Yanmen Pass itself was a perilous place. However, outside Yanmen Pass, it was a smooth road. Thus, when the Turkic soldiers were attacked, they suffered great losses. However, even with the arrows and smoke balls, after the Turkic horn sounded, the Turkic soldiers charged forward fearlessly.
This was the bravery of the Turkic people.
The Turkic men did not fear death.
The Turkic men fought to the death without retreating.
Xieli's expression was dark but there was anticipation in his eyes. One must know that he had brought eighty thousand men. Even with Li Daen guarding Yanmen Pass and the pass' defense was not weak, he had sent thirty thousand infantry to charge forward.
With so many men, he wanted to break the defense of Yanmen Pass in one go.
In truth, this was the first time Xieli had encountered a proper obstruction. Once, Xieli had led his men down south. As long as the cavalry passed by, they were invincible. Even if there were passes to resist, in reality, after a fierce attack, the soldiers stationed there would not dare to resist and would retreat with their tails between their legs. Thus, Xieli led his men to continue attacking and easily broke through the pass.
However, this time was different.
The moment the battle started, the other party gave him a head-on warning.
Especially Du Qi, this cunning fellow, who actually used arrows and smoke balls to stop them. However, to Xieli, he did not think that such resistance could stop his Turkic army.
They were just struggling at death's door.
"Kill, kill for me!"
Xieli ordered loudly. He even personally blew the horn to encourage the soldiers to charge forward.
Following Xieli's loud encouragement, the densely packed Turkic cavalry had already reached the city gate tower. Patter, patter, patter. One after another, ladders were already set up on the city gate tower.
The Turkic cavalry started to climb up the city gate tower.
As long as they charged up the city gate tower, it would be close combat. Thus, countless Turkic cavalry became excited.
Seeing this scene, Du Qi was still very calm and did not panic at all. He ordered, "Lime, release! Rolling stones, black wood, boiling water, use them. "
He gave out orders one after another.
The soldiers on the city gate tower had already started to pour down the boiling water. Splashing sounds could be heard as the boiling water with green smoke sprinkled down from the top of the city gate tower.
If this kind of bubbling boiling water splashed onto one's body, it would definitely cause one to grimace in pain and blister. Once a large amount of boiling water splashed on one's body, blisters would immediately form, and one's skin would split open.
The boiling water splashed down, drenching many of the climbing Turkic soldiers. Screams rang out as one soldier after another fell to the ground like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Cries of agony could be heard one after another.
Compared to the unbearable pain of boiling water, being hit by a piece of wood or a rolling stone was more direct and ferocious, even though it was not as painful as being scalded by boiling water.
Once struck, one would either die or be severely injured.
Countless Turkic soldiers had approached the gate tower, and their ferocious assault seemed like they were about to reach the walls. However, under Du Qi's series of defensive moves, the Turks' attacks were immediately thwarted.
Most importantly, the Turks' attack method was relatively simple, and they did not have excellent siege weapons. This allowed Du Qi to use the impregnable Yanmen Pass to easily launch a counterattack.
The Turks' attacks were continuously cut down.
This was especially so on the city gate tower of Yanmen Pass, where there was a group of soldiers in charge of throwing lime. The northwest wind was blowing, and the wind was blowing toward the outside. After the lime powder was sprinkled from the city gate tower, it started to spread outward as if it was raining lime.
Many Turkic soldiers who were looking up with their eyes wide open felt their eyes burning when the lime powder fell into their eyes. They could not even open their eyes. When the lime powder came into contact with water, it would emit heat and burn the eyes.
Even if a small amount of lime powder came into contact with the moisture in the eyeballs, the heat it emitted was limited. The problem was that the eyeballs were extremely fragile. Therefore, the extremely weak heat would cause the eyeballs to hurt.
Many soldiers started to wail loudly.
As a result, more and more people started to wail and scream, echoing below the city gate tower.
The situation below the city gate tower was quickly transmitted back to the rear.
After Xieli heard the soldier's report, his face was filled with anger. He clenched his teeth and stared at the smoke-filled Yanmen Pass. He gritted his teeth and said, "That damned Du Qi, if I don't kill him, I am not human. Kill, kill him! "
This voice came from the gaps between his teeth.
It was filled with coldness.
It was also filled with endless anger.
Xieli gave another order, ordering the soldiers under his command to charge. However, the Yanmen Pass was a dangerous place to begin with. The city walls were tall and thick, a truly dangerous pass. Adding on Du Qi's impenetrable defense, even though Xieli's army was constantly attacking, in reality, it did not have much of an effect on the Yanmen Pass.
Logically speaking, Xieli had never encountered such a situation before. In the past, if he encountered such a situation, once Yanmen Pass was difficult to attack, he would immediately retreat and would not stay.
After all, he could come at any time.
The problem was, if he did not take Yanmen Pass this time, where would he put his face?
Xieli did not retreat.
Even if it was such an attack, to the Turks, the losses were great. However, Xieli still gritted his teeth and endured, constantly giving orders to attack. He was not willing to retreat no matter what.
Time passed little by little.
In the blink of an eye, noon had passed.
In the afternoon, after five o 'clock, there was already a light breeze. After all, it was September. The weather today was cool and refreshing. However, at night, it was a little cold.
At this time, there were some Turk cavalry who finally climbed up the cloud ladders and climbed up the city gate tower to attack. However, the soldiers stationed on the city gate tower of Yanmen Pass defended it impenetrably.
Once a Turk soldier charged up, they would quickly kill him.
Their defense was still as steady as Mount Tai.
Du Qi stood on the city gate tower, still without any panic or worry. He appeared very relaxed and comfortable. His gaze passed through the battlefield and landed in the direction of Xieli in the distance. There was a smile at the corner of his mouth.
This battle until now was only the beginning.
In this battle, he would engrave it in Xieli's bones.
In reality, the current Xieli was indeed engraved in his bones. He, Xieli, had participated in wars since he was young. After fighting for decades, he was invincible. Especially in these years, the Central Plains was in endless war. The Turks rose quickly. It was easy for them to gather grass and beat rabbits. The people of the Central Plains could not stop the Turks at all.
Now, he was stopped outside Yanmen Pass and the losses were so great.
Kang Sumi rode on the side. He opened his mouth and said, "Khan, if we attack like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to take down Yanmen Pass today. We have sent up more than thirty thousand people. I'm afraid we will lose more than six to seven thousand people today. The losses of attacking the city are too great. "
Xieli frowned. His expression was cold and solemn. There was an indomitable spirit. "No matter how great the losses of attacking the city are, we must attack forcefully. Only by breaking Yanmen Pass can we take back everything that we have lost. In the Turks, only true warriors are worthy of the best rewards. "
Kang Sumi said, "Khan, I have a plan. Perhaps it can stimulate the soldiers and make them all charge with a roar."
Xieli asked, "What plan?"
A fierce look flashed across Kang Sumi's eyes. "Khan, this plan is actually very simple. For our Tujue men, what can stimulate the ferocious nature in their bones? Only women and money. So to make them go all out, give them enough women and money to tempt them. Please give the order. After breaking Yanmen Pass, they are allowed to plunder for three days. "
Xieli raised his eyebrows.
Once they were allowed to plunder for three days, the entire Daizhou would be killed. Originally.
Deep down, Xieli was not willing to shed all pretense of cordiality with the Tang dynasty. After all, the current Tang dynasty was not weak. The problem was that when he thought about how they were stopped in this battle, Xieli's heart was filled with anger.
Xieli could no longer control the killing intent in his heart. He ordered loudly, "Come, give the order. Break Yanmen Pass and plunder for three days."
When the messenger heard this, he became excited and quickly went to pass the order.
"All soldiers, listen to my order. Pass the order. Break Yanmen Pass and plunder for three days."
"Break Yanmen Pass and plunder for three days."
…
Shouts rose and fell one after another.
Many Turkic soldiers shouted in unison. For a moment, the announcement that they were allowed to plunder for three days echoed outside Yanmen Pass, clearly reaching the ears of every Turkic soldier.
The morale of the Turkic soldiers, who had been in the midst of attacking, dropped, and they lost their fighting spirit. However, when they heard the order from the rear, they were immediately energized and fiercely launched the attack.
There was no other reason except for money and women.
Du Qi also clearly heard the shouts outside the pass. He shook his head and smiled. No matter how much Xieli encouraged the soldiers, Xieli's defeat in this battle was inevitable.
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