Chapter 423: The Duel of the Two Kings
In the 11th year of the Great Cause, the Turks mobilized 60% of the troops of the entire Turkic Khanate, a total of 300,000 troops, to the south. And the Great Sui Emperor, the overlord of the Central Plains, mobilized an army of 500,000 and nearly 200,000 allied troops. However, the first great battle between the two biggest hegemons of the north and the south in decades was not controlled by the young and wealthy Shibi Khan Ashina Luji. Nor is it the ruler of tens of millions of people of the Great Sui in the Central Plains, Yang Guang, the son of the Great Sui. This grand war, which decided the fate of the entire Central Plains, even the grassland world, and even the entire continent for decades, was not in their hands, but had long been stirred up by an invisible hand.
Under the precise arrangement of Chen Kefu of the Liaodong Army, the rhythm of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two overlords in the north and south was secretly broken, and they fell into a carefully arranged plan step by step.
The Turks, who had already discounted nearly half of the centaurs and had the intention of retreating, once again launched a decisive attack on Yanmen City under the guidance of Daniel Zhang's plan. The western city of Yanmen had fallen into the hands of a small Turkic army, but the Turkic army's troops were instead isolated from the west by the Sui general Li Shimin's 20,000 cavalry.
Shibi Khan and the various Turkic leaders had never felt so close to Yanmen. It was so close that he even felt that as long as he rushed again, the army would be able to rush into Yanmen City.
The Turkic cavalry had already killed at this time, and in the face of the city gate that was still open, all the cavalry rushed towards the Sui army that was blocking in front of them.
The horns of the cow were blown up, and the sound was as tight as a sound, and it was extremely fast.
The 20,000 Turkic horseless cavalry who were lurking outside and were attacking the eastern city wall at this time also hurriedly abandoned the different city walls, dropped the ladders one after another, and rushed to the west city gate like a tide.
The Turks, who were not afraid of death, desperately charged towards the west gate, and no one looked back. The 20,000 cavalry of the Sui army under the city were riding war horses at this time except for the two wings, but in fact, they all dismounted, and they formed a phalanx to intercept the Turkic army that was pouring in like a tide.
Shields are like copper walls, and spears are like forests. Not far behind them, the defenders at the head of the city had already brought in all the crossbowmen and archers, as well as weapons such as catapults and crossbows. Arrows are like flying locusts, and crossbows are like rain. One after another, the boulders carried the sound of the wind, and kept smashing into the cavalry formation of the Turks rushing forward, bringing up a puddle of blood.
Shibi Khan wielded the golden wolf scimitar, his face was extremely hideous, and the green tendons on his neck were straight.
"Rush, rush, don't entangle, just rush over. Grab the gates! ”
Faced with this great opportunity in front of him, Shibi Khan was already on the verge of madness. At the moment, he didn't care about defeating the Sui army in front of him, what he urgently needed was to enter Yanmen City immediately, as long as he entered the city, he would win the victory in this battle. As long as Yang Guang is caught, even if he discounts some of his subordinates, he can bear it.
The pounds of several large tribes couldn't restrain their blood from boiling at this time, and personally led their subordinates to rush forward. The galloping cavalry was like a suicidal charge,
Facing the last line of defense composed of Li Shimin's 20,000 cavalry, not a single Turk hesitated.
One by one, the war horses, under the control of the superb horsemanship of the Turkic knights, rushed towards the shield wall and the spear forest without hesitation.
Horse after district rushed forward, blood splattered and spears broke.
More and more Turkic cavalry continued to charge, and in those successive charges, the cavalry general of the Sui army was nailed to the ground at this time, even if the hooves of the war horses had been raised in front of him, no one retreated.
Li Shimin stood in the array, wielding a horizontal knife with one arm, and roared one after another, "Stabilize the position, don't care about the Turks behind, stabilize the position, and block the army of the Turks." "The front of 20,000 people seems to be weak, but every time the Turkic soldiers and horses rush into the formation, after breaking through columns of spears and horizontal swords, there are not many soldiers and horses left.
For these Turkic cavalry who desperately broke through, the cavalry led by Li Shimin no longer cared about them.
Those people wanted to rush to the city gate, and naturally there were arrows and stone bullets on the city to intercept them. Even if you pass through the attack on the city, there are still defenders fighting desperately at the city gate. Their biggest task is to block the Turkic cavalry outside, as long as not all the Turks attack the city once, Yanmen will still be saved. …,
The entire Yanmen City, at this time, was already all staring at the West City Gate, and the Turks charged to the death, trying to break through one point and finally capture Yanmen. At this time, the Sui army also hurriedly set up a phalanx of 20,000 cavalry outside the city gate, and all the people's husbands and women at the head of the city were intercepted by bows and crossbows. At the gate of the city, the most elite Xiaoguo army in the city at this time was concentrated, and the most elite force in the Praetorian Guard was desperately grabbing the city gate. Behind the city gate, the civil officials who accompanied the car, at this time, commanded the old and weak people in the city to fight for their fate, and the bricks and trees of the houses were desperately on the streets, ready to resist the soldiers every day.
There has never been a moment when these monarchs and ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty felt so critical. On the head of the city,
Yang Guang's banner of the Son of Heaven was on the guard of the black-clothed iron guard, constantly moving above the city. At this time, Yang Guang didn't care about the arrow on the head of the city earlier, and under the protection of dozens of big shields, he personally stood on the head of the city and beat drums to help the battle. Even the civil officials such as Su Wei, Yu Shiji, and Fei Yun were all wearing battle armor and holding knives in their hands at this time.
In the dark night, the fire under the city head and the city soared into the sky, shouting to kill and shake the sky.
At this time, the Turks had already transferred all the troops under Yanmen City, nearly 70,000 horses. However, the Sui army's troops were completely weak, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were no more than 40,000 horses. But fortunately, there are still a lot of people in the city, and there are 100,000 people in the city, palace maids and eunuchs, and at this time, excluding those who died in battle and are too old and weak, nearly 50,000 of them have all been mobilized to the battlefield. Even those wounded soldiers, except for those who could not move, most of them could still move, had already gone to the battlefield again.
The clouds are gloomy and misty, and the sun and moon are dull.
The entire Xicheng has completely become a black hole that is constantly devouring flesh and blood, although the Turks continue to have cavalry break through Li Shimin's position outside the city and enter the city gate. However, there were too few Turks who could pass through this death line outside the city every time, and the Turks who rushed into the city gate fought constantly with the Xiaoguo army, but they could only barely hold the city gate without losing, but they could not advance a single step.
Lingli looked at his cavalry, completely gave up the Turkic cavalry's elite tactics, and one by one the cavalry continued to fall in front of the Sui army's position outside the city. He said painfully, "Great Khan, rush down like this, and before we take the city gate, the sons will die." Annihilate these Sui troops outside the city first, and then attack the city. ”
Lingli had already seen that the Sui army in front of him had seen their idea of eagerly rushing into the city, so he abandoned his horse and fought on foot. Dead in the way they had to pass, so that the Turkic cavalry had no advantage in maneuvering, but kept crashing into the wall of steel spears.
Shibi's eyes are already blood-red... piece, how could he, who had been keeping an eye on the battlefield, not know that such a charge in front of him would be unfavorable to them. But in the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he can only do this. Although he understood that if he suspended the decisive charge in front of him, but first targeted the Sui army outside the city, and surrounded and annihilated them first, he would be sure to annihilate this Sui cavalry in less than two hours.
But in this way, the city gate that has been snatched now will inevitably fall into the hands of the Sui people again.
At present, their troops are not many, if they plan to annihilate the 20,000 Sui troops outside the city first, then in the end, he may only have about 40,000 or 50,000 left. There were only forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses left, and he was not sure that he would take Yanmen at all.
Like a gambler, he has already bet too much before, and now he has reached the point where he can't continue without it. He no longer has the capital to gamble on the next one, and the only way to win or lose is this game.
With red eyes, Shibi Khan said loudly, "Pass on the order of the Khan, the golden wolf will move forward, the whole army will charge together, and all the men and horses will press on me." Victory or defeat is in the present day, and we will kill it. After speaking, he ignored Lingli, took his golden wolf shì guard, and moved towards the city gate with the golden wolf Daxu.
As soon as the golden wolf moved forward, it already meant that Shibi Dakhan personally rushed to the front.
All the Turks in the darkness of the night roared in unison, brandishing their scimitars, and rushed forward again frantically.
Yang Guang stood at the head of the city beating drums, heard the Turks under the city suddenly burst out of a roar, the attack was even more fierce, turned his head from the shield wall to look at the city, only to see that in the firelight, the Turkic golden wolf Daxu was constantly moving forward, towards the west gate at the foot of the city. And under the golden wolf, countless Turks are rushing in.
"Your Majesty, the Turkic Shibi Khan has come up in person, please return to the city for the time being!" Yu Wenhua on the side and Lian Dao.
Yang Guang glared at Yu Wenhua angrily and glanced at him, "I am a dignified Chinese emperor, and I will be afraid of a barbarian chieftain." Yu Wenhua and immediately mobilized the catapults, and I saw the golden wolf Daxu, bombarded me fiercely, and mobilized all the catapults, quickly! Yu Wenhua glanced at the golden wolf who had just entered the range of the catapult with some hesitation, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that it is not easy to hit at such a distance, and now the catapult is all attacking and intercepting those Hu Lu who rushed through General Li's array outside the city......"
Yang Guang glanced at Yu Wenhua coldly, and at a glance, Yu Wenhua already felt like falling into an ice cave, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he hurriedly ran to give orders to those catapults on the head of the city.
"All catapults are ready, target the Turkic golden wolf, cover the attack, put!"!.