The battle at Shengyuguan officially started two days ago.

Until then, Akari's secondary attack group had been relatively peaceful. As the force responsible for containing Sheng Yuguan in the battle, they only focused on monitoring the action, so the army set up camp ten miles away from Chengguan, and kept in a state of peace with Du Jian's soldiers and horses.

However, all this is an illusion.

From the very beginning, the Turkic Command had the idea of allowing Chili troops to break through the defense line of the Zhenjiang Army. If Prince Roya fights well, he will let the Northern Route Army capture Zijin Pass; If it is as difficult as last time, try to get the Southern Route Army to launch a fierce attack, open a breakthrough from Shengyu Pass, and then enter the western frontier and go around to the back of Zijin Pass.

At that time, the two armies attacked back and forth, eliminating the main force of the Zhenjiang Army in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, the plan is beautiful, but the reality is quite brutal.

If Xiong Yunjie of the Fifth Army is very confident in the defensive ability of his troops and hopes to play the honor of the legion with it, then for Du Jian's Second Army, the defense of Shengyuguan is like a higher-level performance.

You must know that the Second Army of Agni also has a title in the Zhenjiang system: Rock.

The "rock" that is "rock-solid".

For the Second Army, which was a mixture of infantry and cavalry, both offensive and defensive, they had been tasked with garrisoning many times since its formation, and had fought countless desperate battles with the rebels of the Western Frontier Alliance, the Iron Pigeon Army of Duolun, and the Yakut Army of Gemar Khan.

Rich experience and ability to attack and defend well is Li Jiangyao's evaluation of the Flame Rock.

After receiving Ronia's order, Chili immediately gathered the Golden Second Army, the Third Army, the First, Third, and Fourth Armies of the Blood Wolf Clan, the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Divisions of the Tianmu Clan, as well as the attached trebuchet division, to launch a sudden and fierce attack on Shengyu Pass.

Du Jian, the general of the Zhenjiang Army, had been prepared for this for a long time, and immediately commanded the Second Army of Agni and the Seventh Army of Heavy Rain, which rushed to reinforce it, to defend the city pass with all their might.

In two days and two nights, a total of six large-scale attacks by more than 10,000 Turks were organized, and as many as 17 attacks by thousands of people, and almost every hour, new troops attacked Shengyu Pass.

What's even more terrifying is that the Turkic trebuchet troops actually used the poison bombs made by Ge Shuxuan as soon as they came up. The shell was wrapped in a shell and filled with venom and powder. Once smashed into the city wall, the skin shell bursts on the spot, and the venom splatters everywhere, and the poison powder spreads everywhere, causing serious damage if it touches the skin. It can be described as extremely ruthless.

To be honest, Ronia herself was reluctant to use it on the Purple Gold Pass battlefield, for fear of damaging the Templar Prince's martial virtues and reputation. Releasing poisonous smoke is already his bottom line, and as for poison bombs, he still stays away.

The eldest prince Chili didn't have so many concerns: as long as he could take Shengyu Pass, it didn't matter if it was a poison bullet or a gunpowder bullet!

The ferocious blows of the Turks did pose a great threat to Du Jian and them. However, the Second Army is worthy of being a veteran powerhouse in Zhenjiang. In a short time, the soldiers mastered the rhythm of the battlefield, and in the face of the enemy's tsunami-like attack, they stood still like a rock.

Twenty-three attacks, large and small, were all repulsed!

On the head of Shengyu Pass, the Holy Tang Eagle Flag is still flying high!

The surprise attack did not work, and Prince Akari, who was bent on meritorious service, once again committed the same axial effort as when he attacked the imperial capital. His Turkic soldiers and horses had only rested for one night before resuming their onslaught.

This time, Akari sacrificed the trick of the death squad.

And the elites of the first batch of death squads are all from the blood wolf clan.

This Turkic tribe, the first to fight against the Holy Tang, was once the ruler of the entire Turkic Empire. Since the last generation of the Great Khan Shandu Yimo was nervous, buried the dominance of the Blood Wolf Clan in vain, and surrendered the power to the Golden Clan, his son Shandu Han led the clansmen to return to the land of their ancestors and survived in a low-key manner.

It wasn't until they were ordered by Ashina Zhijin to provoke the first battle of the Western Frontier with Shengtang that they returned to people's field of vision.

It was also in that war that Li Jiangyao learned the power of the Turkic army for the first time, and together with Xu Youchang, captured the princess of Yingyang, He Sijia.

In order to dispel the suspicion of the Golden Clan against the Blood Wolf Clan and show their complete allegiance to Ashina Zhijin, the Blood Wolf Clan often worked harder than other tribes when fighting against the Holy Tang. Especially this time, the patriarch of the Blood Wolf Clan, Shan Duhan, personally selected veterans with rich combat experience and handed them over to the eldest prince Chili.

Under the dense cover of poison bombs, the death squad soon successfully climbed to the head of Shengyu Pass.

However, before they could gain a foothold, the Second Flame Army also sent a death squad to pounce on the blood wolves who had landed in the city.

Elite to elite, fierce and not afraid of death. The warriors on both sides seemed to have fallen into a state of complete rage, completely entangled and entangled together.

It didn't take long for the defenders, who had the advantage of geography and numbers, to seize the initiative unexpectedly, and the death squad of the 3,000 blood wolf army was killed at the head of the city.

However, Chili's fierce determination was well known within the Turks. The Blood Wolf Army is gone, and there are others.

The Second Legion, the Third Legion, the Tianmu Legion, and in the end, even the Blood Guard Iron Cavalry Legion sent a huge death squad under his orders to launch wave after wave of charges against Shengyu Pass.

The crazy energy was as if Chi Li had to push everyone up to die before he was willing.

But unfortunately, the cruelty of war lies in the fact that victory or defeat is not something that you can control and decide with all your might. You can fight, someone can fight better than you!

Du Jian, the commander of the Second Army, is such a person.

Xu Youchang said a long time ago that since the darkest hour, the only person among the senior generals of the Zhenjiang Army who has not been able to come out of his grief is Du Jian. Because of Lin Feng's death, every time he fought, he would have a state where he didn't plan to live anymore. And this particular mood even affected the entire Second Army.

From the general to the soldier, it would be terrible to see death as a relief, a destination, and a complete redemption.

Chili stormed Shengyu Pass for thirteen days, and he deeply experienced this terrible.

No matter how many poison bombs he fired and how many death squads he sent, the defenders on Shengyu Pass never retreated, even if there were only a few people left in the whole battalion, they still fought desperately until new soldiers and horses arrived to take over.

Thirteen days later, the Turks were completely unable to attack. The generals of the legions, including Yun Qianxue, protested one after another: such a way of fighting is no different from dying in vain!

Prince Chili had no choice but to order a temporary halt to the attack, and then send someone to report to the Prince of the Temple, the surprise plan in the direction of Shengyu Pass was basically declared a failure, and asked him to instruct the next move.

At the same time that Roña received the report of the Chili battle, the battle in the direction of Zijin Pass was also making no progress. In half a month, the Turks launched three large-scale siege battles, but the results were no different from before. The Fifth Army of Zhenjiang is like a reef on the coast, no matter how the waves crash, it always stands tall.

At this point, the Prince of the Templar and his generals finally had to come to terms with the harsh reality before them:

The current Zhenjiang Army is no longer the remnants of the Holy Tang Army that was defeated and retreated by the Turkic Eastern Expeditionary Army five years ago, and almost couldn't even keep the base camp Metasequoia, and could only be forced to accept the alliance under the city.

With their current combat strength, it is impossible for the world's Xiongguan, which has a complete defense system like Zijin and Shengyu, to be breached!

Looking at the Zijin Pass in the rain, Tan Li said in a deep voice: "Uncle Prince, order the withdrawal of troops, while we still have the strength to protect ourselves, we can calmly retreat to the Guanzhong and leave this dangerous place as soon as possible." If it continues to be consumed, once Li Jiangyao is allowed to seize the opportunity and turn defense into offense, the situation will really not be good. ”

Rohnia was silent.

He silently stared at the towering city pass in the distance, let the continuous raindrops wet his robe, and was silent for a long time before he sighed faintly: "What can you do if you withdraw?" Retreat to Guanzhong, and can only sit and watch the situation deteriorate until the day when hope is completely lost. ”

"Not really." Tanley shook his head: "As long as we still have the strength in our hands, we can negotiate with the enemy." After all, this is not our land, and it would be a pity to give up. As long as we are willing to stop fighting and leave, and return the land to them, Shengtang should be willing to talk. ”

Ronia smiled bitterly: "Do you really think that what you can't get on the battlefield can be obtained at the negotiating table?" Your Highness, not everyone will think from the same perspective as you. Some people may not want to push us into a desperate situation in order to preserve their own strength, but some people would rather die than let us go. ”

Tanley didn't think so, he smiled and said, "Uncle, you are an invincible commander on the battlefield, and your ability to fight is unmatched. However, politics is completely different from the military. In the world of politics, there are no eternal friends and no permanent enemies, only eternal interests. Almost all of the people in power in the Saint Tang are mature politicians who know how to make trade-offs in the face of interests. To be honest, I've never been worried about the factor of Saint Tang when it comes to getting out of here safely through negotiations. ”

Hearing what he said, Ronia couldn't help but turn around and asked curiously, "Then what are you worried about?" ”

"My worries are coming from within." There was a hint of sincerity in Tanley's eyes: "It's not just some forces in the Holy Tang that are really unwilling to give up, but our patriarchs and generals, and even ...... It is my father Khan. ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Ronia's calm face, but soon, this subtle expression disappeared again, and the Prince of the Temple became as unwavering as before: "Your Highness, the Great Khan is the holy lord of the Turkic Empire once in a century, and his decisions are always the wisest and most convincing among the soldiers. Please remember this. ”