The siege battle of the two passes inside and outside the Jishi Pass was killed from early morning to afternoon, the main attack of the Tuyuhun soldiers killed and wounded more than 10,000 people, and the Sui army and herdsmen who defended the city also suffered heavy casualties, the inner city of the city has been in danger, there are constantly Tuyuhun soldiers to attack the city, but they were killed by the Sui soldiers desperately. But the most tragic was to the west of Guancheng, where Li Shimo personally led the army to command the capable Sui soldiers to take charge of this area.

In the pouring rain, the bows and crossbows were useless, making the war between the two warring sides extremely bloody and cruel, although the defenders took advantage of the city wall, they could condescendingly smash stones down, killing and wounding a large number of Tuyuhun soldiers, but under the urging of the siege horn again and again, the Tuyuhun soldiers still frantically put dozens of siege ladders on the city wall, and then climbed up like an ant colony.

Since the inner city walls were wider than the outer city, the defenders had to divide their forces to defend, using spears and ladders to fight the enemy troops, and constantly using stones on both sides to throw strings of Tuyuhun soldiers from the city screaming with their teeth and claws.

At this time, Murong Xiaojun also threw his ace army into the siege battle, and the fighting between the two sides became more brutal, and the corpses piled up under the city flowed to the bright red streams in the pouring of heavy rain, this cruel fighting, not only the Tuyuhun soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but the untrained shepherd defenders also paid the same huge price.

The main general, Li Shimo, had already roared hoarsely, and continued to command the army to replenish the critical places, when a soldier pointed to the east and shouted: "General, the enemy is coming from the killing!" ”

Li Shimo looked up and saw that it was as if an invisible sledgehammer had hit his head hard, shaking his head and making Venus jump in front of him! I saw that more than 10,000 enemy soldiers had already climbed the west slope mountain in the east, and were picking up stones and preparing to roll down the mountain.

Li Shimo was anxious, what he was most worried about had happened after all, he thought that the enemy army would not find out so early, as long as he kept it until dark, he would be able to cover up this defect with the help of night, and hold on until dawn tomorrow, but he never expected that in less than an hour, the enemy army would be killed from the mountain.

It's just that at this time, not only did he have no troops to send, but his side was relatively steep outside the city, and it rained heavily, and there was no place to climb, which was why he did not send troops up the mountain in advance. Now that the situation is critical, is it too late to say anything? He could only say to the soldiers: "Order the officers and men to retreat to the barracks." ”

The military camp was where Yang Tong once garrisoned? When he marched westward, in order to deceive and confuse the enemy army outside the pass? And not demolished? So that it not only became a place for wounded soldiers to recuperate and rest, but also the last line of defense for Li Shimo? However, compared to the castle, the defense is too far behind. But Li Shimo can't care about these things now. And if the enemy army drops the gravel from the mountain? The soldiers under the mountain will be smashed into pulp.

"Whoa." The guards were ordered to leave.

Langri Zamp, who was watching the battle from a distance, finally laughed? When the Tuyuhun soldiers attacked the city in blood, his soldiers had already quietly ascended the mountain under the cover of heavy rain.

Judging from the hasty retreat of the defenders at the head of the city, Langri Zampu knew that Chu Suiliang's plan was successful, and it was only a matter of time before he captured the city? Immediately coldly ordered: "Blow the trumpet." ”

"Woo, woo, woo, woo......" Hundreds of horns sounded at the same time? Like a rolling thunder across the sky, this is an order to fight to the death, and if you can't take the city, you won't stop fighting.

"General Zhou, the enemy army has already killed the West Tilt Mountain, General Li told you to retreat immediately." A Sui soldier said to Zhou Shao, the deputy general in charge of the eastern city pass.

This news is like five thunderbolts? Zhou Shao was stunned, Li Shimo told him about the defense hole of the inner city? Let him keep an eye on it, he wasn't too relieved? I think the Ertu coalition army should not find out, what is the material? It's coming so soon.

He knew that he couldn't retreat at this time.

"General Zhou? Hurry up and give the order. What if the enemy dropped stones from the mountain? Or kill from the mountain, and we won't be able to retreat. ”

The soldier delivering the message said anxiously.

Zhou Shao saw that the general trend was gone, so he had to sigh and roar: "Withdraw!" The whole army withdrew into the barracks and fought to the death with the enemy. ”

Speaking, Zhou Shao no longer cares about the enemy army under the city, and takes the soldiers to kill on the city platform, and the big knife is full of corpses, at this time he saw a Tuyuhun general killed, the big knife swept in the lightning, and slashed the opponent's neck, this person saw Zhou Shao is knife is fierce, and leaned back, the blade slashed through the tip of his nose, but after all, he was in a hurry to meet the enemy, and the speed of getting up was slower, and Zhou Shao, who was wrongly passed, backhanded, and the snowy blade slashed into the back of his neck, "The head of the Dou Da flew out more than a foot away, and the headless corpse spurted blood like a spring, Slowly plant down the city.

The lord was killed, Tuyuhun's offensive was suspended, and Zhou Shao took this opportunity to command his soldiers to quickly go down the city.

Losing the interception of the defenders, the Tuyuhun soldiers slaughtered the head of the city one after another, and a cheer rang out from the city and the city. Open the gates and welcome the army into the pass.

Lang Ri Zampu pointed with a horsewhip: "The wounded soldiers demolished the city, and the rest of the people followed me to cover up." ”

He knew that there was a military camp behind him, and if the Sui army was victoriously entered the camp, it would be another hard battle, and at this time, covering up from behind was undoubtedly the best opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

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The Sui army withdrew from the inner city less than five miles, and the news came that the enemy army was coming like locusts, Li Shimo categorically ordered Zhou Shaoze to lead the wounded soldiers first, and he led less than 4,000 capable soldiers to break off, he asked anxiously: "Which one is closest to us?" ”

The enemy is pressing forward step by step, and I am afraid that it will not be long before his troops will not be able to support it.

"The closest is the wounded soldiers in the barracks, and the defenders of Chishui City are too far away from us, so I'm afraid it's too late to get the news." The guard hurriedly replied.

Li Shimo suddenly felt a burst of despair, all the soldiers who could fight had gone into battle, and he had no hope at all for the wounded soldiers. Now that there is no one to help them, they can only fight to the death, buy time for the saint and the wounded soldiers, and immediately looked up at the dark stone mountain, the beacon tower was in sight, and immediately ordered. "Light the three-pillar beacon and warn the saints."

"Whoa." When the guards heard this, they raised their banners.

The beacon on Jishi Mountain was lit, and three thick black wolf smoke went straight to the sky, and another beacon twenty miles away also lit three pillars of wolf smoke, and then to the west, there were three pillars of wolf smoke rising into the sky, and one after another beacon was lit to the west, and the alarm of the loss of Jishi Pass was sent to Yang Tong.

"General, retire. If we continue to fight, these warriors will be gone. At this time, a Qiang warrior said: "We came to help in the war at the behest of the Susan elder, and less than half of our more than 8,000 soldiers remained here. If we don't fight, how do you let us explain to the families of the warriors!? ”

The corners of Li Shimo's mouth are bitter, not only Qiang? At the beginning, Yang Tong left more than 15,000 Sui troops, as well as 5,000 slave soldiers, are barely alive by now, and the wounded in the barracks who can no longer fight, now there are not even 3,000 soldiers who can fight. The total number of soldiers from all sides who can fight is more than 4,000 people in front of them.

"Warriors, people will always die." Li Shimo's eyes swept over the surrounding group of soldiers who gathered over, took a deep breath, and slowly spoke, "We can retreat or escape, but do you know what it means that we retreat?" ”

"It means that the Tubo and Tuyuhun soldiers can drive straight into the entire source of the river, how the Tuyuhun soldiers treat you, everyone knows better than me Li Shimo, once we retreat, everyone can indeed save their lives, but our hometown and family will cry and wail under the enemy's iron hooves, our parents and children will be brutally killed by the enemy, and our wives and daughters will be ruined and ravaged by the enemy!"

"Maybe you don't know." Li Shimo looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The Holy Lord has led a large army to annihilate more than 130,000 Tibetan elite soldiers in the area of Doma, and he is rushing here, and he will come in a day or two at most. ”

"This battle is not what the Holy Lord wants to fight, but we have to fight!" Li Shimo suppressed the helplessness and resentment in his chest, and there was a strong sense of tragedy in his deep voice: "Even if we know that there is no tomorrow, but for the peace of Heyuan and for our hometown to be free from the poison of the enemy army, even if we die, we will drag the enemy army here, not for the Great Sui, not for the saint, not for me Li Shimo, but for everyone's hometown!" Warriors, we really can't retreat, and there is no way back! ”

Su Sang's son Su Li walked from a distance, looked at the warriors around him, raised the spear in his hand angrily, and roared: "Only death, my Qiang son Lang will not retreat!" ”

After being silent for a while, these Qiang people who came to help in the battle raised their weapons and let out an earth-shattering roar: "My Qiang sons will not retreat!" ”

"General Qiyu, the enemy is coming." A scout rode up.

"Fight with all arms, fight to the death and never retreat!" Li Shimo roared angrily.

"Fight to the death."

At this moment, everyone did not give up.

As Li Shimo said before, the imperial court soldiers could retreat to Hexi, Guanzhong, and the Central Plains. But they have lived in the source of the river for generations, and there is no way to retreat. In a sense, the imperial court soldiers are now fighting for them, the Qiang, not for the imperial court.

The 'guests' are working hard for the people of Heyuan, and those of them who are "hosts" have nothing to say?

Through the rain curtain, you can vaguely see the oppressive enemy troops rushing to this side, Li Shimo said proudly to everyone: "In the pouring rain, the enemy's bowstring has become as soft and ineffective as ours, and today we will use spears and swords to make the enemy pay the most tragic price." ”

As the enemy began to approach the formation, someone shouted, "Kill! ”

The enemy army accelerated and rushed towards the Sui army, Li Shimo watched the enemy army get closer and closer, and through the rain and fog, he could even see their hideous faces, and ordered: "Kill!" ”

"Kill."

More than 4,000 soldiers also rode their horses to meet the enemy, and slaughtered the enemy with overwhelming momentum.

As soon as it began, the battle entered a tragic hand-to-hand combat to stop fighting, and groups of Sui cavalry fell, but the follow-up army continued to pounce forward, and the men and horses on both sides were intertwined, and the killing was inextricably linked.

A Tubo soldier slashed a tired Sui soldier with a knife, and before he could let out a cry of joy, he suddenly felt a tearing pain in his thigh, looked down, but saw that the soldier who had been cut down by him came down from below, and a spear pierced his thigh, and he couldn't help but be furious, and raised his war knife to slash it As a result, this damn but not dead bastard, but the blade raised high did not fall, and a soldier with a broken arm pierced his chest with a spear.

The same scene was constantly staged on the battlefield, and the courage of the Sui army at this moment made the coalition soldiers frightened.