As Li Xiao and others broke out of the encirclement of the coalition forces and sent the Hao and Jin brothers to Haotian, the connection between Hetao and Northwest Second Road and Youyun Sixteenth Prefecture was finally opened again. At this time, Situ Lie already knew about Dingzhou
What happened, we also knew that Long Shuang had died in the battle. However, although he had been furious for a long time, he could not go back to avenge Long Shuang. Because Yumen Pass could not leave him at all.
The Iron Eagle and Qiuming coalition forces have been attacking Yumen Pass for several months, but even with the addition of the Uma dynasty, which joined later, there has been no progress. In the first few months, it can be understood as a bluff to create an illusion, but after more than ten
For days, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms could be said to have tried their best, but still could not capture a piece of the city wall at Yumen Pass. This could not but make Hengshi Hassan and others angry.
Yumen Pass is one of the four major passes of the Great Wall. It has always been the northern gate of the Hexi Road to resist the invasion of ethnic groups outside the Great Wall. It goes without saying that the defense force is strong. Situ Lie has been stationed at Yumen Pass for four years, and the Canglang Army under his command is the Hetao Border Army.
One of the legions, the combat power is also quite fierce. Unlike Bian Zhongxing's Rock Legion, which focuses on defense, the Canglang Legion pays more attention to its attack power.
Fundamentally speaking, Situ Lie was originally from the original White Tiger Legion of the Qingfeng Empire. The White Tiger Legion had been stationed on the Northwest Second Road for a long time. Since they often faced nomads, especially when they were stationed in the Uma Dynasty, they would compete with Tie Ying Qiu Ming in the wild from time to time.
Confrontation with nomadic cavalry in the field
, it is obviously not enough to just defend without attacking. Therefore, the White Tiger Legion was also the most aggressive among the many legions in the empire at that time. Situ Lie had been infected by this for a long time, and in addition to the need for military training, the Blue Wolf Legion
Its combat effectiveness is the most powerful among the three frontier armies.
At present, there are only 30,000 soldiers of Canglang Legion and 30,000 infantrymen of Zhu Xigao of Panshi Legion in Yumen Pass, as well as the 30,000 cavalry of Bloody Plateau who have just arrived. Facing the more than 300,000 coalition troops under the pass, Situ Lie got
After Shan Heqi's assistance, he finally gained some confidence.
Dingzhou fell, his wife died in battle, and millions of people in Hetao were massacred. This was an unbearable shame and humiliation for a soldier. However, Situ Lie had to suppress the anger in his heart, because he was now not only a soldier, he
He is also the commander-in-chief of the Yumenguan War Zone. Anyone can mess up, but he must not mess up.
"I would like to say it again, General, no one is allowed to go into battle without my orders!" Situ Lie said coldly, but his eyes were looking at Zhu Xigao.
Zhu Xigao took a deep breath and finally nodded: "I obey."
Seeing the unconcealable anger in Zhu Xigao's eyes, Situ Lie couldn't bear to say: "Zhu Xigao, I don't care what you think, general, but you must understand that we are guarding the north gate of Hexi Road for six million people.
.Hassan Hengseishi and Memphis
They are all famous generals outside the Great Wall. Although they lost tens of thousands of soldiers in the siege battle some time ago, their total strength is still as high as more than 300,000. And we only have 40,000 cavalry at our disposal, and we do not have sufficient preparations.
It’s totally like going to die.”
Zhu Xigao lowered his head and said: "I understand." Zhu Xigao was not a general of the Qingyun clan in Hetao, but his wife Meng Ling and his unborn child all died in Dingzhou. Zhu Xigao is different from Situ Lie and others.
Already forty-two years old, he is older than Bian Zhongxing
He was four years older and had a son in middle age. Now his most respected mistress died for his country, his beloved woman died in battle, and his unborn child was buried with him. For this hot-tempered general, this was the biggest problem in the world.
There is nothing more painful than this. However, he must endure it.
Wang Xian beside him was also full of anger. He was born in the authentic Qingyun Qianqi family, and his home was on the outskirts of Qingyun City.
When Hetao fell for the first time, Qingyun was captured by the Rouran cavalry. His fiancée, who was married to a finger, fell into a well and committed suicide in order to preserve her innocence. Later, his parents found Li Qian from the same village for him, but Wang Xian kept thinking about him.
was his fiancée, so the marriage was postponed. A mass wedding was held in Hetao last year. In order to escape from the wedding, Wang Xian simply stayed at Yumenguan and refused to go home. Later, Haotian and Tianyi found out about this matter and came during their northern inspection tour.
When he arrived at Yumen Pass, he was escorted back to Qingyun to get married. However, Wang Xian was stubborn, so on the third day after the wedding, he single-handedly fought back to Yumen Pass and never went back again.
But he didn't expect that the farewell that day would become an eternal farewell. Thinking of Li Qian's consideration for him and filial piety to her parents, Wang Xian felt extremely guilty. The last time Rouran invaded, his family was lucky enough to escape, but
This time, out of a family of more than ten people, I was the only one left. Unaccompanied, that's about it.
Not only family members, but also many old comrades who came out of Qingyun together can no longer be seen: Zhan Shutang, Ke Biwu, Fu Yang, Xu Tou, Ge Nan, Yin Zhongzhi, Wei Dynasty...
Wang Xian was deep in thought when he suddenly felt someone slap him in the face. He raised his head in surprise, only to find that Situ Lie was looking at him intently.
"Legion commander, what are your orders?" Wang Xian asked quickly.
Situ shook his head. He knew very well what Wang Xian was thinking, but he did not blame Wang Xian. He just patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your cavalry, prepare. Elder Shan Heqi, you also prepare.
"
As soon as Situ Lie said these words, not only Wang Xian but also Zhu Xigao's expressions perked up. The siege of Yumen Pass had been going on for so many days, but Wang Xian and Shan Heqi's cavalry had never been used. Today Situ Lie made an exception.
Let the cavalry prepare, it is obvious that they have a mission.
"But the lord's army will not go to Shazhou at all, and didn't the cavalry go to Hukou?" Qiao Sanhuai, the infantry commander of the Canglang Legion, said.
Situ did not answer, but stared blankly outside the pass. After a long time, he turned his back to the people behind him and said: "Except for the necessary combatants, all the others have returned to camp to rest. The battle will probably begin soon."
The level of siege by the nomadic people cannot be compared with that of the farming people. Although their cavalry and archery can indeed put great pressure on the defenders on the city tower, it is just pressure. If they are dealing with ordinary state capitals and counties,
, the nomadic cavalry also has a greater deterrent effect, but it is simply impossible to conquer a majestic pass like Yumen Pass. Just like the Rouran cavalry always suffered defeat at the Jiayu Pass, the Iron Eagle Qiu Ming never failed at the Yumen Pass.
No benefit was obtained.
It is also incorrect to say that Tie Ying Qiu Ming has not made any achievements at Yumen Pass in the past few months. At least when the 100,000 troops of the Uma Dynasty arrived, they successfully attacked the tower once, although it was only once.
, but at least it greatly boosted the morale of the coalition forces.
However, the outcome of this siege was so tragic that even Tie Ying Qiu Ming had no shame to mention it. The arrival of the Uma dynasty was indeed beyond Situ Lie's expectation. Yan Shenshe and Hu Jinchu were the only two Uma dynasties that won
The general who took action, and Yan Shenwei, in order to show Uma's national power in front of Tie Ying Qiu Ming, put all his efforts into milking.
Uma was once a vassal state of Qingfeng, and its acceptance of the civilization of the Central Plains was much higher than that of Tieying Qiuming. In addition, Tupuchidan was well prepared, so as soon as he showed up, he pulled out a lot of siege equipment. It was almost like going to war.
At that moment, several siege vehicles rushed to the Yumen Pass, and dozens of trebuchets began to fire stone bombs crazily, trying to suppress the medium and long-range attack weapons on the tower. The Canglang Legion on the tower did not have any at first.
I was really stunned when I thought that there were such powerful siege equipment among the coalition forces.
Fortunately, the Canglang Legion is, after all, the most powerful frontier army in Hetao. As the only non-Qingyun high-ranking general promoted by Tianyi himself, Situ Lie is not an idiot. The moment the coalition forces rushed to the Yumen Pass in darkness, he suddenly
After coming back to his senses, the trebuchets and large trebuchets on the city tower ignored the attacking coalition forces at the gate. They concentrated their firepower and first killed most of Uma's trebuchets. Then all medium and long-range weapons opened fire at Yumen Pass.
They fired wildly from the area about a hundred meters in front, cutting the coalition team into two pieces. Facing the siege vehicles and the coalition forces who were desperately climbing on the ladders, the soldiers on the tower continued to fire cans after cans of fire.
Oil poured down, then a torch was lowered, and a sea of fire immediately ignited.
Among the many generals in Hetao, Situ Lie's defensive tactics are outstanding. Even Bian Zhongxing is full of praise. Situ Lie's specialty is the operation of trebuchets and large crossbows. He has reached the level of proficiency. In his
Under the command of the commander, the trebuchets and large crossbows on the city tower were fired with a radius of one hundred meters below Guan Guan, regardless of losses. If all the attack points were outlined, it would be a relatively accurate semicircle. Every two attack points
The distance in the middle remains basically the same.
Following his order, medium and long-range attack weapons such as trebuchets slowly shrank from the outside to the inside, while the crossbowmen on the tower used the city wall as the boundary, and the attack range slowly extended outward in a straight line, and finally
Waiting with the trebuchet in the middle round. At the beginning, due to the unskilled operation of the soldiers below, various problems always occurred, and in the end many fish slipped through the net. However, under Situ Lie's strict training
, this tactic has been fully verified at Yumen Pass. The 50,000 soldiers of the coalition's attack in this round were basically wiped out under this tactic.
The situation of those coalition forces who were lucky enough to attack the city wall was not much better than that of their companions. Almost as soon as they climbed onto the tower, they were killed by the Hetao soldiers who had been well prepared. The Uma Dynasty had carefully prepared the stone throwing for a long time.
Machines, siege vehicles, etc. were also scrapped in this round of attacks. If it weren't for the fact that Situ Lie had too few cavalry, he might have killed him by switching on and off. But even so, such a huge loss made Hengshi Hassan
Waiting for people to cry without tears.
Hengshi Hassan had a wry smile on his face, and the sun rose again. In the past few months, he had watched the sun rise and set every day, but Yumen Pass remained unmoved. Just under this majestic pass, the iron eagle fell brightly.
More than 50,000 soldiers died on the battlefield, but not a single hair fell from Yumen Pass.
"Meng Shuai, look at what we should do today?" Hengshi Hassan said to Memphis beside him.
At the beginning of the alliance, Memphis and others had already agreed with Yelu Canghai and others that Tie Ying Qiu Ming and Uma dynasty would attack Yumen Pass, Sashan Rouran would attack Jiayuguan, while Qingfeng royal family, three major aristocratic families and the Eastern Japanese dynasty would be responsible.
Capture the Hetao. But now, there is no effect at all on our side, and there is no movement on the Jiayuguan side. The Hetao side has the strongest troops, and there should be some progress. But if we want to completely destroy the Hetao, we must capture Yumen Pass and Jiayuguan Pass.
Otherwise, even if Haotian loses the six states of Hetao, he can still retreat to the Northwest Second Road and still put great pressure on the surrounding forces.
To be honest, Tieying Qiuming and Hetao are enemies of life and death, and the hatred between the two parties is simply irreconcilable. No matter what they do now, it will not change their relationship with Hetao. However, when they think of hundreds of thousands of troops
Unable to move forward at the Yumen Pass, Memphis and Hengshi Hassan felt quite embarrassed.
"Go on, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the Great Khan and the others." Memphis said nonchalantly.
Although Hengshi Hassan looks rude, his upright beard makes him look particularly rough, bold and careless. However, this is just his illusion. When the Mandan Dynasty and Iron Eagle were hostile, many Mandans
Dan's generals underestimated Hasan Hengseishi, and they all died under his mace. Memphis knew his old rival very well, and knew very well that this man was completely full of bad intentions.
However, Memphis is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Among the three tribes in the northwest, the strength of Qiu Meng is the last. However, even with the tyranny of Hengshi Hassan and the wisdom of Kipchak Khan, Qiu Meng can still develop and grow between the two.
Although this was mainly due to the need to unite against Qingfeng, the existence of Memphis, the famous Qiu Ming coach, also played a large role. As soon as Hengshi Hassan said this, Memphis knew that Hengshi Hassan already had a ghost in his heart.
idea, he said immediately pretending to be crazy.
Hengshi Hassan obviously knew what Memphis was thinking, and he laughed and said: "Shuai Meng, our three hundred thousand soldiers have been fighting at Yumen Pass for several months and are already quite tired. However, the Uma soldiers have just arrived.
, their morale and physical strength are at their peak, and their attack power should be higher than ours."
Memphis looked at Hengshi Hassan with a half-smile, and suddenly said with a smile: "Hengshuai, this is a hard job. What if Yan Shenshei and Hu Jinchu don't agree?"
In the Uma dynasty, Yan Shenshe and Hu Jinchu are the only two capable generals. However, the main reason is that Uma has no generals, and their commanding skills are probably only as good as those of Memphis.
Lieutenant general Tiu Keli and Hengshi Hassan's Dodi are similar. The combat effectiveness of the Uma soldiers is still far behind that of the nomadic cavalry. Of course, they are still very good when used as a death squad charge.
Hengshi Hassan laughed and said: "Didn't His Highness Tupuchidan say that the Uma soldiers must accept our command during the war? Besides, can they be left alone?"
Memphis said with a fake smile: "This is not good, we are all allies."
Hengshi Hassan also nodded and said seriously: "Yes, we are allies."