Chapter 423 The sadness of the corners of the mouth
In a tentative attack, 5,000 men and horses have been pressed forward. Isn't that enough? Moreover, the casualties have exceeded 1,000 people. If you don't really want to take down Cangzhou City, aren't there enough people killed?
Huo Yan found the answer from Yeluji's cold gaze from afar. It was not enough! Huo Yan knew what King Nanmian Palace had planned. He was not a direct descendant of Youzhou, and as soon as the army arrived in Cangzhou, King Nanmian Palace sent
Someone brought him a box full of gold and silver jewelry, as well as a blond beauty who was said to come from the Western Regions. Huo Yan was not a reckless fool, so he naturally knew why Yeluji wanted to win over him. Unfortunately, he was
There is no bright hope in Yeluji. The great Yelu Xiongji is invincible.
Therefore, he politely sent the lobbyist out of his big tent, and then sent his soldiers to carry the box and the beautiful woman, and sent them back to Yeluji intact. That night, Yeluji personally came to his big tent.
Quite unexpectedly, Yeluji did not persuade him tactfully, but directly stated his plan. Huo Yan was really shocked by Yeluji's rebellious words.
Huo Yan promised not to report Yeluji's betrayal, but he also would not agree to Yeluji's request to lower his status. The reason was because he knew that Yeluji would never succeed. There is no doubt that Yeluji had outlined a plan
An almost perfect ending, a new country full of hope. Very tempting, very exciting, but unrealistic.
Therefore, although Huo Yan gave a guarantee, he knew that Yeluji would definitely hate him. These tentative or suicidal attacks were all carried out by his men. He understood Yeluji's purpose of doing this.
What is it, Yeluji wanted to kill all his men, make him a lonely man, and make him a shame.
But what can Huo Yan do?
Yeluji was the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, and his military actions were decided by his words. He was just a general. Although he had 20,000 soldiers under his command, he could not resist.
He looked at Yeluji and took a deep breath.
Slowly turning around, Huo Yan ordered his soldiers: "Order, the whole army is coming!"
"General! There are only less than 10,000 troops left in our battalion. We have already pressed up to 5,000, and there are more than 4,000 brothers. Is the King of Nanmian Palace trying to drive out our battalion and kill them all?!"
The soldier said angrily.
"Shut up! Anyone who talks about right and wrong and shakes the morale of the army will be killed!"
He turned around and glanced coldly at the 10,000 men in the rear group. They were the men of General Yelu Yanqi. In this attack on the city, because more than half of the men and horses in his camp had been lost, Yelu Yanqi allocated 10,000 men from his men.
He left the people under the command of Huo Yan. Huo Yan knew that Yelu Yanqi did not have such good intentions. These ten thousand people were not so much here to help attack the city as to monitor and supervise him. Yelu Yanqi and Yelu Ji
He knew the relationship between them very well.
"You are all eagles on the grassland, and you are all my most capable subordinates. Doesn't the King of Nanmian Palace want to take Cangzhou? Then let's show the King today whether the children under my command have this power! Put the wolf-headed banner
Put it on the head of Cangzhou City and show them what it means to be a man!"
"yes!"
The soldier gritted his teeth, jumped on his horse, and shouted the order: "General, the whole army has been ordered!"
Although the soldiers under Huo Yan were resistant, they still chose to obey the orders. The Khitan military regulations were very strict. Those who did not obey orders would not only be killed without mercy, but also their families would be implicated. Originally, the Khitan people were warlike and had a bad temper.
They were rough, but under the iron-blooded control of Yelu Xiongji, the Khitan people had very good military discipline and were very serious.
The remaining four thousand people are all cavalry. Using cavalry to attack a city is simply a matter of death.
"dismount!"
Huo Yan jumped off the horse and ordered loudly.
Four thousand cavalrymen jumped off their horses neatly and stood in a neat queue.
"Children! The King of Nanmian Palace said that he will take Cangzhou as a gift to His Majesty today. This gift to His Majesty will be created by you with your own hands! Your life and my life are all given by Your Majesty. Even though
Even if you die in battle, you won’t complain. You are all good sons of Daliao. Are you afraid of the weak and weak crossbow arrows shot by the Han people on the city wall?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Kill them all!"
Huo Yan raised his arms and shouted: "If you take Cangzhou City, the money and women will be yours!"
"Kill them all!"
Four thousand cavalrymen who abandoned their horses, holding a scimitar in one hand and a round shield in the other, rushed towards Cangzhou City under the leadership of Huo Yan. At this time, the thousands of cavalrymen who started to press forward were already setting up ladders, but
The Cangzhou Army was fully prepared. As soon as the ladder was erected, they used long hooks to push it down. Stones kept falling, and smoke fell again and again. The piles of dead bodies under the city were getting higher and higher. Blood seeped into the ground,
The earth was dyed black.
The Khitans were not good at siege warfare, and they were not very well prepared for this trip south. All the siege equipment was only built after arriving in Cangzhou. In particular, they lacked heavy siege weapons and catapults. But this
It's just what they see on the surface. The soldiers may not know it, but Huo Yan knows that there is a trebuchet in the baggage camp, and it is also a powerful weapon called a trebuchet. This kind of trebuchet was invented by the Persians.
The machine gun can throw a boulder weighing 300 kilograms 500 meters, which is definitely a powerful weapon for siege.
The Persians' research on trebuchets was indeed very advanced. The trebuchet cannons they produced were much more powerful than the human-powered trebuchets currently used in the Central Plains.
But Huo Yan also knew that Yeluji would not give him the powerful trebuchet cannon. In the back camp, the Persians hired by Gao Jin were drinking and having fun in the big tent. From Xi
The beautiful women of the human tribe are carefully serving those hateful guys.
Huo Yan could not resist Yeluji's order. He could only use the most brutal way to declare his pride and anger.
Soldiers should die on the battlefield.
However, he felt aggrieved in his heart.
Huo Yan drew out his scimitar, pointed at Cangzhou City and shouted: "Kill them all!"
Four thousand Khitan cavalry gave up their horses and ran on their own legs, rushing towards Cangzhou City. Han Zhigu, the director of the South Palace, looked at Yeluji indifferently, and the muscles on his face twitched.
For a moment, but in the end he didn't say a word. He actually wanted to tell Yeluji that doing so was wrong. He wanted to tell Yeluji that for a loyal person like Huo Yan, he should not be easily won over but must show kindness to him.
Express his magnanimous mind. Instead of forcing him to die like this. Han Zhigu is the Han prime minister of the Nanmian Palace. His fate has long been tied to Yeluji. One will be prosperous and one will suffer. He knows that Yelu
In fact, Ji Ji is a narrow-minded and stubborn person, and he also knows that such people are not easily persuaded. Only by letting Yelu Ji suffer some losses will he learn to remember.
Although Han Zhigu did not agree with Yeluji's approach, he did not think that it was not unacceptable to drive Huo Yan's subordinates to die. Moreover, as a Han Chinese, although he was in Yeluxiongji and
Yeluji had a certain status there, but he knew very well that the Khitan royal family still looked down on him in their hearts.
Finally, a ladder was erected steadily, and the Khitan soldiers climbed up the ladder to the top of the city! Seeing the hope of victory, the Khitan soldiers screamed and climbed up the ladder like crazy. But
Soon, the Khitan warrior who was the first to board the city was killed by the county soldiers sent by Zhuo Qingzhan to support him. The body was pushed down from the city wall, killing a Khitan soldier who was looking up with his head raised.
Soon, a second ladder was erected. After a highly skilled Khitan warrior climbed to the top of the city, he used a scimitar to cut a bloody path and guarded the ladder tightly behind him. Then, one, two,
Three, more and more Khitan soldiers climbed up, waving scimitars and joining the battle group.
The ramparts on the city wall have not yet been piled up, so once the Khitans occupy the city wall, they can quickly attack near the city gate and kill along the horse path. If the city gate is lost, with the thousands of remaining soldiers in the city, Cangzhou is
It can't be defended no matter what.
Zhuo Qingzhan waved the command flag and led a brigade of the second group of soldiers, but the hundred fresh troops rushed towards the gap. Fortunately, only this ladder stood firmly, and the Khitan soldiers who rushed to the city were
Not many. Under the attack of these hundred county soldiers, a dozen Khitan warriors were quickly killed. The brigade leader rushed up and stepped on the ladder. The ladder shook for a while but did not fall down.
The brigade leader shouted loudly and the soldiers pushed down the ladder together. A Khitan soldier just climbed up and stabbed the brigade leader's chest with a knife. The brigade leader looked down at the scimitar exposed on his chest and raised it.
At first, he glanced at the Khitan soldier holding the sword, suddenly shouted, jumped forward, hugged the Khitan soldier and fell straight down from the top of the city. The two of them hugged each other before falling to the ground. A group of Khitan soldiers
Surrounded them, regardless of the fact that there was one of their own companions below, more than a dozen machetes slashed at them like crazy. Before long, the two enemies hugging each other turned into a big puddle of meat. Are you among them?
I, you are in me.
The Khitan cavalry was still galloping back and forth, constantly suppressing the Cangzhou army on the city wall with bows and arrows. The first team of county soldiers defending the city had more than 400 casualties, and gaps appeared in many places. Zhuo Qingzhan watched the battle calmly
, but did not wave the flag to summon the second group of soldiers. He knew that if the second group of soldiers came up too fast, they would die quickly. He was still waiting for more Khitan people to come up before he could kill the second group of soldiers.
People press up.
Liu Ling sighed and said: "The literati's use of soldiers always lacks some firepower."
He stood up, drew out his huge blue sharp scimitar, bowed, lowered his head, the muscles on his legs instantly swelled, and then, like a leopard eyeing its prey, he moved as fast as
He rushed out thunderously.
Huo Yan had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall. He pointed at the top of the city and shouted: "Kill them, those two-legged sheep are vulnerable to a blow."
He turned around and asked his soldiers to follow him to the city. When he turned around, he happened to see his soldiers slowly and softly walking down. On his chest, a small piece of scimitar was exposed.
The tip of the knife. Yes, it's a scimitar.
Huo Yan suddenly realized something. As soon as he raised his scimitar, an equally sharp scimitar pierced him from behind, cutting his heart open easily. Huo Yan was stunned, and slowly turned around to look at him.
He recognized that the man who attacked him from behind was the bodyguard of Yeluji, the king of Nanmian Palace.
Poof, the guard in front cut Huo Yan's throat with a knife, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd.
The battle below the city was still fierce. Liu Ling rushed into the battle group with a sword. A magic sword flew around, and he quickly killed a dozen Khitans who had climbed onto the city wall.
At this moment, a Khitan man with blood on his body quietly appeared behind Yeluji, leaned over and said something in Yeluji's ear.
Yelu Ji raised his brows, and then a deep sadness appeared on his face: "Order General Yelu Yanqi's men to attack, no matter what, we must snatch the body of General Huo Yan back. He is a soldier of Daliao,
We can't let his body be insulted by those two-legged sheep."
His tone was full of sadness, sincere and affectionate, but why were the corners of his mouth raised slightly? (To be continued)
