At this moment, dozens of tunnels were crowded with soldiers in full armor.
They were all elite troops carefully selected by Li Qin from the Liaodong army. He would be the first to rush into the city, open up the situation inside, and attack together with the troops outside.
Therefore, each one is a carefully selected veteran.
At this time, construction began on dozens of tunnels simultaneously.
Li Qin was also on a high point in the camp, holding a military flag, watching the troops preparing to attack the city walls from the outside.
He listened to the messages that his personal guards kept sending back.
Be ready at any time to wave the flag and order the army to attack.
Inside the crowded tunnel, the soldiers digging the tunnel ahead would dig through the soil with a single shovel.
He was immediately stunned.
Because he hadn't even dug upwards yet, so how come the area in front of him was empty?
Before he could react, the ground in front of him collapsed.
He then rushed out amidst the throng of soldiers behind him, only to find himself inside the capital.
However, he found himself in a deep trench.
The sides of the trench were so smooth that it was impossible to climb up.
Moreover, there were some dry grass and other flammable materials under his feet.
When the soldiers behind him saw him go out, they also rushed out.
Like the first soldier, they found themselves in a trench.
Before they could react, a hail of arrows rained down from above the trench, and some people stood on top of the trench, stabbing them with extended spears.
"The bandits have dug a tunnel in."
As the roars echoed, countless soldiers and conscripted laborers, all strong and capable, appeared.
They all surrounded the area, standing atop the trench, and used stones, spears, and arrows to kill the Liao soldiers who had come out.
In other parts of the trench, many tunnels were gradually opened up, but they encountered the same situation.
That means they were all dug into the trenches and killed by the soldiers, strong men, and laborers above the trenches with stones and spears.
Because the tunnel was cramped, they only brought some swords and other weapons, and being at the bottom of the trench, they couldn't get up at all.
They are destined to be slaughtered.
Moreover, in the narrow tunnel, even if some soldiers in front could see what was happening ahead, they were still pushed out of the tunnel by soldiers behind who were unaware of the situation.
Soon, half of the dozens of tunnels had been opened up.
Seeing that the situation was about to deteriorate, if things continued like this, once the soldiers recovered and relayed the message to the rear, they would be able to escape.
Yu Gan, who was directing operations from the city wall, immediately waved the military flag in his hand.
He ordered the soldiers to light a fire, igniting the dry wood at the bottom of the trench.
As torches were thrown down, the area below the trench immediately turned into a sea of fire.
Afterwards, Yu Gan continued to wave his military flag, ordering the soldiers around the trench to take out the man-made blowers that were placed inside the trench.
They blew wind into every exposed tunnel entrance, blowing all the smoke from the flames into the narrow tunnels, suffocating all the surviving soldiers inside.
As the manual blower started, all the smoke from the flames was blown into the tunnel, and instantly countless coughs and shouts came from inside.
In an instant, countless soldiers, facing life and death, began to run back, but in the crowded, narrow tunnel, they couldn't escape at all.
In the end, except for a few people, everyone else choked to death inside the tunnel.
News also spread that Li Qin could command the tunnels that had not yet been dug.
Stop work immediately, because even if you manage to dig a hole, it will be a dead end.
Li Qin held the military flag and looked at the city wall of the capital across the way.
Although his face remained unchanged, Li Qin's hand holding the military flag was trembling with anger.
By this time, he was very clear that the tunnel had failed, and that Yu Gan on the other side had actually dug an extremely deep trench inside the capital.
At this moment, he looked down at the soldiers who were ready to attack the city at his command.
He desperately wanted to wave the military flag and order them to attack, but Li Qin knew better.
A ruler should not raise an army out of anger, nor should a general wage war out of resentment.
Although he is very angry, he is very clear-headed.
Now that the Wu army on the other side has made preparations, since their internal tunnels have failed, their only option is a strong external attack.
However, if attacked from the outside, Wu's army has artillery, and their own large siege weapons would be extremely difficult to get close.
Ladders and the like move slowly, making them easy targets for enemy artillery; they can't even get close to the city walls.
Although I've been digging tunnels during this time, the siege has never stopped.
In addition to his own troops in Liaodong, Geng Zhixiang also had Green Standard Army troops deployed in rotation.
In the end, only a pile of corpses remained, while the capital city remained unmoved.
Faced with this situation, Li Qin could only suppress his anger.
Not only did his tunnel attack fail, but he also lost thousands of his soldiers from Liaodong headquarters.
They all remained inside the tunnel.
Li Qin looked at Yu Gan on the city wall through binoculars.
This guy is a real formidable foe.
They're really tough to deal with.
Finally, Li Qin made the next steps.
"Keep digging tunnels, keep digging shallow tunnels, dig them all the way to the walls of the capital, and make the walls collapse."
"yes."
Just as his subordinates obeyed and continued to carry out the orders...
Li Qin looked at Yu Gan on the city wall, who stood there like a giant rock that had been hammered and chiseled a thousand times.
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