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The offensive and defensive battle at Juyong Pass had entered the ninth day, and during these nine days, the Turkic army of 200,000 launched an offensive almost every day. On average, a large-scale offensive is launched every day.

So far, a total of large-scale attacks have been launched, but all of them have been successfully defended by the Zhou army. Now the number of dead and wounded of the Turkic army has reached more than 50,000, and the dead and wounded of the defenders of Juyong Pass have reached more than half of them, reaching more than 15,000, and the war has entered a white-hot situation.

Inside and outside the city walls, there were weapons and corpses, and there were stumps and broken arms scattered everywhere. Blood stained the land of Juyongguan.

As far as the eye can see, there are burning ladders, well railings, siege cars and catapults everywhere, and thick smoke and flames are billowing into the sky. The situation in the pass was not much better, the city walls were also full of devastation, broken walls and rubble could be seen everywhere, the seriously wounded soldiers lay down under the walls to rest, and the lightly wounded soldiers went to battle again after a simple bandage.

The Turkic soldiers looked desperately at the black Great Zhou banner still fluttering on Juyong's close. Although they knew that Juyong Pass was not easy to fight, they did not expect that their army had paid such a heavy price and had not yet captured it after such a long time.

Today, however, the situation has changed because of the fog.

The foggy weather was not good for the defenders, as they could not see clearly where the enemy's wells and catapults were, and could not attack with heavy weapons such as trebuchets and bed crossbows. But the attacking side was not, and after so many days of fighting, they already knew where the walls were. They can non-stop throwing boulders with catapults and smashing them into the walls, inflicting heavy casualties on the defenders.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! The Turkic army outside the city threw one boulder after another, and smashed it on the city wall continuously, so that the officers of the Zhou army defending the city only felt that their feet trembled slightly.

"The enemy is attacking again! Go to the city wall to defend! Luo Cheng shouted, and then ordered the soldiers on duty on the city wall to ring the alarm bell.

"When! While! While! ”

The deafening sound of bells at the top of the city woke up the soldiers who were resting at the base of the walls, and they quickly rushed up to the top of the city, entered their respective guard positions, and began a new day of defense.

Due to the thick fog, they could not see anything dozens of steps away, only the sound of rumbling wheels was heard, and the soldiers of the Zhou army were panicked, not knowing how far away the enemy had been.

At the same time, the command banner fluttering on the tower in the fog lost its effect, and Luo Cheng, Yu Yuqing and others issued orders, so they could only rely on manual orders, which greatly increased the workload of the heralds.

Luo Cheng shouted loudly: "Trebuchet launch!" Shoot the boulder and test your enemies' reactions! ”

With his command, the trebuchets began to "creak" into action. The soldiers of the Zhou army turned the winch on the trebuchet, pulled the long spoon parallel to the ground, and put a boulder weighing several catties.

Then, with a sharp loosening of the scoop, they flicked their long arms towards the door frame, sending boulders flying out into the mist.

A moment later, a burst of screams came from the mist, apparently hitting the enemy. It's just that the screams of the enemy are much more sparse. This is due to the fact that the soldiers of the Zhou army could not see the enemy clearly, so they could only subconsciously fire stone projectiles, and the hit rate was naturally not high.

And the archers standing on the city wall also cheered up and opened their bows and arrows. Let the dense rain of arrows pour down under the wall.

Almost at the same time, the Turkic armies also launched a counteroffensive. Thousands of sharp arrows immediately flew up from the fog, and more than one of the Zhou soldiers was caught off guard and fell to the ground in a scream.

A moment later, in a whistling sound, several boulders flew from under the city. "Boom, boom, boom" smashed on the wall of Juyong Pass. Some boulders smashed the battlements and smashed the Zhou soldiers who were hiding behind them and were bending their bows and arrows into meatloaf.

Not far away, another boulder hit a heavy crossbow. only heard a loud "boom", and the heavy crossbow immediately fell apart, and the soldiers of the Zhou army on the side of the crossbow screamed again and again, wailing continuously.

This sudden fog reversed the offensive and defensive situation in Juyong Pass. The Turkic army, which had been unsuccessful in the offensive, began to gain the upper hand. Taking advantage of the fog, they quietly launched a sneak attack. Several trebuchets were put into the battlefield, and more than 40,000 archers were sent to suppress and shoot at the city, which immediately caused heavy casualties to the Zhou army.

Luo Cheng and Yu Yuqing had both appeared on the wall to supervise the battle, and Luo Cheng's face had a very grim expression.

This time the Turkic attack was extraordinary, not only using the fog as a cover to launch a sneak attack, but also throwing in a large number of trebuchets and archers, and the number of people participating in the attack was also greater than in the previous large-scale attack. It seems that they want to take advantage of today's fog as a great opportunity to win Juyong Pass in one fell swoop.

"Kill! Rush to the top of the city today, and we'll win! Khan is a great reward! Let's not believe it, these cowardly Han people in the Central Plains are more courageous than our Turkic heroes! Ashinagi rushed to the front, shouting that he had led his guards to climb the city wall.

Under his encouragement, the morale of the Turkic army was greatly boosted, and the battle situation on the wall suddenly became tense.

The western section of the wall is guarded by Guo Yi, he is now covered with blood all over his body, but most of them are Turkic, the defenders of Juyong Pass shouted, and the Turkic soldiers who attacked the city started a fierce battle, on the not wide city wall, thousands of people on both sides were entangled, and the dazzling cold light from the knife and gun almost stimulated people's eyes to be unable to open.

As one of the commanders, Ashnaji personally charged into battle, and the morale of the Turkic army was greatly boosted. In addition, the troops of the Turkic Ashnaji were at the forefront, and their combat effectiveness and courage were much higher than those of the previous Uther tribe and the armies of other tribes in the steppe, and the city wall in the western section of Juyong Pass was immediately full of dangers.

"Kill! Knock out all these Turkic dog thieves! Guo Yi's eyes widened, and he stabbed a Turkic soldier in the chest with a scream of rage.

But at this moment, he felt the wind ringing in the back of his head. Hurriedly lowered his head and flashed. I saw a long knife pass over my head.

Guo Yi looked back and saw a Turkic general in golden armor, with a pigtail on the back of his head and a golden ribbon on his helmet. This man was not very old, he looked less than ten years old, but his figure was very burly, and his skin was dark from the wind and sand.

He knew that this must be a high-ranking general in the Turkic army, and even a general of the Turkic royal clan Ashina, otherwise they would not dare to wear golden armor, because it represented the strongest unit of the Turkic royal family, the Golden Wolf Army.

"If you kill this fang, maybe the crisis of the western section of the city wall will be solved." Guo Yi thought secretly in his heart.

So, with a loud shout, he swung his sword and slashed at the Turkic general.

The Turkic general was also unequivocal, waving his long knife with both hands and fighting him.

Just heard the sound of "bang", the two knives intersected, and both of them felt a little drunk and numb in their wrists.

The Turkic general was Ashinaji, he looked at Guo Yi, and he was also secretly shocked in his heart, this Zhou general is burly, and his martial arts are also very good, and he seems to be a real opponent.

He couldn't help but persuade him: "You, the Central Plains general, still have some courage!" It's a pity that now you are at the end of the crossbow, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty is incompetent, so that the world is in chaos, and sooner or later the flowers and rivers of the Central Plains will be occupied by our Turks! You might as well surrender here, and our Jieli Khan will not treat you badly! will also be like Liang Shidu, and make you a little khan! ”

Guo Yi laughed and said, "You Turkic barbarians dare to speak out!" Look at your grandfather Guo to educate and educate you, don't be so arrogant when you speak! ”

After saying that, Guo Yi swung his big knife and slashed at Ashinaji, and the two fought again......

The same scenario took place in the middle and eastern sections of the city wall, where both the Zhou and Turkic armies committed all the forces at their disposal and fought to the death.

In addition to the 10,000 regular troops, the Zhou army of Juyongguan defended the city with more than 10,000 people temporarily recruited from Beiping, but they did not enter the battle at first, but only transported the wounded and arrows. But later, when they saw that the situation in the city was critical, they all put down their work and took up arms and went into battle. It's just that they are not soldiers after all, and they are much inferior to the Turkic army in terms of combat effectiveness. As a result, the situation is becoming more and more critical.

However, at the moment of this thousand equals, there were bursts of shouts on the wall, and I saw Yu Yuqing personally leading several female soldiers to support him. These female soldiers are all subordinate to Li Xiuning's Suzaku Women's Army, and they were originally just medical soldiers, but in the current critical situation, Yu Yuqing can't care so much.

The duties of these female soldiers, although mainly to care for wounded soldiers. But after all, they have received formal military training, and they still have some combat effectiveness. They waved their weapons, screamed, and threw themselves into the fierce battle at the top of the city.

They threw stones at the enemy, arrows at the city, and fought hard to stop the Turkic army's onslaught, completely ignoring the fact that they were women.

The Zhou army at the head of the city saw that the county lord personally led the female soldiers into battle, and they were all ashamed and excited.

Their morale was immediately boosted, and they shouted, "The county lord himself has come up!" Let's work harder and drive out all these Turkic dog thieves! We are all big men, we can't even be inferior to other women! ”

As a result, under the command of Luo Cheng, the defenders of Juyong Pass at the head of the city suddenly burst out with strong combat effectiveness, and dozens of Turkic officers were killed immediately. At once, the momentum of the Turkic army that climbed the city wall was suppressed.

Luo Cheng also flew up and down with a spear in his hand, and when he found that there was a gap and the situation was unfavorable, he immediately led his guards to plug the loophole.

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