In the imperial study, Yang Guang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the north, his eyes were full of worry, he didn't know if his decision was wise, and it was a matter of his dignity to let a young general command his first battle after ascending to the throne of the Great Sui Emperor.

Yang Guang had already learned of the strength of Xue Yantuo, a powerful nomadic people with 200,000 warriors, who had defeated the Western Turks this summer.

And their khan is stubborn and aggressive, in order to avenge the murder of his son, will he come out of the nest, even if half of the people, 100,000 people to attack Dali City, will Yang Yuanqing be able to resist?

Once Xue Yantuo captured Dali City and entered Fengzhou, not only Fengzhou suffered heavy losses, but he Yang Guang would also lose face, and the Turkic disobedience would also be born from this.

Yang Guang sighed and said to himself, "Yang Yuanqing, can you defend Dali City for me?" ”

Fifty miles south of the city, 25,000 cavalry led by Yujura waited patiently for the order from the direction of the city, and two days had passed, and there was no news from the city of Dali.

Although he was anxious, he wanted to lead the army directly to kill him several times, but he still restrained himself, in the war against Xue Yantuo, he was only a deputy general, Yang Yuanqing was the main general, this was the emperor's secret order, he did not dare to disobey this secret decree, he did not want to ruin his future for the sake of impulse.

The camp of the Sui army covers an area of hundreds of acres, and the snow is densely covered with tents, Yu Juluo stands on the observation tower in front of the camp tent, looking at the beacon in the distance, according to the agreement between him and Yang Yuanqing, if he needs to lead the army to press on a large scale, he will raise the number with the beacon, it is noon on the third day, but the beacon in the distance still has no movement, which makes him feel disappointed for a while.

At this time, a group of cavalry galloped back from the north, and it was the scout sent by Yujura who returned, and Yujura was overjoyed and asked, "How is the battle in Dali City?" ”

The scout team was urging the horse forward, clasping his fists and saluting: "Report to Yu Shuai, the battle situation in Dali City is tragic, the fields outside the city are all corpses, according to the humble observation, Xue Yantuo's army has killed at least 20,000 in battle

"What about the Sui Army?" Yu Jura asked anxiously.

"I don't know the situation in the city, so it shouldn't be good, only a dozen of the fifty stone throws are working

Yu Juluo was so anxious that he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to himself: "Yuanqing, why don't you light a cigarette?" ”

A soldier suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted: "Yu Shuai, Fengyan!" ”

As soon as Yu Juluo looked up, he saw a pillar of beacon smoke burning in the distance, he was overjoyed, turned around and ordered loudly: "Pass my order, the whole army is ready!" ”

The horn sounded, and half an hour later, 25,000 Sui cavalry appeared in the boundless wilderness, and Yu Juluo gave an order, and the 25,000 Sui cavalry were divided into three teams and rushed towards Dali City with murderous spirit.

The offensive and defensive battle of Dali City has entered the third day, the war is extremely tragic, in the two days of siege battle, Xue Yantuo has killed more than 20,000 people, and the Sui army has nearly 2,000 casualties, and the craftsmen have also killed and wounded more than 3,000 people, and the bones are piled up under Dali City, and the wilderness is stained red with blood, but Dali City has always stood majestically, and the morale of the Sui army is getting higher and higher.

On the morning of the third day, a ray of sunlight shone through the clouds on the head of the castle, and the snow-covered castle shimmered with a magical light, and if you only look at the castle, you will feel that this is a magical castle that only appears in mythology, and the ice crystals are shining and shining

But if you look downward, the magic disappears, and you see a hellish land, corpses strewn all over the field, broken ladders fall on the snow, only half of the nest cart remains, but more are soldiers killed in battle, some are curled up, with temporary pain on their faces, some heads are missing, corpses are mutilated, some are smashed into meat patties, blood and flesh are blurred, and all the corpses are frozen

The city was exceptionally quiet, thousands of Sui soldiers wrapped in thick sheepskins and blankets, crowded with each other, leaning against the wall and falling asleep, looking exhausted.

In the east city wall, among the dozens of soldiers who fell asleep together, the main general Yang Yuanqing also fell asleep with the soldiers, and his sky-breaking lance became a pillow for him and several soldiers.

Yang Sien led a team of sentries to patrol the city, passing by Yang Yuanqing's side, he picked up a sheepskin that slipped on the ground, lightly covered the young general, turned around and smiled and shushed the soldiers, leading the patrol to leave quietly, at this time, a team of more than 100 people carried hot cakes and broth across the suspension bridge quickly.

But the quiet morning didn't last long, and when the morning sun began to turn blood-red, the drums of Xue Yantuo's camp began to beat again, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The huge drum beat woke up the soldiers of the Sui army from their sleep, Yang Yuanqing jumped up, rubbed his eyes, and lay on the battlements to look at the enemy camp in the distance.

This time, what he saw was a large-scale movement of the Xue Yantuo people, the entire battalion of enemy troops were mobilized, and the enemy groups on all sides were gathering, gathering into a black and oppressive phalanx, gradually forming an overwhelming attack.

"Send my orders quickly!"

Yang Yuanqing turned around and shouted: "All the soldiers and craftsmen, all into battle!" ”

He looked back at the overwhelming enemy army, which had invested twice as much as the previous two days, and he knew that today would be a desperate battle for the enemy, and the outcome would be decided today.

'When! While! While! ，

The bell to gather the army was ringing, and groups of Sui troops rushed across the drawbridge and quickly concentrated on the outer city, and the temporarily armed craftsmen also rushed from the inner city, and the outer city wall of five miles was densely covered with Sui troops, with swords and spears shining, bows and arrows dense, and the red banner of the Sui army fluttering in the sun

Outside the city, the overwhelming enemy army has been completed in formation, with the first day and the second day of the siege failed, the siege was dragged to the third day, Shalu hunt was forced to have no way out, today is his deadline, not able to take the city of Dali, will directly affect his succession to the throne.

Shalu Hunter put together an army of 50,000 at one time, and put the last 200 ladders and 50 nest carts into battle.

His cruel gaze stared at the drawbridge pulled up high, the drawbridge was already crumbling, and he turned to look at the back camp, a huge battering ram had appeared in the barracks behind him, which would be his last lore.

"Attack!" Shalu Hunter waved his sword and roared.

Xue Yantuo's drums began to become tight, this was the drumbeat of the attack, and the 50,000 Xue Yantuo army surrounded 200 ladders and 50 nest carts and slaughtered towards Dali City like a tide, like a huge black carpet, covering the entire field.

After a night of emergency repairs, the trebuchets on the head of the city were restored to thirty, and a long arm pole was thrown in turn, dozens of boulders smashed into the dense enemy group like an ant colony, and each boulder fell down, there would be a gap, the snow and fog were filled, blood burst out, and the wailing sound resounded throughout the field, but in an instant the gap closed, and it was drowned by the attacking enemy group.

'Boom! , , a nest car was hit by a boulder, sawdust splashed, the giant tree collapsed, and dozens of soldiers on the nest car screamed and fell.

The tall nest car is specially tailored for Dali City, the length and width of the nest car are two zhang each, six zhang high, made of giant wood, the whole body is covered with cowhide, the structure is very simple, the nest car is hollow, there are stairs leading to the top, the top is a wooden platform, full of forty or fifty Xue Yantuo soldiers, the front end of the platform is covered with cowhide thick wooden plank, can resist the bow and arrow of the Sui army.

Loaded with four wooden wheels underneath, towed by fifty horses and propelled by hundreds of soldiers to the left, right and rear, this nest cart could send soldiers up to the top of the city as long as it was not hit by boulders, sharper than a ladder.

The bottom of another nest car was smashed, a wooden wheel came out, the nest car suddenly tilted, swayed, and gradually lost its center of gravity, and the soldiers on both sides shouted and ran away, and in the shouting, the nest car fell down.

The 50,000 Xue Yantuo army attacked like a tide, and the boulders that were hit in turn were like waves splashing in the ocean, and they were instantly submerged by the crowd, and the enemy army like a frenzy finally approached the city wall.

In the narrow open space between the inner and outer city walls, more than 100 soldiers are dumping barrels of fire oil on the ground, Fengzhou sent a total of 500 barrels of fire oil, the soldiers poured more than 300 barrels of fire oil on the open space at one time, the black viscous liquid slowly flowed on the ground, full of pungent oil smell, and then more than 100 soldiers climbed the city wall along the soft ladder.......

The frontal battle has entered the most brutal stage, the city is like a dense rain of arrows, people continue to fall down from arrows, a cloud ladder on the city wall, Xue Yantuo soldiers are like crazy, climbing up, they hold a shield in one hand, and the Sui army fights fiercely with spears and knives in the other, and a huge stone falls down on the top of their heads, there are always a few soldiers screaming and falling down the cloud ladder, but immediately someone swarms up.

The soldiers of the Sui army shot arrows from both sides, the arrows were sharp, straight through the leather armor, and the strings of soldiers on the ladder were shot and fell off the ladder, but soon, the Xue Yantuo soldiers no longer cared about the top of their heads, and protected the shields on both sides, and the Xue Yantuo soldiers who were hit by the arrows gradually decreased.

At the head of the city, there are dozens of Sui soldiers fighting fiercely with the enemy in front of each ladder, in front of a ladder in the west of the city, Liu Jian has already killed the red eye, he led fifty Sui troops in the fierce battle with the surging enemy, they are facing the elite soldiers of the Xue tribe, tall and stout like an ox, holding a shield, waving a long knife and a sharp spear.

The spear sprinted, the sword slashed, the fight was bloody, a Sui soldier in front of the ladder was cut in the forehead, blood gushed out, fell on his back, another Sui soldier waved a spear and rushed up, the spear pierced the enemy's chest, picked him down the city, and re-resisted the gap.

A strong Xue Yantuo soldier used a shield to push the Sui army, the first to jump on the city, in an instant, dozens of Sui army spears stabbed from all sides, spears pierced the body, Xue Yantuo soldiers screamed and rolled down, but it was this enemy army who rushed to the city, so that there was a short gap in the defense of the ladder, and Xue Yantuo soldiers who were suppressed on the ladder seized the opportunity, and in an instant, more than a dozen fierce Xue Yantuo soldiers rushed to the city.

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