The black sky gradually fell, and people in the city fell asleep early. In this chaotic situation, they have nothing to do at home. Instead, they have to worry all the time, so they might as well take a rest early.
However, in the huge city of Chang'an, there are always some people who toss and turn and have trouble sleeping all night. And the undercurrents hidden under the night were 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 army did not attack the city. Originally, Yang Lin thought that they could calm down for a while, but he 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 under 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 this happened, the more Yang Lin felt that the Jin army had some conspiracy, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became 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 be attacked. Although large armies were gathered at several other city gates, they were only used as a deterrent and did not take serious action like his side.
"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 is activated three times, which will greatly increase the force, morale, and speed of the entire army..."
"Ding, as soon as the effect of Bai Qi's Rentu 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 fell in his hand, 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. In just one attack, thousands of arrows were shot out, 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 giant shields, 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 attacked by the Sui army. Shoot to death.
After the Jin army built defense 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 siege equipment such as catapults, well lanterns, and bed crossbows also showed their power again as always. However, after all, they were still fighting at night. Whether it was the Sui army or the Jin army, the accuracy of their long-range attack methods was much worse.
Outside the city, the battle between the Jin Army and the Sui Army was fierce, but inside the city, a turbulence 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's control of these clan soldiers is still very good. Several aristocratic families in Chang'an City worked together and only managed to control these two hundred people again!
In some houses or shops around the west city gate, another five hundred people armed with steel knives came out. Together with the two hundred tribesmen, 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 adequate 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 old 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, while Yang Lin was 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 certainly not disappoint you!" After sighing secretly deep in his heart, Yang Xuangan slowly spoke. After all, from today on, he may have to completely part ways with the Sui army forces that he had been loyal to before. Thinking of this, Yang Xuangan couldn't help but feel mixed emotions in his heart.
Tonight, whether it was Bai Qi's attack on the city or the noble 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.
It was an attack on the city and a sneak attack on the west gate. This formation of the Jin army seemed to be a posture of destroying the city in one fell swoop. When the battle in Xicheng attracted all the attention of Yang Jian and others, if Yang Xuangan took action again, his success rate would be greatly improved.
As for those aristocratic families, obviously, like Yang Xuangan and Qin Hui, they were 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.
