Chapter 963: Battle of Taiyuan (4)
Three rope ladders with a length of more than ten zhang were thrown down from the top of the cliff, and the soldiers who had been waiting on the top of the mountain began to climb down quickly, all the soldiers had been trained many times, and the movements were very skillful, and in just a moment, the first dozens of soldiers rushed to the top of the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Seeing that the time had come, Wang Xuanjing immediately ordered the capture of the South City Gate, and the eighty Sui troops who had been waiting for a long time immediately went to the South Gate.
Both the south and north gates of Lou Fu Pass are the key protection places of the Turkic army, although it is only the third watch at this time, but the south gate is still guarded by 200 soldiers.
The reason why the South City Gate is very important to the Sui army is because there is a Turkic army of more than 10,000 people stationed a mile away from the south of the city, and they are responsible for blocking the attack of the main force of the Sui army on Lou Fu Pass from the south.
The south city gate is divided into two parts: the downstairs gate and the city tower hub, the city tower hub is generally responsible for the suspension bridge, although the Lou Fu Pass does not have a moat, but in order to prevent the battering ram from impacting the city gate, there is still a relatively wide and short suspension bridge outside the south city gate, and there is also a deep trench under the suspension bridge.
In addition, the hub on the tower is also responsible for an iron bolt at the top of the gate, which is also the strongest bolt of the gate.
Therefore, the target of the Sui army's attack is the hub on the city tower, compared with the city below, there are fewer soldiers guarding the hub on the city tower, only more than 30 people, most of them stay in the city tower and sleep, only three soldiers stand guard outside the city, paying attention to the movement under the city.
At this time, a Turkic patrol walked quickly towards the city tower, and the three soldiers standing guard by the city wall did not care, they still looked at the city gate, and did not greet the patrol, and the patrol soldiers also ignored the three soldiers, and walked behind the three of them with their heads held high.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred, and the soldiers who were patrolling the sentry swooped down from behind, covering the mouths of the three sentries and stabbing them in the heart.
Du Ping, who was hiding in the upper city road, saw that his companion had succeeded, and with a wave of his hand, he led dozens of soldiers to rush quickly, kicked open the gate, and rushed into the city tower, but an unexpected situation happened, there were not more than 30 people in the city tower, but more than 100 people hiding here to sleep, Du Ping did not hesitate to order: "Kill me!" ā
The Sui soldiers swarmed in and slaughtered the sleeping Turkic soldiers.
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In the westernmost part of the city, more than 1,000 Sui troops ambushed on the top of the mountain have climbed off the cliff, and the sentry tower blocks the gathering of Sui soldiers, but the short section of the city wall can not accommodate more than 1,000 soldiers, and the soldiers began to move to the city, but at this moment, there was a fierce shout of killing at the south city gate, and then the alarm bell on the head of the north city rang rapidly.
The Sui soldiers finally engaged the Turkic army head-on, the fierce battle and screams in the city tower alarmed the defenders under the city, a centurion led more than 100 soldiers to rush to the city, and the Sui army that had just controlled the city tower began to fight, and the northern city patrol also found the abnormality at the westernmost cliff, sounding the alarm.
Wei Wentong immediately said to Wang Xuanjing: "You lead five hundred soldiers to rush to the South City Gate, the South City Gate is a matter of success or failure, no matter what, it must be firmly controlled in our hands." ā
"Obey!"
Wang Xuanjing shouted, "The first battalion comes with me!" ā
The first battalion of 500 soldiers was the first group to go to the city, they followed Wang Xuanjing to the south gate, at this time, the alarm bell sounded at the head of the city has alarmed the sleeping Turkic soldiers, the soldiers have picked up weapons and poured towards the city, led by a centurion, he rode and led hundreds of soldiers to kill the watchtower.
Wei Wentong jumped from the sentry tower, and with a wave of his broadsword, he split the centurion into two pieces, he turned over on his war horse, and shouted at the Sui soldiers: "Kill with me!" ā
The soldiers of the Sui army shouted and followed Wei Wentong to kill the incoming enemy troops......
The 10,000 Turkic troops stationed outside the southern city of Lou Fu Pass were commanded by Commander Broza, a confidant of the Churo Khan, who had the extremely important task of protecting the northern retreat of the Turkic army from the south.
At the fourth watch, the Turkic soldiers woke up the sleeping Broza, "General, there seems to be something abnormal in the city, as if there is a shout of killing." ā
It took a while for Broza to react, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there anyone in Guancheng who is here to deliver the letter?" ā
"Nope!"
Broza was a little hesitant in his heart, it was normal for Guancheng not to send him a letter, the main general Clumsy Le was Kang's people, and the garrison was also Kang's army, if something happened to Guancheng, the defenders would definitely send a letter to Kang Sheli for help, not to themselves.
But Broza remembered the Khan's trust, Lou Fuguan was not only related to their logistical supplies, but also related to their way home, once Lou Fuguan really had an accident, he couldn't explain it to the Khan.
Broza immediately ordered: "Send spies to Guancheng to check on it, I want to know what happened?" ā
The battle of Lou Fu Pass has gradually reached a climax, Wang Xuanjing has completely controlled the south city gate, the battle is mainly concentrated in the urn city, a total of thousands of people on both sides are fighting fiercely in the urn city.
The 3,000 troops led by Wei Wentong are specially selected elite troops, extremely brave and good at fighting, especially good at night battles, and the Turkic army is good at cavalry, but the infantry combat ability is a mess, mainly because there is no formation, and there is no cooperation in the battle, and the Turkic soldiers are in their own formations.
When all the 3,000 Sui soldiers came down from the cliff, their strength had greatly surpassed that of the Turkic army, which was also 3,000 people, killing countless Turkic soldiers and retreating.
Wei Wentong rampaged in the Turkic army with a big knife in his hand, where his war horse passed, blood splashed, corpses were all over the ground, and the snow bright big knife was also stained red with blood, as if killing the gods, even the main general Clumsy was also cut off by his head, but when he saw him carrying a big knife to kill, he was suddenly frightened that the Turkic soldiers were scattered and fled from the wind.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "General, there are enemy spies under the southern city to inquire about the situation!" ā
"Let's just say that there is infighting among the Tiele people in the city, and it is being suppressed."
"Yes!" The soldiers galloped away.
At this time, Wei Wentong carefully observed the enemy situation, and saw that most of the Turkic soldiers had gathered under the north city gate, there were 17,800 people, and they desperately hit the city gate, but the north city tower had been controlled by the Sui soldiers, and to open the north city gate, it was necessary to go to the city and open the hub.
Wei Wentong said coldly: "Don't let the enemy open the city, order the third and fourth battalions to go to the city, and shoot me with crossbow arrows!" ā
A thousand Sui soldiers quickly rushed to the head of the city, they condescended on the city wall, and shot arrows under the city gate with crossbows, the arrows rained down, and the Turkic soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, at this time, hundreds of Turkic soldiers began to desperately break through, but they were greeted by the merciless killing of Sui soldiers.
At this moment, all the Turkic soldiers were in despair.
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Under the southern city, a group of Turkic cavalry was leading the city to visit, which was a spy sent by the main general Broza outside the city to inquire about the situation.
At this time, the shouting and killing in the city has subsided a lot, but the screams of the soldiers can still be faintly heard, which has to make them suspicious, but if it is said that the Sui army has captured the city, it is not very reasonable, the key is where did the Sui army come from? If it was killed from the north, then why was there no news at all, at least there would be defenders to report to the Khan.
So the city was confused, they didn't understand what was going on in the city?
There were Sui soldiers in the city who pretended to be Turkic defenders and came forward to inquire about the sentry and shouted: "You go back and report to General Broza, it is some Tiele and Turkic people who have a conflict, and hundreds of Tiele people have rebelled, and they have been suppressed, and there is no hostile situation. ā
The Sui soldiers at the head of the city spoke fluent Turkic, and the sentry under the city said: "Can you open the city gate, let us enter the city and have a look." ā
"No way!"
The defenders at the head of the city flatly refused, and someone next to them whispered a few words, and the soldier said sharply: "General Kang Sheli said that there must be his order to open the south gate, and we must not open the city gate without authorization." ā
The outpost had no choice but to turn around and return to the camp.
By this time, Captain Broza was already wearing armor and helmet, and was waiting at the gate of the main camp.
When the outpost returned, he immediately asked, "What happened in the city?" ā
"General Hui, it is said that the Tiele people are fighting among themselves, and the army is suppressing it!"
Broza frowned, and then asked, "Have you gone in to have a look?" ā
"They refused to open the city, and the defenders above said that General Khamsali had an order, and that nothing should be opened without his order."
Broza was furious, the south gate was clearly under his control, Kang Sheli dared to overstep his authority to order, he turned around and walked towards the camp, he really didn't want to care anymore, all the consequences were borne by Kang Sheli.
But just after walking a few steps, Broza suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he was leaving, the khan repeatedly instructed that there were no Tiele soldiers in the city, and all of them must be guarded by Turkic soldiers, how could there be a rebellion of the Tiele people?
Could it be that Khamsali asked hundreds of Tiele people to participate in the defense of the city?
It is impossible, although Kang Sheli is bold and reckless, he will not resist the orders of the Khan, and either all the Tiele people will be allowed to defend the city, or there will not be a single Tiele people, how can there be a reason to arrange only a few hundred Tiele to participate in the defense of the city.
Broza immediately realized that there must be something wrong in the city, and something must have happened, so he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to assemble!" ā
Broza did not have time to wait for the soldiers to assemble, he personally led two thousand cavalry to run towards the southern city of Loufuguan. (To be continued.) )