At this moment, Cui Xing's mood was really hard to describe. Since the gathering of a large army from Liangzhou on May 10th, the entire army has not taken off its armor and has been rushing for a long distance. It took only three days and three nights to arrive here. Now, Cui Xing is only one step away from Suzhou City, but has to stop outside the city. Suzhou, facing the vast hinterland of the Central Plains and the Great Wall under Jiayuguan, has always been one of the most important passes on the Western Regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, today, it sets the strongest city defense against the army of the Great Zhou. As a brave and good general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Cui Xing knows very well about frontier passes like Suzhou. He can close his eyes and can

I wanted to see the city walls that were several feet thick, and the women's walls covered with perforations were covered with soldiers, waiting for the battle. There were several low walls and trenches behind the inner city, filled with weeds and firewood, which could be ignited at any time. On the city walls, crossbows and stone-throwing chariots were high, facing a large area of ​​barren ground outside the city that had been cleared by the wild walls. Any actions of the siege troops would not be hidden, and they were exposed to the surveillance and attack of the defenders... All these strong fortifications after another were the most powerful means of the Great Zhou resisting the invading enemy, but now they were used on the Great Zhou army themselves. How could it not be heartbreaking!

Today, Shazhou has been struggling for a month under the fierce attack of the Turks. Cui Xing was anxious. He had to capture Suzhou in the shortest possible time, rush to Guazhou, and then rushed to support as quickly as possible to help Shazhou. However, facing the majestic and solid Suzhou City, if you want to conquer it within a few days, Cui Xing knew very well that it was impossible to attack with a strong attack. Just arrived at the city of Suzhou, he had observed that there were no huge stones on the Gobi desert several miles outside the city. Obviously, after capturing Suzhou City, the Turkic army transported all the surrounding large stones into the city. On the one hand, it added fortifications for the city defense and "ammunition" for stone throwers, and on the other hand, it also made the siege army without stones available. It seems that Mochu's son, who is currently stationed in Suzhou, has a lot of research on the tactics of the Han people in attacking and defending the city.

At the same time, the Chuijucheng was lying high above the Suzhou city tower, pride overlooking the Dazhou army that was coming from the dark and low land. I heard that there were 100,000 troops? The Chuijucheng was expressionless and looked quite large, but the Chuijucheng was not afraid at all. The Chuijucheng repaired the defense of the city of Suzhou too strong, so how could it be broken overnight? Thinking of this, he felt proud of his resourcefulness again. It is said that the Han people made good use of strategies, but this time Suzhou fell overnight under his design and fell into the hands of the Turks. He despised the general on the maroon war horse under the Great Zhou army flag: Humph, I Chuijucheng wants to see, how many Dazhou soldiers are going to let the blood of the blood of this city!

An hour passed, and the army of the Great Zhou, which had a stable foothold, had already formed a siege. The Chuijugang looked at him and saw a long stone-throwing cart in front of the team, which was about to be roughly gone, with at least a hundred. Next to them, there were a hundred arrow towers ready to go. Following closely behind were infantry carrying towering ladders and ready to attack. A sneer floated up on the Chuijugang's lips. He wiped his slightly raised lips and signaled that the general beside him to pass an order.

In an instant, the silence of this morning was shattered by the rumbling war drums. In the wilderness under Suzhou City, suddenly people shouted and neighed, the earth trembled, and the tragic siege began. A hundred stone throwing cars in Dazhou started to move together, and dense "hail" seemed to have fallen in front of Suzhou City, and the gravel fell on the walls on the top of the city. At the same time, under the cover of the gravel offensive, the hundred arrow towers all sent sharp crossbow arrows to Suzhou City. For a moment, flesh and blood flew across the city tower, and the Turkic defenders who had no time to dodge fell one after another. After several rounds of attacks, the infantry of Dazhou set up a ladder to start charging, and the crowd flowed rapidly towards Suzhou City like black mercury.

Just as the Dazhou infantry rushed to fifty steps from Suzhou City, the horns on the city tower were heard ringing, and the Turkic defenders began to counterattack! The stone throwing machines and arrows all over the city tower poured down dense stones and carved feathers like rain on the battlefield, and they were on the top of the road, and the black mercury instantly turned into a bright red blood river. The soldiers siege fell in batches, and the stone throwing cars and arrow towers rushing in front were also hit. There were tragic shouts mixed with the shouts and killing sounds, blood and flesh splattered everywhere, and people were overturned. Seeing that the siege was obviously at a disadvantage, the golden gongs sounded and the troops were withdrawn.

Chuijuling looked at the Great Zhou army that was retreating rapidly on the battlefield indifferently. The first round of attack was expected to stop. Both sides explored the realities and then looked at the bodies of the Great Zhou soldiers who were lying on the battlefield. I believe that the opponent's commander, the guy named Cui Xing, must be very uncomfortable. I glanced at his side. Although some soldiers were injured by stones and crossbows, the casualties were not scared, especially the thrown stones, which were not very large. In theory, the stone throwing chariots in the Great Zhou can throw huge rocks weighing up to 100 kilograms... Chuijuling couldn't help laughing. Cui Xing couldn't even find the big stones. How could he fight this attack?

Before the crawl and the leader finished the fun, there was another drum sound in the opposite formation, and the second round of attack began. It was similar to the previous attack method, and the stone-throwing chariot and arrow tower were still attacking the vanguard. The difference was that the stones thrown and the arrow crossbow were painted with oil and lit fire. The attack was in full swing, and the fire was everywhere on the top of the city. The Turks also organized a new counterattack, throwing stones and arrows even more violently at the Great Zhou army that rushed over. Several cloud ladders rushed to the edge of the city. Just as they were placed on the side of the city wall, lime was poured on the top of the city, and the torches were thrown down. The attacking side was also attacked by fire, and the city was burned into pieces. The defenders were still superior. Seeing that thousands of Great Zhou soldiers died violently at the city of Suzhou, the Great Zhou rekindled the gold and retreated again.

The day passed by repeated attacks and retreats. At dusk, the battlefield returned to peace. The setting sun reflected bright red broken limbs and charred ashes. The smell of blood drifted away with the wind. Crows suddenly flew into the air, and the noise made people desperate. Under the dark night, the exhausted soldiers fell asleep, but the death in front of them did not let them go even in the nightmare and still entangled them tightly. For the commanders of the two armies, Cui Xing and the leader of the two armies, this night was destined to be sleepless.

In the city of Suzhou, the Chuijuling lived in a specially-built tent. The candles in the tent were bright. The young Turkic leader, who repeatedly thought about the situation of today, was a little confused about Cui Xing's tactics. On the surface, the attacking side lost thousands of people and several stone-throwing cars, and there was no progress in the offense; the defending side suffered less losses, and the city was completely unsuccessful. Of course, a city like Suzhou could not be conquered in one or two days, and it was not surprising that it took months to attack the city to siege, but the problem was that Cui Xing did not have so much time at all. The first day of the attack was tragic on the surface, but in fact, he had a shot and was planning to fight for a long time. The Chuijuling always felt uneasy, as if there was a fraud in it.

Since childhood, he has followed his father to study the military books and strategies of the Han people. He is confident and proficient in the Han people's strategy. This time, he used a plan to capture Suzhou in one day. He felt that the Han people were full of tricks, and today's battle situation only shows that Cui Xing had his own unique plans. What Fu Juling is most worried about now is that Cui Xing pretended to attack Suzhou, but he turned his main force to conquer Guazhou west of Suzhou. Most of the Turkish troops in Guazhou were transferred to besiege Shazhou. Guazhou was almost empty, and it was all based on Suzhou to block it. If Cui Xing plotted this, the Turks would be passive!

Thinking of this, the ciju leader called out several generals. Everyone surrounded the map and studied the surrounding terrain again. From Suzhou to Guazhou, there were no more than three roads to form. The ciju leader had already arranged heavy troops to guard the country. If Cui Xing's large army wanted to pass, they would inevitably be discovered. If they did not follow the ready-made road, they would have to cross the Qilian Mountains or cross the Death Gobi Desert. The former was too difficult for the large army to be mobilized, while the latter was to die in the summer, and no one would be foolish. After discussion, everyone felt that Cui Xing could not achieve the tactic of quietly detour, so the ciju leader decided to prepare for a protracted war, and at the same time, they added more people to patrol the necessary path from Suzhou to Guazhou day and night. Finally, he ordered a few more spies to go out and sneak into the Dazhou camp in the night to see if there could be any special discoveries.

The battle plan tonight ended here, and everyone dispersed. Chuijucheng climbed the city tower alone. This time he looked towards Guazhou from the west. The beacon towers along the route had been replaced by Turks. Once there was a change in Guazhou, the Han people used the beacon tower that had been for thousands of years, and they would send messages to Chuijucheng for help. The moonlight was bright and the night was colorful. The beacon tower was hidden among the dark and deep mountains, and it was invisible. For some reason, Chuijucheng always had a faint uneasiness in his heart. He really didn't dare to take those cunning and deceitful Han people lightly...

The battle situation on the next day did not change much. Cui Xing's attack looked quite large, but he immediately retreated as soon as he encountered a serious counterattack. Therefore, although the battle was quite fierce in part, the number of casualties was actually very limited. The leader of the crawl stood on the city tower with a heavy face, almost saying nothing for the whole day, and the situation did not require him to make any special orders. When the sunset was almost sunset, the generals on both sides were indifferent to each other. They originally had no feelings for the death of several people on the battlefield, but now they seemed to be doing routine and had no passion for combat.

The tent of Suzhou in the night was no longer as calm as the daytime. The burly leader was like a trapped beast, and there were several Turkish generals standing next to him, all with confusion on their faces. The burly leader finally finished the circle and stared at everyone with bright eyes and said, "No, there is definitely a problem with Cui Xing's fight like this!" The generals around looked at each other and lowered their heads. No one dared to speak. The burly leader knew that this meant that they all agreed with their opinions, but they could not say any valuable countermeasures.

The Turkish generals used to wiping their raised lips and their eyes were shining brightly. The Turkish generals were good at charging into battle, and it was really difficult for them to make suggestions. No, the Turkish generals did not need the help of these idiots. He had to rely on his own strength to smash Cui Xing's conspiracy and defeat the Great Zhou! He couldn't help but come to the battle map again and carefully studied the surrounding terrain. The Turkish generals were still very familiar with the northwest region, and everyone insisted that Cui Xing could not find a suitable path to bypass Suzhou and raid Guazhou. Moreover, the Turkish patrol soldiers had reached the stage of every step. Even if a small group of suicide squads could cross the line, large-scale troops would never be concealed.

Since that's the case, what tricks is Cui Xing playing?

Just when he was puzzled, a future report that two spies who sneaked into the enemy camp last night came back. The Chingu was overjoyed and hurriedly asked to bring them in. Soon, two spies wearing the uniforms of the Great Zhou army entered the tent. They were both Han people who grew up on the border, but were bought by the Chingu. When the Turks captured Suzhou City, they used these Han spies to sneak into the city in advance and performed an unexpected show. Otherwise, how could Suzhou change hands in one day?

Unexpectedly, after a few words, the cuju leader was scared and sweated! It turned out that these two spies only discovered a strange phenomenon in the camp of Dazhou, which was the large army camp known as 100,000 people. Many of them had no soldiers in the tents and were empty. In addition, the supply and supplies areas behind the camp were heavily guarded, and the spies could not get close to them, but after they circled around the outside, they still estimated that the area was not large. From this, it can be concluded that Cui Xing's troops did not carry much food and other supplies.

"It's true that there's a fraud!" Chui Juling shook his head and sighed. The shadow in his heart became clearer. The amount of food, supplies, and the empty tents in the camp all added up to one conclusion: Cui Xing's so-called 100,000 army was a false report! The actual force he had may not be even half of the 100,000. So, what does this fact mean? Chui Juling thought of two possibilities, one was good news for the Turks, and the other was a big trouble.

What is beneficial to the Turks is that although Cui Xing claimed to be a 100,000 army to attack the Turks, he encountered difficulties in recruiting the army. The number of troops he actually organized was less than 50,000. In order to strengthen the momentum and prevent the enemy from knowing that our side was weak, Cui Xing still set up an empty camp to confuse the Turks. Cui Xing's attacks in the past two days were all brief, which showed that he lacked confidence in his strength and might be recruiting from multiple parties, so he just made a gesture and was not really in a hurry to attack the city.

Unfortunately, the intuition of Chuijuling told him that the situation was not so optimistic. Instead, he vaguely believed that the possibility of big trouble was greater. In other words, when Cui Xing led his troops from Liangzhou, he divided the troops into two branches of light and dark. One was led by Cui Xing and headed towards Suzhou to attract attention. The other team secretly detoured to Guazhou, intending to unknowingly attack Guazhou and attack the weak links of Turkic defense. It was precisely because Cui Xing's troops set out from Liangzhou that they could not pass through the surrounding areas of Suzhou, and of course the troops led by Chuiju could not find it.

Thinking of this, Chuijuling's forehead began to sweat coldly. If it was the latter case, Guazhou was attacked in front of him, how should I deal with it? If soldiers were sent to support him immediately, if Cui Xing was indeed waiting for more troops to arrive, but if he asked the main force to leave Suzhou, wouldn't Suzhou be in danger? But if Guazhou did not support Guazhou, if Guazhou was lost, the Turkic army in Shazhou and Suzhou would be cut off, which is also a taboo in combat. For a moment, Chuijuling was really either left or right, and the more he thought about his head, the bigger he wanted, and he wanted to kill a few people to vent immediately. Chuijuling knew today that playing with the Han people is really exhausting!

The leader was in a dilemma in Suzhou. On the same night, the governor of Yizhou was unable to sleep all night. Facing the imperial envoy Wu Chonggui who fell from the sky, even the governor of Yizhou, who had been an official for many years and had great achievements, he was not a little frightened when he received the report. The imperial envoy took the imperial gold medal and called to open the city gate, and then went straight to the governor's mansion. Lord Kong, who was shouted from the bed, had just had time to dress and ran to the gate of the main hall panting. Wu Chonggui had already stepped in.
Chapter completed!