Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2318 Siege Invincible
The rain stopped in the middle of the night.

And just after the rain stopped, Shenggong City had already strengthened the defense of the tower.

They were afraid that Tuyuhun would suddenly attack the city at night.

But their worries were a little unnecessary, because there was no movement from Tuyuhun the whole night, and it was not until the next morning that Xi Lele finally rushed over with his troops.

More than 1000 Tuyuhun soldiers and horses are usually small, but now it seems that it also gives people a lot of pressure.

After the new rain, there are not many traces left here. There is too much sand here, and the rain seeps in quickly.

This time, Li Junxian was not in a hurry to order someone to shoot.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides met.

"You Tuyuhun are really brave, you even killed me in Xiliang. If you are sensible, get out as soon as possible, otherwise none of you will leave Xiliang alive."

Li Junxian shouted loudly, Xi Lele was relieved when he heard this, if Xiliang was strong, he would definitely not give them any chance to leave alive, and if they did, it would only mean that One thing is that Shenggong City's troops are not very strong, and they just want to scare them away.

After trying to understand this level, Xi Lele suddenly burst into laughter: "If you want to kill us, you have to be capable. Hand over Qin Tian's family, and we won't embarrass you, a little county magistrate. , but if you refuse to call out, I want you all to die."

Hearing that the people from Tuyuhun scolded him as a small county magistrate, Li Junxian immediately became a little annoyed. He used to be a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, whoever saw him should not give him some face?
Now he is regarded as a minor county magistrate by the people of Tuyuhun, which is simply a humiliation to him.

"Damn it, a group of jumping clowns dare to speak out here. If you have the ability, you can come and attack the city. If I, Li Junxian, are afraid of you, I am not a good man."

Li Junxian reported his name, but Xi Lele remained unmoved, as if he had never heard of it before, and said: "Okay, okay, I will let you know that I am very good at vomiting, come and attack the city."

With an order, the soldiers of Tuyuhun began to attack the city frantically.

Here, Li Junxian also drank, and then sharp arrows flew towards him again like rain.

Tuyuhun was also covered by archers, and the two sides continued to engage in tug-of-war, causing casualties.

However, Li Junxian's troops still have some strength, and it is not realistic for Tuyuhun to attack in a day.

Not to mention breaking through the city gate directly.

Regardless of how quickly Qin Tian broke through the city, it was because they had such sharp weapons as artillery, and they had a large number of soldiers and horses, occupying an absolute advantage. When the artillery bombarded them, basically there would be no enemies on the tower to stop them.

But this is different, the Xiliang soldiers on the tower kept firing sharp arrows, the speed of Tuyuhun's rushing towards him would definitely be hindered, and if he was not careful, he would be shot and killed, they couldn't even rush forward, let alone It is said that the city is broken.

The two sides continued to fight like this, until dusk came and the night wind blew in, and the soldiers and horses of Tuyuhun finally touched the city wall.

However, it was getting late at this time, and they encountered the city wall and wanted to break through, but it was impossible. Li Junxian gave an order, and all kinds of huge stones, rolling logs, etc. fell from the city tower, knocking those Tuyuhun soldiers and horses away. Those who were smashed died, those who were injured,

Although the city gate is not very high, it is not easy for the soldiers of Tuyuhun to break through it. There is no way. , it is naturally more difficult.

When night came, Tuyuhun's soldiers and horses were exhausted, but they still failed to capture Shenggong City.

Seeing this situation, Xi Lele was also helpless, so she could only wave her hand and order the soldiers to retreat.
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Tuyuhun's troops withdrew.

Li Junxian and Qin Wuyou began to count the casualties.

In this battle, they suffered more than 100 casualties. More than 100 people are not a lot, but it is definitely not a lot for them.

Without these more than 100 people, their defense will weaken.

Of course, there must be more casualties in Tuyuhun, there should be 200 people, but with the reduction of their troops, Tuyuhun's troops will definitely become weaker, because Tuyuhun is getting stronger and stronger, but they are getting weaker. .

This is relative.

If this continues, they may not be able to defend the city gate.

"According to this situation, how long can we last?"

"My lord, according to the support situation, we can support it for about ten days."

Ten days or so is not long. According to Li Junxian's assumption, they should be able to last for a month, but after fighting Tuyuhun, their support time has dropped so much, which is very bad for them.

"In about ten days, our reinforcements will definitely not be able to catch up. In this case, we can only abandon Shenggong City and protect Her Highness the Princess and they break out."

They had two choices at the time. The first was to hide in Shenggong City and spend time with Tuyuhun's soldiers until reinforcements arrived. If they could wait for reinforcements, this method was the safest.

But if they can't wait for reinforcements, they have a second choice, which is to protect the nine princesses and break out, march directly towards Chang'an City, abandon Shenggong City, or even sacrifice more soldiers to buy time for them.

As long as they leave Xiliang, the Ninth Princess and the others will be safe.

This method is also feasible, but the price is a bit high. How big is it? If Shenggong City does not exist, the angry Tuyuhun people are afraid that they will wash Shenggong City with blood. Although there are not many people here, there are tens of thousands of people. They can see the tens of thousands of people. Don't care about your life?
Therefore, when faced with two choices, the Ninth Princess and the others chose to wait for the arrival of reinforcements instead of breaking out and running for their lives first.

But now, if they can't wait for reinforcements, they can only ensure the safety of Jiu Gongzhu and others.

This is a last resort. After all, if the city is really broken, the Ninth Princess and the others will not be safe, and the rest of the people will not be spared either.

However, when Li Junxian said this, Qin Wuyou shook his head and said, "Maybe we can still last half a month."

"Half a month?" Although it's not much different from ten days, half a month has already given them more hope. In this way, they don't have to give up on the people in the city.

But half a month is obviously a little impossible.

Everyone turned their attention to Qin Wuyou, Qin Wuyou smiled slightly, and said: "Sometimes wars are nothing more than fiction, and the general Tuyuhun is also worried that we will have reinforcements, if we show that we have Reinforcement, the number of soldiers and horses in the city has increased, maybe it can scare them for a few days, but this method will take a few days before it can be used."

(End of this chapter)