According to the arrangement of the Prince of the Temple, Ronia, at noon, the Third Legion of the Golden Clan once again regrouped to fight.

The 30,000 elite Turkic cavalry were uniformly converted into infantry, wearing light armor and holding large wooden shields, divided into fifteen echelons and lined up in front of the Zijin Pass.

Thanley's 11th Legion acted as a covering force, and put all the remaining 70,000 long-pole crossbow arrows into position, plus ten giant nest carts and thirty trebuchets, putting a strong pressure on the defensive line of the wall.

There are also three hundred poison soldiers, who are used as assault death squads at critical moments, hidden in the array of siege troops, ready to do wonders at any time.

Correspondingly, the Third Army of Zhenjiang, which defended Zijin Pass, had its bow wound and its sword unsheathed, and more than 40,000 soldiers were divided into seven defense areas from north to south, and they were ready to fight.

One hundred and twenty long-range trebuchets and forty city-headed crossbows also marked their shooting points, and if the enemy dared to approach, they would pay the price of blood.

The horns whined, and the Turks went on the offensive.

The first to appear was the eight-armed divine crossbow captured from Sheng Tang.

Three hundred ballistas that can be fired continuously can shoot four giant arrows at a time, and two salvos are fired, and the head of the Zijin Pass City thousands of steps away is suddenly splashed with rubble and flesh and blood.

The soldiers of the Third Army of Zhenjiang could not rely on their shields to resist the attack of ballistas, so they could only bow down and hide behind the battlements to temporarily avoid the edge of the giant arrows.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the vanguard echelon of the Third Legion of the Golden Clan immediately attacked, carrying fifty cloud ladders, and quickly rushed towards Zijin Pass.

The hulking nest and storm carts followed closely behind them, advancing together on the other side of the wall.

Xu Youchang was standing on the lookout near the city gate, and two huge arrows hit the wall and guard of the lookout in succession, almost injuring him. The surrounding soldiers were shocked when they saw this, and rushed over to block him. Xu Youchang pushed away his own soldiers and yelled: "Go and tell Huo Liya to let her people not hide, the enemy is approaching!" ”

Before the words fell, the soldiers of the Third Army on the city wall had already risen and began to counterattack, and the giant crossbows and bows and arrows rained down on the plains outside the city.

Fighting back comes at a price.

The dense crowd at the head of the city immediately became the best target for the eight-armed divine crossbow.

Thanley ordered his operators not to feel sorry for the crossbow arrows, but to use all their strength to load, aim, and fire the arrows all the time, and to shoot wherever there were many people, so as to create the maximum lethal effect.

Under the cover of the eight-armed crossbow, the vanguard of the Golden Third Legion, after dropping more than a thousand corpses, desperately rushed to the city wall.

The ladder was once again erected at the top of the city, and countless Turkic warriors began to climb upward.

Not far from the rear, the shooters on the nest car also frantically suppressed the defenders at the head of the city, trying to shoot as many Zhenjiang troops as possible before the body was burned by the giant ballista rocket.

The archers of the three armies of Thunder showed no weakness, bent their bows and arrows, and launched a fierce confrontation with the nest car.

Nanhua County Lord Huo Liya was at the forefront of the city defense, commanding his subordinates to fight the enemy, even if her left arm was shot by an arrow by the enemy, the pain was unbearable, she resolutely refused to go down to heal, but directly cut off the arrow shaft with a war knife, and continued to fight.

Inspired by the commander, the warriors became more courageous and fearless, and faced the Turkic elite who were gradually approaching the city.

Hand-to-hand combat takes place in the blink of an eye.

The sound of the tip of the spear piercing into the body, the sound of the blade chopping bones, and the sound of the big axe smashing the shield, accompanied by the earth-shattering shouts and roars, resounded through the head of the Zijin Pass!

The Third Legion of the Turkic Golden Clan was completely insane at this time.

Nelens desperately urged his men and horses to rush in the direction of Zijin Pass, wave after wave, countless Turks moved through the death zone of crossbow arrows and fire oil bombs, and moved down the ladder to the city.

Only a third of the tall nest carts remained, and they were still shooting desperately, and two of them leaned against the side of the city wall, quickly lowered the bridge board, and set up at the head of the city, and hundreds of poisonous soldiers jumped directly along the bridge board to the city wall, and attacked the giant crossbow position.

Seeing this, Horia hurriedly ordered two battalions to go for reinforcements, and be sure to drive those terrifying monsters out.

But at this moment, there was a sudden loud bang in the direction of the city gate!

The heavy gate finally failed to withstand the impact of the rushing car and collapsed.

When the Turkic warriors saw this, they all shouted excitedly and rushed to the doorway. The two thousand-strong Turkic cavalry teams located in the distance in the rear also began to charge under the command of Nelens, constantly speeding up and running wildly, getting closer and closer to the gate of Zijin Pass.

"Can't let them break in!"

Horia was in danger, and immediately put the reserves into battle, and the five thousand heavy armored infantry moved directly at the city gate to block the Turks' way.

At the same time, Xu Youchang, who was on the lookout, also gave an order to the trebuchet troops in the rear, concentrating firepower to block the cavalry of the Golden Third Legion!

The fire oil bombs smashed like hail into the outside of the city, creating a sea of fire on the way of the cavalry's advance, and the giant crossbow position at the head of the city also adjusted its direction, and while fighting fiercely with the Turkic soldiers who rushed to the front, they shot hard at the cavalry outside the city.

Two thousand cavalry set out from the main formation, and when they arrived near the city gate, less than half of the men and horses remained, and the Turks who rushed into the city gate at this time happened to be driven out of the door by the heavy infantry of the Zhenjiang army.

Seeing this, the cavalry roared and launched a fierce attack on the heavy armor.

The heavy infantry of the Zhenjiang Army wore two layers of chain armor, and their heads, necks, and faces were all protected by iron-covered spired helmets, and they were extremely defensive. The weapons they wield in their hands were all hard guys such as iron spears, mountain axes, and copper-headed hammers.

Therefore, in the face of the iron cavalry of the Third Legion of the Golden Clan, the heavy armor soldiers were not afraid at all, and squeezed their bodies tightly together, fighting the impact of their horses.

Outside the Zijin Gate, a fierce battle between cavalry and infantry began.

Nearly 1,000 Turkic iron cavalry braved the blows of arrows at the head of the city, and repeatedly rushed and killed several times, but they could not shake the heavy infantry at all. On the contrary, as more and more heavily armored soldiers ran out of the city, the cavalry was gradually besieged by the opposing group, and the space for galloping quickly shrank.

Thankfully, reinforcements arrived quickly.

Nelens, the commander of the Third Army, led the main force to launch a general attack at this time. The Turkic army spread all over the mountains and fields poured towards Zijin Pass like a tide.

"This won't work!" Xu Youchang looked at the enemy in the distance and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, the First Cavalry Army will all go out to meet the enemy in formation!" ”

The lieutenant officer hesitated a little: "General, give up the fortifications of the city and start a field battle with the Turks, do you want to ask the capital guard first?" ”

Xu Youchang glared at him and shouted, "Please show a fart!" If you delay the military plane, I will cut you directly! ”

Who knows, as soon as he finished speaking, a herald ran up to the lookout in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Most of the guards have orders, the first army quickly went out of the city to set up defenses, and blocked the enemy's charge outside the city!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the Chinese officer immediately ran to mobilize the troops without touching the ground, for fear that he would be a little late for half a moment, and he would really be corrected on the spot by Xu Youchang.

The trumpets sounded and the drums of war vibrated in unison.

The 20,000 cavalry of the First Army, armed with shining bayonets, rushed out of the Zijin Pass like a whirlwind, crossed the trenches along the passage, and laid down five huge phalanxes three hundred paces before the pass.

In the blink of an eye, the main force of the Golden Clan was also killed.

Both sides are battle-hardened elites, and each has a reason why they can't retreat, and there is only one option at the moment: see who is more ruthless and who is tougher!

The Battle of Zijin Pass, counting from the day the Turkic army came to the city, half a month has passed by this time, and the battle has finally entered the white-hot stage.

Thousands of infantry battled around the walls, while huge numbers of cavalry lined up outside the city, frantically scuffling together.

The arrows in the sky seemed to never stop, shooting back and forth above the heads of the soldiers on both sides, bringing up a puff of blood.

The battle lasted two days and one night. Horia was mortally wounded and carried off the battlefield. Nelens was shot in the neck and killed instantly. The Third Army of the Golden Clan was almost disabled, and was replaced by the Tenth Army Corps and continued to attack, while the Third Army of Zhenjiang also suffered nearly half of the casualties and was forced to withdraw from the battle and was replaced by the Fifth Army of Zhenjiang.

Xu Youchang dragged his tired body and insisted on commanding at the lookout, and at the same time he was secretly surprised in his heart: he didn't expect that the Turks would be so tenacious, and they had no intention of stopping.

At this time, the Zijin Pass, the city wall was damaged in many places, and one of them also collapsed, revealing most of the gaps, which were temporarily blocked with sandbags. The situation at the city gate was even worse, the left door leaf had been completely destroyed, and the right door leaf was also crumbling, completely losing its defense.

Although the losses of the Turks were even greater, not only did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but they also ran out of stone bullets and arrows, they saw the danger of Zijin Pass and refused to give the defenders any respite.

The sound of horses' hooves rolled in from afar, it was the cavalry of the Tenth Legion of the Golden Clan. The enemy's intention is very clear: first completely defeat the first army of Zhenjiang outside the city, and then organize troops to storm the city pass!

Xu Youchang turned his heart and shouted: "Inform the Sixth Army and go out of the city to help the battle!" ”

The Sixth Army of Zhenjiang, codenamed "Angry Waves". This unit was formed during the difficult period when the Zhenjiang Military Government was called the "darkest hour" by history. The whole army is based on the Shengtang officers as the backbone, and more than ninety percent of the troops come from the western Xinjiang. Moreover, due to the conditions at the time of its formation, the Sixth Army was a light infantry corps from the beginning, and it was long tasked with the non-combat duty of guarding the rear cities and supply routes.

Although there is the word "angry" in the name, its combat effectiveness is not very strong, and at best it is better than the army of the Western Xinjiang Domain.

Xu Youchang has now decided to let the Sixth Army go outside the city to assist the First Army, and there is no way out.

The Third and Seventh Armies had just finished a tough battle and had not yet recovered. The Fifth Army had just taken up the city and was responsible for defending the battered front. If you don't send the Sixth Army, who should you send?