On the viewing platform in front of the Liao army, Yelu Zongyuan was in a state of excitement after the battle began. Although the cold wind blew so hard that people couldn't breathe. Although the dust was flying and smoke was blinding from time to time. Although the strong wind blew the battlefield
The bloody and stinky smell blew up, making people almost nauseous. But all this was nothing as the battle progressed.
After several hours of fierce fighting, when the huge body of the roller coaster leaned against the city wall, and when a steady stream of troops and horses from his own side rushed to the top of the city, Yelu Zongyuan laughed loudly. Yesterday, he was upset and angry because of the failure of the siege. Today,
Then everything became clear. What does it mean when the roller coaster reaches the city wall? It means that Liaoyang Mansion is about to be defeated. It turns out that it only takes two days to defeat Liaoyang Mansion. The first day is bitter, and the second day is sweet. This is called bitterness and sweetness.
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The civil and military officials also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that victory is in sight. The Jurchen's personal problem can finally be solved, and the emperor will not be angry. If Liaoyang Mansion cannot be captured, I don't know what the outcome will be. The emperor may be furious.
Angry, everyone is afraid that they will not have a good life. In the past few days since Yelu Zongyuan came to the throne, Daliao has not been quiet, and the civil and military officials have not been peaceful. After the Jurchens are destroyed, the emperor should let the entire Liao recuperate.
Let's live a peaceful life.
Of course, everyone also understands that just because the city wall has been breached, it does not mean that the city can be taken. The Jurchens are resisting desperately. They are a group of tough savages who are not afraid of death. If they want to take the city, they must kill them all.
Success. But this should only be a matter of time. As long as you maintain the offensive and use your own numerical advantage to crush the opponent, capturing Liaoyang is not a problem. Because at this moment, it is actually equivalent to a frontal battle. After all the roller coasters are on the city wall, the two sides are actually
It's the same as a field battle. It's just that the battlefield is on a narrow city wall.
The aerial vehicle finally achieved success, and many ministers began to flatter Yelu Zongyuan, praising his wise decision of waiting for the siege equipment to arrive before launching the attack. This cannot actually be regarded as flattery, because after yesterday's siege,
, everyone has seen the strength of the Jurchens’ defense system and their bravery in combat. Without the suppression of the catapults and the failure to destroy the opponent’s massive defensive measures at the top of the city, the consequences would have been disastrous. If it hadn’t been for the Yunxiao Chariot that had built the fastest way to the city today.
The passage of the city wall is probably still struggling under the city at this moment. Only a few tribal leaders looked a little embarrassed. For example, Meng Sa Ge, who accused Yelu Zongyuan of delaying the attack time at the meeting last night, hid far away at this moment.
He refused to let Yelu Zongyuan's eyes glance at him.
I don't know when, Yelu Zongyuan noticed that the wind suddenly stopped, and he had a bad premonition. The strong wind suddenly stopped, which was a sign of snow falling. He was very reluctant to see it snowing at this moment. However, the weather did not go as planned.
, as he murmured curses, the snow fell, and soon turned into heavy snow. The situation on the battlefield was no longer visible at all, but it was obvious that the city had not been broken yet, and it was snowing at this time.
It's time. Such heavy snow only needs to fall until dark, and the ground will be covered with snow and the roads will be difficult to travel. The army's current supply of food and grass is almost exhausted every day, and it depends entirely on the replenishment of food trucks and horses. Once a heavy snowfall, the impact will be immediate.
If we cannot spend the night in Liaoyang City tonight, the whole army may be hungry and cold outside the city tomorrow.
"It's over, it's snowing heavily, what should we do? Today's grain truck has not arrived yet, but tomorrow's army will
We may be running out of food. Your Majesty, can we still attack this city? It looks like it won't be possible for a while." An official said in panic, looking at the heavy snow in the sky.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is still too late to withdraw the troops at this moment. The army can withdraw to Qianzhou to garrison before the snow makes it impossible for the carriages and horses to move. Although Qianzhou is small, at least the soldiers and horses will not have to suffer from hunger and cold. It will also be easier to supply. "An official echoed worriedly.
Yelv Zongyuan shouted sternly: "Withdraw the troops? Are you asking me to withdraw the troops at this time? Are you crazy? I am about to capture Liaoyang Mansion. At this moment, I should attack with all my strength to capture Liaoyang Mansion. Liaoyang Mansion is close at hand, but you are not Want to go back to Qianzhou? It’s a big joke.”
"But my father... I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture Liaoyang Mansion in a short time. The Jurchens resisted fiercely. After planning to break through the city wall, I am afraid that they will not withdraw from the city, fearing that there will be a fierce battle in the city. This battle is afraid It may not be over until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Yelu Chun, standing aside, muttered in a low voice.
"What did you say? Idiot! You actually said such things to me at this time? Trash!" Yelu Zongyuan cursed angrily and raised his hand to give Yelu Chun a big mouth. The slap made Yelu Chun's eyes flash with gold and he quickly knelt down to apologize. .
Yelu Zongyuan shouted loudly: "Send the order, all the soldiers and horses are pressed forward, and all the generals must go with me to attack the city. Liaoyang must be captured before dark. If they want to fight in the streets, we will attack the streets inch by inch." The blood has been washed away. How can we retreat at this time?"
Yelu Zongyuan threw off his brocade robe, revealing his shining armor. He reached out and drew out the scimitar from his waist, with an angry look on his face, looking extremely majestic.
"It is really necessary to work hard at this time, and it is really a pity to give up at this moment. However, the emperor does not need to ask himself to attack the city. Just let the generals lead their troops to attack." Han Yanshou hurriedly discouraged him in a low voice.
Yelv Zongyuan said coldly: "No, if I don't personally supervise the battle, I'm afraid there will be no progress. I want the soldiers to know that I am with them. I will live and die with them."
With the trumpet blowing, Yelu Zongyuan led the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses in the army and rushed to the battlefield in the wind and snow. Most of these 100,000 soldiers and horses were cavalry. The reason why they were kept in the rear was precisely to prevent The other side will send cavalry to sneak attack the rear. Moreover, most of these 100,000 soldiers and horses are the elites of Yelu Zongyuan's direct lineage. Yelu Zongyuan is not willing to let them be used as cannon fodder. But at this moment, it is time to be desperate.
Yelu Zongyuan's arrival at the siege front line did seem to have a somewhat encouraging effect on morale. The Liao soldiers seemed to work harder when they learned that the emperor was personally attacking the city. But in fact, the main reason why they seemed to be encouraged was The reason was that there were an extra 100,000 troops. Those 100,000 soldiers and horses joined the battlefield, which immediately changed the situation of the entire battlefield. The Jurchens were crazy and fearless at the top of the city to block the attack. Not only were they good at hand-to-hand combat, , and they would throw their weapons together to kill people. It was obviously a hand-to-hand fight, but they could kill people before they got close. When it came to close-hand fights, they clung to the tall Liao soldiers like monkeys. , biting their teeth, hitting with their elbows, and wiping their necks with sharp knives like wild beasts. The city wall was originally a narrow place, and it was extremely troublesome to be entangled with them. Sometimes you cut them off with a knife, but you also killed your own brothers. It was really It's very annoying.
The Liao army that attacked the city
The number actually exceeds the number of Jurchens, but the losses in hand-to-hand combat are no less than the losses during the attack on the city wall. Although the number of Jurchen soldiers and horses is also decreasing rapidly, they have been compressed to dozens of sections of the city wall.
They were unable to completely occupy the city wall. The Jurchens even destroyed all the stairs on the inside of the city wall. They used to go up and down the city by building huge movable wooden stairs to ensure the supply of supplies. But now, these wooden stairs
They were all far away from the city wall and overturned on the ground inside the city wall. Wanyan Aguda seemed to have cut off the retreat of his soldiers and horses in this way, leaving all the Jurchen soldiers and horses with no way to retreat, leaving them with the only option to fight with all their strength.
There is still a way to go. It’s scary just thinking about it.
Under this situation, the Liao army was unable to enter the city even though they broke through the city wall. This was because they could only enter the city from the remaining steps on both sides of the city wall after occupying the entire city wall and three towers.
In order to occupy the city gate, people could move away the sandbags, stones, horses and other objects that were blocked in the city gate, and open the passage into the city. Before that, they had to be forced to fight with the Jurchens on the city wall to the death.
The addition of 100,000 soldiers and horses put great pressure on the Jurchens. They were a new force and well-equipped, and they were extremely lethal to the Jurchens. A large section of the wall on the north side of the West City was quickly destroyed by Yelucai and the chief of the Blackwater tribe.
The four thousand fresh troops led by Zhenggang were cleared. Under attack from two sides, more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers were all killed on the city wall. After the two armies joined forces, another Liao army from the north joined, Yelucai and Xiao Zhenggang.
After all, it was decided to storm the west city gate tower. Only by taking down the tower could the city be completely broken. Only then could a large number of Liao troops outside the city enter the city without being restricted by the terrain, giving full play to their huge advantage in military strength and sweeping the entire city.
A few hundred steps away from the city, Yelu Zongyuan was riding on a tall horse and looked nervously in the direction of the city. Although he said he wanted to fight in person, he did not really fight side by side with the soldiers. He only stopped a few hundred steps away from the city.
There is only a little outline of Liaoyang City in front of us. The white snow is falling, and the visibility is extremely poor. The huge side city is right in front of us, but only a little shadow can be seen. The fierce shouts of killing in the heavy snow are deafening, and
From where Yelu Zongyuan was, he couldn't see anything. It was as if someone had covered his eyes with a white cloth and became blind.
"Your Majesty, the eldest prince and Chief Xiao have launched a fierce attack on the city tower. The eldest prince said that the only way to completely break the city is to capture the city tower. The eldest prince ordered the villain to come and report to the emperor." A soldier rushed from the heavy snow and headed towards
Reported by Yelu Zongyuan.
Yelu Zongyuan nodded happily and said: "Okay, tell Yelu Cai that I will go to help him. I will watch him from below the city gate when he captures the city gate. If he captures the city gate, I will credit him with great merit."
The soldier promised loudly and ran away. A deafening cry of killing came from the city in front. That sound was the cry of killing of the Daliao soldiers. Yelv Zongyuan was really itchy and couldn't bear it, so he decided to get as close as possible to the west city gate.
Seeing the progress of the battle at the top of the city, he wanted to watch with his own eyes the moment when the city tower was broken. So he galloped forward, ignoring the persuasion of everyone around him, and galloped forward. When he was three hundred steps away from the city gate, Yelu Zong
Yuan Lema stood still. Although he could still see very clearly, it was enough. Yelu Zongyuan did not want to enter the core of the battlefield. He had to consider his own safety. He would not be stupid enough to actually take the lead.
