Li Jing quickly received Ashina, and after hearing his request to become a vassal, he kicked him out without saying a word.

When setting off for the expedition, the purpose was very clear. Dingxiang must be captured, and the rest was to capture prisoners. From his attitude towards the Turkic prisoners, Li Jing knew that Zou Yu had no good impression of the Turks. How could he do it for some illusory name?

Just give up this operation. If it's more like surrendering, surrender! Then there's no need.

Of course, Li Jing still sent the news back. After all, he still had to worry about the reaction from above. How he did it was one thing, not saying anything was a matter of attitude. It was impossible for Li Jing to make such a low-level mistake.

Ashina and his gang returned to Dingxiang in embarrassment and told his elder brother what had happened. Both brothers were immediately panicked.

"Dingxiang City has high walls and thick walls. I don't believe that the devil Li Jing can capture it! As long as we hold on for a while, Jieli will definitely send troops to rescue us!" Tuli Khan said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, yes, as long as uncle can gather people and horses, the Central Plains people will definitely be no match on the grassland!" Ashina, the leader of the association, nodded in agreement.

The two brothers made the decision and immediately began to organize personnel for defense. There are currently 30,000 Turkic troops and 50,000 herdsmen in Dingxiang City. In addition to the Central Plains people captured by the Turks over the years, there are still more than 100,000 people in the entire city. If they are sincere,

If you have to defend it, it's probably impossible to capture it without more than a hundred thousand people.

By the time Li Jing gathered his troops and marched to the city, Dingxiang City was already well prepared.

"General manager, why didn't we make a surprise attack and capture Dingxiang? We had to make them ready?" Yi Nan asked in confusion.

The Evil Yang Ridge south of Dingxiang City is a dangerous terrain. If there are enough troops, can the troops be stationed here to support each other with the city? But Tuli Khan did not dare to divide his troops, so he had to give it to Li Jing in vain.

From here to Dingxiang, it is only three miles. For the cavalry, it is only a short time. Li Jing can clearly see every move outside the city and at the top of the city through the telescope.

"Haha! Although Dingxiang City is a fortified city, it is nothing to us!" Li Jing said with a smile.

How could he be so confident? Of course it was Xi Junmai who brought the explosive pack? This was the first time that the explosive pack was used in actual siege, so Li Jingcai specially asked everyone to gather together, just to shock people.

When they arrived at Dingxiang City, Li Jing was so straightforward that he didn't even block the city. He just stationed himself at Evil Yang Ridge, which left Brother Tuli Khan completely confused.

They saw that Li Jing only had 70,000 people, and 30,000 were cavalry. They thought Li Jing was facing a difficult situation in the fortified city, so they felt relieved.

While Li Jing arranged the cavalry, he continued to sweep around. At the same time, he arranged manpower to cut down trees, pretending to be making engineering equipment.

This continued for five days. On the sixth day, Li Jing sent a large army to Dingxiang City.

Tuli Khan looked at the troops arranged by Li Jing, and felt even more confused. You must know that a siege usually involves three enemies and one enemy. However, Li Jing arranged cavalry to guard three sides, and a large number of infantry were located outside the south of the city. It was clear that there was no one.

I mean to let it go. But there are only 40,000 soldiers outside the city, and Tuli Khan still knows this. 40,000 soldiers, attacking a fortified city guarded by 30,000 elite soldiers, is impossible, not to mention there are so many people in the city.

If there are many herdsmen, we can mobilize 10,000 or 20,000 people at any time.

"See the Chief Manager!" Xi Junmai said excitedly, clasping his fists.

"Are you ready?" Li Jing asked.

"Everything is ready!" Xi Junmai replied.

"Then let's start!" Li Jing nodded.

"Here!" Xi Junmai cupped his fists and saluted again, then took out a bamboo tube from his arms, inserted it into the ground, took out a fire stick and lit it, and took two steps back.

With a scream of "Chi!", the bamboo tube rose into the sky, and then exploded with a "bang" in the air.

Yi Nan looked up and saw the bamboo tube shooting up into the sky, bursting out with colorful fire, which could be clearly seen in the daytime.

This is adding some mineral powder to the gunpowder, which can emit colorful light, just like a signal bomb. This kind of signal bomb can be seen in the plains for miles. It is better to use it to attack the city. After all, the city is so big.

The signal can be received as soon as it is sent, which is definitely much faster than the messenger. Moreover, as long as the signal bomb is agreed in advance, the trumpet is also clearer than the drum sound.

Everyone noticed the signal flares and looked at such brilliant fireworks with a little surprise. However, although the fireworks were good, they were fleeting. Tuli Khan looked at the army outside the city in puzzlement. There was still no movement. Li Jing didn't know what was going on in the gourd.

What medicine are you selling?

Li Jing looked indifferent and didn't react at all, because he was also waiting, waiting for the arranged plan to be launched.

There was silence outside the city, and time seemed to have frozen. It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like it was just an instant. Everyone suddenly felt a shock in the ground, and then a series of huge, thunderous sounds rang in their ears.

"Boom! Boom! Boom boom boom!"

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Li Jing saw through the telescope two huge plumes of smoke and dust rising into the sky in the east and west of Dingxiang City, and he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on his face.

"Xi Junmai! Take your people into the city, this is what I promised you! The rest of the people, seal the city and no one is allowed to escape!" Li Jing ordered loudly.

"Here!" Everyone responded quickly. Among them, Xi Junmai was the most excited. He immediately led others and rushed to the nearest west gate.

Five days ago, he suggested to Li Jing that they secretly bury gunpowder under the city wall and blow it open. His request was that after blowing the wall, the musketeers would enter the city and become familiar with street fighting!

Li Jing had seen the power of gunpowder, so he agreed to his request. In the past few days, he sent people running around to make siege equipment. Firstly, it was to cover their actions, and secondly, he was preparing to blow up the city wall if it failed.

storm.

However, Xi Junmai did not disappoint him. He spent five nights secretly sending people to bury dozens of kilograms of explosives made of gunpowder at a blind corner of the city wall. They were ignited together today and exploded as expected.

There is a long section of the city wall, but most of it collapsed due to vibrations and was not directly blown up. This is somewhat different from what was imagined.

The east and west of the city were led by Li Yuanba and Luo Shixin respectively. When they saw the city was broken, they were the first to recover, commanded the cavalry, and launched a charge.

But all this seemed a bit unnecessary. When they rushed into the city, there was little resistance, and most of the Turks were kneeling on their knees to pray.

Thinking about it, even ordinary snow disasters, floods, and landslides are considered to be punishments from heaven, not to mention the shocking explosion right in front of them! With the strong vibration, they thought it was a punishment from heaven plus the earth dragon turned over! It had already been
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