Hekou City is located on the east side of the bifurcation of the North and South Yellow Rivers, close to the South Yellow River. It is the first city to enter Fengzhou from Lingzhou Road and is also the intersection of Fengzhou North and South Zhe Road. It has an extremely important strategic position. After taking Hekou City, the Turkic army could attack Lingwu County without any obstacles. It can be said that it is also the last shield of Lingwu County.

Hekou City is a new city built in Daye in five years. It has a circumference of fifteen miles. The city is tall and strong, with sufficient reserves of grain and various military supplies. It is guarded by veterans Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan.

According to the initial deployment of troops, Dali City had 30,000 Sui troops and 10,000 militias; Yongfeng City had 10,000 Sui troops and 5,000 militias; Jiuyuan City had 15,000 Sui troops and 5,000 militias; Hekou City had 10,000 troops and 10,000 militias, and Li Jing led 5,000 cavalry as peripheral support.

However, as Yongfeng City was captured and the situation in Hekou City became severe, Yang Yuanqing ordered the abandonment of Jiuyuan City and concentrated his troops in Hekou City, which increased the strength of Hekou City to more than 30,000 people and the militia to 15,000.

The Turkic army also invested 90,000 troops to attack Hekou City, attacking the city day and night. The tug-of-war in twelfth day was extremely fierce. The city was captured by the Turks several times and was recaptured by the Sui army several times. The Sui army paid the price of more than 20,000 people in battle, and the Turkic army also suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, both sides suffered heavy losses, but the Red Flag of the Great Sui Dynasty still stood at the top of the city.

Just as the sky was dawn, the morning glow dyed Hekou City a dazzling blood-red color. The morning breeze could not dissipate the bloody smell in the air. The Great Sui Red Flag, which was shot by arrows, was flying on the city tower.

On the top of the city, the exhausted Sui army soldiers were curled up together and fell asleep. They were so tired that the steamed buns and broth carried by the militia soldiers could not wake them up from their sleep.

Veteran Pei Renji rode a horse to patrol the city, and Pei Xingyan followed him. Pei Renji's snow-white hair poked out from his helmet and fluttered in the wind. It was his decades of experience in leading the army and his steady combat style that made Hekou City stand firm in the Turkic army's storm-like attack. At the critical moment, this veteran who had been through many battles played the role of the Divine Needle of the Sea.

Pei Xingyan looked at the exhausted soldiers and advised carefully: "Father, should we divide the soldiers into two armies? Rotate rest and defense. The general manager said that Licheng is also defending in this way."

Pei Renji smiled and said, "The General Manager just told us that Dali City is defending like this, but he did not ask us to do the same. His order was very clear and I was fully responsible for everything. This is because he knew that the city defense situation in each place was different. Dali City has three defense cities, while Hakka City only had one defense city. If the troops were reduced by half, they could not be defended. Only when all the troops were put into operation could they be able to defend the city."

Pei Xingyan sighed and said worriedly: "I'm just afraid that the soldiers can't hold on, after all, it's been twenty days."

Pei Renji shook his head and smiled, "You! I'm not considering the problem carefully enough, we can't hold on. Are the Turkic soldiers just attacking iron? They can't hold on either. It depends on who can survive to the end. I know in my mind. We still have 20,000 troops and 5,000 militias, and the ratio of troops has reached 2 to 1. As long as there is no major mistake in defense, they will definitely not be able to conquer Hekou City in the end."

At this time, an eagle hovered down from the sky, yelled twice in the sky, and landed on the shoulder of the eagle slave. The eagle slave took off the message tube from its feet, ran forward, and presented it to Pei Renji.

Pei Renji glanced at the message tube. It was Yang Yuanqing, the general manager, who wrote it to him. He immediately pulled out the silk silk from the message tube and looked carefully. A hint of knowing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Father, what's wrong?" Pei Xingyan asked impatiently.

"You can see it yourself!"

Pei Renji handed him the letter, and Pei Xingyan took it and read it. Yang Yuanqing asked them to try their best to delay the Turkic army attacking Hekou City, and reinforcements from Lingwu County were about to arrive.

"You understand! The Turks' military strength advantage is no longer great, and the time for our counterattack is coming."

Pei Xingyan turned around and looked down at the city. Three miles away, the Turkic army gathered again. He couldn't help laughing, "Using the weakness of his own, the strength of the enemy, this may be a portrayal of the Turkic army. Such a powerful cavalry army does not need to be used, but they come to attack the city."

"They have no choice. In the Central Plains, there will always be cowards of Sui traitors who hand over the city, but in Fengzhou, there is no one. Fengzhou has a strong wall and cleared the fields, and they can only attack the city. In fact, Shibi Khan does not want to fight a siege. He wanted to lead the general manager out of Dali City. There was only one way to capture Hekou City. The Turkic army went south. The general manager could only go out of the city to pursue it. But now it is different. The Turkic army has suffered more than 30% casualties. If there is no result in the battle, it will be difficult for him to sit down as the Khan."

As soon as Pei Renji finished speaking, the drums of the Turkic army suddenly sounded, "Dong! Damn! Damn! Damn!" The drums were like thunder, and the overwhelming Turkic soldiers rushed over like a tide. The 50,000 Turkic troops once again launched a crazy attack on Hekou City.

Twenty huge stairs were pulled by thousands of horses and slowly drove towards the city wall. The stairs were a large siege ladder, divided into bases and stairs. The bases were two zhang wide and three zhang long, with six wooden wheels. The stairs were 1 zhang and five zhang long. They were made of twenty giant trees, rivets, and then buckled together with the ground base, covering them with thick cowhide.

Usually, the ladders are folded and placed. When the base is close to the city wall, hundreds of Turkic soldiers pull the iron chains backwards, and the ladders will be pulled up and tilted on the city wall. The huge iron hook behind will hook the battlements of the city wall, and the Turkic soldiers will rush up to the top of the city along the ladders.

This kind of ladder was a killer weapon for the Turkic siege, but it was expensive. The Turkic army did not own it in many cases and was not used in Dali City, but it was the third time it was used in Kawaguchi City.

The hundred heavy catapults at the head of Hekou City were all damaged and could not use huge rocks to bombard the ladders. There were only dozens of stone cannons and some bed crossbows, but the stone cannons and bed crossbows could not cope with such giant siege weapons, and could only watch them approach the city walls.

Pei Xingyan ran over the city and shouted: "Current oil is ready!"

A bucket of turmeric oil was carried to the top of the city by militia soldiers. Now only turmeric oil is an effective means to deal with ladders. Twenty thousand Sui soldiers and 5,000 militia troops all went to the city to fight. Ten thousand of the soldiers fired arrows down the city, while the other 15,000 people stood in line with each other with conflicting signs in their hands.

The turmeric oil is only effective for the Turkic army that sieges the city, and cannot damage the ladder with thick cowhide.

The arrows on the city were like rain, and the rolling wood and stones were smashed like hail. Tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers held shields and pushed the ladder to slowly drive towards the raft. Pieces of Turkic soldiers were shot down and overturned, with heavy casualties and injuries. The Turkic archers under the city also began to fight back on a large scale. Sui soldiers kept screaming and falling from the city. Death was already numb to the Turkic soldiers, and the same was true for the Sui soldiers. They all had only one belief to capture the city or defend the city.

The ladder rushed through the filled moat and stopped slowly. Hundreds of Turkic soldiers pulled the iron chains and crawled on the base and raised their heads like a giant dragon. They sank on the city wall, smashing the top of the city into pieces, and then slowly retreated, allowing the big iron hook to hook the top of the city.

Countless Turkic soldiers climbed the ladder with shields and rushed towards the city frantically. Buckets of turmeric oil poured from the top of the city, and the black and viscous turmeric oil flowed down the ladder, and then the flames rose into the air. A sea of ​​fire was on the ladder, and hundreds of Turkic soldiers rushing in front were so burned that they howled down, but countless Turkic people still rushed to the top of the city in flames and fought bloody battles with the Sui army.

More and more Turkic troops rushed to the city, and the two armies launched a bloody battle at the city.

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The Turkic army commander Ashinadu, who attacked Hekou City, was surrounded by hundreds of personal guards, and stood on a mound on horseback, staring anxiously at the fierce battle on the top of the city.

His heart was full of helplessness and worries. He once advised Khan that the Turkish army could give up Fengzhou and Lingwu County, no longer consider logistics supplies, sweep the inner and Longyou and Guanzhong, use war to support the war, and plunder a large amount of wealth and children. When he comes back, he can also avoid Fengzhou. Such Turkic army gains huge benefits without any losses.

But his brother did not listen to his advice and was determined to annihilate Yang Yuanqing, completely destroy Yang Yuanqing's power, and abandoned the powerful cavalry of the Turkic army, and launched a siege battle with the Sui army in Fengzhou that the Turkic army was not good at.

Of course, Asuna Duo also understood his brother's strategic intentions. When the entire Sui Dynasty was in chaos and had gradually become a fish on the Turkic case, Yang Yuanqing from Fengzhou was still a hard bone, a thorn under the Turkic abdomen. If he was not eliminated, the Turkic could not enjoy the extremely delicious fat piece of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Just as he suggested giving up Fengzhou and Lingwu County and sweep the inner and outer gates, Longyou and Guanzhong, his elder brother's answer was somewhat reasonable, "If Fengzhou goes south, Yang Yuanqing will definitely send heavy troops to sweep the Turks, killing bloodyly."

Asuna Duo sighed. This fierce battle with Yang Yuanqing regardless of casualties will greatly weaken the strength of the Turks. How can we deal with the gradually stronger Western Turks and Wutu tribes?

In the final analysis, it was wrong for the eldest brother to launch the Battle of Fengzhou. He should wait until Yang Yuanqing participates in the Central Plains to fight for hegemony and his troops are restrained in the Central Plains, and then they will not be as embarrassed as they are now, they will not suffer heavy losses, and they will still be able to return with a full load.

Just then, a soldier pointed to the camp behind and shouted in horror: "Look at Teller!"

As soon as Ashinaduo turned around, he was immediately scared and shuddered. Two miles away, a huge fire was burning in the empty Turkic camp. Thousands of Sui cavalry were speeding in the camp to set fire, chopping and killing cattle and sheep in the sheep and horse pen. The thousands of Turkic soldiers left in the camp were fighting against the enemy, and they could not stop the Sui army's attack.

A centurion rushed over to report, "Report to Teller, the Sui cavalry suddenly came from behind, with about 10,000 people, and the camp was empty, so we couldn't resist it."

Ashin was so angry that he almost fainted. He shouted, "Get off!"

‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell to withdraw the troops rang. The Turkic soldiers fought fiercely with the Sui army on the ladder and rushed to the top of the city, but the thousands of people who climbed the city were unable to withdraw and were all killed by the Sui army. As the ladder slowly fell down and retreated, the Turkic soldiers returned to the camp like a retreat.

The Sui army cheered on the top of the city, and Pei Renji stroked his beard and smiled. This was the reinforcements led by Li Jing from Lingwu County.

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