The fireball is just a beautiful firework, which makes people temporarily forget the cruelty of the war, and the absence of the honeycomb heavy crossbow made Chu Luo Khan and Zhi feel a little lucky.

But a more severe test came as scheduled.

As the Turkic cavalry gradually approached one hundred and fifty steps, the observer on the podium shouted: "Two hundred steps."

Zhang Xuan said coldly with a expressionless face: "The crossbowman is ready to shoot!"

The red flag was waving, and 15,000 Sui army crossbow soldiers were already on high alert. Everyone held horn crossbows and archers on their backs. They lined up in two rows.

Hu Benlang, the future generation, shouted: "Prepare to shoot!"

Ten thousand crossbowmen on the city wall took the front two steps to widen the distance. The range of the Sui Army's horn crossbow was about 200 steps, and the effective killing range was 150 steps. After rigorous training, they could shoot two rounds of crossbow arrows in a single impact.

When the Turkic army rushed into a hundred steps, the crossbowmen would be replaced with large shields and spears to resist the arrows of the Turkic cavalry, and the attack on the Turkic army would be taken over by the archers under the camp wall.

Within a hundred steps before the Turkic army reached the camp, ordinary archers could fire three-wheeled arrows, while trained archers could fire four-wheeled arrows and perform three-stage shooting.

The crossbow soldiers and archers could fire a total of 100,000 arrows, which poses a great threat to the Turkic army.

In a blink of an eye, the Turkic cavalry rushed into 180 steps and approached the range of killing. Ten thousand crossbowmen rushed to the ground to raise the horned crossbows, and the crossbow arrows were tilted upward at a 30-degree angle.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, and yellow sand filled the sky and the sun, covering the sky and the sun. The Turkic army was completely invisible. There was only a sound of a chung. Ten thousand crossbow arrows of the first row of Sui army rose into the air and shot densely into the yellow sand.

Immediately, the crossbowmen on the first row of battalions were equipped with arrows, and the crossbowmen on the second row of wooden frames shot, one round of two rows of arrows, and ten thousand crossbows were like a net of arrows, covering the sky and shooting at the Turkic cavalry.

Screams suddenly erupted in the yellow dust, and people and horses were constantly being shot, and war horses fell down, and the cavalry was thrown out. The powerful crossbow arrow pierced through the wooden shield in the hands of the Turks and shot into the faces and chests of the cavalry, but the Turkic cavalry had already had their eyes red, and they rode their horses and rushed forward regardless of life and death.

At this time, another sound of chung, and the long arrows of the Sui army's archers were shot out, with arrows pouring like rain, and arrows flying like locusts, covering the sky and shooting at the Turkic cavalry. The Turkic cavalry immediately set off their bows and arrows to fight back. The dense arrows on both sides almost covered the sky, and a cruel blood-devouring battle entered **.

At this moment, an accident happened. Hundreds of Turkic cavalry swung ropes toward the high walls of the Sui army camp. However, when they reached 70 steps, the war horses suddenly neighed like crazy and jumped around. The cavalry on the horses were caught off guard and were all lifted off their horses. The war horses turned around and ran wildly, but they were not running for a long time and were shot down by the Sui army on the city.

The cavalry who were lifted off the horse also ran with them, but soon fell down in pain. Before they could tell the truth, the whistling arrows had nailed them to the ground.

Several soldiers suddenly understood and shouted in horror: "There are thorns! There are thorns on the ground!"

But the shouts of several soldiers were soon drowned by the drums and shouts of killing on the battlefield. Most of the soldiers did not realize the murderous intent hidden under the high wall. Five thousand infantrymen came from behind like a tide. Although the Turkic soldiers were shot down in batches under dense arrows, they still rushed towards the city wall regardless of their fate.

‘One hundred and fifty steps…one hundred and eighty steps…’

Seeing that hope was imminent, the attacking infantry suddenly screamed. They all fell to the ground and hugged their feet in fear. This southern Turkic expedition had been severely damaged by the thorns. Each soldier left a deep shadow in his heart. Their fear of the thorns was even greater than that of the strong bow and hard crossbow, and his morale quickly disintegrated. The soldiers who did not step on the thorns were so scared that they turned around and fled.

Zhi Shisili was supervising the battle behind him, and saw a chaos in the soldiers in front of him. The soldiers who were about to run to the wall rushed back and forth, as if there was an invisible force in front of him pushing them, which made Zhi Shisili stunned.

At this time, several cavalrymen rushed over and shouted, "General, within seventy steps of the high wall, there are poisonous caltrops, and thousands of soldiers have been stabbed and cannot walk."

Zhi Shisili was stunned. There were no caltrops during the day yesterday, so why did it appear today? He immediately understood that it was the Sui army deployed the caltrop formation last night.

A thousand-man commander next to him whispered: "General, what should I do?"

Zhi Shisili was extremely disappointed. There were thorns on the ground. The soldiers could not attack the high wall at all and could only sacrifice in vain. Besides, the morale had declined and there was no hope for this battle. He couldn't help but sigh, "Send the order to withdraw the troops!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The bell to withdraw the troops rang, and more than 14,000 infantry and knight soldiers retreated like a tide. In just a quarter of an hour, nearly 6,000 soldiers were injured and killed, and the most morale Zhishu army completely lost its fighting spirit.

Zhi was helpless and had no choice but to come to Luo Khan to apologize. "Report to Khan, the Sui army has set up a tight formation of thorns. The low-ranking army cannot invade the enemy camp. I am here to apologize to Khan!"

At this time, Chuluo Khan's confidence had completely shaken. He sighed slightly: "The Sui Camp is fully prepared, let's make a long-term plan!"

He waved his hand immediately, "The army retreated to the camp!"

The Turkic army was dull and the war drums were ringing. Teams of cavalry turned their horses and went listlessly to the camp five miles away. After two days of fighting, the Turkic army lost 20,000 troops, further reducing the Turkic army's strength to 70,000. The balance of the war began to gradually fall to the Sui army.

Just as the Han-Hu battle in Bingbei was in full swing, the Tang Dynasty was also experiencing a minor storm. The root of this storm was the battle to wipe out Song Jingang in Yan'an County. Thirty thousand Tang troops fought fiercely with Song Jingang in Yan'an County under the leadership of King Li Yuanji of Chu and Prince Li Xiaoji of Yong'an County.

Li Yuanji did not take Song Jingang's army seriously at first, thinking that Song Jingang's 80,000 army was a mob and could be defeated in one battle. Unexpectedly, Song Jingang deliberately showed weakness and lost three consecutive battles, which lured Li Yuanji, who was keen on the verge of the 80,000 army to lead the 80,000 army to go deeper. When Li Yuanji led his army to occupy Fushi County, Song Jingang immediately counterattacked and wiped out Li Yuanji's 3,000 vanguard army. The 80,000 army immediately surrounded Fushi County and surrounded Li Yuanji's 5,000 army in the county.

Li Xiaoji rushed to rescue, but was besieged by Song Jingang. Song Jingang and his general Lu Chongmao attacked 20,000 Tang troops thirty miles south of Fushi County. The Tang army was defeated, and the 20,000 troops were almost destroyed. Li Xiaoji was seriously injured and fled back to Chang'an.

Although Li Yuanji took advantage of the opportunity of Song Jingang's army to ambush the Tang army and successfully broke through, only less than a thousand people left to escape.

The Song King's army immediately occupied Diaoyin County, Honghua County and Shangjun, claiming to be the king of Guannei, with more than 100,000 troops and heading directly to Chang'an. Guanzhong was shocked. Li Yuan quickly dispatched Li Shimin to lead 20,000 troops to fight north. Li Shimin defeated Lu Chongmao in Luojiao County. Song King's army was forced to withdraw from Shangjun and stationed heavily in Yan'an County. Li Shimin did not continue to go north, but built fortifications in Shangjun and confronted Song King's army.

Song Jingang's strong rise caused panic in Chang'an, and prices rose accordingly. The prices of grain rose to 300 citrus of rice, and the price of gold soared. The gold jewelry was cut off. The official price was one tael of gold for ten jin of Kaiyuan copper coins, but the black market price even rose to one tael of gold for thirty jin of Kaiyuan coins.

Because the Battle of Han and Hu and Tang and Song dynasties were both carried out in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it greatly affected the economy and people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the Tang army made full preparations for Jingzhou, which caused financial difficulties to the Tang Dynasty's court. The two major cities of Chang'an and Chengdu were in decline, and people's livelihood began to become difficult.

Li Yuan was extremely angry at his son Li Yuanji's defeat in Yan'an County. When news of the destruction of the 30,000 Tang troops came, Li Yuan immediately cut off Li Yuanji's title of King of Chu and demoted him to a commoner. Li Xiaoji was also removed from the position of General Manager of Tongzhou and Minister of Honglu Temple. However, Li Xiaoji was seriously injured and did not deposed his title for the time being.

That night, in the Pingliang Restaurant in East City, Chang'an, Gao Jin, a military officer from the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, walked slowly to the third floor of the restaurant as usual. The bartender opened a door for him, "It's this, sir, please come in!"

Gao Jin walked into the room and saw a young scholar wearing a Confucian robe sitting in the room. When Gao Jin entered the room, the young scholar quickly stood up to salute. Gao Jin smiled and bowed, "Let me wait for a long time."
Chapter completed!