Suddenly, a general galloped over on horseback, covered in blood.
The Turkic Khan recognized the other person at a glance as a captain guarding the food supply. He signaled the intercepting guard to let him go, waved the other person over and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Report to the Khan, the food and grass, the food and grass were burned by the imperial army." The other party shouted with a mournful face.
"What, the imperial army, how is this possible?" Khan was shocked and stared at the other party in disbelief, hoping to see that the other party was lying.
If the food is gone, it will be gone. But if the court breaks its promise and starts taking action, the consequences will be serious. He will rush up to him, grab the opponent by the collar and shout, "Are you serious about this?"
The other party swore and said: "Great Khan, how dare you lie about such a big thing? The other party has more than 30,000 people, and our army is only 20,000. What's more, it happened suddenly, and there is no way to stop it. By the way, they also shouted about the power of the imperial court and the power of the emperor."
If so, it must be the imperial army."
When Lun Qinling heard that it was the imperial army, he instinctively felt that something was wrong. He stepped forward and said: "Khan, you and I both know how the food came. Besides, the victory between you and me and the King of Han has not been decided. It is unwise to take action at this time. The imperial court is now
What I want to do most is to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. I am afraid that the Hanzhou Army is pretending to be one. Don’t forget that the Hanzhou Army has a cavalry out there and encountered them when they were capturing prisoners."
Khan also felt that it was unlikely. After all, the source of the food was special. Since he had given it, there was no reason to send people to burn it. It must have been fake. But the problem was that the food was gone, and the battle was inherently disadvantageous. Once the news spread, the morale of the army would definitely not be good.
Steady, what can we use to continue the attack?
What's more, if there is no food, what will the soldiers eat? You can't charge on an empty stomach, right?
At this moment, the Turkic Khan began to want to retreat.
When Lun Qinling saw that Khan seemed to be withdrawing his troops, he immediately became anxious, but his face was calm and calm, and he said calmly: "Khan, as long as we attack as planned and capture Qinzhou tonight, everything will be no problem.
There is something that the Khan may not know. This prince fought all the way and captured all the grain, grass, and property in the city, which is enough for the 200,000 troops to feed their horses for two or three months. After the city is broken, you and I will take half, how about it?"
"Are you sure?" Khan's eyes were sharp and he felt a little moved.
You may not be able to survive if you withdraw your troops, but capturing the city and killing the King of Han will be enough to frighten all parties. You can also have food to feed your troops and no worries. This is undoubtedly the best choice.
"Of course!" Lun Qinling looked determined.
"Then fight to the end."
"The Great Khan is wise!"
With an order, the third batch of siege troops, ready to go, rushed forward, howling like hyenas looking for food.
But the city is like a terrifying ferocious beast that can never have enough to eat, swallowing up all those who climb up. It is cold, silent, and weird enough to make people's scalp numb.
The battle continued until dusk. Under the blood-red sunset, the city became a little more evil. The city walls turned red, reflecting the red light of the sunset, making it even more evil and weird.
Suddenly war drums sounded in the city.
The soldiers under the shed suddenly appeared, killed the enemies on the wall, and blocked the ladder, not giving anyone a chance to climb up. A well-fed army rushed up, took over the defense of the city wall, and beat them to death.
The retired soldiers helped each other down to the city, ate, healed their wounds, and rested in an orderly manner.
At this point in the battle, everyone has become familiar with the rhythm, and no one is afraid or panicked.
Qin Huaidao also followed the troops and retreated. He had Fang Yiai at the east gate and Luo Ying at the west gate. He was fighting according to the rhythm. The enemy army had no tricks. He felt relieved and sat down with the soldiers to eat meat and chat and laugh.
The soldiers looked at the approachable King of Han and felt very at ease.
The sky gradually darkened, but the coalition forces still showed no signs of stopping and were determined to break the city.
Qin Huaidao had people make a large number of torches out of war horse fat, lighting up the city wall as bright as day. The light brought courage and hope to the soldiers, and they continued to fight.
…
In front of the coalition camp.
Lun Qinling and Khan looked ahead. Under the dark night, there was a light of fire above the city. It was like a ghost city devouring the people who climbed up, making bursts of screams, as if they were receiving all kinds of things in the eighteenth level of hell.
The devil of punishment is shouting, making people's scalp numb.
I saw people swarming up, but I couldn't see hope or chance of winning.
This feeling makes people despair and fearful.
Lun Qinling's eyes twitched when he saw it, but there was really no way out, so he could only fight hard and hold on.
The Turkic Khan was equally heartbroken when he saw it. He was his most valiant warrior and his support. Once they were all killed in the battle, even if half of them died in the battle, they would not be able to return to the Turks. However, retreating at this time was also impossible. The coalition forces were together.
There is also the advantage of military strength. Once they are separated, they will be chased and killed by the Tang army along the way, and they will definitely die.
Guilt, panic, regret, unwillingness, confusion, and all kinds of negative emotions flooded my mind.
At this moment, the Turkic Khan thought of the strong man.
Will the Turks follow in the footsteps of the Huns?
Thinking of this, the Turkic Khan became increasingly panicked and retreated again. He glanced at Lun Qinling, who was staring ahead, and gradually made a decision in his heart.
Lun Qinling didn't notice anything unusual about Khan. He watched another army disappear on top of the city. His heart was bleeding. But he gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and another 5,000 infantrymen rushed forward, like a desperate move.
The gambler said to the Khan: "Great Khan, the Hanzhou army has not used that terrible weapon after fighting for a day. It should be gone. How about letting someone break open the city gate?"
"You can give it a try!" The Khan didn't want to just run away, and he didn't dare to, fearing that Tubo would defect in anger. If he wanted to run away, he would have to wait until the middle of the night and sneak away quietly.
Soon, many people rushed up carrying huge wooden blocks, followed by a group of archers to cover them.
However, no one shot arrows to stop them, letting everyone get closer, just like letting the ladder get closer.
"Boom!"
The wooden block hit the city gate hard, causing the city gate to shake and teetered.
Fang Yiai was very disdainful when she saw this scene, and asked people to prepare explosive packs on standby, while sending someone to report Qin Huaidao.
When Qin Huaidao heard this, he started to knock on the doors, and he only hit the east and north gates, but he had to guard the south and west gates. He asked someone to alert the garrison, and he hurried to the east gate.
"Dong dong dong!"
The sound of banging on the door was dull and powerful, but no one was afraid. They all aimed their bows and arrows at the city gate. They were able to hold it last time, and everyone was still confident that they could do it this time.
"Luo Wu, send a battalion of people to carry grenades and put the mines on the city wall and wait for our orders."
"Understood, I will personally take command." Luo Wu agreed and hurried to make arrangements.
Grenades and landmines have been hidden, and it's time for the enemy to see them.
Qin Huaidao's heart was filled with passion and fighting spirit, and he shouted: "Listen up, let's bring them in and aim. We have thousands of archers here, kill as many as we come."
"Follow the order!" Everyone responded loudly, with smiles on their faces, very relaxed.
"boom!"
There was a muffled sound, and the city gate was knocked open. The force was too great, and the people rushing in could not stop and rushed in.
"Fire the arrow!"
One after another, the feathered arrows flew away, killing dozens of people before they fell to the ground.
But unlike the previous attack, this time it was infantry who came in, holding shields in front to guard against arrows. The shields were densely packed, even the top was blocked. They were followed by archers shooting arrows to cover, and there were no cavalry.
Qin Huaidao snorted coldly when he saw this scene, he seemed to be wiser, but so what?
The city gate has a narrow space, which is perfect for grenades.
The next moment, Qin Huaidao took the grenade from a guard next to him, lit it, and threw it over.
The grenade hit the shield and rolled to the ground.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise and a terrifying shock wave that flew away the shield, revealing a large gap. Countless people were knocked to the ground, and the screams were heartbreaking.
But it wasn't over yet. Qin Huaidao calmly shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The soldiers who had already drawn their bows took action decisively, shooting at the gap.
"Ahhh!"
The enemy troops fell down one after another, and the gap widened, but the arrows did not stop and they continued to shoot, blocking the enemy troops at the gate of the city. The enemies they killed retreated one after another, but there were more people behind them, swarming in and crowding, and appeared.
Massive stampede.
"Come on, hurry up, rush on."
"Can't retreat, charge forward!"
The enemy troops behind them roared one after another, and the leading soldiers slashed and suppressed them with their swords.
You can't retreat, you can't advance.
The enemy troops wailed and became a mess. After a group of them were killed, everyone mustered up their courage and rushed forward with their shields, trying to rush out of the city gate with speed. However, what greeted everyone was a huge pit full of people.
The pungent smell of wet blood and blood makes your scalp numb.
Everyone instinctively wanted to run to both sides, but the paths left on both sides were not wide and could only be passed by one person. Everyone scrambled for it, causing a large area of congestion and falling into a big pit.