The 20,000 soldiers brought by Xu Tingda only arrived at Yanmen Pass in the evening. Oh, no, it was 10,000 soldiers to be precise, because when passing through Madou Pass and Yonghe Pass, Xu Tingda left behind 5,000 soldiers respectively. Now they only have 10,000 men and horses left, and after half a day of rapid march, the soldiers are all very tired, and many of them have fallen asleep now!
The Turks chose this time to launch an attack. Xu Tingda felt that with his 10,000 troops, he could not resist them at all!
The most terrible thing is that what he held in his hand was the imperial edict for troop deployment from Li Erfa to Li Zexuan. However, he had just arrived here in the evening. He wanted to rest for a night before dispatching troops to the nearby state capital, but who would have thought that the Turks Launched an attack on Yanmen Pass so soon?
"Go~! Immediately send messengers to ride fast horses to Yunzhou, Daizhou, and Yuzhou to ask for help, saying that Yanmen Pass... may be lost!"
Xu Tingda's expression changed. At this time, he could faintly hear the chaotic sound of horse hooves not far away. He took a deep breath, managed to calm his mind, looked at the soldier, and spoke word by word.
"...Captain, what about you? There are tens of thousands of Turkic wolf cavalry. We are definitely no match. How about you withdraw first, Commander?"
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Xu Tingda and said.
"Asshole! The general escaped from the battle. Did you know that this is a capital crime? Besides, I am the captain of Bingzhou Zhechong Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty. Even if I die, I will die with my brothers! The generals of the Tang Dynasty can only die standing. I won’t be timid and run away before fighting~! Quickly take people to the nearby state capital to ask for help~!”
Xu Tingda shouted angrily.
He is afraid of death. He has not lived enough. He also wants to be a bigger official, gain more glory and wealth, and enjoy a more comfortable life! But at this moment, as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty and the leader of this army, he could not sneak away alone, because Xu Tingda, who had experienced the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty and the era of anti-king melee, did not want to let his Relatives have to live a wandering and homeless life again!
The reason is that simple, nothing more!
"Captain! I...I want to stay and fight against the Turks with the captain. Please send others to ask for help!"
The sergeant hesitated for a moment, then said with a somewhat stubborn fist.
Xu Tingda was a little moved in his heart, but his face was cold and he said coldly: "Zheng Hong, do you dare to disobey military orders?"
The sergeant trembled and said quickly: "The general will not dare!"
Xu Tingda snorted and shouted loudly: "Then why don't you go and deliver the order?"
After being yelled at by Xu Tingda twice, the sergeant was a little frightened. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and said: "...General, I will obey the order!"
Looking at Xu Tingda, the sergeant "reluctantly" exited the tent!
"Alas! Zheng Hong, Zheng Hong, you can't blame this captain, you are the only child of your old Zheng family!"
Looking at Zheng Hong's leaving figure, Xu Tingda murmured with emotion.
"Kill~!"
At this moment, there were bursts of shouts of killing coming from the pass. Xu Tingda's face turned cold. He stood up, took away the long sword hanging on the wall, and walked straight out of the tent.
"Captain! The Turkic army has already attacked. Brothers, we can't hold on any longer! Please leave quickly!"
As soon as Xu Tingda walked out of the tent, a sergeant rushed over and said.
"How many people are there in the enemy army? Who is their leader?"
Xu Tingda frowned and asked.
The sergeant clasped his fists and said: "The enemy army has about fifty thousand people, and the general at the head of it is Ashina Sher, the young Turkic Khan! Captain, all Ashina Sher has brought are elite Turks. We will definitely not be able to hold on. I hope the captain will retreat as soon as possible!"
"It's him?"
Hearing this, Xu Tingda was startled at first, and then said coldly: "You have to hold on even if you can't hold on! Whoever dares to escape in front of the battle tonight will be killed without mercy! The terrain of Yanmen Pass is narrow, even if we use appointment piles, we must completely block the pass. Die! Beat the drum and summon all the soldiers to join me in killing the enemy~! I have sent people to the nearby state capital to ask for help. We only need to hold on for an hour, and reinforcements will definitely come to rescue us~!"
"...Yes! Captain!"
Seeing how confident Xu Tingda was, the sergeant felt a fighting spirit rising in his heart. He swallowed, clasped his fists and took the order.
"Dong dong dong~!"
After a while, a drumbeat sounded from the south of Yanmen Pass. As time went by, the drumbeats became louder and denser. Xu Tingda had already climbed onto the tower of Yanmen Pass. Although the Turks were not good at attacking cities, Xu Tingda , but Yanmen Pass is far from a city, because there are high mountains on both sides of Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass is located on the official road in the middle. The horizontal width of the city wall is only a dozen feet, so the number of soldiers that can be accommodated on the city wall is extremely small. Limited!
When the Turkic soldiers approached the city gate, they abandoned their war horses. Groups of soldiers directly carried a thick tree and slammed into the city gate of Yanmenguan!
Naturally, Xu Tingda would not let the Yanmenguan city gate be hit by the Turks like this. He quickly shouted: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Boohoo~!"
Hundreds of feather arrows were fired instantly, shooting at the Turkic soldiers who came to hit the city gate!
After a round of volleys, dozens of Turkic soldiers were struck by arrows and fell to the ground in an instant. However, while the Tang army on the tower was changing their arrows, the Turkic soldiers behind began to charge forward fearlessly!
"Fire the arrow quickly!"
Seeing this, Xu Tingda quickly urged.
"Boohoo~!"
There was another round of volley, but this time the effect was worse. Only about thirty Turkic soldiers fell to the ground, but the Turkic soldiers behind were still approaching the city gate like a tide!
Xu Tingda frowned secretly. First of all, the Turks had four or five times more men and horses than the Tang army. With the current killing efficiency, it is estimated that they would not be able to kill all the Turks in one night! Moreover, the light at night is poor, and the archers' accuracy is definitely not as good as during the day. Many arrows missed the target. The most terrible thing is that in order to ensure the marching speed, Xu Tingda's army did not carry many arrows this time, only one. There are more than 10,000 guns. According to the current hit rate, it would be good to kill a thousand Turkic soldiers!
But the Turks have an army of fifty thousand!
What does this allow him to do to fight the Turks?
Use rolling stones? There are some rolling logs and stones left on the Yanmenguan city tower, but the overall number is not large, and they cannot withstand the attack of 40,000 to 50,000 Turkic troops!
With a knife or a sword? But in this way, their advantage as the defender of the city is gone, and they will inevitably be defeated in the end!
"Phew~!"
Just when Xu Tingda was thinking hard, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded. Xu Tingda took a closer look and saw a metal arrow flashing with cold light in front of him. It is easy to dodge an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow. This one Xu Tingda felt like he couldn't dodge the hidden arrow, it was too fast!
"Captain, be careful~!"
At the critical moment, a sergeant next to Xu Tingda jumped up and knocked Xu Tingda down. The arrow grazed Xu Tingda's cheek and hit the sergeant's shoulder!
"Pfft~!"
This was the sound of a sharp arrow penetrating the flesh. The arrow was powerful and heavy, and it was still in the sergeant's shoulder. More than half of the arrow body penetrated the sergeant's body!
"Protect the Captain~!"
Someone shouted, and four or five soldiers immediately surrounded Xu Tingda.
"Alas! What a pity! If we could directly kill the Tang Army General, we might be able to capture Yanmen Pass without any effort~!"
In the Turkic army, Ashina Sheer put away her long bow and sighed with regret.
Obviously, he was the one who shot the arrow just now!
"General, there is no need to regret. The fact that the Tang army arrived at Yanmen Pass so quickly shows that they did not make many mistakes. These arrows can still be fired for ten rounds at most. When their arrows are exhausted, we can break through the city gate and launch the army." Straight in!"
A soldier next to Ashina Sheer couldn't help laughing.
"Haha! That's right! When the Tang army's feather arrows are exhausted, we will enter the pass directly! Then go to meet the national master!"
Ashina Sheer laughed loudly.
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"The thirty-eighth Tai Chi Sword Technique - Phoenix spreads its wings!"
"Tai Chi Sword Technique 28 - Shooting Stars Catch the Moon!"
"Dugu Nine Swords-Breaking Spear Style!"
"The Eighteenth Form of Tai Chi Swordsmanship - Oolong Tail Swing~!"
"The 20th Tai Chi Sword Technique - Wind Rolling Lotus Leaf~!"
"The third sword of the Taixuan Nine Swords steps on the snow, leaving no trace on the snow and the body is like a swallow!"
"The thirty-fourth Tai Chi sword technique - fishing for the moon under the sea!"
"The fiftieth Tai Chi Sword Technique - Immortal Guiding the Way~!"
At Longmen Pass, the battle between Li Zexuan and Wu Jie has entered a fierce stage. Through several previous battles with Wu Jie, Li Zexuan has very clearly realized the huge gap between himself and the Grand Master. This gap , it can’t be made up for by any clever moves!
So Li Zexuan wisely gave up the offense and started to fight a thorough defensive battle!
With the advantage of Dugu Nine Swords to defeat the enemy, coupled with the unparalleled defense of Tai Chi Swordsmanship, and the extreme speed of Tai Xuan Nine Swords, Li Zexuan dodges on the battlefield, but does not let Wu Jie get a hit from him. On the edge of his clothes, after more than a dozen rounds, he did not suffer any external injuries!
There were no external injuries, but of course there would be internal injuries. Apart from Wu Jie's powerful infuriating shock, what annoyed Li Zexuan the most was the weird power of thunder and lightning that Wu Jie emitted through his mace!
"...Captain, what about you? There are tens of thousands of Turkic wolf cavalry. We are definitely no match. How about you withdraw first, Commander?"
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Xu Tingda and said.
"Asshole! The general escaped from the battle. Did you know that this is a capital crime? Besides, I am the captain of Bingzhou Zhechong Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty. Even if I die, I will die with my brothers! The generals of the Tang Dynasty can only die standing. I won’t be timid and run away before fighting~! Quickly take people to the nearby state capital to ask for help~!”
Xu Tingda shouted angrily.
He is afraid of death. He has not lived enough. He also wants to be a bigger official, gain more glory and wealth, and enjoy a more comfortable life! But at this moment, as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty and the leader of this army, he could not sneak away alone, because Xu Tingda, who had experienced the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty and the era of anti-king melee, did not want to let his Relatives have to live a wandering and homeless life again!
The reason is that simple, nothing more!
"Captain! I...I want to stay and fight against the Turks with the captain. Please send others to ask for help!"
The sergeant hesitated for a moment, then said with a somewhat stubborn fist.
Xu Tingda was a little moved in his heart, but his face was cold and he said coldly: "Zheng Hong, do you dare to disobey military orders?"
The sergeant trembled and said quickly: "The general will not dare!"
Xu Tingda snorted and shouted loudly: "Then why don't you go and deliver the order?"
After being yelled at by Xu Tingda twice, the sergeant was a little frightened. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and said: "...General, I will obey the order!"
Looking at Xu Tingda, the sergeant "reluctantly" exited the tent!
"Alas! Zheng Hong, Zheng Hong, you can't blame this captain, you are the only child of your old Zheng family!"
Looking at Zheng Hong's leaving figure, Xu Tingda murmured with emotion.
"Kill~!"
At this moment, there were bursts of shouts of killing coming from the pass. Xu Tingda's face turned cold. He stood up, took away the long sword hanging on the wall, and walked straight out of the tent.
"Captain! The Turkic army has already attacked. Brothers, we can't hold on any longer! Please leave quickly!"
As soon as Xu Tingda walked out of the tent, a sergeant rushed over and said.
"How many people are there in the enemy army? Who is the leader?"
Xu Tingda frowned and asked.
The sergeant clasped his fists and said: "There are about 50,000 enemy troops, and the general at the head is the Turkic young Khan Ashinasheer! Captain, all Ashinasheer brought are elite Turks. We will definitely not be able to hold on. I hope the captain will retreat as soon as possible!"
"It's him?"
Hearing this, Xu Tingda was startled at first, and then said coldly: "You have to hold on even if you can't hold on! Whoever dares to escape in front of the battle tonight will be killed without mercy! The terrain of Yanmen Pass is narrow, even if we use appointment piles, we must completely block the pass. Die! Beat the drum and summon all the soldiers to join me in killing the enemy~! I have sent people to the nearby state capital to ask for help. We only need to hold on for an hour, and reinforcements will definitely come to rescue us~!"
"...Yes! Captain!"
Seeing how confident Xu Tingda was, the sergeant felt a fighting spirit rising in his heart. He swallowed, clasped his fists and took the order.
"Dong dong dong~!"
After a while, a drum beat sounded from the south of Yanmen Pass. As time went by, the drum beats became louder and denser. Xu Tingda had already climbed onto the tower of Yanmen Pass. Although the Turks were not good at attacking cities, Xu Tingda , but Yanmen Pass is far from a city, because there are high mountains on both sides of Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass is located on the official road in the middle. The horizontal width of the city wall is only more than ten feet. As a result, the number of soldiers that can be accommodated on the city wall is extremely small. Limited!
When the Turkic soldiers approached the city gate, they abandoned their war horses. Groups of soldiers directly carried a thick tree and slammed into the city gate of Yanmenguan!
Naturally, Xu Tingda would not let the Yanmenguan city gate be hit by the Turks like this. He quickly shouted loudly: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Boohoo~!"
Hundreds of feather arrows were fired instantly, shooting at the Turkic soldiers who came to hit the city gate!
After a round of volleys, dozens of Turkic soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground in an instant. However, while the Tang army on the tower was changing arrows, the Turkic soldiers behind began to charge forward fearlessly!
"Fire the arrow quickly!"
Seeing this, Xu Tingda quickly urged.
"Boohoo~!"
There was another round of volley, but this time the effect was worse. Only about thirty Turkic soldiers fell to the ground, but the Turkic soldiers behind were still approaching the city gate like a tide!
