Chapter 409: The Siege of Yanmen
The black clouds crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the armor light opened to the sun. The sound of horns fills the sky with autumn colors, stuffed with rouge and night purple.
Half a roll of red flags is in the water, and the frost is heavy and the cold is silent. repay the king's will on the golden platform, and carry the jade dragon to die for the king.
Jiuzhai in the world, headed by Yanmen. In later generations, there was a couplet written about Yanmen, the three levels of Chong to be incomparable, and the nine stops respected the first level. Xiongguan is close to the mountain and dangerous, and it is high on the mountain. On the east and west wings, the mountains are undulating. The Great Wall of the Ridge, with its winding momentum. Yanmen Pass is located on Yanmen Mountain, Yanmen Mountain and Mantou Mountain, Caoduo Mountain are connected into one, it is the famous mountain Heng Mountain in Beiyue.
Since King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period, all dynasties have regarded this place as a strategic location. Zhao placed Yanmen County, and since then, Yanmen has been mostly guarded by the county, province and county. The name of Yanmen Pass began in the early Sui Dynasty. Due to the rise of the northern Turks, there were repeated internal crimes, and the Sui garrison was stationed in Yanmen Mountain, and the city was set up at the commanding heights of the Iron Wrapping Gate, and the soldiers defended it. It is divided into two fortresses: Xicheng Pass Village and Yanmen Pass City.
Not long after Yang Guang led the army into Yanmen Pass, Chai Shao and Li Xiaogong led 3,000 Xuanjia troops to arrive. Yang Guanggang was secretly relieved when he heard Chai Shao say that the Turks might have fallen for Laihu'er and Li Shimin's plan to delay the army. Less than a day later, the general of the Right Tunwei had already led 5,000 remnants of the defeated general and the headless corpse warehouse of Laihu'er to retreat to Yanmen Pass in panic.
Looking at the 50,000 elite guards and horses of the Great Sui, in just one day, they had already been broken through by the Turks, and Yang Guang was also panicked. Yun Dingxing's defeated army had just entered the pass, and the Turkic golden wolf Daxu had already poured into the front of the pass with the Turkic cavalry like a tide.
The golden wolf of the Turks outside the Guanhai is unstoppable.
At the juncture of the ancient conquest land, the Great Sui Emperor hunted and fluttered with his banner. Above the city is the 110,000 Great Sui Janissary Guards, guarding the Son of Heaven Yang Guang and the accompanying civil and military officials, as well as the emperor's palace concubines and palace maids.
Under the city, there were 200,000 Turkic wolf riders, and the galloping cavalry brought up billowing smoke and dust in the land below the city. The army of 200,000 was overwhelming, and surrounded the entire Yanmen City with a pool of water.
The Turkic army, which had just arrived, had already begun to attack the city before it had even stopped to rest. Under the walls of Yanmen, Shibi Khan gave an order, and the 50,000 tribal soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribe took the lead in attacking the city. A group of sturdy Turkic soldiers with braided bands began to climb up the city with rudimentary ladders. Behind them, Turkic archers, numbering more than 50,000 equally, were shooting arrows to cover the attack.
The drums of war are like thunder, and the trumpets are long
In the sound of the war drums and horns, accompanied by the roar of the sky, the Turks rushed to the wall with a murderous spirit full of blood and blood. The soldiers and horses above the city are all selected from all the armies of the Great Sui. In the face of such a dense number of Turkic soldiers under the city, all the officers in the city had already let the soldiers defending the city replace them with crossbow bows and arrows. In the face of such a dense siege, most of them were dressed in leather armor and light armor, even shirtless, this Turkic man. The rows of crossbowmen above the castle didn't even have to take serious aim.
All the crossbowmen just shot in the sky, round after round. Tens of thousands of bows and arrows and crossbows kept winding and firing, and a rain of arrows poured on the Turks.
Most of the brave Turks had already fallen to the ground before they had even rushed to the wide ditch in front of the pass, and the corpses piled up a slope outside the pass. However, at this time, the Turks had already been stimulated by the banner of the Son of Heaven of the Sui State on the head of the city, and their eyes were blood-red and their blood was boiling, and no one cared about the huge casualties. The Turks who followed one after another even threw the corpses of their compatriots who had fallen in front of them into the empty ditch in front of them. One by one, the corpses were filled into a deep ditch, and dozens of flat passages were soon filled in the ditch.
The Turkic archers in the back also continued to move slowly under the cover of shield soldiers, and as they advanced, the rain of arrows they shot finally began to fall on the city, but some of the Sui troops defending the city fell with arrows.
The Turks, who rushed through the moat and the city walls, began to climb the city desperately. However, for them, the Sui army at the head of the city was also prepared, in addition to the desperate rain of arrows, the city began to throw stones, pour hot oil, and even gold juice made from dung. As soon as this kind of gold juice falls on a person's body, it is attached to it and cannot even be taken off, which not only burns and burns but also poisons people. …,
And for those siege ladders, the defenders at the head of the city have a special countermeasure. The rows of hook hands on the head of the city will push the whole ladder outward, or use the rolling wooden stones, these things are tied with ropes, and roll down the ladder, the rolling wooden stones that are more than two feet long will smash the people on the ladder backward, and the defenders at the head of the city will use the rope above to retract it, so repeated use, is the best tool and method to deal with the ladder.
However, even though the Sui army's walls were strong and heavily garrisoned, the Turks who were not afraid of death still rushed to the city from time to time. Once on the city, the fierce Turks were often able to inflict heavy casualties on the defenders. The rain of arrows from the Turkic archers who kept moving forward was also very powerful, and as the siege became more and more intense, the defenders at the head of the city could no longer suppress the Turkic archers. More and more arrows were fired at the head of the city, and countless Sui troops fell with arrows.
Under the city, the two sides fought bloody battles, with countless casualties and corpses all over the field.
Not far from the city, under the golden wolf of the large army of the Turkic army, Shibi Khan and the leaders of the various tribes stood solemnly, looking at the fierce killing above and below the city.
Jieli looked at the soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribe who were constantly falling, and his brows became more and more furrowed. At present, it is 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribe who are attacking the city, which can be regarded as the explanation that the leaders of the tribes were promised to take the lead in attacking the city before the Khan Sutra. But what made Jieli's heart ache was that among the 50,000 Ashina soldiers and horses, the remaining 20,000 were all in it, and the remaining 30,000 were also the soldiers and horses of the leaders of the Ashina tribe. Shibi Khan's own headquarters of 50,000 soldiers and horses, not a single one was sent. Seeing that if he continued to fight like this, it was estimated that he would be a bare-rod khan in the future, Jieli hurriedly spoke.
"Great Khan, it's been two hours since the siege of the city, and the sons have just arrived, and they have been fighting continuously, I'm afraid they are already exhausted."
Shibi Khan nodded, the reason why he launched a strong attack as soon as he came was not that he thought that he would be able to take Yanmen City in this way. This is done because I don't want the morale of the army to be discharged, and I also want to test the real situation in the Yanmen Pass. Moreover, although this strong attack will definitely not be able to capture Yanmen, such a fierce siege battle will inevitably make the Sui army in the city a kind of momentum deterrence, and break the morale of the Sui army in a battle. In addition, this battle can be regarded as his promise to the leaders of the tribes before the Ashina tribe takes the lead in attacking the city.
In just two hours, according to his estimates, the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribe who attacked the city were at least about 10,000 killed, and the number of wounded would not be less than this number. Although the Sui army at the head of the city had a geographical advantage, the soldiers and horses attacking the city were full of momentum, which also caused a lot of casualties to the Sui army. He killed nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and although the Sui army was a defender, the number of casualties in this battle would not be less than 8,000.
"Herald Order"
Seeing that this battle had completely achieved its goal, Shi Bi calmly issued an order to withdraw his troops. Through the battle just now, he was already ninety percent sure that Yang Guang was in this Yanmen City at this time.
The sound of the horn sounded, which was the horn of the army. The soldiers and horses of the Ashina tribe who were besieging the city did not hesitate at all, and retreated like a tide again, leaving behind a mountain of corpses under the city.
Shibi Khan opened a parchment map and drew a circle around Yanmen City.
"Everyone, now it is certain that Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Kingdom, has been surrounded by us in Yanmen City at this moment. Half of the plan to go south to the Central Plains has been successful, and now our only purpose is to complete the other half. Now, in order to ensure that we can successfully capture Yanmen and capture Yang Guang alive, Ben Khan ordered. The Servant Bone Division, the Xue Division, and the Dial Ye Ji Division, the leaders of the three divisions, Qi Jin, immediately led the three divisions of 50,000 horses and immediately swept the entire Yanmen County. Ben Khan ordered you to break through the cities of Yanmen, collect all the grain and siege equipment in them, and send them back to the camp. ”
The Turks went all the way south, bringing no food or grass at all, and relying on plundering all the way. Now that Yang Guang has been successfully surrounded, it will naturally be a tough battle next, so at this time, it is necessary to obtain grain and grass from various cities.
"In addition to collecting grain and grass, you have an important mission. The leaders of the three divisions each led their headquarters, and the Xia Department was stationed at the border with Loufu County to guard against the Loufu Sui army. The Servant Bone Department was stationed in Hutuoshui on the border with Taiyuan County to guard against the Taiyuan Sui army. The Ji Department was stationed in Wutai, and the Sui army of Hebei rushed through the Taihang Mountain. The three tribes must strictly guard the pass to prevent the Sui army's scout messengers from passing through, and must closely monitor the movements of the Sui army on three sides, so as to buy enough time for the army to capture Yanmen. ”
The leaders of the three tribes, all of them stepped forward, and after the order of Shibi Khan, they immediately went out of the tent and went to the headquarters without delay.
After a swift and tragic battle, the confrontation between the city and the city began to resume again. Screams abounded across the battlefield, and groups of Turkic cavalry began to sweep the battlefield and carry back the wounded and undead soldiers. More Turkic soldiers were encamped, digging ditches and patrolling the camp.
Shibi Khan has been standing under the golden wolf, his eyes have been staring at Yanmen City. The banner of the Son of Heaven on the head of the city fluttered, and the figures swayed.
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