The moment of the battle finally came, the sky was extremely gloomy, the dark clouds were low, in the wilderness ten miles away from Shanyang County, Chuluo Khan had already prepared his troops, and 150,000 Turkic soldiers were distributed on a front of more than ten miles, although there would not be so many soldiers who really put into battle, but Chuluo Khan still hoped to crush the defenders at the head of the city with momentum. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

A burst of flying sand and stones, the yellow dust in the sky filled the air, the distant Shanyang City became a little blurred, Chu Luo Khan rode on a majestic and oily black-maned horse, holding the Turkic king's sword, his expression was very solemn, he stared coldly at the green dragon and red flag on the head of the city, and his face could not hide the look of anticipation for a decisive battle with the Sui army.

"Khan, can you start?" A captain asked him in a low voice.

Chu Luo Khan looked at the calm city of the Sui army and said coldly: "I'm ready to attack." ”

He glanced back at the black-pressed Turkic soldiers, urged his horse to run in front of the ranks, and shouted with all his might: "Our army is going south to gain wealth and slaves, and we will kill all enemies who dare to resist, warriors, honor belongs to you, and wealth belongs to you, go into the city, and let the enemy wail at our feet!" ”

"Kill all the Sui army!" The wildness in the bones of the Turks was ignited by the Khan of Churo, who raised his spear and shouted in unison.

Chu Luo Khan's sword pointed at the city, "Kill!" ”

The offensive of the Turks was launched, and the eight thousand archers urged the war horses to kill the Sui army in the city, and they wanted to pass through the Sui army's long-range strike zone as quickly as possible, and directly hit the city of Shanyang, shouts, roars, and horses' hooves galloping, resounding throughout the field.

The Sui army at the head of the city was still quiet, but behind the battlements, 10,000 Sui troops were ready, 3,000 Sui troops with big bows formed a dense bow wall, and behind them were 6,000 crossbowmen, divided into three teams, everyone held a strong crossbow, and the crossbow arrows pointed obliquely at the sky.

After the crossbowmen are two hundred medium-sized trebuchets, each operated by ten people, with a cowhide noose to tighten the trebuchet, with forty pounds of stones in the pocket, archers, crossbowmen and trebuchets formed a line of defense for three strikes near and far, although this time the big yellow crossbow was not deployed because of the lack of large arrows, but the lethality of the Sui army was still extremely strong.

Wei Chigong stood at the head of the city, watching the thousands of horses swept in the distance, and the eight thousand Turkic cavalry were like turbulent waves, undulating and galloping on the grassland, and his eyes showed a trace of pity.

These cavalrymen were like ants, charging meaninglessly, and finally died tragically, but the slightest pity in his heart could not shake his determination to hold on to the city, Wei Chigong had lived in Mayi County for a long time, Shanyang County was his hometown, how could he tolerate the Turkic army ravaging his hometown.

Wei Chigong shouted: "Trebuchet ready!" ”

Two hundred medium-sized trebuchets were opened, and the preparations for the battle in Shanyang County were more adequate than those of Lou Fuguan, and it can be seen from the trebuchets that these two hundred trebuchets were all transported from Zhongdu, built by the best craftsmen, more sturdy and durable, and could throw forty pounds of stones two hundred steps away.

On the one hand, the reason why they use medium-sized trebuchets is that they are easy to transport as a whole and do not need to be disassembled and then assembled, and on the other hand, medium-sized trebuchets occupy a small area and can be transferred at the head of the city, which is very flexible and mobile.

This trebuchet was newly developed in Zhongdu, and the firing efficiency is extremely high, fifteen times in a quarter of an hour, which is three times more efficient than the giant trebuchet.

In addition, this trebuchet is developed for the cavalry, the stone throwing used is also different, their stone throwing is a stone bullet that has been carefully polished by the stonemason, it is a sharp weapon to deal with the cavalry, the stone bullet can continue to impact forward more than 50 steps after landing, compared to the ordinary stone can only impact more than a dozen steps, the lethality of the war horse is much greater.

Moreover, the stone bullets can be recovered, and after the Turkic army collects its troops at night, there will be soldiers who will go down to the city to retrieve the stone bullets and prepare to use them again the next day.

Wei Chigong has dealt with the Turks for many years, he knows the characteristics of the Turkic combat well, the Turks are more like flash floods, menacing, but they are weak in follow-up, today the Turkic army is in a posture of attacking the city with all its might, but Wei Chigong knows that the Turkic army is at the end of the crossbow.

Beside him, Qin Yong looked a little nervous, this was the first time he had encountered such a large-scale siege battle of the Turks, and he felt that the Turkic army was going to fight hard today.

Qin reminded Wei Chi Gong in a low voice: "General, beware of the enemy's battering rams!" ”

Wei Chigong nodded, he had already thought of this, although they replaced the west city gate, but the south city gate and the north city gate were not very reliable, that was indeed a weakness of theirs, but Wei Chigong was fully prepared, this weakness Turks may not be able to grasp.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Turkic cavalry rushed closer and closer, a thousand, eight hundred, six hundred, three hundred......

It was already approaching the range of the trebuchet, "Shoot!" Wei Chigong gave an order, the Sui army's trebuchet was activated, a series of strong winds sounded, and two hundred stone projectiles rose into the air, forming a dense stone rain in the air, making a strange sound, and smashing towards the top of the Turkic cavalry.

The Turkic cavalry running in the front fell on their backs, the boulder hit the soldiers, the heads were smashed away instantly, the flesh and blood were blurred, the war horses were hit, neighed and fell, and the soldiers on the horses were pressed under them, and the stone bullets landed and continued to gallop, rushing towards the dense cavalry group, and the groups of war horses could not dodge and were knocked over by the stone bullets, and at the same time tripped the war horses next to them.

A stone rain killed and wounded more than 800 cavalry, so that the Turkic cavalry's crazy arrogance was frustrated, but their attack did not stop, went forward and followed, and continued to kill the city, at this time the second wave of stone rain hit again, and it was a group of people on their backs, at this moment, their forward troops were less than 150 steps away from the city.

The Sui army's crossbow arrow array was launched, a drum sounded, six thousand horned crossbows were fired at the same time, and a dense rain of arrows rose into the air, forming a long black arrow cloud in the air, which instantly turned into black dots, overwhelmingly shooting towards the Turks, and the Turkic cavalry raised their shields to meet each other.

However, the crossbow arrows of the Sui army dominated the world, not only with a long range, but also with strong strength, ordinary shields and leather armor could not resist at all, especially when thrown from the air, the arrows fell with their own gravity, making the wooden shields of the Turkic cavalry become ornaments.

The powerful and heavy armor-piercing crossbow arrows pierced the shields of the cavalry, shot through the leather armor, and the cavalry fell from their horses one after another, wailing all over the field, and then the second and third waves of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, so dense that people were breathless, and the long arrows sneered down, shot through the shields, shot through the faces and chests of the enemy soldiers, and these Turkic cavalry seemed to be crops destroyed by a storm, falling one by one, blood splattered, and one by one died tragically in wailing.

The morale of the enemy army died sharply, they began to waver, retreated, scattered and fled, as if a strong wind was blowing through the dark clouds, and in an instant the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, the first attack of the Turks was disintegrated, they were dealt a heavy blow, the Sui army only fired two rounds of six waves of arrows, coupled with the continuous blows of the trebuchet, the eight thousand cavalry had more than four thousand dead and wounded.

Luo Khan, who was watching the battle from behind, gasped, he had never seen such a powerful and domineering bow and arrow array, although he knew that there was a certain gap between the Turkic bow and arrow and the Sui army, and he also knew that the crossbow arrow was more powerful than the bow and arrow.

But he didn't know much about the arrow array, and the Sui army's three-stage arrow array could ensure that the arrows were continuously fired, and the power was even more powerful.

The vigor of the Turkic cavalry quickly faded under the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army, and the slogan of killing the enemy that had just been shouted as loud as a mountain also disappeared, and everyone was anxiously considering their own way of retreat.

They were ordinary herdsmen, and when they found out the terrible price to be paid for their wealth and slavery, how to get home and reunite with their wives and children was their top priority.

But the failure of the first cavalry attack could not shake Chu Luo Khan's determination to attack Shanyang County, not to mention that the first cavalry battle was just a temptation, he felt that the Sui army was not as strong as a few days ago, and the big crossbow arrows that had been terrifying the Turkic army did not appear, and their crossbow arrows should have been exhausted.

However, Chuluo Khan also keenly noticed that the morale of their soldiers had obviously declined, and he realized that he must not attack the city for a long time, and must use the tactics of crowds to capture Shanyang County in the shortest possible time.

With a single heart, the Khan invested 50,000 troops at one time, and put the last 300 siege ladders and 50 leather bucket trucks into battle.

His sharp eyes stared at the tall city gate, which was already crumbling with holes, that was the weakness of the Sui army, breaking through the city gate and removing the blocking stones, so that their cavalry could enter the city.

Chuluo Khan turned around and looked a short distance behind, and a huge battering ram had appeared in the army behind him, which would be his last kill.

"Attack!" Chu Luo Khan waved his sword and roared. (To be continued.) )