Turbulent Times Chapter 30: Attack Shuiquan Pass

A ladder approached the city wall. Hundreds of soldiers pulled back the rope suddenly, and a ladder six to seven feet high was pulled up. Dozens of Turkic soldiers climbed on the ladder.

'Boom! With a loud noise, the first ladder climbed onto the top of the city, followed by more than 30 ladders. Thousands of Western Turkic soldiers climbed up like a colony of ants. Stabbing with spears and shooting with arrows, just to rush to the top of the city.

Arrows rained heavily on the city, rolling logs and stones fell like hailstones, knives and spears pierced, flesh and blood flew across the city, soldiers of the Sui army used long forks to hold the ladder and pushed it out, and a long ladder was pushed out , turned backwards and down, and the ladder screamed mournfully.

The western Turkic archers under the city began to fight back, shooting arrows like rain towards the top of the city. Sui soldiers were shot continuously and fell from the top of the city screaming. The casualties gradually increased.

At this time, the dull drums of the Western Turkic Army sounded again, another 30,000 Western Turkic troops joined the battle, and towering nest cars appeared. Han Ziliang quickly issued an order to increase troops, and the five thousand reserve archers who had been preparing for a long time were mobilized to join the fierce battle.

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Fifty miles northwest of Jincheng, in a hidden valley, Wang Junlin led more than 4,000 cavalry and hid here. Hurry back to the south of Shuiquanguan, but hide here, waiting for an opportunity.

Although he was very close to the enemy and extremely risky, Wang Junlin was extremely calm, and he would never take any action if he was not sure, so as soon as he came here, he sent a large number of scouts to inquire about Jincheng County and Shuiquan Pass.

At this time, a group of cavalry rushed back from outside the valley, led by Zhou Hu, the centurion leader of the scout team. This was the return of the scout he sent to Jincheng. Wang Junlin was eager to know the situation of Jincheng and Shuiquanguan. Long Yuan asked, "How is the battle in Jincheng?"

The scout team continued to urge the horse forward, and Zhou Hu cupped his fists on the horse and saluted: "Report to the captain, the battle in Jincheng is horrific, and the field outside the city is full of corpses, but according to the observation of the humble officer, it is difficult for the Turks to capture Jincheng within two or three days. .”

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "Jiang Mulang hasn't come back yet, so I don't know what's going on at Shuiquan Pass?"

While talking, another team of scouts galloped into the valley. Wang Junlin took a closer look and saw that it was Jiang Mulang, the deputy centurion leader of the scout team, and his party.

Soon Jiang Mulang ran to the entrance, galloped off the horse, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, "I will report to the captain, I have come back from my humble post to inquire about the military situation."

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "How is the situation at Shuiquan Pass?"

Jiang Mulang said: "The humble official arrested two Turkic scouts, and learned from them that the situation at Shuiquanguan is not very good. The loss was heavy."

Wang Junlin thought for a while and said, "Zhou Hu!"

Zhou Hu stepped forward, clasped his fists and bowed, "Humble job is here."

Wang Junlin looked at the direction of Shuiquan Pass in the south, and said in a deep voice: "Send all the scouts to find the mountain trail leading to Shuiquan Pass."

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To the south of Shuiquanguan, the 30,000 Sui army infantry for the next round of attack has been assembled. Yu Juluo personally came to supervise the battle. His condition is very bad these days. Shuiquanguan has been attacked for three days, and the Sui army has been killed and injured. There are more than 8,000 people, but they have not been able to capture a small Shuiquan Pass.

Whether Jincheng can persist until his arrival, Yu Juluo is full of worry and anxiety.

"Is there any news from Pei Yuanqing?" Yu Juluo shouted in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the governor, there is no news about Pei Yuanqing." Yuwen Hanfeng said quickly.

Yu Juluo's face became more and more ugly. At this time, a goshawk came from the north, hovered in mid-air for a moment, swooped down, and landed in a corner of the Sui army's camp. Soon a scout rushed over, Kneeling down in front of Yu Juluo, he said, "Great Governor, Captain Wang Junlin urgently reports."

Yu Juluo tightened his expression, and said, "Submit it quickly." Now his only hope is pinned on Wang Junlin. As long as Wang Junlin succeeds in destroying the Turks' food and grass, the Turks will retreat in a few days. Of course, the premise is that If Jincheng is not lost, otherwise the grain and grass in Jincheng would be enough for Turkic people to eat for several months.

"Okay! Good boy, you really won't disappoint me." After reading the information, Yu Juluo finally had a happy expression on his face.

Liu Fang took a look at it, and his expression was equally happy, but after thinking for a while, he still said: "The governor, I am afraid that Luo Khan in the Turkic area will jump over the wall in a hurry, and attack Jincheng like crazy regardless of losses. Before the Turkic army runs out of food and grass Capture the Golden City."

Yu Juluo looked concentrating, and said: "So, the key now is that we must capture Shuiquan Pass as soon as possible. When the time comes, the Turkic army will not be able to supply food and grass, and they will not be able to attack Jincheng for a long time. The morale of the army will inevitably be shaken. When our army arrives, With the Jincheng defenders attacking from north to south, the Turks will be defeated."

After a pause, Yu Juluo issued a death order: "If Bu Shuiquan Pass is captured again in this round, each government army will select 500 dead soldiers, and the 5,000 dead soldiers must attack Shui Quan Pass today!"

At this time, the war drums rumbled, and a new round of attacking Shuiquanguan began again. The mountain road to the south of Shuiquanguan was only eight feet wide, and there were too many people to use it. Only 5,000 people were allowed to attack the city at a time.

At this time, 5,000 Sui troops had reached the pass, and the Sui troops marched up in a row of ten, getting closer and closer, but when they were a hundred paces away, the army stopped advancing.

Ying Yang Lang watched Li Qing viciously at the Shuiquan pass a hundred steps away, and shouted: "The first regiment goes first!"

He gave an order, and the war drum went 'boom! Boom! ’ It sounded, and a thousand Sui soldiers, holding shields in their hands, swarmed towards the city wall of Shuiquanguan.

On the top of the city, Sguapiva watched with a proud face the thousand Sui soldiers attacking, and only ran about twenty steps. Under the captain's loud order, the speed suddenly slowed down, and began to surge forward cautiously , the shield formed a shield wall.

Although there are 40,000 people at Shuiquanguan, only 10,000 soldiers can be deployed on the top of the city at a time, and the same 3,000 people can attack at the same time, so four or three people can be divided into four rotations, and the physical strength can always be maintained Plenty, and the troops are extremely sufficient. This is also the main reason why it is difficult for the Sui army to conquer Shuiquan Pass.

Three thousand Turkic soldiers aimed their bows and arrows at the approaching Turkic army. They were waiting for the best range. It can also be thrown, and the short distance makes it too late for the Sui army to switch to the shield formation.

The Sui army was getting closer and closer, within fifty paces, the drums stopped, and there was silence in front of the pass, only the rustling sound of the Sui army soldiers marching forward.

Sguapiva watched the advance of the Sui army, and he had already entered within 30 steps. He gave an order, "Shoot!"

A thousand soldiers fired at the same time. The difficult living environment since childhood and the lack of food production on the grassland made every Turkic warrior's arrow skills quite superb. Although the Sui army was blocked by shields, there were inevitably gaps exposed before walking. The Turkic people seized this opportunity and shot at the Sui army. There was a scream, and more than a hundred Sui soldiers were shot down and fell to the ground. A dozen soldiers accidentally fell from the side cliff while dodging. , fell into a deep mountain stream, and the screams echoed long.

But just after this round of arrows passed, the soldiers of the Sui army suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the top of the mountain frantically. As long as they rushed into the open ground of thirty paces, the troops could expand to both sides, and more Sui troops could come to kill them. .

Turkic soldiers shot arrows like locusts. Three thousand soldiers were divided into three teams to shoot in turn. Groups of Sui soldiers fell down screaming. The army soldiers used bows and arrows to cover, and the dense rain of arrows shot at the top of the city. Turkic soldiers kept falling down from the arrows on the top of the city, but when one fell, the Turkic soldiers behind immediately added.

The battle was extremely fierce. On the short mountain path from thirty steps to ten steps, corpses began to pile up rapidly. In just a quarter of an hour, more than 400 soldiers of the Sui army were killed or injured. Can't help but withdraw like a tide.

Ying Yanglang looked ugly, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Three thousand people attack!"

The attacking Sui army suddenly tripled in size. Roaring and brandishing their sabers, they rushed frantically towards the city wall of Shuiquan Pass on the top of the mountain. Arrows were like rain, and stones were dense like hail. The war kicked off.

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The mountains on both sides of Shuiquan Pass are called Shuiquan Mountains. The mountains are steep and towering towards the sky. The mountains are covered with dense forests, and occasionally there are large straight steep walls. The steep walls are either barren or covered with vines. These cliffs seem to have been cut by knives, and there are various shapes of rocks piled up under the cliffs, some as small as cobblestones, some as huge as three-story buildings, and a winding and long mountain road leads from these large and small rocks. through the rocks.

At the beginning of night, the mountain road was extremely quiet. There were rustling sounds from the woods and rock gaps on both sides. Occasionally, a night owl would launch from a big tree and make a horrible scream, which was creepy, but soon , the silence on the mountain road was broken by a marching team, five hundred cavalrymen lined up two by two, walking quickly on the wet but not muddy mountain road, with the sound of horseshoes, the clang of swords and the occasional light noise. With the sound of soft conversation, flocks of resident birds on the big trees beside the mountain road were also awakened from time to time, flying up in a daze.

"What's going on, why did you stop?" Pei Yuanqing, the leader of this army, stopped on his horse and asked with a frown.

Soon a soldier hurried back from the front on his horse, and reported on one knee: "General, this trail has to pass through a mountain stream ahead, and this mountain stream can only allow one to pass through at a time, but now that mountain stream is blocked by people. It's blocked from the other end. We can't get through."

Pei Yuanqing's face suddenly became extremely ugly. At this time, Shuiquanguan could be seen vaguely. He was ordered to search for the secret mountain path leading to Shuiquanguan. He found the secret path in the mountain, but apparently this secret path had also been discovered by the Turkic soldiers, and it was directly destroyed by the other party. past.

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