When the Turks suddenly became energetic again, Huang Mingpu couldn't help but admire Li Jing's clever plan.

    After filling in the trenches, the Turks set up ladders and siege engines to attack the city.  Because Turkic ladders were often burned by rockets in the past, this time the Turks covered the ladders with a thick layer of cowhide and smeared them with mud to guard against Sui military fire attacks.

    The Turks pushed a large wheeled ladder and placed 200 elite soldiers on it, approaching Heng'an City. As expected, the Sui army's rockets could not damage the ladder at all.  The Turks pushed the ladder to the edge of the city and prepared to jump over the wall to attack the city.

    Li Jing urgently ordered people to secretly drill three small holes in the city wall. When the enemy's ladder advanced, a large log with an iron hook stretched out from the hole to hook the ladder so that it could not retreat; and then stretched out another one from another hole.  The big wood blocked the ladder, preventing it from being lowered.

    At this time, the Turks¡¯ ladders could not advance or retreat.

    Li Jing also ordered people to stretch out a large log from the third big hole. An iron cage was placed at the end of the log, which contained burning flammable materials. The Turks' ladder was burned directly, and the Turks soldiers on the ladder were unable to escape.  Burned to death.

    Seeing that the ladder attack on the city was in vain, Ashina Simo ordered people to transport soil to the outside of the city wall, making it look like he was filling up the city wall.

    In private, Ashina Simo ordered people to dig tunnels and attack the city at night.  Originally, the Turks were not good at digging tunnels. They were all nomads. They were not good at fighting on foot, let alone digging tunnels.

    But there was a veteran general in the Ashina Simo army who had fled to the Turks in the Northern Qi Dynasty and knew how to dig tunnels.  Ashina Simo usually regarded him as a treasure, and this time he happened to take this person with him when he went south to Hedong.

    Ashina Simo then ordered this man to lead three thousand men and horses to dig into the city, while the soldiers who filled up the city wall served as cover.  Even if the Sui army found a large amount of earth and rocks in the Turkic camp, they just thought it was left over from filling the trenches and would not suspect it.

    However, what Ashina Simo didn¡¯t know was that Li Jing had already ordered a number of urns to be installed in the city to prevent the Turks from attacking the city through tunnels.

    By placing an urn sealed with a thin skin in the well, you can hear the sound coming from far underground, which is called "urn listening"

      Although logically speaking, the Turks should not use tunnels to attack the city, but Li Jing would not take any chances.

    The movement of the Turks digging tunnels into the city was quickly detected by the soldiers in charge of listening in the city.  Li Jing also smiled when he heard the report. The Turkic general opposite was really a character.

    So Li Jing ordered people to dig a circle of trenches inside the city and conduct strict surveillance.

    When the other party dug the tunnel, Li Jing ordered people to place a large number of fire starters and blow smoke and dust along the tunnel.  The Turks were unprepared, and the soldiers who entered the tunnel were killed by the thick smoke in the tunnel.

    Seeing that attacking the city through tunnels was not possible, Ashina Simo knew that the generals defending the city were very capable and could defeat the city without resorting to tricks.  However, he still didn't give up. Seeing that his plan failed, he thought of another one.

    Ashina Simo also ordered the army to be divided into two groups, thinking that they would take turns and attack the city day and night.

    Ashina Simo knew that the Sui army in the city was insufficient, so he prepared to use the strategy of exhaustion to continuously consume the Sui army's strength.  In order to prevent the Sui army in the city from having a chance to make amends, Ashina Simo set up dozens of large drums outside the city and beat them day and night, cooperating with the siege, making the entire town of Heng'an restless.

    "If Li Jing really only has two or three thousand troops, he really can't afford it in the face of such an intensity of attack. We are not supermen, we always have to eat and sleep.

    However, there are more than 30,000 soldiers in Heng'an City, divided into several groups and rotated every day.  Li Jing then ordered the rest of the generals to rest in Bussel and guard the troops against the Turks.

    After such an attack and defense by both sides, the Turks couldn't stand it anymore.  After all, the soldiers rotated in two shifts did not get as much rest as the soldiers rotated in seven shifts.

    Besides, the sound of drums disturbs the enemy as well as ourselves.

    Ashina Simo looked at his exhausted troops, and then at the vigorous Sui army at the top of the city, and was also very puzzled.  Could this Sui army really be like a god?

    Ashina Simo tried his best but could not break the city, and Li Jing, who defended Heng'an City, was like an adult fighting with a child. No matter how many flaws Ashina Simo had, he just defended but did not attack.

    Seeing the days passing by, one of the two became more impatient and the other became more stable, but both of them knew that there was not much time left for the Turks.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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