The one hundred thousand Turkic army surged toward Yanmen Pass like a tide.
Jie Li didn't plan to test him. He was prepared to take down Yanmen Pass in one go. He planned to spend the night in Yanmen Pass, so he immediately sent a hundred thousand troops.
The several thousand Turkic soldiers in the vanguard held shields and carried ladders as they courageously rushed forward.
Just now, Jie Li ordered that the first warrior to kill his way to Yanmen Pass would be rewarded with a thousand taels and ten beauties.
The golden beauty provoked the Turkic soldiers, who shouted and cursed as they charged forward.
Of course, the Tang army at Yanmen Pass would not sit still and wait for death. Arrows rained down on the Turkic soldiers.
The Turkic soldiers hurriedly used their shields to shield themselves, but a large number of them were still shot down. However, even more Turkic soldiers charged forward, not fearing death at all.
"Prepare the trebuchets!" The city guard shouted.
Creak! Creak! The capstan of the catapult started to spin.
"Shoot!" The officer shouted.
"Huff huff!" It was like a gust of wind.
More than ten boulders were thrown out.
Alarmed by the sound of the wind, the Turks looked up.
Countless black dots appeared in the sky and slowly grew larger.
"Run, the catapults are coming!" The Turks cried out in alarm and scattered in all directions.
A huge rock that weighed several hundred jin and was several feet long and wide fell from the sky.
They howled as they charged at the Turks, wailing in pain and blood flying in all directions as they were smashed into minced meat.
The boulders did not stop, continuing to charge into the crowd, causing the Turks to suffer heavy casualties.
In the Turkic army four li away, Jie Li was not moved by the casualties in front of him. People died in battle.
He turned to the Turkic general beside him and said,"Ashina Long, you lead the warriors and charge forward. I hope to be able to roast a bonfire in Yanmen Pass tonight and eat delicious lamb legs!”
Ashnarong bowed and said,"Honorable order of the Great Khan!"”
As he spoke, he led a few thousand soldiers and charged towards Yanmen Pass.
At the gate of Yanmen Pass, Ashina Longda shouted,""Archers, fire! Cover the troops as they ascend the city!”
In an instant, countless arrows were shot at the Tang army on the city wall, causing casualties in the Yanmen garrison.
Suppressed by the arrows, the Tang army could only hide behind the parapet and could not raise their heads at all.
At this time, the first batch of Turkic soldiers rushed up the city wall and began to fight fiercely with the Tang soldiers.
The Tang army was tough. The battle to defend the city was extremely fierce. Arrows flew everywhere, corpses piled up like mountains, and thousands of Tang soldiers died.
A soldier shouted at the city guard,"General, where are our Great Tang reinforcements? If we don't come, Yanmen Pass will be finished, and we will be finished!”
The city guard did not say anything. He had received an order from the imperial court to defend Yanmen Pass to buy time for Chang 'an to gather troops.
However, he also knew that there would be no reinforcements. This battle was lost for sure, and Yanmen Pass had been abandoned.
……
On the official road to Yanmen Pass, twenty thousand cavalrymen were hurrying along.
This cavalry was Li Chengdao's troops. In three days, they had already traveled seven hundred miles. Every single one of them gritted their teeth and persevered.
At this moment, this troop was still over a hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass. It would take at least half a day.
"My lord, the scouts have reported that Jie Li is attacking the city, the situation at Yanmen Pass is critical.”
Li Chengdao was stunned. Jie Li came so quickly, a day earlier than expected.
With the current speed of the army, they wouldn't be able to save Yanmen in time.
He looked at the soldiers around him and made a prompt decision.
He said to Han Xin,"Advisor, you lead the army and follow behind. I'll take the Four Fierce Beasts, the Thirteen Grand Guardians, and the Beiwei Army to leave first to buy time."”
Han Xin nodded." My lord, please be careful. There is a letter here. It is foolproof."”
When Li Chengdao heard this, he shook the reins of his Dark Stallion and shouted,""Four Fierce Eight Great Hammers, Thirteen Grand Guardians, Bei Wei Army, follow me to reinforce Yanmen!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Dark Stallion Horse flew out like an arrow, and the generals followed behind it.
A moment later, dust flew into the air.
……
On the walls of Yanmen Pass, the Turks and Tang armies were engaged in a fierce battle. Hundreds and thousands of soldiers were dying at every moment, and the battle had reached its climax.
In the middle of the Turkic army, Jie Li was looking at Yanmen Pass.
"Great Khan, Ashinalong has sent back news that we will definitely be able to take down Yanmen Pass in two hours!”
"Very good, Ashina Long is indeed a warrior of our Ashina family!”
Jie Li said with a smile.
He raised his head and looked at the sky. The sun was setting, and it was almost dusk.
He thought to himself, It seems that I still have time to have dinner at Yanmen.
At this moment, a black dot appeared on the horizon to the east of Yanmen Pass. The black dot slowly grew larger. A youth was riding a horse at full speed.
The sun was setting in the west, and soon it was coming from the east.
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