Chapter 221: Three Fronts War

Chapter 221: Three Fronts War

Chapter 221: Three-front War
The commander in chief who led the siege ram was none other than Cao Taiyue. His shoulder injury had healed, so he threw himself into the battle without hesitation. He commanded a 200-man army of heavy-armored sword and shield soldiers. Each of them was over 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and strong waists, and they were extremely powerful. They held up their shields to guard the siege ram, waiting for the moment to break the city.

A cavalry of one thousand men was lurking a mile away, led by General Xue Wanjun. Once Cao Taiyue's army broke into the military city, they would rush out immediately.

There were no enemy troops on the southeast corner of the city wall, and the only two hundred people were also attracted by the siege ladders on the north. No one noticed the abnormality under the southeast corner of the city wall. The battering ram was getting closer and closer, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Fifty steps. Forty steps. Thirty steps. Twenty steps. Ten steps
Along with the soldiers shouting in unison, the battering ram weighing nearly ten thousand pounds slammed heavily on the city wall. "Boom!" There was a thrilling muffled sound, and the city wall shook violently, sand and gravel fell down, and even the defenders in the north city felt the violent shaking.

Everyone looked at each other with astonishment in their eyes. Commander Murong Genu was even more terrified. He knew that something big must have happened somewhere.

"Go check quickly, where is the Sui army attacking the city?"

This blow severely damaged the city wall and was also a signal to the Sui army. Xiao Xia immediately ordered: "The entire army moves to the east city!"

The cavalry, archers, and soldiers who were pretending to attack the city with ropes all turned around and ran towards the east city.

At this time, Xue Wanjun also led a thousand cavalry to attack. The moment the first heavy hammer hit the city wall, there was no need for them to hide. Xue Wanjun immediately led a thousand cavalry to charge out and rushed straight to the city wall.

The battering ram retreated several dozen steps, and Cao Taiyue shouted, "Come again!"

The battering ram rushed forward again, and with another earth-shattering impact, the cast iron ram smashed the boulder to pieces, and the wall began to shake violently, the boulders seriously dislocated and began to fail.

"retreat!"

Cao Taiyue shouted, and the battering ram retreated rapidly. After only thirty steps, there was a muffled "boom!" and the wall collapsed. Dust rose into the air, covering the entire section of the wall. More than a dozen boulders rolled down and scattered more than twenty steps before stopping in front of the Sui soldiers, just two steps away from hitting them.

The Sui army soldiers continued to retreat, and the battering ram retreated more than fifty steps in one breath. Everyone looked at the dusty city wall expectantly.

The dust finally settled, revealing the collapsed city wall. The wall had collapsed for more than thirty feet, leaving a gaping hole a hundred meters wide. Mud poured down and formed a slope.

Cao Taiyue was overjoyed, brandished his sword and shouted, "Follow me and kill!"

He was the first to rush to the city wall, followed by two hundred soldiers. This time, Cao Taiyue was the first to rush to the top of the city wall, and rushed to fight against the hundreds of enemy troops rushing from the north. Two hundred men followed him. They put down their shields, raised their crossbows and shot. Two hundred crossbow arrows shot strongly at the Tuyuhun soldiers fifty steps away. The Tuyuhun soldiers running in front were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

Hundreds of soldiers also rushed up the slope holding huge battering rams, and slammed the rams hard into the city wall inside. "Boom!" With a heavy blow, the city wall that was more than ten feet wide inside collapsed, and the soil poured down.

A thousand cavalrymen were rushing over quickly, and the battering ram quickly moved away. Xue Wanjun took the lead and rushed to the top of the city wall, and then rushed into the city from the top of the city wall. A thousand cavalrymen rushed to the top of the city wall and followed him down.

Datong City has only one gate, which opens on the south. The east city has been lost and there is chaos in the city. Some Tuyuhun soldiers opened the south gate and fled out of the city under the cover of night.

Xiao Xia also led his army into the city through the gap, and the city was in chaos.
The sky gradually brightened and the fierce fighting in the city had ended. Corpses and ruined barracks were everywhere. Only less than a thousand of the 5,000 Tuyuhun soldiers escaped, and the other 4,000 soldiers were all wiped out. The Sui army also paid the price of more than 600 casualties.

After three days of rest, Xiao Xia left 500 men to guard the city, and he continued to lead 5,000 troops into the Datong Valley and headed towards the northern shore of the West Sea. At this time, the war in Hehuang and the war in the Yellow River Jiuqu also broke out at the same time. Shi Wansui led 50,000 troops to fight across the Sun and Moon Mountain dividing line, and encountered a strong resistance from the 50,000 main forces of Tuyuhun in the Dafeichuan line, and a war broke out between the two sides in Dafeichuan.

When King Yang Guang of Jin learned that a war had broken out in the West Sea, he immediately ordered General Dou Kang of the Left Guard to lead 30,000 troops to support Shi Wansui. When the Sui reinforcements arrived, the main force of Tuyuhun could not withstand the combined attack of 80,000 troops. They were defeated in three battles and suffered heavy losses. The remaining 10,000-odd troops retreated hastily to the west along the southern coast of the West Sea.

At the same time, General Wei Xuan and Zhang Sun Sheng led 20,000 troops on the eastern front to attack the Nine Bends of the Yellow River.

The Dangxiang people also sent out 20,000 troops to cooperate with the Sui army. In the north of Jishi Mountain, the Sui army and the Dangxiang army jointly defeated the 30,000-strong Tuyuhun army and seized the entire Jiuqu area of ​​the Yellow River.

Tuyuhun suffered disastrous defeats on the eastern, central and western fronts. In extreme panic, Tuyuhun King Murong Fuyun hurriedly sent his eldest son Murong Shun to meet with King Jin and beg for a ceasefire and reconciliation.

Before the peace talks were finalized, the commander of the western front, Xue Shixiong, led an army of 20,000 to the northern shore of the West Sea. The Tuyuhun tribes here had all fled to the west. There were no Tuyuhun troops or herdsmen within a hundred miles.

Xue Shixiong ordered the camp to be set up. In the afternoon, Xiao Xia came to meet the steward. He knelt on one knee and saluted, "I am here to see the steward!"

"General Xiao, you have worked hard. Please stand up!"

Xue Shixiong smiled and asked Xiao Xia to sit down, then asked him, "What is the situation of the surrounding Tuyuhun army?"

"Reporting to the chief steward, after we took over the Dadouba Valley, the four Tuyuhun tribes on the north bank began to retreat westward. According to the intelligence our scouts have obtained, there is an army gathering a hundred miles to the north of us. There are currently about 20,000 to 30,000 people, and their leader is the Dabao King Murong Niluozhou. This will be a tough battle for us to reach the capital."

Xue Shixiong nodded and asked again: "Do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"Reporting to the chief steward, I have specially trained soldiers for night combat. I have found that Tuyuhun soldiers are generally weak in night combat. The chances of winning a night battle will increase by at least 40%."

Xue Shixiong pondered for a moment and said, "The Hexi army has almost no training for night battles, so we won't consider it for now. What else can we do besides night battles?"

"I suggest that we try to end the battle within an hour. This is a plateau, and our soldiers are not as physically strong as the Tuyuhun people, so it is not suitable for a long battle. I believe that only by taking advantage of the situation can we win. I am willing to be the surprise force and attack the enemy from behind."

Xue Shixiong nodded, "This plan is good, it can be adopted!"

Early the next morning, 20,000 Sui troops on the western front set out and marched westward along the northern shore of the West Sea. Xiao Xia led 5,000 cavalry as a surprise force and set off first.

At the same time, 30,000 Tuyuhun troops had assembled on the western front, led by King Dabao Murong Niluozhou, to block the Sui army on the western front.

The final blocking battle on the Western Front is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)