Kang Sheli was very familiar with Lou Fu Pass, and the reason why he suggested that Luo Khan should take Lou Fu Pass first was because the terrain of Lou Fu Pass was low in the south and high in the north, and it was easier to attack from the north, although he also knew that the Sui army must have rebuilt Lou Fu Pass, but the terrain was placed here, and the Sui army could not change the fundamental structure of the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the south, Lou Fan Pass is on the hillside, and from the north, Lou Fu Pass is on flat land, the terrain is very flat, there is no moat, even the moat is difficult to dig, at most only a shallow ditch can be dug, and there are boulders below, which is much easier to attack than Shanyang County, which is built in the middle of the mountainside.

Kang Sheli looked at the newly built Lou Fu Pass from afar, the city was waving flags, and the defenders were like walls, murderous, but Kang Sheli had already seen the changes after the reconstruction, the city wall became tall, needless to say, it was only two zhang high, but now it has become three zhang high, and the city wall has been significantly widened, he can conclude that the Sui army must have deployed two rows of soldiers in front and back on the city wall.

But he didn't see a trebuchet at the head of the city, indicating that the Sui army's defense was based on bows and crossbows, Kang Sheli looked up at the sky, just after noon, there was still time to launch a tentative attack, touch the reality of the Sui army defending the city, he immediately ordered: "Where is General Basil?" ”

A captain stepped forward and bowed and said, "Humble duty! ”

The Turks were extremely strict in their internal enthronement, and although Kang Sheli was also the commander of the Ten Thousand Commanders, he was also the Governor of Dingxiang, and his rank was half a rank higher than that of the average Ten Thousand Commanders, and since the Khan of Chuluo had appointed him as the chief general of the attack on Lou Fu Pass, his troops had to obey his command.

The 50,000 troops led by Kang Sheli consisted of the armies of eight Turkic tribes, and the leaders of the eight armies were all commanders, and even if some of these eight commanders belonged to Turkic tribes, they were not the Turkic headquarters of the royal court, but some relatively remote Turkic tribes.

Basil was one of the chieftains of the Turkic Jinshan tribes, originally belonging to the Western Turks, a relatively small Turkic tribe with a low status in the Turkic army.

Kang Sheli coldly ordered: "I will give you a hundred siege ladders, you can lead the headquarters to attack Lou Fu Pass, you are not allowed to retreat without my order, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

Basil cursed in his heart, of course he knew that Kang Shealy was letting himself test the reality of the defenders, but the military order was like a mountain, and he had to obey, "Obey the order!" ”

Kang Shealy shouted: "Beat the drums! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The offensive drums of the Turkic army sounded, and the 6,000 Turkic soldiers quickly lined up in an offensive formation, they were divided into three sections, the first 2,000 cavalry held shields and spears and were responsible for charging, and the middle 2,000 cavalry were archers, who were responsible for suppressing the city head with bows and arrows, and the rear 2,000 infantry carried 100 siege ladders.

Basil also has selfish intentions, and there are many Qarluqs in his tribe, so the 2,000 cavalry at the front charge are Qarluqs, and if there are any thistles on the ground, traps in horse pits, etc., it is naturally Qarluqs to send them to death.

At this time, Basil waved his war knife and shouted: "Attack! ”

The first 2,000 Garlulu cavalry led the launch, they controlled their horses with their legs, spears and shields in their hands, and galloped towards Lou Fu Pass, followed by 2,000 archers, and Basil personally led 2,000 infantry to run behind with siege ladders.

The three Turkic armies were like three waves surging towards Lou Fu Pass, Wei Wentong looked at the enemy army for a moment, and then understood the enemy's intention to test himself, and immediately ordered: "The trebuchet is not allowed to start, strong crossbows and bows are ready!" ”

Under the successive efforts of the former general Fan Wenchao and the current general Wei Wentong, Lou Fuguan has formed a very complete defense level, the big yellow crossbow and trebuchet are long-range strikes, which can attack the enemy army 350 steps away, the crossbow arrows are medium-range defense, to deal with the enemy army 150 steps away, and the bow and arrow are mainly short-range defense, attacking the siege soldiers 50 steps away from the rear.

Although the terrain of Lou Fan Pass is not as dangerous as that of Shanyang County, the strong defense system also doomed the Turkic army to pay a heavy price even if it captured Lou Fan Pass.

The main general Wei Wentong is responsible for decision-making, and the deputy general Wang Xuanjing is responsible for implementing the decision, and the two cooperate very tacitly.

In the face of the surging Turkic cavalry, the first reaction was the big yellow crossbow, the big yellow crossbow was deployed in the back row of the north city wall, there were a thousand big yellow crossbows, each big yellow crossbow was controlled by two soldiers, in order to facilitate control, the Sui army also made an iron frame support for each big yellow crossbow.

As the trebuchet remained silent, a thousand large yellow crossbows became the protagonists of the first wave of strikes, and the two-foot-long crossbow arrows were launched at an oblique angle of forty-five degrees, shooting down from the air in an arc to form a huge lethality.

The two thousand Gelulu cavalry at the front got closer and closer, rushing into the killing range of three hundred paces, Wang Xuanjing roared, "Shoot!" ”

'Click! Click! Click! A crossbow machine sounded, only to see a thousand crossbow arrows soar into the air, forming a dense black dot, shooting at the enemy cavalry three hundred paces away, a thousand crossbow arrows from the top of the whistling shot, hundreds of horses have been hit by arrows to the ground, the cavalry fell to the ground, not only the horses were hit by arrows, the cavalry was also not spared, the powerful impact shot through the shields held high by the Qarluq cavalry, and shot through the leather armor on their bodies, the crossbow arrows shot through the body, nailing hundreds of soldiers to the ground alive.

The two thousand soldiers did not stop at all, and after the long arrows were fired, they wound up the arrows and began the second round of shooting, which was extremely smooth and skillful, and the three rounds of large yellow crossbows were fired, and the Turkic cavalry lost more than six hundred soldiers, but the big yellow crossbows did not stop, and their goals turned to the infantry who came up behind.

At this time, the cavalry vanguard had already rushed within one hundred and fifty paces, and the two thousand soldiers who had been waiting for a long time raised their crossbows and shot together, and the dense crossbow arrows shot at the cavalry that entered the killing range like a storm, if the big yellow crossbow mainly played a long-range strike role with a long range, then the crossbow arrows played a role with intensive shooting, after all, the effect of two thousand arrows and a thousand arrows was completely different.

The city was overturned on their backs, and the Turkic soldiers could not resist the dense arrows at the head of the city, and suffered heavy casualties. While! While! ”

The Turkic soldiers who were besieging the city retreated like a tide, and for the first time they tried to attack, the Turkic soldiers killed and wounded more than 2,300 soldiers, accounting for 30% of the attacking army, and more than 1,800 soldiers died under the city.

Basil rushed to Konsari like a gust of wind and slammed his shield to the ground, "General, this shield has no defensive effect at all, I want a new shield!" ”

The shields of ordinary Turkic soldiers are all wooden, and the outer layer is covered with one or two layers of cowhide, which is relatively rough and can only resist the shooting of ordinary bows and arrows, but it is easy to be shot through in the face of crossbow arrows, not to mention the powerful rhubarb crossbow.

The new shield that Basil mentioned is the shield of the Turkic Guards, the shield is a composite round shield imitating the Sui army, two layers of hardwood, and a copper skin sandwiched in the middle, although it is heavier, it can resist the Sui army's crossbow arrows.

Basil finally couldn't bear it anymore, he came to rob the population and wealth of the Central Plains, not to send him to death, a charge led to 2,300 casualties, how could he explain to his people when he went back?

"Either give me the best weapon, or let someone else go into battle!" Basil said resentfully.

Kang Shealy handed him the shield in his hand, "I only have one side of the shield you want, give it to you!" ”

"You-"

Basil was so angry that he didn't take his shield, glared at him hatefully, turned and ran away.

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Knowing that the Sui army was powerful with bows and crossbows, Kang Sheli stopped attacking and ordered: "The army will camp on the spot and fight again tomorrow!" ”

A large army of 50,000 Turks set up camp in the wilderness ten miles away, and the soldiers slaughtered cattle and sheep to prepare for the afternoon dinner.

At this time, a general came to the big tent of the Chinese army, he was a thousand-commander, judging from the armor wear, he was completely no different from the average Turkic general, and he also had a beard with burrs and thorns, but if you look closely, you will still find that he looks different from the Turks, like a Central Plainsman.

This person is the leader of the Liaodong bandits Gao Kaidao, Gao Kaidao fled to the Turks after the defeat of Liaodong, he is actually from the Goguryeo royal family, but he is active in Youzhou and Liaodong all the year round, his true identity is no longer important, at present he is a chess piece that Luo Khan is ready to use in Liaodong, and it still has a role, so he was appointed as the titular commander of the Wanshu, in fact, he only led a Han army of more than 1,000 people, all of whom fled to the Turks from the Central Plains, but they are not combat soldiers, but craftsmen, repairing and manufacturing siege weapons.

Gao Kaidao waited at the door of the big tent for a while, and a soldier said, "The general let you in!" ”

Gao Kaidao walked into the big tent and bowed to Kang Sheli on one knee, "See the general!" ”

"General Gao is exempt!"

Kang Shealy smiled and invited him to get up, poured him a bowl of mare's milk wine, and said with a smile: "Drink a bowl of wine first!" ”

Gao Kaidao picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, and Kang Yanli smiled at this time: "You have been in the Central Plains for a long time, you should know how to defend against crossbow arrows, to be honest, the crossbow arrows of the Sui army are very powerful, and you have seen it with your own eyes, but any sharp spear must have a corresponding shield, I want to hear your plan." (To be continued.) )