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The defense of the Juyong Pass defenders was very well prepared, unlike the Yanmen Pass defenders back then, due to the haste of the incident, they did not prepare large city defense equipment, and could only rely on human lives to fight with the enemy. Today, forty large trebuchets have been deployed on the outer city wall of Juyong Pass, which can throw a few catties of boulders 70 zhang away.

In addition, there are two heavy crossbows on the city wall, which were also first developed by the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in Beiping. It needs to be fired with a winch, and each crossbow arrow is the size of a spear, which can be shot far away and pierce through enemy shields within 50 zhang. This heavy crossbow is used against densely formed siege troops, but it is highly lethal.

In the passionate drumming of the Zhou army, 10,000 elite divisions were already ready for battle. Luo Cheng's gaze was also clear and firm, he wanted to use the lesson of blood and fire for the Turks to make them dare not invade the Central Plains again!

At this time, the Turkic army had launched its first large-scale attack, and more than 20,000 soldiers were rolling in front of Juyong Pass like a tide, and eighty ladders were faintly visible in the ranks. Of course, under Jieli's deliberate arrangement, the siege of the Turkic army and the well-fence did not enter the battle. He also wanted to deliberately deplete the strength of the Uther Division.

Led by Temog, the Turkic soldiers raised their wooden shields, and 10,000 Uther soldiers rushed towards the walls with spears and broadswords in their hands.

Behind them, there were 10,000 archers, who were tasked with firing arrows at the top of the city to cover the charge of their own troops.

In the sound of earth-shattering drums of "tom, tom, tom", the Turkic army began to rush in a black column.

Eighty ladders were pulled by the strongest horses, slowly moving through the crowd, and around each ladder, they were covered by several soldiers with shields, accompanied by waves of shouts and killings, the Turkic army did seem to be strong and powerful.

The Zhou army dug a trench two zhang wide outside the city wall, and there were some iron li in the ditch. However, because the Zhou army did not go out to meet the enemy, this trench lost its due role. The Turks quickly ordered their soldiers to fill the trench with sand.

When the Turkic army rushed in and entered the distance from the city wall, the more than 1,000 soldiers who rushed to the front suddenly screamed, and then wailed, and fell to the ground and groaned in pain.

It turned out that they stepped on an iron nail scattered in the grass of the wilderness outside the pass, which had an inch long spike on it, and was coated with highly toxic medicine.

In addition to the iron nails, Zhou Jun also arranged countless animal traps, on which several half-inch-long barbs were installed, once the human foot was clamped, the barbs would sink into the flesh, and pulling them out would bring out a large piece of flesh and blood, making it completely incapacitated.

Many Turkic soldiers stepped on iron nails, or their calves were caught in animal clips, and long spikes pierced the footboards, dripping with blood. This caught the attacking Turkic army off guard, and more than 1,000 people suddenly fell to the sky, weeping bitterly and mourning all over the field. Moments later, something even more terrifying happened. Their legs and feet began to become dark and swollen, the pain was unbearable, and streams of black blood continued to gush from the wounds, and many people rolled on the ground and howled in pain, and then their hands and feet became numb, and they lay motionless on the ground and died.

"The only way to survive is to cut off your legs!"

When Temog saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel like a knife. These are his people! He is a heartfelt supporter of his future galloping grassland. He led them to the Central Plains to plunder the wealth, but he suffered this bad news under Juyong Pass. How can this not make him feel sick.

But in order to keep his subordinates alive, this is the only way to do it. With his loud shout, the unwounded soldiers waved their broadswords and cut off the wounded legs of those who stepped on the poisoned nails one by one, and the wounded Turkic soldiers were carried by their comrades and dragged back to the camp one after another, and the Turkic attack was immediately stalled.

I saw that the Turks were more than 50 zhang away from the city wall, densely packed together. Luo Cheng also had a smile on his face, he raised his hand at this time, waved vigorously, and said, "Pass my order!" Aim at those damned Turks...... The trebuchet begins to eject! ”

A moment later, there was a sudden whistling sound in the sky, which made the Turkic soldiers stunned. They all looked up, only to see small black dots visible to the naked eye appear in the Sky Country, rapidly enlarging in their pupils.

Those black dots are getting closer and closer, and they are flying faster and faster. Immediately after that, a frightened shout erupted in the Turkic army. Because they found that it was a huge rock thrown from a trebuchet, dense like raindrops.

The Turkic soldiers, who were rescuing their comrades, immediately screamed and fled with their heads in disarray, no longer caring about their comrades lying on the ground.

Soon, boulders weighing several pounds fell from the air, smashing the soldiers who could not escape into meat pies.

And after these world stones hit the ground, the momentum did not disappear, they rolled on the ground by inertia, knocked down more people, and suddenly screamed all around, stumps and broken arms everywhere, and blood splashed everywhere. The Turkic soldiers who were hit broke their arms and bones, and their brains burst out, and they died on the spot.

By the time the first round of forty boulders slowly came to a halt in the crowd, the Turkic army had suffered heavy casualties, and several soldiers had been killed.

At this moment, the second round of trebuchet attacks began, and after a while, another wave of boulders roared, sending several Turkic soldiers to the western sky again.

Huge boulders flew in the sky, and iron nails on the ground were dense, so that it had no strength, but there was nowhere to go. At present, the Turkic army has not even touched the walls of Juyong Pass, and more than 4,000 people have been killed and wounded. This made Temog's heart ache, his total strength was only about 20,000 people, and this kind of fighting style could withstand the consumption of several hours? So, he immediately shouted: "The enemy's attack is fierce, let's withdraw first!" Wait until you have a plan to attack before you start attacking! ”

When the Turkic soldiers heard this, they were immediately relieved, and they retreated like a tide, but the Zhou army on Juyong Pass did not lose a single person, which can be described as a great victory!

However, Temog had just withdrawn, and before he could return to his tent, he was surrounded by a large number of golden wolf troops.

"Take this fang for me!"

With Jieli's order, dozens of soldiers of the Golden Wolf Army swarmed up, dragged Temog, who had just fled back to the camp, off his horse, and then pressed him to the ground, tied up firmly.

Jieli looked at the frightened Tiemog at this time, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes and said: "Tiemog, there is no gold in the army, and Ben Khan has not ordered the troops to retreat, but you dare to retreat without authorization, and you will be defeated in the first battle." Seriously shake the morale of our army...... Don't you dare to kill someone? ”

Temog knelt on the ground and cried out: "The Khan has been wronged! I didn't mean to run away! The Zhou army had iron nails stuck in the ground, but our army was not prepared for this and could not pass through the iron nail area at all. And under the attack of the enemy's trebuchets, more than 4,000 people were killed and wounded...... The subordinates had to retreat at this time......"

Jie Li snorted coldly: "Don't make excuses! How can there be immortals in war? Even if your troops are heavily wounded, you can report to Ben Khan and send you reinforcements. But you didn't do anything, and you dared to retreat without permission, so that you were defeated before the battle and shook the morale of the army...... If I don't kill you, how can I serve the people? ”

With that, he raised his head, pointed to the outside of the camp gate, and said, "Push Temog out of the camp for me, cut off my head, and hang it at the camp gate as a warning!" Whoever dares to be greedy for life and afraid of death will end up like Timog! ”

"Khan! Wronged! I'm not greedy for life or death at all......" Temerg immediately shouted when he heard this.

But the soldiers of the Golden Wolf Army were willing to listen, and immediately dragged him to the camp gate.

Seeing that he was not spared, Temog let go and shouted, "Jieli, don't you know what you want to do? You want to use the excuse to attack dissidents and weaken the power of the other tribes, so that your Ashina tribe will dominate the Turkic family! I have fallen victim to your plot, but my people will surely avenge me......"

But before he could finish his sentence, the executioners of the Golden Wolf Army cut off his head and hung it outside the gate of the Turkic camp.

Jieli sneered, and then said to Ashinaji, another member of the Ashina Division: "Ashinaji, Tiemoge's troops will be under your command for the time being, and I will also order Tom Tower of the Beggar Department to assist you!" Strive to win Juyong Pass as soon as possible! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Ashnaji was also overjoyed when he heard that he had been asked to command the army of the Uther tribe, so he immediately turned over his horse, raised the spear in his hand and said, "Attack with me!" Be sure to step on the walls before it gets dark! ”

Half an hour later, the reorganized Turkic army attacked again. Under the escort of tens of thousands of golden wolf troops, the 20,000 troops of the Uther Department were forced to rush to Juyong Pass again, and the Tomta of the Qiyan Department also led 10,000 horses to join the attacking team, turning into a 50,000-strong army to attack Juyong Pass.

This time, ladders, well railings, and trebuchets were also mixed in the army, and the attack power was significantly strengthened, and the army of 50,000 was as dense as ants, covering the wilderness outside Juyong Pass.

Ashnaji apparently learned the lesson of Timog, and he ordered his soldiers to cut down a large number of trees, lay them with planks and sand, and spread fifty smooth roads in front of the pass, so that the Turkic army could avoid the iron nails on the ground.

However, they couldn't dodge the boulders that came from the sky, and the trebuchets on the city wall continued to fire, and several boulders fell from the sky with a roar, falling in the crowd of soldiers of the Turkic army, smashing their flesh and blood into a blur, screaming again and again, and seeing their comrades being smashed into meat cakes one by one, which brought a great sense of fear to the living Turkic soldiers.

A boulder struck the Turkic well railing, and the high platform that stood in the air immediately blossomed, and the wooden blocks flew sideways, and more than twenty Turkic soldiers on the platform also fell from the platform with screams, and fell to their deaths.

It wasn't long before another boulder flew in and hit a catapult. The trebuchet immediately made a loud "clang", and the whole body fell apart, and the wooden frame was smashed, and it fell and smashed across the axle, causing its four wheels to fall off and roll on the ground. As a result, the huge body of the catapult immediately fell to the ground, unable to move again.

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