Su Li called on the defenders to cheer up.

It did change the decadent momentum of the Turks.

It's a pity that since Guo Xiaocai led the Xiao cavalry army to attack the city, no matter how much Su Li encouraged the momentum of the three armies, the Tang army was stable and orderly, and under the attack with clear advance and retreat, the number of casualties of the defenders was increasing like sesame seeds.

Near the broken bed crossbow in the aisle, the corpses of the Turks were strewn with them.

Insisting on holding on for half an hour, when Zhang Shaoming led the troops to attack the city, King Zuo Xian and King Zuo Guli led 50,000 elites who were supposed to go to the city of Zhongshou and came to help from the city.

King Zuogu Li temporarily replaced Su Li, commanded the defenders to quickly deploy defenses, and prepared to hold on to the death.

How could Zhang Shaoming command the Tang army under his command, and launched two waves of strong and powerful offensives with lightning speed, boulders, arrow rain, and earth-shattering thunder, and after killing many reinforcements, he actually led the army to take the initiative to retreat.

With Lin Kaiyue and Guo Xiao, who were stationed in the rear, the two divisions converged, and the three of them led the army away.

Neither insisted on conquering the south gate as King Zuogu speculated, nor did he leave Su Li, as King Zuo Xian was worried about, to carry out the wheel tactics to the end and consume as many defenders in the city as possible.

South Gate Castle Head!

King Zuoxian, King Zuo Guli, Su Li, and the Tang Army, who was in full swing, walked away.

They had mixed feelings in their hearts, they did not dare to slack off, they underestimated the enemy, and they were still panicked, afraid that the Tang army would go and return, and they would kill the horse and gun.

For the sake of prudence, King Zuogu Li sent spies out of the city to investigate.

After the spies confirmed that the three Tang armies returned to the barracks, King Zuogu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the three armies at the head of the city to rest and recuperate.

No one was happy with the defenders who survived the hard battle.

At noon, when the Tang army suddenly attacked, the south gate gathered 50,000 elites of Zuoxianwang's department, and after a round of artillery fire by three Tang armies, the 50,000 elites were almost killed and wounded.

In the corridor, the corpses of the defenders, with stumps and severed arms, were scattered everywhere.

The blood that had gathered flowed down the drainage tank of the city wall, and almost half of the city wall was almost stained red.

King Zuoxian, King Zuo Gu Li led 50,000 reinforcements to come, the battle was short, the casualties were limited, but it was about to exceed 10,000 people.

They retreated in the city, attacking by defending, and although they continued to counterattack the Tang army, they had little effect, and the Tang army's casualties did not exceed 10,000.

Wiping the blood from his cheeks, Su Li glanced at King Zuo Xian, who had a distracted face, and was secretly angry in his heart, ignoring the other party.

Turning around and walking to the side of King Zuo Guli, he reported: "Lord Wang, Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Shaoming, Guo Xiaoqi, when the momentum of the Tang army was like a rainbow, they suddenly withdrew without warning, and the last general was worried that they would adopt similar tactics tomorrow and continue to attack the city."

If this continues, not to mention whether the south gate can be defended, it will cause immeasurable losses to our army every day.

The last general spoke lightly, and did not dare to point out the arrangements of the Khan King, the princes, and the generals, but our troops must no longer take defense as an attack and sit back and wait for death.

Otherwise, one day, Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Shaoming, and Guo Xiaoqi will lead the Tang army into the city! ”

In this battle, Su Li thoroughly saw the face of King Zuoxian, he cherished power more than his own soldiers, and he was clearly a greedy and fearful of death.

It is true that he is a general under the command of King Zuoxian, but he is first and foremost a Turk.

When the tribe faced life and death, it was impossible not to think about the future of the Turks.

King Zuogu Li was also puzzled, and couldn't guess why Lin Kaiyue's three armies suddenly withdrew, so he said helplessly: "The Tang army has always done things strangely, and this matter is particularly strange, so we must report to the King Khan as soon as possible, and everyone will discuss a solution." ”

In this battle, Su Li led 50,000 defenders to block the onslaught of more than 100,000 Tang troops, or under the Tang army's earth-shaking thunder, catapults, crossbows, and repeated attacks.

made him have to look up at Su Li, such a good general who is good at guarding and fighting is admired from the bottom of his heart.

Turning his head and glancing outside the city, King Zuo Guli said: "The Tang army has withdrawn, General Su might as well go with this king to report to the King Khan!" ”

"Whoa!"

King Zuo Gu Li, Su Li turned around and walked down the aisle, leaving only King Zuo Xian who was at a loss.

Noticing that the two were leaving side by side, King Zuo Xian glared at Su Li fiercely, but he had no choice but to quickly gather the remnants of his tribe.

In the rest of the month, there were two fierce battles with the Tang army, which made the elite under his command almost dead and wounded.

As one of the four great Turkic princes, he first lost his army.

King Zuoxian's heart was like a mirror, the tribe was in serious drought, and the population loss was too much, so he could no longer provide him with sufficient troops.

If he is not careful, he may remove Yi Ran from the four princes.

At present, the only way to do this is to collect as many remnants as possible to ensure your status in the tribe.

......

In the surrender of the city, in the palace.

King Zuogu Li, when Su Li returned.

Yi Ran, Temur, seeing Su Li's scarred appearance, gasped one after another.

Even though they could imagine what Su Li had suffered at the South Gate, they were still very nervous when they saw the injuries on Su Li's body.

Maybe Su Li didn't have fatal wounds on his body, but he was cut by iron pieces and arrows all over his body, and there were many stab wounds.

When Su Li walked into the hall, Yi Ran personally stood up to greet him, and said with a serious expression: "This battle, thanks to General Su, after the general rests, Ben Khan will be ceremoniously rewarded!" ”

The main Turkic force was forced to stay in the city, and in order to boost the momentum of the three armies, Yiran was ready to set an example, promote a group of people, suppress a group of people, and arrange generals who could fight well in their positions.

Before Su Li could speak, King Zuo Guli said solemnly: "King Khan, King Zuoxian, who was defending the city today, escaped from the battle, and encountered three waves of fierce attacks by the Tang army, resulting in almost all casualties in King Zuoxian's troops.

However, the Tang army retreated when it was at the height of its edge, and both the last general and General Su suspected that tomorrow the Tang army would do the same and continue to attack the city. ”

"The matter of King Zuoxian, Ben Khan will handle it!" Yi Ran's eyes flashed with a fierce color, and he said in a faint voice.

Immediately, he asked in surprise: "The Tang army withdrew, and the non-reinforcements went, did they retreat in a difficult way?" ”

"King Khan, you haven't seen the tragic scene at the south gate, maybe you despise the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, just Zhang Shaoming's two waves of strong attacks, the reinforcements have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, the last general suspects, if Zhang Shaoming is willing to insist, before dusk, 50,000 reinforcements will also be lost!" King Zuogu replied.

"That's right, the Tang Army's various firearms can't exert much power in the plain battle, but in the siege battle, the power of the earth-shaking thunder and the divine fire flying crow is too great!" Su Li agreed, and by the way, he expressed his guess: "The last general has thought it through, but Fan Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Shaoming, and Guo Xiaoqi are willing to send the Tang army to place the earth-shaking thunder and the Divine Fire Flying Crow at the city gate, and the four city gates of Zhongshou City have already been blown up."

They didn't do this for a long time, but they spent time desperately attacking the city, obviously deliberately depleting the living strength of the tribe, and their hearts can be punished! ”

(End of chapter)