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Chapter 1522 Duel between famous generals

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    Although Shibi Khan strictly ordered that the news of the loss of Heng'an Town should not spread to the army, Ashina Simo did not choose to hide it from the generals.

    There is no point in hiding it from the generals at this time, otherwise everything will still be exposed when they get to Heng'an City.

    It is better to inform the generals in advance so that they can have a psychological reaction in advance.  Of course, Ashina Simo did not tell the whole story, but only informed the generals that a small group of Sui troops crossed the mountains, detoured behind the Turkic army, and raided Heng'an Town.  This will not only make the generals feel the pressure and tension, but also prevent the armies from directly collapsing due to fear.

    However, this still greatly shocked the generals.

    It goes without saying that the importance of Heng'an Town is too great. If you lose this place, how will you go home?

    Ashina Simo told the generals that if they could not conquer Heng'an Town, they would all be left in the Han Dynasty; at the same time, he told the generals that the Sui army in Heng'an Town was not strong, and as long as they pressed the border with a large army, they would be able to defeat the Sui army.

    Such a two-pronged approach allows the generals to feel the pressure while also bursting out with more motivation.

    Although Ashina Simo did not have high hopes for his trip north this time, he was not ready to give up.  Ashina Simo is also a famous general. Since the time of Dulan Khan, he has changed hands several times and suffered several defeats. This time he has the fate of the Great Turks on his shoulders. He will definitely fight well with the Sui army.  One game.

    No one can stop a Turkic man from returning home.

    And when Ashina Simo was resolute, Li Jing, who had been waiting for the Turks in Heng'an Town, was also full of ambition.

    Li Jing knew very well that the previous successful raid on Heng'an Town could only be regarded as half a good battle, and he barely seized the opportunity.  But guarding Heng'an Town next was no easier than the previous raid. He had to firmly block the Turks to the south of Heng'an Town before this first battle could be considered a success.

    Li Jing clenched his fists tightly, he had no way to retreat.

    Huang Mingyuan¡¯s order to Li Jing was to block the Turks south of Hengan Town, but Li Jing was a military master after all, and he believed that just blocking the opponent was not enough.  There are more than 100,000 Turks. Once they see that Heng'an Town is insurmountable, they choose to climb over the mountains and break out in all directions to completely annihilate the opponent. It is really difficult.  Moreover, the harm of such an army in the hinterland of Hedong is unimaginable. The entire Yanmen and Mayi counties may be turned into a scorched earth.

    Li Jing not only wanted to block the Turks, but also wanted to completely contain the Turks in Heng'an Town.

    With Hengan Town as the center, taking advantage of the Turks' eagerness to return north, they attracted a steady stream of Turks to Hengan City, draining their energy and waiting for the arrival of Huang Mingyuan's main force.

    So Li Jing ordered his troops, and Zhao Shiti led his 9,000 men to camp on Baishan Mountain to the east of Hengan Town to control the commanding heights on the east side and block the Turks' eastward retreat.  He also ordered Marquis Mo Chenyi to lead 10,000 troops to garrison at Wuzhou Mountain to the west of Heng'an Town to control the commanding heights on the west side and guard the direction of the Turks' westward escape.

    As for the rest of the troops, Li Jing divided them into seven troops, one of which was responsible for defending the city every day, while the rest of the troops were on standby.

    Seven troops take turns guarding, with only 5,000 people facing the enemy every day, so the counterattack will not be too fierce.  Although the city is defended, it also gives the Turks hope of continuing their attack.  Moreover, the troops commanded by Li Jing were mostly new troops with little battle experience and little experience in fighting the enemy.  Facing the Turks this time, such a good training opportunity should not be missed.

    When Li Jinggang took charge of the army, an idle official in Chang'an suddenly received a heavy responsibility, so his actions were often questioned.  However, after the surprise attacks on Qifubo and Heng'an Town, his prestige increased greatly, and his voice in the army was no longer what it was before.

    So the three armies were united and shared the same hatred of the enemy.

    When Ashina Simo arrived at the foot of Heng'an City, he saw the "Sui" flag flying in the wind and the front fortifications full of trenches and horses.

    The "Sui" flag was flying like a soaring eagle, which deeply hurt Ashina Simo's eyes.

    Ashina Simo saw that although there were dense fortifications under the city, looking at the top of the city, there were not that many defenders on the city wall, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

    It seems that the Sui army has thousands of people, and this battle still needs to be fought, but if there are tens of thousands of people, there is no need to fight by yourself, and you can retreat as soon as possible.

    At this time, Ashina Simo did not care about saving his strength, and launched an attack on the Sui army with General Ashina Xi as the vanguard.

    The Turks seemed to be coming menacingly, but because they came too suddenly, they did not carry a large amount of siege equipment and were not fully prepared.

    In addition to intimidation, the most common method used by the barbarians when attacking a city was to suppress the city head with cavalry shooting and take the opportunity to board the city.

    But the dense trenches in front of the city just blocked the way for the cavalry to attack the city.  The Sui army had also laid out trenches before, mostly in a circular arrangement along the city.  But this timeThe commander-in-chief of the army was very bad. It was not so much a trench as it was a large pit of different depths dug at random.  The trenches are scattered everywhere and are not connected to each other.

    Between pits and pits, between trenches and trenches, on some roads that are not very wide, only one or two cavalry can pass.  The Turkic charging cavalry couldn't get into formation at all.

    In those areas where the cavalry could pass, the Sui army deployed a large number of crossbows. As long as the Turkic cavalry passed through, they would immediately receive a rain-like attack.

    Ashina Simo immediately ordered the Turkic archery team to come forward to cover and shoot against the Sui army.

    Turkic archery teams are mostly good at shooting in batches, rotating back and forth, and their striking power is amazing.  However, the Sui army had too many city defenders to have enough archers and crossbowmen to deal with it, and many cities fell to the Turks' arrows.

    After so many years of exploration, the Turks have become very good at using archers and cavalry to attack cities in coordination.

    But this time it¡¯s different.  The Sui army carried a large number of crossbows, and their equipment advantage was far greater than that of the Turks.  Moreover, the Sui army was condescending, and the range of their bows and arrows was much farther than that of the Turks.

    So the Turkic archers just attacked.  The crossbow team on the city head immediately aimed at the Turks.  Especially the dozens of bed crossbows on the top of the city. They sounded like thunderbolts and flew like lightning. Each short spear took more than ten lives.

    Ashina Xi originally led his cavalry close to the city wall for a round of mounted shooting, but faced with the Sui army's dense bow and arrow net, he was unable to counterattack.  Many cavalrymen were almost nailed to the ground with short spears, including men and horses.

    Seeing that neither the cavalry nor the archers were defeated by the Sui army, Ashina Simo urgently ordered a retreat.  He is not a paranoid person. Fighting like this is just giving lives to the Sui army.

    The Sui army on the opposite side was indeed elite.

    However, Ashina Simo guessed that there should be about two to three thousand Sui troops in the city through the crossbow strike of the Sui army today.  These people should be traveling long distances and will not have too many arrow supplies.

    Ashina Simo still has confidence.

    So Ashina Simo began to prepare for the step-by-step filling of the trenches. He would first fill in the trenches in front of Heng'an City and build siege equipment at the same time.  Based on the current situation, he is confident that he can break through Heng'an Town within ten days.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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