Chapter 566

Seven thousand white robes to ascend the city, white clothes and silver armor like snow, repel the enemy soldiers who boarded the city, and take back the city wall and urn city!

Because of the arrival of general Chu zimou's reinforcements, the morale of the Yumenguan garrison rose, and the Mongolian army and its servants retreated to the rear like a ebb tide wave.

Yumen pass, which was just about to fall, sticks to it again!

Within a day, the attack and defense of Yumenguan war changed again and again, until the arrival of reinforcements led by Chu Tian, the Mongolian army retreated.

Xu Fengnian almost sat on the brick, panting.

The army of the Mongolian Empire was withdrawn temporarily, so that Xu Fengnian could finally take a breath. Otherwise, with the strength of Tiemuzhen, Yumen pass might be captured by Mongolian cavalry.

Looking around, he saw that all the Han Army troops guarding Yumen pass were almost disabled in the fierce war. The army and servants of Tiemuzhen and Ali in the Hague were killed by 100000 soldiers. There were a sea of corpses near Yumen pass.

Zhang Xiu and hundreds of Xiliang soldiers recaptured the body of their father Zhang Ji in silence.

In this war, the brave old Qin sent to assist Zhang Ji, the general of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, who was the Ministry of Yumenguan, died in the battle, and Zhang Xiu gnawed at him.

"The Roman Legion has killed my father, and he must pay the corresponding price for it!"

Zhang Xiu still hated the Roman Legion.

The Roman legions were all high-level arms. Zhang Ji attacked the Roman Legion and was killed by the Roman Legion.

Xu Fengnian just shakes his head about Zhang Xiu's experience.

Zhang Ji is just one of the countless generals killed and injured in the battle of Yumenguan.

War will only become more and more tragic, even if the whole army is destroyed is not uncommon.

"Why did the shouting stop? Is it that the Mongolian army has already invaded the pass? "

If you want to fight, you don't have to fight. If you are wounded, you can continue to fight

"It turns out that the Lord has arrived, so it seems that the Mongolian army will probably retreat."

Zhang Ying heard that Chu Tian was coming, so he lay down at ease.

At present, Chu Tian is the only one who has the ability to play cavalry with Tiemuzhen.

As expected, the Mongolian army chose to withdraw, just as Zhang Ying inferred.

Tie Muzhen is still hesitating whether to fight against Chu Tian.

Tiemuzhen also knew that Chutian was the largest vassal of the Han Empire. If the decisive battle with Chu Tian failed, the end of the Mongolian Empire would soon come.

According to Zhang Ying's inference, Tiemuzhen was still accumulating strength, so he always avoided confrontation with Chu Tian.

"Go to meet Chu Zimu."

After that, they finally got up to meet Xu Fengnian and AI Fengtian.

If it had not been for the arrival of Chu Tian's reinforcements, perhaps Yumen pass would have been a ruin.

Under the attack of Mongolian cavalry, not many people can defend Yumen pass, but this group of people did!

When Xu Fengnian got up, he nearly fell down because of his failure. Wang Yanzhang held Xu Fengnian with one hand. Xu Fengnian did not fall down.

Chu Tian sent the white robed army to take the lead to rescue Yumen pass.

After dismounting, the white robed army can become light infantry and kill the enemy on the wall, which is no inferior to the high-level light infantry.

Compared with heavy infantry, light infantry has lower protection, but its speed is faster, and its physical consumption is slower, so it is suitable for continuous combat.

After the Mongolian army retreated, Chu Tian entered Yumen pass. He found that half of the houses in Yumen pass had been burned down and in a mess. The walls and nearby houses were emitting black smoke. It was obvious that there was a terrible battle.

Tens of thousands.

Fallen walls, houses, broken flags, broken spears, broken armour

Chu Tian had experienced many Fierce wars, but Yumenguan war was rare in his life.

Mongolian army's stone throwing machine used fire attack, almost the entire Yumen pass to the ground.

In the age of cold weapons, it's not easy to fight on such a scale.

"Good brother, you're here

When Xu Fengnian saw Chu Tian arrive as promised, Chu Tian took the lead to help him before the arrival of the two great princes, namely, the valiant old Qin and the Ming pass. This is enough to show that Chu Tian attached great importance to Yumen pass and the western regions, as well as Xu Fengnian and others.

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but give Chutian a thick hug and slapped him on the shoulder. There were not many people who could understand the feeling of surviving the disaster.

Chu Tian saved his life, so he is a friend of life and death.

Originally, Xu Fengnian and Chutian were just trading partners. After the fight between life and death, the foundation of cooperation will be more solid.

Tongque and Sun Jian also made friends during the Yellow turban rebellion and became brothers of life and death.

Ma Chao looks at the coming Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun. Ma Chao, who is about to grow up, is no different from Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun in terms of military force and appearance. At this time, when he sees two people who are somewhat similar to their own style, they can not help but be attracted.

Of course, at this time, Ma Chao has not reached the peak, and there is still some gap with the two. In the eyes of Ma Chao, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun are the same predecessors as Wang Yanzhang."Just live."

Chu Tian also patted Xu Fengnian on the shoulder to appease the dignitaries in Liangzhou.

As the main representative of the Xiliang aristocratic family, Xu Fengnian is the object that Chu Tian needs to attract.

At the same time, Xu Fengnian dared to hold the Yumen pass for the Han Empire and drag down the 230000 Mongolian army.

According to Chu Tian's information and his own estimation, there are about 200000, 300000 or even more Mongolian troops and their servants in Dunhuang county.

Ma Teng took off his bloody helmet, and his scalp was injured because he avoided the boulders thrown by Xiangyang cannons. However, Ma tengleng, the descendant of general Fubo Ma Yuan, did not say a word. He carefully asked Chu Tian, "how are Xiu'er, Tieer and lu'er

"They are all in Xiacheng at the moment. Even if we are defeated, we will not worry about our lives."

Chu Tian didn't expect that Ma Teng was tall and powerful, and even had iron bone tenderness.

Chu Tian murmured in his heart that Ma Teng's daughter had punched her son, but he did not care about it.

I really have to worry about it. The female debt is paid by the father

Ma Teng also has ambition, but as he grows older, his ambition gradually fades away. When he heard that his children were safe in Xiacheng, he felt relieved.

"General Zhang Ying was burned by the fireball thrown by the Mongolian army's stone throwing machine, so he could not come to see the Lord."

Ju Yi came to visit Chu Tian instead of Zhang Ying.

When Chu Tian heard that Zhang Ying was injured, he could not help but waver. Zhang Ying was one of the five good Generals: "what's so special about the throwing machine used by the Mongolian army that can actually hurt Zhang Ying?"

Among the high-level people present, Xu Fengnian, as a player, knows the names of some large-scale siege equipment: "it is very likely that the Xiangyang artillery used by the Mongolian army to capture Xiangyang City, that is, the large counterweight type stone throwing machine, which can easily throw stones of hundreds of Jin. The city wall of Yumen pass collapsed due to its disrepair

"Counterweight spreader?"

Hearing this familiar term, Chu Tian felt that it was not easy to defend the army.

At present, the most advanced stone throwing machine in the Eastern Han Empire should be the large-scale stone throwing machine (drawing production) of the Song Dynasty.

Chu Tian also obtained the eight bull crossbow, a large-scale siege equipment, but it was not as good as Xiangyang gun.

In history, Xiangyang City and Fancheng City blocked the attack of the Mongolian Empire for several years. The Mongolian army was greatly troubled by the strong city defense system of the Southern Song Dynasty. Later, they got craftsmen from the western regions and introduced large-scale counterweight type stone throwing machines to blow down the walls of Fancheng and Xiangyang surrendered.

Later, the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties destroyed the Song Dynasty, and Xiangyang artillery achieved results in a series of battles, and the fortresses in the Southern Song Dynasty were destroyed or surrendered.

It can be said that the existence of Xiangyang cannons made up for the shortcomings of the Mongolian army's siege of the city, so even if the Mongolian army slaughtered the city, it rarely slaughtered craftsmen.

Tiemuzhen's cavalry, combined with Xiangyang cannons, the most advanced siege equipment in the Lord, is invincible in both field and fortification.

"Not only that, but there are generals who can provide bonus for siege equipment, similar to Liu Ye. Xiangyang artillery can also use fireballs, wolf smoke and other special means of attack

Xu Fengnian believed that it was necessary to inform Chu Tian of all the information obtained.

The intelligence of the Mongolian army was obtained by Xu Fengnian and other officers and men with their lives.

"You should be talking about those big guys, that is Xiangyang cannon?"

Chu Tian saw the outline of Xiangyang cannons. Fifty Xiangyang cannons stood up. Each large-scale catapult was several meters high. The highest one was even more than 10 meters. It threw stones weighing hundreds of Jin, just like a meteorite falling. Even compared with the early Bronze cannons, it was not inferior.

It is estimated that the inspiration of the bronze gun is also the large-scale siege equipment, such as the stone throwing machine. The original bronze gun fired solid ammunition, which is equivalent to the stone of the stone throwing machine, but the weight of the solid projectile is smaller than that of the stone used by the stone throwing machine. Correspondingly, the original bronze gun is more convenient to use than the stone throwing machine, and the initial speed of gunpowder propulsion is faster.

"No wonder the Yumenguan pass has almost become a ruin Yumen pass is only temporarily reinforced. Usually, it is rarely used here, and the wall has been weathered. "

When Chu Tian inspected the walls of Yumen pass, the situation was not optimistic.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when wars broke out, all the princes were busy with the civil war and would not care about the fortifications such as Yumen pass and the great wall of the Han Dynasty. After all, the nomadic tribes were weak in this period of time.

Gongsun Kang led 3000 cavalry to defeat the 50000 Fuyu army. The southern Xiongnu cavalry was chased and killed by Mongolian cavalry less than himself

Yumen pass is also the Xiongguan that Xu Fengnian retreated to this place, otherwise, the defense of Yumen pass will be more fragile.

"The opposite should be Tiemuzhen's army. He was driven away by me in Hetao and Monan. Finally, he wanted to fight us in the western regions."

Chu Tian has already felt Tiemuzhen's hesitation.

Facing the Han Army led by him, Tiemuzhen had no assurance of victory, so Tiemuzhen retreated and retreated again.

In the defeat of the Mongol Empire in Hetao and Monan, about 100000 cavalry and 200000 or 300000 tribal herdsmen were lost, but it was not serious. Tiemuzhen was still accumulating strength.According to Chu Tian's inference, tie Muzhen chose to fight the Han Empire in Luntai, Tianshan or Altai Mountains in the western regions - in short, far from the Central Plains.

Tiemuzhen's strategy is similar to that of yizhixieshanyu of Xiongnu in the battle of Mobei.

The closer to the hinterland of the Han Empire, such as the Central Plains, Hebei and Guanzhong, the easier the supply of the Han Empire's army was.

Even if the Han Empire was defeated, a large army could soon be raised from these densely populated areas to fight against the Mongolian Empire.

In the long run, the Mongol Empire will eventually fail.

Therefore, no matter Tiemuzhen or yizhixieshanyu of Xiongnu, their purpose was to make full use of the mobility of cavalry to lengthen the supply line of the Han Empire.

The longer the supply line was, the less troops the Han Empire could send out and the greater the pressure on them.

When fighting at home, the Han Empire could send one or two million troops.

If we fight across thousands of miles, it will be more difficult to send out hundreds of thousands of people.

There is a very typical example. Yang Guang, emperor of the Sui Dynasty, marched to Koguryo and mobilized millions of troops. After a long journey, he encountered a cold winter and was unable to pacify Koguryo. On the contrary, he lost a lot of soldiers, horses, food and weapons, and the people were overwhelmed.

Later, Li Shimin only sent more than 100000 elite troops to capture more than ten cities in Koguryo and plunder hundreds of thousands of people.

The princes of the Han Empire knew this truth, so Chu Tian preferred to fight at the gates of Bingzhou and Youzhou in Hetao Plain, desert grassland and other relatively close places, as well as cattle and sheep provided by the Lords of Monan as food.

However, Tiemuzhen and others also know this truth. He chose to fight in the western regions or Mobei, which were very far away from the Han Empire.

Yi zhixieyu chose the site of the decisive battle with the Han Empire in Mobei. Chu Tian and Xu Fengnian, who had participated in the battle, knew how difficult it was to march in Mobei

"Tiemuzhen intends to lure us to the western regions for an expedition, and then annihilate us in the western regions. Once the elite of the Han Empire is lost, Hetao and Monan will be its sphere of influence. "

The cool summer follows the Chu sky and looks at the counterweight type stone throwing machine standing west of Yumen pass.

Xu Fengnian, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others were surprised, but then nodded.

The inference of Chu Tian and Xia Xia Liang coincides with their implicit conjecture, otherwise it can not explain why tie Muzhen tried to avoid a decisive battle in Hetao and Monan.

After losing tens of thousands of troops and horses in Hetao and Monan, the Mongol Empire withdrew immediately, obviously to preserve its strength.

"Under the control of huo'an, the governor of the western regions is really unlucky. Without the Mongol Empire and the four khanates, perhaps he could dominate Central Asia... "

Xu Fengnian finally found a more unlucky person than himself - Huoan, the capital of the western regions.

Huo'an had already conquered Wusun and Dawan, prepared millions of grain and forage, and was ready to defeat the Seljuk Empire and huarazimu and become the overlord of Central Asia. However, the fourth national war disrupted his deployment, and the capital of the western regions was in danger.

If the governor of the western regions is a bait, then huo'an happens to be the governor of the western regions, so he can't have any more bad luck.

"It is very difficult for someone else to be in Huoan's position. In this case, he also destroyed the wokuotai khanate, and his main force did not seem to have been completely damaged No matter who is in this position, we have to save it. "

Chu Tian and Xu Fengnian discussed to open up the Hexi corridor. When he went to the western regions, Zhu Xi, whose armor was red with blood, arrived with a sad look: "huangfusong, the general of the northern expedition, may not be able to..."

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