The entire section of the wall could accommodate no more than 2,000 men, and the number of troops on both sides was nearly 10,000.

The fighting on the city's head has not stopped.

The elite soldiers from Hedong brought by Wang Yu had already poured into Tongguan City and were fighting street battles with the defenders.

This is a battle of life and death, Wang Yu and Pei Kuan gambled everything, and Gao Shun also had no way out.

In cold weapon warfare, individual courage is important, but the team's ability to work together is even more important.

The soldiers of Hedong fought against the Turks for a long time, and every soldier was experienced in a hundred battles and knew how to cooperate with each other.

The defenders of Tongguan were different, they had not experienced real war before, and they had not systematically trained the fighting skills of life and death.

Over time.

The scales of victory began to tilt in favor of the besieging side.

Now.

Gao Shun, who had been fighting continuously for a day, was also exhausted.

The long knife, which had been very light, became extremely heavy in his hand, and every swing required the strength of all his body.

At his feet, there were countless corpses.

There were enemies, and there were also their own people, and they were stacked three times on the walls.

The iron armor worn by the corpse became extremely slippery after being drenched in blood, and many soldiers would step on it if they didn't pay attention.

When you step on the crevices of the corpse, you will sink into it and become fish on a sticky board, ready for the enemy to slaughter.

If it weren't for the best protection of the soldiers in the trapped camp, Gao Shun wouldn't be alive now.

However, the original 800-strong camp was reduced to less than 200 people at this time.

Tragic!

These two words suddenly popped up in Wang Yu's mind.

He now regretted coming to sneak attack.

He had no idea how resilient the enemy army was, stronger than any army he had ever seen.

The battle lasted all day, and the defenders of Tongguan suffered at least half of the casualties, but they were not yet defeated.

And the Hedong elite he worked so hard to cultivate also killed and injured five or six thousand people today.

"General, withdraw your troops!"

The blood-stained Heavenly Soldier Army made Tian Renwan persuade.

He watched the sons and daughters under his command suffer heavy casualties and felt distressed.

The troops under the command of the Hedong Jiedu envoy were mainly composed of the Heavenly Soldier Army, the Datong Army, the Hengye Army, the Lan Army, and the Yunzhong Guard.

This time, it was the Heavenly Soldiers who came with Wang Yu.

This army was extremely famous in the border army system of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Jiazhen, the prime minister of the Wu Zetian period, and Zhang Shuo, the famous minister of the early Kaiyuan Dynasty, both served as the envoys of the Heavenly Soldiers.

Both of them relied on the Heavenly Soldiers to establish outstanding military exploits before they got the opportunity to join the auxiliary government of the DPRK.

After this battle, the Heavenly Soldiers were already half-crippled.

If the fighting continues, even if the army is rebuilt, it will not be able to regain its combat effectiveness within a few years.

When the Turkic invasion comes, there will be no army to defend the northern part of Taiyuan.

Tian Renwan thought that in the end, it was he, the envoy of the Heavenly Soldiers, who was unlucky, so he dared to persuade him to retreat.

"Can't be returned!"

Wang Yu flatly refused.

"Husband fights, courage also. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. ”

"Withdrawing troops now is to give the enemy a chance to breathe, not that we have a chance to rest."

"With such heavy casualties, we can't hold it, and neither can the enemy!"

"The situation now depends on who can hold on until the last minute and who will get the final victory."

"If we retreat, we will definitely not be able to organize an attack tomorrow morning."

"The reinforcements of the anti-thieves are on the way, and they will arrive here at noon tomorrow at the earliest, and we only have a chance tonight."

"If we can't take Tongguan until tomorrow morning, the general will not consider retreating."

Wang Yu's face was firm, and he said words that could not be refused in the most gentle tone.

Tian Renwan had a headache after hearing this.

As a subordinate, he didn't dare to resist Wang Yu's meaning.

But as the chief general of the Heavenly Soldier Army, he was also very painful in his heart after seeing the sons and daughters under his command constantly dying but unable to do anything.

"Sons and daughters rush after me again!"

Tian Renwan roared to boost morale, then raised his long knife and resolutely pounced on Gao Shun.

The armor was as bright as new, and Wang Yu nodded secretly.

He believed that it would be impossible for the defenders of Tongguan to hold out for another night.

……

Huayin County.

Yang Guozhong, the ambassador of Tuntian, was anxious in the county office, and so was the pig ambassador Qingfu next to him.

These two people have no skills, and they have never left the county government after they got Tongguan and were attacked.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? actually let the two of us lead troops to support Tongguan! Yang Guozhong picked up the edict and frowned.

Father Qing on the side had a look of fear on his face, and then said: "We have no soldiers and no generals in Huayin County, how can we support Tongguan!" ”

"Alas! Your Majesty's intention is to let us gather 5,000 strong laborers from Tuntian and rush to Tongguan overnight. ”

While speaking, Yang Guozhong handed the edict to Qing's father.

Qing's father picked it up and flipped it over, and it was written that the score was exactly right.

"The only thing to do on the expedition is to bother you, Ambassador Yang, there are dozens of sows on my side who are pregnant, and I can't leave for the time being!"

Since Li Mao gave the death order, Qing's father has been studying sow care technology, and he has also personally learned breeding techniques from farmers, so that there will be fifty pregnant sows.

He took care of a pregnant sow as an excuse, and the deepest thought was that he did not want to go out with troops.

Where could Yang Guozhong not see Qing's father's thoughts?

"Some beasts have risen up, and there are many in the homes of the people. When the enemy army is defeated, the ambassador will get you a few hundred heads. Then you will be able to give your majesty an account! ”

Yang Guozhong's tone of voice was like an order.

He is also qualified to order, after all, Li Mao handed over the entire Huayin County to him before.

After Father Qing heard this, he slandered in his heart: What kind of thing are you Yang Guozhong? You are the ambassador of Tuntian, am I not the ambassador of pig breeding?

But as a traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years, he naturally won't let his inner thoughts show on his face.

"Ambassador Yang, pig raising is not only related to the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty, but also His Majesty's personal order, I dare not relax in the slightest."

"Besides, the recruited Tuntian warriors only know you, not me, so it's appropriate for me to lead the troops to Tongguan."

"What if those sinners mutini halfway? When the time comes, Your Majesty will condemn you, and neither of us will be able to please us. ”

When Qing's father said to go, he expressed that he was unwilling to go.

A hint of fierceness flashed in Yang Guozhong's eyes.

"In that case, then this ambassador will personally lead the troops to support Tongguan!"

With that, he walked out of the lobby directly and went to the outside of the county office.

Those peasant soldiers in the tuntian had long been gathered under the coercion of the officials.

Yang Guozhong randomly picked out five thousand middle-aged men from them, took the flag and set off towards Tongguan.

And the 5,000 Tuntian peasant soldiers behind him didn't know where they were going, and they all thought about it.

After all, they are all people who have become criminals before because their homes have been raided.