Under the city of Dingxiang, the shouts of killing were loud, but the Western Turks' attack was obviously hindered and was suppressed by Li Jing's defending army.
Siege warfare is like this. If you want to capture a city, and it is a well-prepared city, it will not be successful overnight.
First of all, its military strength must be several times that of the officers and soldiers defending the city. This first rule is completely met by the Western Turks.
The 400,000-strong Western Turkic army had an overwhelming advantage in strength.
The second point is the city defense, that is, the materials used to defend the city, such as rolling wood and stone, such as kerosene, and boiling oil.
The more these materials a city prepares, the more difficult it will be to attack the city.
A charge is not just a charge, it is consuming the city's supplies with human lives.
Only the supplies in the city were exhausted, and it was time for the Western Turks to attack the city wall.
Once the city wall is attacked, the city is not far away!
The Western Turkic army thought so and did the same.
As the battle became more intense, arrows, rolling logs, rocks, boiling oil, and kerosene, under the command of the guards and captains, were poured towards the Western Turks who were attacking the city.
This caused heavy casualties to the Western Turkic vanguard army that attacked the city. The original fifty thousand troops had more than ten thousand casualties in just one hour.
The cost of this casualty was horribly high, but the Western Turks did not flinch, but bravely charged towards the city wall, trying to attack the city wall.
"Cum for me!!!"
"Have you not eaten yet? The enemy is about to charge forward. Once they do, it will be your death!!!"
The captain screamed as hard as he could, urging his men to stop the Western Turks' attack.
From the rear of the Western Turks' army, after the vanguard attacked for an hour, the main force of the army also came, but they did not join the battlefield, but stopped in the distance.
Among the central army, King Zuo Xian was sitting on his bullock cart, listening to the news coming from the front from his men.
The 50,000-strong vanguard army has now suffered more than 10,000 casualties. This was completely within King Zuo Xian's expectation.
These people are not really Western Turks at all. If you observe them carefully, you can find that their appearance is very different from that of the Western Turks.
People like the Pioneer Army are called aliens in the Western Turks. The so-called aliens are the children born between the Western Turks and other races, or the children of aliens and Turks. The range of aliens is very wide, but the largest number are from the Western Regions. !
These foreigners, who looked very different from the Western Turks, looked like cannon fodder to King Zuo Xian. Even if all 50,000 people died, he would not feel the least bit distressed.
The reason why these foreigners launched such a desperate attack on Dingxiang City was just to find a way out for themselves.
If he can gain enough military exploits in the war, even if he is a foreigner, he can still gain a certain status in the Western Turks' army.
Of course, it is too difficult to achieve this. Even if there are people in the Western Turks who can do it, they are rare.
After listening to the report from his subordinates, King Zuo Xian glanced at his subordinates and said, "How is Changsun Chong doing over there?"
His subordinates hurriedly replied: "Chang Sun Chong has led a group of troops towards the west city gate, and now he should have launched an attack on Dingxiang City!"
King Zuo Xian nodded and said nothing more. He had not promised Changsun Chong before because he did not want him to control the military. Changsun Chong was ambitious, so how could he not see it?
Why he had an sworn hatred with the Tang Dynasty for revenge, that was just rhetoric, and its purpose was to win over people for him.
The reason why he finally agreed to give him a team of troops was just a move by King Zuo Xian to test Changsun Chong. Those people were also from a foreign race, and it didn't matter whether they were from another race.
If Changsun Chong could rely on these troops to attack Dingxiang City, he would be very happy. If he failed, he would take this opportunity to suppress Changsun Chong.
On Dingxiang City, Li Jing listened to the report from his men. Originally, only two sides were besieged, but now it has been increased to three sides. The Turks also launched an attack on the west wall, and the offensive was more severe than the north and east walls. of violence.
"Send the order, guard the west wall at all costs, and don't give the enemy the slightest chance to scale the wall!!!" Li Jing ordered in a deep voice.
