Datong City itself is a large 'military camp' consisting mainly of military camps and government offices. Soldiers' families mainly live in the Nancheng area, while ordinary people live concentratedly in the old city in the south, so this fortified city is completely a military fortress.
Long before the war came, the families of the soldiers had transferred their property to their houses in the old city. The entire huge city was empty except for the Sui soldiers and the civilians and craftsmen who helped in the war. Even the food eaten by the soldiers was eaten by the common people. They are delivered every day from the temporary "kitchen" outside Nancheng, so apart from empty buildings, there is nothing of value in the city.
After the Turkic soldiers occupied the northern city wall, some people ran to the first floor of the city tower. They pushed the winch with all their strength to lift the heavy city gate. When the soldiers outside the city saw that the long-undefeated city gate was finally opened, they suddenly burst out in anger. Cheers like thunderous waves surged toward the city gate in high spirits, and soon the streets and alleys connecting the north and south of the city were packed.
The Turkic soldiers, whose morale was boosted by the victory, did not know that the northern and southern walls of Datong City were used to defend against invading enemies from the north. After the Sui army lost the northern city, they could continue to use the previous method to hold on to the southern city, which was similar to a urn city. There are tall mountains on the left and right of the city, and catapults, rolling logs, stones and other defensive objects have been arranged on it. As long as these things are smashed down the mountain from the left and right sides, the entire city will be completely destroyed.
It can be said that Datong City is an extremely vicious city specially designed to deal with the Turks. The reason why the city was designed in this way is because the Turks invaded the Central Plains from the direction of Datong City many times and brought tragic disasters to Liangzhou. Since the disaster was built, it has been thought that the people had resisted the small group of invading rovers.
At this time, the city was crowded with tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers. They held their shields high and shot arrows at the city head in the open space far away from the southern city wall. However, the Sui army had a city wall to lean on. They squatted on the city and fired back with crossbow arrows. The enemy shot and killed many people.
Zhang Xutuo stood on the city tower and watched the Turkic soldiers pouring into the city continuously. These bandits, who did not know whether to live or die, really thought they could rob the city after entering the city, but they did not know that this was a huge death trap.
"Zhang Sima, the beacon is lit." A soldier pointed at the mountains to the west and shouted.
Zhang Xutuo looked back and saw a column of beacon smoke rising into the sky from the mountain. This meant that Shi Wansui's army had arrived within more than 20 miles. He turned his eyes to the north city gate, where there were countless Turks. Soldiers came, and some anxious soldiers climbed up the city through ladder trucks and wells, and then ran towards the south.
Moreover, the soldiers stationed on the northern mountain have not yet sent a signal. Obviously there are many Turkic soldiers behind him. He wants to kill them all, how can he use his killing move now?
"I understand." Zhang Xutuo said calmly: "We will wait until all the enemy troops enter the city."
After a while, Master Yinshi ran up and said loudly: "Zhang Sima, Yang Shanhui and Li Jingnei asked people to wave flags on the mountain. All the enemy troops have entered the city. Can we take action?"
"The enemy has not left Beicheng yet, please wait patiently for a while!" Zhang Xutuo pondered for a while and then said with a smile: "If we set fire and put down rolling logs and rocks now, there will definitely be many people who can escape. This is not in our interests in the Sui Dynasty. . If we kill one more person, the Turks will have one less warrior and herdsman in the future, and we will have one less enemy. Anyway, these bandits are already meat in the pot, so we are not in a hurry."
"Here." Master Yin Shi also laughed.
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Ashina Hezhen also followed the army and poured into the city. He was still immersed in the excitement of conquering Datong City, but when he saw that there was a wall in the south of the city that was as high as the outer city and was used to defend the north, he smiled. Their faces froze.
Generally speaking, the four walls of the Sui Dynasty city have arrows pointing outward. As long as one wall is attacked, you can use it as a stronghold to attack both sides. However, Datong City broke the rules. Both the north and south walls were built on Among the steep mountains, regardless of the steep mountains dug out, the two cities are completely separate. What's even more disgusting is that both cities are actually defending the north, with arrows pointing north, and there is nowhere to climb the bare city walls. If you want to capture this city, you can only continue to use human lives to fill it as before.
"Ye Hu, what should we do now? Fight or not?" A captain of ten thousand men asked in a low voice beside him.
"Fight! Of course we have to fight." Ashina Hezhen said coldly: "The Great Khan just asked someone to tell me that that boy Ashina Budu had fought a beautiful ambush. Last night he In the ambush places of Meng She and Da Bian, the Sui army used the method of annihilating Ranqian's 30,000 forwards. Now the morale of the whole army has been greatly boosted, and they are fighting fiercely with Ranqian's main force."
"This is good news." The Captain said energetically: "What is the Great Khan's arrangement now?
"The Great Khan has now sent 10,000 Tuojie warriors and 10,000 Tiele soldiers to help. The traitor Rangan should be credited with Budu's contribution this time." Ashina Hezhen looked at the tall man in front of him. Tower, with a look of worry on his face, sighed: "If we withdraw our troops or fail to capture the southern city of Datong, what will the Great Khan think of us? What will the soldiers think of us?"
"This???" As Ashina Hezhen's confidant, this Ten Thousand Captain naturally knew that it would affect the position of the "Lord's" heir. If Ye Hu's position was not guaranteed, it would also affect the lives of these people. Location.
"However, although this city is strong, it still needs someone to guard it." Ashina Hezhen said: "From the previous battles, we can see that the Sui army has insufficient stamina. As long as we continue to rush forward, they will have No matter how many arrows or catapults are fired, the city wall cannot be defended.”
Captain Ten Thousands nodded and asked: "Ye Hu, do you need to bring in the ladder truck and the well-mounted truck?"
"That thing is so tall that it cannot enter the city. If it is disassembled and reassembled, it will be too late."
Ashina Hezhen glanced at the two siege vehicles that were rumbling into the city. These two huge guys were two feet tall and four feet long. They were covered with arrow-blocking wooden boards and cowhide. The whole thing looked like two moving siege engines. The house, and the wooden frame inside was hung with a three-foot-long ramming log. The sharp end of the ramming head was equipped with pig iron. It had a force of ten thousand kilograms when it was hit hard. Each was pushed forward by 800 burly soldiers.
"Order the soldiers to use bows and arrows to suppress the Sui army on the city! They must not be allowed to destroy the siege vehicles." Ashina Hezhen gave the order and rode towards the south city.
When he arrived at Nancheng, he found that the Sui army was completely suppressed by his own soldiers with bows and arrows. Arrows rained down from the city and below. The arrow rain from many Turkic soldiers gave the Sui army no chance in the city. Although the rolling logs and rocks dropped from time to time This caused huge casualties to our own soldiers, but the morale of the Turkic soldiers who were inspired by the victory was greatly boosted. A number of people died, and more soldiers immediately filled the gap and continued to suppress the Sui army in the city.
Seeing this, Ashina Hezhen breathed a sigh of relief. Although the southern city wall was also very strong, the Sui army's inferior strength made it not as difficult to attack as the northern city. It can be conquered today.
Two parallel siege vehicles rumbled towards the south city. Their huge bodies occupied most of the street. Ashinahe was really worried that both of them would be destroyed by the Sui troops on the city, so he quickly ordered: "Use one first, Keep the other one for now."
"Yes." The soldiers quickly went over to make arrangements.
At this moment, a patrol sentry rushed to report and said loudly: "Ye Hu, a large number of Sui army cavalry appeared ten miles away. There are sixty or seventy thousand of them, and they are heading here!"
Ashina Hezhen was shocked when he heard this, and asked quickly: "Where did the Sui army come from? Could it be that Budu was defeated?"
"No!" the patrol said quickly: "This army came from the northwest, and they attacked the camp with arrows."
Ashinahe was really frightened when he heard that. There were not many elite soldiers left in the camp. The remaining soldiers were either wounded soldiers or Tiele soldiers who suffered heavy losses. If tens of thousands of Sui soldiers were waiting for work, they rushed to the camp. , the soldiers in the camp must not be able to resist, and immediately ordered: "The rear army is the front army, retreat to the main camp."
After giving the order, he anxiously turned the horse's head and ran forward. Suddenly, there was a scream from the soldiers behind him. When Ashina turned around, he saw a dense number of clay pots being thrown down from the city, and then... Rockets flew down from the sky, and the soldiers who were drenched in kerosene burst into flames.
The soldiers in front of the city were in chaos, pushing each other, crowding and trampling each other, trying their best to escape northward, but the dense crowd and the siege engines blocking the road made escape very difficult.
Ashina Hezhen was so frightened that he fled northward under the protection of his own soldiers. However, the catapults placed on the mountains on both sides also exerted their power, smashing huge rocks against the wooden buildings in the North City. At the same time, the rolling logs on both sides also tumbled down. They were blocked by the protruding mountains and bounced one after another. Smashed farther away.
Collapsed building timbers, as well as rolled logs and stones, quickly formed a messy and insurmountable chasm in the city, blocking the Turkic soldiers' retreat. When this natural chasm was formed, catapults from the mountain threw wooden barrels filled with kerosene down one by one. For a moment, the barrel shattered and kerosene sprayed everywhere, and then a cloud of rockets fell from the sky. A wall of fire about ten feet wide was quickly formed, making it difficult for the Turkic soldiers to overcome.
Afterwards, the small and light catapults turned around and fired barrels of kerosene and rockets into the city.
The fire in the city grew bigger and bigger, and cans and barrels of kerosene were continuously thrown from three directions. The splashing kerosene increased the intensity of the fire, and Datong City instantly turned into a huge "brazier" "The burning people were running around, and the fallen people were struggling in the fire. The screams resounded throughout the city, and the smell of meat rose into the sky and could be heard for miles.
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