Before this battle, even though King Zuo Xian was not a good general, Su Li still admired him.

The south gate of the city was at a critical juncture of life and death, but King Zuo Xian fled from the battle, which really made Su Wei cold and despised.

In times of crisis, the defenders of the city still went forward to defend the city gates, and even though there were countless casualties, they did not have the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing.

As the commander-in-chief, King Zuo Xian did not lead by example when the building was about to fall, but he was greedy for life and afraid of death and fled from the battle, ready to be alone.

set a very bad example for the defenders, and for a while, the momentum of the defenders collapsed like a landslide.

Su Li turned around and looked in all directions, and found that there were already many soldiers deserting, the counterattack speed was sticking, and the soldiers under the shield array were simply hidden in the corner.

"Gutsless rats!"

In a fit of rage, Su Li couldn't help but curse angrily.

Raising his scimitar, he pointed at the slacking soldiers in all directions, and shouted: "The Tang army is attacking outside, who dares to relax, there is no mercy!" ”

King Zuo Xian fled in a hurry, but Su Li did not forget his duties as a general.

What's more, he was once ambushed by the army led by Nandao Ming, and he had a deep hatred with the Tang army, how could he easily relax.

Even he was afraid of war, slack, and set a bad example for the soldiers who defended the city, and they might really not be able to hold the surrendered city.

Military orders are like mountains.

Su Li's arm was injured, and the blood all over his body looked hideous and terrifying, and he raised his knife to make a murderous gesture. The defenders who had slackened down, afraid of Su Li's murderous spirit, had no choice but to cheer up.

Killed on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud is terrible.

However, the tragic death of his own general's sword is even more humiliating, and no defender wants to be poked in the backbone by his clansmen and robes.

For a while, the soldiers defending the city bravely risked their lives and continued to launch a counterattack with the help of the few remaining bed crossbows in the earth-shattering thunder explosion.

The battle lasted for about half an hour, with more than half of the defenders at the head of the city suffering casualties, and the defenders who survived were still barely resisting.

On the ground, the Tang army under Lin Kaiyue was withdrawing one after another, unable to attack for a long time, and seemed to be ready to give up forcibly seizing the city.

At the head of the city, the soldiers defending the city noticed that Lin Kaiyue commanded the Tang army to abandon the attack, and promoted the steady and orderly withdrawal of the catapults, gradually slowing down the counterattack.

Many of the defenders even cheered in advance.

As a temporary commander, Su Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not dare to relax.

Lin Kaiyue led his troops to evacuate, and the Tang armies of Guo Xiaoqi and Zhang Shaoming in the rear not only did not retreat, but on the contrary, the places where the two armies were stationed gradually became agitated.

"It is strictly forbidden to cheer, the three armies are vigilant!"

Even though Lin Kaiyue led the army to withdraw from the battlefield, Su Li's clenched scimitar still slammed the battlement, and his voice roared coldly.

Judging from the previous combat experience, the Tang army had no doubt about the surrendered cities in the reconquest, so how could it be in vain?

Evacuate suddenly, nothing is strange!

The defenders, who had finally slackened, reluctantly formed a defense under Su Li's order, and although the whole team was loose and collapsed, it still formed a defense.

On the ground, Lin Kaiyue led his troops to evacuate, and when he passed by Zhang Shaoming and Guo Xiaocai, Lin Kaiyue grabbed his blade and said to the two: "General Zhang, General Guo, the defenders at the south gate of the surrendered city are already at the end of the strong crossbow, continue to attack the city strongly, they can't hold out for long, I believe that Yiran will soon send iron cavalry out of the city!" ”

This time, Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Shaoming, and Guo Xiaocai led the army to the battle, and did not adopt the tactics of encircling three and missing one, on the contrary, the three armies under their command formed a zigzag, assisted each other, and relied on each other.

He led the army to attack the south gate of the surrendered city in turn, hoping to use the powerful power of the earth-shaking thunder to destroy the south gate of the surrendered city and completely destroy the morale of the Turkic defenders.

Once Yiran could not withstand the casualties of the defenders of the South Gate, he sent the iron cavalry in the city to kill out of the city, and they had their own ways to eradicate the other party.

Guo Xiaoqi returned the salute with his fists and said in a loud voice: "General Zhang, General Lin, you stay and rest, I will lead the troops to attack the city, and this time I will try to force Yiran to send iron cavalry." ”

"General Guo is careful!" Zhang Shaoming admonished, Guo Xiaoqi bowed slightly, slowly pulled out his sword, and shouted: "Xiaoqi battalion attack." ”

As soon as the military order came out, the three armies of the Xiao cavalry battalion thundered, and the cavalry marched forward with a brush, holding a shield, holding a repeating crossbow, and the war horse dragged the catapult, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Lin Kaiyue led his troops to quickly take the place of the Xiao cavalry battalion, and while the troops were resting, they were already monitoring the east, waiting for Yiran to send iron cavalry out of the city.

The cavalry battalion attacked, and before it approached the south gate of the surrendered city, the forward cavalry had already charged on horseback, shooting a rain of arrows at the defenders in the city, and entered the battle in advance.

Fortunately, Su Li has always been vigilant against Guo Xiaocai, and the army under Zhang Shaoming's command, when he found out that the Xiaocai battalion was moving, he immediately ordered the defenders to fight with twelve points, and even personally wielded a knife to kill two carriers.

When the forward cavalry of the cavalry battalion rushed out, the defenders at the head of the city had quickly formed a shield array defense, and waves of arrows rained down, although they caused casualties to the defenders, but the number of casualties was limited!

After leading the defenders of the city to barely escape, Su Li realized the seriousness of the problem.

The Tang Army, the three Tang armies outside the city, are ready to adopt wheel tactics and go all out to attack the South Gate.

At this moment, the defenders at the head of the city have already let Lin Kaiyue lead his troops to hit hard, and before he can take a breath and recuperate, Guo Xiaocai led the army again, with the poor defenders at the head of the city, how can he stop the edge of the Tang army.

Troop transfer!

They urgently need to mobilize troops from the east gate, west gate, and north gate to rush to the south gate to defend the city.

Otherwise, Su Li didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to hold on with his troops!

When the forward cavalry of the cavalry battalion withdrew, and the shield soldiers, archers, and slingers were preparing for battle, Su Li came out from under the shield array, and shouted loudly to the lieutenant general beside him: "Return to the city as soon as possible to report the situation at the south gate to King Zuo Xian and Yiran Khan, and ask the prince and the king of Khan to strive to send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

"Whoa!"

The lieutenant received the order and hurriedly turned and left.

Late will change?

They really can't wait another moment, otherwise God knows when the Tang army will take the cloud ladder and launch an attack on the city.

After the lieutenant general evacuated, Su Li grabbed the shield soldier in his left hand and the scimitar in his injured right arm, and said to the remaining defenders: "The Tang army is menacing, and it is inevitable to win the surrendered city in the middle, so don't take chances."

In this battle, before the reinforcements arrived, if everyone could defeat the attack of Guo Xiao's cavalry, some of them would still be alive, if they couldn't block the attack of Guo Xiao's cavalry, they would eventually rush into the city with everyone's corpses, and none of us would survive.

If you want to live, at this time, cheer up Lao Tzu, take out the momentum of fighting for your life, and fight with the Tang Army to the end, endlessly! ”

The remaining defenders defending the city didn't know the meaning of Su Li's words, and they didn't know his good intentions.

One by one, they gradually dispelled the momentum of decadence, raised their scimitars, grabbed the longbow and shield, and raised their arms and shouted, as if they were swearing an oath!

"Bloody battle to the end, never to the death!"

"Bloody battle to the end, never to the death!"