~Date: ~October 09~

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The war in Fengzhou has entered the twelfth day. Within twelve days, the Turkic army launched a total of four large-scale attacks, but all four attacks were defeated. The Turkic army had already suffered 40,000 casualties, and the defenders in Dali City had more than 6,000 casualties. The war gradually became fierce.//

In the wilderness, corpses were everywhere, broken limbs and broken arms were everywhere, blood staining the land outside the city of Dali red, hundreds of nesting cars and ladders collapsed in the wilderness, they were like warriors who died in battle, looking in despair at the Red Flag of the Great Sui Dynasty that was still flying on the head of Dali.

The tactics of the Turkic army were constantly changing. Before dawn, thick white fog was shrouded in and out of Dali City. This is a weather that often occurs in mid-spring. Like the wind and sand in autumn, it is the characteristic of Fengzhou, but the fog will not grow long and will dissipate after dawn.

The war had stopped for one day. The eight thousand defenders on the city were covered with sheepskins and covered with thick blankets, curled up by the wall and fell asleep. At this time, a violent vibration caused the soldiers to wake up from their dreams, and the alarm bells on the city also rang, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!, the harsh bells woke all the soldiers, and the militia soldiers resting under the city rushed to the city and entered their respective combat readiness positions.

The milk-like fog filled the city walls, and there was nothing to be seen within dozens of steps. Only the rumbling sound was heard, and the soldiers were talking, but everyone was filled with doubts and vigilance.

If it was the enemy's attack, why was there no drum sound for attacking? They fought countless times with the Turks, and an attack without drum sound never happened.

The flag on the command tower lost its function in the heavy fog, and could only rely on orders. The city lord guarded the city to ride a horse, Yang Sien and galloped over. He shouted loudly: "This is an enemy's sneak attack, and the catapult launches!"

Amid the command, the catapults began to squeak and squeeze. The long arms suddenly bounced up, and shot out huge rocks and shot into the vast fog. A scream came from the fog. The enemy was really coming. The Sui soldiers were cheering up and pulled their bows and shot arrows. The rain of arrows shot out of the city. Almost at the same time, overwhelming arrows flew out of the fog. Dozens of Sui soldiers were caught off guard and screamed and were shot down.

With a whistling sound, hundreds of huge rocks also flew from under the city. The ground hit the top of the city. A huge rock shattered the battlements and threw more than a dozen Sui soldiers out. Another huge rock hit a catapult. The catapult scattered and the huge wood hit the Sui army's head, screaming kept ringing.

The heavy fog caused the battle to reverse the situation. The siege party, which had been in an unfavorable state, began to gain the upper hand. The Turkic army did not rush to trumpet, but launched a sneak attack silently.*.**/*Two hundred catapults were put into the battlefield. The Turkic army's catapults were smaller than the Sui army. A catapult required hundreds of people to pull and the range could reach 250 steps. Under the cover of the heavy fog, they had reached 200 steps and launched a fierce attack on Dali City.

After more than ten days of fierce battle, the Turkic army gradually discovered some defensive loopholes of the Sui army. The Sui army's catapults range was mostly about four hundred steps, and the shortest was also three hundred steps. The distance of the stone was no more than one hundred steps, so there was a gap between a hundred steps and three hundred steps. A crossbow arrow could be used to make up for it within a hundred steps, but between two hundred steps and three hundred steps is the weakest link in the Sui army's attack power.

In this defense link, the Sui army used a bed crossbow, but the damage ability of the bed crossbow cannot be compared with the stone catapult. Moreover, the Turkic army used Dou Meng to defend the so-called Dou Meng, which was actually a large leather shield, and was named after the appearance of a Dou Meng. A Dou Meng was 1 2 feet tall and two feet wide. It was made of a giant tree as a bracket, covered with dozens of layers of mature cowhide. Except for the impact of a thousand kilograms of huge stones that could destroy the bracket, the bed crossbow and stone could not penetrate it. This was the invention of more than a dozen Mayi County craftsmen who fled to the Turks. They were not used for crossbows and arrows to defend the Sui army.

Under the protection of heavy fog and Dou Meng, the Sui army's crossbow lost its power, and the two hundred scattered troopers of the Turkic army began to show their power. Heavy rocks hit the city walls, shattering the bricks and sunken the walls. The Sui army and militia soldiers guarding the city suffered a large number of casualties and injuries during the impact of the huge rocks, and the Sui army's catapults of the Sui army were constantly hit and destroyed on the top of the city.

Yang Yuanqing had already appeared on the top of the city to watch the battle. His eyes were grim and there was a look of worry in his eyes. This was the first time that the Turkic army used a catapult to attack the city. He used heavy fog as a cover and no longer used human navigation techniques. This subtle tactical change of the Turkic army made Yang Yuanqing feel an invisible pressure. He knew very well that this foggy weather would last at least half a month, which would cause great difficulties to defend the city.

Yang Yuanqing is not a city of Li, he is a few other cities, and the defense capabilities of the other cities are not as good as those of Li, can they support it?

The Turks have always had weak siege capabilities, but the powerful siege capabilities shown by the Turks this time were beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectations and completely subverted his concept. Five years ago, the Turks' siege weapons were very crude, which can be seen from Xue Yantuo's siege weapons back then. However, in just a few years, the Turks' manufacturing capabilities have made rapid progress. This can only show that the escape from the Sui people brought huge changes to the Turks. This is also the main reason why every chaos in the Central Plains will give nomadic people the chances not only the reduction of defense capabilities in the Central Plains, but also the introduction of various advanced technologies into the grassland, making the power of the grassland people stronger.

Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly. The national defense policy believed in by the people of the Central Plains could not fundamentally solve the problem. The Xiongnu left, the Xianbei and Rouran people came, and the Xianbei people went south and the Turks came again. In the future, there will be Uighurs, Khitans, Jurchens, Mongols, Manchus, and overlords of the grassland. The national defense policy will always be passive.

At this time, a huge rock hit a depression in the eastern section of the city wall. The heavy impact made the city wall unable to hold on anymore and collapsed with a burst of collapse, revealing a collapsed surface that was more than ten feet wide and ten feet high. Dozens of Sui soldiers and three crossbows guarding here screamed and fell down from the city, and a large amount of soil poured out from the city instantly buried them.

At the same time, the Sui army on the top of the city shouted, and ten black behemoths appeared in the fog, and the Turkic army's attack rams appeared. These giant beasts, which were as high as two meters and four meters long, were slowly opening towards the city wall.

The siege hammer is made of a thousand-year-old giant wood in Yinshan. The hammer head is equipped with cast iron and is hung on a huge bracket with iron chains. It is equipped with a roof to defend against bows and arrows. There are six huge wooden wheels below, which are usually pulled by more than a hundred cows. After entering the range of the bow and arrow, it is pushed by more than a thousand people.

This kind of siege ram is generally used to hit the city gate, but Dali City has a high suspension bridge, and the city gate is blocked with huge rocks. It is meaningless to attack the city. The Turkic army instead hit the city wall, causing the city wall to collapse, so that the Turkic army behind them can rush to the top of the city.

The dense impact of huge rocks has made the city bricks loose. If the attacking ram is used to hit, the city wall will inevitably collapse.

Yang Yuanqing stared at the ten huge siege rams with serious eyes. He had already arranged a defensive strategy and was waiting for the opportunity to appear at that moment.

The moat had dried up, and the Turks laid thick wide wooden boards on it, so that the huge siege hammer could pass through the moat smoothly. Arrows on the top of the city were raining like rain. More than a thousand Turkic soldiers used giant shields to push the siege hammer to continue moving forward, and finally held the wall. However, the width of the moat to the wall was only 15 feet long, which made the huge body of the siege hammer span across the moat.

Yang Sien stared at these ten giants with his eyes tightly. When they all stepped onto the moat one after another, he issued an order, "Light!"

Hundreds of torches were thrown into the dry moat. In an instant, the moat fire burned wildly, and the flames rose. The wooden boards laid on the moat were burned one after another. Four or five siege rams were trapped in the moat, with their heads facing upwards and sank in the ditches. The hammer body fell off and rolled down to the side. The siege rams were quickly engulfed by the fire.

More than 10,000 Turkic soldiers were killed and injured, and they howled and struggled in the fire, and were eventually swallowed by the fire demon. Thousands of people left turned around and ran away, but they forgot their defense and were shot down by the Sui army's arrows.

In the flames that soared into the air, the fog gradually dissipated, and the two hundred Turkic catapults also hurried out of the battlefield before the fog dissipated.

The sunlight dispelled the fog and the fire slowly faded. The burning bodies of Turkic soldiers and the remains of ten siege hammers were trapped in the moat, with blue smoke emitting a pungent smell.

The open field appeared again in front of the Sui army. The Turkic army had retreated to the camp. Shibi Khan Duji stood in front of the camp and stared at Dali City from afar. Although he had lost more than 40,000 people within eight days and suffered a defeat in the attack of the city ram, the thick fog that appeared in the early morning made him find the opportunity to attack Dali City, and he began to brew the next large-scale attack in his heart.

At this moment, a cavalry rushed over and turned over and immediately reported: "Report to Khan! The third prince has captured Yongfeng City."

Duji Daxi, the capture of Yongfeng City means that his Battle of Fengzhou opened a gap. He immediately ordered: "Send the Du army to continue to move south and must conquer Hekou City!"

Duji felt confidence again. As long as he captured Hekou City, he would open the passage to go south and he could lead his army to attack Lingwu County. There would be no point in Yang Yuanqing's defense of Dali City, and he would inevitably abandon the city and go south.

The terrain of Fengzhou is not as wide as the grassland, especially in the south, where it is almost full of slow hills and large forests. Of course, there is no problem for the Turkic cavalry, but for a large number of tents, sheepskin rafts, siege tools and other supplies, they cannot climb over, and they can only walk the flat road in Fengzhou.

Dali City is the starting point of the North-South Cycle Road, and Yongfeng City is an important town guarded on the North-South Cycle Road. Jiuyuan City is a big city guarded on the South-South Cycle Road. Finally, the intersection of the North-South Cycle Road is Hekou City. If you take Hekou City, you can directly cross the South Yellow River. Then you will go south and you will be a flat river and directly kill to Lingwu County.

Compared with the strong and tall Jiuyuan City, Yongfeng City is much easier to attack, so the Turkic army chose to take Beichi Road to attack Yongfeng City. Now that Yongfeng City has been captured, only one Hekou City is left.

Duji looked at the solid Dali City, and he began to hesitate in his heart. Does Yang Yuanqing know that Yongfeng City has been lost?

At this time, his eyes fell on a goshawk flying from the south.

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Chapter completed!