The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 88
The 26 Turkic army stormed Youzhou City, but ended up with heavy losses, but Youzhou City was still not captured.

This result shocked all the senior officials of the Turkic Royal Court, and at the same time, their morale plummeted.

After night fell, the Turkic army stationed sixty miles away from Youzhou City, and at the same time planned a new round of countermeasures against Youzhou City.

Military camp, inside the king's tent.

"It is simply impossible to storm Youzhou City by force."

The leader of the Wuwu tribe sighed, his expression very complicated.

The result of today's siege battle was unexpected by no one. Not only did Youzhou not fall under the strong attack of 26 troops, but all [-] of their slave soldiers were wiped out, and more than [-] of their elite soldiers were lost.

This loss cannot be described as tragic.

"The weapons of the Youzhou defenders are really terrifying. No matter how many of our soldiers enter, we can't escape death. This can't be called a battle at all, but a unilateral massacre by them!"

"Take a look at this crossbow..."

The leader of the Bitatu tribe said with a pale face. He reached out from under the table and placed a crossbow arrow made of fine iron and as thick as a child's arm on the table.

This crossbow arrow is exactly the crossbow arrow of the ten-shot powerful crossbow. It was retrieved from the battlefield by one of his cronies.

After seeing this crossbow arrow, everyone's faces showed signs of sincere shock.

Just from the thickness of this crossbow arrow, they can feel how terrifyingly lethal this crossbow arrow is!

This crossbow arrow doesn't even have a blood slot for ordinary arrows to bleed, because it doesn't need it at all.

As long as it is shot by it, the legs and hands may be broken at the least, or the body will be directly torn apart!Therefore, there is no need to carve a health slot.

"There are such terrifying weapons in Youzhou City..."

Jieli Khan looked very ugly. Only now did he understand that the inability to attack Youzhou City was not because of the Turkic warriors' incompetence, but because the enemies they faced were too terrifying!
"Is it true that we can't attack Youzhou City?"

A leader of a large tribe said with red eyes, full of resentment.

He watched helplessly as his wife, children, and children were beheaded by Li Chengdao at the foot of Youzhou City. His resentment towards Li Chengdao could not be increased. He wished he could eat his flesh raw and drink his blood!

Everyone was silent. There were such terrifying weapons in Youzhou City, and the defenders of Youzhou City were all elites who were stronger than their Turkic warriors. How could such a city be breached?

Just when everyone was at a loss, Tuli Khan suddenly said: "Actually, we don't have to attack Youzhou City by force. We can make it destroy itself without attacking."

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to him with strange looks.

Even though a 26-strong army could not conquer it with force, why should Youzhou be allowed to collapse without attacking?What a joke.

Tuli Khan did not pay attention to the gazes of the tribal leaders and said calmly: "Do you know why Li Chengdao, as the grandson of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, came to a place like Youzhou, a place with bitter cold on the border?"

Hearing this, everyone except Jieli Khan looked at each other in shock.

They naturally understood how noble the emperor's grandson was, but they didn't know why Li Chengdao came to Youzhou.Only Jieli Khan looked thoughtful.

"Because he was at odds with the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty. The two were competing for the position of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and his power was not as powerful as the King of Qin, so he was transferred to a place like Youzhou."

Tuli Khan said directly, and at the same time he couldn't help but glance at Jieli Khan, feeling quite complicated.

He was competing with Jieli Khan for real power, but now that he was in danger of annihilation, he had given up these obsessions.

Putting away the messy thoughts in his heart, Tuli Khan took a deep breath and continued: "As far as I know, the King of Qin Li Shimin has cut off the supply of food and grass to Youzhou, so Li Chengdao was wantonly on the prairie some time ago. The purpose of slaughtering and plundering those tribes was to raise food and grass."

"We only need to let the army surround Youzhou City. When their food and grass are exhausted, Youzhou City will be destroyed."

Tuli Khan explained his plan, which made everyone's eyes light up.

"But what if the King of Qin sends troops to aid Youzhou, or continues to deliver grain and grass to Youzhou? After all, this matter is not a trivial matter, and there is no guarantee that Li Shimin will not change his mind. What's more, we came to Chang'an City before and humiliated him like this."

Jieli Khan frowned, feeling a little worried in his heart, and his concerns were not alarmist, they were very possible.

Tuli Khan sighed and said: "We have no choice now. This is the only way at the moment. We can only bet that King Qin will not help."

If Youzhou City cannot be captured, the only option is to besiege it. There is no other way but this.

"But Li Chengdao took so much food and grass from the royal court, our side... may not be able to consume more energy than him."

The leader of the Wuwu tribe looked troubled.

Li Chengdao robbed too much food and grass from the Turkic Royal Court, and now that winter is approaching, how can they spend it with Li Chengdao?
You must know that the consumption of an army of 10,000+ is an astronomical figure, and the tribesmen in the Turkic tribe also need to survive and consume food and grass.

"This battle is related to the survival of our Turks! Even if we collect all the food and grass from all the tribes, we must persevere!"

Tuli Khan said in a deep voice.

"Now we can only use all the strength of the tribe to fight against the odds!"

Tuli Khan's words shocked the hearts of all the tribal leaders. After a long silence, the leader of the Uwu tribe was the first to nod.

Yes, they have no choice now. Only by breaking through Youzhou City and entering the hinterland of the Central Plains to plunder can their Turks continue to survive.

……

After many high-level Turks made the decision to besiege Youzhou City, the Turkic army stopped their attack on Youzhou and instead besieged Youzhou City to prevent anyone from entering or exiting.

Although the Turkic army suffered heavy losses in the siege battle that day, there are still more than 17 troops. As long as it is not a forced attack, it is completely sufficient to besiege Youzhou City alone.

This war of attrition between the two sides began.

(End of this chapter)