The dust and smoke rose everywhere, and the sound of fighting gradually subsided. The Turkic gong sounded at the right time, and the Turkic army began to retreat.

Cheng Chu stood silently on the city wall, looking at the Turkic army like a tide, and breathed a long sigh of relief, Lingzhou City finally survived this first day.

As the sun waned, a gust of wind blew from the southwest, rolling up the bloody air under the city and roaring through Lingzhou City.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood, and it was already red with a sharp breath. The Turkic army left behind nearly 5,000 corpses, ninety percent of which were consumed by gunpowder. The corpses all took on strange postures, or had become charred ......

And Lingzhou City is not optimistic, a total of three trebuchets, one of which was destroyed by the Turkic trebuchet and completely scrapped. Another one was also hit, and the crumbling range was also greatly reduced.

There were even more dead and wounded on the city walls, most of whom were stoned to death. Some of them were shot by Turkic crossbow arrows, killing and wounding more than five hundred people.

It seems that the damage is very small, but for Cheng Chumo's base of more than 10,000 people, this is already a big loss.

Standing on top of the city, Cheng Chumo looked at the city wall, and the stump arms and limbs were messily intertwined. Even he smelled a disgusting smell of burnt.

This is another frightening thing about the powder bullet, that is, it can ignite those corpses, making these already horrific corpses even more disgusting.

Lingzhou City is just in the downwind position, so the entire city is shrouded in it. However, they don't have the leisure to think about this anymore at this time, and how to survive tomorrow is the most important thing.

People kept being carried off the city wall and sent to the logistics Liulankou where they were treated.

The rest of the people who can still move move the stones on the city wall together, because now that the first earthen wall outside Lingzhou City has been completely demolished, maybe tomorrow the Turks will start a full-scale siege of the city. When the time comes, these stones will be able to play their role.

In the twilight, Beggar stood in front of the military tent, looking at Lingzhou City with a smile on his face. Beside him, the young man was holding a leg of mutton and eating non-stop.

Seeing his uncle smiling so happily, the young man was also a little confused. So he raised his head and asked with some curiosity: "Lord Khan, are you about to attack Lingzhou City?" ”

Qi Bo'er turned his head, rubbed the young man's head vigorously, shook his head and said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow we will be able to approach Lingzhou City, but it's a pity that ......"

Speaking of this, Begger's face sank, and he frowned and said nothing.

"Lord Khan is feeling sorry for the major general surnamed Qin?" Qing Xiao wiped his mouth with his sleeve and tilted his head and asked.

Hearing what the young man said, Beggar shook his head again, sighed and said, "The war has continued until now, but the other party has refused to show up. For some reason, I felt a little uneasy. ”

"Don't be worried, Lord Khan, I've heard that the other party is just a stupid scholar who has no power to restrain his chickens. You don't need Khan to make a move, my young man has a warrant, and the young slave can trample him to death. ”

When the young man said this, he raised his head high and looked proud.

In his opinion, this major general, who has never met, is just a weak scholar. And this kind of scholar in Datang has seen a lot, and they all look weak, and in his opinion, the young slaves can blow them down with a loud nose.

The child's words are unscrupulous, and the young man is still too young after all. Although Beggar was also happy with his self-confidence, he still told him very seriously: "Young boy, don't underestimate this person. If it is a battle in Lingzhou City this time, I can't get rid of this person. You have to promise me that if you meet him in the future, you must get rid of him as soon as possible. ”

Beggar Bo'er's sudden seriousness also made Qing Xiao serious, he tilted his head and thought about it, and finally nodded and said: "Qing Xiao remembers, and he will definitely not let him go in the future!" ”

got the young man's answer, and the beggar was also in a good mood. Nodding and touching the young man's head again, he let him go down.

As soon as the young man walked down, a Turkic official walked up.

"Khan, the tunnel to Lingzhou City has been dug, do you need to send troops now?"

"Wait, send troops in an hour." Beggar looked up at the rising full moon and said thoughtfully.

The soil layers near Lingzhou City are all horizontal, which is very suitable for digging holes. And Qin Ze can think of this, and Qi Bo'er can naturally think of it too.

The daytime attack had already made him understand the defensive capabilities of the Tang army, mainly relying on the explosives bags of the trebuchets on the city walls, as well as gunpowder shells.

But this thing has a fatal weakness, and that is that it can't get close. So now that the first earthen wall has been crushed, tomorrow's charge is extremely important. As long as they can get close to the city wall, then the Tang army will no longer dare to use gunpowder recklessly, because if they are not careful, they will blow up their own city wall.

Therefore, in any case, the first earthen wall must not be allowed to be built by the Tang Army again. The tunnel was the result of two days of digging until it had just been penetrated.

They naturally didn't know about the Turkic digging tunnels, and they thought the same as Beggar thought. They are now opening the gates and sending out to repair the torn earthen walls. You don't need to go back to the way you used to be, as long as you can still make cover.

Sun Laosan is a veteran who is responsible for repairing the earthen wall, and it is too late to completely use loess to repair the city wall. And now outside the city, there are most of the corpses of the Turks.

They piled up the stumps of the Turks there, and of course if there were Tang people among them, they would still send them back to the city.

Two rows of wooden stakes were driven into the ground, each seven feet high, three of which were buried in the ground. This made it possible to throw the corpses of the Turks between two rows of stakes.

The wooden stakes were all made by the people of Lingzhou City, and these people who were aroused by Qin Ze directly demolished their houses. Then they were split into stakes and sent outside the city.

In this way, Sun Laosan's speed is very fast, and at this speed, it should take less than two hours to repair this earthen wall, which is enough for them.

But there is a prerequisite for sufficiency, and that is when no one intervenes. But......

Ironette's expression became more excited as he listened to the sound of a wooden stake embedded in the ground above his head.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

A few muffled sounds of breaking ground came, and Sun Laoqi keenly sensed that something was wrong with the situation. Without saying anything, Erhu rolled on the ground, and then smashed the wooden stake in his hand.

The stake hit the head of a Turk, and he immediately opened the scoop on his head. Sun Laoqi didn't care about looking at the other party, so he hurriedly got up. Shouting at Lingzhou City: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

If Qin Ze was here, he would definitely think of the same ghost idea as Beggar Bo'er.

The Turks kept coming out of the ground, which made the already nervous Tang army even more nervous.

The night was too dark, so they didn't bring torches to avoid being discovered by the Turks who were building earthen walls. Cheng Chumo, who was in Lingzhou City, only heard the enemy attack, but they didn't know how many people there were. But they still sent a large number of soldiers to prepare for the battle.

Tieretr casually picked up a stake from the ground, for he found that the guy in front of him was not easy to deal with. The other party is obviously experienced, and while fighting against him, he is still constantly moving towards Lingzhou City.

It was naturally Sun Laoqi who fought with Tieleter, and he was also in a predicament at this time. The two of you came and went, and the stakes were broken three times, but there was still no winner.

In the end, it was because a large number of Tang troops rushed out of the city that Tielerer began to retreat. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Laoqi also directly hit Tieler's left leg with a stick.

With a "click", the wooden stake in Sun Laoqi's hand broke in response, but it also made Tieleter's body crooked, and he almost fell.

In the face of the continuous pouring of a large number of Tang troops, Tieleter could only grit his teeth and choose to retreat. He took out a fire fold from his body, and then directly ignited the Turkic corpse beneath him.

Other Turkic soldiers followed suit and began to set fires everywhere. Soon Lingzhou City was illuminated by fire.

These charred corpses, after being ignited by the Turks, became out of control, and it was undoubtedly impossible to extinguish them.

The light burned bigger and bigger, and in the end, even Sun Laoqi had to choose to retreat to Lingzhou City. The fire was all in vain.

With the help of the wind, the corpse was quickly set on fire. This time, Sun Laoqi and they want to continue to repair the earthen wall, but it is also impossible. In the midst of the fire, not only the corpses will be thrown away, but even people will not be able to get close.

The Turkic hand really surprised Cheng Chumo and them, especially the Turkic soldiers who suddenly appeared, which caught them off guard.

The original strong fishy smell turned into a burnt smell in the fire. It's a taste that will last a lifetime, and it's a gagging experience for veterans of a hundred battles.

The fire burned for two hours, until it was light. The fire slowly subsided, and at this time, the outside of Lingzhou City had completely become a hell on earth.

Those charred corpses, mixed together, make people's hearts chill just by looking at them.

Beggar was indeed ruthless enough to treat his soldiers who died in battle like this, not only letting them die in a foreign country, but also leaving no corpses.

But the beggar is like a nobody, a wolf? They go crazy and even eat themselves, so what's the point of just lighting a fire?

As soon as the fire was extinguished, the drums of the Turkic offensive sounded again. This time, Qiboer directly sent 3,000 iron cavalry, preparing to break through the second earthen wall of the Tang army in one fell swoop.

The young man was mixed in with this group of iron horsemen, and he was the leader of this charge. The direction in which his horse galloped was the place where their iron cavalry was about to break through.

And Cheng Huailiang on the other side also gave an order. The men and horses of the Nanding army entered the first layer of the cave and the second layer of the hole, the first layer of the hole was before the first earthen wall, and the first earthen wall was separated from the second layer of the earth wall.

The reason why the Turks would rather let the Turks break through the earthen wall than blow up the first hole in the ground is to lure out a large number of Turkic iron horsemen, and now it seems that this goal has been achieved......