The first rays of light in the morning poured into the house through the wooden windows, and Guo Shao could smell the moist and fresh breath of the morning from the air. He had just put on two layers of armor with the help of Luo Mengzi, and the chest armor was worn with ring lock armor on the inside and outside.

Luo Mengzi was rambling beside him: "I know that I don't have any ability, but I understand that my eldest brother is capable!" Just like this time, I can't get out of it if I change it...... I know that I am just a soldier, and I can't hope to be an official. However, I thought that the spicy woman in the family could have a day when she could eat well and dress well, but the little money and food she had to be a soldier was too little. In the future, I'll get some light with my eldest brother, hehe......"

Guo Shaoxin said, even Luo Er has such thoughts, I'm afraid that others also want to be a little rushed, but only this guy will say it from his mouth.

He patted Luo Er's shoulder and said kindly: "As long as the eldest brother has something, he will not treat the brother badly." ”

Hearing Luo Mengzi mention the woman in the family, he couldn't help but touch the auspicious charm hanging around his neck, thinking of Yulian for a while, and the mixed memories of his previous life flashed through his mind for a while. For a while, I was inexplicably uneasy.

At this moment, a "bang" was suddenly heard, and an old man covered in bamboo slammed open the door, kicked on the threshold and fell, gasping for breath and coughing. Guo Shao gently raised his chin to signal, and Luo Mengzi hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man.

"The Khitan soldiers are here!"

Guo Shao took a deep breath after hearing this, calmed his mind, and said quickly: "Third brother, immediately ring the gong to gather all the horses, inform the second brother, and all departments will enter the position according to the scheduled arrangement." Alert! ”

Luo Mengzi's face also became solemn all of a sudden, and he hugged his fists and said, "Order!" ”

Guo Shao turned his head and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"I only saw a few cavalrymen, and none of them looked Han in armor and weapons......," the old man glared and said, "I didn't dare to stay longer, so I hurriedly walked the path and ran back." ”

Guo Shao took out a half-foot short dagger from the bedside and hid it in his arms, took the barrier knife on the wooden frame and hung it, and finally took the bow and quiver, and strode out of the door. The sound of gongs outside kept ringing, as well as the barking of dogs, and the chickens also flew with their croaking, which was lively for a while.

He went straight to the city wall, and several soldiers followed him up to the city. Looking into the distance, I saw the shadow of a cavalry slowly coming at the end of my sight.

At this time, there was a burst of heavy and neat footsteps behind him, and I saw Yang Biao leading twenty or thirty heavily armed forbidden army foot soldiers to assemble at the city gate. On the other road, there were also three groups of sergeants deployed to the middle of the city one after another, which were dozens of old and weak village soldiers. These people are old, but they are all from the army, and they are all people who still have the strength to farm, except for poor physical strength, they are still relatively easy to use, much better than pure people; In this era, the people are not easy to use, because they don't know how to use weapons at all, and they don't have a sense of battle.

Soon there was a disturbing shouting in the city, most of which was "Order". The villagers were divided into two groups, one lined up in place, and a small group scattered to the four sides of the city wall, and some old and weak people around also followed the wall from all sides with bamboo poles.

After a while, Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi and several township soldiers and ten generals also climbed up to the city one after another, and continued to watch with Guo Shao.

After waiting for a long time, the small group of cavalry outside slowly approached, a total of eight people, all on horseback. Gradually, from the armor, it can be roughly distinguished that it is indeed a Khitan.

After the Khitan Kingdom entered the Hebei region, it learned more from the Han people in all aspects, including armor, which at first glance looked similar, but it was still easy to see the difference. First of all, the hat is not the same, the Han soldiers wear a one-piece armrest, and the Khitan soldiers are iron helmets and ear protectors, and the ear protectors are like dogskin hats on both sides, which may be the reason why the Khitan side is colder. In addition, the cuirass and the headband around the waist are not the same.

The seven or eight horsemen did not advance at a distance of one or two hundred paces, but turned their horses' heads around the city wall again, but still did not come near. After wandering around like this for a long time, he simply turned around and ran away.

The people on the city wall sighed for a while when they saw this, and Luo Mengzi laughed loudly: "I was scared away when I saw our battle!" Yang Biao said: "Maybe it's just a scout team, seeing that there are guards around the city, there are few people who don't want to rush in, and go back to report the news." Luo Mengzi said: "Then they still don't come?" Yang Biao snorted and said, "You have to go to the Khitan people to ask." ”

Guo Shao shouted loudly: "Order everyone, rest in place and not leave." If there is nothing to do at noon, send someone to the streets and alleys to call for each family to deliver food. ”

It was a long wait without incident, but everyone seemed to be very calm. But those who have ever served in the army also understand that most of the time in the war is either walking, working, or waiting, and there is not much time to really fight. So this situation is normal now.

But this time the wait was not long, and it didn't take long to see a large group of people in sight. When they got a little closer, they could see clearly the size of the other side, there were twenty or thirty cavalry, and there was a large force of infantry, about one hundred and two, or maybe one hundred and fifteen. The infantrymen moved like a dark grove with spears in hand; The cavalry has different weapons, some are spears, some are a kind of mallet, the top is shaped like a large garlic head, Guo Shao has been in the military for four years, and knows that this thing is called "Guduo", which is a blunt weapon. In addition to this, it seems that many were armed with bows and arrows and iron swords.

Somewhat unusually, there was a group of people in front of the enemy who seemed to be unarmed, which at first glance looked chaotic. It was only when I got closer that I confirmed that those people were ordinary people. The people were driven to walk in mourning, and from time to time whips "crackled" on them, screaming and crying in a noisy manner. There were women inside...... Obviously, the wars of this era have completely disregarded women, children, and civilians; It is only after humans have endured more brutality and everyone has tasted it that they are willing to sit down and set the rules.

This Khitan army did not have siege equipment, but it seemed that they did not need any equipment to fight a wall like Wuzhen Town.

"Son of a!" Luo Mengzi's voice scolded.

Guo Shao ignored the scolding, he didn't feel good now: the Khitan came not stragglers, but an organized army, armed to the teeth of more than 100 people. Looking back at Wuzhen Town, only twenty or thirty people are considered a force, and the rest are a group of old and weak, and the weapons are not yet complete...... Guo Shao suddenly felt that this battle was a bit fierce and auspicious. But there is no other way but to deal with it, is it okay to say surrender with a white flag now?

The Khitan soldiers gradually approached, and still stopped one or two hundred paces away, and some of the people in front of them lay on the ground and wept bitterly, as if they had seen the coffin prepared for themselves and the pit dug in front of them. Three more horsemen rode out from the opposite side, not to shout, but to circle the city again.

Guo Shaoxin said: Don't look, Lao Tzu has already chosen the best offensive route for you.

There are walls and deep ditches on both sides, and there are traps in the deep ditches, and even if there is no one to defend them, it is difficult to climb through the walls; Only the city gate due south is relatively easy, there are no pits, there is a large road, and the city gate is only a door nailed to the board, and it is broken everywhere There are holes that transmit light. If you don't directly break through the city gate and the cavalry rush in first, why bother?

As expected, the Khitan soldiers did not move their direction, and directly whipped and drove the group of people towards the city gate.

It was only when the people who were driven away approached that Guo Shao and the others saw the clothes they were wearing. Almost all of them were shabby, patched cotton and linen clothes, some even ragged, and were poor peasants. Thinking that the rich and powerful man had already run to the town when he heard the news, of course he would not wait to be caught...... Because the Khitan army has a poor ability to attack cities, it is generally difficult to capture relatively strong cities, and it is still relatively safe in towns.

"All in place!" Guo Shao shouted.

After Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi and others answered, they got down the earthen wall, and then shouted to the troops lined up inside the city gate to retreat to the streets and alleys on both sides.

At this time, the sound of bowstrings sounded outside the city, and the Khitan cavalry fired arrows indiscriminately, shooting the people who were driven away from behind. The group of people was frightened, screaming and crying and went straight to the city gate, perhaps mixed with Khitan soldiers in disguise. Wuzhen was very short of bows and arrows, so naturally there was no way to stop the rebels from the wall, Guo Shao finally glanced back, and also turned around and hurriedly jumped off the earthen wall.