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Considering that the Forbidden Army was running for their lives and was losing a lot of physical strength, Yuwen Chengdu sent 20,000 county soldiers to the city for defense first. He led some of the Forbidden Army to supervise the battle on the city wall, and other Forbidden Army were ready to support at any time below the city.
The governors Zhou Fangpei and Yu Shiji were also very fast. Not only did they collect the people's food and grass in just half an hour, but they also forced all the young men to the top of the city. Yuwen Chengdu drove these young men away without any courtesy and let them
Burning kerosene and carrying logs and stones for the county soldiers, no one cares about how many people who have never been on the battlefield will die in the process.
At the same time, Pei Shiju, as the supervisor of the army, ordered all the houses in the city along the city wall to be demolished, and the bricks, wood and stones obtained were used to defend the city.
These houses were pushed down one by one, the beams were sawed into several sections and used as rolling logs, and the large stones for the foundations were pried up by soldiers and moved to the top of the city to be used as stones.
The owners of the demolished houses could no longer care about this, because their men were on the city wall, and their women, children, old and young were also busy working below the city walls. They could die at any time. Who would care about their house being demolished? Besides, it was useless to care.
Anyone who blocks it will be killed immediately.
On the city, 20,000 county soldiers were just enough to defend the head of Dayan City. All the soldiers held their own weapons and stood on the wall with gritted teeth, silently watching the Turkic army outside the city. Because the disparity in strength was so great, every soldier had a
Exuding a look of fear and horror.
For many years, the Turks have never gone south with all their strength. Even when the late emperor was here, the Turks have never mobilized 400,000 cavalry to go south, and all the troops came to attack a small county.
"It's all that dog emperor's fault. He's going to die this time, and it's better for us to die first." This was the voice of the 20,000 county soldiers on the city at this time. However, in order to survive, even if they were not willing to risk their lives for the emperor, they still had to risk their lives for themselves.
Shibi Khan obviously knew that it was impossible to capture Dayan City immediately, and was ready for a protracted war. In addition to sending 100,000 troops to surround Yanmen City, others started to camp five miles away, setting up tents one after another.
It rises from the ground and stretches for dozens of miles, with no end in sight. It surrounds Yanmen City. Looking at this scene, more county soldiers and soldiers were sent to the top of the city.
The people felt desperate.
The commander-in-chief, Yu Wen Chengdu, had a resolute expression and even a hint of a sinister smile. He had been by the emperor's side these years, protecting the emperor's safety. He had not had many opportunities to go into battle to kill the enemy, and had no chance to display his unrivaled martial arts. To be honest, he envied him.
He was a world-famous junior brother, and he sometimes thought that if he and Wang Junlin were in different places, although he would not have as great achievements as the other, his military exploits would not be too bad.
Yuwen Chengdu has never experienced failure, and he has too much aura, which makes him super confident. Therefore, even if he is surrounded by 400,000 Turkic cavalry, he is not only full of confidence and believes that he will be able to defend Dayan City, but also has a murderous intention that reaches the sky. He
Through this battle, everyone in the world will know that the Sui Emperor has a peerless general like him beside him.
After all, the Turks caught up with the cavalry first and had no siege equipment, so they did not attack the city immediately after arriving. And the Turks were not very good at making siege equipment, so they had to build it on the spot.
"I'm afraid the Turks will attack several other counties first to recruit a group of craftsmen." When Yuwen Chengdu saw that all the Turks were cavalry, he became more confident in defending the city this time.
But the next scene made Yuwen Chengdu's face change slightly.
A group of Han people emerged from nowhere, and with the help of Turkic soldiers, they began to cut down nearby trees and began to build various siege equipment.
"Damn it, where did these craftsmen come from? From the looks of them, they have been following the Turks for a long time." Yuwen Chengdu couldn't help but cursed loudly.
Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "Zhang Zibin's head was beheaded by His Majesty and he certainly deserved his death. The five counties in his Yulin County were said to be controlled by horse thieves and Liu Wuzhou, but in fact they were controlled by the Turks. The craftsmen among them had long been selected by the Turks.
It’s ready for today, not to mention Liu Wuzhou will prepare craftsmen for him... not good."
Speaking of this, Pei Shiju remembered something, his face changed, and he said: "The Turks have obviously been planning for a long time. They have prepared craftsmen in Mayi County and Yuzhong County, and they will definitely build siege equipment in advance."
Sure enough, as soon as Pei Shiju finished speaking, a group of soldiers wearing Sui army uniforms escorted a group of civilians and arrived with a batch of siege equipment.
"It's Liu
People from Wu Zhou." Pei Shiju's face was solemn. Turks who had siege equipment made by the Han people and Turks who didn't have siege equipment were completely different things. Even though the Turkic soldiers were a little unfamiliar with using these equipment at first, after attacking a few times, they slowly began to
Once you get familiar with it, it's almost the same.
"Damn Liu Wuzhou, after feeling so sad, I must ask your Majesty for an order to lead the army to destroy Liu Wuzhou and take back Mayi County." Yuwen Chengdu gritted his teeth in anger and roared again and again.
With the siege equipment in hand, the Turks' attack began immediately.
Before noon, with the sound of huge war drums sounding "Boom! Boom! Boom!" and the low sound of horns resounding throughout the fields, 20,000 Turks on each of the four walls began to attack the city.
I don’t know if it was because of the Sui Emperor in Dayan City. From the beginning, these Turks seemed crazy. They rushed towards Dayan City like madmen and evil wolves.
Most of the Turkic soldiers held shields in their hands, and each city wall had fifty ladders several feet high. They fought bravely one by one. The unique howls of the Turks kept ringing, frightening the county soldiers on the city to become even more frightened.
, and many of the people above and below the city began to cry. Some people wanted to escape, but without Yu Wen Chengdu's orders, they were directly killed by the army. Others did not dare to escape anymore.
For these people, the Sui army at this time was actually the same as the Turks outside. The Sui Emperor at this time was even more hated by them than Shibi Khan outside, because all he brought to them was the destruction of their families and their families.
The disaster, even the Turks, was caused by the Dog Emperor.
You said that you, a foolish king, did not stay in Luoyang's capital city to enjoy life and debauchery, so why did you come to Yanbei? You just wanted to die yourself, and you also brought disaster to the people of the city.
The people are not all stupid. They know very well that after this war, the emperor may be alive, but before the war is over, they will probably all die.
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Outside the city, Turkic soldiers laid long planks on a two-foot-wide moat to serve as bridges. Twenty thousand Turkic troops rushed in from all sides. When they were a stone's throw away from the city wall, ten thousand Turks on each side stopped.
Holding bows and arrows, they began to shoot arrows wildly into the city. Another 10,000 Turkic soldiers continued to rush towards the city wall.