Chapter 1116: A desperate smash

In the direction of Guzang City, the Tuyuhun King Shaxi and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command launched a fierce attack on Guzang City by using catapults on the front and secretly digging tunnels on the side.

This combination of Zhengqi and strange tactics did cause great pressure to the Jin army defending the city, but after Tuyuhun put down the arrogance of slaughtering the city, all the people in Guzang City joined the ranks of defending the city, and the strong young men went to the city to help defend the city, while the remaining people were responsible for transporting all kinds of equipment to defend the city, and many people demolished their houses for the righteousness of defending the city.

With the joint efforts of nearly 100,000 people in the city, Guzang City withstood the strong attack of the Tuyuhun army for five days and five nights, so that the Tuyuhun army paid the loss of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, however, the military and civilian losses of Guzang City were greater, at least 20,000 Jin troops and civilians died in the battle to defend the city, in addition, there are some old and frail people, who died of exhaustion when transporting materials to defend the city, nearly 10,000 houses were demolished, millions of arrows were lost, and the consumption of cloth, medicine and other materials was huge, which can be said to have paid a great price.

However, as long as Guzang City can be defended and Tuyuhun's conspiracy miscalculated, it is worth it even if all the resources in Guzang City are exhausted, after all, as long as Tuyuhun army invades Chengnei, it will kill all the people in the city and raze Guzang City to the ground.

More than 100,000 troops adopted a combination of Zhengqi tactics, stormed for five days and five nights, and after paying a huge price, they still failed to break through Guzang City, which made Tuyuhun King Shaxi and his generals extremely angry, and everyone swore angrily that they must break through Guzang City and completely destroy Guzang City.

"Your Majesty, our army has suffered a lot of losses, but the reinforcements of the Jin army are getting closer and closer, and if we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the situation will become more and more unfavorable to our army." A Tuyuhun minister said worriedly.

Obviously, the minister's intention was to ask the Tuyuhun king Shaxi to give up the attack on Guzang City. and return to the territory of Tuyuhun to avoid greater losses.

However, when King Tuyuhun heard this, he was extremely angry, and his warriors paid a huge loss. But he didn't break through Guzang City, if this was spread, wouldn't it damage his prestige, and most importantly, even if he led his troops back to Tuyuhun. With the gradual expansion of the Great Jin Dynasty, can Tuyuhun get rid of the fate of being destroyed? It is obviously impossible, since it has launched a strong attack on Guzang City, and Liang Zi of the Great Jin Dynasty has taken it, and at this time withdrawing Tuyuhun can not be forgiven by the Great Jin Court, rather than this, it is better to continue to storm Guzang City, break Guzang City and completely eradicate it, in order to show Tuyuhun's powerful force, so that the Great Jin Dynasty does not dare to have the idea of annexing Tuyuhun. At the same time, it can also boost the morale of the Tuyuhun army, so that the Tuyuhun army will not be demoralized because it failed to break through Guzang City.

"Our army lost more than 20,000 soldiers in Guzang City, the king and the envoys were humiliated by the Jin generals, if you can't break through Guzang City, it will be completely destroyed, how can this breath in the heart of this king be swallowed, if you don't break through Guzang City, this king will not give up." King Tuyuhun said fiercely.

"Your Majesty, although our army has suffered great losses. But the losses of the Jin army in Guzang City are not small, and they are also gritting their teeth and insisting, as long as our army attacks for a few more days, they will definitely be able to break through Guzang City. Slaughter all the men, women, and children in the city. A Tuyuhun general who had suffered heavy losses in his troops and horses said loudly.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight to break through Guzang City, now the defenders of Guzang City are already at the end of the crossbow, and most of the people in the city are ordinary people in Chengnei, as long as our army holds on a little longer. You can break through Guzang City. Another unwilling Tuyuhun general said loudly.

Seeing that his subordinates still had the heart to fight, King Tuyuhun finally felt a little better, and nodded approvingly, so that his subordinates were ready to continue to attack Guzang City.

"Report, Wang, the Jin general Thunderstorm commanded 40,000 Jin troops have broken through Baima Pass and are marching in the direction of Pingkang City." At this moment, there was unfavorable news that Baima Pass had been broken by the Jin army in Tuyuhun.

When the Tuyuhun King Shaxi and his subordinate generals heard this, they were all shocked, they did not expect that the Jin army would break through the White Horse Pass and enter the hinterland of Tuyuhun, after all, the White Horse Pass is so easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are three thousand Tuyuhun troops stationed there, how can it be broken like this?

"The White Horse Pass was broken by the Jin army, how is this possible, in order to ensure the safety of the White Horse Pass, the king has deployed 3,000 soldiers and horses, how can the 40,000 troops of the Jin Military Region break through?" King Tuyuhun said in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the White Horse Pass has indeed been broken by the Jin army, according to the report of the general guarding the pass, they are fighting with the tens of thousands of Jin troops who are attacking, and five hundred Jin army elites suddenly appeared behind them, and attacked them from behind, as for how the five hundred Jin army elites entered the rear of the White Horse Pass, no one knows, it is like a divine soldier descending from the sky."

When the Tuyuhun King Shaxi heard this, he was furious in his heart, and shouted: "The divine soldiers descended from the sky, and there was nonsense, it must be the negligence of the guards that allowed the Jin army to take advantage of the loophole." ”

"Your Majesty, there are cliffs on both sides of the White Horse Pass, if the elite of the Jin army suddenly appears behind the White Horse Pass, there is only one possibility, that is, to climb up from the cliffs on both sides." A courtier said.

"Impossible, the cliffs on both sides of Baima Pass can't even be climbed by apes, how can the soldiers of the Jin army climb up? It's impossible! A Tuyuhun general who was very familiar with Baima Pass shook his head and said.

Obviously, with his understanding of Baima Pass, it is absolutely impossible for the elite soldiers of the Jin army to climb the cliffs on both sides of Baima Pass, after all, the cliffs on both sides of Baima Pass are so steep that even apes can't climb them, let alone people?

"In addition to the steep cliffs on both sides of the White Horse Pass, there is no other road that leads to the back of the White Horse Pass, if it is not climbed through the cliffs on both sides, then how did the five hundred elites of the Jin army appear behind the White Horse Pass? How can this be explained? The courtier retorted.

Hearing this, the Tuyuhun general frowned, that's right, except for the steep cliffs on both sides of Baima Pass, there is no road leading to the back of Baima Pass, for this reason, the five hundred elites of the Jin army can only climb to the top of the cliff from the cliffs on both sides of Baima Pass, and go around to the back of Baima Pass.

Tuyuhun King Shaxi was in a mood of both anger and nervousness at this time, Baima Pass was broken by the Jin army, which meant that Tuyuhun's hinterland was exposed, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Jin army could enter the hinterland of Tuyuhun and capture Tuyuhun's territory, and even the capital Bailan was very likely to be captured by tens of thousands of Jin troops, and this was unbearable for Tuyuhun King Shaxi, and Tuyuhun could not bear it.

"Your Majesty, the White Horse Pass was broken by the Jin army. More than 30,000 elite Jin troops have entered the eastern part of Tuyuhun, the main force of our army is basically here, and there are not many elite soldiers left in the country, and Weichen is worried that if our army does not return as soon as possible. I'm afraid that all the territories in the country will be occupied by the Jin army, and in this way, we will be homeless. A Tuyuhun minister said worriedly.

"Yes! Your Majesty, the White Horse Pass has been lost. With the advance speed of the Jin army, it may arrive at Bailan City within a month, and once Bailan City is lost, it will be fatal to us Tuyuhun, so our army must return to help as soon as possible and eliminate the more than 30,000 Jin soldiers and horses who have entered Baima Pass. Another minister suggested.

When the king of Tuyuhun heard this, he fell into a painful hesitation, and he was naturally unwilling to give up and continue to attack Guzang City, so as not to make the world laugh at the fact that Tuyuhun could not break through a Guzang city in the Jin Kingdom. However, the loss of Baima Pass made Tuyuhun's hinterland fall under the iron heel of the Jin army, if it is not returned to the country as soon as possible, Tuyuhun's territory and cities are very likely to be captured by the Jin army on a large scale, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Report, Your Majesty, the western capital city was captured by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Jin army, and the thousands of men and horses left behind by our army were all wiped out, and Xiping County has been fully recovered by the Jin army." Just when Sha Xi hesitated, the news came that the western capital was broken by the Jin army.

The Tuyuhun King Sha Xi and the generals under his command heard the news. Suddenly they were shocked again, Xiping County was the land they had finally captured, but they did not expect to be recovered by the Jin army so quickly, and the thousands of men and horses left behind were also wiped out. This is a big blow to the Tuyuhun King Shaxi and the generals.

"Your Majesty, now that the reinforcements of the two Jin armies have arrived in place, our army should immediately give up attacking Guzang City, and successively attack the two Jin armies to annihilate the Jin troops reinforced by the two roads. In this way, it is the best policy, besides, I Tuyuhun is mainly cavalry, good at field combat and not good at siege, our army continues to attack Guzang City, it will not be able to play an advantage at all, but increase casualties, if it is in the field and the Jin army to fight, I believe that it will be able to hit the Jin army hard, and show the prestige of my Tuyuhun. A minister said.

"Your Majesty, this is a way, but if our army kills directly to the western capital, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Jin army will definitely defend the city, and it will become a siege war that our army is not good at, so if we want to achieve a battle with the Jin army in the field with the soldiers and horses of the western capital, we must continue to storm Guzang City, and let tens of thousands of elites of the Jin army reinforce Guzang, so that our army can attack it in the field when the Jin army soldiers and horses reinforce Guzang, so as to break the Jin army and achieve victory."

When the king of Tuyuhun heard this, he felt that this was a way, but this method could only attract the Jin army all the way to the western capital, and they had no way to deal with the thunderstorm army that had entered the territory of Tuyuhun for the time being, however, the thunderstorm army only had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and a lot of soldiers and horses would be lost all the way to the city, and it might take a long time to arrive at Bailan, and there were 10,000 troops left behind in Bailan City, which was enough to block the attack of the thunderstorm army, so it was not too urgent for the time being.

"Pass the order, and the army will continue to storm Guzang City." The king of Tuyuhun, Sha Xi, gave the order to continue the assault on Guzang City.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Tuyuhun general Zhengse received the order and immediately led his troops to continue the attack on Guzang City.

Subsequently, the Tuyuhun army continued to attack Guzang City with all its might, and there was a momentum of not breaking through Guzang City and vowing not to give up.

With the continuous offensive of the Tuyuhun army, the situation in Guzang City has become more precarious, and the Guanzhong Legion of the Jin Army, which is responsible for reinforcements, naturally cannot watch from the wall, for this reason, the Guanzhong Legion of the 40,000 Jin Army left Zhucheng in Xiping County, and went to the direction of Guzang City for reinforcements.

The Jin army Guanzhong army has only 40,000 horses, and the main army of Tuyuhun attacking Guzang City is more than 100,000, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of Tuyuhun are elite divisions that are good at field operations, in contrast, the Jin army Guanzhong Army has no advantage at all, but in the face of the urgent situation in Guzang City, they can't help but reinforce, otherwise, once Guzang City is lost because of their poor rescue, they need to be responsible for it, and it is very likely to be disposed of by Hua'an, so even if the strength is not as good as the Tuyuhun army, They also have to go all out to reinforce Guzang City.

Xiping County is not far from Guzang City, so within a few days, the 40,000 Jin Army Guanzhong Army arrived at an open area less than 30 miles away from Guzang City and began to camp.

More than 100,000 Tuyuhun troops are near Guzang City not far away, which makes all the generals of the Tuyuhun army extremely nervous, although they have their own elite, but the field combat strength of the Tuyuhun army, they are also very clear, in the case of obvious disadvantage in the army, they do not have much confidence in whether they can defeat the Tuyuhun army.

"General, our army captured Xiping County for many days and annihilated thousands of Tuyuhun troops, but the Tuyuhun army did not return to Xiping County, which is enough to show that the Tuyuhun army is determined to break through Guzang City, it seems that our army must immediately reinforce Guzang City, so as not to fall the city." A subordinate general said.

"Yes! Tuyuhun is determined to attack Guzang City, I really don't know who in Guzang City offended King Tuyuhun, and actually made him make such a big determination to attack Guzang City. The chief general of the Jin army said helplessly.

"General, although Tuyuhun is a powerful country in the west, it is still much weaker than the Great Jin, and the last general really can't figure it out, where did the King of Tuyuhun get the courage to dare to invade Liangzhou of the Great Jin." The general said softly.

The chief general of the Jin army nodded, and said: "The general is also a little puzzled, now my Great Jin is like the sky, all the soldiers and horses have exceeded one million, and the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses are less than 200,000, and the strength is much worse than that of the Great Jin, but the King of Tuyuhun has the courage to attack Liangzhou, and he is really not afraid of my Great Jin retaliation!" ”

"General, Tuyuhun is asking for his own death, I heard that Wang Shangqin has led 100,000 elites into Qinzhou, I believe that they will be able to reach Liangzhou soon, and when the time comes, Tuyuhun's army will only have the share of breaking and fleeing." The general said contemptuously.

The chief general of the Jin army nodded, and said: "That's right, as long as the king's 100,000 troops arrive in Liangzhou, the end of Tuyuhun will come, but it's a pity that they are still attacking the city in vain under Guzang City." ”

"Report, general, smoke and dust are raised in the distance, and the Tuyuhun army is coming to kill our army." At this moment, the news came that the Tuyuhun army was killed. (To be continued.) )