The soldiers who were prying bricks and digging into the walls below the scaling ladders fared no better.
Yan Yingyuan had reshaped the earth near the city walls into a slope—high on the side of the wall and low on the side of the moat. Normally, the Jiannu soldiers could have relied on the friction of their boot soles to stand on the slope and pry out the bricks. However, the heavy rain had turned the slope slick and greasy, making it impossible for ordinary men to keep their footing. The lamp oil that had poured down along the base of the wall made the slope even more treacherous.
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