Zhang Shaoming led the army to fight against the Turkic generals for a long time, and most of the Turkic soldiers were very brave and good at fighting.

But he has not yet encountered a Turkic general who has just started the battle and is immediately desperately resisting.

Moreover, Temur led his troops in battle, and rarely adopted the strategy of frontal hard fighting.

Especially today, the number of defenders in the surrendered city is scarce, and the frontal hard fight is not conducive to the Turks.

Zhang Shaoming didn't believe that Temur would be so stupid as not to know this truth.

At this time, he vaguely suspected that Timur personally stayed behind, preparing to defend the surrendered city and block the pace of the Tang army.

Even though he wasn't quite sure, it seemed that he couldn't guess what Timur had in mind other than this explanation.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible for Timur to lead his army to counterattack so strongly.

Lin Kaiyue also felt that things were bizarre and strange, and he bowed his head slightly when he heard it, and very much agreed with Zhang Shaoming's proposal.

The tactics of this defender were indeed too crazy, and at the beginning of the fierce battle, they disregarded their own safety and used bed crossbows to carry out a very crazy counterattack on the Tang army, and they were not afraid of the Tang army's impenetrable attack.

It is clear that he wants to live and die with the surrendered city!

However, Lin Kaiyue remained optimistic and did not yet see Temur and the defenders at the south gate as a threat.

The total number of defenders at the head of the south gate did not exceed 5,000 people, no matter how crazy their counterattack was, but they were on the defensive with the help of the city walls, and they were in a passive position under the onslaught of the cavalry.

If you can't protect yourself, you can't stop the onslaught of the Xiao cavalry, and sooner or later you will be killed by the crossbow shots of the Xiao cavalry, and you will be killed by earth-shattering thunder and boulders.

Even without him and Zhang Shaoming leading the army to attack, they could easily and completely wipe out the defenders of the south gate.

Not surprisingly, today's recovery of the surrendered city is almost a matter of ironclad.

"General Zhang, be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship," Lin Kaiyue reminded, instructing the soldiers around him to be vigilant in all directions.

In the aisle of the south gate, Timur commanded the defenders to fight very fiercely and brilliantly.

The bed crossbow repeatedly shot out a rain of gunshots, the spears flew out like poisonous snakes, and the archers almost filled the iron-tired bows, mounted the arrows, and increased the range as much as possible, striving to kill a Tang army with every arrow shot!

In front of the city gate, under the protection of the shield array, the iron horsemen shuttling back and forth, from time to time someone was hit by an arrow, shot and fell from a horse.

However, there was no hint of joy in Temur's countenance.

On the contrary, it is dignified and serious.

Today, Guo Xiaocai led the Xiao cavalry army to come, commanding the offensive of the three armies to be equally fierce, swift, every earth-shattering thunder, boulder falling, can cause serious damage to the city wall, the downpour is like a rain of arrows, and the defenders on the south gate have no power to parry.

Obviously, Guo Xiaocai is ready to completely destroy the defenders of the south gate with a swift and domineering offensive, completely eradicate them, and seize the city.

Except for angrily scolding Guo Xiaoqi for being cunning and despicable, Temur had no good plan.

In the rain of guns and arrows, the deputy general who commanded the counterattack bravely, looked at the more and more corpses in the corridor, but the Tang army's offensive did not decrease, braving the rain of arrows, shuttling through the iron pieces splashed by the earth-shattering thunder explosion, and impatiently approached Temur.

"General, the Tang army offensive of the Xiaocai battalion is too fierce, in just a few moments, our army has suffered hundreds of casualties, if it continues, the defenders will not be able to stop it, the situation will be very dangerous, if you are not careful, it is likely that it will be too late to evacuate, and the army has all died in the city!"

Evacuate?

How could it be evacuated, Timur exclaimed.

The war had just begun, although the Tang army also paid the price, but after a little resistance, they led the army to withdraw, according to the cunning of Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Shaoming, and Guo Xiaoqi, they were not suspected.

Perhaps the defenders paid the price of their lives, and they still could not bring the Tang army into the city.

Timur wanted to implement his plan, and had no idea of withdrawing for the time being.

No matter how strong and fierce the attack of the cavalry is, no matter how many casualties the defenders have, they must hold on, at least for half an hour.

At that time, the army was defeated, and it was logical to evacuate again, even if Lin Kaiyue's three generals were suspicious, it was very likely that he would lead his army into the city and fall into their trap.

Taking a deep breath, Temur's expression was cold, and he commanded categorically: "Order the three armies, when counterattacking, try to protect yourself, hold on for half an hour, only half an hour, the three armies will withdraw together and fight in the city." ”

Hearing this, the adjutant general glanced at the cavalry outside the city, knowing that he could not change Timur's suggestion, and then looked at the robes fighting desperately in the corridor, and nodded emphatically.

With the help of the cover of the city wall, the cat bent his waist to deliver the message to the soldiers on all sides.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, when the defenders at the south gate pulled their iron-tired bows and took arrows, they burst into shouting: "People are in the city, people are in the city." ”

This abrupt sound, when the defenders were in a disadvantageous situation, instantly resonated with all the defenders at the South Gate, and when many defenders fought back, bursts of angry cheers erupted from their mouths.

"People are in the city!"

"People are in the city!"

The roar of the oath spread throughout the south gate of the entire Western Surrender City.

The wind is howling, the horses are roaring!

Time is ticking, and the battle continues.

Before they could hold out for half an hour, the defenders on the south gate had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and the blood that had gathered stained the red city wall.

Temur looked at the corpse lying on the ground, his heart was like a knife, and he was extremely uncomfortable, but he still had no idea of withdrawing.

At this time, the adjutant general leaned forward in a panic and said impatiently: "General, withdraw, if you don't evacuate, there is really no chance to withdraw the army, the general's plan may not have time to be implemented, and the brothers will all be killed,"

Their counterattack was very crazy, if they had driven away each other with the ordinary army earlier, how could the Tang army's offensive be more ferocious, the iron cavalry under the cover of the shield soldiers, and the crossbow shot waves of arrows, like a downpour pouring on the south gate.

Their casualties were too numerous to bear.

Although they are all people who dare to die, they have long put life and death aside, and they can't be like the live targets of the Tang Army, regardless of the casualties.

Temur turned around and looked at the remaining defenders in the corridor, there were really less than two thousand, his iron fist smashed on the battlements, he thought twice, and suddenly ordered in a gloomy tone: "Order the three armies to retreat into the city and act according to the plan,"

At the sound of an order, the adjutant general, who had long been reluctant to stay at the head of the city, quickly sent an order to the remaining defenders in the corridor.

For a time, the defenders who were desperately blocking seemed to be receding the tide and withdrew towards the city in a steady and orderly manner.

"Withdrawn?"

"Why did you withdraw all of a sudden?"

Guo Xiaocai commanded the three armies to fight fiercely, and suddenly saw the defenders above the south gate, gave up defending the south gate and withdrew from the city, and his inner mood couldn't help but rise in doubt.

Could it be that Temur really had a problem as General Zhang guessed.

After instructing the adjutant general next to him to collect his troops, Guo Xiao rode to the adjutant general next to him and said: "Send soldiers to take the earth-shattering thunder to the bottom of the south gate, and strive to blow up the city gate as soon as possible, and I will discuss the military situation with General Zhang and General Lin!" ”

(End of chapter)