Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 467

Under the city wall, the wailing became louder and louder. The officers and soldiers who closed the door gritted their teeth and watched as more than a hundred men and women were forced to climb up the steep slope unarmed. With long arrows, people were shot down from time to time, and were even nailed to the ground.

Although the climate has warmed up slightly, the inside and outside of Yanmen Pass are still covered with white snow. At dusk, the setting sun is like blood, mixed with the blood splashed on the white snow, which is shocking.

Looking around, there was a mass of Turkic cavalry, and Li Shan, who was ashen-faced, almost gritted his teeth. Although he couldn't see clearly, he knew that it must be Yugu's handwriting.

"The third wave." Xue Zhong took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over, "There are more than a hundred people in each wave..."

Li Shan didn't take the letter, but stared at the city wall. More than a hundred men and women were forced to climb up the steep slope, and were forced to lift the ladder from the ground, trembling on the city wall.

The soldiers on the top of the city turned their heads to look, but Xue Zhong hesitated. In the previous two waves, the soldiers easily pushed away the ladder, and even poured oil on the rocks, but then...

Before more than a hundred men and women climbed up, the Turkic cavalry not far away suddenly accelerated and sprinkled a rain of arrows... There was a miserable scene under the city wall, and blood flowed like a river.

Li Shan suddenly grabbed the letter and glanced at it. After a long silence, he handed it to Su Dingfang. His eyes fell on a young man under the city wall who was lucky enough to miss an arrow. He was huddled behind two corpses, shaking non-stop.

The two Turkic cavalry seemed to have noticed it, and they galloped left and right on the slope with bows and arrows.

"Su Dingfang!"

Before the words fell, two shadows pierced the sky one after another, and accurately shot into the chests of two Turkic cavalrymen.

There was a loud noise on the city wall, and the soldiers cheered one after another. Xue Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, condescending, and had the advantage of throwing shots. Back and forth, the soldiers on the city wall shot arrows, but there was almost nothing to gain.

Some soldiers took the initiative to hammer down with ropes, collected the corpses, and hung the few survivors to the top of the city.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Turkic cavalry in the distance retreated slowly, Li Shan cursed in a low voice with a dark face: "You have no guts!"

In such a season, leading cavalry to attack such a dangerous pass is something that even a little brain can't do... Yugu She is not that stupid, he doesn't expect to break through Yanmen Pass, all he wants is Li Shan.

To be precise, what Yugu wants is to defeat Li Shan, and even cut off Li Shan's head, not only to avenge his hatred, but also to revive his own prestige.

The two are not contradictory, and Yugushe immediately sent people to shoot a letter on the top of the city, asking Li Shan to lead his troops out of the fortress, and have a decisive battle.

As long as Li Shan can be defeated, Yugu She will be able to wash away the shame on his body, get rid of the situation of being ridiculed by the tribe, and even play a positive role in the internal struggle between his father and Tuli Khan...Because of the mistake of the year before last, he was captured , Tuli Khan's mockery of Yugushe left Jieli Khan speechless.

How could it be possible to leave the fortress rashly?

Such a request was naturally rejected by Xue Zhong. He didn't even send a letter to Li Shan who had gone to Dai County, but then, Yugu set up to drive the civilians to attack the city... It's not so much a siege as a massacre.

Xue Zhong quickly found out the truth from the survivors. These civilians were all driven from Yunzhou by the Turks.

Li Shan once thought about whether Yugushe would come to attack Yanmen Pass. In any case, it is impossible to fall, and maybe the other party will hit his head and bleed at the pass... But what he didn't expect was that the other party would actually make a move. Such a horrible thing.

Yugushe is not stupid, Yanmen Pass almost rises from the ground, it is too difficult to conquer, and the people of Yunzhou have moved their families to Daizhou in the past few months, Yugushe simply launched a large-scale plunder, searched for food and grass among the people, and drove them away. The people of Yunzhou came with the army.

Using this method to force Li Shan to fight... I don't know if Yugu She will be effective, but at least this is a way, and it is a way to make Li Shan feel uncomfortable, and it is also a way to prove himself.

Li Shan stood on the city wall for a long time, and refused to leave until the bright moon hung in the sky.

"Huiren..." Xue Zhong sighed, "About [-] cavalry, now the Yanmen Gate guards [-], only [-] cavalry, don't send troops rashly."

Xue Zhong was acquainted with Li Shan as early as in the Shandong War, and he knew very well the temperament of this young man, who seemed ruthless but was actually affectionate.

"You can't raise your troops in anger." Li Shan's face was gloomy, "But the people of Yunzhou were robbed because of something... this revenge must be avenged!"

Xue Zhong was speechless, he knew that Li Shan's statement was not wrong at all.

Yugu set up the crime at this time, naturally because of Li Shan, who drove the Han people to attack the city, and even killed wantonly, and it was also because Li Shan used Hu and Han to divide the ears of the Turkic envoys.

Yugushe even mentioned this in his letter. Since Hu Han is different, if you cut off both ears, then don't blame me for killing people... probably that's what it means.

Guo Pu, who came with him this time, thought about it, "Li Langjun's personal guards, plus Dingfang and Sanlang's personal guards, about six hundred, plus the guards of Yanmen Gate, can gather more than a thousand cavalry."

Xue Zhong glanced at Li Shan's indifferent face, and said in a low voice, "Perhaps Ren Chengwang can send cavalry to help."

Li Shan's face was stern, he looked down at the cold moonlight shining on the corpses under the city wall, he patted the top of the city lightly, and said in a low voice: "No hurry, no hurry."

Su Dingfang beside him remained silent from the beginning to the end. He seemed to be used to this scene. Li Shan made a plan and led the troops into battle.

However, Sun Erlang, the leader of Su Dingfang's personal guards, was dissatisfied and muttered, "Hold in the pass and wait for the barbarians to retreat?"

Su Dingfang glanced sideways, and Sun Erlang immediately closed his mouth, but his expression was still angry.

"Arrogant soldiers and powerful generals." Li Shan ignored the comment and ignored it, only thinking in his heart, Yu Gushe should know that he is unlikely to go out of the fortress, what exactly does he want to do?
Driving people to attack cities is not uncommon in history, but the most obvious effect is the Mongolian cavalry that crossed Eurasia in later generations. However, Mongolia drove people to attack cities, not for killing, but more for attacking cities.

On the one hand, it is to fill the trenches, and on the other hand, it is to attack the morale of the defenders. It seems that there is a higher element of venting anger by setting up this move?
Li Shan habitually analyzed like this, he was a little confused about what Yugu was planning to do, and he also didn't know if there was any inside story in it, how could he dare to attack rashly before he figured it out?
But one thing is for sure, Li Shan is very sure that there must be changes in Mayi... Otherwise, Yugushe's brain will be flooded, and he will not ignore Mayi in the rear and attack Yanmen Pass directly.

Therefore, the breakthrough may not be in Mayi, but if you want to fully understand the battle situation, you must get in touch with Mayi.

Li Shan thought for a while with a dark face, and then ordered in a low voice, "He Lou Xingshu should still be in Dai County, call him immediately."

(End of this chapter)