‘Dong! dong! dong! dong! dong!’ Xue Yantuo’s majestic war drums echoed on the wide south bank of the Yellow River. Amid the sound of thousands of big drums at the same time, a cavalry of ten thousand people surrounded Xue Yantuo Khan Yi Shibo and slowly crossed the Yellow River. This article comes from

Four 10,000 cavalry teams were distributed in front of the 10,000 cavalry formation and on both sides of the rear. The black army was boundless and stretched for ten miles. There was also a 10,000 logistics army on the north bank of the Yellow River. This time, when attacking Dali City, Yi made a bet of 10,000 troops. He wanted to destroy Dali City in one fell swoop, boost the morale of Xueyantuo's army with the myth of defeating the Sui army, and then turn around to Jinshan to fight against the Qibi army.

Yi Shibo rode on a tall and majestic war horse, staring coldly at the far away at the Fortress of Linhe, the Sui army had been razed to the river and guarding the fortress of the hills and the broken stones, and the scene of Dali City being captured in his mind. The flames soared into the sky, and the soldiers and civilians knelt in front of his horse begging for mercy. His soldiers mercilessly cut off the heads of these Han people, and Yang Yuanqing's head was tied to his war horse's neck.

This extremely tempting and longing scene was about to appear, and he could no longer wait. At this time, he was no longer just to avenge his son, but to flatten the city and make everyone in the tribe understand that Xue Yantuo was not afraid of the powerful Sui Dynasty, boosting morale and fighting their mortal enemy, Qibian.

The golden wolf-headed banner above his head fluttered in the wind, and behind him were more than a dozen commanders of Xueyantuo, and next to him was Sha Lulie, the heir of Xueyantuo Khan, who was a young man as fierce as a leopard. He was known for his courage in Xueyantuo.

He stared at the direction of Dali City with a cold leopard-like gaze and asked for battle: "Khan! Give me three days to see me level the Dali City!"

"Okay! I will appoint you as the chief general and conquer Dali City in three days."

Yi Shibo handed the Khan golden arrow to Shaluli. He took a last look at the direction of Dali City and said lightly: "Capture the city, no chickens and dogs will be left!"

He turned around and watched Khan walk away. Shaluli immediately raised Khan's golden arrow and shouted, "The whole army is dispatched and headed towards Dali City!"

Eighty thousand army marched towards Dali City, with thousands of drums beating, and the drums were sounded like thunder. It could be heard dozens of miles away, and the murderous aura of 80 thousand army was soaring into the sky. Following hundreds of ladders, nesting vehicles and stone catapults in the dense army, Xueyantuo's army pushed them forward and swept the city of Li City twenty miles away with an unstoppable murderous aura.

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Flags were waving on the walls of Italy, and two thousand Sui troops stood in line at the top of the city. He was wearing bright light armor, an eagle helmet, holding a step bow and a soldier arrow in his hand, and all his eyes were firm. Fifty huge trenchers stood like fifty giants on the top of the city.

Yang Yuanqing stood on the battlement and stared at the Xueyantuo army slowly moving in the distance. A black line about five miles long appeared on the snow field more than ten miles away, and the sound of drums came from the black line.

Xueyantuo's army did not go fast. They did not come to fight the cavalry, but to fight the siege. This was not the Xueyantuo people were good at, especially in early spring. Generally, grassland people would not choose to fight at this time. Spring is the season for livestock to have cubs. Soldiers are prone to family thinking, their morale is unstable, and the war horses are not strong after a winter. However, Xueyantuo had to choose to fight at this time. In another ten days, the Yellow River will begin to thaw, and their army will not be able to cross the Yellow River.

"General, look over there!"

A soldier pointed to the east and shouted. Yang Yuanqing leaned forward and looked east. He saw a knight wearing a white cloak running towards the city gate along the moat.

"It's the Qibian!"

Yang Yuanqing recognized the white cloak on the knight, and he immediately ordered: "Kaicheng and let him in!"

More than a hundred soldiers twisted the iron chains, and the city gate slowly opened. The Qiezi Knight rushed into the city. The city gate closed again. The Qiezi Knight entered the inner city again. After a moment, the Qiezi Knight was taken to the outer city by the soldiers. Only then did Yang Yuanqing discover that a falcon was parked on his shoulder.

The Knight Qiezi stepped forward and knelt on one knee, saying in Turkic words: "Amo see General Yang!"

"I've seen you, we used to fight together."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "What kind of good news do you bring to me?"

"I am the Prince's Eagle slave. This eagle will convey information between the city of Li and Cialis. Prince Chia has led an army of 50,000 to Yinshan."

"Okay! I look forward to your good news."

The news from Qi Zi made Yang Yuanqing feel energetic. Looking at the boundless Xue Yantuo army in the distance, a kind of ambition surged in his heart. In this battle, he would completely destroy the ambitions of the grassland people for Fengzhou.

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Xueyantuo's army stopped five miles away from Dali City. The drums stopped. The 80,000 troops began to set up camp tents. Soon, thousands of camp tents appeared outside the city. Xueyantuo took Shaluli out of the camp tent and looked at the city that left their Khans humiliated. The city wall shone in the sunlight in white light, which was covered with a thick layer of ice shell.

Sha Luli was fierce and cruel, but he was good at fighting. This strong city surprised him secretly. In his impression, the cities on the border of the Sui Dynasty were all low and dilapidated, but the castle was so tall and strong that he secretly regretted it. In three days, he was too full.

"Ye Hu, I'm afraid I can't defeat this castle in three days." A ten thousand men said worriedly beside him.

"If you can't beat it, you have to fight!"

Shaluli gritted his teeth and could not take it within three days, so his position as the heir of Khan was in danger. "No matter what, you must take it within three days! The Immortal tribe is coming first."

‘Dong! dong! dong!’ The sound of the drums sounded again, and the army of 15,000 Xueyantuo rushed out like a tide, surrounded by more than a hundred siege ladders and rushed towards Dali City.

This is the Yantu tribe in Xueyantuo. The 20,000 people who were completely wiped out in the Battle of Lake Harry were also the Yantu tribe. They have a relatively low status in Xueyantuo. They are all in this dangerous war.

Hundreds of cloud ladders lined up and drove vigorously towards Dali City five miles away. Ten thousand soldiers were wearing leather armor, holding shields and spears in their hands, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky. The war finally broke out in this cold early spring.

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On the outer city wall, in the open space between the inner city and the outer city, eight thousand Sui soldiers and ten thousand craftsmen stood in line. Looking up at the high two-city suspension bridge, listening to the pre-war mobilization of the chief general Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing was wearing an eagle helmet on his head and a spear in his hand. He stood on the suspension bridge between the two cities, just like a god descending to earth.

He raised the Panying Sword high and shouted to the army: "This is the sword of the emperor, the sword given to Dali City by His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The beacon has been introduced to Xijing. The emperor is paying attention to Dali City. The 50 million pairs of eyes in the Sui Dynasty are also paying attention to Dali City. Brothers, today we are not fighting for individuals. We are not fighting for the city, but fighting for the emperor of the Sui Dynasty and fighting for the dignity of the Sui Empire. Even if there is only one person left in the end, Dali City must not fall!"

Amid the rumbling drums outside the city, the blood of the eight thousand soldiers boiled. They held up their spears and shouted with all their might: "Fight for the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty! Fight for the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty!"

The shouts shook the whole city, and even more than 10,000 people in the inner city were infected. He then shouted. Yang Yuanqing waved his long spear and shouted loudly: "The enemy has arrived, and the soldiers will return to their posts. Those who disobey military orders and shake the morale of the army will be killed immediately!"

The soldiers left one after another and rushed to their respective positions. Six thousand Sui troops and ten thousand stonemason troops rushed into the inner city. If they wanted to go up to the outer city wall, they could only enter the inner city first. They traveled through the iron chain suspension bridge between the inner and outer cities. The inner city gates were closed with a bang. The inner city gates were made of cast iron and were extremely solid. The outer city gates were two or eight feet high. A hundred people were needed to open the city gate just by opening them.

Yang Yuanqing quickly walked towards the outer city wall, and said to Yang Sien as he walked: "Don't go all the troops. The enemy does not know the size of our troops. They must first test it. We will only use three thousand troops first. The rest of the troops will stay in the inner city for the time being and wait for my order before investing."

"I will understand!"

"besides!"

Yang Yuanqing called Yang Sien again, "Go to the soldiers to send a message that 20,000 reinforcements from Lingzhou have arrived in Fengzhou and will come to help us soon."

"Yes!" Yang Sien turned around and left.

On the top of the city, three thousand Sui army and five thousand craftsmen stood on the top of the city. The Sui army looked cold and raised their bows and arrows together. But the five thousand craftsmen were a little scared. The overwhelming Xueyantuo army outside the city made each of them tremble.

But the war had already broken out, and they had no choice but to fight. The craftsman army was responsible for pulling the catapult. The huge catapult was about two meters high, and the long arm rod was hung with a stone pocket. It was pulled by one hundred and fifty people, and it could throw dozens of kilograms of huge stones four or five hundred steps away.

Yang Yuanqing looked coldly at the black enemy rushing up, and ladders were filled with Xue Yantuo soldiers preparing to attack the city. The enemy had already entered within 300 steps. Yang Yuanqing swung his long sword and gave an order, "Start!"

The drums were loudly heard at the end of the city. Thirty catapults were activated at the same time. The long arm rods were swung out and the huge rock weighing ten kilograms was thrown out in the air. Dozens of huge rocks rotated in the air, roaring towards the dense crowd. "Boom!" The huge rocks fell down, rolled in the crowd, and the red-colored snow foam rose into the air. More than a dozen people were smashed to pieces. It was a terrible sight. One after another, the huge rocks smashed into the crowd, and screams came one after another.

‘Crack!’ A cloud ladder was hit, and the cloud ladder broke into several pieces. Dozens of people climbing on the cloud ladder fell one after another, and dense huge rocks hit the cloud ladder. The cloud ladder of the Xueyantuo army was simple and rough. They learned from the Turks, and the Turks did not learn the exquisiteness of the cloud ladder. They could not learn the exquisite hinges and wedges of the Han people. They could only learn the form but not the spirit. They could not move forward if they were slightly damaged. In just a hundred steps, nearly half of the cloud ladder was destroyed by the huge rock, but more than fifty cloud ladders gradually approached the city wall.

In the sky, huge rocks were rolling and roaring towards the ground. In a short period of time, the catapult launched four wheels, and more than one hundred huge rocks hit the enemy group, causing more than 2,000 casualties. However, Xueyantuo's army did not stop and they rushed into the range of the bow and arrow.

The Sui army's arrows were like rain on the city, and three thousand soldiers and arrows were shot densely at the enemy. The arrows were used to defend the city, longer and heavier than the cavalry arrows. When shooting from a high place, they would shoot at the enemy with their own weight, which was extremely lethal.

Xueyantuo army raised their shields to greet them. Xueyantuo tribe had two types of shields. One was a wooden shield covered with cowhide, which was solid and used by the Xue tribe, while the other was a simple wooden shield. The board was thinner and used by other small tribes and Yantuo tribes that depended on Xueyantuo. This shield could only withstand the bows and arrows on the grassland, unable to withstand the crossbow arrows of the Sui army, and even more so could not withstand the heavy military arrows. However, many soldiers covered the shields with several layers of raw cowhide, barely resisting the shooting of military arrows, but many shields were still shot through by arrows, shooting the enemy behind the shield to death, and pieces of soldiers screamed and pounced on them.

A cloud ladder approached the city wall, and hundreds of soldiers suddenly pulled the rope backwards. A cloud ladder six or seven feet high was pulled up, and dozens of soldiers were climbed up on the ladder.

With a loud bang, broken ice splattered everywhere. The first cloud ladder was mounted on the top of the city. Then more than thirty cloud ladders were mounted on the top of the city one after another. Thousands of Xueyantuo soldiers rushed up like ants, chopped with knives, stabbed with spears, shot with arrows, and rushed to the top of the city desperately. The arrows on the city were like dense rain, and the rolling wood and stones were smashed like hail. The knife slashed the spear and stabbed the flesh and blood. The Sui army soldiers used a long fork to push the cloud ladder outward. A long cloud ladder was pushed out and turned backwards down. The cloud ladder was screamed with shrill sound.

Xue Yantuo's army under the city began to counterattack, and arrows shot towards the top of the city like rain. Sui soldiers and craftsmen were constantly shot, and they fell from the top of the city screaming and fell, and the casualties gradually increased.

At this time, the dull drum sound of Xueyantuo's army sounded again, and another 30,000 Xueyantuo's army entered the battle. The towering nest cart appeared, and red flags flew on the city. The chief general Yang Yuanqing issued an order to increase troops. Three thousand Sui troops and three thousand craftsmen were sent to the outer city to join the fierce battle.

The war has entered a white heat, and a falcon with a strong body flew into the air in the shadow of a sword and spear, flying towards the distant Yinshan Mountains to the north.

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Chapter completed!