Chapter 384: Death Siege

It is impossible for the war horse to go crazy by itself, the Liao soldiers are like facing a great enemy, and the roar resounded all over Tangshuiwan, "The enemy attacks the enemy to protect the grain and grass!" ”

The north camp was on fire, the Liao soldiers were trampled by the war horses and there were many dead, in desperation, many Liao soldiers could only flee to the south, and the formation of more than 1,000 people in the south camp had already been organized, they originally thought that there would be Han people rushing to come, who had wanted to meet the group of crazy war horses. In an instant, the formation that had just been organized was rushed by the war horses, and at this time Yao Gu also led people to cover up and kill from behind, the Liao soldiers could not resist at all, they could only retreat in defeat, under the charge of the war horses, they soon passed through the north camp, Han Shizhong used a gun to pick up a piece of straw, and the bottom was really grain and grass and other things. Without Han Shizhong and Yao Gu's orders, everyone had already sprinkled the prepared tung oil and other things on it, and as soon as the torch was thrown, Tangshuiwan turned into a sea of fire.

Under the impact of the war horses, the Liao soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and after the grain and grass were ignited, Zhao Yougong ordered everyone to immediately withdraw from the gentle slope in the north. There was no way, Han Shizhong could only lead people to give up to the south, and instead rushed west towards Xiaoling Tugang. From Xiaoling Tugang, when he returned to the village, it had become a pot of porridge, and the Liao people went out in order to hunt down the people who set fire, and Han Shizhong took advantage of the chaos to go out in the name of searching for the Han people. As soon as they got out of the village, a group of people ran to the southwest, and the Liao people were not stupid, such a group of people dressed in Liao soldiers ran to the southwest, was that to hunt down the Han people?

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Dingguo Army will have a twenty-mile cross-country run every day, so it is also first-class to escape for their lives. There was such a big thing in Tangshuiwan, and the Liao army camp in the west also got the news. They were ordered to intercept halfway. But it still came to naught. Han Shizhong led the people to jump directly into the moat, and then sneaked back to Wuzhou City from the secret passage, but when he entered the city, Han Shizhong did not forget to destroy the secret passage.

In the middle of the ugly hour, Yelu Dashi was resting in the tent, and suddenly woke up with a nightmare, and he didn't know what nightmare he had, and he was sweating profusely. Drank some water and calmed down a little. But some of his own soldiers ran in.

"Dashuai, it's not good, Tangshuiwan was attacked, and the fire covered the entire Tangshuiwan, and now the specific situation is not known"

"What" Yelu Dashi stood up suddenly, only to feel a surge of qi and blood, and the whole person fell backwards. It took a long time for Yelu Dashi to recover from his shock, and when he came to his senses, there was a miserable smile on his face. How could something happen to Tang Shui Wan? There were 2,000 cavalry of the Cheetah Battalion stationed there, and the perimeter was heavily defended. How could the Han people get to Tangshuiwan?

Tangshuiwan was burned, grain and grass were not guaranteed, how could the army of more than 100,000 survive? How important Tang Shuiwan is to this army, Yelu Dashi knows very well in his heart, and he still has a little hope now, that is, he hopes to extinguish the fire in time, as long as he keeps one-third of the grain and grass, he Yelu Dashi can hold on. Pushing away the supporting soldiers, Yelu Dashi struggled to stand up, and then roared angrily, "Prepare the horse!" ”

Just after Yinshi, Yelu Dashi rode a horse to Tangshuiwan, and looked at the fire in the depression, his heart ached, and he almost fell off his horse. Why is this happening? How to save such a big fire, Tangshui Bay is narrow, and people who go in can be roasted to death by just roasting it, unless it is to lead the water in the river outside the village, and the far water can't extinguish the near fire.

The green tendons on his hands were exposed, Yelu Dashi clenched his teeth, and his bitten lips were dripping blood, "What about Cao Dong?" Let that bastard come to me! ”

The roar sounded, and all the generals behind him lowered their heads, and after a while, Cao Dong did not come, and a general cried with a disgraced face, "Dashuai, in order to block the fire, General Cao led people to pounce on and drag food, and was burned to death."

"Burned?" Yelu Dashi stroked his forehead with his hand, he really hoped that it would rain all day, but it was a sunny day for days, and dawn had not yet come, but the breeze was refreshing, so there must be no rain, right? Hehe, it's wrong to blame Cao Dong, in fact, it's no wonder to Cao Dong, if you want to blame him, you can only blame him Yelu Dashi looked down on that Han man, when everyone thought he would send troops to destroy the trebuchet, he actually sent someone to come to Tangshuiwan with the courage of the sky.

Xiao Gan's camp in the west of Wuzhou City, looking at the fire in the northeast, Xiao Gan's mind was extremely complicated, before he felt that what the princess said was untrue, but now that he thought about it, he realized how much he underestimated the Han people. This Zhao Yougong is really courageous, in the midst of thousands of armies, in the land of nine deaths, he also dares to send people to burn grain. I don't know how Zhao Yougong found the grain and grass, but this courage is enough for many people to be embarrassed, at least, he Xiao Gan doesn't have the courage. Xiao Gan was a little confused, could it be that Da Liao would really lose?

A fire not only burned the grain and grass, but also burned the confidence of many Liao soldiers, and when they heard that all the grain and grass were destroyed, the morale of the Liao army was frustrated, and the barracks were full of worry and anxiety.

Before the time passed, the generals of the Liao army gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, Yelu Dashi's face was pale, and his expression was cold, "I have just asked the officers in the army to count, and the surplus food of the soldiers is only enough for three days, so we must take Wuzhou City within three days, otherwise, we can only withdraw the army." Now, let's talk about it, do you have faith? ”

Yelu Dashi looked at the generals, and his attitude in his words was quite obvious, that is, he wanted to fight hard to capture Wuzhou City before the army ran out of food. Yelu Dashi thinks so, and other Liao generals think the same, now Da Liao has suffered more than 20,000 casualties in Wuzhou City, if he hastily retreats, how can he be willing?

"Don't worry, Dashuai, we will swear to take Wuzhou City" The generals responded loudly, only two people ran into the distance, these two people were Xiao Gan and Xiao Sixian.

Xiao Gan was thinking about the letter sent by the princess and the talisman, but Xiao Si was thinking about when to escape back to Shangjing. Now that the grain and grass are burned, and the army is panicking, how can they still take Wuzhou City? Yesterday there were trebuchets and bed crossbows to help, but they didn't take the city, so what can we do today?

Xiao Sixian is not a shrewd person, some are just clever, what he thinks in his heart, Yelu Dashi is clear, so Yelu Dashi raised his eyes and sneered, "Pang He, from today onwards, the general guard camp will be under your command, if anyone dares to retreat, kill!" ”

"Yes!"

A killing word, mixed with a lot of chill, Xiao Sixian's lips twitched, and his face became dark blue, Yelu Dashi, this son of a bitch. Is it specifically to oppose him?

Wuzhou General's Mansion. Zhao Yougong twisted the handle of the knife. King Qin's knife was spinning on the ground, and Han Shizhong burned the grain and grass of the Liao people with a fire, and it is estimated that Yelu Dashi will be desperate today.

"You all have a psychological preparation, the Liao people have no food and grass, just like a group of crazy people, everyone should not be frightened by this group of crazy people. Oh, whoever is afraid, say it now. This king has found him a job at leisure! ”

Although it was a joke, the generals couldn't laugh, because everyone knew what would become of the Liao army without food and grass, just like a ruined boat and a battle, and there was no way to retreat, so they could only rush forward. In the past, there was enough grain and grass, and the Liao army could afford to drag it, but now the Liao army can't drag it out for a day, and once the grain and grass are cut off, the Liao army itself will be in chaos. As for the transfer of grain from the vicinity of Xijing, that is also pure wishful thinking. The rations of more than 100,000 people, that is, if there is it, you can have it.

Qian Lin arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the last general's headquarters has been resting for a long time a few days ago, so let the last general guard the west city for General Han today." ”

Qian Lin was also kind, but Zhao Yougong shook his head, "No, General Qian, you can hand over the people to General Han, as for you, there are other arrangements." This king asked you to pick out 10,000 brothers in the army who can ride horses, and you don't need to be very skilled in horsemanship, as long as you can ride on horses and cut people. ”

Qian Lin frowned, thought about it and replied, "It's not difficult, but where did the horses come from?" And with 10,000 people, there are enough people to defend the city? ”

"The king has his own way to defend the city, and as for the war horse, you can borrow it from General Wu!"

The standard configuration of the cavalry of the Dingguo Army is one person and three horses, and more than 3,000 people have more than 9,000 war horses, plus those captured elsewhere, there are more than 10,000 pokes and pokes. As for why it is necessary to gather so many temporary cavalry, there is naturally a reason.

On May 14 of the third year of Xuanhe, on the fourth day of the Liao army's siege of Wuzhou, Tangshuiwan was covered by fire, and all the grain and grass were destroyed. Under such circumstances, the Liao army had no way to retreat, and at the end of the Chen period, the armies on all sides launched a fierce attack on the city of Wuzhou at the same time. This time, the remaining 100,000 troops mobilized more than 40,000 people, and before the Liao army pounced, trebuchets smashed all the remaining stones into the Wuzhou city wall. When the trebuchet was poured, the Liao army set up a ladder with the cooperation of the bed crossbow, and the Liao army also prepared a lot of crashing wood for the siege.

At the beginning of the time, the Liao army surrounded the city of Wuzhou on all sides, and under the encouragement of the Liao generals of various departments, the Liao soldiers were like madmen who had taken medicine, and they rushed up without their lives. The bed crossbow was constantly fired, and although the soldiers of the Dingguo Army at the head of the city had already taken precautions, they were still a little unable to resist.

Bang, the crossbow arrow was nailed to the iron shield, making a soft sound, a soldier of the Dingguo Army shook, the iron shield almost fell to the ground, he quickly stabilized his figure, and the soldiers behind him also rushed over to help, and at this time a Liao soldier had climbed up to the head of the city, the Liao soldier just poked out his head, a steel knife cut, and the good head rose to the sky. Now there is no way to fight, and bows and arrows can't stop the crazy Liao soldiers at all.

A Liao soldier jumped from the ladder to the city wall, a spear pierced his waist, he was fierce, he didn't care about it, scolded, and jumped off the city wall with the Dingguo Army soldier in front of him.

A soldier of the Dingguo Army named Yuan Hu was kicked to the ground by the Liao soldiers, he didn't seem to feel the pain, threw away his weapon, pounced on the Liao soldier's leg and bit it. Under the severe pain of the Liao soldiers, he squatted down and smashed Yuan Hu's back, "The son of a bitch let you bite, Lao Tzu will kill you"

Yuan Hu didn't let go, when the Liao army was exhausted, he suddenly roared, overturned the Liao soldier, pressed his body up, held the Liao soldier's eyes with both hands and buckled it fiercely, his fingers were like steel tongs, the Liao soldier's eyes were buckled out, the Liao soldier rolled in pain, Yuan Hu grinned and just showed a little smile, the smile froze on his face, because a scimitar wiped from the back of his neck.

On the city wall of Wuzhou, it has long become a place where madmen live, where there is no discipline, no shame, and the comparison is who kills who first. When it comes to fighting at this point, it has nothing to do with tactics, it is more about morale and willpower.

The first wave of siege lasted for an hour, and at noon, the Liao soldiers finally retreated, and at the head of Wuzhou City, the soldiers of the Dingguo Army were also full of casualties. In just four days, those well-trained recruits of the Dingguo Army had become veterans, and their faces were a little more numb and a little fierce. These people are trained from death, alive, warriors, and demons.

Leaning on the city, Zhao Yougong was holding a bowl of porridge and drinking it in a big gulp, and a soldier named Kangwa was sitting next to him.

Kangwa is sixteen years old, and this is still an ignorant teenager in the next generation, maybe she should sing loudly in the schoolyard, maybe she should have fun somewhere. But under the sky of the Great Song Dynasty, he has become a man who stands up to the sky, although there are still these immaturity on his face.

"Your Highness, are you afraid?"

Zhao Yougong was stunned for a moment, and then showed a somewhat wry smile, "Of course I'm afraid, I'm scared to death, aren't you afraid?" ”

Kang Wa was also stunned, he thought that His Royal Highness would say some high-sounding words like those high-ranking officials, such as what is the first to take the lead and sacrifice his life for righteousness, and what is the Great Song Dynasty for His Majesty Although he has no regrets in death. There are many answers, but few people say that they are afraid, and he is the only one who can be as unconcealed as His Highness.

"Hehe, I'm also afraid, if I die, my wife won't be better!"

"It's right to be afraid, since we're afraid, we have to find a way to survive!" Zhao Yougong stretched out his hand to wipe the blood spots on Kangwa's face, at this moment, he lived very really.

Zhao Yougong has never hidden his fear, because he is also a living person, and because he is afraid, he will cherish it more.

Fear, not shame, because of fear, it seems that it is not afraid of how precious it is.

If people don't have a cowardly heart, how can they be brave, right? (To be continued......)