Without a word, soon Gao Cheng was standing in the general headquarters of the Eastern Wei army outside Yingchuan City; Gao Yue and the others stood by with their eyebrows furrowed and gave Gao Cheng a report on the situation of the battle that year.
Gao Yue said repeatedly that it had not been easy for him for more than a year; Gao Chengyin had a calm face, and the more he listened, the angrier he became.
However, hearing Liu Fengsheng's proposal, Gao Cheng's face eased somewhat; a raised hand interrupted Gao Yue's report; he wanted to see the dam on the water with his own eyes.
Standing on the high ground outside the city, Gao Cheng carefully observed the dam and also looked at the Yingchuan city wall; Gao Cheng found that many parts of the city wall had been washed away by the water; although the Western Wei army had carried out a lot of emergency measures, Gao Cheng judged that it was difficult to withstand the impact of the big water on this tofu slag project.
Gao Cheng had a number in mind; back at the big tent, Gao Cheng ordered that the various units of the Eastern Wei army continue to divide their men and increase the height of the dam; they must hold back the amount of water storage.
The Eastern Wei army immediately took action and dug up the soil to carry it on the dam. But I don't know which link went wrong, the dam kept leaking, the hole was getting bigger and bigger, until one day, the dam collapsed. Gao Cheng's face was iron blue, and he scolded these rice buckets and continued to build a dam for me. The first time the dam was repaired, the water was still leaking; the second time, it still couldn't work. Gao Cheng was completely annoyed! Tall and young temper is already grumpy, one failure can endure, the second time is already very unhappy, let alone three times! Gao Cheng jumped violently and ordered that all these soldiers with backs to the soil be pushed into the dam and buried alive, and since you fooled Young Master Ben, then use your body to fill the dam ("Weir three decisions, Cheng Anger, push the soil bearer and the sac and stuff it."). ”）。
At this point, no one dared to take it lightly; there was nothing wrong with the dam.
Look at the water storage is almost over, Gao Cheng ordered, excavation!
The water opened twice and rushed out again.
This time, the walls of Yingchuan, which had been soaked and mushy, could no longer hold up; Shi Zai, "The strong wind started from the northwest, blew water into the city, and the city was broken." ”
Watching the water flood the Golden Mountain (Yingchuan); Gao Cheng's face was sunny. On the contrary, Wang Sizheng in the city was frowning at this time.
The flood was terrible, and Wang Sizheng knew that the rammed earth wall would soon be collapsed; and he would be powerless; because at this time, there were only 3,000 soldiers under his command who were weak and could not even pick up their swords.
When he first entered Yingchuan, Wang Sizheng brought 8,000 people, relying on the fortifications on the city wall, these 8,000 disciples and soldiers died carrying 100,000 troops outside the city for a year.
For these 8,000 Soldiers of the Western Wei Army, this year, in Fu Yuanhui's words, the ghosts knew what they had experienced! At first, there was still grain to eat in the city; but after a long time, the soldiers of the Western Wei army had to catch what to eat, tree bark, sparrows, and even rats.
To be honest, it is good to eat; the key is that after a long siege of the city, the salt in the city is broken; without salt to eat, the Western Wei army has become a white-haired woman. The white-haired woman is fictional, but people who do not eat salt for a long time are first puffy and swollen, and then their whole body is weak; now this is in wartime, how can you fight when you are weak!
After a year of carrying, Yingchuan City died of war, including starvation and illness; by this time, Wang Sizheng only had 3,000 people left.
Wang Sizheng had expected Yuwen Tai to send reinforcements, but the reinforcements were delayed; when Gao Cheng personally came to Yingchuan City, Wang Sizheng did not want reinforcements to come; Western Wei's national strength was clear, and he put 200,000 well-equipped and highly moraled Eastern Wei troops under Yingchuan City; Yuwen Tai sent fewer people, and it was useless to scratch the itch; there were more people, just let Gao Cheng encircle the point of reinforcement.
So don't look at the tenacity of Wang Sizheng's resistance, but the more he goes to the back, the clearer Wang Sizheng is, trapped in the isolated city, and he will certainly not be able to hold it later; as for his own fate, Wang Sizheng is also very clear in his heart, it is nothing more than suicide or martyrdom, or he will be captured. However, thinking about eating prison meals in the second half of his life, Wang Sizheng felt that the free food in prison was still forgotten.
The water broke the city, Wang Sizheng thought, it is time to martyr the country, at least worthy of Yuwen Tai's grace of knowledge.
It is said that Wang Sizheng wanted to commit suicide, and this kind of thought existed in his mind, and it was difficult for others to know; but he did not know how to get it, and Gao Cheng outside the city actually detected Wang Sizheng's attempt; because the history books recorded that on the day the city was destroyed, Gao Cheng issued two orders in a row, one, to capture Wang Sizheng and seal the marquis; second, if Wang Sizheng died or was injured, slaughter the city! ("Whoever is able to give birth to a great general is a marquis; if the great general is injured, he will be beheaded from the left and right of the nearness.") ”）
In a word, Gao Cheng wanted a living Wang Sizheng.
Of course, this is understandable; what was most lacking in the 6th century? talent! Wang Sizheng was a first-class general of The Western Wei Dynasty, with outstanding ability, and if Wang Sizheng was willing to serve the Eastern Wei, it would be a treasure for Gao Cheng; moreover, the surrender of a person of Wang Sizheng's level would be a blow to the morale of the Western Wei dynasty and the army, although not fatal, but also a heavy blow; Gao Cheng's order killed two birds with one stone.
Wang Si's political army was superior, and his generals obeyed him, otherwise they would not have played with him for their lives; however, at present, there was no food and ammunition, and there was no hope for reinforcements; whether he could survive or not was a question. Therefore, when Gao Cheng's order reached the city, many people were moved.
This time the water was very strong, and soon Yingchuan City became a pond for raising fish; there was no way to stay in the city, and Wang Sizheng gathered the remaining troops on a high ground; seeing that the troops were assembled, Wang Sizheng said, Brothers, I have been blessed by the state and conquered the battlefield; I thought that I could do extraordinary feats, but heaven would not bless me; today, all I can do, is to cut my neck and cut myself, in order to thank the country. After speaking, Wang Sizheng cried loudly; while crying, Wang Sizheng knelt on his knees, facing west, and prostrated his head heavily. Then he stood up, drew his sword out of its sheath, and wanted to kill himself ("Wang Sizheng commanded the people to take tushan and told him: 'I am poor and poor, but I should die to thank the country!'" 'Because he wept from the heavens, he bowed again to the west, and wanted to kill himself. ”）。
Wang Sizheng wanted to die, but the soldiers around him didn't all want to die with him; the sword in Wang Sizheng's hand was put on his neck, and the Governor Luo Xun, who was standing next to him, grabbed his arm, and the general was slow!
Luo Xun said, General, your honor has been preserved when you die; but have you ever thought about it, what will we do with the remaining 3,000 or so brothers? They will be slaughtered by Gao Cheng; can you bear it?
Wang Sizheng was silent.
When the crowd saw it, they quickly rushed up and snatched the sword from Wang Sizheng's hand to prevent him from committing suicide again.
At this time, most of the Eastern Wei army had entered the city and surrounded the remaining Western Wei legions; the victory was in hand, and Gao Cheng sent Tong Zhisan to ride Zhao Yanshen, and you took a trip to make Wang Sizheng surrender.
Zhao Yan climbed up the high ground guarded by Wang Sizheng with his stomach, brought Gao Cheng's relics, and also conveyed Gao Cheng's attitude; as long as you lay down your weapons, the King of Qi has an order, and the brothers will not die!
The ants were still greedy, not to mention these soldiers who had crawled out of the pile of dead people after hundreds of battles; in desperation, the Western Wei army put down the swords and guns in their hands.
Subsequently, Zhao Yanshen accompanied Wang Sizheng to see Gao Cheng, Shi Zai, and Gao Cheng "treated Si Zheng with great courtesy."
At this point, the Battle of Changsha, which lasted for more than a year, ended with Takasumi's victory.
As for the aftermath, Gao Cheng did as promised, and there was no Western Wei army that was difficult to surrender, but just scattered it and sent it to the frontier; changed the Yingchuan River to Zhengzhou, leaving troops to garrison. Subsequently, the Eastern Wei army took advantage of the victory to march and snatched back all the territory occupied by the Western Wei army because of Hou Jing's rebellion, which whipped the golden stirrup and sang a triumphant song in unison.
And Yingchuan fell, Wang Sizheng was captured, yuwen tai how regret to smoke his own mouth, that is the last word, not to mention for the time being. Continue with Gao Cheng. After winning this protracted battle of Yingchuan, Gao Cheng's prestige in the Eastern Wei officialdom was as great as the sun was in the sky.
However, the I Ching has clouds, and no pole Tai Lai; in fact, this can also be said in reverse, that is, Tai Ji does not come. As Gao Chengwei's voss increased, the young master did not know that his little life had entered the countdown.
After the Battle of Changshe, Gao Cheng returned to Yecheng; after all, there were still many things waiting for him to sign and seal.