The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 193 The Battle of Tongguan

Following Qu Tutong's order, soldiers ambushed everywhere on the top of the city. Countless crossbowmen with strong bows and crossbowmen shot arrows at the Sui soldiers below the city.Countless Sui soldiers and Sui generals couldn't dodge in time, and the generals and their horses were shot into hedgehogs, which was a bit messy.

However, some soldiers reacted quickly and quickly used shields to block them, but it was impossible to charge forward, so they retreated one after another. Because the suspension bridge over the moat was too narrow, the Sui soldiers and Sui generals behind who were beyond the range of the arrow rain did not know what was going on. , Still rushing forward, this is even more chaotic, many soldiers will be trampled into meat on the spot, and many soldiers and horses will be squeezed out of the moat, crackling like dumplings.For a time, those who were drowned, shot to death, trampled to death were countless, and the moat was dyed red.

When the soldiers and horses of the King of the Mountain retreated beyond the moat, Li Jing and Du Yi's more than 1 soldiers and horses had all withdrawn into the city, and the suspension bridge was pulled up smoothly with a creak.Looking outside the city, there are corpses everywhere on both sides of the moat, but there is no doubt that nine out of ten belonged to soldiers of the Sui Dynasty.

The backer king was so angry that he pouted his beard so high, "Come on, attack the city with all your strength!"

The subordinate soldiers said, it should have been like this a long time ago, we have 40 troops, if we don't believe it, we can't attack the small Tongguan?So with a promise, the soldiers connected countless ladders across the moat to make a simple bridge. After rushing through the moat, they unloaded the ladders and carried them to the city wall of Tongguan. Set up the ladder and start climbing up.

At this time, Li Jing, Li Wan'er, Du Yi and other soldiers had already climbed to the top of the city, and Qu Tutong was in charge of a section, standing on the top of the city and personally commanding tens of thousands of rebels, some shooting arrows, and some rolling logs piled up like a mountain. , Stones can be smashed down hard.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty suffered countless casualties, and the corpses spread all over the city, but Yang Lin didn't give an order. These soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were brave and continued to attack desperately.

Yang Lin sat on his horse and watched the fierce battle outside the moat.At this time, several Sui soldiers and generals were climbing up a ladder, and the ladder was overwhelmed, and snapped from the middle with a click.There was also a Sui Dynasty general who was about to climb to the top of the city. The ladder was suddenly pushed down by the rebels at the top of the city, and he fell down screaming.

There is also a scene that shocked Yang Lin. A general of the Sui Army finally climbed to the top of the city, but the rebels guarding here were even braver and fought with him on the top of the city. It fell, but none of them retreated. Two of them were cut down, and four more rushed forward. , a wounded rebel stood up and rushed towards him. General Sui chopped off one of the rebel's arms with a single knife.

The volunteer screamed, but he didn't fall down. Instead, he hugged the Sui general's neck with his other arm, rolled with all his strength, and both fell to the bottom of the city.

Yang Lin was shocked. He never thought that Yang Yong could bring out such a brave army. These soldiers are not afraid of death. How can Tongguan City be captured like this?Looking outside the city, there are corpses everywhere, no matter what kind of death there is, the blood is flowing like a river, most likely they are soldiers from the Sui Dynasty.

As one of the nine elders of the Xing Sui Dynasty, the backer king led troops to fight across the battlefield for decades, flattened the Southern Chen, destroyed the Northern Qi, conquered the Turks and Goguryeo, and also conquered the bandits and Japanese pirates in Dengzhou. Wherever he went, he was invincible , the enemy all fled.It can be said that he has seen all kinds of powerful soldiers, but this is the first time he has seen such a loyal and brave soldier.I'm afraid Yang Lin will never understand why these rebels support Yang Yong so much and are so willing to sacrifice their lives for Yang Yong just to have enough to eat. Why should they be afraid of death if they are not afraid of death? !
Yang Lin looked at it, and said sadly: "Stop attacking the city, withdraw!"

With an order, the Sui soldiers and Sui generals withdrew like an ebb tide. At this time, Yang Lin checked the soldiers and horses again, and the soldiers under him lost more than [-] people. However, from the siege to the present, it is only a short For half an hour, it can be said that there were heavy casualties.

"Where are the father and son of the Pei family?" Yang Lin just remembered this incident. When he asked, someone came to report, "Go back to the prince, Pei Xingyan chased the leader of the bandit Yang Yong and did not return, Pei Renji followed with dozens of generals gone."

Yang Lin thought it was bad!It has been a long time for Pei Xingyan to chase Yang Yong. They haven't come back yet. Something must have happened to the Pei family father and son. This should be Yang Yong and Li Jing's trick. Oh, I was fooled today!

Yang Lin suddenly realized that he really wanted to talk about himself, but now is not the time, so he quickly ordered general Zheng Tianshun to rectify the troops, kept an eye on the movement in Tongguan, and personally led the generals Wu Kui, Wu Liang, Fan Xing and others to attract [-] soldiers. The elite soldiers chased down the mountains to the south.

After chasing and chasing, Yang Lin felt that something was wrong. The terrain was always downhill, and the road became narrower and narrower. The mountains on both sides overlapped and the trees were overgrown. Why did it look like they were in a valley?He was afraid that he would fall into the tricks of Li Jing and Yang Yong, so he quickly stopped the brigade and sent people to scout the way.

Not too long later, the explorer ran back and reported: "Report to the lord, General Pei and those dozens of soldiers are not far ahead, it seems that something happened, they are moving stones, it seems that General Pei was blocked inside. "

When the backer king heard what he was afraid of, he was scared out of his wits. Looking at the dense forests on both sides, it was very easy to ambush soldiers and horses. Yang Lin, who was still a little calm, left [-] soldiers and horses for Wu Liang and Zheng Tianshun to stay here. Then he led generals Wu Kui and Fan Xing with [-] soldiers and horses and rushed in along the valley.

Going forward for another two or three miles, I found Pei Renji and the dozens of Sui soldiers and Sui generals. They all got off their horses and were moving stones. It was obvious that these stones were rolled down from the mountains on both sides, piled up like mountains, Pei Renji The hands of some Sui soldiers and Sui generals were worn out, but they ignored it at this time, calling Pei Xingyan's name and moving stones, sweating and panting from exhaustion.

At this time, the soldiers saw the reinforcements coming and quickly reminded Pei Renji.Pei Renji endured his grief, walked quickly to Yang Lin's horse, and saluted: "My lord, you are here, the dog...is trapped inside, please save him..." After speaking, he burst into tears.

"Ah? General Pei, don't be in a hurry, tell me quickly, what's going on?" Yang Lin was also anxious, seeing that the mountain of rocks in front of him had blocked the wide road.

Pei Renji couldn't speak due to his grief, and the soldiers hurriedly explained: "My lord, we fought a bloody road with General Pei outside Tongguan. We were worried about the safety of the major general, so we chased after him, and we ended up like this when we got here. I didn't see the shadow of the major general, and there was no movement inside. We started to move stones, and even shouted and moved for a long time, but no one answered. I'm afraid that at this time, it's already more ominous..."

(End of this chapter)