Chapter 53 On the Expedition

At this time, the city of Pule County seemed to have become a hell, the city walls were incomplete in many places, and the city was full of corpses, dead horses, and mutilated weapons, and the blood had merged into small pools.

The Turkic attack on Pule County has lasted for more than ten days, and there are at least four or five thousand Turkic corpses that have fallen under the city, but it is only a small part for the 100,000 Turkic army, and the strength of the Turks is still not comparable to the Zhou army in the city.

Fortunately, the Turkic army of 100,000 only attacked Pule County for one day, and after seeing that it was not taken in a short time, it began to divide the troops, leaving only about 20,000 horses to continue the attack on Pule County, and the rest of the Turks went to sweep other cities, otherwise the 100,000 horses continued to attack, and Pule County would have been broken by the Turks.

In the more than ten days of attack, the Zhou army of Pule County also paid a heavy price, 2,000 regular troops killed nearly 1,000 people, and the rest were also wounded, and half of the 8,000 young men organized in the city were killed and wounded.

"Woo, woo." The sound of desolate horns sounded, and the Turks who were attacking finally retreated, and many of the Zhou troops defending the city fell to the city wall, and they couldn't even hold the weapons in their hands, and there was the sound of bells and bells falling to the ground everywhere, and they didn't even have the energy to cheer.

Some of the old and weak under the city quickly walked up to the city, began to hurry up to repair the broken city wall, to carry all kinds of materials to the city, and some women and children carried steaming food into the arms of the defenders, so that they could take the opportunity to eat a mouthful of hot food, these days, the entire Pule County has been mobilized to serve the defense of the city, the Turks are extremely cruel, plus they have suffered such a big loss under the city, once the city is broken, only to slaughter the city.

Da Xi Changru took a piece of cooked meat from a brightly dressed woman and ate it in a big gulp, his face was covered with dust and blood, and he didn't have the demeanor of a county guard.

The woman couldn't help but take out a handkerchief from her arms and wiped it on Da Xi Changru's face, and Da Xi Changru hurriedly avoided it: "Don't be like this, let people see what kind of system it is, you can send it to others." ”

The woman replied, "Yes." "Walk towards the other soldiers.

Seeing the woman passing, no matter how tired the sergeant was, he quickly got up, took the food from the woman's hand, and said respectfully: "Thank you, madam." It turned out that this woman was the wife of Da Xi Changru. It was under the guidance of Da Xi Changru's wife that many women had the courage to deliver hot food between the wars, encouraging the sergeants to continue fighting.

"Woo, woo." The trumpets of the Turks sounded again, but this time it was the horn of the attack, and the soldiers hurriedly urged the people who were still in the city: "Quick, get down the tower." ”

"Whew! Shout! As soon as the people went down, the long arrows of the Turks were already flying towards the city, and the sergeants hurriedly hid under the thick shields, but although the shields were thick, in the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows from the Turks, from time to time soldiers would be shot, and their mouths would make a miserable snort.

After the rain of arrows passed, the ladder of the Turks attacking the city below had been erected and began to ascend the city, and the defenders had to poke their heads out from under the tall shields and smash down with the prepared rolling wooden stones, and the Turks who were hit screamed and planted down the city, and from time to time the defenders were hit by arrows, and some of the Turks who climbed up began to engage with the defenders in short combat, and every moment there were lives harvested by death.

As if the sun didn't want to see this miserable scene on earth, it slowly set behind the mountain, and when only a little afterglow of the setting sun remained, the Turks finally left hundreds of corpses and retreated.

After another day, all the defenders were exhausted, Da Xi Changru dragged his heavy steps, and began to arrange the defense at night, the Turks relied on the large number of people, and they would attack tentatively every night, although the intensity was far less than that of the day, but not careless, if you were not careful, you might be broken through by the Turks, from the beginning of the Turkic siege, Da Xi Changru did not have a good rest for a night.

The sun in the distance seemed to be blood-colored, completely sinking, and the adjutant general couldn't help but mutter: "My lord, when will the reinforcements arrive?" If this continues, Puller County will not be able to hold on. ”

Da Xi Changru glared at the deputy general: "No matter when the reinforcements arrive, we must hold on, behind us is our homeland, our wives and children." ”

Pule County is lucky, because this is the largest city on the border, the population, material are among the best, 2,000 regular troops are also elite, more important Da Xi Changru tenacity, in order to resist the Turks for more than ten days, while other cities are far less fortunate than Pule County, the Turks divided their troops and rushed forward, in more than ten days swept Wuyuan County, Honghua County, Yanzhou, Xia Zhou and other more than ten states and counties, as long as the resistance of the state and county was captured by the Turks, the men of the whole city were killed, the women were *, the village city was burned, Only a mess remained.

If the soldiers who were waiting for reinforcements on the front line knew that there would only be 2,000 reinforcements in the court, and these 2,000 reinforcements had been delayed for a precious period of time before leaving, I don't know how many states and counties would still have the confidence to resist.

These days, the Turks have robbed enough, killed enough, and the rest is to go to Chang'an City to show off their might, and then return to the steppe with all kinds of material victories extorted and robbed from the Great Zhou, but Pule County is like a thorn in the throat of the Turks, and if you don't take it, you always don't feel at ease to advance to the interior, and you will delay the footsteps of the Turkic army.

In order to show that he was not afraid of the Turks, but also to calm the hearts of the people in the capital, Emperor Tianyuan wanted to hold a ceremony for the Xuanlong Army here.

Yang Tian rode on the back of the red shadow, his whole body was surrounded by a layer of iron armor, only a little childish face appeared on his face, and he looked extremely majestic. Around him, there were a hundred neat and tidy pro-soldiers dressed the same as him, and on the outermost, there were two thousand Xuanlong troops. In the sunlight, the knife shone brightly, glowing with bursts of metallic luster.

Emperor Tianyuan sat on the platform and looked down at the dense people below, the people were like ants, if it weren't for the stability of his country, he would never want to leave the warm embrace of the harem beauty to come here.

"Knock, knock, knock." The snare drum sounded, and the square of more than 100,000 people suddenly became dumb, looking at the emperor on the high platform and the two thousand Xuanlong troops in the middle with awe.