Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 591 Yanmen

Is Jieli Khan really going to touch the hard rock of Yanmen Pass?
This is difficult for Turkic Khan to understand. He watched batches of Turkic warriors get off their horses, endured the rain of arrows and persisted to the city wall, and endured the falling stones from time to time, climbing up the ladder. However, the vast majority of Turkic soldiers could not bear this wave of death threats and stopped.

But Jieli Khan seemed to be determined to gnaw off this hard rock, driving his subordinates forward again and again, and even used the king's tent soldiers to force the city with swords and guns... Although Tuli Khan refused to send troops , but most of Jieli Khan's subordinates are scattered tribes.

Corpses fell outside Yanmen Pass one after another, and the soil was stained a strange purple-black color by the blood slowly flowing out or splashing out. Death is always the best teacher. After all, they have seen siege battles before, and the Turkic soldiers quickly built Out of simple equipment, at least hold a large shield and door panels to resist the rain of arrows, and lift a giant log to hit the city gate.

Generally speaking, the city gate is always the weakest point of the city and the frontier fortress. As long as there is no reinforcements, the defenders will never seal the city gate, which is tantamount to cutting off the way out.

Although the Yanmen Pass is different, the reason is roughly the same, the city gate is still the weak point... Of course, it is also because of the heavy casualties of climbing the ladder ant attached to the city.

In addition, Yanmen Pass faces the west directly, and there is only one direction to respond to the enemy. The Turks can only attack directly, and there is no other way to think about.

However, because of the narrow road, it was difficult for the Turks to quickly send a large number of troops to the front. The city wall was slightly wider, but it was already within the attack range of the stone.

Seven or eight boulders fell suddenly, knocking over the large shields and wooden planks held by a dozen Turkic soldiers gathered together. Dozens of defenders, under the command of the commander, concentrated their firepower and shot wildly with their bows, screaming again and again. , The Turkic soldiers dropped the giant log that hit the city, ran away, and knocked over a group of companions who were moving forward and couldn't see the road clearly.

At this time, the gate of the city was suddenly opened wide, and more than a hundred cavalrymen either held their horses flat or held their long knives high, accelerated from the inside of the city, and galloped all the way out of the city.

Cavalry are all armored, even their mounts are armored. Such heavy cavalry is almost invincible in a relatively fixed environment. How can infantry with no room for maneuver compete with heavy cavalry weighing hundreds of kilograms?

Ma Sanbao and Er Zhu Yichen both went out to fight in person, more than a hundred cavalry immediately tore the barrier in front of them to pieces, and then the two of them each led dozens of cavalry to sweep north and south.

In just half a quarter of an hour, the outside of the city wall was completely cleaned, leaving only stumps and broken arms, and the groans of the Turkic soldiers who were lucky enough to survive.

Seeing Tang Qi flamboyantly go around a circle before returning to the fortress, Jie Li Khan's face was ashen, and he whipped and reprimanded: "Let Xi Ren go up."

According to legend, the Xi people were descended from the Xiongnu and the Yuwen Department of Xianbei. They are relatively special among the grassland tribes. Although they also hunt and herd, they have always taken care of agriculture and are famous for making cars.

It is said that every Xiren is a craftsman.

So, next, dozens of large carts were slowly pushed over, with vertical tall wooden boards fixed on the carts to shield the arrows from raining, a dozen or so Xi people were pushing the carts behind, and the hollow interior of the carts was roofed. Holding a huge log to hit the city gate.

Su Dingfang looked coldly under the city wall, and the guards on the left and right held shields to shield them from possible cold arrows. In comparison, the Turkic attack method is too simple, so it is easy to be cracked.

Ma Sanbao, who just took a round outside the city, looked at the jar under his feet with great interest, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the King of Handan has prepared for it?"

Er Zhu Yichen, who had seen the power before, couldn't help shivering, thinking that his ancestors were good at riding and shooting, but he didn't expect that the descendants would use it to kill the enemy... Although it is useful, it is inevitably a bit sinister.

A few arrows rained down, and Ruo Dun, who was hiding behind the car, clearly heard the sound of arrows piercing the wooden board, carefully and quickly peeped his head, and found that he was not far from the city gate.

Ruo Dun is 30 years old this year, may be 32 years old, or may be 33 years old. Although the tribe is weak, but because of his superb car-making skills, he is also well-known on the grasslands. This time he built something similar to the shield car.

What surprised Ruo Dun, but also made sense, was that the next Tang Jun on his head was not raining arrows. Ruo Dun touched the thick wooden board above his head, guessing whether it could stop the rock.

But what made Ruo Dun even more surprised was that until the shield chariot arrived not far from the city gate, no rocks and giant trees fell down. Looking sideways, seven or eight shield chariots had already arrived.

As long as the number of shield chariots is sufficient, there is a chance to break open the city gate. In places beyond the range of the Tang army's bows and arrows, there are already hundreds of Turkic warriors with swords and guns. Che and Tang Jun robbed the city gate.

Even if the city gate cannot be smashed open, dozens of shield chariots piled up at the city gate can still prevent Tang Qi from rushing out of the city again, because the road is narrow and climbing upwards, causing the Turkic soldiers who attacked the city to drop their mounts, so There is no way to compete with Tang Qi.

Just as he was making wishful thinking, suddenly there was the crisp sound of jars breaking into his ears. Ruo Dun looked around vigilantly, and when he looked up, he saw seven or eight jars falling down, all of which hit the shield car.

The body of the altar was broken, and the black and semi-solid things splashed everywhere. Just when Ruo Dun hesitated, a dozen torches were thrown, hundreds of rockets were shot, and the shield car immediately ignited a raging fire.

What's more terrible is that the dark thing is not only flammable, but also emits a pungent smell. If you take only two breaths, you will feel dizzy.

Tuli Khan commented with a smile: "Xi Ren is really good at building carts. If you wrap them in cowhide and then pour them with water, you may be able to avoid fire."

The raging fire completely bankrupted this wave of offensive. When the Turkic soldiers retreated, Tang Jun calmly opened the city gate, removed the burned shield carts, and even carried the unburned giant logs into the city to be used as rolling logs.

Ashina Jiejie on the side touched his head, "If we can really break through Yanmen..."

Tuli Khan sneered, "That depends on how many people he is willing to die!"

In just two days, more than [-] prairie warriors died in front of Yanmen Pass. Although most of them were foreigners, Jieli Khan also lost hundreds of soldiers in the king's tent, and Yanmen Pass still seemed impregnable.

Tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers are pressing down on the border, but in fact, they do not have an absolute advantage in the actual use of troops.

If Jieli Khan was really determined to break through Yanmen, even if the defenders had no reinforcements, it would take tens of thousands of lives to make it possible.

Tuli Khan looked suspiciously at Jieli Khan not far away, and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Where did Sheer go?"

(End of this chapter)