Chapter Twenty-Six: The Iron Carriage Array
The Turks were frustrated from the frontal attack, but they found a breakthrough on the other side, a large number of Turkic soldiers with spears fiercely rushed towards the Sui army's camp along the gaps dug out by the cavalry before, the Sui soldiers were armed with spears and bows and arrows to resist desperately, but the Turkic cavalry and archers were more numerous, although their range was not far, but the victory was huge, so the dense feather arrows were like raindrops falling from the sky, which made the Sui soldiers breathless, Seeing that the resistance momentum of the Sui army had dropped slightly, the Turkic soldiers couldn't help but boost their morale, shouting and waving axes and broadswords, slashing and dragging the Sui army's camp wall, and the gap was gradually torn wider and wider. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Sui soldiers resisted desperately, and the battle near the Banqiang was particularly fierce, a large number of Turkic soldiers were stabbed to death by the spears of the Sui army, and similarly, a large number of Sui soldiers were also shot by the Turkic bows and arrows, both sides suffered heavy casualties, piles of corpses were piled up near the Banqiang, and the blood flowed down the hillside, converging into a river of blood, making the ground slippery.
The situation became more and more unfavorable for the Sui army, the height of the hillside where they were stationed was not very high, so it was not an obstacle for the Turkic cavalry at all, and the mobility of the cavalry also had a great impact on the aiming and shooting of the defenders' bows and crossbows, and as the Turks approached, the pressure on the Sui soldiers to be hit by the opponent's bow and arrow was also increasing, which made them gradually unable to hold their positions, and the Turkic soldiers finally entered the Sui army's camp from the gap in the wall.
Qu Tutong found the disadvantage of the Sui army outside the city, and immediately ordered another large battalion and the army in the city to send troops to help, but the Sui army's attack was quickly intercepted by the army that Shi Bobi had already arranged, and as soon as they left the city, they immediately fell into a fierce battle with the Turks.
And in the camp, found that the board wall could no longer be defended, the Sui army commander immediately ordered the soldiers to pull out a large number of vehicles, connect these vehicles with iron cables, and protect the soldiers in the middle, the outermost Sui army held a shield, and a spear in the middle, assassinating the Turks who tried to turn over the chariots, and the Sui crossbowmen who were protected by the shield in the middle also kept throwing arrows outward at this time, killing and injuring the soldiers of the Turkic army.
The Sui army's reaction speed showed that they were a well-trained force. The Turkic soldiers were in high morale at this time, and they had just taken the outermost wall of the Sui army, which gave them the illusion that the Sui army was already vulnerable.
In the past battles, the city wall is often the most difficult to break the link, which is the same for both sides of the war, the attacking side generally only needs to break the city wall, then the defenders will often quickly rout, and the defenders in the city wall, the biggest reliance on the loss, morale will drop greatly, often will not resist again, will immediately choose to retreat, the street battle in the era of cold weapons is not nothing, but far less than as many in later generations, the role of momentum on the battlefield is huge, with the morale of the attacking side and the low morale of the defenders after the city is broken, Street fighting can cost the entire army.
The Turks thought that the Sui army would collapse, thinking that taking down their board wall would be equivalent to breaking through their city wall, so that their psychological defense line was broken, but this time, the Sui army did not collapse as they thought, and quickly responded, relying on a large number of chariots for defense, and it was difficult for the Turks to find a breakthrough for a while.
Qu Tutong is 57 years old this year, he is a relatively old among the generals of the Sui army, and he is a very stable general, he as early as the moment when he sent troops to camp outside the city, he had already expected that in the face of the absolute superiority of the Turks' troops, a wall was obviously not enough to drag them, so he specially prepared these chariots, these chariots were originally used to transport grain, grass and military equipment trucks, at this time he gathered together, converted into chariots, and became an insurmountable copper wall.
He had already received a letter from Pei Ju, and knew that their army was on the way to arrive, so he would send the army to camp with confidence, otherwise, with his caution, he would not set up two large camps outside the city, but only one camp, so that the army would be more concentrated and easier to guard.
And the reason why he divided his troops, on the surface, was to form an angle with the main city, but in fact, it was to lay a bait for the Turks, so that the Turks felt that this Sui army, which was not in good terrain and did not have many people, could be eaten, and it turned out that the Turks did think so and did so.
Shi Bobi was very angry, his army had obviously broken the camp of the Sui army, why was the battle inside not over yet?
He said to the Turkic warrior Haril beside him: "You are a famous strong man on our steppe, and also the most loyal guard of our Ashina family, now our army is blocked by the small tricks of the Sui army, a little trouble, this is an excellent opportunity for you to perform, I will give you 3,000 people, you go and tear the cowards of the Han people to me, let our soldiers in the steppe see your strength, the grassland will win!" ”
Haril let out a low roar, didn't say anything, and rushed directly with people.
The Turkic soldiers were blocked by the chariots connected by this punch at this time, these chariots were not very high, only about six feet, but this height required the soldiers to climb up, but the spears and shields of the Sui army formed a gun forest in front of them, and the gunners of the Sui army seized the opportunity, as long as they saw the Turks rushing up, they took their guns and stabbed them, this trick really worked, although the morale of the Turks was very high, and they attacked very fiercely at the beginning, but even if they climbed onto the chariot, There is no way to face the shield wall in front of them like an iron wall, and the spears in the hands of the Sui soldiers will not allow them to have too much time, most of the Turkic soldiers have been stabbed to death by the spears born from behind the shields as soon as they get into the car.
The Sui army was obviously prepared, and they specially prepared this kind of spear more than one zhang long, which was not conducive to field warfare, because it was too heavy, but it was very suitable in this kind of defensive battle, and there were countless Turks under the guns of the Sui army.
And the Sui army's striking methods are far more than these, their crossbowmen are also desperately firing arrows at the dense Turkic soldiers outside at this time, and the Turkic archers are also immediately colored, and the bows and arrows of both sides are intertwined into a black rainforest in mid-air, and then they all fall into each other's formation, making a clanging sound and a 'poof' sound into the flesh.