A tight drum beat suddenly sounded, Wu Qian Turkic cavalry and four thousand Tang Dynasty right guard infantry began to press forward slowly, neat footsteps shook the earth, at this moment, the mountain shook, the ground moved, the momentum of the new victory of the Tang Dynasty strong army was high to the extreme, and the murderous aura rushed into the sky, shocking the people of Anshi City, who were originally scolding at the head of the city, panicked, shouting and screaming into chaos. /

Oh no, Tang Kou is attacking the city

Oops, noos, it's about to start.

Quick, run, it's time for a fight.

Pity this group of ordinary people is the grassroots class, how can they withstand the terrifying atmosphere and pressure brought by the Tang Dynasty's strong army moving forward, the Tang army has just moved forward, and the people shouted in chaos, no matter how Yang Wanchun shouted, they stumbled down the stairs on the city wall, the scene was extremely chaotic, and countless people were trampled on the injured due to crowding, so the embarrassment made the Tang officers and soldiers under the city couldn't help laughing.

Don't mess up, don't mess up, go to town, go to town, get ready to meet the enemy! As soon as Yang Wanchun saw that the city was in chaos, he was a little panicked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted loudly to let the people scold, in order to provoke the Tang army to attack the city under the condition of insufficient preparation, this was Yang Wanchun's strategy, but he also did not expect that the group of people who had been trained for many days would really come to the end of the war, and they would be chaotic with this kind of virtue, and in addition to panicking, he had to hurriedly command the officers and soldiers of the various departments to defend the city to be in place urgently, waiting for the attack of the Tang army, fortunately, the people at the head of the city fled quickly, Finally, it did not hinder the assembly of the officers and soldiers defending the city, and seeing that all the departments had reached the battle position, Yang Wanchun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, standing on the city gate tower, nervously looking at the Tang Army's siege troops in the deployment of troops.

Although the more than 9,000 officers and soldiers under Li Simo are all Turks, because they have been in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, they have also received training from the Tang Army, and their combat effectiveness is not bad, and the gap between their various combat capabilities and the regular army of the Tang Army is very small, and the tactical actions are quite old. The infantry in the front group carried more than 20 ladders nearly ten zhang long on their shoulders, and the rear half of the infantry had shield swordsmen in front and crossbow archers in the back, preparing to move forward with the rushing troops and cover the rushing troops with strong bows and hard crossbows.

Li Simo rode his horse around in front of the queue, and after inspecting his soldiers, he took out the scimitar on his waist, pointed at the head of the city, and shouted loudly: Sons, the Khan of Heaven has an order: The day the city is broken, it is the time to slaughter the city, take this city, and kill it happily!

Slaughter the city! Slaughter the city! Slaughter the city! Although Li Simo's group of sub-Turkic soldiers has been naturalized for a long time, their wildness is still the same, as soon as they heard that they could slaughter the city, they came to the spirit, and they didn't need Li Simo to cheer up, all the Turkic officers and soldiers were red-eyed, and they roared at the top of their throats.

When the Turks were not exterminated by the Tang Dynasty, they were the overlords of the grasslands, from the Western Regions to Liaodong, they were the sphere of influence of the Turks, and Goguryeo was also subordinate to the Turks, and there were many people in the country who knew Turkic language, and the Turkic officers and soldiers under Li Simo shouted to slaughter the city, and the faces of the defenders on the head of the city immediately changed. made Tian Khan make such a big trick.

Sons, behind you is our home, and now Tang Kou wants to slaughter all the people in my city, can we agree? Answer me! Yang Wanchun jumped on the city plate excitedly, regardless of the steep city wall behind him, he glanced at the army at the head of the city like a god descending from the earth, and asked in a loud voice.

No! No! No! Thousands of officers and soldiers in the city shouted in unison.

Yang Wanchun saw that his originally low morale had been stirred, and his mood was very excited, waving his hand, and shouting: Yes, I can't agree, Tang Kou wants to slaughter the city, unless I wait for death to die, let's fight!

War! War! War! Thousands of Goguryeo soldiers all clenched their blades and shouted indulgently, and their morale suddenly rose to the peak.

Although Li Simo did not know what they were shouting, but the general meaning was guessed, seeing that the Goguryeo defenders dared to ignore the urging of the Tang Dynasty, Li Simo became angry, glared angrily in the direction of the city gate tower, and shouted: Sons, take this city, kill!

Kill! Kill! Kill! Nearly 10,000 Turkic warriors roared in unison, spreading in the direction of the city wall like a tide, and at the same time, Li Shimin, who was watching the battle from the Chinese army, also beat the drumbeat of the charge, and in an instant, the originally calm battlefield immediately boiled, and the battle had entered a white-hot state at the beginning.

Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, cover the siege! Although Li Simo was not a veteran of siege, he was still familiar with the basic routines, leading 5,000 light cavalry to cross the charging infantry cluster, and took the lead in killing only a hundred paces away from the city, commanding the Turkic cavalry to shoot the feathered arrows into the city, trying to suppress the defenders at the head of the city first.

As soon as he saw that the Tang army had already been launched, Gao Huailong, who had already climbed the city gate tower, dared to slack off, and shouted: Stand on the cowhide, don't care about the light horse, the archers are on standby! Suddenly, the Goguryeo defenders who had been prepared for a long time quickly worked in groups of several people, and stood up a piece of raw cowhide to block the feather arrow attack of the Turkic cavalry, but seeing the dense flying feather arrows shot on the heavy raw cowhide, there was a burst of crackling sound, and the poor Turkic cavalry were busy for a long time, sending three rounds of arrow rain attacks, but the effect was unsatisfactory, except for some of the feather arrows that missed the interception of the raw cowhide and injured several unprepared defenders, most of the feather arrows were blocked by the raw cowhide, Li Simo was so angry that he roared again and again, but he had no choice but to sit and watch his infantry cluster rush past him.

Anshi City is built by the mountain, although there is no moat surrounding, but the city wall is a stone structure, solid and towering, full of eight or nine zhang high, and not like the city of the Central Plains is square, but similar to the round castle-like structure of the West, the arrow towers are staggered and horizontal, which can bring the greatest damage to the besieger, and what is more troublesome is that the city wall of Anshi City is not built on flat ground, but on the hillside, and the ground itself has a slope, The Goguryeo defenders also deliberately dug a deep ditch about five feet away from the city wall under the city wall, which made it difficult for the Turkic officers and soldiers who rushed to the city to stand a ladder, let alone the ants attached to it.

Throw arrows, throw sassers! As soon as he saw the Turkic soldiers under the city crowded together, Gao Huailong immediately ordered the crossbowmen who had been waiting for a long time to poke their heads out of the gaps in the raw cowhides, and shot at the Turkic officers and soldiers under the city.

With the successive erection of the ladders, the wildness flowing in the blood of the Turks broke out, each roaring and climbing on the ladder, scrambling to impact the defense line of the Goguryeo defenders, at this time, the raw cowhide of the Goguryeo defenders could not stand, and the defenders of the city were all engaged in the defense of the city, so that the Turkic light cavalry and the crossbowmen covered by the shield swordsmen had the opportunity to shoot closely. It is difficult to distinguish between each other and the accuracy of archery is naturally much more powerful than the Turkic officers and soldiers, and the number of crossbowmen is far more than the defenders of the city, but the defenders of the city head occupy an absolute advantage in terms of geographical advantages, and it is homeopathic to shoot from above, not to mention the protection of the defenders at the head of the city and the protection of facilities such as arrow towers, therefore, although the Turkic army shoots far more feather arrows at the head of the city than the feather arrows shot down by the defenders at the head of the city, but when it comes to the number of casualties, it is the Turkic officers and soldiers who are besieging the city to be big and young.

Pour boiling oil! Hurry, go! Seeing that the ladder of the Turkic officers and soldiers hooked the city saucer, and the fork of the defender could not push the ladder away, Gao Huailong was anxious when he boarded, and shouted loudly, hundreds of Goguryeo defenders who were waiting at the back of the city wall immediately launched, scooped up the boiling oil with a large scoop, braved the rain of arrows from the attackers under the city, and desperately poured the boiling oil down the ladder, and the poor dozens of Turkic warriors who were about to climb the top of the city were caught off guard, and were doused by the hot boiling oil, and they screamed and fell down the ladder when they landed, even if they did not die, The injury is also unbearable, the pain is rolling all over the ground, this is not over, not waiting for the siege party to ease up, I saw a burst of rockets ** down on the city, boiling oil meets fire, and it ignites when it lands, and a cloud ladder becomes a fire ladder when it is boarded, and hundreds of Turkic warriors who have been stained with grease have also become fire people, and in an instant there is a sea of fire under the city wall, and it is already difficult to gain a foothold, let alone continue to attack the city, seeing that the momentum is not right, the remaining Turkic officers and soldiers have to retreat, The first wave of sieges came to a temporary end with more than 1,000 Turkic officers and soldiers killed and wounded.

Oh, oh, oh, victory, victory

We win!

Tang Kou was beaten away, we won!

After the Turkic officers and soldiers withdrew from the range of bows and arrows, the defenders at the head of the city were stunned at first, and then suddenly realized that they had really repelled the powerful Tang army, and they all became excited, and they all roared and celebrated, as for Yang Wanchun and Gao Huailong, although the two main generals knew that this was just the beginning, not to mention that there would be countless fierce battles for a long time in the future, even today's battle had not yet come to an end, but neither of them spoke out to stop the cheers of the officers and soldiers, There is only one reason for the noise of the crowd, that is, to boost morale and let the soldiers vent the haze of the fiasco of the past few days.

Anger, the anger of renunciation! Seeing that his army had not even rushed up to the city and ended up in a fiasco, Li Simo was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot, and he glared at the two thousand household chiefs who led the team to rush to the city, gritted his teeth and ordered: Come on, pull these two wastes down and cut them down!

The general spares his life, the general spares his life! The two thousand household chiefs didn't expect that they would be beheaded just one failed siege of the city, and they shouted injustice when they landed, but it was a pity that Li Simo had already entered the magic barrier at this time, and he didn't pay attention to the two thousand household chiefs' begging for mercy. Several guards standing behind Li Simo rushed up, pressed the two thousand household chiefs to the ground, and slashed with knives in front of the whole army, but when they saw two cold lights flashing, the two screams stopped abruptly, and the two big heads had rolled to the ground.

Sons, all listen well, since this general, everyone in today's World War is allowed to advance and not retreat, and if anyone dares to retreat from the latter, it will be such an end, attack! Li Simo rode back and forth in front of the military formation, pointed to the two bloody human heads on the ground, and gave a loud order to charge the city again.

Fight! Kill the head of the city and slaughter all the Goguryeo dog thieves! Killing the Turkic officers and soldiers who were stimulated by the blood were going to play with their lives this time, they carried the newly sent ladder from the rear, roared and rushed in the direction of the city wall again, at this time the Goguryeo defenders were celebrating greatly, but they didn't expect the Turkic army to come back again without resting, and they panicked when they landed, and they were all in chaos.

Defend, defend quickly! Seeing that the Turkic army went and returned, and its momentum was even more menacing, Gao Huailong was in a hurry, roared violently, picked up the sheathed waist knife and fought around, and drove the stunned officers and soldiers to the battle position, and at this time, the Turkic officers and soldiers who came very quickly had already killed the city, and the ladder had been erected, and the defender of the city did not have time to react, and was shot by the Turkic army under the city with arrows, and the ghost cried wolf, and the casualties were heavy, and he forgot to counterattack, and the situation was quite critical for the defender of the city.

Kill, kill! The screaming Turkic officers and soldiers took out the strength to eat milk this time, regardless of how fierce the feather arrows on the head of the city were, and no matter how many comrades were killed by the rolling wood and stones thrown down, they shouted and clung to the ant, and at the cost of more than 300 people, finally more than a dozen Turkic warriors rushed to the head of the city, opening a gap in the defense line of the defenders, and then, more than 100 Turkic officers and soldiers followed the breakthrough to kill the city one after another, and the war began to be fought since then. It has reached a critical turning point, if the defenders can't seal the breakthrough at the first time, as there are more and more Turkic officers and soldiers in the upper city here, the defenders elsewhere will inevitably be involved in the city wall here, so that other places will inevitably be broken through, if so, for the Goguryeo defenders, the entire battle situation will fall into an irreversible fiasco!

Up, on! Press it all up, the thieves are going to die, kill! Seeing that his vanguard had gradually gained a firm foothold in the city, Li Simo was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he supervised the battle back and forth under the city, commanding the follow-up forces to constantly press up, and then press, constantly filling the breakthrough with troops, trying to break the defenders' will to resist in one fell swoop.

Oops, it's going to be bad! Gao Huailong desperately commanded the defenders who came up from behind the city wall to block the breakthrough, but he saw that not only failed to suppress the Turkic officers and soldiers who climbed to the top of the city, but his own side was pressed backwards, and his heart was a group of dead ashes, and his face was already pale, but in order not to affect morale, Gao Huailong still insisted on fighting at the head of the city, setting an example for his soldiers.

General Gao, the enemy army is huge, and it can't go on like this! Although Yang Wanchun was a literati and was not proficient in battle formations, he knew that the situation at this time was extremely unfavorable for his side, so he hurriedly ran out of the city gate tower, grabbed Gao Huailong's hand, and shouted anxiously.

There's no way, you can only fight, Yang Chengshou, you come to command, and a certain self-led personal guard team will kill it! There is no need for Yang Wanchun to remind, Gao Huailong also knows that if he continues to fight like this, this city must be broken, as soon as he saw Yang Wanchun coming up, he hurriedly dropped a sentence, and planned to lead the pro-guard team to go up to plug the gap in person, but he never thought that Yang Wanchun was quick-eyed, and grabbed Gao Huailong's hand and said: General Gao, slow, there is a strategy to retreat!

Say it! Gao Huailong was anxious, no matter if Yang Wanchun was the city guard, he shouted urgently.

General Gao, you see that the man under the city is clearly the main general, just shoot him, the enemy's heart will be shaken, and our army will cover up and kill, this battle can be won! Yang Wanchun pulled Gao Huailong close to the wall, pointed to Li Simo, who was commanding under the city, and whispered.

Bring the bow! When Gao Huailong saw that Li Simo had run under the city wall, he was overjoyed and shouted, and his own guards offered bows and arrows.

Ha! Gao Huailong stretched his bow and set up an arrow, aiming at Li Simo who was coming and going, one exhaled loudly, and as soon as his hand was released, the feather arrow flew out like a meteor, hitting Li Simo's left chest.

Oh! Li Simo was commanding the battle, who would have thought that someone would plot against him at this time, but he felt a pain in his chest, and couldn't help but scream, the whole person leaned back, and he had fallen off the horse.

The enemy master will die, the enemy master will die! Seeing that Li Simo was shot off the horse, Yang Wanchun immediately called dozens of soldiers who understood Turkic dialect together, and let all the troops shout at the same time, and the shouts resounded all over the city in an instant, and the Turkic officers and soldiers who had already killed the city heard the shout, and they all looked behind unconsciously.

Victory, victory, victory! The defenders at the head of the city saw that the Tang army was driven away again, and their morale was high, and they began to celebrate again, and even more, they even pointed at the Tang army and scolded them. But seeing Xue Rengui single-handedly rushing past the defeated and retreating Turkic officers and soldiers, he went straight to the city gate tower, and when he got a distance of about two hundred steps from the city gate tower, he took the big iron bow in his hand, pulled the bow and arrow, and aimed at the city head is an arrow.

The arrow was very fast, the violent whistling sound sounded, the arrow had flown up the city gate tower, and an arrow shot down the flag hanging on the city gate tower, and did not wait for the defenders at the city head to come back to their senses, but saw Xue Rengui take out three feather arrows again, and went over to Gao Huailong on the city head.

General be careful! At that time, Gao Huailong was looking at the slowly falling flag in a daze, and he couldn't figure out how the Tang general shot the not too thick cable at such a distance, until Xue Rengui sent three arrows at him, Gao Huailong was in a daze, but fortunately, several guards around him were alert, and rushed forward desperately, blocking Gao Huailong's body with his body, but after hearing several screams, the four guards who sacrificed themselves to cover Gao Huailong had been shot into meat skewers The three feather arrows actually penetrated the bodies of the two people, and after shooting and killing the two of them, This is the end of the situation, if it weren't for Gao Huailong's heavy armor, I'm afraid that even he would not be able to escape!

Oh! Gao Huailong felt a pain in his chest, and he didn't care about the life and death of the guards in front of him, so he exclaimed, and hurriedly retracted behind the city wall.

General White Horse, General Arrow! As soon as the Tang officers and soldiers whose morale was originally frustrated saw Xue Rengui's superb archery skills, they shouted when they landed, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Your Majesty, the last general asks for orders to attack again! Xue Rengui saw that Gao Huailong was hiding, and the Goguryeo officers and soldiers who were all over the city were also scattered and hidden, so after showing off his martial arts and crisscrossing the city, he returned to the Chinese army on his horse, and when he saw Li Shimin's face, he immediately threw off his horse and asked for his life on one knee.

Siege warfare is a life of nine deaths, even if the brave general, when it comes to the time to storm the city, it is no different from ordinary soldiers, hit arrows, rolling wood, the same is a dead word, Li Shimin finally found out that Xue Rengui is such a fierce general, how willing to let him do such a coolie work, besides, after the two attacks, it is too late, it is no longer suitable to launch a siege, therefore, although Xue Rengui asked for his life very resolutely, Li Shimin did not agree, just smiled and said: The general is brave, I am very relieved, However, it is getting late, so let's attack it again on another day, how can I stop my Tianwei and return to the camp in the small city of Anshi, forgive me!

Since Li Shimin issued the order to collect the troops, the generals will not have any objections, they each reorganized their military horses, and slowly retreated to the camp three miles away from the city, the first round of the siege of Anshi has been over since then, although Xue Rengui's last magic shot is considered to have saved some sharpness for the Tang army, but the setback of the Tang army's offensive is an indisputable fact, and the battle around Anshi City can be said to be in the ascendant, and it is unknown who can laugh until the end

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