Before dawn the next day, Kang Sheli led an army of 50,000 to the south, turning the road to attack Lou Fu Pass, through the tentative attack during the day, Chu Luo Khan also found that with their current siege ability, Shanyang County is indeed difficult to capture, rather than meaninglessly besieging Shanyang County, it is better to find another shortcut, attacking Lou Fu Pass is a good choice. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lou Fu Pass is the third line of defense of the Sui army, the reason why it is separated from Shanyang County is because Shanyang County is the north gate of Lou Fu Pass, if you don't take Shanyang County, you will directly attack Lou Fu Pass, it is easy to be cut off by the Sui army in Shanyang County, cut off the logistics supply of the Turkic army.

However, Chu Luo Khan finally used the strategy of rights and interests, and divided his troops into two ways to attack Shanyang County and Lou Fu Pass, and the division of troops also means that they will be broken by each one, which is also a way to no way, if it is not for the difficulty of Shanyang County to capture, Chu Luo Khan will never use this strategy.

Lou Fan Pass is about 80 miles away from Shanyang County, and the Turkic army has already alarmed the defenders of Lou Fan Pass, and they are waiting for the arrival of the Turkic army.

After the expansion, Lou Fu Pass can accommodate 5,000 soldiers at one time, but only 5,000 people can not hold this pass, because the soldiers defending the city are constantly decreasing, and the defenders in the city have to continue to increase, to ensure that Lou Fu Pass is not lost, at least 30,000 troops and sufficient materials as a reserve, but in fact, Lou Fu Pass only has 10,000 defenders, 5,000 garrison troops and 5,000 reserve troops stationed outside the city.

The main general of Lou Fu Pass was originally Fan Wenchao, but unfortunately fell into the city and was seriously injured in the city defense drill a few days ago, and has been sent back to Shanyang County for treatment, and the new general Wei Wentong arrived at Lou Fu Pass only before yesterday.

At present, the deputy general of Lou Fuguan is Wang Xuanjing, Wang Xuanjing is Wei Chigong's general, known for defending the city, the reason why Zhang Xuan did not directly promote Wang Xuanjing as the main general, the main reason is that the soldiers defending the city are Pei Xingyan's third guard, and Wang Xuanjing belongs to the second guard, plus his own qualifications are not enough, he may not be able to command 10,000 soldiers.

Wei Wentong is the eighth guard general, he is also good at defending the city, Zhang Xuan originally wanted to appoint him to guard Lou Fu Pass, but he couldn't hinder Pei Xingyan's repeated recommendations, so he still asked Pei Xingyan to recommend the general Fan Wenchao to defend the city, since Fan Wenchao was at a critical moment, Zhang Xuan did not hesitate to appoint Wei Wentong as the chief general of Lou Fu Pass.

And he has an excellent relationship with Pei Xingyan, and he sent him to replace Fan Wenchao, although Pei Xingyan will not feel comfortable in his heart, but at least he will not resist, and he will not tear each other down and miss a big event.

The Northern Sui army already had 400,000 troops, and the various relationships were becoming more and more complicated, and there were many factions, so as the commander, he needed to coordinate and balance the relationship between the various generals so that they could cooperate well.

At the head of the city, Wei Wentong is deploying some details of defense accompanied by the deputy general Wang Xuanjing, Wei Wentong is cautious, serious, and thoughtful, and Wang Xuanjing belongs to the same type, and the two can also talk, but Wang Xuanjing's qualifications are very shallow, far from being compared with the world-famous 'flower knife general' Wei Wentong.

It is also for this reason that Wang Xuanjing behaved very low-key in front of Wei Wentong, rarely exerting his ideas, and only when Wei Wentong asked him, he would say a few words.

The two came to a giant trebuchet under the city, the original owner Fan Wenchao did not want to install the trebuchet, he preferred to use a rhubarb crossbow, but this also caused Zhang Xuan's dissatisfaction, and finally after negotiation, Fan Wenchao decided to install ten giant trebuchets in Lou Fu Pass.

Trebuchets are divided into five kinds according to the range and size, one is a small trebuchet, also known as a portable trebuchet, mostly used in warships and scouts, the second is called a medium-sized trebuchet, this trebuchet is widely used, the biggest feature is that it can be moved, the third is called a large trebuchet, the fourth is called a heavy trebuchet, these two kinds of trebuchets are necessary to defend the city, and it is also the most numerous at present.

The last kind of trebuchet is the giant trebuchet, its volume is huge, up to three zhang, the throwing rod is six zhang, it can throw a hundred pounds of boulder out three or four hundred steps away, it is a sharp weapon for attacking and defending the city, this giant trebuchet because of the large area of the city, it takes a hundred people to pull, even if it is improved, it also needs fifty people to pull, it can not be placed on the head of the city, it is generally installed under the city wall, and the boulder is launched from the city.

Fan Wenchao finally used a giant trebuchet, also in order not to affect the transportation channel he arranged at the head of the city, and the other ten trebuchets could be operated by only 500 soldiers, without taking up too much manpower, which was a compromise result.

Wei Wentong patted the wooden frame of the thick base of the trebuchet, and said with a smile: "I once used a large trebuchet to deal with the Wagang Army at the Tiger Prison Pass, and at that time, eighty trebuchets were installed at the head of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the killing effect was very great, but unfortunately there are only ten here, can General Wang know why General Fan only installed these ten in the first place?" ”

Wang Xuanjing bowed and said: "General Fan is more focused on using the rhubarb crossbow for defense, and it is also General Pei's request to install these ten trebuchets, he thinks that the trebuchet consumes too many troops, occupies too much land, and the troops and places in the city are gone, which is not conducive to defense." ”

"There is some truth to this idea, but General Fan does not quite understand the power of trebuchets, which are not only lethal, but also have a great deterrent to the hearts of enemy soldiers."

As he was talking, a low trumpet suddenly sounded in the distance, and a soldier shouted from the top of the city: "The enemy is coming!" ”

Wei Wentong turned around and walked quickly towards the city.

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In the wilderness in the distance, it was like a dark cloud covering the earth, and the black-pressed Turkic army appeared ten miles away from Loufu County, the low sound of trumpets constantly echoing in the sky, and the shouts were like bursts of tsunami.

The Sui soldiers on the head of the city have long been in battle, Lou Fu Pass is the same as the Zihe Great Wall Pass, it is also located between two mountains, but Lou Fu Pass is even narrower, the width is only two miles, and the city head can only stand side by side with two thousand soldiers, but unlike the Zihe Great Wall, Lou Fu Pass has two city walls in the north and south, and below is the urn city where soldiers eat and stay and store materials.

After the reconstruction, the head of the north city was as wide as two zhang, which could accommodate two rows of soldiers, and in the middle was a five-foot-wide passage for special supplies, so the Sui army deployed two rows of soldiers on the north city wall, with crossbowmen in front and archers in the back.

At the same time, a thousand soldiers were deployed on the southern city wall, and they mainly used large yellow crossbows, so that the head of the city was actually deployed with five thousand soldiers for defense.

In addition, in order to maximize the use of space, Fan Wenchao dismantled all the temporary material warehouses of the barracks in Wengcheng, installed ten giant trebuchets, controlled by 500 people, and 500 people for logistical support, transporting materials, rescuing the wounded, etc., in fact, there were 6,000 soldiers in Loufu Pass, and the gate of the south city of Loufu Pass was open, and 4,000 alternate soldiers were stationed outside the city.

At the head of the city, Wei Wentong and Wang Xuanjing stared at the army in the distance for a moment, and Wang Xuanjing suddenly said: "This is not the army of the Turkic Khan!" ”

"How so?" Wei Wentong asked.

"It's very simple, I didn't see the golden wolf's head banner, and judging from the size of the soldiers, it was only fifty or sixty thousand people, if it was the arrival of the Turkic Khan, there would not be only such a small number of troops."

Wei Wentong nodded, "You are right, it is indeed not the main force of the Turkic army, the main force of the Turkic army should still be besieging Shanyang County, it must be Shanyang County that is difficult to capture, so they turned to the idea of fighting Lou Fu Pass, and wanted to break through from Lou Fu Pass." ”

Speaking of this, Wei Wentong sneered, "Shanyang County can't be attacked, is it so easy for me to attack Lou Fuguan?" ”

At this moment, someone from behind reported, "General, the marshal has sent someone to deliver a letter." ”

Wei Wentong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the messenger?" ”

After a while, a messenger soldier stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "General Qiqi, General Wei, the marshal has an urgent warrant!" ”

He presented a letter scroll with both hands, Wei Wentong hurriedly took the letter scroll and opened it, and hurriedly read it, he was stunned for a moment, and Wang Xuanjing next to him saw Wei Wentong's expression was different, so he asked in a low voice: "General, what did the marshal say?" ”

Wei Wentong smiled bitterly and handed the letter scroll to Wang Xuanjing, "Look at it yourself!" ”

Wang Xuanjing took the letter and read it, he was also stunned, only to see that there was only one sentence on the letter scroll: 'Abandon the pass after five days!' ’

Unexpectedly, let them abandon the pass after five days, Wang Xuanjing was really unacceptable, he pondered for a moment and said: "General, what does this mean?" ”

Wei Wentong didn't answer him immediately, and asked the soldier who sent the letter: "Where is the marshal now?" ”

"Dashuai is now in Jingle County, Loufu County, and arrived last night."

Wei Wentong nodded, and said to Wang Xuan: "I probably understand the intention of the big marshal, this is the big marshal in the next big game of chess, no matter what, we will stick to it for five days." ”

Wang Xuanjing also nodded, "Since the commander has an order, we should strictly follow it." ”

Wei Wentong turned around and ordered sharply: "Give me the drum, the whole army is ready to fight!" (To be continued.) )