The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, from far to near. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Khitan cavalry like a black cloud was menacing, covering the grassland in the distance, and the shouting could be heard for miles away.

The Dashun border army next to the battlements had already numbly looked at the Khitan cavalry in the distance, and did not speak coldly. They knew that the Khitans who came this time must be like the previous few times, but they couldn't help Youzhou City. Youzhou City has been an important military town since ancient times, and its status is dangerous. With thistle, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, Yun, Confucian, Fu, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo, a total of 16 states. You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun seven states are located in the southeast of the north branch of Taihang Mountain, and the rest of the Yun, Confucian, Fu, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo Kyushu are in the northwest of the mountain, and the terrain is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and there have been countless major wars.

The historical Song Dynasty was left behind by Shi Jingjiao, lost the sixteen states of Youyun, not only lost the horse farm, but also made the Central Plains completely exposed to the iron hooves of the northern nomads, coupled with policy mistakes such as emphasizing literature and suppressing military force, which led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But in this different time and space, the sixteen states of Youyun have not been lost, and the battle-hardened Dashun border army still firmly holds the sixteen states of Youyun and the gate of the Central Plains, so that Dashun and Liao have never relaxed their vigilance against each other, and they have not slipped too much militarily.

But Dashun, who occupied the Central Plains of Huahua, still corrupted the army a little. At least it should have been the most elite forbidden army, but after several generations, its combat effectiveness has dropped sharply, and it can't even compare with the local army. On the contrary, the border army, which has been fighting with the Khitans for a long time, is quite strong in combat.

The distribution of Dashun's military strength is 300,000 border troops, which are divided into three places: northwest, north, and northeast; 100,000 forbidden troops, defending Gyeonggi; There were 200,000 Xiang troops, mainly deployed on the borders of Yunnan, Shu and Guangxi. These are only soldiers, and if you count the auxiliaries, the whole country and the army may have more than 1.2 million people.

In addition, there are a small number of sailors in Fujian and Zhejiang, as well as more than 100 warships. In Lu Chengqi's opinion, it is really shabby. Such a sailor cannot be called a sailor, because even the Haikou at the end of the Ming Dynasty can't be compared. But Lu Chengqi doesn't have the money to get a water division now, after all, no matter in that era, the water division was the most powerful class of troops that burned money. What's more, the combat effectiveness that Lu Chengqi wants to achieve, now the conditions are completely insufficient, he hasn't even cast a cannon, how can he talk about developing a naval division?

To get back to the point, it was said that the Khitan vanguard cavalry stopped five miles away from Youzhou City, and was stationed on the spot to restore horsepower. Although most of the Khitan cavalry were one man and two horsemen, in order to achieve the surprise of the assault, they rushed all the way, and the horsepower was consumed quickly. If you want to have the horsepower of the charge, you must go through a break.

However, it seems that there is no need to charge, along the way, not to mention the Dashun army, even the people along the way, there are not many. After the return of the probe, Youzhou City closed the city gate and was ready for defense, even if they were a surprise attack, they could not ride on the city wall. Then I had to stop and rest for a while and regain my horsepower.

Each of the Khitan cavalry had several horses, namely the impurebred Dawan horse, the Kazakh horse and the Mongolian horse. Both Dawan and Kazakh horses are good at charging, but after each gallop, the physical exertion is very fast, and if you don't feed the concentrate feed, the horse will lose weight and lose its explosive power. Mongolian horse Khitan people generally look down on it, because although this Mongolian horse is hardy and hardworking, suitable for long-distance travel, it eats a lot of miscellaneous food, and it is not easy to get sick. But its explosive power is also very poor, its physique is short, it is not liked by cavalry, and it is generally only used to ride on the road.

Yelu Nerugu heard the return of the horse, and knew that Youzhou City was ready, he galloped over, just for the first effort, but unexpectedly, the people had already prepared, so angry that they shouted, only let their subordinates rest for a while, and after recovering their horsepower, they made a charge against Youzhou City.

Just rushed to the moat of Youzhou City, and they were dumbfounded. The moat with the turbulent current, I don't know the depth, and no one dares to rush down. The wide and deep moat made all the Khitan cavalry who did not know water fearful. The border troops on Youzhou City were not polite to them, and they shot arrows and shot many Khitan cavalry off their horses.

The moat is only a hundred steps away from Youzhou City, and there are plenty of arrows in Youzhou City, and there are a lot of crossbow arrows in reserve. There were also large crossbow arrows with a range of up to 400 paces, like a string of sugar gourds, stringing several Khitan cavalry into a string, and finally tied to a horse, before stopping the impact of continuing forward. The horse screamed and collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out, and it seemed that he would not survive. That scene was extremely bloody.

The Khitan cavalry was not vegetarian, and while speeding around the city, they took out their horse bows and shot arrows into Youzhou City. But the horse bow is quite soft, and even if it is hit, it will not hurt much. In addition, there are battlements, and the casualties of the Dashun border army on the city wall are not very large.

For a while, the two sides shot at each other, and you came and went, and it was very happy. But judging from the results of the battle, it was still the Dashun border army that took advantage, after all, it was defending the city, condescending, and the bow and arrow added a lot of power. In just a quarter of an hour or so, the Khitan cavalry had already suffered more than 100 casualties, while the Dashun border army suffered few casualties.

Even if the Dashun border army has not read the book of war, they still know the truth of shooting people and horses first. And the horse has a large target and is easy to hit. When a horse is hit by an arrow, the cavalry on horseback will fall off in severe pain, and the cavalry behind will continue to follow, and the cavalry who fall to the ground will be trampled into meat sauce in a short time. Even if he was lucky enough to escape, he would be hurt and unable to get on the horse.

The Khitans were extremely fierce, and seeing their own people in such a miserable situation inspired them to be ferocious, let go of their horsepower, and rode around the moat, as if they vowed to kill those Dashun border troops.

The Dashun border army was well organized, maintaining the density of bows and arrows, and it was difficult for the Khitan cavalry to get close to the moat.

When Jerunerugu saw this, he was furious. He made meritorious contributions, and he didn't bring infantry or siege equipment, so how could he get the experienced Dashun border army?

In desperation, he blew the horns of the bull to withdraw his troops, withdrew from the camp in Wuli, and waited for the arrival of his father's army of Yelu Chongyuan.

The Khitan raised 100,000 troops this time, claiming to be an army of 300,000, of course, there are inaccuracies in it. Although cavalry accounts for the majority of the 100,000 people, there are still infantry. These infantry were all composed of Han Chinese, and many of them were prisoners of the Dashun army. They are generally used as cannon fodder for sieges and are used for consumption.

When the Khitans repeatedly attacked the grass valley, they captured many Han people, and in addition to being slaves, they also incorporated some strong men into the army to form infantry. In siege warfare, these Han troops are generally regarded as siege troops, while those Khitan, Bohai, Xi, Murowei, Jurchen and other soldiers are overseers from afar.

This is also geographically determined, these border Han people have become very Hu deeply, and do not consider themselves to be the people of Dashun, but to think that they belong to the Liao people. Among the infantry, with the exception of border prisoners, this thinking has prevailed. I have to say, it's a kind of sadness.

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