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The Turkic army finally overwhelmed Juyong Pass, and Luo Cheng stood on the wall of the pass, silently watching the Turkic army that was overwhelming in the distance. He couldn't help but think of a scene eight years ago, when he, together with Yu Ming, Red Sleeves, Guo Yi and others, guarded the Black Dragon Valley.

On that occasion, they also faced a Goryeo army that was several times their size, and when everyone thought they would not be able to hold it, Woomyung miraculously led them to victory and killed the main general of the Goryeo army. And Yuming also became famous because of this battle, and gradually grew into one of the twin walls of the Great Sui.

"I want to prove to the world: I, Luo Cheng, am also a hero, and I can defeat the powerful foreign enemy who invaded!" Luo Cheng looked at the pretty and moving and heroic Yu Yuqing beside him, and couldn't help but recall the red sleeves at that time. It seems that Yuming and Red Sleeves have admired each other since then.

"Come on! Turkic dog thieves! I'll give you a taste of the Koreans! Luo Cheng muttered.

However, the Goryeo army was far from being compared with the Turkic army, and the Turkic army in the distance was huge, with banners like the sea, drums shaking the sky, and countless heads pouring in like an overwhelming crowd. Based on experience, Luo Cheng had quickly judged that the army here was at least 150,000, and it was estimated that Jieli should still have 50,000 reserves stationed in the camp, and they were not sent to attack the city.

After Luo Cheng understood Jieli's strategy, he glanced back at his army, only to see that the wall was also full of dense Zhou soldiers.

Juyong Pass is the northern barrier of Beiping, and it is also the focus of the defense of the Zhou army, as long as the Juyong Pass is not broken, then the tribes of the grassland will not be able to go south to Beiping.

In the past, when Yuming led the Liaodong Army to attack, it suffered a certain amount of damage. But after Yuming entered Beiping, immediately sent people to rebuild, now after several years of expansion and repair, the area of Juyong Pass has been expanded more than in the past, grain and grass storehouse, armory, military camp, etc. have been expanded, and a large number of rolling stones and wood, arrows and fire oil and other defensive equipment are also stored in the pass, and the defense force is not the same as before.

Moreover, when building the city gate, Yuming also deliberately ordered it to be built into a concave shape of five zhang. In this way, if the enemy tried to hit the city gate with a siege car, he would be attacked from the top down, from the wall.

In addition to the outer city wall, Yuming also built an inner city wall in the city, about five zhang high, four zhang wide, the two city walls are directly against the mountain wall, not directly connected, if you want to go from the outer city wall to the inner city wall, you can only go through the ground or the suspension bridge in the air. Even if the outer city wall was lost, the Zhou army could quickly retreat to the inner city wall, and then cut the drawbridge and continue to defend.

Therefore, Juyongguan has now become a veritable large-scale fortress. It can be said that it is the most heavily defended of the four major Xiongguan. If the Turkic army wanted to capture it, it would have to pay a heavy price.

The 200,000-strong Turkic army stopped a mile from the city walls, and they had to wait for the siege equipment behind them to push up before launching the offensive. After all, they can't fly up with two wings.

It didn't take long for Guo Yi to point to the huge object that was slowly advancing in the distance and said, "County Lord, the enemy army has pushed up the large siege equipment!" ”

Yu Yuqing nodded, she also saw it, it was a well fence and a ladder, and there were some siege crashes. Obviously, this time Jieli Khan came prepared, unlike the last time Shibi Khan attacked Yanmen Pass, there were only improvised improvised siege equipment.

Her heart sank suddenly, in the past few years, the Turkic weapon-making technology has risen a lot, the main reason is the chaos in the Central Plains, many people in order to escape the war and hide in the Turks. Many of them are craftsmen. They taught the Turks a lot of things, and also made it more and more difficult for the army of the Central Plains to fight against the Turks.

"Brother Cheng, this time I will command the guards, and I will be under your full command! I'm really not good at it! Yu Yuqing looked at Luo Cheng with a pair of beautiful eyes and said expectantly. Today, she is not afraid of fighting in the field with the enemy, but she has never experienced the battle of defending the city.

"Yuqing, don't worry, people are locked up, and people are lost! If the Turks want to pass through Juyong Pass, they have to step on my corpse! Luo Cheng didn't shirk either. Because he also knows that he is the most suitable person right now. Not only is he familiar with the surrounding terrain, but he is responsible for supervising the construction of Juyong Pass. Moreover, he had experienced many important battles to defend the city, and he had rich experience in how to maximize the potential of his own army, strive to hold the city, and even defeat the enemy when the enemy with superior forces attacked the city.

While the Zhou army was observing the Turkic army, Jieli was also riding on horseback, staring at Juyong Pass, one of the four great Xiongguan in the world.

When it looks at it, it's a little scary. It does look taller and stronger than the ordinary cities and passes in the Central Plains, with a huge black "Zhou" flag fluttering on the tower, and dense Zhou soldiers standing on the city wall, at least more than 20,000 people. Since it is between two mountains, the wall is only one mile wide. Although the Turkic army was outnumbered, it was not possible to throw all of them into battle.

At this time, a Turkic tribal leader stepped forward and suggested: "Khan, this Juyong Pass is so steep, I am afraid that a forced attack will cause heavy casualties, and my subordinates suggest that it is better to bypass this pass and attack from the east of the river instead, although the road is also rugged and the mountains are narrow, but there are not so many dangers." We can then attack from the west of Beiping City and render Juyong Pass useless. ”

This tribal leader was called Temog, and he was the leader of the User tribe, the largest tribe in the Turks besides the Ashina tribe. His opinion represents the thoughts of many Turkic tribal leaders, who wanted to plunder the property of the Central Plains, rob women and grain this time, rather than come to fight with the Zhou army in a bloody battle and lose their troops.

At the same time, they more or less have a shadow of Yuming in their hearts. After all, in the last battle of Yanmen Pass, only 12 out of 100,000 Turkic troops could return to the grassland in the end, and even Shibi Khan was killed on the way, which really made them have a fear of attacking Xiongguan in their bones.

After hearing this, Jieli glanced at him coldly and said, "Tiemog, you mean that let our Turkic people live in the shadow of Yuming?" Always be a defeated general under his men, flee when he sees the pass, and take a detour when he sees the Zhou army? ”

Temog's face turned red, and he hurriedly explained: "Khan, you have misunderstood! I mean: it's not worth it for soldiers to fill the trench in front of Juyong Pass with blood and corpses. We should attack Beiping first, occupy this big city, harvest wealth and women, and then attack from behind Juyong Pass, so that we can definitely break this pass at a very small cost! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jieli flew into the air, kicked him to the ground, and then shouted angrily, "Timog, you have let me down! I didn't expect you to be scared by Yuming! When I saw his banner, I lost my fighting spirit. You know, there are no unearned gains, and there are no gains that can be reaped without sacrifice! The Turks only have warriors who face difficulties, and there are no cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death! If you really don't have the courage to fight the Zhou army, just roll me back to the grassland, and don't embarrass me again!" ”

Jieli's words caused the other dozen or so leaders of the Turkic tribes behind to laugh, and the ridicule also made Tiemog feel ashamed and insulted. Immediately he was carried away, jumped up from the ground, and shouted: "Khan, I Timog am not a coward who is afraid of death! The warriors of my Uther tribe are heroes, and the enemy will only tremble before us! ”

"Good! I will order you to be the vanguard, and lead the men and horses of the headquarters to attack Juyong Pass first, whether you are a coward or a warrior, it depends on your performance. Jieli shouted.

After a meal, when all the soldiers of the Uther tribe had gathered at the forefront, Temog regained his senses and began to regret that he should not have taken the lead on impulse. But he can't get off the stage now, and if he is on stage fright at this time, he will not only lose face, but even suffer from Jieli's disposal.

Therefore, he had to grit his teeth, bow to Jieli and say, "Khan, look at the number of enemy troops in the city, at least more than 20,000, and my Usher department is only more than 20,000 people. When the number of people besieging a city is about the same as the number of people defending a city, it is impossible to conquer a city......"

"Don't worry! You attack Juyong Pass, and only let you attack one round, and after one round is over, I will replace you with other troops! Jieli said with a smile.

Temog had no choice but to get on the ground without looking back, and walked towards Juyong Pass, shouting loudly: "Warriors of the Uther Division, charge with me!" ”

Jieli sneered and looked at Tiemog's distant back, with a sly smile on his face, the User department where Tiemog is located is the second largest Turkic department, and its strength is second only to Ashina's department, and he has always been a little unconvinced by the royal status of Ashina.

Especially in the past two years, the Ashina Division's Division, Jieli, and Tuli have fought each other, causing great losses in strength, and making the status of the Usher Department more prominent. Jieli went south to the Central Plains, but also to weaken some tribes that were disobedient or posed a threat to him through fighting.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

The huge war drums sounded like thunder, and the shouts of killing in the Turkic army rose higher and higher, and under Jieli's orders, the Turks began to attack.

Luo Cheng closely watched the movement of the troops in the Turkic army, and he soon found that an army of more than 20,000 people was rushing to the front of the Turkic brigade and began to approach Juyong Pass rapidly.

Luo Cheng also turned around and shouted at this time: "The enemy has begun to attack!" Let's go to the city and start preparing for the battle! ”

With his order, 10,000 Zhou troops began to deploy rapidly on the wall, while the rest of the men and horses went down to rest. Since the Turkic army knew to attack in turn to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, Luo Cheng naturally would not let all his men and horses go up to defend the city.

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