Relying on the chariot array, Xue Boren stayed up until dawn the next day.

The Tuchi cavalry was really not good at attacking fortifications, and they were reluctant to forcibly destroy the protection of the chariot and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the army of the Silk Country, relying only on dense rain of arrows to increase the casualties of the opponent. Therefore, Xue Boren did not have a particularly difficult time to deal with, but he couldn't find a chance to break through.

When the sky was bright, Xue Boren heard a horn sound in the distance. With his knowledge of Tukhi, it was a signal of the arrival of the Great Khan—Abicheril was on the front!

"Brothers! The Great Khan of Tukhi has arrived! That's enough to save our face! Everyone stick to their posts and force Abicilir up! Just kill him, and it's a victory! ”

Xue Boren said while smiling bitterly in his heart: As a commander, sometimes you have to make up some lies that you don't even believe to deceive your subordinates. The Turkic army numbered as many as 80,000 people, and Abicheril's personal presence naturally brought a new force. These alone are already several times their own crowd, and it is simply impossible to get Abicilir to go into battle in person. Even if he took 10,000 steps back, Abicil really rushed to the front line to kill, who could kill him? Xue Boren thinks that his martial arts are not as good as Lu Qinghan, even Lu Qinghan can't bargain in front of Abicheril, so he doesn't have to expect to have a chance to win in heads-up. And when Abicil galloped on the battlefield, it was like a gust of wind blowing, and no soldiers could stop him, and with the protection of his loyal guards, it was difficult to kill him. But now, in order to boost morale, you have to behave calmly and treat it as nothing.

The arrival of Abichlir boosted the morale of the Turks. They no longer just attacked with bows and arrows, but began to attack Xue Boren's camp fiercely.

Soon Xue Boren realized that the situation was not good. The foundation of the chariot array is to build a fortification that provides cover for the soldiers on the basis of the chariot. Then shoot at the Tukchi cavalry. At this point, Wang Hanxin had already imitated Xue Boren's tactics in the defensive battle of Xianli, but he still fought extremely hard with the morale of the Goryeo army. It can be seen that this method of defense is inherently unable to withstand long-term attrition. And Xue Boren's biggest problem is the lack of the number of chariots, when Wang Hanxin defended the clam lane, he only needed to cover 3,000 soldiers, but he used almost all the vehicles in Gao Dingbian's hands, Xue Boren's subordinates were ten times that of him, but the number of vehicles was not much more than him. Therefore, although Xue Boren's chariot was much more effective than Wang Hanxin's improvised vehicle, it could not protect the entire army in place. The Turks had not yet discovered this during the night battle, and now that it was dawn, this weakness was quickly grasped by the Turks. The tactics of the Tukchi cavalry also changed, and they began to raid these gaps without chariots. Each wave of their cavalry was not very large. Basically, in hundreds, the impact of the cavalry was used to cut through the sides of the gap, and then went around a semicircle. Its purpose was not to break through Xue Boren's formation, but to sweep away the outermost group of soldiers, and these soldiers who broke away from the formation were quickly destroyed by the cavalry attack. The Tuchi cavalry acted in this way, and their own casualties were also increased by the fire of the Silk Country army on the flank, but the speed of the cavalry had minimized the casualties of the troops. In this way, the casualties of the soldiers of the Silk Country are slightly higher than those of the Tuqi army, which means that Xue Boren's lineup will become weaker and weaker. He is undoubtedly fatal to him who is inferior in numbers.

The Turks' attack regardless of casualties was unreasonable. Xue Boren immediately realized this. It seems unreasonable to start the offensive from this time, if the previous goal of the Tuqi was mainly to loot supplies, and Abicheril intended to attack the city and seize the territory, this operation is even more unreasonable. The total annihilation of the enemy army in a field battle is certainly a great result. However, they did not gain much practical benefit, so in the past, the Tukchi army rarely wiped out the army of the Silk Country, preferring to defeat the enemy army and then plunder the people who were no longer protected. This is more cost-effective. Even if Abicilir is now intent on seizing the city, this time facing an army that is already in relatively strong defenses. But he still carried out a full-scale attack regardless of casualties, even if he completely annihilated his own men. It could not provide any substantive help for the seizure of the state capital, and at most it could only serve as a mental deterrent.

Wait, on a spiritual level? Xue Boren couldn't help but shudder. Could it be that Abicheril's goal turned out to be a spiritual one-me?

In an instant, Xue Boren understood as if he had been empowered. All the unreasonable actions of the Turks before make sense. I really didn't expect Abicheril to be so motivated by his own goals!

In that case, Abicialir wouldn't let himself get out of here alive anyway. Xue Boren couldn't help but laugh: it seems that the crisis in Liaodong and Youzhou has been resolved, or it has not existed from the beginning. As long as he leaves the Taiyuan Defense Area, the crises in these two places have been safely passed.

Since there is no escape, the best outcome is to inflict as many casualties as possible on the Turge. Thinking about this, Xue Boren's eyes became firm. Since he doesn't need to think about breaking out, calling for help, and the like, he can focus on defense, which is what he is good at. To draw an end to his military career with the most brilliant results, this is the most desirable result for every general. Xue Boren's face was filled with an indescribable sense of happiness, and the soldiers seemed to radiate light when they saw the main general's face.

From this moment on, Xue Boren's defensive formation changed. Originally, his layout was based on being able to attack and defend, ready to cooperate with reinforcements and break through at any time. And from this time on, Xue Boren began to adopt a completely defensive posture - since Abicheril's goal was himself, then no matter how strong his defense was, Abicheril would not give up attacking. Xue Boren was determined to let Tuqi lose at least 50,000 lives here.

The battle of the day can be completely encapsulated in just two words: tragic.

Since the beginning of the rebellion in Chengyun Liaodong in the country of silk, there has never been a battle as shocking as this one. Both sides fought with all their might, and the scale of the battle rose in a straight line. In just one day of fighting, more than 10,000 people were killed on both sides.

By the second day of the battle, the Turks' attacks began to become more frenzied, but the results were smaller. Due to the small number of people, Xue Boren's formation was reduced, the protection provided by the chariot became more efficient, and the support between the various units became faster and more effective.

However, in terms of the consumption of absolute numbers, Xue Boren was in an absolutely disadvantageous position. In two consecutive days of fighting, nearly half of Xue Boren's men were killed and more than 7,000 were wounded, and at this rate, he could hold out for two days at most.

The sun was still rising on the third day, and the battle to the death between the Tukchi army and the army of the Silk Country continued. At this time a detachment appeared in the West, and his banner read: Ranger General, Lu. (To be continued......)