Chapter 433: The Turkic Siege
"Governor, there is a battle report from the front, and the flying cavalry and leopard cavalry are on their way back." The scout hurried back to report.
"You go and rest, and then you can change people." Li Dedao.
On the wall of Youzhou City, Li De, Luo Yi, and Li Shimin were all waiting for the vanguard to come back.
"Governor, the enemy will ask for someone to be brought to support at the end of the division." Yang Yuer said.
Li De looked at this jade lord who did not let the women have eyebrows, he was heroic, and his courage to charge into battle made it difficult to refuse.
"Lord Yujun, Youzhou City is very important, it is best not to act without permission to sabotage the Governor's plan." Situ En said suddenly.
They have a battle plan, if they really let the Jade County Lord go to support at this time, it will not be a retreat but a preemptive strike, they don't have many troops, there is no need, and they can't be easily consumed.
Situ En helped to say what Li De thought.
The Jade County Lord was eager to fight, and after calming down, she realized that she was a little impulsive.
"Governor, look at the flying horseman's back."
"The gate guards hurry up and let people in." Li De shouted.
The city gate was always ajar and hidden, and when the people returned, dozens of people were at the city gate to help, and the flying horses rushed directly into the city with the people.
Not long after, Shi Huaiyi and Ding Qilin came to the city wall.
"Governor, we have completed the task and achieved the expected results, according to the observation of the number of enemies on the spot, there are fifty or sixty thousand people, and the rest of the enemy's main forces have not appeared." Shi Huaiyi said.
"According to the time, they should be near Youzhou at night, and the Turks scattered and chasing should be found as soon as possible, and they can't be easily looted and looted between the state capitals." Li Dedao.
"Governor, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to pursue along the way." Shi Huaiyi said.
"It's okay, give you three days to find all the Turkic cavalry scattered near Youzhou City, and you will be ordered to make your own decisions, remember to bring the soldiers back alive." Li De patted Shi Huaiyi on the shoulder and said.
"Yes, I will not fail in my mission." Shi Huaiyi said.
"Governor, the last general is going to war!"
It was Li Shimin who suddenly spoke out, and Li Dexin said What kind of trouble are you making at this time, are you thinking about winning over Shi Huaiyi to do things for you in the future.
What a good idea.
Li De's guess doesn't know if it's accurate, but at this moment, people have to think so.
Thinking about it, it is better to let Li Shimin bring someone to help, it is better than letting Shi Huaiyi go out alone, and it is easier to do things when there are more people.
"Stay safe." Li De reminded.
After Shi Huaiyi and Li Shimin finished speaking, they took their guards down the city wall, and Shi Huaiyi, who had just gone through the battle, went out again, and five thousand soldiers and horses soon left the city and headed west.
There were not more than 1,000 people at the city gate, and these people were recruited by Li Shimin later, and their strength could not be judged as soon as they left the west city gate, and the two joined forces.
Li Shimin knew that he had few people, and if he followed Shi Huaiyi, he would be insured.
Li Demu sent the two away, and then there was a tough battle, there was no way to retreat, and the soldiers and horses sent out rushed back one after another, and the main force of 30,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou City were there.
Thirty miles outside the city of Youzhou, the Turkic soldiers and horses were slowly advancing, and their scouts and the scouts of the vanguard had fought many times, and each time they were defeated.
Li De stood on the city wall, calculating the time for eight hundred miles and the urgent battle report was already on the way, not knowing what Emperor Yang of Sui was thinking in his head, knowing that the Turkic threat did not send troops to reinforce.
Anyway, he didn't pin his hopes on reinforcements in the first place.
Two hours later, the dense crowd of Turkic soldiers and horsemen outside Youzhou City came to the city, standing on the city wall and feeling a strong pressure.
The two sides faced each other, and there were bursts of drumming among the Turkic soldiers and horses.
Luo Yi on the city wall shouted: "Li Dudu, they want to attack the city!" ”
Luo Yi is very experienced, even if he doesn't say that everyone is in a posture of starting a war, if he doesn't understand, he is really a fool.
"Don't be impatient, the city defense of Youzhou is not a decoration, let them come over." Li De walked over and said domineeringly.
Stabilize the morale of the army and cheer up the soldiers on the city wall.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses launched a charge, the scene was very shocking, the archers on the city wall had already prepared, in order to cope with this siege, the archers had several baskets of arrows around them.
"Bow and ballista ready to attack!" Situ En shouted.
Twenty cluster ballistae were ready, and a round of arrows was equivalent to a whole team of 400 archers firing arrows at the same time, and the strength was not easily achieved by human beings.
"Shoot the arrows!"
The bowstring of the ballista vibrates, making the crossbow make a hardwood crunch.
Whoosh!
The cavalry charging on the road looked at the arrows thrown from high in the air, and they couldn't believe that the archers on the walls could spread so far to attack.
Thump......
Many cavalrymen were hit, and the armor on their bodies could not resist them, sharp armor-piercing arrows.
"Rush over!"
The speed of the cavalry is very fast, but unfortunately they don't seem to pay attention, the cavalry is very weak in siege battles, the cavalry is fast, but it will also be the first to reach the range of the archers on the city walls.
Tens of thousands of archers drew their bows and arrows and freed their arrows.
The dense rain of arrows made the enemy unguarded.
"Tribulus terrestris!"
"Trapped!"
Halfway through the Turkic charge, many of the horses of the people who suddenly rushed ahead were trapped in the pit.
Their speed is very fast, they can't avoid the horse pit, it's too dense, and tens of thousands of people are all out to dodge, and there is not much room for movement.
Looking at the ground, there are not only horse pits, but also thistles, and it is all on the ground.
"Attack, charge!"
The cavalry followed the infantry, some carrying rams, and various ladders, staring at the arrows of the archers, and finally rushed to the bottom of the city, and were about to erect ladders, only to find that there was a ditch outside the city wall that was not close to the distance.
Not wide, but deep.
The ladder was erected along the outside of the ditch to the wall, and the result was that the ladder was too short to reach only half of the wall.
The Turkic soldiers were wondering when the walls of Youzhou City were so high.
The besieging side began to panic when they encountered something they had not expected.
The vanguard on the city walls were well prepared, and the archers were trained to fight back against the invaders outside the city in an orderly manner.
The shield guards were always near the battlements of the wall, using heavy shields to block enemy arrows.
The renovated walls of Youzhou City have left a lot of places for arrows to shoot, and people with excellent archery skills can show their archery skills in it.
"Governor, do you want to use fire oil?" Elevation asked.
"No, let our ranged soldiers treat them well, don't spare the arrows, and hurry up to consume their soldiers."
Li De said as he picked up the bow and arrow and went into battle himself, relying on his eyesight and strength to help destroy the enemy to the greatest extent.
After an hour, the Turks were helpless against Youzhou City, the city wall was strong, and they couldn't climb it at all, and they wanted to die and crash into the city gate.