Chapter 110: Grab money, grain, and women

Under Jie Li's order, the Turkic cavalry quickly arrived at the city of Suzhou. First, a stormy rain of arrows gave the Tang army in the city a warning, and then began to charge.

Because the soldiers in the city were slackened in defense, coupled with the Turkic sudden attack and the crazy rain of arrows, the city gate was quickly broken. As soon as the Turkic cavalry entered the city, they were like the god of death falling from the sky, cutting down the Tang army's head with the scimitar in their hands like harvesting wheat. The Tang army also began to counterattack under the leadership of the middle and lower-level generals, but facing the Turkic cavalry on horseback, their counterattack seemed a bit desolate. Before they could wave the spear in their hands, they had already jumped over and killed him under the horse.

Turkic cavalry poured in near the city gate, and the Tang army continued to support the city gate. The two armies died at the city gate and began to steal this must-pass place that could cause the other party's lives. The Tang army was of many people, and the Turkic cavalry could not show its power here. Therefore, the two sides began a tug-of-war, and a bloody battle occurred at the city gate.

Jie Li found that the Turkic cavalry was stagnant at the city gate, and asked Zhishisili beside him, "What's going on? Which subordinate attacked the East Gate?"

"It's Zuo Xian Wang's tribe." Zhi Shisili replied.

"Who is in command? Come and see, it's really a bunch of food, and I can't even take down a city gate." Jie Li said angrily.

"Yes." Zhi Shisili slapped the horse whip and disappeared from Jie Li's sight. When he appeared, he was already near the city gate. He saw Turkic cavalry and Tang army fighting near the narrow city gate, and shouted loudly, "Run over and use the iron hooves of your war horse to break through their chests."

After these Zuo Xianwang's cavalry lacked Zuo Xianwang's morale was a little disintegrated, they were taken to attack the city. However, no one could ignore their combat effectiveness, because they were Turkic cavalry. They had no good commander just now, so they fell into a passive situation. Now they were Zhishisili's commander. When they heard Zhishisili's shouting, they immediately understood what he meant. They patted the ponytail hard, then pulled the reins of the horse hard, lifted the front hooves high, stepped on the head of a Tang army, and jumped into the Tang army swarming up behind. The same was true for the Turkic cavalry behind, constantly killing the lives of Tang soldiers with their mounts. Every time they attacked, they pushed forward several feet. With such continuous charges, the Tang army began to be defeated, and under the charge of the Turkic cavalry, there were signs of retreating.

Sun Futong, deputy general of Suzhou who had just returned from the city gate, always felt a little uneasy, as if something was about to happen. So, he did not sleep in a loose clothes as usual, but read in the study, but was thinking about the Turkic attack on the border in Yunzhou.

Just when he felt a little sleepy, a voice suddenly shouted outside, "Who is it?" "I want to report to the general invasion of the Turks."

The door was pushed open, and a soldier ran in frantically. "You..." Before Sun Futong could scold him, he saw the soldier say, "Report to General, the Turks attacked the east and west gates of Suzhou, and the city gate has been broken." After that, he fell to the ground and died.

Sun Futong looked at the soldiers who were lying on the ground, and saw that he was caught in an arrow on his back, and he was already dead. This feather arrow was a wolf-tooth arrow used by Turkic cavalry. He felt a deep heart. He looked up at the Tang army soldiers standing at the door and were stunned. He shouted loudly, "What are you still standing there? Go to the city gate to support me." After saying that, he stood up and grabbed a personal soldier and said, "Go and tell General Wang that he would lead the people in the city from the north gate to start breaking through. I will drag the Turkic cavalry and will swear to defend Suzhou City to the death, and live and die with Suzhou City."

"Yes." The personal soldiers were stunned, hesitated for a moment and did not say anything. They agreed to run out of the door. Looking at the disappearing back of the personal soldiers, Sun Futong looked back at the backyard where his wife and daughter lived, turned his head cruelly, and led the soldiers towards the city gate.

When Sun Futong brought his men to the city gate, the Turkic cavalry had already broken through the defense line of the Tang army, and the Tang army had already shown signs of defeat and fleeing. Sun Futong shouted loudly, "Don't retreat, I'll hold it back." But at this time, the Tang army was no longer morale and did not obey his orders at all. Sun Futong had no choice but to chop over several escaped Tang army, which stabilized the situation.

"Everyone is not allowed to retreat. Behind you are your wives, children and parents, and the people of Suzhou City. Are you watching the Turkic cavalry rush into the city, kill your parents, and rape your wife? You are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. You are the Tang army who protects your wives, daughters, parents, and the people of Suzhou. They trust you and give your lives to you. Is this how you protect them? For the sake of the people of Suzhou, we cannot retreat, we must withstand." Sun Futong's words aroused the hatred in the hearts of the soldiers. They knew the cruelty of the Turks. If they were really allowed to enter the city, then their wives, daughters and parents would definitely not have a good end. Thinking of this, the body of the Tang soldiers was full of fighting spirit again, and they began to form a layer of defense against the Turkic cavalry to block the rush of the Turkic cavalry.

Zhishili commanded the charge of the Turkic cavalry in a place not far from the city gate. When the Turkic cavalry broke through the Tang army's defense line, Sun Futong's arrival stabilized the morale of the Tang army and began to form a defense line again. He was angry and knew that if he wanted to defeat the Tang army here, he had to kill the Tang army commander. Therefore, he waved his horse without hesitation and rushed towards Sun Futong.

Sun Futong also discovered that the commander of the Turkic people was the Turkic general who came to him, and his mind was the same as Zhishisili. Therefore, he also waved his horse to meet the mace in Zhishisili's hand.

The spear and the mace collided, and Sun Futong's tiger's mouth was bleeding, and his hands seemed numb and could not move at all. At this time, he realized that the Turkic cavalry was powerful. Zhishisi's power had already discovered that Sun Futong's arm strength was not as strong as him in the attack with Sun Futong. Therefore, he raised the mace again and smashed Sun Futong's head. Sun Futong's hands were no longer able to use force, so he barely moved his body to avoid this attack. However, Zhishisi's power could not do as he wished. When the mace was about to land on Sun Futong's head, he suddenly changed his trajectory and smashed Sun Futong hard off the horse's back.

Zhi Shisili looked at Sun Futong who was holding a spear on the ground and trying to struggle to get up. He admired his toughness and suddenly said, "General Tang, I admire your toughness very much. Today, I will tell you my name before you die so that you can understand it. My name is Zhi Shisili." After that, he saw the horse neighing, and the front hoof of his mount stepped on Sun Futong.

As soon as Sun Futong died, the Tang army began to have a little dismal morale. However, Sun Futong's words were deeply imprinted in their hearts, "Are you just watching the Turkic cavalry rush into the city, kill your parents, and rape your wife?" So, they never took a step back and resisted the attack of the Turkic cavalry.

However, the Turkic cavalry gradually advanced forward, and the cavalry outside the city continued to pour in. Therefore, the remaining Tang army could not stop the Turkic cavalry entering the city. They continued to end their lives and missions under the iron hooves and scimitars of the Turkic cavalry, and no one retreated.

Zhi Shisili looked at the last few Tang soldiers who would rather die than retreat and swear to protect the ten feet behind him, with a marvelous look in his eyes.

After learning about Sun Futong's orders through personal soldiers, Wang Kuan, the commander of Suzhou, did not hesitate to command the soldiers to let the people leave the city from the north gate. The Turks seemed to have intentionally tried to let this important road go, but Wang Kuan was able to leave the city smoothly and take the people away from the dynasty. However, there were only a few people Wang Kuan took away, and they were all the gentry and wealthy families in Suzhou City. Therefore, the people in the city were still surviving under the iron hooves of the Turkic cavalry, waiting for their massacre.

After the Turkic cavalry entered Suzhou, they burned, killed, looted, and did everything, turning Suzhou City into a paradise of fire and a sea of ​​blood.

Outside the city, Jie Li, who was standing on a high place, was watching the burning, killing and looting of Turkic cavalry in the city with cold eyes. Ashinasheer beside him saw Wang Kuan running out of the north gate and asked in confusion, "Why didn't the Khan send troops to guard the north gate?"

"Didn't this make the morale of the Tang army even more dissipated?" Jie Li said in a deep voice, "The biggest weakness of the Tang people is that they are afraid of death. If they have no way to escape, they may fight hard with us to the end. Now, with a way to escape, they have long lost the courage to resist in order to survive. The biggest feature of the Tang people is that they can only sacrifice at the critical moment of life and death. They usually think about themselves too selfishly. Therefore, even if they are cultured, fertile land, and countless strong soldiers, they can only tremble under our iron hooves." Speaking of this, Jie Li glanced at Ashinasheer, "The purpose of our host this time is to attack. As long as it is treasures and women, there is no need to fight hard with the Tang army here, increasing too many casualties. Therefore, letting them live and attacking their morale is the best way to attack the city."

"I will be taught." Asuna Sheer said respectfully. He had already learned Jie Li's wisdom when he followed him. Therefore, he chose him as his master and his khan.

Jie Li stopped talking, the shouts of women in the city, and the crying of the elderly and children was like a tragic pastoral song, which made him fall into the scene of fighting around the grassland.
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