"Ahem, ahem......"

Li Xingzhou coughed a few times in a row and scratched his head.

The sergeants laughed so hard that their stomachs cramped.

Li Baishi was furious.

"I tore you with this mouth!!"

"Where did I recruit you to provoke you?!"

The female captives were annoyed.

Li Xingzhou stopped Li Baishi,

"Alright, don't mess with her again. Hello everyone, rest and be quiet. ”

At this moment, the king ran back in a hurry......

"Marquis Shan, the Turks have withdrawn!!"

......

The outer city wall is made of large stones one meter square and poured with cement.

It is fifteen meters high, two meters thick, and the width of the city wall is three thousand meters.

Its buildings are majestic and majestic, tall and magnificent.

In order to defend against the Turkic attack, the trees in front of the city walls were cut down.

The huge walls were preceded by special low walls, sprinkled with thistles.

Traps were created to protect the foundations of the city in case the enemy could inflict a damaging assault on the walls with siege equipment such as rams.

As for the gate of Shuozhou, it is made of fine iron, weighing dozens of tons, and it takes ten soldiers to push it open.

The gate is nearly half a meter thick, even if it is smashed with a battering ram, if it is not smashed thousands of times, I am afraid that it will be difficult to destroy.

In front of the gate, there were even more traps and thorns, and just the guards at the gate put a full three hundred soldiers on hold.

Their mission: to defend the gate to the city with their lives and swords.

After the outer city wall of Shuozhou, there is also a higher inner city wall and an urn city.

As well as a female wall for the protection of archers, a tall command tower and a shooting tower.

In addition to stones, rolling logs, bows, trebuchets and other standing weapons to defend the city.

There is also black oil invented and used by the Turks to defend the city.

If Li Xingzhou was here, of course he knew that this kind of black oil was the oil that would be called black gold in his own world in later generations.

But today, in Shuozhou, black oil is used as one of the most effective defensive weapons.

Splashing the city walls with them, making them slippery and difficult to climb, and igniting them with fire when necessary, and burning the huge walls were the most important means used by the Tang people to protect themselves.

On top of that, there are the huge heavy trebuchets.

As the landlord of Shuozhou, Guo Yuanzhen cut down almost all the trees that could be cut back into the city.

Moving all the stones that could be removed back into the city would inevitably leave the besieging side with no resources to use.

In the face of all these facilities, it is no wonder that the Turks are at a loss in the face of Shuozhou.

Today, however, Shuozhou will usher in a major test for it......

On the far horizon, a thick, long black line slowly appeared.

With the rumbling sound of war drums, it broke through this quiet sky and echoed beyond the nine night clouds.

The black line gradually appeared in front of the world.

And what people saw was a scene that was so big that it was shocking.

A huge phalanx of more than 50,000 foot soldiers formed a raging wave on the earth.

With a neat and rhythmic rhythm, the steps of progress are moved.

With each step, the ground shook slightly, as if an earthquake was coming.

There is no end to the sea of people, a sea of steel armor.

The black wave swept in, and even the air carried a bit of heavy oppression.

The soldiers in the front row, holding a spear in their right hand and a shield in their left hand, under an iron visor.

Only a pair of gloomy and cold eyes remained, looking at the city.

They were the toughest soldiers, stoic, enduring, and fearless of death.

Assault Battalion!

Three thousand soldiers of the assault battalion formed the first line of troops in the siege, and their spears pointed to the sky!

It reflects a brilliant brilliance in the sun, intimidating the soul, moving the mind, and messing with its morale.

Behind the assault battalion was an infantry phalanx of different arms.

They also looked solemn, with an unyielding fighting spirit and will, and came to this battlefield.

They stopped a hundred meters from the front of the city, staring at the city, gasping for air.

Like a hungry wolf, the air began to fill the air with a strange atmosphere of slaughter.

The soldiers at the head of the city were a little stunned by the huge momentum of the enemy at this moment.

Until a soldier who reacted quickly finally shouted at the top of his voice.

"The enemy attacked !!"

......

Alarm bells are ringing.

The alarm bell was the rallying call, and the defenders of Shuozhou took up arms at the first time.

Put on the armor, according to the previous drill arrangement, and ran to their posts one after another.

Above the quiet city, there were patches of guns in front of you.

In front of the originally empty shooting hole, the same gloomy faces and cold eyes also appeared.

The defenders of Shuozhou were veterans who had been trained countless times in great wars, and they were as cold-blooded, as cruel, and as murderous as the Turks.

Perhaps they are lacking in morale, in confidence in the war in their country.

But at this critical time, they still know to step up.

Morale is a very strange thing, and if you can calculate it by points, then there is not much difference between a morale of 100 points and a morale of 80 points.

As long as it does not fall below the passing line, then the soldiers will fight bravely, and they will fight to the death.

On the city wall of Shuozhou, several generals on horseback also appeared one after another.

They instigated their horses to gallop around the city, shouting loudly and giving various orders to boost morale.

At the same time, carefully watch the approaching Turkic army to see what the opponent is up to.

And on top of a tall tower in the inner city.

The main general, Guo Yuanzhen, raised his "clairvoyance" and carefully looked at the enemy army in front of him.

"How do the Turks seem to be crazy?"

Guo Yuanzhen's voice was calm and calm, and there was no panic at all.

"It seems that he is eager to make a difference."

A general replied from the side.

"Not really. The Turks were strong, but they were stronger than cavalry. ”

"It's attacking before the rainy season, which is even more unreasonable and unreasonable."

During this time, the temperature is moderate, the air is humid, the water is abundant, and in two months, the harvest season is the season.

Since the rainy season has just passed, the trees are moist and not easy to burn, which is not conducive to fire.

The sandy soil is rich in water, and it is better to deal with the black oil in Shanzhou.

Therefore, this is also the most favorable time period for the attacking side.

Almost every year at this time, the Turks launch a large-scale offensive.

But today, things are starting to change.

The Turks attacked in advance before the rainy season, not after it.

This point made Guo Yuanzhen unable to figure it out no matter what.

Putting down the clairvoyance, Guo Yuanzhen muttered.

"There is no time, no place, and no people."

"It is taboo to fight in a hurry and attack, how could the Turks make such a big mistake?"

"Turks, are you so proud that you can deceive me that there is no one in Shuozhou? Or do you have other plans? ”

This time, no one replied to his words......

As was customary, before each attack, the Turks sent soldiers to shout at the city gates.

Advise the other side to surrender, break the morale of the other side, and encourage everyone to fight bravely.

But this time is obviously very different from the past.

Without any announcement, the assault began the moment the soldiers arrived at the gate.

The first to attack were hundreds of heavy catapults in the army.

Hundreds of boulders weighing more than 1,000 catties flew into the air like meteors at the same time.

After drawing a series of shocking parabolic curves, it smashed into the city of Shuozhou with a thunderous momentum.

It was a daunting, shocking scene, with a rain of stones in the air, with the roar of death, falling into the city.

Not to be outdone, the defenders of Shuozhou also fought back ferociously with catapults.

Stones fell in the crowd, destroying the walls and taking lives, blood spraying and shooting flowers of death.

Just at the very first moment of the start of the war, there were already batches of fighters who fell.

Some of them are already veterans of battle, while others are new recruits.

Some people have killed countless enemies and are full of ambition, while others may still hold a record of not killing a single chicken and are eager to make a contribution.

However, at this moment, together they became the first victims of this heroic battle.

The main target of the Turkic catapults was the city walls, while the main target of the Turkic army's catapults was the opponent's catapults.

The purpose is different, and the tactics are slightly different.

The Turkic catapults almost always slammed into one spot, so that in just a few minutes, they almost smashed a certain position at the head of the city into an absolute empty area.

And the catapults of the Turkic army spread among the opponent's army in all directions.

After the catapults were smashed into broken wooden shelves by the other party.

Immediately, a large number of archers stepped forward and sent angry arrows into the sky.

Like the screams of death, the arrows roared and rushed into the sky, breaking through the sky and incinerating all things.

The black tide of death rushed to the head of the city.

Arrows are less powerful, but they do more damage.

Patches of arrows rained down on the city, widening the empty space of no one by a few points.

At the same time, the first siege teams were finally dispatched.

The first siege team that attacked under the rain of arrows was not a soldier who climbed the city, but a peculiar team of engineers.

Some of them held shovels in their hands, others held crow's beaks for drilling, and some pushed large battering rams that were powerful enough to dig the foundations, open the gates, destroy the towers, and break through the defenses.

Began to rush under the city walls at the risk of death.

Using the relative empty space created by the ranged troops, earthwork was carried out on the low wall that protected the city's foundations.

They cleared traps, swept away thistles, smashed the foundations of walls, and knocked down low walls.

Pave the way for the advance of the soldiers behind with their own lives.

Neither Turkic, nor Turkic.

In the years of war, a set of corresponding siege and defense experience has already been summed up.

Every year, everyone comes up with a new tactic.

In the second year, they cracked each other's tactics.

Fighting each other, communicating with each other, learning from each other, each of them is already too familiar to be familiar anymore.

It's as if the Turks knew what their opponent's next move would be.

Guo Yuanzhen is equally familiar with everything in front of him.

Everything is going in the direction they expected.

Guo Yuanzhen could even see that the Turks finally completed the demolition of the low wall and attacked in unison.

but also under the fight of his own sniper soldiers, the scene of heavy casualties.

Everything was no different from before, the only thing he couldn't figure out was that.

Why did the Turks rush into this hopeless war?

Then, his icy language uttered a cold tone.

"Order, send five hundred sword and shield men to the head of the city on the left, prepare to roll wood and stones, and the enemy will launch a strong attack at that point."

With the rapid demolition of a small section of low wall, a favorable point of attack emerged.

The horn of an all-out assault was finally sounded, and a large number of warriors let out a furious roar.

With a kind of earth-shaking, rainstorm and thunder swept in.

Guo Yuanzhen's face finally showed a trace of disbelief.

"All-out offense?

It turned out to be an all-out offensive?

Turkic ......

Is he crazy? ”

......

Guo Yuanzhen stood at the head of the city, his eyes wide as he looked at the Turks under the city.

Rushing like a tidal ......

Retreat!

He couldn't believe his eyes!

Shuofang's army, a whole army of men and horses, 12,500 people.

There are still 5,000 left in the fight, and all of them are injured, including him Guo Yuanzhen.

There is still an arrow stuck in his right arm that has not been pulled out, and it is deep into the bone.

For Guo Yuanzhen, this little injury is as ordinary as chewing sand while eating.

He was so excited that he didn't even feel pain.

Seeing the retreat of the Turks who were still violently attacking just now, Guo Yuanzhen and all the 5,000 remnants under his command who were ready to die were all stunned.

There was no cheering or rejoicing, just a numb stunnedness.

"Report ......"

A scout came running quickly, perhaps running too hard and getting his strength exhausted.

With the support of two people, he crawled in front of Guo Yuanzhen.

"What?"

Guo Yuanzhen is still calm.

More than 30 years of military career has cultivated his style of a general, and he is not shocked by the collapse of Mount Tai.

"After ...... Rear ......"

The scout was a little out of breath.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

Everyone was amazed!

"Who's bringing the soldiers?"

"The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture Fa Cao joined the army, the inspector Zuo Yiwei Zhonglang General, and the Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi!"

"Huh?"

Guo Yuanzhen and all the lieutenants were stunned on the spot.

Jian'an Wang Wu is appropriate?

Goes?

Coming to the rescue of Shuozhou?

In the eyes of Guo Yuanzhen and others, this matter is far more strange than the Turks suddenly withdrawing their troops!

"How many men did Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi bring, and where did he go?"

Guo Yuanzhen asked.

"About 30,000 horses! Yan Shun, the pioneer general of the two roads, has gone to Shuozhou City Pass and asks the general to open the city and release the pass! ”

"Yan Shun, pioneer?"

Guo Yuanzhen was even more confused and clueless.

"Yes, the one-eyed general Yan Shun, his subordinates recognize him!"

"General, whatever." Adjutant said.

"It's better to go and open the city pass first, and let the reinforcements come in! There are 6,000 men and horses in the two vanguards, and if the Turks come to attack the city again, their two new forces will come in handy! ”

Guo Yuanzhen pondered for a moment and nodded.

"You go and release the pass, I'm here to supervise the battle!"

"Yes!"

Guo Yuanzhen was still standing on top of the city tower, squinting at the bottom of the city gate.

The vast Turkic people are like a black tide, and they are really receding far away.

Uncanny!

Guo Yuanzhen was very puzzled in his heart, the Turks stormed Shuozhou for so many days.

paid a very painful price, and it is definitely a must-win for Shuozhou.

But now that the Shuofang army is about to be wiped out and Shuozhou is within reach, he withdrew his troops.....

What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

Guo Yuanzhen's heart suddenly woke up!