Chapter 41: The Fall of Shuofang
The city of Shuofang was broken, betrayed by traitors, the city gate was opened in the middle of the night, the obstruction of the city wall was no longer there, the Turkic cavalry swarmed in from the city gate, and the whole city was filled with countless cries, countless sword and soldier fighting, and countless shouts of killing in this night.
Hou Junji, dressed in iron armor, strode towards the battlefield, walked out of the mansion, stepped on the war horse, took off the horse lance from the saddle, and held it in his hand: "Kill with Ben!" He shouted at the guards behind him.
"No!" The guard said yes on his horse, and then rode his horse to follow.
The group quickly galloped towards the direction where the shouting and killing sound came from, and the fire in the direction of the city gate could be seen from a distance, but it was the city gate defenders who poured fire oil from the city tower, and then ignited it, and the entire city gate cave became a fire cave, and the raging flames were steaming, illuminating half of the sky. Hou Junji and others under the guidance of this firelight, galloping on the streets, at this time go a little earlier, then maybe they can still stabilize their position, go late, the fire is extinguished so after the Turks enter the city, this Shuofang City may really not be able to stand it.
"Who opened the gates? What a big dog guts? This is treason! Hou Junji finally caught up, came to the city wall, looked at the burning city gate hole and the city tower above, there were still a few soldiers on the top of the city tower, they threw barrels of fire oil into the city gate hole below, the fire had already burned, but these Tang soldiers did not know, or they only had one idea left now: pour more, block the Turks for a while, and give the brothers in the city a little more time to prepare.
Everyone began to devour the large section of the city wall where the entire city gate was located, and the few Tang soldiers on the city gate tower were already surrounded by a sea of fire: "Brothers. Kill a few more Turkic dogs! Kill a few for us too! Several people shouted loudly from above, and the sound came from afar, which ignited a fire in the hearts of all the Tang soldiers who were already lined up on the street in the distance.
"Kill! Kill!! Kill!!! "Anger burned in my heart. Their hearts are burning, their blood is boiling, they are stirring. Looking at the robes that were gradually being overwhelmed by the fire, and listening to their dying cries, all the soldiers were furious, and at the same time hated the traitor who opened the city gate for the Turks.
"Brother, the Heroic Spirit is not far away. Wait a minute, brother, I'll send a few Turks to kill and play with you! "The fire was gradually extinguished, and the city gate could be seen clearly. The walls on both sides of the city gate were burned red by the fire, and the heavy snow fell on Shuofang Castle, making a sound of 'bang, bang' on it. Hou Junji shouted. His eyes were red as he looked at the Turkic army on the other side of the city gate.
"The city gate has been lost, there is no city to defend, and now the brothers will be killed with Ben! Killing one is enough, killing two will earn one, and today swear to live and die with Shuofang City! Hou Junji shouted, and took the lead in galloping out, the sound of the horse's hooves was rapid, like the war drum when he set out. Knock on the hearts of all the Tang Dynasty soldiers.
"Swear to live and die with Shuofang City, swear to live and die with Shuofang City!" A hot-blooded man. The amiable faces, with the grief of losing their comrades, and the determination to look at death as home, shook the reins of the horse, and chased the footsteps of the general in the direction of the city gate, heavy as a black cloud pressing down on the city, depressed like a storm about to come.
'Boom' the sound ......of horses' hooves approached each other from inside and outside the city, and under the blackened walls of the city gates, like two great waves, they touched each other and made a little splash. But the splash here was not crystal clear, but red, it was blood, stumps, fluid mixed with internal organs and brains.
The battle was raging, the Tang soldiers in iron armor, holding weapons such as horse lances, horizontal knives, and Mo knives, all with cold faces, did not say a word, to use the blood of the Turks to pay tribute to the heroic souls who died in battle, to use the heads of the enemy chieftains, in exchange for the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, at this moment everyone is doing their best, they are desperate.
"Under the witness of the wolf god, the sons and daughters of the Turks, for the pride of the wolf god, killed all the Tang people, over there is the flower world of the Tang country, where there are countless wealth, there are countless white flowers, as long as you kill these people, those things are the descendants of our great wolf god!" Jieli stood in front of the king's tent, straddling a brown horse, holding a scimitar in his hand, pointing at Shuofang City, shouting.
"Kill!" The Turks also launched a charge, their vanguard troops have already been in close contact with the Tang army, if there is no help from the rear army, the vanguard is afraid that it will be quickly eaten by the Tang army, so where else can such a good opportunity be taken from? If this Shuofang City can't be breached, it will have to go around the Qilian Mountains and attack Songzhou, which is too laborious, and it will also give the Tang people time to prepare.
At the city gate, the war is scorching, the Tang soldiers are better equipped and have strong personal strength, while the Turkic side is overwhelmed, 30,000 Tang troops have to fight hard with 200,000 Turkic soldiers, which Hou Junji would never have thought of before, no matter who commands the troops, there is the city wall as an insurance to defend, and if Fan Er goes to fight a plain position battle with others, it is a brain disease.
But now Hou Junji has been forced to this point, by this time, there are dozens of Turkic soldiers who have died at his hands, but the Turks on the opposite side are still pouring over, no matter how they kill. He still didn't know who the traitor was or why he did this.
The city gate hole is very small, so the Tang army is on the other side of the city wall, when the Turks rushed out, they rushed up and annihilated them, so the results of the battle can be described as brilliant, but they can't stop it, because there are too many Turks, and their dying counterattack also took the lives of many Tang soldiers. The battle line on the side of the city wall was gradually retreated, and the shape shì became more and more unfavorable.
The battle line began to leak, the Tang Dynasty soldiers were reduced to Yan zhòng, countless corpses fell to the ground and were trampled by the war horses of both sides, although the Turkic side suffered more losses, but their numbers were not comparable to the Tang Dynasty.
Hou Junji's face was covered with blood, there were enemies, there were robes, and just before the last guard beside him pounced from his horse with a Turkic soldier in order to protect him, and then was crushed into a paste by his war horse. This tragic battlefield is what he has never had in these years, the disparity between the forces of the two sides, and he has lost his geographical advantage, this Shuofang City is over, Hou Junji lamented in his heart: "The minister has the heavy trust of His Majesty, this Shuofang Xiongcheng was lost by the minister, and the minister deserves death!" "Hou Junji's will to die is gradually born, but he will not kill himself, he will die on this battlefield, and the horse leather shroud is the greatest glory of a soldier.
"Who opened the gates? Hou asked again here, for the sake of Hou about to die, let me see who you are! Hou Junji shouted, the Tang soldiers around him guarded him tightly, these people were the defenders of Shuofang City, it was impossible for them to see their own commander die in front of him, and spontaneously defend him.
"General Hou!" Lu Yue is also by Hou Junji's side, he is in charge of the city defense these days, and there is such a big mistake at this moment, I am afraid that even if he dies, the family will not bury him in the ancestral hall, because he has disgraced the Fanyang Lu family, which is a shame for the thousand-year-old family. So he fought hard to kill the enemy, and he killed a few more, which also reduced the guilt in his heart.
"Who's at the gates tonight?" When Hou Junji saw Lu Yue, he hurriedly asked, he just wanted to figure out that traitor now, and then die without this doubt. Otherwise, he will not be blinded. This is the shame of his Hou Junji, and there are traitors under him.
"It's General Wang Yi!" Lu Yue said.
"Wang Yi, hehe...... This man would have remembered! Hou Junji sneered, this person is a general in Shuofang City, just silent, but he has done the tasks he has ordered to go down properly, Hou Junji still remembers him, but how could such a person make such a mistake?
"General Hou actually remembers the last general, it's really an honor for the last general!" A voice sounded, and Wang Yi, who was dressed in armor, appeared at the right time, he was also covered in blood, and it can be seen that there are many Turks who have been killed.
"Why?" Hou Junji was puzzled, the city gate was so important, it would be quietly touched in and opened the city gate without noticing? This is simply a joke, the city gate hole is so big, even a few grandmaster-level masters in the world can't open the city gate in such a small place without being noticed by the defenders, unless......
"General Hou, have you seen this?" Wang Yi pulled out a pendant from his neck, which was a piece of jade pendant, but only half of it, and the gap was uneven.
"Is this the thing?" Hou Junji tore a similar jade pendant from his waist! The same notch is uneven, but after a closer look, I found that the two jade pendants can be inlaid together.
"Now General Hou knows who the last general is! Ha ha...... The saint who killed his brother and seized power, haha...... General Hou killed my brother and actually tied his jade pendant around his waist, so I let General Hou lose this Shuofang City and let the saint taste defeat! Wang Yi said a little crazy.
"You're crazy! Behind us are thousands of people in Datang. You can do it! Lu Yue yelled at Wang Yi.
"Why not? Anyway, I only have one relative left in this world, my brother, he is the commander of the prince's six rates, I am a small general in this Shuofang City, you big people can treat our lives as grass, so why should I care about those people, besides, I will help them kill a few more Turks here. As long as you Hou Junji dies here! "Wang Yi is completely crazy, he has been dependent on his brother since he was a child, his brother Wang Kuang is more than ten years older than him, and he can be said to be both a brother and a father, so when Hou Junji shot the flagpole and was rescued by Lu Yue, the half of the jade pendant that was exposed learned that it was the murderer who killed his eldest brother who came here, how could he still bear it.
"No matter what, the war is important now, all grievances will be talked about after the war, and then they will be killed or killed, Hou will never resist, but now the Turks must be repelled first!" Hou Junji didn't expect that there was a reason for this, but looking at those soldiers who fell one by one, Hou Junji was full of sadness. (To be continued......)