The first round of attacks, the Sui army invested three thousand soldiers and concentrated on attacking the northeast corner, forming strong pressure. The three thousand soldiers were like turbulent tides and soldiers were like forests. The soldiers carried wide ladders and ran forward. The drums were ringing heavily, and the shouts of killing were shaking the sky.

Qu Tutong had dug three deep defense trenches in front of Tumen Pass, each deep trenches two zhang wide and one zhang five deep. It required a wooden board to build a bridge, which increased the difficulty for the attacking side. In addition, Qu Tutong deployed two thousand crossbowmen behind the three defensive trenches, and then scattered tens of thousands of tiny caltrop thorns within a hundred steps in front of the gully, forming an effective defense system.

At this time, drums were heard in the Sui army, and a square formation of three thousand people launched a large-scale attack.

Amid the rumbling drums, the Sui army's attack wave had already pushed to a hundred and fifty steps away from the gully, and had not yet entered the range of the crossbow arrows. At this time, Qu Tutong sneered and ordered: "Prepare for the bed crossbow!"

The Tang soldiers pulled open the oil cloth covering the wall, revealing three hundred bed crossbows, which were the defensive supplies brought together when transporting food. Two soldiers tightened the bowstrings in front of the bed crossbow, and the other soldier placed nine arrows on the bed crossbow, shooting nine consecutive shots, with a range of three hundred steps, and extremely powerful.

"shoot!"

With Qu Tutong's order, three hundred bed crossbows and two thousand seven hundred arrows were shot out together. The arrows were like thunder and were powerful. Although the Sui army's shield could block the crossbow, it could not block the power of the bed crossbow. Suddenly, the shields were shot through one after another, and the soldiers behind the shield were shot through. Only screams were heard, and more than three hundred soldiers running in the front died and fell to the ground.

But the Sui army soldiers did not stop and still ran forward. Suddenly, many soldiers rushed to the ground and curled up in pain. They stepped on the thorns hidden in the grass. Although the thorns were not poisoned, they effectively blocked the Sui army's offensive. The Sui army's offensive formation immediately became chaotic.

At this moment, two thousand crossbowmen hiding behind the gully showed their power. They appeared at the same time. The crossbow arrows were diagonally towards the sky, and the arrow clouds rose into the sky, like locusts pounced on them, shooting into the dense army. The shields and armor of the Sui army could not withstand the impact of the rain of arrows. Under the heavy blow of the crossbow and the arrow formation, the attacking Sui army soldiers were seriously injured, and the dead bodies in front of the gully were covered with blood.

Luo Shixin never expected that there were thorns in the grass within a hundred steps in front of the gully. He was so angry that his face turned pale, but he had no choice but to order: "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!"

‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell to withdraw the troops rang, and the Sui soldiers left hundreds of corpses and retreated back to the formation. The soldiers took off their boots and pulled out the thorns that were very deep from the soles of the boots. Although the soldiers cursed, in fact, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. There was no poison on the thorns, otherwise one leg would not be saved.

Luo Shi was extremely angry in his faith. Although this thorn thorn is small, it has a great impact on morale. However, there are some ways to deal with this thorn. His soldiers tied a piece of wood on the sole of his shoes to break the threat of the thorn.

The soldiers tied wooden blocks to the soles of their shoes, and Luo Shixin immediately ordered: "All the troops are put into battle, and the first one to attack Tumen Pass will be rewarded with 5,000 guan!"

The Tang army's crossbow arrows and bed crossbows brought nearly 700 casualties to the Sui army, but it could not stop the second round of attacks of more than 5,000 soldiers. As the Sui army's urging drums accelerated, Luo Shixin led all the soldiers to line up to kill the wall.

This time, the Sui army formed a step by step, holding its shields high and advancing forward. The caltrops in the grass did not cause trouble to the soldiers anymore. Only the flying crossbow arrows continued to penetrate the shields of the soldiers in the front row, causing a certain degree of casualties. However, the Tang army crossbowmen behind the ravine could no longer hurt the Sui soldiers.

Qu Tutong could see clearly. He knew that Luo Shixin had found a way to break the formation, so he had to order: "The crossbowman retreated to the wall!"

As the bell rang, two thousand crossbowmen hiding behind the gullies stood up and retreated to the wall like a tide.

But the Sui soldiers still went to camp step by step, walking while removing the thorns on the ground until they crossed three gullies and there were no thorns on the ground. At this time, Luo Shixin, who had been angry for a long time, shouted, "Kill--"

He jumped up and rushed towards the wall first. More than 5,000 Tang soldiers behind him also shouted: "Kill!"

The Sui army soldiers shook off the wooden blocks of shoes, held their shields high and swept towards Guancheng. The walls were filled with dense Tang soldiers. They shot arrows at the Sui army siege together, and the rain of arrows shot at the rushing Sui army soldiers.

But the rain of arrows could no longer repel the Sui soldiers. Large siege ladders were striking on the ground on the city walls. Thousands of Sui soldiers climbed up the ladder like ants, climbing the ladder with one hand and holding a shield with the other, biting a horizontal knife in their mouths, and climbing up hard.

Arrows on the top of the wall were raining like rain, stones rolling wood fell like hail, and soldiers were hit and shot, screaming and falling down from the city. The dead bodies under the city wall quickly piled up, blood flowing into a river, seeping out of the pile of corpses, dyeing the land outside the wall red.

The wall was only one meter high, and even if the siege ladder was overturned, it could not cause substantial damage to the Sui army. In just a moment, the Sui army on more than a dozen siege ladders had rushed to the wall and fought a desperate battle with the Tang army guarding the wall.

Soon, more and more Sui soldiers fought on the wall, and nearly 10,000 people fought fiercely on the one-mile-long wall, and people kept rolling down. At this time, Qu Tutong's clever strategic and tactical command had lost its effect, and his role in this close-knit battle was far lower than that of Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin fully used the Overlord Spear. His big spear flew like a flying dragon soaring into the sky. His gun shadows were dotted, and he seemed to be colorful. He killed the Tang soldiers on the city walls with flesh and blood and corpses everywhere. Wherever he passed, he killed the Tang army retreated step by step and cried and shouted.

Although Qu Tutong's martial arts skills were not as strong as Luo Shixin and could not enter the battle like soldiers, his ability and decisiveness to judge the situation were still incomparable to ordinary people. He had seen that the Tang army was at a disadvantage. Although his army was also well-trained, his practical experience was not as good as Luo Shixin's army. Luo Shixin's bravery and invincible inspired every soldier under his command.

Qu Tutong knew that he had no reinforcements, and once he was at a disadvantage, it would be difficult to turn over again. Their morale would be worn out little by little, and the soldiers would be wiped out little by little, and in the end, the entire army would be wiped out one ending.

In this case, only timely retreat is the only way to protect yourself. Qu Tutong ordered without hesitation: "The entire army retreats!"

The bell of retreat rang, and the Tang soldiers evacuated the wall and rushed to Jingxing, which meant that they had given up Tumen Pass. Luo Shixin waved his spear and ordered: "Don't pursue, let them leave!"

Luo Shixin knew that pursuing the enemy in Jingxing would not have any effect on killing the enemy, and would eventually lead to his own food being cut off and he would retreat.

More importantly, the commander gave him the military order was very clear, "If you take back the Tumen, you must not enter Jingxing."

Even if Luo Shixin was not convinced, Zhang Xuanjun ordered him not to refuse to obey.

However, Luo Shixin knew that they would soon enter Bingzhou and would never miss the opportunity.

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At this time, Zhang Xuan was not at Tumen Pass. Except for 10,000 cavalry to support Luo Shixin, the other 50,000 troops surrounded Zhending County and were blocked. Sang Xianhe's army was intercepted by 20,000 cavalry as soon as he was about to retreat to Tumen Pass. However, he responded quickly and retreated to Zhending County before the cavalry encircled and annihilated himself.

Sang Xianhe was originally a Huya Lang General of the Sui Dynasty. He has always been Qu Tutong's deputy general and has rich combat experience. After surrendering to Li Yuan, he was named General of the Left Guard and Duke of Changning County.

Just last night, he gathered hundreds of defeated soldiers from Li Shuliang's army, and then he realized that Li Shuliang's 30,000 troops had been completely destroyed, and the Youzhou army they were determined to come to pick up had already disappeared.

Zhending County, which was later Zhengding County, Hebei Province, was also the county seat of Hengshan County. The county town was about 30 miles in circumference, and the city was tall and sturdy. More than 100,000 people lived in the county town.

Although the population is large, people are determined, and neither the officials nor the people are willing to help this foreign army, which makes Sang Xian and the people have no civilians to help defend the city, nor have enough food to hold the city. Before sending troops, Li Jiancheng issued a strict order, and the army will not be allowed to harass the people of Hebei, kill people or kill robbers and kill them.

The internal and external difficulties made Sang Xian and his helpless. At this time, a cavalry rushed from a distance and shouted under the city: "My general's letter to General Sang!"

He shot the letter to the top of the city with an arrow. A soldier picked it up and ran to report to the main general. When Sang County heard that it was Zhang Xuan's letter to him, he was secretly shocked. It turned out that Zhang Xuan himself led his army to annihilate Li Shuliang's army.

He opened the letter and read it. Zhang Xuan said frankly in the letter. Li Shuliang had been killed, Qu Tutong was defeated and returned to Bingzhou. Zhending had become an isolated city.

If he was willing to surrender to the New Sui Dynasty, his official title in the Tang Dynasty could be maintained, and he would not be blamed for the past. If he was unwilling to surrender, he could also be let go. However, the army must stay. But if he resisted stubbornly and injured the people of Hebei, once the city was broken, the entire army would slaughter him and make a decision before darkness was restricted.

Sang Xianhe looked at the sky and it was almost dusk. In other words, Zhang Xuan only gave him one hour to consider. Sang Xianhe sighed deeply. As a Sui general who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, wouldn’t he be ridiculed by the people of the world? Although he also knew that this Sui was not the other Sui, Li Yuan treated him well, so how could he betray him?

Before dark, the gate of Zhending County was wide open, and five thousand Tang troops left the city to surrender to the besieged Sui army, while Sang County He led more than a dozen personal soldiers to Jingxing and return to Bingzhou under the surveillance and guarding of hundreds of cavalry.
Chapter completed!