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Immediately afterward, huge boulders roared and smashed into the crowd of the Turkic army, screaming, groaning, and crying one after another. Copy this address to browse%77%77%77%2e%62%69%71%69%2e%6d%65This completely irresistible boulder made the Turkic soldiers panic.

"Don't we have trebuchets too? Why not fight back? ”

The Turkic soldiers shouted and asked the trebuchetman.

"This ...... Our trebuchets don't have the same range as the enemy, and we throw them from the ground to the top of the city, so we have a lot less force. Now our main task is to dodge and not let the enemy's stones hit! ”

A trebuchet squinted at the sky as he explained to his comrades.

His answer was obviously not satisfactory to his companions, and many of the Turkic soldiers, in panic, wanted to turn around and flee, because they wanted to plunder wealth and women, and did not want to lose their lives here.

Jieli had already noticed this idea of his subordinates, and he ordered the five thousand golden wolf troops to hold a hard crossbow and a big sword in the back, and kill anyone who fled back.

After seeing that the Turkic soldiers who fled behind them were shot or hacked to death, the rest of the people had no choice but to push forward.

When the front entered only 20 zhang away from the city wall, both sides entered the range of local bows and arrows, and a large-scale bow and arrow exchange began.

Ten thousand Zhou archers stood on the city walls and began to shoot with bows and arrows.

They were divided into two forces, one of about 9,000 men, each armed with a longbow, and under the cover of the battlements of the city walls, they fired arrows at the Turkic army.

The other force, numbering only a thousand men, stood behind the city walls, pulled up a series of hard crossbows with a winch, and then placed huge crossbow arrows the size of spears on the strings of the winch, and then fired arrows diagonally upwards to shoot parabolas.

Due to the narrowness of the road in front of the pass, the Turkic army stood very densely, and a crossbow arrow with a hard crossbow could often penetrate the bodies of two Turkic soldiers after falling from the air, shooting them like sugar gourds.

Although the Turkic soldiers were equipped with wooden shields, the power of this crossbow arrow was really great, and the distance was so close that the wooden shield in their hands could only block the arrows fired by ordinary longbows, and could not resist the crossbow arrows of this heavy crossbow at all, so the casualties were very heavy.

It's just that they are much more numerous than the Zhou army, and the number of bows and arrows fired by the counterattack has an advantage, and the arrows of both sides are dense like drizzle in the air, intertwined in the sky to form a net of arrows. The Turkic army suffered heavy losses, and the Zhou army began to suffer casualties, and there were people screaming and dying from arrows on the top of the city.

Against a dense rain of arrows overhead, the Turkic army began to approach the city walls. There was originally a moat outside the city that was two zhang wide and two zhang deep, but because the weather has turned cold and the north has entered a dry period, this moat has no water and has become a wide ditch.

The Turkic army was also prepared for this, they prepared a large amount of sand and stones, and soon filled the moat, and reached the city wall of Juyong Pass.

At this time, dozens of ladders and well railings also slowly moved to the side of the city wall. The Turkic soldiers on the well fence were divided into two rows, the front row of men holding shields to block arrows, and the back row of archers, constantly firing arrows at the city.

"Knock out all those well bars! Otherwise, there will be a great threat to the soldiers of our city walls! Seeing this, Luo Cheng immediately ordered.

So, under the command of Guo Yi, the trebuchets on the city wall began to shift their direction, from focusing on attacking the enemy's infantry to aiming at the well railing and firing boulders. And this kind of boulder used to destroy the enemy's heavy siege equipment is a special, polished and smooth stone projectile, weighing about eight catties, but the range is short, only ten zhang, so you must wait for the enemy to get close before you can hit.

"Attention everyone: aim for the first well fence!" Guo Yi personally commanded a catapult driveway.

Four Zhou soldiers pushed the long winch frame violently, and the trebuchet's big spoon loaded with boulders began to sink slowly. The cowhide band on the big spoon was also "creaked" apart.

Guo Yi personally observed the angle and distance, then stared at the well fence in front of him, and shouted: "Tilt an inch to the left to the east!" ”

Upon hearing the commander's order, the trebuchets immediately pulled the door frame of the trebuchet and moved an inch to the left.

"Okay! The horn is good! Guo Yi's face was overjoyed, and then he roared: "Launch!" ”

A trebuchet operator immediately swung his knife to cut the straw rope tied to the big spoon, only to hear a loud "bang", a huge round stone bullet was strongly ejected from the big spoon, and then flew towards the well fence more than 20 zhang away.

With a loud "boom", the well fence was accurately hit by a stone bullet, and the high platform was immediately smashed, and more than 20 Turkic soldiers on it were also immediately smashed into meat cakes, and they fell from the air without even screaming. And the well bar shook violently, making a "squeak, squeak" sound, and became crumbling.

A moment later, one of its supporting beams suddenly broke, and the stone bullets stuck in several wooden beams after the high platform broke off also immediately fell, smashing more than a dozen Turkic soldiers who were pushing carts under the well railing.

"It's finally worked!" Guo Yi also showed a pleased smile on his face, and several trebuchet operators cheered even more.

"That's it! Let's just do the same thing, go ahead, and destroy all these wells! Guo Yi encouraged.

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Although the catapults of the Zhou army were powerful, they could not destroy all the ladders and well railings of the Turkic army, and several well railings finally reached the city wall, and the wooden planks hanging on the high platform fell and smashed on the city head, and the wall buttresses on the outside of the city wall suddenly flew with rubble and were knocked open a big gap. The Turkic soldiers, who had been waiting on the high platform, immediately rushed down the planks with broadswords and shields.

The Zhou army on the city wall had already noticed the movement here, and immediately the heavy infantry of the Zhou army, armed with spears and shields, rushed up and became a group of battles.

The Turkic soldiers standing under the well fence were greatly encouraged, and they immediately climbed up the ladders on both sides of the well fence, and reinforcements continued to fight at the head of the city.

At the same time, more than 20 ladders were set up on the top of the city, and the Turkic soldiers began to climb the ladders and rush up frantically, while the infantry of the Zhou army stood on the top of the ladders, brandishing broadswords and spears, and fought bloody battles with the enemy troops who rushed up.

Behind them, more than a thousand sniper-armed archers aimed at the top of the ladder, and as soon as the Turkic soldiers appeared, they fired their crossbow arrows and knocked them down.

This sniper crossbow is a new type of crossbow, which fires slower than the Lianzhu crossbow, but is much stronger, and can shoot through wooden shields at a distance of 20 zhang. It was one of the most formidable weapons against the Turkic infantry who were armed with wooden shields and climbed ladders.

The bloody battle at the head of the city continued to deepen, and there were Turkic soldiers who had just climbed the top of the city, killed by the Zhou army, screaming and falling down the pass.

The battle at Juyong Pass became more and more bloody and tragic.

Luo Cheng was standing on the high tower at this time, watching the offensive and defensive battles on the wall of Juyong Pass, Yu Yuqing was beside him, holding his arm tightly, and his pretty eyes showed a look of worry.

Luo Cheng felt that Yu Yuqing's delicate body trembled a little, so he hurriedly patted her fragrant shoulder and comforted her: "Yuqing, don't panic!" Now, although there are constantly enemy troops attacking the city, the situation is not out of control, and all the enemies who go to the city are killed and fall to the city in the tea time. The situation is still within our control, and although our army has some casualties, it is quite normal, after all, there is no war in the world that does not pay the price of casualties. ”

At this time, a personal soldier rushed to the lookout, bowed and reported: "Lord Qiqi, General Luo, there are more than one Turkic soldiers on the eastern section of the city wall, General Li is worried that he will not be able to hold it, so he asks for reinforcements!" ”

The General Li he was talking about was Li Xiang, the younger brother of Li Jian, the commander of the Qinglong Army, who served as the guard of Juyong Pass before this battle. After Yu Yuqing and Luo Cheng arrived, he became one of the two lieutenant generals, responsible for the defense of the eastern section of the city wall.

Luo Cheng said coldly at this time: "Tell Li Xiang that I can't spare any extra troops to rescue him now!" Each soldier has his own duties. If he really felt that he could not hold that section of the wall, I would take his place. He can be in charge of transporting arrows, fire oil, and rolling stones! ”

"My subordinates know, so I'm going to inform General Li!" When the soldier heard this, his heart suddenly sank. secretly thought that his general had hit the edge of the knife this time.

After Li Xiang was rewarded by his own soldiers, he wiped the blood on his face, waved his big knife and said, "Brothers, kill with me!" We must drive all these Turkic dog thieves off the city walls! ”

His Zhou soldiers all roared and followed him and pounced on the Turkic soldiers who were climbing the city walls.

They took pot after pot of hot oil and poured it on the ladder, and immediately the Turkic soldiers fell from the ladder with a scream, and fell to pieces. And when they fell, they also knocked down many of their companions, causing even more casualties.

At the same time, Li Xiang ordered the archers to shoot rockets down and set the ladder on fire. In this way, the enemy at the head of the city lost its support, and the more the battle went, the fewer and fewer they fought. Finally, after half an hour, they succeeded in killing all the Turkic soldiers who rushed to the head of the city and defended the eastern section of the city wall.

"Quickly report the news of the victory to the county lord and General Luo! Tell them: I, Li Xiang, am not a bad breed, just like my brother Li Jian, I am also a good man! Li Xiang bandaged the wound on his arm at this time, and said loudly to his own soldiers.

After Luo Cheng learned that Li Xiang had stabilized the situation on the city wall and driven all the Turks off the city, Fang smiled slightly, this result had long been expected by him.

He had found out before that the enemy had lost only five wells on the battlefield, and there were less than fifteen ladders.

However, despite the unfavorable situation of the battle, Jieli Khan did not increase the siege equipment, and did not send people to participate in the siege battle in the black pressure phalanx in the rear. This shows that today's attack, Jieli Khan did not have much hope, his aggressive attack was just a temptation, to see the strength and reaction of the Zhou army.

In this case, Luo Cheng will never increase his troops, and he must keep his hole cards.

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