(Thank you very much to the 'Book Friends' 18672397 for your generous support and monthly pass.) ）

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a huge ladder up to four feet wide reached the head of the southern city, and hundreds of Turkic soldiers climbed up frantically.

The Sui soldiers lifted the wood and stone and threw them downward, and the Turkic soldiers screamed and rolled down with the wood and boulder. However, the ladder was crushed by the Turks below, and the Sui army at the head of the city failed to push it down.

"Get out of the way, let me do it." Han Ziliang was passing by supervising the battle, took a soldier's sledgehammer, shouted loudly, and slammed down the pillar on the side of the siege ladder, with a creak, the ladder gradually widened, and the wedges of the top two ladders fell off from the ladder frame, and the ladder fell directly, and the Turkic soldier who had just climbed halfway screamed and fell.

However, this side blocked it, and on the other side, Turkic soldiers attacked the city, and Han Ziliang led a group of personal soldiers and roared to kill elsewhere.

At this moment, the drum beat of the Turkic army turned dull and slow, 'Knock-knock-knock!' Each blow made the atrium tremble.

"General, look!" One soldier shouted in fear as he pointed into the distance.

All the Sui soldiers froze, looking into the distance in horror, and Han Ziliang also saw that the Turks had built more than a dozen nest cars. This kind of siege weapon, which the Turks would never have been able to build, was obviously made by Han craftsmen who had been captured from the three county towns of Jincheng County these days.

At this time, each nest car was pulled by hundreds of horses, slowly driving towards the city wall, like a huge monster, Han Ziliang turned around and shouted: "Quick, shoot me with the city crossbow!" ”

The Sui army's heavy defenders only had bed crossbows, which used short spears up to three feet long, with a range of up to 500 paces, but the effective range was only more than 300 steps. It is also the only ranged weapon capable of dealing with nest cars at this distance. But what is the effect, Han Ziliang is full of worries, he has a faint premonition, I am afraid that the city will not be able to hold it today.

……

In front of the Turkic camp, the Great Khan rode a bloody horse, surrounded by thousands of generals and guards, and watched the battle from afar with a happy face. Although the losses in these seven days were not small, he felt that these sacrifices were still worth it when he thought that Jincheng was about to be breached, and the entire Jincheng County and Longxi County would become his territory, with nearly one million Han people in the two counties, countless food wealth, especially the weapons and armor that the Sui army had no time to destroy.

At this time, the general of the left guard, Sguapiva, said: "Khan, in the opinion of the ministers, in one or two hours at most, he will be able to break through Jincheng, and Longxi City is under the onslaught of 100,000 elites of Yujuluo, and now the situation is critical, and 50,000 troops should be sent to support first." ”

Chu Luo Khan nodded and said: "What you say is reasonable, but if you go south, you may be stopped by the army of Yujuluo before you enter Longxi City, maybe there will be a fierce battle outside Longxi City, so the 50,000 army is a little less, so you will command 80,000 cavalry and go south first to support Longxi City." ”

However, as soon as his order was issued, before Squapiva could happily receive the order, a scout in the distance rushed over and shouted: "Khan, the advance of the Sui army has appeared, and it has entered ten miles away!" ”

"What? You make it clear. Chuluo Khan said angrily.

"Khan, Yujuluo has led a large army into Jincheng County, and the Gaolan County occupied by the Tuyuhun people has been easily breached, and the 10,000 Tuyuhun defenders have been annihilated. Yujuluo's army was coming towards Jincheng, and the forward 3,000 men appeared ten miles away, and the main force of 80,000 troops had reached eighty miles away. ”

"What? Could it be that Longxi City is lost, damn it. "Chu Luo Khan looked angry.

At this time, another scout galloped forward and shouted from afar: "Khan, three thousand cavalry reinforcements from the Sui army have appeared five miles away, and they are coming towards us. ”

As soon as the scout's voice fell, a low trumpet sounded in the distance, echoing around Jincheng, when a Sui cavalry suddenly appeared three miles south of the Turkic camp.

In order to prevent Jincheng from being breached in the end, Yujuluo sent 30,000 cavalry to the north in advance, commanded by the general Liu Fang, with Pei Yuanqing as the vanguard.

These 3,000 cavalry were led by Pei Yuanqing, the captain of Guoyi, they killed all the way from Longxi, and the Tuyuhun people who were responsible for the periphery were only busy plundering people and property, although there were more than 40,000 troops, but they were scattered very open, even if there were Tuyuhun troops on the road to meet Pei Yuanqing and his party, they were powerless to stop it, only the Shuiquan Pass where the Turkic army was stationed could be stopped, but Pei Yuanqing led a small number of people, so he bypassed the Shuiquan Pass, took the mountain and forest paths, and killed in front of the Turkic camp outside Jincheng.

Although there are only 3,000 people, the appearance of these 3,000 people is just right, because the Sui army stationed in Jincheng is now most worried about the back road being cut off and trapping them here, so the morale is greatly affected, and the appearance of these 5,000 people means that Longxi City is likely to have been recaptured by the Sui army, and the main force of reinforcements will come soon.

Chu Luo Khan instantly thought of the consequences of the appearance of the Sui army's 3,000 cavalry here, and couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Sguapiva, you bring 80,000 troops to destroy them for me, and then continue to go south, and make sure to block the Sui army's reinforcements south of Shuiquan Pass." ”

Sguapiva shouted the order, and then with the sound of the horn, groups of Turkic cavalry rushed out of the camp and surrounded the three thousand cavalry, Pei Yuanqing sneered, his goal had been achieved, so he immediately ordered: "Evacuate!" ”

The order was quickly conveyed, Pei Yuanqing led the army to quickly retreat to the way it came, the same cavalry, three or four miles apart, it was almost impossible for the Turkic cavalry to catch up, especially after the three thousand cavalry hid in the mountains, the Turkic army could not find it for a while.

Compared with the anger of Luo Khan in the Western Turkic Division, the arrival of Pei Yuanqing led 3,000 cavalry made the defenders of the Sui Dynasty in Jincheng thunderous and ecstatic. Although there were only 3,000 men, they were far from being the match for the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, but these 3,000 gave hope to the defenders.

"Brothers, the 100,000 elite soldiers under the command of the Governor of Yuda have arrived, as long as we hold on for a few more days, it will be time for us to go out of the city and kill the Turkic dogs." In front of the South City Gate, Han Ziliang was also overjoyed, and shouted loudly, the other three directions Ying Yanglang and Taishou Chen Sansi were doing the same thing.

Soon, the morale of the defenders of the city was greatly boosted, and they fought bravely to kill the enemy, on the contrary, the morale of the Turkic soldiers was affected by the arrival of Sui reinforcements. Even with the cooperation of the nest car, it was not able to attack the city again for a while.

Seeing that the morale of the army was in turmoil today, the Khan ordered the troops to be withdrawn. At the sound of the horn, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers quickly retreated like a receding tide, and nearly half of the fifteen nest cars were destroyed by the Sui army's giant crossbows and stone throwers.

While commanding the defense of the city, Han Ziliang has been paying attention to the movement of the Turkic army in the distance, and saw that the 80,000 Turkic army was heading south, and the strength of the Turkic battalion was reduced by nearly half. He knew that the 80,000 men had gone to intercept the army of Yukura.

In other words, if they could not hold out until the arrival of Yukura, or if Yujura was defeated in a field battle by the Turkic cavalry of 80,000 and the more than 40,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, then their fate did not change much. But these things must not be said at this time.

Not as long as Han Ziliang thought, the Turkic army, which had been attacking the city for seven days, suddenly retreated, causing the Sui army defending the city to let out earth-shattering cheers, and the decadence and despair disappeared for several days.

……

On the official road in the north of Gaolan County, Jincheng County, nearly 60,000 troops are marching rapidly in the direction of Jincheng County, waving flags, morale like rainbows, Yujuluo is wearing the unique golden armor of the metropolitan governor, wearing an eagle ridge golden helmet, his eyes are cold, behind him, a big flag with the word 'fish' written on it hunts and flies.

What Han Ziliang was worried about, how could Yujuluo not have imagined that now that the city of Longxi was broken, Luo Khan of the Turkic Department would inevitably send a large army to block the reinforcements he led, and if he could not defeat the Turkic cavalry as soon as possible in the field battle, Jincheng County would also not be able to hold it. And that's not the worst of all—if they lose to the Turkic army in the field, the outcome will be even worse.

Yujura had such worries, not that he did not have confidence in the more than 80,000 troops he had brought, but because his strength was still at a disadvantage compared to the Turkic and Tuyuhun coalition forces, and the enemy was all cavalry, especially the strength of the Turkic cavalry, and no one dared to take it lightly. What's more, it was Luo Khan of the Western Turkic Division who personally led the troops.

In short, he had to think of a complete strategy to defeat the Turks and the Tuyuhun army in the field as quickly as possible.

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves behind him, and a personal guard reported: "The Governor of the Metropolis, the Captain of the King is here!" ”

Yu Juluo's spirits perked up, remembering that Wang Junlin captured Longxi City with a bucket of venom, and thought that this kid was his lieutenant.

That's right, Wang Duwei is Wang Junlin, he has now been promoted to four levels in a row, and has been promoted to Du Lieutenant, in fact, if it weren't for Yu Juluo's greatest appointment power, it would not be an exaggeration to be directly promoted to Guoyi Du Lieutenant with Wang Junlin's great achievements.

However, Yujuluo had already sent someone to rush the capture of Longxi City to Daxing City in Kyoto for 800 miles along with the latest military information. He believed that with His Majesty's wisdom, there would be a reward for King's Arrival.

This time in the attack on Longxi City, two middle-level officers at the rank of lieutenant were killed, Wang Junlin became the lieutenant of his original regiment, and Guo Shubiao, the former lieutenant, was transferred from other prefectures to serve as lieutenants.

And the nineteen scouts under Wang Junlin's command, except for six who were besieged and killed by the poisoned Gedao soldiers due to the incident after the poisoning, the remaining thirteen also had their own rewards. Among them, except for Zhou Hu, who became the captain of the 100-man team, everyone else became the fire captain, and they were still under Wang Junlin.

In addition, because Wang Junlin rescued Dugu Moyu, the Dugu family wanted to thank him, Wang Junlin did not ask for any property, but asked Wu San and Wu Si over, and now the two have become the chief and deputy captains of Wang Junlin's personal army.