After the rolling stones, there were rockets fired by the Sui army. The Turks at the bottom of the valley piled up in the middle of the valley because of the rolling stones. The Sui army soldiers on both sides could shoot people to death without even having to aim.
While they were shooting rockets, the Sui army soldiers were still throwing down the hay bundled in advance one by one. Some of the dry grass turned into a big fireball before it even hit the ground.
Soon hundreds of burning Turkic warriors appeared in the valley, making extremely miserable screams, running around wildly, and setting many of their companions on fire before dying.
Not long after, the smell of barbecue in the valley began to fill the night sky, and screams, angry howls, and desperate wails came one after another.
Shibi Khan was protected by the Golden Wolf Guards and was not injured, but he watched helplessly as his subordinates were smashed to death, shot to death, and burned to death one by one. His eyes were already splitting.
Through the canyon, the Turks looked at the torches held by the Sui troops with mountains and plains on both sides. They had even seen the mighty Great Wall, which the Sui Emperor had people build seven years ago. As long as they left the canyon and passed through the Great Wall, they would
They can escape, but now even if they escape beyond the Great Wall, how many people will be left?
On both sides of the canyon, Li Shimin and Wang Rengong each led their men and horses, using all the weapons they had prepared to kill the Turks. After they finished shooting the rolling stones and rockets, the remaining Turks were about to rush out of the canyon.
At this time, they had to lead people to rush over and fight in close combat.
To be honest, if the Turks were not only focused on escaping for their lives, and under the command of Wang Junlin, they had anticipated the enemy and knew in advance that the Turks would give up the Yanmen City they finally captured and retreat overnight, they would not have
They may have used the terrain here to ambush the Turks who had more troops than them and were more powerful than them.
After all, the Turks are good at fighting. If they were in the wilderness at this time, they might flee in all directions. However, the exit of the valley is limited at this time and they cannot escape for a while. The desperate situation has aroused the murderous intention of the Turks a lot.
In particular, the combat effectiveness of the 40,000 golden wolf cavalry under Shibi Khan was much higher than that of ordinary Turkic cavalry. After the initial panic, they quickly defeated Yehu, Burke, Xiang, Pei Luo, Dagan,
Under the orders of the little arrows, they resumed their battle formation, and while using their bows and arrows to attack the ambush soldiers rushing down from the mountain ridges on both sides, they quickly ran towards the valley mouth in the distance.
The terrain in the valley is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of Turkic troops, and the Sui army occupies a convenient location. The flat land outside the valley is an ideal cavalry battlefield. Although they just died more than 10,000 people, there are more than 80,000 cavalry remaining.
, enough to trample the ambushing Sui army to pieces.
But how could Li Shimin and Wang Rengong give up the terrain that was favorable to them?
"It's not that easy to leave!" Li Shimin gave an order, and the trumpeter next to him blew the horn again. When a troop of soldiers and horses at the exit of the valley heard the horn, they immediately put down their bows and arrows and lifted up the rocks around them.
Large chunks of rocks were pushed down the hillside by the ambush. Some of them were blocked by bushes of wild trees, throwing up countless dead branches and leaves. Others rolled directly into the Turkic crowd, rushing to the front.
, the Turkic soldiers who were about to rush out of the valley were beaten to the ground.
There were a lot of stones at the narrowest part of the valley, so they were hit the hardest. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Turkic cavalrymen and horses were smashed to the ground, blocking the way of their own people. Soon, the horses exited the valley.
It is no longer possible to gallop out quickly, and you have to climb slowly to escape.
In this case, if they wanted to escape or even face the ensuing fight, the Turks' horses would become a burden to them.
"Dismount, the Great Khan has ordered, dismount and fight!" Khan Shibi reacted quickly and immediately issued the most correct order at this time.
Thousands of soldiers around him shouted in unison and spread his orders. Some of the messengers ran back and forth in the valley, shouting at the top of their lungs.
In fact, before Khan Shibi gave the order, some tribal leaders also discovered that there were more and more stones and corpses on the ground, and they could not run as fast on horseback as on foot. When they found that the way out was blocked, they ordered to give way.
The tribesmen under their respective command jumped off their horses and went to clear the road.
In the process, the arrows flying down from the mountains on both sides shot down the slow-moving Turks mercilessly, using their corpses to add another layer of thickness to the obstacles. The casualties of the Turks continued to increase.
"Dismount, dismount. The Great Khan has given orders. The tribes at the entrance of the canyon are responsible for clearing the stones at the entrance of the canyon. The other tribes will divide their forces to fight back!" After paying nearly a thousand lives, the Turks who were lucky enough had to adjust their tactics. Some people
While they continued to clear the road under the rain of arrows, another group of people jumped off their horses and fought back up the mountain ridge with knives.
In fact, there was no obstruction at the entrance of the valley where they entered, but they did not dare to turn back and exit the valley, because they just wanted to escape to the grassland as soon as possible. They also knew that if they turned back, they would die sooner or later. And they also knew that they could not surrender to the Sui army.
, because they had committed too many crimes in the Sui Dynasty, and they knew they would not receive any forgiveness.
Li Shimin and Wang Rengong occupied a convenient location, but they were different from each other in terms of numbers and combat power.
After paying the price of thousands more casualties, the Turks finally rushed to the hillside and began to fight with the Sui army. As time went by, more and more Sui army's rockets could no longer be fired, and they had to fight with the onslaught.
The Turkic warriors who came up the mountain fought in close quarters.
These days, under the leadership of Wang Junlin, they have always had the upper hand in fighting against the Turks. Li Shimin led the troops of Taiyuan County and never lost. Li Shimin himself also killed many Turks on the battlefield. At this time, he personally led others to fight on the battlefield.
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Wang Junlin told all the reinforcement generals a few days ago that the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty continues. If the Turks cannot be hit as hard as possible this time, when the chaos in the Sui Dynasty completely breaks out, the Turks may take the opportunity to go south and take advantage of the situation.
By that time, the entire Central Plains will be in chaos, and I am afraid there will be no situation like today when we join forces to fight against the enemy. And they, Taiyuan County, are almost the first to bear the brunt, and will surely fall into irreversible disaster, let alone compete with the world.
Moreover, there are two reasons why Li Shimin wanted to annihilate the Turks as much as possible.
One is that he once personally inspected the villages that had been looted by the Turks. They were so desolate, as if the entire village had fallen from the world into hell. There were no more living people. The horror and horror at that time were not enough to describe the situation.
Tragic situation.
There is another reason that cannot be told to anyone. Even before Li Shimin led the army to leave Taiyuan and go north, his father Li Yuancai quietly told him - his father actually had secret contacts with the Turks, and even had an agreement to collude.