In three days, the Turks fired a total of 100,000 stone bullets and 20,000 oil bombs at Zijin Pass, and a staggering 150,000 giant crossbow arrows. Above the head of the Zijin Pass, it is broken and in a mess everywhere.

The officers and men of the Fifth Army in Zhenjiang lost more than 2,000 men directly before they even touched the enemy's edge, all of whom were wounded by crossbow arrows, stones, and flames.

In contrast, the situation of the Turks was even worse.

One hundred and seventeen long-range weapons were destroyed, and nearly four thousand soldiers were killed or wounded. Especially in the giant crossbow division, more than 30 officers above the small flag were killed on the spot, all of whom were experienced sighters.

However, the Prince of the Templar was quite pleased with the result. Remote suppression, has achieved the intended purpose.

Looking at the walls that had been smashed by stones, Ronia issued a new order: the Golden Fifth Legion and the Ghost Fighting Legion entered the attack positions and prepared to carry out a night attack tonight!

The protagonist of the night attack is none other than the five thousand poisonous monsters newly refined by Ge Shu Xuan.

Receiving the order, the two corps immediately began to act separately. Under the cover of giant crossbows and bows and arrows, the Fifth Legion of the Golden Clan formed four large phalanxes and advanced to the vicinity of the moat of Zijin Pass to make an offensive posture.

The Ghost Fighting Clan followed behind them, escorting the poison soldiers to the forward position in batches.

At the same time, the 20,000 warriors of the Immortal Tribe began to drive the wagons to transport sand and stones.

The Turks were well-planned and methodical, showing a high level of military literacy.

All of this was seen by the Zhenjiang Army on Zijin Pass.

Xu Youchang fought-for-tat, ordering the giant crossbows and trebuchets to continue firing at the Turks to suppress their movements, while asking the craftsmen and civilians to step up the repair of the broken fortifications.

The Fifth Army of Zhenjiang was fully on guard and ready for battle.

"Tell the brethren that the Turkic ghosts will definitely operate at night, and most likely send poison soldiers." Xu Youchang ordered: "Give me the spirit of the Giant Stone Legion and beat the attacking enemy!" ”

The commander of the Fifth Army will be Xiong Yunjie, a saint of the Tang Dynasty.

Xiong Yun was distinguished from the forward battalion of the Xuanjia Legion, and was originally just a little-known iron cavalry colonel, but he was brave and talented in battle, and in the past few years in Western Xinjiang, he has repeatedly made meritorious achievements.

Especially during the second Western Xinjiang Alliance's crusade against Metasequoia, he commanded the 7th Battalion of the First Army to ambush the Turkic Deputy Marshal Mohadi, taking the lead in entering the core of the enemy formation, completely disrupting the formation of the Turkic elite, thus assisting Xu Youchang to kill the head of the Iron-blooded Thirteen Eagles on the spot.

Li Jiangyao admired this young man from Jiangnan very much, and he was also a subordinate of Elder Xu You, so he deliberately cultivated Xiong Yunjie, and promoted him many times, and directly handed over the important task of forming the Fifth Army of Jushi to him at the darkest moment when the Turkic army came to Western Xinjiang.

Xiong Yunjie also did not live up to the trust and cultivation of Daduhu.

Since he became the commander-in-chief, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he has not dared to neglect and neglect for a moment, and the Fifth Army has been increasingly reorganized and strengthened under his strict leadership.

However, there is one thing that has always made Xiong Yunjie haunted and unwilling.

That incident was the question that Xu Youchang had mentioned to Li Jiangyao before about the Sixth Army.

The Fifth Army and the Sixth Army were formed at the same time in the Yarumqi Mountain Fortress, which was the flame of hope ignited by the Zhenjiang Army in the most difficult period.

This pair of twin brothers, from the moment they were born, have both supported and competed with each other.

When the Fifth Army was short of food, the Sixth Army tightened its belts and saved its own rations to send to its brothers; The Sixth Army had no medicine, and the Fifth Army's own wounded endured the pain and used precious medicinal materials to help each other.

To say that the Fifth and Sixth Armies are one family is not an exaggeration.

However, when it came time for drill training, the two legions were always secretly competing, and you chased after me, and no one obeyed anyone.

In the last Battle of Zijin Pass, the Fifth Army was ordered to take over from the Third Army and ascend to the head of the city to implement defense, Xiong Yunjie was extremely excited at that time. But unexpectedly, the headquarters suddenly decided to send troops out of the city to meet the enemy, and the Sixth Army, which was originally in the alternate position, got the opportunity to play first, and with the glory of the commander's own soldiers, directly repelled the elite cavalry of the Turkic Golden Third Army, and became famous in a battle.

After that, General Du Jian's main force rushed from Shengyu Pass to participate in the battle, 100,000 subordinate troops in Western Xinjiang defected in front of the formation, and the Turks urgently withdrew their troops because of the loss of Wuguan, and the Fifth Army did not even catch a decent hard battle, and the battle was declared over.

Xiong Yunjie and the soldiers of the Fifth Army, not to mention how aggrieved they were.

After the war, when Ji Grizi, the commander of the Sixth Army, came to Xiong Yunjie with a big grin and a smile, Xiong Yunjie turned his head and left, ignoring him.

Xiong Yunjie is not angry with Jigriz, he is angry with himself, angry with himself and the bad luck of the Fifth Army.

This time, though, their luck was finally getting better.

Before the start of the battle today, Xu Shuai specially sent someone to call Xiong Yunjie and conveyed to him the order of the Great Protector: The Fifth Army undertook the task of defending Zijin Pass alone, and the Eighth Army was their reserve. The First, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Armies will not participate in defensive battles.

Xu Youchang asked Xiong Yunjie, there are 300,000 enemies on the opposite side, can you do it?

Xiong Yunjie did not hesitate at all: Okay!

You can, can the Fifth Army do?

The Fifth Army is even more fine!

Xiong Yunjie's eyes widened, staring at Xu Youchang, for fear that the old boss would not believe him.

Xu Youchang sighed softly.

Brother, do you understand what this task means?

Understood, Xiong Yunjie smiled.

"You don't understand!" Xu Youchang said in a deep voice: "This means that the Fifth Army must bear a huge price in casualties, and it is likely to ...... Crippled. ”

Xiong Yunjie responded calmly: "Xu Shuai, I understand, and I believe that the soldiers also understand." Not to mention the disabled, even the light, our Fifth Army is also willing! ”

Xu Youchang didn't say anything more, he knew this old subordinate of himself very well:

Loyalty, righteousness and bravery.

And the Fifth Army, like their main general, is a bunch of tough guys.

To tell the truth, in Xu Youchang's opinion, the combat power of the Fifth Army is not the strongest in the Zhenjiang Army.

The top elite is the Ghost-Faced White-robed Army and the First Army of the Wind.

The first-class powerhouses are the second, third, and fourth armies with veteran qualifications, as well as the rising star Sixth Army.

The Fifth Army is about the same as the Seventh and Eighth Armies, and it is of an ordinary level, neither good nor bad. The Ninth Army, which had just been reorganized, was still in the observation period.

Li Jiangyao's plan is a strategy of "getting off and going up" in horse racing. Let the Fifth and Eighth Armies, which have average combat power, meet them, and rely on strong fortifications to try to drag down the elite troops of Ronia.

When the main Turkic force was exhausted, all the trump cards of the Zhenjiang army appeared again and launched a large-scale counteroffensive.

Xu Youchang knew very well that this was tantamount to sacrificing the Fifth Army and even the Eighth Army.

And Xiong Yunjie also knows this. However, he did not hesitate or complain about it.

For the sake of the Xinjiang Army, for the sake of victory, the Fifth Army can do without hesitation.

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The sound of footsteps came from the darkness.

Despite the fact that it was night, the actions of the Turks could not be considered a sneak attack. Because the poison monster is not very controlled, and it is impossible to sneak close to the city like a real warrior.

Driven by the Oni Fighters, they braved the constant stream of arrows from above, crossed the trenches with the help of makeshift wooden bridges, and poured into several gaps in the walls that had not yet been repaired.

To put it bluntly, this is pure death.

It's just that before they die, they have to drag the defenders to their deaths.

The passionate shouts and terrible roars suddenly resounded through the Zijin Pass. Thousands of poisonous soldiers, strongly stimulated by the toxin, rushed to the front like crazy, scratching and tearing at the officers and men of the Fifth Army, completely indifferent to the swords and spears slashing at themselves.

Xiong Yunjie commanded Ruoding, and while he had archers and crossbowmen block the enemy's follow-up troops from approaching the city wall, he dispatched the assault team prepared in advance to reinforce the gap in the city wall.

The Turks don't seem to be very concerned about such attacks. After sending the poison soldiers through the trenches, the Ghost Dou Clan withdrew to the rear with their shields raised, and the Golden Fifth Legion, which was in charge of the guard, symbolically advanced some distance, but it was only a hundred paces away, and it was still out of range of the archers at the head of the city.

However, this is only scratching the surface.

In addition to the poisonous soldiers climbing the walls like crazy to attract the attention of the defenders, the sappers of the Immortal Tribe are also secretly busy. Hiding in the camp of the Fifth Legion, they began to dig tunnels downward.

This time, the Turks forcibly recruited many Shengtang craftsmen in the Guanzhong area, especially those who were good at digging caves. The Turks learned from them the techniques of digging and drilling holes, as well as the methods of positioning and calibration, and with the dexterity and sturdiness of tools, the excavation of tunnels progressed very efficiently.

The more than 5,000 poisonous soldiers who were responsible for sending them to death, although they caused some trouble to Xiong Yunjie and them, but after all, the poisonous soldiers lacked organization and only knew how to blindly rush and pounce, so they did not last too long and were gradually wiped out by the defenders.

At this time, the Immortal Sappers had also made four secret tunnels, which were more than a hundred steps below the ground.

At this rate, as long as it takes another three or four nights, the tunnel can pass through the eastern wall of Zijin Pass and enter the interior of the city pass.

After listening to the report of the Immortal General, Prince Ronya of the Temple nodded with satisfaction, and ordered the Fifth Legion to hold on to the spot for three days, and continue to send troops in batches to attack the city pass and divert the attention of the defenders. The Immortals stepped up their efforts to open the tunnel within two days.

The Golden Fifth Army received the order and immediately organized its men to attack.

Under the cover of crossbows, trebuchets and archers, the cavalry of the Fifth Legion dismounted and crossed the trenches on foot towards the head of the city.

Xiong Yunjie commanded the soldiers of the Fifth Army of the Great Stone to hold the defensive line of the city wall, and repelled four enemy attacks in a row, inflicting heavy losses on the Turks.

However, the experienced Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang saw the clues.

The Turks are simply too hardworking.

Compared with the bloody assault of a year ago, the Turkic army this time seemed very calm and calm, or rather, it felt like coping with errands.

"Friend, the enemy's posture is going to be bad." Li Jiangyao pondered: "Guess what, what do they want to do?" ”