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"Father Khan, now it has been found out: the Sui army is in Yanmen City, and it seems that they are planning to defend Yanmen to the death!" After understanding the situation, Tuli hurried back to the camp to report to Shibi Khan.

"Well, as Ben Khan expected!" Shibi Khan stroked a lock of his long beard and said: "Now that Yang Guang has withdrawn all his troops into the city, it means that he has insufficient troops and can only retreat to defense. Otherwise, he should have left a force to defend on the nearby mountain, so that it could form a rough angle with Yanmen, which would be more conducive to defense. ”

"Then Khan, are we attacking now?" Chu Luo asked cautiously.

"Of course! Chu Luo, you lead a team of 50,000 people to attack from the west of the city first. I'd like to see how strong these forbidden armies really are! ”

As a result, there were constantly heralds in the Turkic military camp who rode to the various departments on horseback to inform them of the battle plan. At the same time, Tuli had ordered his soldiers to build an improvised pontoon bridge over a small river outside Yanmen County to allow the 50,000 horses and horses of Chuluo to cross the river.

Shibi Khan's choice to attack from the west of the city was also deliberate.

The north of Yanmen City is the Great Wall, naturally it is impossible to attack from here, and the east of the city is low-lying, the city wall is more than 20 zhang higher than the ground, and only a long cloud ladder can climb the city wall from there.

Not far south of the city is a mountain peak. Although the scouts sent by Tuli claimed that there were no Sui troops on the mountain. But Shibi Khan was still a little worried that the Sui army would have an ambush behind the mountain peak. Moreover, to move the troops to the south of the city, it was necessary to make a detour of more than 20 miles, which was time-consuming and laborious.

In contrast, the terrain to the west is gentle, and there are no woods or hills around for the enemy to ambush, so the attack is very smooth. Therefore, for the choice of Shibi Khan, Jieli and Chuluo are more agreeable.

A moment later, war drums beat in the Turkic camp, and a large number of troops passed through the pontoon bridge and reached the opposite bank.

After consulting with another Turkic leader, he determined that two sections of the city wall, which they considered weakly defended, would be the main direction of attack.

Then, he personally led his army and began to attack the city. He also promised that the first soldier to storm the walls and gain a foothold would be immediately promoted to the rank of captain.

"As I expected, the first wave of the Turkic army's offensive was a tentative offensive. It can be seen from the fact that they sent only 50,000 men to attack the western wall! ”

Wang Rengong stood on the tower in the west of the city at this time, looked at the Turkic army surging from the peak under the city, and said coldly: "Give me arrows!" Roll the stones and prepare to send these Turkic dog thieves back to the west! ”

At this time, arrows rained down on the head of the city of Yanmen County, and the Turkic soldiers held shields in one hand and machetes or spears in the other, braving the rain of arrows to march down the city wall. Although people kept falling from arrows, they were outnumbered, and they quickly attacked under the city walls, and then set up a ladder and climbed up.

"Everyone, stoned those Turkic dog thieves! Archers, pay attention to the Turks who are climbing the ladder! Rolling stones and wood to save some ...... In the hand of the cymbal, use the hook to hook the ladder down! Li Shimin shouted loudly.

The troops in his hands were only more than 5,000 people, and although he and Wang Rengong broke out of the siege in the first battle, he and Wang Rengong broke out of the encirclement. But the damage is huge. More than half of his original 20,000 people were killed or wounded, and only more than 5,000 people fled back to Yanmen, and the losses exceeded 70%.

Although there were still nearly 20,000 civilians under the city walls, they were only civilians after all, and even if they were given weapons, they had not yet undergone military training, so Wang Rengong only dared to let them be responsible for transporting arrows and stones, as well as carrying the wounded.

"Fight with you!" A Sui soldier picked up a stone and threw it at a Turkic soldier who was about to climb the city wall. Hearing a scream, the Turkic soldier immediately fell from the ladder. Falling heavily under the city walls, the Turkic soldiers standing under the ladder could hear the sound of his ribs breaking.

However, before the Sui soldier could breathe a sigh of relief, he fell to the ground, and a cold iron arrow had pierced his throat and taken away his young, vigorous life.

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"Kill!" A Sui soldier roared angrily, and the long sword in his hand pierced out like silver light with a cold light, and stabbed into the chest of a Turkic soldier who had just climbed the city wall. The Turkic soldier's body trembled, the machete in his hand fell to the ground, and his hands weakly grasped the long sword pierced into his chest, and wailed bitterly......

......Before the Sui army commander could draw back his long sword, a spear had already stabbed like a poisonous snake with a faint black glow, and pierced his throat coldly, and the red blood poured out from the throat wound of the middle gun, staining all his clothes red. The Sui army commander only felt that his eyes were dark, and his body suddenly became extremely heavy.

He barely raised his head and glanced at the man who had killed him. I saw that it was the husband of a Turkic army. I saw that the chief of the husband smiled and pulled out his spear violently, and then attacked another Sui archer who was shooting arrows......

After the Sui army commander fell, the young Sui army soldier who had just hacked an enemy to death was stunned when he saw all this, he cried "brother, brother", his eyes were red, and he pounced like a mad tiger, although he was shot by a stray arrow in the middle of the way, and was also stabbed, but finally grabbed the Turkic army commander's side.

Then the brave young soldier clung to the enemy with all his might, not letting go no matter how many punches the captain threw at him. With the last of his strength, he grabbed the master and rolled off the wall......

Brutal fighting also took place on several other sections of the city wall to the west of the city. Chu Luo did not expect that the will of the soldiers and civilians of Yanmen County to resist would be so strong, and they could still maintain such a strong combat effectiveness when they were besieged by 400,000 Turkic wolf cavalry.

Although they were not as numerous as the Turkic soldiers. And there were a lot of them, apparently civilians who had just been distributed. But it was these Sui troops who seemed to them to be the end of the crossbow, as well as the civilians who were temporarily recruited in the city and took up arms, that burst out in combat effectiveness that was not inferior to their Turkic wolf army that swept across the steppe.

Although the Turkic soldiers attacked the city wall several times and saw that they were about to gain a foothold, they were driven off the city wall by the Sui soldiers who forgot to die.

After attacking for an afternoon, Zhu Luo saw that Ximen could not break through, so he shifted the attack location. At dusk, he changed the direction of his attack and launched an attack from the south gate instead. But he was still defeated by Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan, who guarded the south gate.

Seeing that it was already dark, the day was coming to an end. And Chu Luo watched the battle on the city wall from a distance, and his face became more and more ugly. He originally wanted to take advantage of this tentative attack to go down to Yanmen County in one fell swoop, capture Yang Guang alive, and surprise his eldest brother and Jieli, Tuli and others. But now it seems that that dream has come to naught.

"Lord Chuluo, collect the troops! It seems that these Sui troops are tenacious, although they are not as numerous as us, but they have organized all the civilians in the city to defend the city. There were not enough rolling stones and trees, and all the houses in the city were demolished. My men attacked the city wall in the west of the city, and among the things that the Sui army smashed down, there were windows, door panels, and bricks...... It's completely a posture of burning jade. ”

One of the Turkic leaders said with some heartache. After half a day's attack, more than 15,000 of the 50,000 troops who were trying to attack were killed or wounded, which was close to one-half of the entire force.

"Yes! Lord Chuluo, these Sui troops should be forbidden troops, although they are not rich in combat experience, but their loyalty to the Sui Dynasty royal family is very high, and they are all big and round, and their armor and weapons are the best. It was also very effective in the Sui army. Our troops suffered heavy casualties, and they could not attack again without resting. Another Turkic leader also said.

“…… All right! That's all for today, let the soldiers go down and rest! In the evening, I will report to the Khan about today's tentative attack in the big tent, and it is estimated that tomorrow I will really attack! ”

Chu Luo was also a little helpless at this time. Although he fought many battles, they were all against some steppe tribes, and the scale was not so large, and it was not a siege battle. Now that he is fighting with the Sui army, he feels that the army of the Central Plains is much more tenacious than the armies of other tribes on the grassland.

"The Sui army, which was defeated by the Goryeo army many times, is already so powerful, isn't it even more difficult for the Liaodong army that defeated the Goryeo army to defeat? It seems that in the future, we must not start a war with the Liaodong Army without authorization! Chu Luo thought to himself.

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"It seems that the enemy has retreated!" Pei Xingyan looked at the Turkic army that was retreating like a tide under the city wall, and wiped the mixture of blood and sweat on his forehead.

Pei Xingyan clenched the two silver hammers that had been dyed red in his hands, panting. At the end of the day, he killed at least forty Turks, but he also suffered several wounds, and several times he was almost killed by the Turkic soldiers who attacked the city wall.

"But it's okay, I finally held on." Pei Xingyan sat at the base of the wall and gasped.

At this time, Li Shimin also walked over, sat beside him and said, "General Pei, it's not a way to keep it like this!" ”

"General Li, what's wrong? Are you still a little timid? Pei Xingyan said a little strangely, judging from the battle during the day, he felt that Li Shimin was also a brave person, who had always taken the lead, and did not leave the city wall even after being slightly injured.

"General Pei, just now I asked General Wang about the casualties in the city at the end of the day. The result surprised me to the fact that there were nearly 10,000 casualties, and although some of them were civilians, the casualties of the army were also more than 8,000! Li Shimin sighed.

Pei Xingyan's face changed suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Judging from the corpses under the city, the casualties of the Turks are only more than 17,000!" ”

"Yes! The casualty ratio between friend and foe is about two to one, which is not a normal siege casualty ratio, and the normal ratio should be one to four to one. Li Shimin frowned.

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