Chapter One Thousand and Eleven

"Yes, in just half a day, the 40,000 Qihu army has been destroyed, and the son-in-law was also shocked when he heard the news, so the pressure of the defensive battle in Yunzhou has been reduced a lot, and now the problem is on the side of the enemy city, and I don't know what happened." Duan Shaojun put down his chopsticks and couldn't help but sigh.

"There should be nothing going on over there in the enemy city, right?" Xu Xiangjun also lowered his gaze on Duan Shaojun's deeply locked brow.

"The enemy city has ushered in the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army of Bertiel yesterday afternoon, and to this day, there is no news coming, and I don't know what the situation is?" Duan Shaojun shook his head.

"It should be fine, although the enemy city is not as thick as the high wall of Yunzhou City, it is a fortress place after all, and the city is smaller, but it is easier for the troops to concentrate on defense, and there will definitely be no big problem." On the contrary, it was the Li family who comforted Duan Shaojun.

"Yes, Brother Shaojun, you don't have to worry too much, it hasn't been twelve hours since yesterday to now, what can happen." After Li Xuan, who was eating happily, was glared at by his mother-in-law, he could only put down his chopsticks stupidly and comforted Duan Shaojun with a fake fish.

Compared with Duan Shaojun and the others who were tasting the food, Zhao Zhonglang, who was standing on the head of the enemy city, was munching on instant noodles and drinking a bowl of mutton soup at the moment. Looking at the fallen corpses and weapons under the city, about two arrows away from the enemy city was the camp of the Khu.

Setting up the camp so close is simply Chiguoguo's provocation, but the problem is that Zhao Zhonglang will have no way but to stare dryly, not that there is no way to attack the camp.

But the price is too great, on his side, in addition to Zuo Yu Linwei's 10,000 elite divisions, there are 10,000 state soldiers and county soldiers, as well as thousands of auxiliary soldiers. The only ones who can really defend the city and go out of the city to fight are the 10,000 elites of Zuo Yu Linwei under his hands, and as for the 10,000 state soldiers and soldiers, although they can be regarded as long-term training, the problem is that they have never been on the battlefield.

So last night, if it weren't for the hard work and encouragement of Zuo Yu Linwei's soldiers, and even after chopping off dozens of heads, those state soldiers and county soldiers would have been able to stabilize.

Perhaps because of the blood we had seen last night, this morning's siege seemed a little easier to deal with than last night's assault. Now, after the battle, the Khihu had retreated to the camp, and the smoke was rising.

On their own side, all the elites of Zuo Yu Linwei had already gone down the city wall, and after hastily eating food, some people went directly to find some vacant rooms to go in and take a nap, and many of them didn't even bother to find a place, so they simply leaned against the foot of the wall to make up for sleep and rest.

And now on the guard above the city is the five thousand state soldiers and soldiers, which makes Zhao Zhonglang general can't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately this enemy city is not big, otherwise, his soldiers and horses will not have time to rotate and rest, in that case, the 20,000 horses in their hands, in less than three days, they will have to die of exhaustion on the city.

"General, go down and rest, here and the future will be watching." Just when Zhao Zhonglang was about to chew the dried instant noodles with a lot of emotion, a Lang general with a full sigh came forward to persuade. You didn't sleep last night, so let's go down and have a good rest, we still have a long time to hold on to those Qihu barbarians. You are the commander, you can't fall......"

"That's okay, I'll go down first, you just watch for me, what's the matter, let people come and call me, damn it, I'm really tired, go down and rest first." After General Zhao Zhonglang nodded, he yawned a lot, then stuffed the remaining instant noodles into his mouth and chewed them, drank the remaining mutton soup, and then walked down the city tower, found a nearby room and fell asleep.

"Well, brethren, is it all right?" The Lang general stumbled over the city wall, patting these state soldiers and county guards who were currently on guard, and asked with a smile.

"Fortunately, in fact, I was a little frightened last night, today is much better than yesterday, we are people, those Qihu barbarians are also people, they will ......also die if they are stabbed by a shot," an honest state soldier smiled and replied.

"Yes, that's how it should be, everyone remembers, those Qihu barbarians are the same as us, but they are different, you see what they are wearing, they are all armor made of broken skin, and even some arrows are actually bones......"

"And what about us, especially yourselves, touch this armor invented by Duan Changshi on your body, which is light and durable, arrows can't pierce it, and knives can't cut it, and the spear in your hand only needs to be stabbed hard, and those Qihu barbarians will become dead dogs, in this case, are you still afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm still afraid of him as a bird." Such a confident voice came and went above the city, and the smile on the face of this general couldn't help but be a little brighter. And he is also a little more confident in being able to defend the enemy city.

In the camp of Qihu, two arrows away from the enemy's city, Bertiel, the captain of the left, did not look very good, took a sharp short blade and cut off a piece of mutton, put it in a bowl and dipped it in a little salt, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, and then picked up a bowl of milk wine and drank it up.

"Captain Dudu, the last general thinks that it is better for us to tell Your Majesty the news of this enemy city as soon as possible, the other party actually hides so many soldiers and horses in the enemy city, it is clear that he wants to carry our people and horses to the death, and there is no way to go to Yunzhou." A powerful Qihu general with Wu Kong had drunk and his face was red, and he spoke to Captain Zuo Boltie.

"What's the hurry, the situation in the enemy city has not yet been figured out, so there is no need to send someone to inform Your Majesty. Our Eastern Route Army has 50,000 horses, and even if it is flooded, it will flood this enemy city, understand?! Boltie, who had gray hair and still looked very burly and fierce, glanced at the general, and then said in his thick and loud voice.

"Besides, the more Tang troops we encounter on our side, the weaker the enemy your majesty will face. No matter which way we win first, then we can open up the situation, so now is not the time to complain to Your Majesty. ”

"Honorable Captain, you can rest assured, we will definitely take down this small city and present it to the Great Khan." As soon as Captain Zuo's words fell, a sycophant jumped up and sang an ode.

Captain Zuo Bolt Tie smiled and continued to eat slowly, while silently recalling the battle last night and the siege battle during the day today.

Yesterday afternoon, the army had already arrived under the enemy's city, but it did not launch an attack at the first time, and Boltie, who had fought with the Han people for decades, naturally knew very well that the siege was not in a hurry.

So in the afternoon, he didn't pay attention to the nervous Tang guards who guarded the city, but slowly and leisurely set up camp outside the city, and let the soldiers start to rest after a good meal.

And when it was close to midnight, Bolt Tie ordered to send three thousand Qihu soldiers and horses to quietly approach the enemy city, and suddenly launched an attack, but unfortunately, those defenders were still vigilant enough, at the beginning, they had already attacked the wall, but those Tang soldiers came back to their senses after the crazy counterattack, and finally pressed the Qihu people back, and finally, after the battle lasted for nearly an hour and was no longer close, Bolt Tie reluctantly collected his troops and returned to the camp.

In the early morning, Bolt once again ordered the team to attack, and launched an attack from the east and north of the city, although once again failed to achieve any results, but it had already made Bolt realize that there were many Tang defenders in the enemy's city.

Moreover, when it was close to noon, the defenders of the enemy city obviously changed shifts, which is enough to prove that at least more than 15,000 Tang troops were stationed in this small enemy city.

Although with 50,000 strong divisions, against 10,000 or 20,000 Tang troops, Boltie was very confident. But the problem is that the other party is defending by fortifying the city, not to mention that the enemy city is not large, which gives the Tang army with fewer troops an advantage, that is, the soldiers can get time to rest through rotation.

This is what makes Bolt compare the pain and trouble, the Han people are good at defending the city, and the Qihu people are good at field warfare, this can be said to be common sense, originally Bolt Tie thought that even if Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang would send troops to defend the enemy city, the number of troops would not be too much, but now, the estimated 15,000 defenders have exceeded the seven or eight thousand defenders expected by Bolt Tie by nearly double.

That is to say, the original plan of using a stormy offensive to break through this enemy city seems to be somewhat useless......