This night attack, carefully planned by Wang Junlin for several days, was extremely successful. From the beginning, the Turks, whose strength was more than a thousand more than the Sui army, were unable to organize effective resistance and became a mass of loose sand, killing many Turks.
Rivers of blood flowed, thousands of tents and countless grain and grass were set alight, and the fire shot straight into the sky, reflecting the night sky on the grassland red...
On September 5, the eleventh year of Daye, the Sui army commander Yu Juluo's personal soldier Wang Junlin led 4,000 cavalry to attack the Turkic logistics camp at night, killing 5,000 Turkic cavalry, 7,000 herdsmen, and millions of animals.
The livestock were killed, driven, and poisoned with poisonous fodder by the Sui army. In this battle, three months of food and fodder for the Turks' 200,000 troops and horses were completely destroyed in one fell swoop.
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Although Shuiquanguan is not a pass that can be blocked by one man and cannot be opened by ten thousand people, it is also surrounded by mountains and dangers. It can completely block the attack of ten times the enemy with a small force. Originally, the Turkic general led an 80,000-strong army to garrison here, but in the end
Only 40,000 troops were left, and the other 40,000 troops withdrew outside Jincheng, and together with the main force of Turkic Chuluo Khan, continued to attack Jincheng day and night.
At this point in the battle, the key is still whether Jincheng can be lost before Yu Juluo arrives, and whether Jincheng can wait until that time, the key is Shuiquan Pass. Just as the Turks are eager to capture Jincheng, Yu Julu is also eager to capture Shuiquan Pass.
Quanguan.
Outside Jincheng, Bodo Dharma King and Wutu led an army of 40,000 people from Shuiquan Pass. Although the two lost Longxi City and ruined the good situation, considering the transcendent status of Boduo Dharma King, Chuluo Khan still came to greet him in person.
With a fierce glare at Wu Bald, who was kneeling on the ground, Chuluo Khan said enthusiastically to King Bodo: "King Bodo is wise. I was about to order Siguapiva to hold on to Shuiquan Pass and mobilize an army of 40,000 to return to Jincheng. I didn't expect King Bodo to do so.
Then he thought about it for me."
King Boduo smiled and said: "I did not have time to ask the Khan for instructions beforehand, and I am about to apologize to the Khan. In addition, I also want to plead for Wu Tu. The loss of Longxi City this time was mainly due to the stupidity of Ge Daobu.
The crime is not that he is bald, I hope the Khan can give him a chance."
Chuluo Khan suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and the murderous intention towards Wu Tu, and said: "Since the Dharma King has spoken, I will spare Wu Tu's life for the sake of Dharma King's face."
Wu Tu quickly said: "Thank you so much, Dharma King, and thank you Khan."
When Chuluo Khan saw Wu Tu thanking Bodo Dharma King first and then thanking him again, he could not help but narrow his eyes, but said nothing in front of Bodo Dharma King.
Chuluo Khan's mood has been extremely bad these days. Jincheng has been attacking for more than ten days. He was about to break it before his eyes. However, due to the arrival of three thousand forwards of the Sui army, his success fell short. Now the defenders of the Sui army saw hope and were ready to fight to the death.
No matter how hard he drove his soldiers to attack the city, it was difficult to break the city for a while. The recovery of the Sui army's morale was partly responsible for this, but in fact it was mainly because the Turks were good at cavalry field battles, and attacking and defending cities had always been their weakness.
"His Holiness, in the past ten days or so, more than 50,000 of the men under his command have been killed or injured, but they have still not been able to capture the Golden City. The arrival of the Yujuluo army has dispersed its forces. Now the strength of the day and night siege seems to be insufficient.
Get up, can the Dharma King issue a decree to King Tuyuhun Bailan, asking them to gather the remaining 30,000 troops to help us attack the city." Chuluo Khan personally accepted the Bodo Dharma King today, in fact, he wanted him to come forward and be able to persuade him.
King Bailan of Tuyuhun, he has received the news that Tuyuhun's people have stolen enough property and suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Liu Fang, and he has already thought of withdrawing his troops.
Seeing that King Bodo frowned and did not agree immediately, Chuluo Khan said with a worried look: "His Majesty, there is a small group of Sui troops attacking on the northwest grain road. I am very worried that the logistics camp in the northwest will be attacked by Sui troops.
I want to send an army of 10,000 people back to take a look, but I don’t have enough troops at hand. So I also ask the Dharma King to gather Tuyuhun’s army to Jincheng.”
"Report!" At this moment, a scout suddenly rushed from the northwest. Ten steps away, Khan Luo and King Bodo galloped down. The horse fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Even to the point of exhaustion, the Turks sometimes cherished their war horses more than their own women. Treating their war horses this way, one can imagine how important the news brought by this scout was.
"To report to the Khan, the logistics camp was attacked by the Sui army at night the evening before yesterday. Millions of cattle, sheep, and countless grain and grass were destroyed by the Sui army." The scout finished speaking reluctantly, tilted his head, and fainted.
"Bastard!" Chuluo Khan, Bodo Dharma King and others all changed their expressions. Chuluo Khan even staggered and almost fell to the ground. The soldiers nearby quickly supported him.
After all, he was the Great Khan of the Western Turks. After being frightened, Chuluo Khan quickly regained his composure and shouted: "Our army only has enough food and grass for three days, and there is countless food and grass in Jincheng. As long as Jincheng is captured within three days, victory will still belong to us."
We, whoever shares my worries, will capture Jincheng within three days."
Wu Tu suddenly called for a fight sternly: "Khan! Give me three days and watch me conquer Jincheng!"
"Okay! I appoint you as the general, and you will capture Jincheng within three days. If you fail to capture Jincheng, I will personally chop off your head."
Chuluo Khan personally handed the golden arrow to Wu Tu, stared in the direction of Jincheng, and shouted with murderous intent: "Capture Jincheng, don't put your sword away for three days."
Not sheathing the sword for three days means that you can kill the people in the city for three days. In fact, it is no different from massacring the city.
Wu Tu immediately raised the Khan's golden arrow and shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready, with ten thousand people forming a wave, to attack the city one after another."
In fact, Wu Tu has a very high status among the Western Turks. He is known as the first warrior of the Western Turks. He is considered one of the most powerful among the dozen or so captains under Chuluo Khan. Otherwise, he would not have been sent by Chuluo Khan.
Go and capture Longxi City. Therefore, Chuluo Khan still had certain expectations and confidence in Wu Tu’s request for help.
Thousands of drums were beating, and the sound was like thunder, which could be heard dozens of miles away. The Turkic army outside Jincheng was filled with murderous intent. Hundreds of ladders, nest carts and trebuchets followed the dense army. The Western Turkic soldiers struggled to push them forward.
, swept away the golden city with an unstoppable murderous aura.
King Bodo glanced at Jincheng and then at Wu Tu. He didn't know what he thought of. At this time, he said to Chuluo Khan: "In this case, I will make another trip to see King Bailan and ask him to cooperate fully."
Fight with sweat."
Chuluo Khan said: "Thank you for your hard work, Dharma King."
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Flags were fluttering on the walls of Jincheng. Compared with the sluggish morale of the Sui army in the past few days, the remaining 40,000 defenders in the city now had firm eyes. Nearly a hundred trebuchets that had been rushed out in the past few days were scattered on the four walls of the city.
Like a giant guard.
Amidst the thundering drums, 20,000 Western Turkic troops poured out of the camp like a tide, surrounded by more than a hundred siege ladders, and charged towards the southern city wall that Han Ziliang was responsible for defending.
Han Ziliang was fully armored and wore an eagle-edged helmet. He stood on the top of the city, raised his horse high, and shouted sternly to the troops: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived. As long as we hold on for the last few days, we will be ready as soon as the reinforcements arrive."
, we can go out of the city with reinforcements to surround and kill the Turkic dog thieves, and avenge the brothers who died in these days of fighting!"
"Revenge, revenge, revenge!" Amidst the rumble of war drums coming from outside the city, the blood of the Sui army officers at the top of the city was also boiling. They raised their weapons and shouted with all their strength: "Avenge our brothers!"
The shouts shook the whole city, and even the defenders in the other three directions were infected. They started shouting, and Han Ziliang waved his horse and shouted sternly: "Get ready to defend the city. Anyone who dares to disobey military orders or shake the morale of the army will be executed immediately!"
On top of the city, 40,000 Sui troops raised their bows and arrows with cold eyes, staring fearlessly at the overwhelming Western Turkic army below the city.
War has broken out, and in addition to archers, trebuchets and city-defending crossbows are all ready to launch.
Han Ziliang watched with cold eyes as the dark enemy troops rushed forward. Aerial ladders rushed across the moat that had long been filled with corpses. Most of the enemy troops had already entered within two hundred steps. Han Ziliang waved the horse in his right hand and shouted:
:"emission!"
The drums at the head of Jincheng were beating loudly, and a hundred trebuchets on the four walls were launched at the same time. Their long arms were swung out, and boulders weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown into the air. Dozens of boulders were spinning in the air, whizzing and smashing into the dense crowd.
crowd.
With the loud sound of "Boom!", huge rocks fell down and rolled in the crowd. Red snow foam rose into the sky. Hundreds of people were smashed to pieces, which was horrific. One after another, huge rocks smashed into the crowd, and there were screams one after another.
one slice.
'Crack!' A ladder was hit and the ladder broke into several pieces. Half of the dozen people carrying the ladder were also killed. The Turks' ladders were simple and rough. They were built by the Han folk craftsmen they captured based on the Sui army's ladders.
, but it only has its form but not its spirit. If it is slightly damaged, it will be impossible to move forward. In just a hundred steps, nearly half of the ladders were destroyed by huge rocks, but there are still more than fifty ladders gradually approaching the city wall.
In the sky, huge boulders were tumbling, roaring and hitting the ground. In a short period of time, the trebuchet launched four rounds, and more than a hundred boulders hit the enemy group, causing nearly a thousand casualties, but the Western Turkic army did not
Without stopping, they rushed into the range of the bow and arrow.
The Sui army's arrows were like rain on the city. Tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the enemy intensively. Soldier arrows were used to defend the city. They were longer and heavier than cavalry arrows. When shot from a high place, they would carry their own weight with them.
The enemy troops are extremely lethal.
The Turkic soldiers greeted each other with shields. The Turks had two kinds of shields. One was a wooden shield covered with cowhide, which was strong and strong and used by the Turkic royal family and large tribes. The other was a simple wooden shield with thinner boards and was made by some Turks.
Used by small tribes, this kind of shield can only withstand bows and arrows on the grassland, but cannot withstand the crossbow arrows of the Sui army, let alone heavy military arrows.
However, many Turkic soldiers covered their shields with several layers of rawhide, which barely withstood the arrows. However, many shields were still penetrated by arrows, killing the enemy soldiers behind the shields. Soldiers were killed one by one.