Jiuquan County, East Gate.
In the camp of Xia Xia's army, Xiao Yuanqi was reading the battle report of Changbai Slope. After he finished reading the report, he put it aside and did not care about the contents of the report. Because the situation of Changbai Slope was what he and many other soldiers had predicted.
Du Qi blocked the Tang army, how would he deal with it? Du Qi could not block the Tang army, how would he deal with it? But the biggest prediction was that Du Qi would block the Tang army at the front line of Changbai Slope.
Xiao Yuanqi was now ready.
This battle was only waiting for the Tang army to break out.
Time passed little by little.
In the blink of an eye, it was night time. Xiao Yuanqi stood up and walked out of the tent, walking around the camp and inspecting the defense of the camp. Apart from that, Xiao Yuanqi even left the camp and walked around the four city gates, telling the generals guarding the four city gates to guard at night and block the army coming out of the city gates.
Li Shimin could not break out of Changbai Slope for the time being.
This meant that Li Ji, who was guarding Jiuquan County, did not have any reinforcements. As time passed, Li Ji's lack of food would cause panic. Hence, Xiao Yuanqi and the others had predicted that Li Ji would lead the army to break out.
Hence, they had arranged the army to watch.
Xiao Yuanqi walked around before returning to the tent to rest.
"Report!"
At this moment, some soldiers entered.
The soldier looked hurried and reported, "General Xiao, the Tang army has made a move. The Tang army is breaking out from the east gate. We can't judge how many people are breaking out. "
Xiao Yuanqi said in a deep voice, "Tell Wang Chuanfang to guard the city and nail the Tang army at the city gate. If the Tang army leaves from the east gate, he will bring his head back. "
Wang Chuanfang was the general in charge of guarding the east gate.
He had three thousand elite soldiers.
In fact, Xiao Yuanqi did not divide all the soldiers into four parts. Instead, he had three thousand soldiers guarding the east, south, west, and north, in charge of blocking the Tang army's retreating forces.
Apart from that, Xiao Yuanqi had eighteen thousand soldiers around him who were in charge of coordinating.
This way, he could ensure the adjustment of the situation.
"Yes!"
Upon receiving the order, the soldier immediately went to inform the others.
Xiao Yuan Qi looked at the flickering oil lamp on the side. The dim light was swaying slightly. In Xiao Yuan Qi's eyes, there was a hint of expectation. The war had begun. Next, it was time for the two armies to compete. Although he was known to be good at defense under Du Qi's command, it didn't mean that Xiao Yuan Qi couldn't plan an attack.
Xiao Yuanqi had followed Du Qi for many years, and there were many capable people under Du Qi's command. Xiao Yuanqi wasn't a person who was complacent. After all these years, Xiao Yuanqi's military achievements had been greatly improved.
After the first soldier left, Xiao Yuanqi sat down and pondered for a while. Then more soldiers came to report that there were Tang soldiers breaking out from the north, south, and west of the city.
Xiao Yuan Qi gave the order to stop them one by one.
Outside each city, there were soldiers to stop them, so Xiao Yuan Qi was not worried for the time being.
At this moment, the battle outside the East City had already begun.
Wave after wave of Tang soldiers rushed out of the city gate and pounced on the wall. The attack outside the East City was a real breakout attack. The soldiers coming out of the city gate were densely packed.
The attack here was a real breakout attack.
There were 25,000 soldiers.
The densely packed soldiers kept coming out and then quickly dispersed. The city was overcrowded. However, because of the existence of the wall, these densely packed Tang soldiers who intended to rush out were blocked.
The mortars in the rear kept firing.
They aimed at the area inside the wall and bombarded.
The rumbling explosions kept sounding. There were countless casualties. In addition, there were soldiers led by Wang Chuanfang blocking outside the wall. These soldiers formed a line. Once the Tang soldiers got close, they kept throwing grenades, killing wave after wave of Tang soldiers.
Because of the wide area outside the city gate, the densely packed Tang soldiers could disperse. But the problem was that the shells kept falling. Even if some Tang soldiers managed to dodge, countless people were still killed. There were still countless Tang soldiers who were blown to the ground by the grenades when they got close to the wall.
The casualties were increasing, but the Tang soldiers were still rushing forward quickly.
They were getting closer and closer to the wall.
Although there were grenades to stop them, the densely packed people approached the perimeter wall and began to climb over it, intending to kill their way out. If not for this cement wall, Wang Chuanfang's three thousand men would not be able to stop the Tang army's overwhelming assault. Because of the wall, the mortars, and the grenades, the Tang soldiers' attack was stopped and they could not get out immediately. So, Wang Chuanfang had a chance.
Wang Chuanfang ordered loudly, "Kill, kill the Tang soldiers. Don't let anyone out."
"Hold on, hold on for me!"
"After tonight, you'll all be heroes."
"If you can't survive tonight, you'll all be cowards."
"Kill!"
Wang Chuanfang was shouting back and forth. He was holding a large saber in his hand. He was running around. Whenever a Tang soldier climbed over the wall, or even his soldiers could not stop them, he immediately went up and helped to kill the Tang soldiers.
Because of the human wall, the Tang soldiers could not break through quickly. So, although Wang Chuanfang's troops were small, they held the front line of the city so that the Tang soldiers could not break through.
Even if more and more Tang soldiers rushed out, they were pushed back by Wang Chuanfang.
At the same time, the other three gates were also under attack.
However, there were only 5,000 soldiers at the West Gate and the North Gate. Like the East Gate, the South Gate was attacked by 25,000 Tang soldiers. The South Gate was also under great pressure.
The 3,000 elites at the North Gate and the West Gate were not under much pressure to resist the 5,000 elite soldiers. Only the South Gate and the East Gate were under great pressure and resisted the attack of the Tang soldiers.
Time went by little by little.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
At this time, outside the wall of the East Gate, there were already piles of corpses.
Wang Chuanfang himself had become a bloody man. His whole body was covered in blood, but he was not injured. The blood on his body was the blood of the Tang soldiers.
"Commander, we can't hold them off."
On the defense line of the wall, a young general under Wang Chuanfang's command had already shouted.
"Hold them off for me."
"If you can't hold them off, I'll kill you first."
Wang Chuanfang roared. He turned around and ran toward the young general who was shouting. Seeing a Tang soldier rushing out, he swung the saber in his hand and chopped down.
The blade fell and chopped the neck of the Tang soldier.
It was a fatal strike.
Wang Chuanfang attacked one after another. In a short time, he killed all the Tang soldiers who rushed out. Then, Wang Chuanfang rushed to other places and organized the troops to resist the Tang soldiers with all his strength.
The battle on the battlefield was fierce.
At this time, Wang Chuanfang was tired of running and organizing the soldiers to resist and fight with all his strength. However, as time went by, the pressure Wang Chuanfang faced became greater and greater, and he was faintly unable to resist.
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