Xue Rengui watched the Turkic envoy leave in a hurry, his face becoming heavy.
"General, are you worried?" Li Derjian asked in a low voice.
"The reason why our army can defend Yuegong City is because of internal discord and mutual suspicion among the Turks and their ability to retain their strength. What this person just said must be taken seriously. The Turks have realized that there is no way out and will stop fighting internally and unite with the outside world. Then
That's tricky." Xue Rengui said and looked at Duoji.
"Just tell me what General Xue ordered," Duoji said, cupping his fists.
"General, please mobilize some brave warriors who can still fight. Ten thousand is enough. Two thousand for each of the four gates in the southeast and northwest. The remaining two thousand will be in reserve for support at any time." Xue Rengui was not polite when the enemy was in front of him.
Duoji didn't refuse, agreed, and hurried to make arrangements.
Other generals also rushed to their troops to prepare for the war.
Xue Rengui stood proudly and motionless, staring coldly ahead, like a needle that calms the sea, so that the busy soldiers nearby were calm and orderly.
Bundles of feathered arrows, jars of oil, and stones were all carried up the city wall.
Having experienced the same thing too much, I have become accustomed to it and become numb.
Just as Xue Rengui expected, without siege equipment such as ladders, catapults, and rams, the Turks were unable to launch an attack immediately, and they did not even move forward to form a formation.
Waiting is a kind of torture, waiting for the enemy to attack the city even more.
Time slowly passed away in suffering, and night fell before I knew it.
While waiting, Xue Rengui never moved a step. He was as steady as a pillar holding the sky, giving strength and confidence to the entire city's defenders. Watching night fall and the moon emerging from the clouds, the Turkic camp was in commotion and looked like it was about to attack.
Not only did I not panic, I breathed a sigh of relief.
During the more than three hours of waiting, many people in the Tibetan army must have regained their fighting strength.
Fortunately, they went out of the city before and destroyed the siege equipment. Otherwise, the Turks would definitely attack continuously and not wait at all. The city may not be able to be defended. With these few hours of rest, the Tubo army can fight, so what are they worried about?
"Dong dong dong!"
"Woo, woo——"
Suddenly, the war drums of the Turkic camp roared, and the low sound of horns resounded throughout the world.
Immediately afterwards, the Turkic army quickly formed a formation and surrounded them from all directions, putting on a desperate posture.
Xue Rengui's eyes widened. Are the Turks going to attack at all costs? He shouted loudly: "Send the order, hide everything and be prepared to guard against arrows."
The messenger roared and spread the order.
Duoji hurried up to the city wall with several division commanders, looked at the Turkic army coming slowly, and asked: "General Xue, our brothers have recovered well. We have prepared 20,000 capable warriors on standby at any time. Two thousand people from each city gate are assisting in defense.
Hurry, what else can our army do?"
"It's good enough. Let's take a look before making a decision." Xue Rengui said gratefully, and immediately looked at the person next to him.
The other party knowingly handed over the big bow and a pot of iron arrows.
Xue Rengui took the big bow, drew an iron arrow, and continued: "General Duoji, when Turks attack a city, they always cover it with arrows first, and then set up a ladder to climb the city, but I have to admit that this trick is very troublesome, so be careful to guard against arrows."
"There is no need to worry, General Xue, I am also a fighting man." Duoji said nonchalantly.
Xue Rengui didn't say anything else. After waiting for a while, he saw the Turkic army pushing forward and the archers forming a formation. He sat down with his back against the city wall. A guard came over immediately, sat down next to him, and raised his shield to cover the top.
Duoji was a little curious and followed suit.
Not long after, there was a sound of bowstrings exploding outside the city, like thunder.
Immediately afterwards, countless shrill sounds sounded, which were the sonic booms of arrows tearing through the void.
Everyone on the city wall was sitting with their backs against the wall. The city wall was blocking them. Unless the arrows landed vertically, it would be difficult to cause any damage. The soldiers had long been used to it, and they talked and laughed indifferently.
"Duh duh duh!"
Countless arrows hit the ground hard and sank into the soil. The tails of the arrows buzzed and trembled as they landed in the city. The roofs were instantly covered with arrows, like overgrown weeds, and fell on the streets. The streets were already deserted.
There are sunken arrow-proof caves under the city wall. Each arrow-proof cave is about one meter deep, about two meters high, and about five meters wide. They are located one next to another. The reserve team hid inside and chatted without paying attention.
Duoji watched the soldiers guarding the city chatting and laughing, and sighed secretly. How many times did he have to experience feather arrow attacks to develop this fearless spirit?
"Bang bang bang!"
There were waves of bows and arrows outside the city, densely packed, blocking out the sky and the sun, and shooting in from four directions, almost covering the entire Yuegong City, like a torrential downpour.
An arrow landed vertically on the city wall and was blocked by the shield, making a thumping sound.
Many arrows penetrated the shields and penetrated the arms of the shield-piercing soldiers, but no one panicked, yelled, or ran around. They just handed the shields to the people next to them to continue to defend, gritting their teeth and holding on.
Fei Jian continued to attack without paying for anything. The entire Yuegong City seemed to be covered with "arrow grass" all of a sudden. It was everywhere and there was nowhere to stay. Duoji was secretly shocked when he saw it. There must be hundreds of thousands of arrows, right?
If another army comes over, facing such a dense and crazy attack, they will be scared to death.
When looking at the soldiers guarding the city, they all hid very well, keeping their bodies as close to the wall as possible and under their shields to reduce the chance of being hit by arrows. Even if they were hit by arrows, they did not run around blindly, but were calm, calm and fearless.
"Heroic soldiers!"
"A heroic soldier in hundreds of battles!"
Duoji secretly sighed that this mentality and willpower were rare in the world, and he admired Xue Rengui endlessly.
Xue Rengui's attention was entirely on the outside of the city. He put his ear to the wall and suddenly heard the faint sound of something hitting the wall. Although it was obscured by the whistling sound of arrows, he believed that it was impossible to mishear. The same thing had happened too many times.
He yelled: "Brothers, the Turks have set up a ladder. As usual, take action!"
Immediately, someone stood up decisively. One person held a shield to block the arrows. The other person picked up a jar of oil and poured it down towards the erected ladder. Then he smashed the jar on the head of the person who climbed up first, causing the other person to scream.
, rolled down, quickly picked up another jar, and repeated this, the movements were extremely skillful.
Duoji took a shield to cover and looked around. The city was densely packed with Turkic troops attacking the city. They gathered like ants and climbed crazily. However, the ladder was poured with oil and became slippery. Many people were unsteady on their feet.
Fall down.
Turkic archers began to attack the city wall, trying to suppress it.
However, the soldiers who defended the city were not afraid of death and continued to pour oil at the risk of being hit by arrows. They worked in pairs and worked in tacit cooperation. If someone fell down after being hit by an arrow, someone else would immediately take over to ensure that the oil pouring continued uninterrupted.
After each group of ten or so bottles of oil went down, the ladder turned completely black and slippery, and the climb began to slow down.
Xue Rengui leaned against the wall, as if he knew what was going on outside, and shouted: "Substitute someone -"
The soldier responsible for throwing oil quickly retreated to make room, but the person responsible for holding the shield did not move. Soldiers holding spears rushed forward to take over, hiding under the shields, and the spears stretched out from the wall stacks, stabbing fiercely.
Those who climbed up were carried down to the city.
Stretch out and retract, like a poisonous snake biting, sending up bloody arrows.