Chapter 26: Becoming famous in one battle

As the outer city was captured, the people in Dali City began to panic. Three thousand households within a radius of 100 miles were gathered in the city, as well as 4,000 Sui soldiers and thousands of craftsmen, a total of nearly 30,000 women, children and elderly people began to retreat to the cave on the rock wall in a planned manner. Although the cave on the rock wall has not been completed, it can barely accommodate nearly 10,000 people.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse to Liu Jian's home. His home was not far from Yang Sien's house. It was a small house covering an acre of land. Liu Jian had no children and his parents died early. There were only two young Turkic women in the family. He lived with him for five years and was considered his wife.

In the yard, two Turkic women heard that their husbands had been killed and were crying with their heads in their arms. Mrs. Fang, the wife of Yang Sien, was whispering to comfort them. Yang Yuanqing sighed. He didn't know what to say?

He ordered a soldier around him, "Send them to the cave and tell them that they don't have to worry about their future lives, I will ask them to arrange them."

He said to Mrs. Fang again: "Sister-in-law, you go to the cave too! It's safer there."

Mrs. Fang nodded silently, "Thank you, General!"

Yang Yuanqing turned his horse's head and happened to meet his little maid Lu Cha running over. When Lu Cha saw him, he was shocked and happy, and ran up and shouted: "Young Master, what should I do?"

"You follow Mrs. Fang and go to the cave together!"

He rode his horse towards the city wall, and he laughed loudly from a distance, "Don't worry, they won't come into the city."

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The suspension bridge fell with a bang, and Xue Yantuo's soldiers pushed the hinge plate and opened the thick outer city gate creakingly. Tens of thousands of troops outside the city rushed out, and they would face the attack from the inner city.

This is the most solid and difficult to conquer the city of Dali. The two inner and outer walls are not connected to each other. The inner city is only a little lower than the outer city, and the city gate is stronger. The inner and outer city walls are a hundred steps apart. This is also a deliberate design for the people who defend the grassland. Most of the bows and arrows on the grassland are only fifty or sixty steps away, while the killing distance of the Sui army's crossbow arrows is a hundred steps away.

At this time, tens of thousands of Xueyantuo soldiers were crowded with open spaces between the two cities, four miles long and ninety steps wide. They held up their shields and dense rain of arrows shot towards the inner city, making the Sui army dare not show their heads.

But the three thousand Sui troops left the battlements, squatted on the city wall, and shot at the opposite city wall with crossbow arrows. The enemy troops on the opposite city wall were shot and injured, and they all removed the useless outer city wall. (《》牌彩7*

Yang Yuanqing stood on a lookout tower and looked coldly at the more than 10,000 Xueyantuo troops below. Do these robbers on the grassland know that their death date is coming?

He waited patiently, waiting for Xue Yantuo's army to break its way out.

"General, the beacon is lit!" A soldier shouted in surprise, pointing at the back mountain.

Yang Yuanqing looked back and saw a pillar of beacon igniting in the back mountain. It was less than twenty miles away from Dali City. His eyes turned back and looked at the outer city gate.

After a moment, Yang Sien rushed up and shouted: "General, the beacon in the back mountain has been ignited. Can you take action?"

"Wait a little longer!"

Yang Yuanqing still waited patiently, and the best time has not yet arrived.

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When Shaluli saw with his own eyes that there was an inner city as high as the outer wall inside, he felt desperate. Khan told him in person that the inner city had not been repaired, which was one of the reasons why they decided to attack Dali City.

"What should I do? Will I still fight?" a ten thousand men asked in a low voice.

"beat!"

Sha Luli looked back and saw the siege car rumbled up. This huge guy was about two zhang high and four zhang long. Among them, the wooden frame was three zhang long. He hung it on the wooden frame with dozens of leather ropes. Pig iron was installed at the front of the head. When it hit, it was powered by tens of thousands of kilograms. Eight hundred Xueyantuo soldiers pushed it forward slowly.

"Order the soldiers to suppress the Sui army with bows and arrows!"

Shaluhu ran his horse into the city.

The Sui army in the inner city was completely suppressed by Xue Yantuo's army with bows and arrows. The arrows were flying like rain. More than 10,000 enemy bows and arrows were enough to make the Sui army have no chance.

Shaluli stared at the inner city gate, although it was strong, when it might not be able to block its pig iron. (《》.com)

The siege rifle rumbled into the outer city gate, and its huge body occupied most of the city gate. At this moment, a Xue Yantuo rushed to report, "Report to Ye Hu, there were more than 20,000 cavalrymen in the Sui army fifteen miles away, and they were coming to us!"

Sha Luli was shocked. The reinforcements of the Sui army arrived. He turned his horse and ran outward. Suddenly, there was a shout from his subordinates behind him. When Sha Luli turned around, he saw rockets flying down the sky at the inner city, and the ground had already caught fire.

The Xueyantuo soldiers on the open space were in chaos, pushing and rushing, rushing to escape, desperately escaping outside the city, but the siege ram blocking the outer city gate made it extremely difficult to escape.

At the feet of the enemy, the fire became bigger and bigger and spread rapidly. Buckets of turbulent oil were thrown from the city, increasing the fire. In an instant, the four-mile, hundreds of steps wide open space turned into a sea of ​​fire, and fire people were running around everywhere. The fallen people struggled in the fire, and the shrill screams resounded throughout the city of Dali. The outer city of Dali turned into a purgatory on earth. Many Sui soldiers could not bear to look at it anymore and turned their heads.

At this time, the loud trumpet sounded outside the city, and 25,000 Sui cavalry came. The swords were sharp, the horses were like dragons, covering the sky and the earth, and thousands of horses were galloping. The murderous aura swept across the sky, killing everything, and instantly defeating thousands of Xueyantuo troops who were fighting.

The three-day siege battle had exhausted Xue Yantuo's army, and the fire from hell burned their morale. They were frightened and fled in the wind. Shaluli had been burned to death in the city, and no one came to restrain them again. Xue Yantuo's army was wailing, fear enveloping them.

In the vast snow, tens of thousands of Xueyantuo soldiers fled in scattered areas, fleeing to the north bank of the Yellow River, and trying to escape back to their homes, but no one expected that because of their Khan's stupidity, their homes were also suffering from a tragic catastrophe.

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The 80,000 cavalry of Qiei entered the Xueyantuo core tribe who was stationed in the camp beside a forest. This is the place where Xueyantuo Khan is located. Tens of thousands of dome tents stretched for more than ten miles. Almost all the young and strong men went to Dali City to fight. There were only tens of thousands of women, children and elderly people left in the camp, and thousands of Khan guards were also there.

When the 80,000 cavalry shocked the earth and the overwhelming cavalry appeared several miles away, the Xueyantuo camp was filled with horror, and the screams of women and the cry of children resounded throughout the camp. The braver women didn't care about their family property and picked up their children and ran away on horseback. The weak women hid in the tent and hugged them in the tent. The old man who was unable to escape cried to the sky and knelt in the snow to wait for the coming of death.

In a grassland tribe without strong men support, it means being slaughtered and looted. This is the wolf law that has not changed since ancient times in the grassland.

The Qiezi cavalry rushed into Xueyantuo's camp like a strong wind, slaying the old man, looting women and children, snatching cattle, sheep and property. Qiezili waved his spear and shouted loudly, "Don't worry about property, kill Xueyantuo's Khan first!"

Qibli Lie led 20,000 cavalry to kill the King Xueyantuo tent several miles away. His eyes were fixed on the golden wolf-headed banner floating above the King's tent.

In the king's tent, Yi Shibo was tortured by regret. He had just received a message from the Falcon that Dali City was extremely solid and their army could not capture it for a long time, and there were heavy casualties. This battle report shocked Yi Shibo.

He was an extremely paranoid person. If he had not encountered major setbacks, he would not turn back. He thought that paying a price of one or two thousand people would flatten Dali City, boost the morale of his army, defeating the Sui army could increase his prestige in the grassland and make other Tiel people surrender to him, but he did not expect that things were not as simple as he thought.

When he heard that 20,000 people had been killed in the siege, Yi Shibo finally began to regret it. He began to realize that he had made a big mistake. He had not yet taken over the city of Li to death. How many people would he have to die to take over this small border town?

If he continues to fight like this, will he still have an army to fight against the powerful Qibian? He remembered what his eldest son Yinan said to him, and his regret began to be suffocated. He is now in a difficult situation to get rid of the tiger, either to increase his troops, but the Xueyantuo tribe in the east is controlled by his eldest son Yinan. He may not be willing to increase his troops, or to withdraw his troops, but he is unwilling to give up and more than 20,000 people died in battle, which he could not accept anyway.

At this moment, the tent suddenly started to shake violently, and a muffled thunder sound came from a distance. Yi Shibo suddenly reacted. At this time, a large group of cavalry came and he was panicked. Who was coming? Is it the Sui army?

A thousand-man commander rushed into the tent, sweating profusely and shouted: "Khan, go quickly! The Qiezi cavalry are coming, and there are tens of thousands of people."

"ah!"

Yi Shibo was stunned. He suddenly stamped his feet and beat his chest, and cried loudly: "Xue Yantuo is over. I have made a big mistake. I shouldn't have taken revenge, I shouldn't have!"

Thousands of his guards had rushed up to fight against the Qiezi cavalry. More than a dozen guards were carrying him and running outwards. Suddenly, a black cloud covered his tent. The sound of wind was whistling in his ears, and the sound of horse hooves like thunder broke his heart. Tens of thousands of cavalry swept past his tent.

The flagpole was cut off, the golden wolf-headed flag was taken away, and Yi Shibo collapsed on the snow. As soon as he looked up, a majestic man appeared in front of him, holding a spear in his hand and looking cold.

‘Chibi Lie!’

He recognized the man in front of him, Qi Lie smiled cruelly, slashed his spear, and Yi Shibo screamed, and the spear pierced his chest without mercy.

Qi Lie cut off his head, raised it high, and shouted loudly: "Xueyantu Khan's head is in my hands!"

The soldiers of Qibi cheered, and they rushed to all directions and began to plunder the tribe that had no ability to resist.

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A battle of offensive and defensive in Dali City that changed the grassland pattern ended with the crushing defeat of Xueyantuo's army. In this battle, Xueyantuo's army was killed by more than 60,000 people, nearly 9,000 people were burned to death, and even the main general Shaluli died in the fire.

The Sui army also paid a heavy price. More than half of the 8,000 defending the city's Sui army suffered casualties, and more than 10,000 temporary troops composed of more than 10,000 city-building craftsmen also suffered deaths and wounded nearly 6,000 people.
To be continued...