Turbulent Times Chapter 29: The madness of Chuluo Khan

This night attack carefully planned by Wang Junlin for several days was extremely successful. From the very beginning, the Turkic people, who had more than a thousand troops more than the Sui army, were unable to organize an effective resistance and became a mess, thus killing the Turks. Human heads rolled, blood flowed into rivers, thousands of tents and countless food and grass were ignited, and the raging fire rushed into the sky, reflecting the night sky on the grassland red...

On September 5th of the third year of Renshou, Yu Juluo, the commander of the Great Sui Army, led 4,000 cavalrymen to attack the Turkic logistics camp at night, killing 5,000 Turkic cavalrymen, 7,000 herdsmen, and several hundred Tens of thousands of livestock were beheaded, driven away, and poisoned with poisonous fodder by the Sui army. In this battle, the food and grass of the 200,000 Turkic soldiers and horses for three months were completely destroyed in one fell swoop.

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Although Shuiquanguan is not a one-man gate, ten thousand men cannot open it, but it is also surrounded by mountains and dangers, and it can completely block the attack of ten times the enemy with a small force. Originally the Turkic general led 80,000 troops to garrison here, but in the end only 40,000 troops remained, and the other 40,000 troops withdrew to the outside of Jincheng, where they would join forces with Turkic Khan and continue to attack Jincheng day and night.

At this point in the battle, the key is still whether Jincheng can fall before Yu Juluo arrives, and whether Jincheng can wait until then, the key is Shuiquan Pass. Just as the Turks were eager to take Jincheng, Yujuluo was also eager to take Shuiquanguan.

Outside the Golden City, King Boduo and Wutu led an army of 40,000 from Shuiquanguan. Although they lost Longxi City and ruined the good situation, considering King Boduo's transcendent status, Chu Luo Khan came in person meet. Glancing fiercely at Wu Tu who was kneeling on the ground, Chuluo Khan enthusiastically said to the Boduo Dharma King: "The Boduo Dharma King is wise, I am about to order Scuupieva to stick to the Shuiquan Pass and mobilize 40,000 troops to return to Jincheng. The King of Dharma thought about it for me."

King Po Duo said with a smile: "I have time to ask Khan for instructions beforehand. I am about to plead guilty to Khan. In addition, I also want to intercede for Wutu. The loss of Longxi City this time is mainly caused by the sword department. He is stupid, not guilty, please Khan to give him a chance."

Chuluo Khan suppressed his unhappiness and murderous intent towards Wutu, and said: "Since the king has already spoken, this Khan will spare Wutu's life for the sake of the king."

Wu Tu hurriedly said: "Thank you, His Majesty, and Khan."

Chuluo Khan saw that Wutu thanked the Dharma King Boduo first and then thanked him, his eyes narrowed, but he didn't say anything in front of the Dharma King Boduo.

Luo Khan's mood is extremely bad these days. Jincheng has been attacking for more than ten days. It was about to be broken, but because of the arrival of 3,000 forwards of the Sui army, the success fell short. Now the defenders of the Sui army saw hope. Born with a desperate heart, no matter how he drives the soldiers to attack the city, it will be difficult to break the city for a while. The recovery of the morale of the Sui army is one aspect of this, but in fact it is mainly because the Turks are good at cavalry field warfare, and attacking and defending cities has always been their weakness.

"Fawang, in the past ten days, more than 50,000 people have been killed and injured by Erlang under his command, but he has not been able to capture the Golden City. However, when Yujuluo's army arrived, they dispersed their forces. Now the troops attacking the city day and night are reduced It seems that it is not enough, can the Dharma King issue a decree to Tuyuhun Bailan King, let them gather the remaining 30,000 troops to help us attack the city." Chu Luo Khan personally picked up Bo Duo Dharma King today, in fact, he wanted him to come forward, King Bailan of Tuyuhun could be persuaded. He had already received news that Tuyuhun's people had robbed them of property and suffered a disastrous defeat at Liu Fang's hands. He already had the idea of ​​withdrawing troops.

Seeing that King Boduo frowned and said nothing immediately, and did not immediately agree, Chu Luo Khan said with a worried face: "My lord, a small group of Sui troops appeared on the northwest grain road. I am very worried that the logistics camp in the northwest will be attacked by the Sui army." I want to send 10,000 troops back to take a look, but I don’t have enough troops. So I ask the King of Dharma to gather the Tuyuhun army to Jincheng.”

"Report!" At this moment, suddenly a scout came rushing from the northwest direction, and when he was ten steps away from Chu Luo Khan and King Bo Duo, he galloped down, and the horse fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth I'm sorry, I'm so exhausted. Turkic people sometimes cherish war horses more than their own women. Treating war horses like this, one can imagine how important the news brought by this scout is.

"Report to Khan, the logistics camp was attacked by the Sui army the evening before yesterday, and millions of cattle and sheep and countless food and grass were destroyed by the Sui army." The scout barely finished speaking, tilted his head, and passed out.

"Bastard!" Chu Luo Khan, Bo Duo Fawang and others all changed their expressions greatly, Chu Luo Khan staggered even more, almost fell to the ground, and the soldiers beside him hurriedly supported him.

After all, it is the Great Khan of the Western Turks. After being horrified, Khan Chu Luo quickly recovered his composure and shouted: "Our army only has enough food and grass for three days, but there are countless food and grass in Jincheng. We only need to capture Jincheng within three days." Victory still belongs to us. Whoever shares the worries of Ben Khan will capture Jincheng within three days."

Wu Tu suddenly called out for a fight: "Khan! Give me three days and watch me break through Jincheng!"

"Okay! I will appoint you as the chief general, and I will take Jincheng within three days. If I can't take Jincheng, I will cut off your head myself."

Chuluo Khan handed the golden arrow to Wutu with his own hands, stared at the direction of Jincheng, and roared murderously: "If you capture Jincheng, you will not withdraw your sword for three days."

Not closing the sword for three days means that you can let go of killing the people in the city for three days. In fact, it is no different from massacring the city.

Wu Tu immediately raised Khan's golden arrow and shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready to attack the city in a wave of ten thousand people."

In fact, Wutu has a very high status in the Western Turks. He is known as the number one warrior in the Western Turks. Khan sent to take Longxi City. Therefore, Chuluo Khan still has certain expectations and confidence in Wutu's initiative to ask for orders.

Thousands of big drums were beating, and the sound of the drums was like thunder, which could be heard dozens of miles away. The Turkic army outside Jincheng was murderous. Push them forward, sweeping away with an unstoppable murderous Jincheng.

King Po Duo glanced at Jincheng, then at Wutu, and thought of something. At this time, he said to Chuluo Khan: "In this case, I will make another trip to meet King Bailan and let him Fully cooperate with Khan to fight."

Chuluo Khan said: "Thanks for your hard work, Dharma King."

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Flags are flying on the city wall of Jincheng. Compared with the low morale of the Sui army in the past few days, the remaining 40,000 defenders in the city now have firm eyes. Nearly a hundred trebuchets produced in the past few days are scattered around the city. Above, 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 in charge of defending.

Han Ziliang was in full body armor and wearing an eagle-prismatic helmet. Standing on the top of the city, he raised his horse high and shouted to the soldiers, "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, as long as we hold on for the last few days, As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we can go out of the city to surround and kill the Turkic dog thieves with the reinforcements, and avenge the brothers who died in these days!"

"Revenge, revenge, revenge!" Amidst the rumble of war drums from outside the city, the soldiers of the Sui army at the head of the city were also excited. They raised their weapons and shouted with all their might: "Revenge for the brothers!"

The shouts shook the city, and even the defenders in the other three directions were also infected. After shouting, Han Ziliang waved his horse and shouted sharply: "Prepare to defend the city. Anyone who dares to disobey the military order and shake the morale of the army will be killed immediately!" !”

On the top of the city, 40,000 Sui troops raised their bows and arrows together, staring at the overwhelming Western Turkic army below the city without fear.

The war has broken out. Apart from the archers, the trebuchets and crossbows are ready to launch.

Han Ziliang stared coldly at the enemy army rushing up. A ladder rushed over the moat that had been filled with corpses. Most of the enemy army had already entered within two hundred steps. , Shouted: "Launch!"

Jinchengtou was beating loudly, and a hundred trebuchets on the four walls were launched at the same time, and their long arms were swung out, throwing boulders weighing dozens of kilograms into the air, and dozens of boulders were spinning in the air, whistling and smashing to dense crowds.

'Boom! ’ Amidst the loud noise, huge boulders fell and rolled in the crowd, and red-stained snow foam rose into the air. Hundreds of people were smashed to **** flesh.

'Crack! 'A cloud ladder was hit, and the ladder was broken into several pieces, half of the people who carried the ladder were also killed. It has only its shape but no spirit, and it is impossible to move forward if it is slightly damaged. In just a hundred steps, nearly half of the ladders were smashed by huge rocks, but more than 50 ladders were gradually approaching the city wall.

In the sky, huge boulders were rolling and smashing to the ground with a whistling sound. The Turkic army did not stop, they rushed into the range of bows and arrows.

Arrows from the Sui Army on the city were like rain, and tens of thousands of soldier arrows shot at the enemy densely. The soldier arrows were used to defend the city. They were longer and thicker than riding arrows. When shot from a high place, they would bring their own The weight is shot at the enemy, and the lethality is extremely strong.

Turkic soldiers raised their shields to greet them. There are two kinds of shields in Turkic. One is a wooden shield covered with cowhide, which is sturdy and used by Turkic royal families and large tribes. The other is a simple wooden shield with thinner boards. Used by some small Turkic 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 soldier arrows.

However, many Turkic soldiers covered their shields with several layers of raw cowhide, barely resisting the shooting of soldiers and arrows, but many shields were still pierced by arrows, and the enemy soldiers behind the shields were shot to death. A group of soldiers screamed and fell down.