On the Yin Mountains, Li Changqing rested for half a day before leading two thousand dragon cavalry to attack the Turkic royal court.
In Youzhou, the Jie Li Khan came out in full force, personally leading three hundred thousand troops to attack Youzhou City.
The Turkic soldiers attacked the city ferociously, unafraid of death.
The Youzhou defenders were also elites, and the heavy armored guards were like another wall, firmly blocking the Turkic army outside the city.
The Divine Arrow Guards were like the eyes of the Grim Reaper, they weren't at a disadvantage against the group of sharpshooters under Khan Jie Li.
The Heaven's Festival Army was the main force, constantly replenishing and replacing the injured or exhausted heavy armored guards.
After an entire day of siege, the Turks had made no substantial progress other than the corpses on the ground.
In the Turkic central camp, Jie Li Khagan gazed at the gates of Youzhou, a cold smile on his lips.
"Although the heavy-armored guards are brave, there are only twenty thousand of them. With 300,000 soldiers attacking the city, they had a huge advantage in numbers! At least seven days, at most a month, they would be able to defeat the Youzhou garrison and break through the city gates.
Moreover, I have ordered people to cut off the water source to Youzhou. It is still uncertain whether the Tang army can hold on for half a month!”
The rations in Youzhou were enough for a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians to defend the city for three months.
However, other than food, water was also a huge problem.
If the water source was not replenished, Youzhou would fall.
The battle continued for a day and a night. The three hundred thousand Turkic soldiers took turns attacking the city day and night, not giving the Youzhou defenders any time to breathe.
The tempo of the attack was so fast that it was like a storm, suffocating!
On the south gate of Youzhou, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong led the Heavy Armor Guards and the Heaven Festival Army to fight bravely.
Cheng Yaojin sent three Turkic soldiers climbing up the ladder flying with his lance and roared,"Jingde, the Turkic army is endless. If this continues, Youzhou will be in danger!”
The iron whip in Yuchi Gong's hand kept waving. If it brushed against him, he would be injured, and if it touched him, he would die! He was like a black tower war god, making people feel fear and not dare to approach.
"We only need to hold on until the general returns to the city. With the 50,000 Mo Saber Guards as reinforcements, we will definitely be able to hold the city."”
The heavy guards did not fear death in the face of the three hundred thousand Turkic soldiers. They held their ground, not allowing a single Turkic soldier to enter the city gates.
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After a day of attacks, Li Changqing and Qin Qiong led two thousand Dragon Cavalry Guards and slowly approached the depths of the desert, where the Imperial Court was located!
The Turkic royal court was equivalent to the current Chang 'an of the Central Plains.
The Imperial Court occupied a vast area and had a population of more than 100,000.
The people living here were all Turkic nobles.
Of course, there were also countless slaves!
Unlike the dynasties of the Central Plains, the Turks still had a slavery system.
When the big tribes annexed the small tribes, the warriors of the small tribes were either killed or sold as slaves.
The Han were the favorite slaves of the Turkic nobles.
Whoever had a Han slave in their hands would have a lot of face when they went out. They were proud of owning Han slaves.
After entering the outer perimeter of the Imperial Court, Li Changqing, Qin Qiong, and the two thousand dragon cavalry were all enraged.
Along the way, they saw dozens of large and small mass graves.
The corpses in the mass grave were all Han corpses.
They were all civilians captured by the Turks from the border. They had suffered extremely cruel abuse when they were alive, and after they died, they had been thrown into a mass grave, their corpses eaten by wild wolves!
Roughly estimating, tens of thousands of Han corpses had already been lost in the wilderness!
Qin Qiong gritted his teeth and said,"The Turks have persecuted our Han people!" I can't wait to eat his flesh!"
Li Changqing didn't say anything, but his face was gloomy. His eyes were as sharp as a sword and filled with killing intent!
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There was a colosseum north of the palace.
This was the favorite place of the Turkic nobles, and it was also the most lively place in the royal court.
No matter what time it was, this place was always bustling with people.
It was because this place was filled with blood and violence!
The colosseum was not a battle between beasts, but a battle between humans and beasts, or rather, a battle between Han Chinese and beasts!
The Turks regarded the Han as two-legged sheep. The Han captured from the border were either sent to the colosseum or sold as slaves.
As for the women, they became sex slaves of the nobles without exception, and their fates were very miserable!
At this moment, the cheers and shouts in the colosseum were about to overturn the sky.
Hundreds and thousands of Turks were watching a battle between man and beast!
An old man and a young man, two Han people who were skinny due to lack of food, stood in the center of the colosseum.
The two of them looked similar, so it was not difficult to deduce that they were father and son.
In a huge cage in the colosseum was a vicious wolf with green eyes!
The Turkic said to the father and son in half-baked Mandarin,"Same old rules. One of you, father and son, and this evil wolf must die!
If you kill Evil Wolf, both of you will be free! If one of them was bitten to death by the wolf, the other would automatically be freed.”
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth suddenly curled into a mocking smile.
"According to the rules, you can also choose to kill each other. But remember, you only have the time for half an incense stick to burn.
After half an incense stick of time, this wolf will be released from the cage and fight with you!”
The Turks were extremely ruthless!
All the Han father and son that were sent into the colosseum were as thin as a stick, starving to the point of being skin and bones. They did not have any weapons or armor in their hands, so how could they be a match for Evil Wolf with their bare hands?
However, what they wanted to see the most was not the wolf biting the Han father and son in the colosseum to death, nor was it the Han father and son killing the wolf, or the two dying together.
What they wanted to see the most was a Han father and son killing each other for survival!
Every time such a scene happened, it would make them ecstatic.
"Time starts!"
When half an incense stick was placed on the stage and lit up, the entire place was in an uproar.
The audience cheered excitedly.
When the incense stick was lit, it meant that the countdown for half an incense stick had officially begun!
The Han father and son in front of them were facing a life-and-death crisis. What choice would they make?
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