Turbulent Times Chapter 23: Upgrade four levels in a row

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"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a giant four-foot-wide ladder climbed to the top of the southern city, and hundreds of Turkic soldiers climbed up frantically.

The soldiers of the Sui Army lifted up the logs and stones and threw them down. The Turkic soldiers screamed and rolled down along with the logs and boulders. But the ladder was firmly held down by the Turkic people below, and the Sui army on the top of the city failed to push it down.

"Get out of the way, let me do it." Han Ziliang was passing by while supervising the battle. He took a soldier's sledgehammer and slammed it down on one side of the siege ladder. With the creaking sound, the ladder gradually widened , The wedges of the top two rungs fell off the ladder frame, and the ladder fell directly, and the Turkic soldiers who had just climbed halfway screamed and fell down.

However, this side was blocked, and another Turkic soldier attacked the city on the other side. Han Ziliang led a group of personal soldiers, and roared to another place.

At this moment, the drums of the Turkic army became dull and slow, 'Boom-boom-boom! ’ Every heavy blow made people’s heart tremble.

"Look, general!" A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted in fear.

All the soldiers of the Sui army were stunned and looked into the distance in horror. Han Ziliang also saw that the Turkic people had built more than a dozen nest carts. This kind of siege weapon is absolutely impossible for the Turks to make. It is obviously made by Han craftsmen captured from the three counties of Jincheng County these days.

These nest carts are each four feet high, higher than the city wall of Jincheng. At this time, each nest cart is slowly driving towards the city wall under the pull of hundreds of horses, like a huge monster, Han Ziliang Turn around and shout: "Quick, shoot me with the city crossbow!"

The Sui Army's only heavy-duty city defense weapon was the bed crossbow, which used a three-foot-long short spear with a range of up to 500 steps, but the effective range was only more than 300 steps. It is also the only long-range weapon capable of dealing with nest vehicles at this distance. But what the effect will be, Han Ziliang is full of worries. He has a faint premonition that the city may not be able to defend today.

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In front of the Turkic camp, Chuluo Da Khan rode a **** horse, surrounded by thousands of generals and guards, watching the battle from a distance with a happy expression on his face. Although the loss in the past seven days was not small, when he thought that Jincheng was about to be breached, the entire Jincheng County and Longxi County would become his territory. There were nearly a million Han people in the two counties, and countless food wealth, especially the weapons that the Sui army had no time to destroy. Armor, I feel that these sacrifices are worth it.

At this time, the left guard general Shiguapiwa said: "Khan, in my opinion, in one or two hours at most, Jincheng will be defeated, and Longxi City is under the onslaught of Yujuluo's 100,000 elites. Now that the situation is critical, we should first send 50,000 troops to support."

Chu Luo Khan nodded and said: "You are right, but if you go south, you may be stopped by Yu Juluo's army before you enter Longxi City. Maybe there will be a battle outside Longxi City." The battle is fierce, so the 50,000 army is a bit small, so you will command 80,000 cavalry, and go south first to support Longxi City."

It's just that his order had just been issued, and before Sguapiva could happily accept the order, a scout from a distance rushed over and shouted: "Khan, the Sui army's forward has appeared, and it has entered ten miles away. !”

"What? Tell me clearly." Chuluo Khan said angrily.

"Khan, Yujuluo's army has entered Jincheng County. The Gaolan County occupied by the Tuyuhun people was easily breached, and the 10,000 Tuyuhun defenders were wiped out. Yujuluo's army is attacking Jincheng. Thousands of people appeared ten miles away, and the main force of 80,000 troops has already reached eighty miles away."

"What? Could it be that Longxi City has fallen, **** it." Chu Luo Khan looked annoyed.

At this time, another scout came galloping and shouted from a distance: "Khan, three thousand cavalry reinforcements from the Sui army appeared five miles away, and they were attacking us. Scatter and plunder things, and be easily defeated by them."

As soon as the scout finished speaking, the low-pitched horn sounded in the distance, echoing around Jincheng, and a Sui army cavalry suddenly appeared three miles south of the Turkic camp.

In order to prevent Jincheng from being breached at the end, Yujuluo sent 30,000 cavalry to go north in advance, led by general Liu Fang, with Pei Yuanqing as the vanguard.

The 3,000 cavalry were led by Captain Guo Yi, Pei Yuanqing. They came all the way from Longxi, and the Tuyuhun people who were in charge of the periphery were only busy looting people and property. Although they had more than 40,000 troops, they were very scattered. On the way, even if the Tuyuhun army met Pei Yuanqing and his party, they were powerless to stop them. Only Shuiquanguan stationed by the Turkic army could stop them. However, Pei Yuanqing led a small number of people, so he bypassed Shuiquanguan, took the path in the mountains and forests, and killed them in front of the Turkic camp outside Jincheng.

Although there are only 3,000 people, the appearance of these 3,000 people is just right, because what the Sui army stationed in Jincheng is most worried about is that their retreat will be cut off and they will be trapped here to death, so their morale has been greatly affected. Influence, the appearance of these 5,000 people means that Longxi City is likely to have been taken back by the Sui army, and the main force of reinforcements will arrive soon.

Chuluo Khan instantly thought of the consequences of the three thousand cavalry of the Sui army appearing here, and couldn't help being furious. I must block the Sui reinforcements to the south of Shuiquanguan."

Sguapiwa took the order loudly, and then with the sound of the horn, groups of Turkic cavalry rushed out of the camp and surrounded the 3,000 accompanying cavalry. Pei Yuanqing sneered, his goal had been achieved, so immediately He ordered: "Evacuate!"

The order was passed on quickly, and Pei Yuanqing led the army to quickly retreat to the way they came. They were also cavalry, and they were three or four miles away. It was almost impossible for the Turkic cavalry to catch up, especially after the three thousand cavalry hid in the mountains. It is impossible to find it for a while.

Compared with Luo Khan in the Western Turks, the arrival of three thousand cavalry led by Pei Yuanqing made the defenders of the Sui Dynasty in Jincheng burst into cheers and were ecstatic. Although there were only 3,000 people, they were far from being the opponents of tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry, but these 3,000 people gave the defenders hope.

"Brothers, the Commander-in-Chief of Yuda Commander-in-Chief has arrived. As long as we persist for a few more days, it will be time for us to go out of the city and kill Turkic dogs." General Fang Yingyanglang and prefect Chen Sansi are doing the same.

Soon, the morale of the defenders on the city was boosted and they fought the enemy bravely. On the contrary, the morale of the Turkic soldiers was affected by the arrival of Sui reinforcements. The casualties were heavy, and all the Turkic soldiers who attacked the city were killed. Even with the cooperation of the nest car, it was impossible to attack the city for a while.

Chuluo Khan saw that the army's morale was disturbed today and its morale was affected, so he ordered the troops to withdraw. With the sound of the horn, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers retreated quickly like an ebb tide, and nearly half of the fifteen nest vehicles were destroyed by the Sui army's defensive crossbows and catapults.

While commanding the defense of the city, Han Ziliang has been paying attention to the mobilization of the Turkic army in the distance. Seeing the 80,000 Turkic army heading south, the Turkic battalion has lost nearly half of its troops. He knew that the 80,000 people had gone to intercept Yu Juluo's army.

That is to say, if they can't hold out until the arrival of Yujuluo, or if Yujuluo loses to the 80,000 Turkic cavalry and the more than 40,000 Tuyuhun cavalry in the field battle, then their fate has not changed much. But these things must not be said at this time.

No longer than Han Ziliang thought, the sudden retreat of the Turkic army that had been besieging the city continuously for seven days caused the Sui army defending the city to cheer loudly, and the decadence and despair disappeared for several days.

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On the official road to the north of Gaolan County, Jincheng County, nearly 60,000 troops are marching towards Jincheng County rapidly, with banners and flags flying, and morale like a rainbow. , with stern eyes, behind him, a big flag with the word 'fish' written on it fluttered.

What Han Ziliang was worried about, Yu Juluo could not have imagined that now that the city of Longxi was broken, Luo Khan at the Turkic Office would inevitably send a large army to stop the reinforcements he led, and if he could not defeat the Turkic cavalry as soon as possible in the field, Jincheng County would not be able to defend either live. And this is not the worst result-if they lose to the Turkic army in the field, the result will be even more unimaginable.

Yu Juluo has such worries, not because he has no confidence in the 80,000-strong army he brought, but because he is still at a disadvantage compared to the Turkic and Tuyuhun coalition forces, and the enemy is all cavalry, especially It is the strength of the Turkic cavalry that no one dares to underestimate. What's more, Luo Khan personally led the troops in the Western Turks.

In short, he must think of a complete strategy to defeat the Turkic and Tuyuhun army in the field as quickly as possible.

There was a rush of hoofbeats behind him, and a personal guard reported: "Great Governor, Captain Wang is here!"

Yu Juluo perked up, remembering Wang Junlin's attack on Longxi City with a bucket of poison, and thought that this kid was his lieutenant general.

That's right, Captain Wang is Wang Junlin. He has now been promoted to the rank of captain four times in a row. It is not an exaggeration to be promoted to Captain Guoyi.

However, Yujuluo has already sent someone to rush the capture of Longxi City, together with the latest military situation, to Daxing City, Kyoto, eight hundred miles away. He believed that with His Majesty's wisdom, Wang Junlin must be rewarded.

This attack on Longxi City resulted in the death of two mid-level officers at the rank of captain. Wang Junlin became the captain of his original regiment.

As for the 19 scouts under Wang Junlin's command, apart from six of them being besieged and killed by the poisoned Ge Dao soldiers, the other 13 were also rewarded. Among them, except for Zhou Hu who became the captain of the centurion, everyone else became the chief of the fire, and they were still under Wang Junlin's command.

In addition, Wang Junlin wanted to thank the Dugu family for rescuing Dugu Moyu. Wang Junlin did not ask for any property, but asked for Wu San and Wu Si. Now they have become members of Wang Junlin's personal army Captain and deputy captain.