Long Gang said: "They belong to the same clan as the soldiers of the Xuanzhi envoy, and they are not ambiguous in fighting, and they all learn from the steppe wolf, although they have not been trained, but they are very disciplined in fighting. ”

Chen Lu smiled and said, "Wait for the war, it won't be an hour." With that, he walked down the Arrow Tower and returned to the council hall.

Kiko came over to serve tea to everyone, and a few people listened to the movement outside while eating tea, while chatting about some of what they had seen and heard in Thurfan, they were numb to the rumbling sound of cannons in the distance, and they were most concerned about the movement nearby.

In less than half an hour, there was a dull sound of fire outside. "Close the door!" Long Gang's shout entered the council hall. There was a bang, this was the sound of the mission gate, followed by the sound of firecrackers, followed by a scream.

Someone had already touched the camp, this was the consensus of several people, they glanced at each other, Chen Lu stood up, saluted the two envoys, and ran out. He found that the two teams of soldiers from the Western Regions had already gone up to the wall and shot arrows outside, Ha San was waving flags on the arrow tower, and the sounds of fighting and screaming on the road outside came and went.

After a quarter of an hour, Bhasin's voice came in: "Open the door, we have driven them out of the camp." ”

Chen Lu asked the soldiers to open the gate and saw corpses lying on the road. Bhasin ran in covered in blood. The gate of the camp was closed, and the drawbridge was pulled. Chen Lu felt that Ba Xin's tactics seemed to have given up the east gate of Turkey.

Chen Lu said: "General Bazin, if you do this, what should they do if they go to attack the East Gate?"

Bhasin said, "Yes, the last general is afraid that they will attack the east gate." There was no way, there were more than 3,000 people in the entire camp. The order given to the last general was to hold the camp and protect the mission. ”

Chen Lu said: "It stands to reason that this is your errand, and my old man can't talk too much." But brother, you look outward. ”

The two went up to the arrow tower while talking, and Chen Lu continued: "The east gate of the city and our camp are close to each other. As soon as we closed the camp gate and dragged the drawbridge, the inside and outside were cut off, making it easier for the enemy to break through. If the city of Turfan is lost, can the battalion still be left alone? We Han people have a saying, if the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?"

Bazin nodded and said, "That's the case, then there is no way." Something happened to the mission, and the prince had to destroy my three clans. ”

"Don't worry, General, these people in the mission are not paper-mâché. My old man is a bystander, they want to attack the camp and then attack the city from the east gate. Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, intended for Pei Gong, and the ultimate goal was Turfan City, maybe it had already been attacked. The official suggested that we open the city gate widely, lower the drawbridge, monitor the movement of the east gate at all times, and send someone to report to the east gate guard, and then go to reconnoiter the surrounding area. ”

Ba Xin was very moved, this Lord Chen is not afraid of danger, understands the general situation, and takes the overall situation into account, and is really a good public servant of the people, and said: "My lord, this mission will be dangerous. ”

Chen Lu said: "Okay, my old man just said that we are not muddy or papery." Don't worry, don't let the thieves succeed if you use your means. ”

Bhasin nodded tearfully and said, "The last general will take the order." ”

So the gates of the city were opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and people were sent to investigate.

Without waiting for the sentinels to set off, the east gate sent someone to report the emergency. The messenger said that they found more than 10,000 thieves in ambush in the northeast, and asked the Yacheng battalion to strike first and bombard them with artillery first.

Ha San said: "General Ba Sin, without further ado, let him fire a few cannons first, so that these thieves will know the difficulty and retreat, otherwise these thieves think that we do not know, and we can also report to the officers and soldiers in the western suburbs." ”

Bhasin said: "It makes sense. "Signal the catapult right away. This so-called stone-throwing machine is a modified cannon, a pure cannon, which has been eliminated by the Celestial Empire and has already used flowering cannons.

After receiving the order, several cannons fired together, shocking the earth, drawing a bright light in the middle of the night, exposing all the thieves who were in ambush outside the city to artillery fire. The tiger's head at the east gate of Turfan City also attacked, and concentrated its fire on the ambush soldiers.

With the sound of drums and horns, the thieves in ambush rose in all directions, divided into two parts, one part to attack the east gate, and the other part to attack the Yacheng camp. But they had a master and a secondary, and only drew their bows and arrows outside the moat of the large camp, and did not attack. The ditch had been filled in at the east gate, and the gatekeepers had been pushed out to storm the gate.

Chen Lu and they can all see clearly, the focus of the thieves is still the city gate, and the division of this part is obviously to block the reinforcements of the Yacheng battalion, as long as they do not attack, they will not take the initiative to attack.

Chen Lu said: "General Ba Xin, his lips are cold, he can't hesitate any longer, and quickly give the order to attack." Otherwise, there is a danger of breaking down the east gate. ”

Bhasin finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, the last general will leave half of the men and horses, under the command of the three marshals of Ha, and be sure to protect several angels, and the last general will lead the troops to rush for a while." After speaking, he picked up the men and horses, took a bow and shot arrows, and marched forward with a nois.

There were so few of them that the thieves didn't take it seriously at all, didn't take it to heart, and only greeted them with bows and arrows.

Ha San said: "Look at this Yacheng camp, it should have been to assist in the defense of the city gate. Now it seems that it is only used to garrison troops. ”

Chen Lu said: "Yes, since this place has been submitted to the imperial court, other tribesmen have not dared to come here to spread wilderness, and it has been many years since they fought and this big camp has lost its original function. After speaking, he sighed and ordered Long Gang to stay on the arrow tower, and Ha San to organize the defense of the camp.

The battle at the east gate was extremely fierce, and Bhasin had already attacked it, attacking inside and outside, and the thieves saw that they couldn't get cheap, so they retreated on the fourth watch. Chen Lu saw it clearly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, attacking the city at night is a taboo for soldiers. Chen Lu was also thinking that there must be a reason why these thieves were in such a hurry to attack the city, and they dispatched so many men and horses, but he didn't know what they wanted.

It was dawn, everyone was preparing to eat, and there was an earth-shattering sound of cannons. Someone came to report that the thieves were attacking. Chen Lu hurriedly climbed the arrow tower and saw it clearly. At night, the thieves failed to attack the city, and the east gate of the city and the Yacheng camp were connected, but cutting off the north-south passage was more conducive to the thieves attacking the Yacheng camp.

In any case, the city of Turfan was finally saved. Chen Lu saw the thieves all over the mountains attacking the camp.

Ha San said: "My lord, judging from the queue, there are 14,400 thieves who are attacking the city alone. They must have discovered the emptiness of the big camp, and then went to attack the city after capturing the big camp of Yacheng. Chen Lu nodded.

Bhasin ordered the flags to be fired, and while the officers and soldiers were firing the artillery, the enemy's artillery was also brought in. The walls of the camp are not as strong as the city walls, and a few shots are a big hole, and many officers and soldiers have also been killed. The outlying positions were quickly broken through by him, and all the officers and troops retreated to the main camp, which together was less than 3,000 men.

Bhasin ordered the baggage team and the men to come and carry bows and arrows and rolling wood and stones, and sent them to the city to make an emergency. He repeatedly stressed that the soldiers protecting the mission could not move, and if something happened to the angel and the guards were alive, the three tribes would be destroyed.

The more than 2,000 people in Bhasin were quickly exhausted. Chen Lu shouted and withdrew to the mission compound. He also knew what was the use of withdrawing to the courtyard, could he hold a burst of cannons?