Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 523 The Battle of Jingzhou

Qinhou Mansion.

When Qin Tian came back from Qin's Village, it was already evening.

Insects were chirping in the corner, and Qin Tian saw that the lights in Princess Jiu's room were still on.

He opened the door and walked in. The Ninth Princess walked around in a hurry, with a little regret on her face.

"His Royal Highness hasn't rested yet?" Qin Tian said with exhaustion, he is really tired today.

When Princess Jiu saw Qin Tian, ​​she suddenly threw herself into his arms.

"Is my choice wrong?"

Obviously, the nine princesses already knew that it was because of Luo Yi's release of water that the Turkic soldiers and horses came directly to Jingzhou.

Qin Tian hugged Princess Jiu tightly, and said, "What does this matter have to do with you? When Luo Yi took Luo Tong away, he had already turned his back on him, but at this time, he gave him It's just an opportunity, don't worry, even if the Turks attack, they will not be able to do anything to Tang Dynasty."

"Really?" Ninth Princess raised her head, Qin Tian nodded: "Of course it is true, your husband and I are capable of turning the tide."

The nine princesses suddenly smiled, and that smile was as beautiful as a spring breeze.

Yuchi Gong led [-] soldiers and horses to Jingzhou City.

Jingzhou City is only five or six days away from Chang'an. As soon as Yu Chigong's soldiers and horses arrived in Jingzhou City, the [-] Turkic troops have already arrived one after another.

After the soldiers and horses arrived, they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but set up camp first, rested overnight, and then attacked the city tomorrow morning.

When Yu Chigong learned that the Turkic troops had arrived, he didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly arranged for Jingzhou's defense.

Jingzhou is close to Chang'an, and the city is still very strong. In Yu Chigong's opinion, [-] soldiers and horses can defend the Turkic soldiers and horses for about [-] days.

After all, they don't have to worry about food and grass, as long as they stick to it.

In the past twenty days, the vassal kings of the Tang Dynasty are almost here, right?

Of course, Yu Chigong also knew that the current Li Shimin did not win the hearts of various vassals, no matter whether those vassals were rebellious or not, it would definitely not be an easy task to get them to serve as kings.

But Yu Chigong still had to be full of hope in his heart.

When dusk came, the defensive work of Jingzhou City was almost done, Yu Chigong came to check, and he checked every place.

After fighting for so many years, he has slowly learned to be calm and pay attention to every detail from the reckless man he was at the beginning.

"Not bad!"

After reading it, he just nodded and said these two words.

The afterglow of the setting sun was surprisingly beautiful, shining on the walls of Jingzhou City, making him feel as if he was in a painting.

Yu Chigong stood on the tower and watched the sunset for a long time, because he knew that from tomorrow onwards, he might not be in the mood, and he would not have time to enjoy such a beautiful sunset again.

He has seen many sunsets before, and today's sunset is the most beautiful, because the fewer it is, the more cherished it is.

Behind Yu Chigong, stood a few soldiers, and seeing that Yu Chigong had lost the casualness of the past, their expressions sank.

"General, can our Great Tang...can overcome this difficulty?"

They still had no confidence in their hearts. Yu Chigong turned his head and glanced at them, saying: "Of course, how can the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty be ruined by barbarian iron cavalry? This Tang Dynasty is just the beginning and has not yet entered. Brilliant, how can it fail?"

Perhaps, during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they joined the army just to have enough to eat and to be named princes and generals, but when their status and status are getting higher and higher, they will also have some blueprints of the Tang Dynasty in their hearts.

How great would it be if Datang could be built like a big man?
Leave a name in history.
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The next day, it was sunny.

Early in the morning, the Turkic soldiers and horses rushed to the city of Jingzhou.

Jieli Khan's [-] people are very mighty. Standing on the tower and looking down, the blackness is full of people. Before they fight, it makes people's hearts tremble.

Yuchi Gong frowned, at this time, Jieli Khan came to the front from the army: "Listen, people in the city, if you are sensible, open the city gate and surrender to me Turkic, if this is the case, I will spare you Wait for your life, if not, the city of Jingzhou will be destroyed, and Ben Khan will surely slaughter the city for three days."

Jieli Khan is not very old, but his words are very cold, so cold that this spring seems to have suddenly returned to winter.

Yu Chigong suddenly chuckled: "Man of the Tang Dynasty, I would rather die than surrender, I want us to die, unless we capture Jingzhou City."

Hearing this, Jieli Khan snorted disdainfully. In his opinion, the more than 1 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou City are nothing at all, and it is not difficult to capture them.

There are [-] to [-] Tang troops in Lingzhou City. Wouldn't they still fight with [-]?

Just after Yu Chigong finished speaking, Jieli Khan didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, he waved his hand and shouted: "Kill..."

With an order, the Turkic soldiers rushed forward swarming.

The Turkic people are not good at siege, so there are not many siege equipment. The most commonly used ones are ladders and wooden stakes that hit the door, and these two things are the easiest for them to carry.

Not to mention the wooden stakes, they can be taken from anywhere. Just make a point the day before the battle. The ladder is relatively bulky, but the ladder usually has wheels, so it is not troublesome to push it.

More, no more.

The Turkic soldiers and horses rushed to cross the moat. The Turkic soldiers and horses in front were holding wooden boards to build a bridge. Yu Chigong stood on the tower and shouted: "Archers get ready, shoot the arrows!"

The sharp arrows were like rain, and soon blocked the attacking Turkic soldiers and horses. However, when the Tang army on the tower was releasing arrows, there were archers on the Turkic side soon. City, on the one hand, can also kill some Tang troops.

The Turkic soldiers and horses are all men on the grassland. They are the most skilled at playing bows and arrows, and they are very powerful. Although they do not have an advantage in shooting from the bottom up, they still hit the Tang army.

The sharp arrows waved one after another, and soon, Turkic soldiers and horses crossed the moat. The Tang army on the tower did not dare to hesitate. Immediately, there were boulders and rolling logs. attack.

However, there were many Turkic soldiers and horses. When the first round of attack was defeated, the second round of soldiers and horses rushed up again.

The bloody smell permeated Jingzhou City, and a lot of corpses quickly piled up under the city tower, including those of Turkic soldiers and horses, as well as those of Tang soldiers.

kill, kill.

This battle lasted until late at night, and finally stopped with the stop of the Turkic soldiers and horses attacking the city.

The night wind was blowing, and the smell of blood was a bit pungent. Standing on the tower, Yu Chigong's eyes became more and more determined. In today's battle, the Turks suffered a lot, and their Tang army also had a lot, but according to this situation, he still has Gained a certain amount of confidence, because there should be no problem if you stick to the city for more than [-] days.

He hoped that Qin Tian's methods would be effective.

(End of this chapter)