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Under the leadership of Luo Cheng, Yu Yuqing and Guo Yiren, the Zhou army in the city became more and more courageous, and almost everyone took one as one, sacrificing their lives and forgetting their lives to fight with the enemy. Bi·Qi Medium·· Net·· The precarious situation was miraculously stabilized. The enemies under the city wall gradually became unable to climb as the ladders were knocked down and burned one by one, and the number of enemies on the wall was also decreasing under the fierce counterattack of the Zhou army.

Ashinagi had already learned from the title of the soldiers of the Zhou army next to him that the general of the Zhou army who fought against him was Yu Ming's old subordinate Guo Yi, and he was also one of the main generals who were now guarding Juyong Pass (the other two were Luo Cheng and Yu Yuqing).

He was bent on killing Guo Yi, so that the heart of the Zhou army defending the western section of the city wall would be shaken, and the section of the city wall would not be breached, and he would also be able to attack the pass and become a warrior who made great achievements.

It's just that this Guo Yi's knife skills are really powerful, although he is also the most brave and good at fighting among the Turkic generals, but he still can't help Guo Yi, and the two can only have a draw.

And with the hard work of Yu Yuqing and Luo Cheng at the head of the city, the situation of the Turks has gradually deteriorated. Jieli saw it really under the pass, and saw that Ashinagi also went up to the city wall, lest he lose. When he saw that it was getting late, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and his scalp was numb, when he heard the sound of gold, he was also amnesty, and hurriedly ordered the Turkic soldiers to withdraw. Due to their orderly retreat and the strong forces under the city, Luo Cheng did not dare to open the city gate to pursue, so he had to let them leave.

Although he held Juyong Pass again, Luo Cheng was not happy, because he had already used most of his hole cards, and if the reinforcements did not come again, he thought that he would not be able to hold it for a few days.

And Yu Yuqing is even more worried, the messenger sent to Mayi for help has been gone for ten days, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?

"Brother, where are you? Yu Qing really wants to see you! Yu Yuqing looked at the sunset in the sky with a pair of beautiful eyes, and muttered in her mouth.

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At this time, Yuming had actually arrived at a hidden hillside twenty miles outside Juyong Pass, and the army was hiding in the valley behind the hillside. He had witnessed the fierce siege in the fog, but he did not immediately order the army to attack. Because he saw that the defenders still had strength left, and the Turkic army was not fully committed, there were still 80,000 troops who did not participate in the attack, in this case. With a group of infantry who had traveled long distances and had not rested well, he fought a field battle with the Turkic cavalry on the plains, which was no different from suicide.

"King Zhou, it's been ascertained! The enemy army in front of them is the 200,000 Turkic wolf army led by Jieli, and one-fifth of them are the elite troops of the Turkic royal clan Ashina, but now it seems that they should have lost a lot of men and horses, only about 150,000! Song Jingang walked behind Yu Ming at this time and gave up his hand to report.

"150,000 is also considerable! After all, we only have 120,000 troops, and most of them are infantry, so it is not easy to annihilate them completely! Yu Ming sighed.

After he personally led reinforcements to the battlefield, the difference in military strength between the two sides had been gradually leveled, but the Turkic army was mostly cavalry, while his soldiers were mainly infantry. Perhaps under the internal and external attacks of the defenders of Hejuyong Pass, they could defeat the Turks, but it was difficult to annihilate them completely.

"It's hard to wipe them out, but it's not completely impossible!" The eldest grandson Wuji said: "We can find out the enemy's grain and grass storage places and burn them. In this way, the enemy army will be short of food, and the morale of the army will be greatly disturbed. If our army launches a strong attack at this time, it will be able to get twice the result with half the effort! ”

"Brother Wuji, what you said is good! But no matter which army it is, the grain and grass storage area has always been the focus of defense, and even if we find it, I am afraid it will be difficult to sneak attack! After Qin Qiong heard this, she shook her head and said.

"Brother Qin, it's not necessary to sneak attack!" Eldest Sun Wuji squinted his eyes and smiled: "We can take advantage of the fact that the Turkic army will launch another siege war to attack their grain and grass storage areas. If Jieli doesn't come back, then we can burn their food and grass. ”

"What if Jieli comes to the rescue? They have the advantage of their forces, and they are all cavalry, so we may not be able to win with certainty! Song Jingang was also a little puzzled.

"Don't be afraid! If he rescues him, the defenders of Juyong Pass will open the city gate and come out to chase and kill, and then he will suffer defeat under the internal and external attacks of our army! The eldest grandson Wuji said confidently.

After everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and they secretly thought that this was still a good way.

"If everyone has no opinion, then implement this plan! Sister Red Sleeves, please send someone to get in touch with the defenders in the city and inform them of our plan! Yu Mingdang made a decision.

"However, before the action early tomorrow morning, everyone will go back to sleep for me, and I can fight better when I have enough spirits!" Yu Ming's eyes glanced at the generals, and then he said.

"Obey King Zhou's orders!" When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they bowed in unison before leaving.

And Yu Ming stared at the direction of Juyong Pass, sighed lightly and said: "This victory or defeat depends on tomorrow!" ”

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Early the next morning, the Turkic army attacked, and today it was also foggy, which gave the Turkic army a good chance. They threw in more trebuchets and began to launch a fierce attack on the walls of Juyong Pass.

It didn't take long for a boulder to hit a battlement in the western section of the city wall, and the violent impact caused the battlement to collapse, revealing a gap about one zhang wide and five feet high, and dozens of Sui soldiers and a trebuchet hiding behind the battlement were immediately smashed to pieces.

At the same time, amid the shouts of the Turkic army, a number of strangely shaped behemoths appeared, which were siege rammed vehicles that the Turkic army had not used before. I saw that the city wall began to show signs of loosening under the continuous bombardment of huge rocks for several days. Jieli decisively ordered to send the siege crash car out to participate in the battle.

These siege vehicles were about a zhang long, and their width and height were one zhang. At the front of the body is a pointed tapered mallet made of fine iron, which is also wrapped in an iron sheet. And on the roof of the car it was wrapped in cowhide to defend against enemy bow shots.

Eight huge wooden wheels were drawn by horses at first, and after entering the range of the defenders' bows and arrows, they were pushed by more than one Turkic soldier towards the walls of Juyong Pass.

This kind of siege crash is generally used to hit the city gate, but Juyong Pass is very cleverly designed. Outside the gate was a downward slope, and the siege crash was so heavy that it was almost impossible to push it up against the slope.

Therefore, Jieli ordered to bypass the city gate and attack the city wall instead, so that the siege vehicles directly hit the city wall, and strive to make the wall collapse behind and open a gap, so that the Turkic army behind could rush into the pass.

The previous dense boulder impact had already made the walls of the city wall loose and crumbling, and if the siege car was used to hit it violently, the wall would definitely have a gap, if not collapse.

Luo Cheng stared at these siege vehicles with stern eyes, and after muttering for a moment, he said loudly: "Prepare for the fire oil projectile!" ”

At his command, the trebuchets on the city walls gave up throwing stones, and instead packed bags of crude oil in leather bags, put them on a winch, and catapulted them. These skins filled with crude oil were not tightly tied, and they spread out in the air as early as possible, and rain of oil fell one after another.

It didn't take long for the rain to grease the ground under the entire city wall.

At this time, more than 20 siege vehicles had crossed the ditch and approached the city wall. Although arrows rained down on the city, due to the fog, the accuracy was much worse. In addition, the Turkic soldiers had already used thicker wooden shields as cover at this time, and the casualties were greatly reduced, and they finally pushed the siege car and walked to the city wall.

"Hit me!" Ashnaji shouted.

The Turkic soldiers who followed behind the siege crash car hurriedly pulled the rope and turned the winch, so that the sharp hammer on the siege crash car hit the city wall hard, making a loud "bang".

The soldiers of the Zhou army standing on the city wall suddenly felt a violent tremor under their feet, and they were almost unstable on their feet, and even the archers who fired crossbow arrows lost their accuracy.

The walls of the city wall have sunk into a large chunk, and a lot of rubble and rubble have fallen from the wall, and there is fly ash everywhere.

"Quick! Dump crude oil directly on those siege crash cars! Guo Yi shouted. He had realized that it was too late to eject the skins full of crude oil with trebuchets, and that the only way to dump them was to dump them.

Under his orders, the soldiers of the Zhou army unsealed barrels of crude oil and dumped them on the roof of the siege crash car that had been pushed under the city wall and was violently hitting the wall.

Just listening to the sound of "poof, poof", more than 20 siege and crash cars were suddenly drenched with black crude oil, making the entire car body black.

At this moment, a loud "boom" was heard. A damaged wall in the western section of the city wall collapsed because it could not withstand the violent impact of a siege car. More than 80 Zhou soldiers standing on the city wall, along with two trebuchets and heavy crossbows, fell from the city in an instant, and then were buried by the collapsed masonry and earth.

"Oh no! The walls are falling! The soldiers of the Zhou army on the city wall next to them were all shocked when they saw this scene.

"Haha! Finally crashed down a section of the city wall, and now Juyong Pass is ours! Ashnaji was overjoyed when he saw this.

He then waved his hand and said, "Sons, rush up with me!" We're going to spend the night in Juyong Pass tonight! The goods and women in the gate are at your disposal! The Khan had already ordered that after breaking the pass, he could ignore the military discipline! ”

When the Turkic soldiers heard this, their morale was greatly boosted, and they immediately howled and raised their spears and rushed towards the gap......

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