The whole army prepared for war. After a day, the Khitan army gathered around the city again. The sound of trumpets resounded through the sky like ghosts crying and wolves howling. The dense formation of Khitan soldiers marched towards the city in an orderly manner.
"It seems that this Khaleda does not want to fight a protracted war with us, and wants to capture Liaoyang Mansion in one fell swoop!"
Murong Fu frowned and couldn't help but sigh.
Sometimes, you are not only afraid that the enemy will strategize and know how to be patient, but you are also afraid that the enemy will act like a reckless man and do everything possible. ?.?????.ℂ??
The dangers involved are beyond anyone's expectation, especially given their already weak situation.
"Zong Ze and Murong Bo led the Five Elements Banner Battalion to guard the city gate strictly. Han Baizhan led the Pioneer Battalion and the two thousand Shenji Battalion to wait at the east gate. I led the left and right armies and the remaining one thousand Shenji Battalion to wait at the west gate and leave the city at any time. Support, the Khitan people in the city are from..."
Murong Fu gave the order in an orderly manner. When everyone took the order and retreated, his eyes climbed up and looked at the two-sided banner set up in the Khitan army. The person supervising the battle below was none other than the enemy's commander-in-chief, Halzala.
"King Yan, think twice, you carry everyone's hopes and must not put yourself in danger."
Zongze seemed to have noticed Murong Fu's thoughts and quickly advised him from the side.
Murong Fu smiled bitterly and said: "What Mr. Zong taught you is that the important task of defending the city will be left to you!"
After that, he glanced at Kang Min's three daughters and rushed to Ximen with Yue Laosan, You Tanzhi and others to support them.
As the trumpet sounded, the Khitan army officially began to attack the city.
When the enemy army entered the shooting range, Zongze ordered to release arrows. Arrows rained down for a while, and the war drums sounded like the roar of thunder. A depressing and heavy atmosphere began to spread in everyone's hearts.
Zongze had a solemn look on his face. While he ordered people to use bows and arrows to suppress the advance of the Khitan soldiers, he also ordered people to carry a large amount of materials to the city wall. In addition to rolling logs, kerosene, stones, etc., they were used to prevent the enemy troops from climbing up the city wall. In addition to the items, there are also two types of firearms: bamboo fire harriers and gunpowder arrows prepared in advance.
Bamboo fire harriers can be thrown at the city walls to injure enemies, while gunpowder arrows can be used to ram cars protected by shield soldiers.
Although the power generated by the explosion of gunpowder arrows cannot directly destroy the shield, it can injure the shield soldiers and effectively prevent the collision from approaching the city gate.
I saw the shouts of the Khitan army shaking the sky. The front troops rushed towards the city wall fearlessly, like crucian carp crossing the river. Even the dense rain of arrows could not stop their offensive for a while. Not long after, Khitan soldiers rushed under the city wall.
Murong Bo bent his bow and set an arrow, and immediately killed several of them, but soon Khitan soldiers came from behind to catch up.
"We can't let them set up ladders. Archers stop them!"
Seeing the ladders being moved over, Zongze ordered.
Murong Bo's archery skills were quite good, and he no longer paid attention to the miscellaneous soldiers. His arrows were flying quickly, and in the blink of an eye he killed six or seven Khitan soldiers carrying ladders.
But every time he kills a person, another person will make up for it. It is impossible to stop this momentum.
In less than half an hour, the Khitan army rushed under the city wall, set up the ladder, and climbed up.
Zongze ordered the Five Elements Flag in an orderly manner to use tools to push the ladder away from the city wall, and at the same time throw down rolling logs, boulders and other objects. As a burst of screams came one after another, many Khitan soldiers were hit until their brains exploded and died. The strong smell of blood spread along the city wall.
The attack was resisted for a long time, until all the boulders and rolling logs were used up, and the corpses were piled high under the city. Zongze ordered the pouring of kerosene. When a rocket was shot out, a sea of fire immediately ignited under the city wall, forcing the Khitan soldiers to Don't dare to get close.
The fire burned for several hours until the bodies and rolling logs were burned to ashes and the thick black smoke dispersed.
After the Khitan soldiers saw that the fire had subsided, they continued to set up ladders to attack the city. The mighty army charged, but no trace of damage was caused by the previous offensive and defensive battle.
Zongze ordered the deputy general to fire two arrows. The harsh arrows dragged long white smoke straight into the sky. Han Baizhan and Murong Fu, who were located at the east gate and west gate, immediately rushed out of the city gate with more than 10,000 men each. Break out from the enemy's flank.
Murong Fu held a spear in his hand and was invincible. Although the white robe and silver armor were stained with a few bright reds, they were like a few plum blossoms floating on the snow, killing the enemy invisible in the wind, snow and frost.
You Tanzhi and Yue Laosan were also fierce generals with one against a hundred. The three of them took the lead in the charge, and quickly killed the enemy to the point where they were knocked off their backs. They were knocked out of their bodies, leaving a gap, as if they were in an uninhabited land.
Although there was only one Fengbo Evil beside Han Baizhan, in the team behind him, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man in red armor was also very brave. He carried a long bow on his back and held two maces. He was like a god of war descending from the earth. He rushed towards him and killed at least two enemies. More than ten.
This man's name was Niu Gao, and he was the man whom Bai Zhan and Zong Ze were competing for.
Although Han Baizhan sent Niu Gao back after that incident, Zongze was not a petty person. Within a few days, he sent Niu Gao to the vanguard camp and followed Han Baizhan into battle to kill the enemy.
After all, if such a talent stays in the Five Elements Banner, it will not only be a loss for him, Zongze, but also a loss for the entire rebel army.
He can still distinguish clearly between right and wrong.
And Niu Gao lived up to expectations. Under the training of Han Baizhan, he fully displayed his abilities. Although he is only a centurion now, after being tempered by this battle, he will definitely achieve great things in the future.
Niu Gao was no longer the dazed young man he was when he first joined the rebel army. He knew that this was a great opportunity for him to make a contribution. With a Hummer on his hip, he ran rampant in the enemy camp, truly fearless.
The light cavalry led by Murong Fu and Han Baizhan did have a big impact on the Khitan army after a rush, but Halchara was not an easy person, and soon sent two cavalry of 30,000 people from both sides of the army. Outflanking the forward army, hoping to trap the cavalry led by the two men in the camp.
Zongze, aware of Halchara's intentions, immediately asked Li Shishi to change the drum sound and guide the two men with two flags on the city wall.
When Murong Fu and Han Baizhan saw this, they understood immediately, rushed out of the formation before the Khitan cavalry surrounded them, and galloped away into the distance.
"Big Chief, these rebels are really cunning. Should we pursue them?"
Seeing Murong Fu and Han Baizhan's cavalry escaping from the encirclement, a tribal leader next to Halzala couldn't help but ask.
Halchara said: "These two cavalry are well-trained, brave and good at fighting. I think they should be the elite force of the rebels. As long as they are held back, our remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses can definitely capture the city easily." !”
"Order them to pursue the rebels!"
Halchara ordered.
As the two big flags waved in the air and the horn sounded, the commanders of the Khitan cavalry also chased in the direction where Murong Fu and Han Baizhan fled.
With the 30,000 cavalry they each lead, they are naturally not afraid of the mere 10,000 people from the two of them!
Looking at the dragged vanguard battalion and the left and right armies, Zongze could only choose to believe them and calmly commanded the rebels on the city wall to resist the Khitan army.
Without the surprise attack by the two rebel cavalry, Halchara once again sent 30,000 troops to press forward, and continued to mobilize troops and generals to reinforce the troops.
Under the smoke of war, the sky gradually darkened. As a last resort, Zongze used bamboo fire harriers and gunpowder arrows, which barely resisted the impact of the Khitan army and drove them back.
Seeing that the rebels still had such sharp weapons, Halchara saw that it was getting dark and had to withdraw his troops first.
After all, no one has the upper hand in a night battle, especially since the rebels are in a commanding position and have control of gunpowder, which makes it even more inconvenient for them to attack the city. Halchara never thought that he could capture Liaoyang Mansion in one day. After this After one day's consumption, the rebels could only hold on for another seven days at most.
But this time he had prepared enough food, grass and military supplies. The longer the delay was, the better it would be for them.
Perhaps he had won too many battles, and it was rare to meet an enemy commander with brains. Zongze also felt a headache, and finally understood why Murong Fu wanted to kill the opponent.
As he is now, he would also like to kill Khaleda quickly. Such a well-led coach is really difficult to deal with.
If the opponent is determined to fight a war of attrition with them, the rebels may not be able to hold on for long.
"Miss Li, can you contact King Yan now?"
Zongze looked at Master Li and asked.
Since Murong Fu and Han Baizhan were pursued by the enemy's cavalry, they did not withdraw from the east and west city gates in time. This was not part of their plan, which made Zongze a little worried.
Master Li took out a bag of tips and handed it to Zongze and said, "He asked me to give this to you. After reading it, you will definitely understand."
Zongze raised his eyebrows and thought, why are you taking out such an important thing now?
He couldn't wait to open the bag and check it out. After reading the contents, his expression was surprised and confused. He wanted to ask Master Li something, but he gave up after considering that this man didn't know much about marching and fighting.
Now apart from Murong Bo, Han Baizhan is not here either. It can be said that he doesn't even have anyone to discuss with, so he can only wait silently for news from Murong Fu and the others.
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Murong Fu glanced at the chasing Khitan cavalry behind him. He had no intention of stopping and fighting them to the death, but instead led his troops to run in one direction.
After running for a long time, seeing the sky was getting close to dusk, Murong Fu turned around and ran towards a valley of rocks.
The Khitan cavalry followed closely behind.
When they were about to enter the valley, Murong Fu asked everyone to divide into two teams and pass by the stone wall.
Although I don't know why this happened, the two armies on the left and right still followed the orders in an orderly manner. The two horses rode side by side and slowly entered the rocky valley from the side of the road.
As a result, the marching speed was naturally slowed down several times, and they were quickly pursued by the Khitan cavalry behind them.
Fortunately, after the last ray of sunset faded, the whole world was only covered with a faint silver glow, allowing the rebels to successfully enter the valley at the last moment.
The commander of the Khitan cavalry looked around and realized that there was no chance of a large army ambushing here, so he led 30,000 cavalrymen and rushed toward the valley.
