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Although Yang Sien has imagined the situation in Datong countless times, he is still extremely shocked. It is still unknown how many Turks there are. The entire Datong army currently has only more than 3,000 people, and the surrender city on the main battlefield only has 600 cavalry and 1,200 infantry.
Relying on these troops, Yang Sien expressed doubts about whether the Sui army could hold on to the surrender city. He suggested that Li Zixiao gather all his troops in Datong City and then make plans. Otherwise, the Sui army would probably waste its limited troops in the surrender city. At least the fortified city of Datong has stronger defenses than the surrendered city.
Li Zixiao looked at Yang Sien and sneered as if he were a fool: "General Yang, if I were to fight this battle under Datong City, do you think I would still look for you? Back then, the general led two thousand soldiers to defeat tens of thousands. The main force of the Turks? Do you think after reading the military report all night that there are tens of thousands of Turks attacking?"
Yang Sien¡¯s face turned red. At this time, he was holding his breath. He wanted Huang Mingyuan to see what he, Yang Sien, was capable of. If he didn't use Yang Sien, it would be Huang Mingyuan's loss.
At this time, Li Ziren on one side said: "If General Yang does not dare to fight and hides far away, no one will stop you. We will live and die with Shoujiang City."
Yang Sien couldn't bear to be provoked and roared angrily: "We have two shoulders to support one head, am I the only one who dare not fight?"
Yang Si'en knelt down on one knee at this time and said to Li Zixiao: "Since I dare to fight, Si'en will never look back. If the city is lost, Si'en is willing to raise his head to see you."
Li Zixiao nodded. It seems that it is better to provoke the general than to invite him. This is a good advice from ancient times.
Li Zixiao appointed Yang Sien, but he did not completely trust Yang Sien. There was not much contact between the two parties, and no one knew how high Yang Sien's loyalty was. It was impossible for him to pin the safety of the entire Datong on Yang Sien alone. Therefore, although Yang Sien was the commander in charge of surrendering the city, the military strength in the city was actually firmly in the hands of Li Ziren and Fan Wenlin. Once Yang Sien dares to make any move, Li Ziren and Fan Wenlin will attack Yang Sien directly.
Yang Sien also understood his situation and did not think about establishing his authority. After all, after this battle, I still don¡¯t know what I will do, so what¡¯s the use of fighting for these things now.
When Yang Sien came to Shuijian City, he took a breath when he saw the entire defense of Shujiang City and the fortifications under the city. Although the situation was urgent and the Turks were coming fiercely, Datong did not have much time to react. But Li Ziren still tried his best to build a copper and iron wall.
After the construction of the city was completed, Huang Mingyuan and later Li Zixiao worked hard because they were worried that Datong would be empty and unable to resist the Turkic raids.
The entire Shoujiang City is sandwiched between high mountains on both sides. Huang Mingyuan built a village on the left and right mountains, forming a corner with the Shoujiang City.
However, in order for Huang Mingyuan to completely lock the Datong Valley into the city, he stretched the front wall of the city very long. The entire city wall was about sixteen miles south to south (about seventeen miles today), resulting in a super wide area for frontal attack. In order to reduce the attack area of ??the city wall, Huang Mingyuan built a month-long city in front of both sides of the city wall to shield the two wings, with arrow towers on top. There is also a Wengcheng outside the main city gate, a defensive gate.
The Sui army dug three more trenches outside the city, which were three feet deep and two feet wide. For the convenience of passage, only about twenty steps in the middle are left for passage. Of course, these twenty steps are not a smooth road, but a trap set for the Turks. There are more than ten crossbows on the city top facing the road in the middle. When the time comes, as long as the Turks dare to come, they will die without a burial place. The moon cities on both sides were also equipped with ballistas. The two sides formed a shooting angle, turning the entire east side of the city into a dead zone.
The city was protected from the east but not from the west. The east side was three and a half feet high, and the other three sides were no more than ten feet high. But looking from a distance, it still looks like a majestic and fortified city. In order to meet the construction deadline, the entire project was carried out at the cost of human lives. Tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners alone died. There were countless dead Hu slaves on the road, and countless people fell down and died from exhaustion. Li Zixiao ordered people to push their corpses into the pit and build it into a flat ground.
Now that the war started, Li Ziren set up as many horses and iron caltrops as possible under the city head. Almost all Datong's ballistae, bed crossbows, trebuchets and other sharp weapons were brought to the top of the city.
Yang Sien finally knew how Huang Mingyuan relied on a small Datong city to block the 100,000-strong army of the Turkic capital Lan Khan. They really outplayed their defense.
Yang Sien spent the whole day combing the city's defenses and checking for deficiencies. Soon he discovered that there was a fatal problem in Surrender City. It's not that Sui Jiang City is not strong, but that he lacks enough troops to truly exert the power of Sui Jiang City. On the contrary, the wide city area will become a key point for the Sui army, and it will be fatal at every turn.
Yang Sien cannot use cavalry to go to the top of the city, so he can mobilizeThe only people who defended the city were the infantry of 1,200 people. In addition to the two hundred and fifty people deployed on the left and right mountains to control the commanding heights, the two moon cities and the urn city are also key defensive locations. The entire city wall was spread thin, and it was almost impossible for a soldier to guard twenty meters.
Once the battle begins, the wall of the surrendered city defended in this way will be a sieve, and the Turks will board the city in less than a day.
Fortunately, Li Zixiao reluctantly solved Yang Sien's urgent need. He also sent about 4,500 young men to Yang Sien to help defend the city, which was enough to exhaust the entire Datong.
At the beginning, Huang Mingyuan had considered what to do if Datong was short of troops one day. Finally, Li Zixiao selected all the men in Datong from house to house to form rural soldiers. They trained twice a year to assist the main force in defending the city.
Because of time constraints, those of these people who have been trained are actually less than half full time, but they can always move some rocks and wood, pull a rock dump truck, etc., and they can also fill the field.
At this time, Yang Sien was not picky, as long as there was someone available. He organized 2,000 of the trained men, with each veteran leading four recruits, to form a combat team to defend the 20-meter city wall. The remaining two thousand people were responsible for carrying supplies and other auxiliary work.
Yang Sien knew that he could not just defend but not attack at this time, otherwise his morale would be greatly reduced, so he did not completely block the city gate.
Soon the scouts reported that the Turkic forward was less than thirty miles away from the surrender city. Seeing that the battle was imminent, the battle was about to start, and the defenders in the city began to become nervous. Although everyone had cheered themselves up with heroic words before, most of them were on the battlefield for the first time, and the fear of the unknown made them unable to suppress the excitement in their hearts.
Yang Sien knew that this situation must be resolved as soon as possible to let the soldiers relax.
"Soldiers, the Turkic bandits have been defeated many times by our army. Now they are fleeing and come to Datong without knowing whether to live or die. God has allowed us to receive such military merits. If we cannot exchange the heads of the Hulu for the merits, wouldn't we be fools? "
Seeing Yang Si'en's excited look, everyone burst into laughter. And the fear in everyone's heart was also diluted in this laughter. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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