Turbulent Times Chapter 32: The end of the war
"Pass on my order, the first person to enter the Golden City will be rewarded with 100,000 sheep, and he will be named Chief Ten Thousand!"
Chuluo Khan personally urged the 30,000 troops to launch another fierce attack on Jincheng.
In front of the four walls of Jincheng, corpses piled up like a mountain, and the viscous blood was about to refill the moat. In the past three days, nearly 10,000 Turkic soldiers died in the battle. In addition to the battle damage a few days ago, during the attack on Jincheng alone, They lost more than 60,000 people, plus the 40,000 people lost at Shuiquanguan. When they came, there were 200,000 troops and now there are 100,000 left.
The Sui army guarding Jincheng also suffered heavy casualties. Jincheng originally had 30,000 defenders, and the two counties of Longxi and Tianshui each had 25,000 reinforcements, making a total of 80,000 troops. From the beginning of Tuyuhun's attack to the present, there are already 30,000 people left, and more than 40,000 people have been damaged in battle. Moreover, the crossbows and bows in the city are almost exhausted. Available, Jincheng, which has no arrows available, has long since fallen.
Between the battle, the soldiers were busy collecting the arrows in the city. Most of the arrows of the Turkic army were shot at the city, and a small part of them shot past the city and landed in the city.
"General Han, we only collected more than 50,000 arrows here." Captain Gao Pingwang stepped forward to report that one of his arms was cut off by the enemy while defending the city, and he was unable to go into battle. City equipment and supplies.
"Let's count as much as you have!"
Han Ziliang looked at the mobilization of the Turkic battalion troops outside the city, and had a vague feeling that the other party was jumping over the wall in a hurry.
"The reinforcements from Governor Yu should be coming soon!" Han Ziliang thought and looked forward to this. If he knew that he came to the Northwest to take up the post, he passed by Maiji Town and randomly picked up a soldier who created miracles time and time again, changed the entire battle situation, and indirectly almost saved his life, I don't know how he would feel.
Among the sound of war drums, the Turkic army once again attacked the city. This time it was more ferocious than any previous offensive, and the war was also the most tragic. In the afternoon, more than 5,000 people were killed in the Western Turkic army, while the Sui army was killed and injured. Two thousand people, the bones of the Jincheng were piled up and down, and the wilderness was stained red with blood, but the Jincheng was still standing tall, and the morale of the Sui army was getting higher and higher after the Vietnam War.
In the evening, a ray of blood-red sunset shone through the clouds on the head of Jincheng, and it shone on the corpses above and below the city like hell.
Some of these corpses are curled up, with temporary pain on their faces. There was a terrible plague.
The Turkic army was unable to attack for a long time, and the morale was low. Although Chuluo Khan was furious, he had to order a retreat.
At this time, the city was exceptionally quiet, and the soldiers of the Sui army on all sides of the city fell asleep leaning against the walls, looking exhausted. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, most of them slept less than two hours a day , and have to fight every day from morning till night, already exhausted.
Among the dozens of soldiers sleeping together on the southern city wall, the main general Han Ziliang also huddled with the soldiers and fell into a deep sleep. For the soldiers, after more than ten days of fierce fighting to defend Jincheng, everyone is enjoying this incomparably precious nap.
Prefect Chen Sansi led a team of personal guards to patrol the top of the city. When passing by Han Ziliang, he sighed secretly: "A tiger father has no dogs."
Then, he turned around and booed the guards with a smile, and led the people away quietly. At this time, a team of more than a hundred civilian husbands quickly walked up to the top of the city carrying hot pancakes and broth. The soldiers of the Sui army began to be woken up and ate their dinner.
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Turkic camp.
"Khan, this soldier of the Sui army fell from the top of the city and fell on the pile of corpses and survived. It has been used up, and now we are using the arrows we shot in, Khan give me another chance, and I promise to capture Jincheng tomorrow morning." Wutu cried and begged Luo Khan to give him another chance.
"Okay, I'll give you another chance, but if you fail to capture Jincheng this time, I will not only kill you, but I will also kill your entire clan."
Wutu quickly knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you Khan, I will definitely capture Jincheng tomorrow."
When he said this, a trace of resentment flashed in the depths of Wutu's eyes.
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The morning sun also shines on the wilderness. An army of more than 70,000 people is flying with banners, mighty and boundless.
This is the main force of the Sui Army reinforcements who came through Shuiquanguan after a half-night rest after the fire at Shuiquanguan was extinguished. Today's Yujuluo is no longer satisfied with driving the Turks away and saving Jincheng. Instead, he wanted to keep Luo Khan in the West Turkic Department and the remaining 100,000 Turkic troops in Jincheng County forever.
"Liu Fang, I'm a little uneasy, you lead all the cavalry to speed up, don't wait for the infantry, go to rescue Jincheng."
Liu Fang agreed, and the order was passed on, and soon more than 20,000 cavalry galloped towards Jincheng at full speed.
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On the second day, the offensive and defensive battle of Jincheng took place all morning, and there were many dead bodies on the top of the city. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. In total, more than 4,000 enemy troops have rushed to the top of the city and fought fiercely with the Sui army on the top of the city. The situation has become critical.
The huge physical exertion made the Sui army reach the end of its force, and the city wall of Jincheng was riddled with holes and ruins, giving it a crumbling feeling.
When Luo Khan outside the city saw this, he was ecstatic in his heart, and finally he was going to take down the city. As long as there is food and grass in the city, and then use the Jincheng as the base to firmly guard the Shuiquan Pass, this time he will fight against the Sui Dynasty, at least Take Jincheng County.
More and more Turkic soldiers came to the city, and the soldiers of the Sui Army suffered heavy casualties. There were only less than 20,000 people left on the walls. Han Ziliang was covered in blood. The sound of the horn that they are very familiar with is the sound of the horn of the Sui army.
Han Ziliang shouted with all his strength: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, let us stick to the last moment!"
The exhausted soldiers of the Sui army roared one after another. They exhausted their last strength to kill the tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers rushing to the top of the city...
At this moment, the sound of thousands of galloping horses came from the southern sky, Chuluo Khan turned his head to look, and saw a black torrent sweeping towards where they were.
Chu Luo Khan's face changed drastically, and he roared: "Blow the horn and retreat."
However, it was too late to retreat at this time.
At this time there were more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers on the top of the city, 30,000 to 40,000 were climbing and running, and there were 40,000 to 50,000 remaining in the camp.
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On September 19th of the third year of Renshou, the 100,000 Turkic army that was attacking the city retreated northward in a panic. Liu Fang led 20,000 cavalry to chase after him. In Yuli, 67,000 people were beheaded, and Chu Luo Khan fled with less than 30,000 cavalry.
On September 28th, because there was no food and grass on the road, Chuluo Khan and Tuyuhun failed to obtain food and grass, and wiped out more than a dozen tribes of Tuyuhun size, which annoyed King Bailan.
On October 15th, Yu Juluo led an army of 80,000 to march westward. King Bailan gathered the strength of the whole clan and assembled an army of 70,000. The two sides fought in a field battle. Tuyuhun was defeated. King Bailan fled with more than 40,000 remnants To the shore of Qinghai Lake.
October 21st, the Sui army conquered the three prefectures of Xiping, Wuwei, and Zhangye that were originally occupied by Tuyuhun.
At this point, the war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turkic, Tuyuhun, and Godot allied forces, which lasted for more than two months, came to an end.
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If it is said that taking back Longxi City is a battle to win the initiative of the entire battle situation. Then, Liu Fang's defeat of Remnant Tuyuhun in the first battle was the beginning of the Sui army's counterattack. The destruction of all Turkic grain, grass, cattle and sheep can be regarded as the most important part of reversing the entire war situation. Next, burning Shuiquanguan is the key to determining the outcome of the entire occupation. It can be said that when the 40,000 Turkic army was burned to death or killed at Shuiquanguan, the Turks were doomed to fail.
In the nearly three months of the war, after several twists and turns, although Da Sui won the final victory and achieved fruitful results, but the so-called killing one thousand enemies means self-defeating 800, and Da Sui also suffered great losses.
Of the 80,000 troops defending Jincheng, more than 60,000 people died in the battle, and nearly half of the remaining 10,000 troops were injured. Yuwen Junchi, general of Ying Yanglang of Jincheng County, died heroically in the last half-day Turkic siege of the city.
All the 5,000 men stationed in Longxi City were lost in battle, and Li Yuanwen, the prefect of Longxi County, committed suicide and died for his country.
The 100,000 elite Yu Juluo brought from Guanzhong also lost more than 20,000 men.
The most miserable people were the people of Jincheng and Longxi counties. According to post-war statistics, as many as 150,000 people were killed and taken away by the Turkic, Tuyuhun, and Godot tribes. Countless properties were looted and taken away. Tens of thousands of households were destroyed. It can be said that after this battle, the vitality of Yongzhou, which is still relatively wealthy, was severely injured. Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty decreed that the two counties of Jincheng and Longxi would be exempted from tax for three years, so that the people could recuperate and restore their strength.
In stark contrast to the scenes of the people in the two counties being ruined and crying, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the court were all rejoicing for the victory, especially for the three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, and Xiping, and publicized their majesty Wise and martial. Of course, those who survived in the army will also be happy because they have received generous rewards.
In the third year of Renshou, on November 1st, the decree of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the latest appointment order from the court finally arrived.
First of all, the three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye and Xiping were brought under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, each with an army. In addition, the governor of Yongzhou and the general manager of the march each set up a post, and the military and government were separated.
Then there are rewards from top to bottom.
Governor Yujuluo added a thousand households in Shiyi, and he was granted the title of Hushi General and Han Guogong, and he temporarily acted as the general manager of the Yongzhou March.
Chen Sansi, the prefect of Jincheng County, added 800 households in Shiyi, was granted the title of Duke of Heyin County, and was promoted to governor of Yongzhou.
Great General Liu Fang added 500 households in Shiyi, and was granted the title of Prince of Qingshui County, and also the governor of Yongzhou.
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