Shi Jianu rode on a horse, staring at Tanglong Town in front of him like a wolf, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

Since crossing the Yellow River, it took eight full days to arrive here, and Shi Jianu was already a little impatient. What made Shi Jianu angry the most was that the Fan tribe ran too fast along the way, and he didn't grab much of anything, especially the most important food. Now in this season, it is useless to rob cattle and sheep, there is no water and grass, and you can't drive it back, so you can only kill and eat meat. If Tanglong Town can't be captured, even the grain and grass to go back will be a problem.

The soldiers beside him whispered: "Lang Jun, this city has been repaired a lot, and it looks a little difficult to fight." ”

Shi Jianu said viciously: "What are you afraid of, a small city, can you stop us?" Send 300 border soldiers to give it a try. ”

The border soldiers are the most bitter, in the eyes of the Khitan people, serving in the border soldiers, like the Lizheng Yaqian in the Song Dynasty, is a battle to break the family. Even when it comes to the front line to fight for life and death, it is they who go up first to be cannon fodder.

Looking at the three hundred people gathered in the array, Shi Jianu said in a loud voice: "In front of it is Tanglong Town, where there is not only the grain and grass stored by the southerners, but also the countless households hiding in it. If you want food, you want money, you want people, you just see if you can beat it down! ”

The expressions of the border soldiers were blank, and there was no eagerness to try as Shi Jianu imagined.

Zhang Qi stood at the head of the city, looked at the Khitan soldiers who were slowly approaching, and said to the deputy general Li Hao: "This is not a Khitan soldier!" Command the soldiers, prepare to roll wood and stones, and strengthen crossbows and bows. Wait until they get close to the city wall and listen to the military orders! ”

Li Hao crossed his hands and promised to order his own soldiers to pass the military order.

Tanglong Town is located on a high platform, and the city is built on the platform, and there are only a dozen steps under the city wall. Three hundred border soldiers climbed up the earthen platform, looked at the city wall in front of them, and then looked at the cliff behind them, and cried out in their hearts. With this kind of terrain, you can't attack the city, and the hope of going back is also very slim.

Seeing the enemy molesting the city, a drum sounded on the city, and the rolling wood and stones fell. The three hundred border soldiers tried to attack several times, leaving dozens of corpses behind, and then scattered in a hurry. Fortunately, the earth platform is not high, and many people fall down, whether they are injured or not, they lie on the ground and hum and can't get up.

The soldiers were shocked when they saw it: "Lang Jun, there are preparations in the city, how can this be good?" ”

Shi Jianu was overjoyed: "It's just some rolling wood and stones, why are you afraid of people?" Command the army to line up and attack the city together! Before it gets dark, make sure to storm the city! This winter, we'll be on food from the city! ”

Zhang Qi stood at the head of the city, watching the Khitan soldiers and horses under the city slowly line up in formation, pressing forward, squinting his eyes. After a while, he said to Li Hao beside him: "We have twenty artillery pieces at the head of the city, let them aim, and fire artillery at the Khitan leader under the city together!" ”

Li Hao promised, and his heart became excited. Just now, he was still wondering, obviously there are guns and cannons in the city, why Zhang Qi didn't use it, but he didn't know that it was prepared for generals outside the city. The Khitans did not come to siege the city, but only to plunder, and did not carry siege equipment, and the artillery was of little use. It's better to concentrate and bombard the enemy chieftains. After a round of fighting, the Khitan general was not killed but also injured.

Zhang Qi also ordered the 100 musketeers supported by Du Zhongxiao to stand on the city wall. When the enemy army comes, they fire first, and the crossbowmen fire later.

With muskets and artillery, there is no experience in how to use them. Zhang Qi's current usage is actually to use artillery as a bed crossbow and a musket as a more powerful bow and crossbow. Compared with the past, there is actually no fundamental change in the form of warfare.

Shi Jianu was behind the big array, shouting and scolding, and commanding the soldiers to step forward. He climbed up step by step from the bottom, his life is more important than anything else, and he will never rush to the front for the sake of military merit like some generals.

The Khitan soldiers set up a ladder under the high platform, and slowly grabbed it under the city wall, and saw that the Song army had not moved, and slowly became bolder.

Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Qi shouted: "The generals will obey the order and kill the enemy!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers around him beat the drum violently, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth. With the sound of drums, the twenty cannons at the head of the city aimed at Shijianu and fired together.

Shi Jianu, who was riding on a horse, heard a black smoke at the head of the city, and there was an endless muffled sound, and then he saw a large black dot smashing down on his head. Before he could react, he heard a scream around him.

An iron bullet was smashing into Shi Jianu's horse, and the horse screamed, struggled, and fell to the ground. Shi Jianu couldn't dodge and was thrown to the ground by the horse. Coincidentally, the iron bullet that knocked down the horse bounced on the ground and smashed into Shi Jianu's leg. I only felt a heart-rending pain, and Shi Jianu's eyes turned black and fainted.

Seeing the Khitan generals outside the city fall to the ground, the Song troops in the city cheered together, followed by the musketeers and fired a row of guns at the Khitan soldiers under the city. As the guns rang out, the defenders fired their bows and crossbows, and the arrows fell like flying locusts.

I saw a fire at the head of the city filled with black smoke, and a row of sergeants fell at the front, and the Khitans were stunned. I don't know which one shouted: "It's not good, the city will know the demon law!" Run for your life! ”

Before the words fell, the rain-like arrows fell, and I don't know how many people fell to the ground, and the Khitan soldiers scattered in a hurry.

A few pro-soldiers supported the unconscious Shi Jianu, and looked at the soldiers who were scattered and fled, suddenly helpless. The main general of his side was seriously injured at the beginning of the war, how can this battle continue? In the battle of Lanzhou that year, it was also because the Khitan lord was hit hard by Song's bed crossbow and had to withdraw his troops, and finally negotiated peace, but he didn't expect to encounter this dilemma again in Tanglong Town.

On the city wall, Li Hao looked at the chaotic Khitan army, and said to Zhang Qi: "Eunuch, take advantage of the good opportunity of the enemy's panic outside the city, can you go out of the city to chase and kill for a while?" They don't have many soldiers, and now they can't stand in formation, and they don't have the strength to fight back! ”

Zhang Qi shook his head: "That's it, the Khitan people outside the city are already grasshoppers after the autumn, why should we bother to work hard?" In this weather, they can't grab food and grass, and it is difficult to cross the river to go back. On the way here, there was some looting, and the Tibetan tribes fled, and there was a dead place, and they had already defended it. ”

After speaking, he instructed his own soldiers around him to let the gunners at the head of the city reload, see where the Khitan generals were, and just use artillery bombardment. The Khitan people's command system is single, and once the master will die, the rest is a plate of scattered sand.

After a few pro-soldiers tossed for a long time, the Shi family slave let out a breath and woke up. looked around blankly, and said, "What kind of monster is the Song army in the city?" Spitting fire and smoke, he killed my horse in one fell swoop. - Alas, quickly gather the parts! ”

Seeing that Shi Jianu woke up, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and went separately to find the leaders of each department and gather the subordinates.

At this moment, a flash of fire suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and a muffled sound came, and the iron bullet smashed into Shijianu again.

At this time, the artillery was really inaccurate, and the officers and soldiers who operated the artillery were inexperienced, so they aimed at Shi Jianu to fight, but they couldn't hit him. However, the Khitan people near Shijianu fell in one piece. The Khitans, who were already in a mess, were scurrying around like headless flies.

"God destroy me!" Shi Jianu looked at the wailing subordinates around him, and then looked at the head of Tanglong Town, and the black smoke became thicker and thicker. A bad thought rose in my heart, could it be that there was a god in the city who made such a big move? There was no longer a little bit of thinking about attacking the city, so he let his own soldiers help him up, gathered his headquarters in a panic, and fled from Tanglong Town in a panic.