Chapter 424: Shi Bi is dead
(Please watch the movie network start!) 🔥 Ad-free HD playback! Please tell each other! Above the city, there was a tooth-souring sound, and it was the winch crossbow being wound by a group of people. Today's longest-range weapon, which can reach a range of 700 paces, is being hastily replaced with a more powerful single-shot crossbow. The large iron crossbow, which was as thick as a child's arm and nearly a foot long, was placed on the firing position under the combined force of several people.
After ten days of siege, the crossbow machines in the city were also greatly damaged, especially the winch crossbow with the most long-range attack power, and there were less than thirty left. Under the emperor's order, all the winch crossbows that were originally intercepting the Turks in front of the city gate stopped and changed their targets.
For these crossbow machine operators on the head of the city, Yanmen has besieged the city for so many days, and they are already familiar with the distance of each position outside the city, and they don't need to test fire at all, correct the distance, everything, they already know it in their hearts.
Thirty bed crossbows were the main firepower, and in fact, all the catapults also stopped attacking, and prepared to cooperate with the winch crossbow attack.
The city was deprived of the heavy equipment support of these crossbow arrows and catapults on the city, and more and more Turks successfully rushed to the city gate after rushing through Li Shimin's defensive line. The Turks, who kept coming, began to defend the city gate and counterattack, constantly counterattacking towards the city gate.
Sima Dekan ran up to the city quickly, "Why did the catapult stop?" The Xiaoguo army under the city is almost unable to hold it, and the catapult is quickly intercepted! ”
Yang Guang's eyes were still firmly fixed on the golden wolf Da Xu, who was constantly moving forward, all the crossbow arrows and stone bullets had been loaded, but he was still waiting. Wait for the Turks' golden wolf to advance a little more.
"I told the catapult to stop firing."
Sima Dekan looked at the emperor a little anxiously and said, "Your Majesty, without the interception of catapults and crossbows, it is impossible to intercept more Turks. More and more Turks have already rushed to the city gate. The Xiaoguo army can no longer hold on, and they are about to attack the city. ”
Yang Guang was still staring into the distance. "Wait, wait."
Sima was already sweating profusely, and he didn't understand what the emperor was waiting for at this juncture.
Another sound of footsteps sounded, but it was Su Wei, Yu Shiji and other ministers who also ran to the city, they originally commanded the people to set up an interception barrier at the city gate, preparing to make a final plan. However, seeing that the battle situation was well defended, the Turks were already about to break into the city because of the cessation of catapults and crossbow arrows in the city. This keeps them busy to see what happens.
Seeing that these ministers had all run up, Yang Guang pointed to the golden wolf Da Xu, who was constantly moving forward, "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's battle situation has reached the most critical time. Now the gates are lost. Although we also blocked the Turks outside the city. But this is not a long-term plan. One is not good, and the Turks will rush into the city. ”
Under the nervous gaze of those ministers, Yang Guang chuckled. "See, the Turkic golden wolf has moved forward and has already come up."
Su Wei looked at the golden wolf Da Xu, who was constantly moving forward, and then looked at the crossbow arrows and catapults that had been fully loaded and were waiting to be fired, and his heart suddenly burst into excitement. "Your Majesty, are you going to capture the thief and capture the king first?"
"The three armies can win the commandery, but they can't capture the flag in front of the battle!" Yang Guang had a smile on his face at this time. Seeing that Yanmen City fell into the most critical moment tonight, he didn't expect that Shibi would come up in person at this time.
"Your Majesty, the Turkic Daxu has entered the range of the catapult's attack, will it attack?"
A lieutenant loudly reported that the Golden Wolf Daxu had already entered the attack range of the winch crossbow, but there were too few winch crossbows, and in order to achieve the required results, Yang Guang explained that he had to let the Golden Wolf Daxu enter the attack range of the Sui army's catapult before launching a shot.
Yang Guang's eyes flashed with excitement, and he nodded to the captain.
"Your Majesty has an order, all the winch crossbows, catapults are ready, the target is the Turkic golden wolf, shoot continuously, put!"
A powerful roar sounded, a machine was activated, a huge machine spring sounded, and thirty large iron crossbows were the first to leave the string, and the thick big iron crossbow shot straight at the golden wolf in the dark night. This was followed by stone projectiles thrown by all the catapults in the city.
Shibi Khan was under the golden wolf, wielding a scimitar and commanding all the cavalry to rush Li Shimin's array. Suddenly, he only heard a sharp whistling sound from the sky, and after several years of experience in grassland battlefield warfare, he immediately realized that a rumbling crisis was approaching quickly. There was no hesitation in his heart, and before he understood what this danger was, Shi Bi had already quickly exerted his superb riding skills, and he hid in a kick, and the person had disappeared from the saddle, and the whole person hid under the belly of the horse. …,
Shibi, who hid under the horse's pedals, only heard a series of whistling sounds around him, and then saw the galloping war horses on both sides of him constantly suddenly falling to the ground. Even he was horrified to find that the golden wolf guard next to him, the whole person and the horse were suddenly fixed to the ground by a large iron crossbow that fell from the sky.
A cold sweat broke out on itself, and the frightened Shibi Khan suddenly felt a sad roar from his war horse, he only felt that a person suddenly jumped on the back of the war horse, and the next moment, the war horse's four hooves were soft, and it had rolled on its side to the ground, and its body carried a large pile of dirt and slid several feet away.
A sharp pain came, and Shibi Khan only felt that the left half of his body was no longer felt. He looked down and saw that under the firelight of the battlefield, his entire left leg had been crushed under the corpse of his war horse.
The ground was covered with blood, and half of the horse's body and his left leg were soaked in blood, and at this time it was not known whether the blood was his own or the warhorse's. Shaking his head a little dizzy, Shibi was about to call his guards, but when he looked up, he was surprised.
I saw that his war horse, a large iron crossbow more than a foot long, began to penetrate from the neck, then shot through the entire body of the horse, and finally shot out from the horse's rump, and a large part was exposed. Turning his head again, he found that the golden wolf guards beside him, just now, basically more than half of them had died under this big iron crossbow.
Shi Bi only felt that the sky was spinning, and in the distance, dozens of golden wolf guards had already turned their horses' heads, and they were rushing towards him, while shouting something in their mouths. But he only felt the sound in his head, but he didn't hear anything.
The next moment. The sound of Weng Weng is gone, and the sound of horses' hooves on the battlefield. The sound of gold and iron, as well as the screams of the undead and seriously injured beside him, poured into his ears like a tide. At this time, he finally heard the voices of the guards, only to hear the guards shouting, "Great Khan, get out of the way, it's the Sui people's winch crossbow and catapult" Before the guard's words were finished, he heard the sharp whistling sound again.
Only this time the whistling was not as loud, but it sounded more than that. Catapults. He had just remembered it, but he saw that a huge stone projectile had already been smashed on the guard's head, and in the dim light of the fire, he could only see the guard's head deformed. Splashes out countless reds and whites. Then he fell off his horse.
He finally understood that it was the Sui army's bed crossbow and catapult. Why did I forget such an important thing just now, and just thought about moving forward. Boost morale and capture Yanmen in one go. But I forgot that as soon as this big sword moved to the front of the Yanmen Pass, it suddenly became a live target for the Sui people. Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. How did I forget such an important thing?
As soon as I had a clue, there was another whistling sound. Shibi Khan watched a stone bullet fly towards him, and he had nowhere to dodge at this time. With a ruthless heart and a strong hand, he lifted up the corpse of the war horse that was pressed on his leg at once, and kicked the helmet he had dropped on the ground into the horse corpse with the other foot, and hurriedly dragged the broken leg and crawled to the side. Just climbed away, just now his position, but was smashed by the whistling stone bullet.
Above the head of Yanmen City, Yang Guang saw that it only took two rounds of salvos to successfully defeat the golden wolf. He was very excited in his heart, and at this time he was not in the mood to care whether Shi Bi was under that big sword or not, and immediately shouted loudly, "Shi Bi has been killed by crossbow arrows, and he is agitating and attacking the Turks!" ”
Pei Yun and the others over there were just stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted, "Shibi Khan has been killed in battle, killing all the Turks." ”
The sound of rumbling war drums resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the long horns were whined, and above the city, starting from Yang Guang, the roar of the dead man sounded. Those roars were also mixed with the Turkic translations of many Sui soldiers who could speak Turkic.
Li Shimin under the city led 20,000 people to be nailed to the west gate, blocking waves of fierce attacks like a tide. However, in the face of those crazy Turks, the 20,000 soldiers and horses are getting smaller and smaller, and it doesn't seem to be long before this gradually flawed array is about to collapse.
Suddenly, there was a loud roar from the city wall behind him, and then he looked at the Turkic army opposite, and sure enough, the golden wolf had fallen. At this time, he didn't care whether the news was true or not, anyway, as long as it made the Turks suspicious. …,
With a wave of one arm and the scimitar in his hand, Li Shimin shouted, "The Turkic Shibi Khan is dead, the golden wolf has fallen, brothers, kill!" Li Shimin's words were shouted out in Turkic language, when he was a child, Li Yuan used to be too annoying for Lou, which was originally bordering Yanmen Mayi, and now he is also Mayi Taishou, so he is very familiar with Turkic dialect.
As soon as Li Shimin shouted, his subordinates also shouted desperately, most of the Xuanjia battalion in his headquarters were from the authentic people on the border of Mayi, and most of them spoke Turkic dialect. One roar after another came, and the Sui army, which was already unstable, was shocked for a while, and rushed back towards the Turks.
The Turks, who were still charging in the dark night, suddenly heard the excited shouts of the Sui army that sounded everywhere, and then heard the Turkic words mixed in them, all of which changed color in unison. Everyone was still charging but looked back, only to see that the golden wolf Da Xu, who had just moved to the front, was no longer visible at this time.
At this time, the brothers and nephews of Shibi, such as Chuluo Khan, Qi Jishe, Jieli Khan, and Tuli Khan, who were charging in front, were all shocked. At this time, although they couldn't believe the words of the Sui people, they saw that their golden wolf Daxu had indeed disappeared, and they were all very frightened, and they were all very frightened, and they took their soldiers and horses to withdraw to the place where the news was heard.
As soon as the soldiers and horses of several of their Ashina troops moved, the sudden attack of the people in front of them was immediately stunned. Li Shimin led the remaining soldiers and horses to ride on their horses, but instead waved his army to take advantage of the chaos to rush over. The leader of several other tribes, Tong Jin, was also unclear about the situation at this time, but he heard that his subordinates came to report that Daxu had just encountered a fierce attack by crossbow arrows and catapults from the Sui army, and now the golden wolf Daxu had fallen, and Shibi Dahan had lost his trace, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. The soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribes all retreated. One by one, all the people were panicked, and they still had half of the will to fight, and they led their troops to retreat.
As soon as the Turkic cavalry units in the back withdrew, Li Shimin happened to lead the remaining more than 8,000 cavalry outside the city to fight back. The Turks were defeated for a while, but they were killed and fled in all directions, and the soldiers and horses of the various units, which were already panicked, were completely chaotic at once, and desperately retreated in the direction of the main camp.
Seeing that the Turks in the distance had finally withdrawn, Yang Guang and the others above the city were even more excited.
"Sima Dekan, Yu Wenhua, you two will quickly annihilate the Turkic soldiers and horses at the city gate, immediately recapture the west city gate, and be ready to recall Li Shimin and the cavalry outside the city at any time." Yang Guang saw that the Turks who were only left at the city gate were still fighting to the death, and hurriedly ordered.
Without the constantly rushing Turkic soldiers and horses, the Turks at the West City Gate finally became a source of water, and the defenders of the city head rushed to the city gate. The Sui army attacked fiercely, and the Turks who were guarding the city gate continued to fall, and under the attack of the locust-like crossbow arrows, the city gate was full of corpses, and the last Turkic soldier finally fell.
"Boom!"
A gong sounded, and Yang Guang in the city issued an order to withdraw his troops. Outside the city, Li Shimin took the remaining 8,000 cavalry, took advantage of the situation to hide in the position of the Turks, killed a lot of stragglers, after all, did not dare to chase into the Turkic camp, as soon as he heard the order to collect troops from the city, he hurriedly led the tribe to retreat to the city like a gust of wind.
"Bang dang!"
The west gate was finally closed again, and a team of people moved huge stones, simply and completely blocked the west gate, which had just fallen into the hands of the Turks for more than two hours.
After a tragic battle, the west gate was already full of corpses, and the tragic battle caused by the attack on the camp, the Sui army lost nearly 20,000 horses, and only 20,000 soldiers and horses remained in the entire city. Facing the countless stumps and broken arms under the city, Yang Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A rush of footsteps came, and a eunuch hurriedly ran up to the city, reporting to Yang Guangyu in horror, "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the queen mother and His Royal Highness the crown prince are gone!" ”