Gao Kaidao called himself the King of Yan, his army was called the Yan Army, there were about 100,000 troops, of which 30,000 were the remnants he took away after the defeat of Geqian, and he began to rebel in the seventh year of the Great Cause, and after five or six years of various battles, he had strong combat effectiveness, and these 30,000 troops were also his most elite core army, well-equipped and able to fight well.

Among the 12,000 troops defending Linyu Pass, 10,000 were one of the elites of Gao Kaidao, led by the general Zhang Shihong.

Zhang Shihong is a veteran of Douzigang, and also Gao Kaidao's confidant, about 30 years old, tall and powerful, strong in martial arts, because he rebelled, his wife and children were killed by the Sui Dynasty government, and since then he has hated the Sui Dynasty to the core, which is also the fundamental reason why he resolutely refused to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.

Zhang Shihong stood at the head of the city and watched the large group of Sui generals on the south bank of Yushui, he didn't know Yang Yuanqing, but he knew Luo Shixin, he saw Luo Shixin saying something to a Sui general wearing a golden helmet, and his heart suddenly became nervous.

With Luo Shixin's identity, he is still so humble, who else can this Sui general have besides Yang Yuanqing? Zhang Shihong couldn't help but secretly gritted his teeth, but it was a pity that Yang Yuanqing was five hundred steps away, otherwise he could really shoot it with one arrow.

On the other hand, he was also shocked, Yang Yuanqing actually came in person, what does this mean? Zhang Shihong knew in his heart that this meant that the Liaodong Campaign would soon begin.

They have been facing each other for more than a month, and they thought that they would continue to confront each other, but it seems that he was wrong, Zhang Shihong stared at the generals surrounding Yang Yuanqing and went away, he turned around and shouted: "Pass my order, and the whole army will enter combat readiness...... Zhang Shihong's worries were not superfluous, just at dusk that day. The war drums of the Sui army were beating, and 30,000 Sui troops marched out of the city, neat and murderous, following ten ladders and thirty heavy trebuchets in the army.

At the front were thirty heavy trebuchets, each pulled by dozens of oxen, slowly driving across the pontoon. In less than half an hour, thirty heavy trebuchets lined up on the north bank of Yushui.

This kind of boulder that can throw 100 catties is powerful. One stone can destroy the pillars and beams of the tower, and each trebuchet requires 200 wrestlers to pull their hair, like thirty giants standing under the city.

At the same time, the Sui army also brought a powerful fire oil cloth ball. That is, to launch huge sackcloth balls soaked in fire oil, each weighing 50 catties, this kind of oil cloth balls are mainly used to increase the shock and burn the city.

At this time, a soldier ran towards Niu Jinda and reported loudly: "General Niu, the trebuchet is ready!" ”

Niu Jinda turned his head to look west, and the sun was about to set the horizon, turning dim red, and the sky was dyed a layer of purple red. It exudes the sad atmosphere of the end.

"Start attacking!"

Niu Jinda gave the order to attack, and he looked at the city wall and Yanshan, which were also dyed purple, and his eyes were full of determination.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

A huge drum beat sounded, and each beat of the drum smashed into the hearts of the soldiers in the city, making them tremble and tremble. With bows and arrows in their hands and weak strength, they stared blankly at the thirty monster-like giants under the city, and each of them was filled with despair.

The drumming stopped, and there was silence in the heavens and the earth, and suddenly. Dozens of huge black shadows soared into the air, drawing dozens of arcs, flying through the air, emitting a piercing whistling sound.

"Ahh

There was a desperate cry from the top of the city, 'Boom! Rumble! 'Continuous loud noise, dust on the head of the city, smoke on the face, although the city wall of Linyu Pass is all made of boulders, the city wall is tall and strong, but under the impact of the boulder weighing more than 100 catties, there is still a dangerous situation on the city wall.

'Bang! With a loud bang, a boulder hit the battlements beside Zhang Shihong, the battlements were smashed to pieces, the gravel flew wildly, the boulder was still alive, and swept over, and several guards were smashed into meat sauce on the spot, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

Zhang Shihong was thrown to the ground by two soldiers, a gravel hit his ear, bleeding nonstop, the soldiers at the head of the city screamed in horror, the first round of attacks killed and injured more than 200 people, the city tower was hit by two boulders at the same time The main beam collapsed, and more than a dozen soldiers were buried in the collapsed mud and stone pile.

Immediately after the second round of boulder attacks were launched again, thirty boulders of more than 100 catties rotated in the air, carrying the power of destroying the world and the earth, and rushed straight to the city wall, and there was a huge and dull crashing sound.

Immediately after the third and fourth rounds of attacks, a section of wall stones finally could not withstand the continuous impact of the boulder, and terrible cracks had appeared, and several wall stones were loose and crumbling.

At this moment, another stone the size of a millstone flew into the air, hitting the crack, and the city wall collapsed, like a torn skin, and was pulled off two feet at once, and the mud and sand filled in the city wall poured down, forming a slope of the upper city.

Zhang Shihong's eyes suddenly turned red, and he roared loudly: "Quickly build a wall with sandbags!" Fast! ”

Thousands of soldiers rushed to the gap with sandbags on their backs, desperately throwing sandbags into the gap, trying to rebuild a city wall, in the distance, the Sui army was still standing still, they lined up neatly, the army looked indifferent, and looked at the busyness of the city coldly, they didn't care at all, in their opinion, the city seemed to be vulnerable.

The head of the city also counterattacked, they did not have trebuchets, only bed crossbows, a thousand bed crossbows fired at the same time, a thousand large iron arrows roared towards the trebuchet, in a crackling sound of arrows, dozens of soldiers were shot and fell to the ground and died, two trebuchets were shot off their belts, and collapsed with a bang.

However, the Sui army's attack became sharper.

"One, two, three, put!"

Two hundred Sui military wrestlers exerted their strength at the same time, and their long pole arms were thrown, sending out "Woo! "There was a sound of wind on the ground, and a huge fireball rose into the air, followed by two, three, and four.... A total of twenty-eight flaming fireballs roared towards the city, and the Sui army stopped the boulder attack and began to use the fire oil balls.

Huge fireballs flew up to the city, although they did not have the strong impact of the boulder, but the huge fireballs were not bounced away, they stuck to the big city like mud, the fire oil flowed all over the city, and the top of the city wall began to burn wildly, and the red flames soared. The fire was raging, and thick smoke filled the castle and beyond.

Night had fallen, the sky was full of bright stars, it was supposed to be a wonderful night, the young man played the pleasant sound of the piano, and the beautiful girl danced to the sound of the piano, but this wonderful scene no longer existed. The clouds of war hung over Linyu Pass, and the god of disaster was descending little by little.

The cries of terror and the cries of the burned rang out from the top of the city, and the gates were burning. The blazing light of the fire stung everyone's eyes.

Balls of fire oil also continued to hit the city gates, which were wooden and covered with iron sheets. The fire had burned through several large holes, and all of them were spitting terrible tongues of fire, making the city's firefighting seem so powerless, and the fireballs that kept throwing made the fire more and more intense.

Half an hour later, the gate was finally burned to a charcoal frame, and even the iron sheet was melted, at this time, a huge stone flew sideways, "Bang! With a loud bang, the boulder smashed the last charcoal frame to pieces. The gates of the city were completely opened...... Although the city gate was opened, the result was deeply disappointed by Yang Yuanqing, who was watching the battle from afar, the city gate had been killed by hundreds of huge stones, and although the city gate was open, it had no meaning.

Yang Yuanqing sighed. It seemed that it was necessary to use a row of ladders to attack the city, and at this time, Luo Shixin whispered on the side: "Chief, why don't you use ships to transport soldiers behind the pass?" This is at your fingertips. ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The ship is our miracle soldier, don't use it until the most critical time." ”

Yang Yuanqing stared at the city again. Said slowly: "Now that we are taking turns of long-range attacks, the confidence of the enemy army has been shaken, and it is the time to attack the city with all our might, I believe that we will be able to take the city tonight!" ”

He turned around and shouted, "Beat the drums, attack!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "The drums started to get dense.

To the sound of war drums, 30,000 troops crossed the pontoon bridge and marched towards the straight and strong city wall.

The main commander of the Sui army's attack was Niu Jinda, not Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Biting Jin was too slippery and lacked a strong spirit, so that he could lead the army, it would be difficult to capture the pass, but he would kill many brothers in vain.

Although Commander Niu Jinda will also have casualties, with his strong spirit and experience, he can capture Linyu Pass.

30,000 Sui troops crossed the Yushui, followed by ten siege ladders in the ranks, this is a large siege weapon, divided into two parts: the base and the ladder, usually the ladder is flat on the base, when the siege of the city, the soldiers pull the rope back, the ladder will be erected, set up at the head of the city.

The ladder is about one zhang wide and four zhang long, and is spliced together by dozens of bowl-thick logs, which are extremely strong, and two large iron hooks are installed at the top of the ladder, which can hook the city wall.

The biggest advantage of the ladder is that it has a large capacity, up to one zhang wide, which can accommodate four to five people to charge side by side, and once it hooks the city wall, hundreds of people will rush to the head of the city in an instant.

Eight pontoon bridges have already been erected on the Yushui River, including three large transport pontoon bridges, with wooden wheels on the base of the ladders, each of which is pulled by 30 oxen and carried by 100 soldiers.

As the main force of the Sui army had entered within four hundred steps, at this time, the remaining five hundred bed crossbows on the head of the city were fired at the same time, and at the head of the city, which was three miles wide, five hundred long crossbow arrows shot out strongly, shooting towards the dense crowd of Sui troops.

The Sui soldiers shouted, and raised their shields at the same time, and the army sounded a cracking sound at the same time, which was the sound of the shield being shot, and the Sui soldiers' shields could not resist the strong bed crossbow iron arrows, and they were shot one after another, and a scream sounded in the crowd.

But hundreds of dead and wounded could not stop the pace of the Sui army, in the sound of war drums, the Sui army continued to advance, slowly into two hundred steps, at this time thousands of soldiers at the head of the city fired arrows randomly, arrows like a rain, dense arrow rain shot towards the Sui soldiers, the Sui soldiers raised their shields to meet each other.

At the same time, the 10,000 Sui army crossbowmen under the city also fired 10,000 arrows, the arrow rain was dense like a cloud, and the defenders were constantly shot, screaming and falling off the city, and there were Sui soldiers under the city from time to time who were shot by arrows, fell to the ground in pain, and were immediately carried down by their companions and transported back to the camp in a special medical carriage.

As a result of the catastrophe of boulders and fire-oil balls, thousands of soldiers had been killed and wounded on the city, and their attack force had become weak, and gradually, the defenders of the city were overwhelmed by the bows and arrows of the Sui army, so they had to retreat behind the battlements and drop arrows downwards by throwing arrows.

At this time, the first row of ladders finally approached the city wall, hundreds of soldiers shouted, and at the same time dragged the long rope, the four-zhang long ladder was erected high, and there was a loud bang, the heavy ladder smashed on the city head, the rubble flew wildly, and two fang-like giant hooks hooked the city head......