The second chapter!
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The battle lasted for six days and six nights. The outside of Youzhou City was filled with killing intent.
Above the nine heavens, the thunderclouds hung low. The dark clouds were like a huge rock pressing down on the chest of the Youzhou garrison.
There was no time to rest after the continuous battle. The Youzhou defenders were both physically and mentally exhausted, and their combat strength was greatly reduced.
On this day, the Turkic army had already attacked the walls five times.
If Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Su Dingfang, and the other generals hadn't risked their lives to kill the enemy, the Turks would have already trampled Youzhou City.
In the end, Cheng Yaojin was seriously injured and fainted. Yuchi Gong was stabbed in the abdomen, and his intestines almost flowed out.
At dawn on the seventh day, the Turkic army readied itself and launched its seventy-fifth wave of attack!
Zhangsun Wugou, dressed in white, climbed the city wall again.
Her sleeves fluttered in the wind, her white clothes were as white as snow, without a speck of dust. In this bloody and murderous battlefield, it seemed so abrupt.
With his back facing the 260,000 Turkic soldiers, Zhangsun Wugou beat the drums and cheered!
Dong---
The sound of the war drums reverberated throughout the entire city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city roared angrily as they charged at the enemies attacking the city.
"Our army is exhausted, and we have less than ten percent of our combat strength left. This wave of attack from the Turks was most likely impossible to block!”
Su Dingfang's expression was extremely solemn as he said to Li Jing,""Apothecary, I'll defend the city walls. Losing the city is already a great sin for us. We can't let Madam fall under the iron hooves of the Turks.”
Cheng Yaojin was heavily injured and unconscious, and Yuchi Gong's abdomen was cut open. The command of the battlefield was handed over to Li Jing and Su Dingfang.
Li Jing looked at the situation on the battlefield, his eyes burning with the flames of war.
He was extremely unwilling!
If it weren't for the fact that the 50,000 Mo Saber Guards had just fought the 8th prince's 100,000-strong army and had to travel day and night to recover their strength, the Turks wouldn't have been so arrogant!
After examining Duo Du, he nodded heavily and said,""Dingfang, you must take care! I will do my best to protect Furen's safety!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Zhangsun Wugou.
He was prepared to leave with Zhangsun Wugou before the Turkic army took Youzhou.
"General! The general has returned!"
All of a sudden, the soldiers on the city wall let out a deafening cheer!
Li Jing and Su Dingfang turned their heads and saw Li Changqing holding the Heavenly Halberd in his hand. He was wearing a blood-stained white robe and a half-torn red cloak on his shoulder. He was walking towards the city wall step by step.
Although his face was filled with fatigue, his every move was still filled with a fierce and domineering aura.
Wherever his gaze passed, the soldiers were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and their bodies were filled with strength.
"General! You're finally back!"
Li Jing and Su Dingfang, the two Great Generals, were also excited when they saw Li Changqing rushing over.
The worry and anxiety from before instantly disappeared without a trace.
Li Changqing was like the stabilizing needle of the White Robe Army. As long as he was around, the morale of the army would not be scattered. The soldiers of the three armies firmly believed that there was no battle that they could not win, and there was no enemy that they could not defeat!
Li Changqing walked towards Li Jing and Su Dingfang to understand the current situation.
However, just as he took a step forward, he stopped.
Because he saw a beautiful woman in white beating a drum on the city tower on the left.
She didn't seem to have much strength. She couldn't even raise her arm high, but she persisted in beating the drum.
Every time she beat the drum, her little face tensed up and she gritted her teeth, exerting all her strength.
"General, for the past two days, Madam has been climbing the city tower every day to cheer for the soldiers." Su Dingfang said. Otherwise, Youzhou would have fallen yesterday!”
"Madam's determination is not weaker than a man's!" Li Jing sighed. Even an ordinary man would feel tired after beating the war drum for two days.”
Li Changqing silently glanced at Zhangsun Wugou before leaping onto the city wall.
With a sweep of the halberd, large swaths of Turkic soldiers were swept away.
He killed ten people with a single step and defended the city wall like a demon god on the battlefield.
All the Turkic warriors who dared to climb the walls were killed by him as if they were vegetables.
He had single-handedly blocked the seventy-fifth wave of the Turkic army!
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In the Turkic camp, the Jie Li Khagan narrowed his eyes at Li Changqing's figure and asked,
"When did the Tang army have such a fierce general who wielded the Heavenly Halberd?”
The attendants replied,"Khan, in the Tang army, the only fierce general who can use the Heavenly Halberd is General Li Changqing."”
Hearing this, a mocking expression flashed across Jie Li Khan's face,""General Li Changqing? Unfortunately, the current situation was no longer something he could change.”
"Pass down the order. Sound the bell and withdraw the troops. Regroup for a moment and order the Tiger Division to be the main force to attack the city."
The Turks had three most powerful armies.
They were Tiger Master, Leopard Master, and Eagle Master.
The Tiger Division was the strongest of them all, with a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers. They were elite soldiers who obeyed the orders of the Turkic Khagan, equivalent to the Imperial Guards of the Central Plains!
The Leopard Division was second, led by a trusted general of the Khan. There were a total of 230,000 people, and they were scattered all over the desert.
The Eagle Division was formed by the troops of the various tribes, a total of 640,000 people.
Jie Li Khan led 300,000 troops to attack Youzhou.
120,000 of them were the most elite Tiger Mages, while the other 180,000 were the Eagle Mages formed by the various large tribes.
In the past few days, the thirty thousand Tiger Division soldiers had been accumulating their strength and did not enter the battlefield.
Now that the Youzhou garrison was exhausted, once the thirty thousand Tiger Legion soldiers who had reached the peak of their vitality entered the siege, the battle would be very clear!
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As the Turkic siege army retreated, the heavy and powerful war drums on Youzhou's walls ceased.
Zhangsun Wugou's arms were sore, and they fell weakly.
She had already used up all her strength. The reason why she could keep beating the drum until now was all because of her willpower.
"Guanyin maid, you've worked hard."
She leaned against the war drum to rest. Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in her ear.
When she looked up, she saw Li Changqing's tall and imposing figure appear in front of her. He was smiling and looking at her gently!
That kind of gentle gaze would only appear when he saw Li Xiu Ning.
Before this, Zhangsun Wugou had never felt such gentleness, not even on their wedding night!
In an instant, a thick sense of happiness surrounded Zhangsun Wugou.
She had tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips as she bowed." Welcome back, husband."”
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