The 80,000 Sui troops deployed in Loufan County had retreated to Shiai County at this time, which was later known as Yangquan in Shanxi Province, which belonged to Taiyuan County, and its importance was because of its location, which was the western entrance to Jingcheng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Shiai County itself is a small county, after being occupied by the Sui army two years ago, the Sui army immediately expanded it, the city wall was heightened and reinforced, and 3,000 troops were stationed here.

This is also a nail inserted by the Sui army in Taiyuan County, which also makes Li Yuan angry, but the interesting thing is that neither side mentioned this matter, preferring to argue about the ownership of Shangdang County and Changping County, but ignored Shiai County, as if there was no such thing.

It is precisely for this reason that the vast majority of people in Chang'an do not know that the Sui army has also occupied a county in Taiyuan County, and even the ministers who know about it are secretive, and no one dares to mention this matter in front of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Xuan stood at the head of Shiai County with his hands, staring at the Sui army camp in the north and outside the city, the food and materials of the 80,000 army were stored in the city, but the army was stationed outside the city, and the big tent stretched for more than 20 miles, which was very spectacular.

At this time, Fang Xuanling slowly walked behind Zhang Xuan and said with a smile: "Is Your Highness worried about Shanyang County?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Although Lou Fu Pass is our intention to withdraw, sooner or later it will not be able to stop the enemy's crowd tactics, and I am worried that the Turkic Khan will use this strategy to attack Shanyang County again." ”

"Your Highness, Shanyang County is not Lou Fu Pass, Lou Fu Pass can only accommodate five or six thousand defenders at most, but the 30,000 defenders of Shanyang County can all be put into battle, plus our long-range attack is far stronger than the Turkic army, and the will of the officers and soldiers to unanimously stick to the city, Wei Chen believes that Shanyang County will never be captured."

"Maybe you're right, I'm a little too worried."

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Does the military advisor think the Turkic army will go south?" ”

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "The enemy chief will not be unaware of the risk of going south, but many things are that he has no choice, whether he leads the army to the south, I think the key lies in the battle situation in Shanyang County, it can be said that General Wei Chi decides the choice of the Turkic Khan." ”

"Yes! I think so too, so I'm worried about whether Shanyang County can hold on! ”

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Zhang Xuan's worries were not unreasonable, the news of Kang Xuanli's seizure of the Fuxing Pass reached Shanyang County, which greatly boosted the morale of the Turkic army, and Kang Xuanli's strategy of conquering Lou Fu Pass with the tactics of crowds inspired Chuluo Khan, and he immediately dispatched 80,000 troops to launch the largest offensive against Shanyang County.

The siege battle has been carried out on the third day, the battle is extremely fierce, both sides have suffered heavy casualties, the 80,000 Turkic army has been killed more than 30,000, and the casualties of the Sui army defending the city have also reached more than 7,000 people, which is the heaviest loss of the Northern Sui army since the establishment of Beihai County.

However, the Turkic army was not able to capture Shanyang County, which fulfilled Fang Xuanling's words, and the will of the Sui generals to defend the city made Shanyang County always stand.

Before dawn, more than 100 Sui army engineers were busy replacing the west city gate, the west city gate has been damaged by the Turkic army's battering ram, revealing the boulder blocking the gate in the city, but this is a hidden danger, the Turkic army can pull away the boulder from the outside and hollow out the city gate.

Therefore, the craftsmen of the Sui army in the city built two new city gates day and night, taking advantage of the cover of night, moving boulders and replacing the damaged city gates.

At the head of the city, Wei Chi Gong held a large iron gun in his hand and personally guarded the soldiers who changed the city gate, and hundreds of crossbow soldiers stood on both sides of him.

At this time, a soldier pointed to the hillside and whispered: "General, look, there are enemy spies!" ”

Wei Chigong had already seen it, there were about five or six cavalrymen, and they immediately looked over here two hundred paces away, this was obviously a Turkic army scout, and only a Turkic army scout would stand just outside the range of the crossbow.

Wei Chigong was annoyed in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Bring ten big yellow crossbows!" ”

Immediately, twenty soldiers rushed to the scene carrying ten large yellow crossbows, and Wei Chigong pointed a big gun at him, "Shoot them for me!" ”

Ten big yellow crossbows on the city wall, aiming at several Turkic spies two hundred steps away, for the first brigade commander to shout, five big yellow crossbows took the lead in shooting, the big arrow shot like lightning to the Turkic army spies in the distance, six Turkic spies suddenly fell off the horse three people, the other spies were taken aback, turned the horse's head and fled, the second five crossbow arrows were immediately adjusted, and also shot towards the cavalry, the two Turkic spies running behind fell to the ground, the first one spies because of the two arrows in the back, luckily escaped, and ran into the wilderness into the distance, Soon disappeared into the darkness.

At this time, Chu Luo Khan also stood in front of the camp and looked in the direction of Shanyang County surrounded by dozens of generals, and he was also a little shaken by the heavy casualties for three consecutive days.

Not only him, but all the Turkic soldiers complained, obviously the gate of the state has been attacked, the wealth and women of the Central Plains are in front of him, the khan does not lead everyone to seize it, but here desperately attack Shanyang County, what can you get by capturing Shanyang County?

The gradual spread of war-weariness throughout the army exerted tremendous pressure on the Chuluo Khan, but Chuluo Khan was well aware of the danger of going south, and if they did not deal with the back road of Mayi County, their southward movement would face great risks, and if they were not careful, they would cut off supplies, and the army would be trapped and die in Bingzhou.

It is not impossible to go south, but they must take Shanyang County and establish logistical support with Shanyang County as a supply center, so that they can go south without worry.

But it was so difficult to take Shanyang County, and Chu Luo Khan was also a little shaken, and his intuition told him that they would probably not be able to take Shanyang County in the end.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "The outpost is back!" ”

Chuluo Khan sent a team of outposts to check the situation of the city gate in Shanyang County, mainly because the siege ladder casualties were too large, at least 20,000 of the 30,000 dead soldiers died on the siege, and their siege ladder was almost exhausted.

In a moment, a sentry soldier was ushered up, and he knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the Khan!" ”

Chuluo Khan hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"Qiyu Khan, we found that the Sui army was replacing the west city gate, but in the end it was shot by a big arrow at the head of the city, and the other brothers were unfortunately killed, and only the villain escaped."

Chu Luo Khan didn't care about the life or death of the soldiers, he was more concerned about the situation of the city gate, and asked: "Except for the west gate, are the other city gates replaced?" ”

"Not for the time being, I only see the replacement of the West City Gate."

Chu Luo Khan secretly rejoiced in his heart, they not only attacked the west city, the north and the south city also launched a fierce attack, the west city changed the door, indicating that the north gate and the south gate were almost unable to support, although the soldiers were seriously dissatisfied, Chu Luo Khan still decided to make a desperate bet, after dawn to launch the maximum intensity of the siege.

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As soon as the morning dawned, Chuluo Khan convened all the major generals in the king's tent, and the generals discussed a lot, and everyone was talking about the loss of personnel of their tribe, at this time, Chuluo Khan coughed heavily, and the big tent suddenly fell silent.

Chu Luo glanced at both sides and said coldly: "I know you don't want to attack the city anymore, but the Sui army has far fewer troops than us, and they should be almost unable to support it, and I don't want to turn around and leave before victory comes." ”

Everyone understood what the Khan meant, and even wanted to fight Shanyang City again, everyone looked at each other, and they were all dissatisfied, but no one dared to say it.

At this time, the chief general of the Hui Ministry Tumidu said: "Khan, it's not that we don't want to fight with the Khan, it's just that we are all cavalry, good at fighting on horseback, not good at attacking cities, why do we have to capture Shanyang County?" We can completely enter the state with a large army, or even enter the Guanzhong, take a step back and say, maybe we need a county town as a logistics center, so why don't we go to Taiyuan City? ”

Tumidu's words represent the voice of everyone, and the chief general of the Sijie Department, Acai, also said: "When the Khan sent out the army, he promised that every steppe boy would return with a full load, and he would be able to return home in a month at most, but now that almost a month has passed, our soldiers have not only not received a penny of copper coins, but countless people have lost their lives, and half of our 30,000 people have died, but there is still no end to the siege war, do we have to die under the city, and the Khan is willing to give up?" ”

A Cai's words made Luo Khan's face extremely ugly, and after a while, he said with a blue face: "Don't say anything that shakes the heart of the army, today we will go all out to capture Shanyang County, and then I will lead everyone south, I will fulfill my promise and let everyone return with a full load." ”

"What if you still can't capture Shanyang County today?"

Ah Cai's words made the big tent silent, everyone looked at Chu Luo Khan, this is an extremely sharp question, everyone wants to ask, but they can't speak, only the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, let a young leader like A Cai come to ask.

At this moment, Chu Luo Khan felt a huge pressure, he slowly stood up, glanced at Ah Cai murderously, and then said slowly: "As long as everyone does their best, even if Shanyang County cannot be captured today, I will promise everyone to go south." (To be continued.) )