Chapter 551: Blocked Outside the City
This is the true portrayal of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the soldiers and horses they brought in the battle fought hard, and it was a small chance to defeat hundreds of Turkic soldiers.
Leaving in time to keep their soldiers safe, but many times things don't go their way, as they do now.
"General, there are pursuers."
Li Jiancheng had already heard the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground, and immediately judged that there were many people.
"Third brother, let's leave quickly."
After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Li Yuanji personally went to supervise, and the hurried escape route in the middle of the night was not clear, and when they saw Jiangling City, they knew that they had missed the direction.
The pursuers were never freed up, and the Turkic soldiers and horses were the best at pursuit, and if they could get 10,000 people to run away, then there was no need to be so difficult in this battle.
Can the best cavalry still be called cavalry if they can't even catch up with people?
"Big brother, what now?" Li Yuanji asked.
Li Jiancheng knew that he couldn't retreat now, so he could only ask Jiangling City for help, if they could enter the city, they would naturally resolve the crisis.
Whoosh, just as Li Jiancheng was about to go to the Jiangling City Gate with his people, suddenly a bow and arrow fell directly on the ground under their feet.
"Come, stop." Soldier on the city wall said.
"We are the Tang Guogong of Taiyuan Mansion who came to support the generals, please open the city gate and let us enter the city." Li Jiancheng said loudly.
Yuwen Chengdu was standing on the city wall, he had seen Li Jiancheng and heard of this man and martial arts, and his arrogant energy came up again, and no one could be better than him in his heart.
"Someone to report your name?" Yuwen Chengdu Road.
"Li Jiancheng."
"Li Yuanji."
The two of them signed up one after another, and they didn't care much about it as a routine check, and they were still waiting to enter the city.
"Oh, it turned out to be the eldest son and the third prince of the Li family, if you can enter the city, I will have someone report to Your Majesty, wait!"
Yuwen is arrogant, he has the authority to let people in, but he won't do this kind of unspoken thing, he won't do it, and no one in the Yuwen family will do it.
So I really asked people to send news to Emperor Yang of Sui, and whether to let people enter the city be left to the emperor to worry about, the key is to say that the enemy's tens of thousands of pursuers.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji really could only wait, seeing that tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses had arrived, they were probably worried about the Sui archers on the city wall, and did not immediately attack.
Li Yuanji and the others were anxious, they were besieged by tens of thousands of enemies, and there was too much pressure in this situation when they were surrounded by the city wall behind them.
"Big brother, see if they don't want us to go into the city, what should we do?"
Li Jiancheng frowned, now there is pressure every second, and now it is dangerous to break through and leave, and he can only hope that the emperor can let people open the damn city gate.
He wanted to wait, but the Turks couldn't wait.
"Big brother, the enemy is coming." Li Yuanji glanced at Yuwen Chengdu on the city wall hatefully, and knew that it was really this guy who put them in danger.
"Prepare for battle!" Li Jiancheng's anger came up, and the anger in his belly broke out at this moment, and he might have a chance to fight with the Turkic cavalry.
"Yuwen Chengdu, do you really want to open the city gate?" Li Jiancheng asked loudly.
Yuwen Chengdu just looked at it and didn't speak, the silence had already indicated his attitude, and it happened that the soldier who went to deliver the letter came back and whispered a few words and there was no follow-up.
Emperor Yang of Sui originally thought that he was going to let these people in, so it was a good thing that the number of guards in the city increased, but when he heard that the Turks were besieging the city, he immediately changed his mind.
Li Jiancheng regretted his actions tonight a little, there was no regret medicine and it had a lot to do with the one who led the way, if you want to blame it, then you can only blame fate for playing tricks.
There were no surprises when the Turks attacked.
"The array is fighting to the death with the enemy today." Li Jiancheng ordered.
"Fight!"
The soldiers took up their positions.
Li Jiancheng knew very well that even if Yuwen Chengdu didn't help, he wouldn't put a cold arrow in his back, and the city wall behind him at least didn't have to think about defense, in fact, everyone was apprehensive in their hearts.
The Turks could not see that they had not attacked for a long time, on the one hand, waiting for the troops and horses to be assembled, and on the other hand, if they launched an attack now, they would be attacked by the archers on the city walls.
In the dark of night they lit bonfires near the walls, and they could see clearly on the ground, but the archers on the walls really couldn't see clearly.
It is easy to get hit by arrows when fighting.
Now the main force has gathered 30,000 men and horses, which is enough for them to quickly resolve the battle, so they launched an attack on Li Jiancheng, and tonight they finally found a target to vent to.
"Charge!"
The two sides fought, and then looked at the city wall Yuwen Chengdu did not give the order to attack, it was really difficult to distinguish between the two sides, without the cover of the archers on the city wall, Li Jiancheng and others really fell into passivity.
"Big brother, you bring someone to break through and I will cover you." Li Yuanji saw that the situation was not right, and immediately said.
"Third brother, let's go together." Li Jiancheng said.
"When is it, I'll come to the back." Li Yuanji shouted.
Li Jiancheng really didn't want to give up, but the current situation really didn't allow them to hesitate too much, and it was not as easy as they imagined to break out of the encirclement.
Yuwen Chengdu just kept watching, his face expressionless, as if the battle that took place outside the city wall had nothing to do with him, and what he wanted to do in his indifference was to laugh at them for not being able to do anything.
In the chaos, Li Yuanji blocked an arrow for Li Jiancheng and injured his left arm.
"Motoyoshi."
Li Jiancheng was ready to die here, and he was even more angry when he saw Li Yuanji blocking arrows for him.
"Gather and charge." The only way Li Jiancheng can think of is this, whether they can rush out depends on whether they can succeed in breaking through.
Although the chances were slim, he wanted to give it a try.
Where can the combat effectiveness of the Turks make them leave easily, when Li Jiancheng gathered his troops and horses, they were also gathering, and now the two sides are in a life-and-death posture, and there is no other choice.
At this time, the Li brothers were desperate.
The horses neighed, and just when the Turks were about to launch the final charge, there was a loud sound of horses' hooves behind them, why it was loud, it is necessary to say that the war horses of the vanguard used horseshoes and stirrups.
The metal will inevitably make a sound when it clangs, and this sound is like a signal, a signal that makes the enemy frightened, Li Jiancheng didn't react, and the Turks reacted first.
The general who took the lead muttered a lot of things.
Mashan, who understands the Turkic language, understands that the Turks are shouting for defense and are ready to retreat at any time.
The translator on the city wall, Li Jiancheng's side who knew the Turkic language, all talked about the situation, which was able to make the Turkic soldiers and horses change color, and the strength of the vanguard fought with their combat effectiveness.
Yuwen Chengdu's heart was very sour, the Turks and Xiao Cavalry Guards had never been ready to flee immediately because of the change of color, and now he saw it with his own eyes, and he felt very uncomfortable.