Chapter 436: The Siege of Youzhou
Without waiting for the Turks to react, they waited for reinforcements to come.
Li Jiancheng arrived with 5,000 elites, and the Turkic scouts had already told the big leader about the matter, and then on the wall of Youzhou, he saw that the Turks had divided more than a dozen thousand commanders to lead the cavalry away.
You don't have to think about it to know that reinforcements are coming, but he doesn't know which way it is, and the soldiers and horses who can return to help at this moment are not only the people taken away by He Bida, but Shi Huaiyi and Li Shimin's people really don't know who else.
He Bida has a strong overall concept, if he comes back, he will definitely disperse the Turkic soldiers and horses in the future and reduce the pressure on Youzhou City, if the number of people brought by Shi Huaiyi is not large, at most it will be to attack and disturb it to help distract him.
"Dudu, the Turks' soldiers and horses have been transferred, and we are waiting to see if we are transferring 10,000 soldiers and horses, who will support us?" Elevation asked.
Li De doesn't plan to think too much about this issue, and only wait for the support to arrive, otherwise it will be empty talk.
"Governor, look at the wolf smoke in the north!"
"Hebida's men have succeeded." Situ En shouted.
They had already discussed that if they succeeded, they would release wolf smoke, why they only lit the wolf smoke now must have encountered some twists and turns, and then look at the movement of Turkic soldiers and horses in the direction of wolf smoke.
"Governor, look at them and a lot of people have been mobilized." Elevation Tract.
"Divide the troops, see the situation, and get ready for battle."
"War drums, beat them for me!" Li De shouted.
The sudden sound of drums on the city wall immediately aroused the idea of the Turks, and the wolf smoke rose behind them, reinforcements arrived on their sides, and then the defenders on the city wall beat the war drums.
Many people felt as if they were surrounded, and the Turkic soldiers began to get restless.
"The wind is blowing."
The Turks felt that there was still a breeze just now, and suddenly the wind direction changed and began to grow, and there was nothing special about it, but gradually they found that the air was filled with a fragrance.
"It smells so good." The Turkic soldiers were attracted by the strong fragrance of flowers, and all of them sniffed vigorously, and there was no guarantee that the fragrance would appear somewhere by the wind.
When Li De asked about the fragrance of flowers, he immediately ordered the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with strips of cloth soaked in water.
"Shi Huaiyi really has you, I still remember this."
The fragrance of flowers is poisonous, I remember that Li De mentioned this matter a long time ago when they had a combat meeting, and Li De's perfume workshop had to touch flowers every day.
Many flowers are good-looking and fragrant, but not all flowers are pollution-free, and many flowers and plants are poisonous, so the perfumery workshop has strict controls on the use of flower materials.
Since the last sneak attack on Shankou Pass, they have used herbs that make people brain, and after that battle, several captains have talked to Li De about this matter, thinking that in case the vanguard can purchase more medicines.
When Li De agreed, he told the lieutenants about the poisonous flowers and plants, including poinsettia and azaleas.
I talked about their harm, especially the other side flower is the main material for making hemp boiling powder, and the aroma after burning can make people dizzy.
Shi Huaiyi hasn't seen him in the past few days, and when he comes back in the best three days, he should go to find these materials, and the number of people can't compare to the other party, so he can only use some extraordinary means.
The fragrance of the flowers was overflowing, and with the movement of the wind, it was not long before some of the Turks fainted.
By the time they realize the problem, it's too late to remedy it.
Seeing that many of the Turks were slowly falling, they were really in a hurry, and the big leader felt that he had offended the sky because of something, so he immediately led people to prepare to evacuate.
"Great Chief, more than half of the grain and grass in our rear have been burned by the soldiers of the Sui State, and they are coming in our direction in large numbers." The scout said.
Hitting the leader was a little blind, he shook his head to make his consciousness lighter, but no matter what he shook his head, the feeling of dizziness just lingered.
Suddenly he fainted on his feet, and the people around him immediately held him up.
"Call the sacrifice." Beside him, he said.
At this moment, the sound of shouting and killing outside the barracks shook the sky, and with the sound of drums on the city wall of Youzhou, without the command of the big leader, the accompanying soldiers were a little dazed.
I don't know who shouted the retreat first, anyway, the remaining seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses all hurriedly retreated, and finally stopped in the Modong area, sixty miles away from Youzhou.
He Bida had no idea of transferring the oncoming Turkic soldiers, so the two sides fought, elite against elite, and it was difficult to solve for a while.
The other Turkic soldiers and horses were rushing towards Li Jiancheng, and the difference in numbers between the two sides was a little but generally not too big, and the Turkic soldiers sent out by the two teams did not inhale the fragrance of flowers and still maintained their combat effectiveness.
"Kill!"
Just after this Turkic cavalry unexpectedly took advantage of the numerical advantage, it suddenly killed thousands of soldiers and horses behind them, which caught him by surprise.
The enemy is on the back of the enemy, and there is no place to flee if you want to retreat, only to fight to the death.
Several commanders were in a hurry, but the Turkic scouts still arrived, and they did not wait for reinforcements but only the order to retreat, and it was very difficult to leave now.
Li De on Youzhou City didn't want the soldiers to leave the city, but the iron fence was knocked out of shape by the Turks with logs, and it was firmly stuck on the city gate.
On the contrary, it helped them strengthen the defense of the gate, but the problem was that the people inside would want to open the gate for a while, so they wanted to leave unless they climbed it with ropes or ladders.
Li De didn't let people do this, so it was really a way out.
Shi Huaiyi, who fanned the flames, appeared outside Youzhou City with people, and they wanted to come in and found that they couldn't do it for the time being, so they could only help clean up the battlefield under the city.
For this reason, Li De also asked people to hand over a large amount of white ash from the city wall down, and sprinkled the white ash all over the bloodstained places on the battlefield, and the rising flames wiped out everything.
Li Jiancheng is shivering and happy with people, the pressure is great, but Li Jiaerlang is brave and good at fighting, and he is a top player, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, these two brothers are really both civil and military.
What neither of them expected was that they would meet at such a time.
Li Shimin came out with a thousand elite strategies, and the sudden attack caught people off guard.
"Big brother, I really can't imagine that the soldiers and horses supporting Youzhou are the Li family." Li Shimin has already put his troops in one place.
"Deal with the enemy first." Li Jiancheng said coldly.
The calm attitude of the battlefield makes people unable to feel the true attitude of the brothers towards each other, and they all feel very grown, and the parties have a lot of thoughts in their hearts.
As hours passed, the Turkic soldiers fled, and the number of Turkic cavalry scattered in the state capital increased after this battle.
The siege of Youzhou was temporarily lifted, but they failed to enter Youzhou City.
Li De asked him to be dragged down with a rope before telling them what happened next.