Monument Yangmen

Chapter 816 Digging!
Good Mizukawa.

The icy northwest wind whizzed by.

Even in summer, I still feel a bit bitter.

Haoshuichuan Fortress is just at the position of Taniguchi, so it is even colder.

Huo Hongye accompanied Wang Xing to patrol the fortress. The group was tired from walking, so they found a sunny place and sat down to rest.

Wang Xing yawned and wanted to take a sip.

Thinking of being on patrol, I held back again.

Huo Hongye took a water bottle from the backpack behind him and handed it to Wang Xing.

Wang Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and said in astonishment, "It's still warm..."

Huo Hongye grinned, and said proudly: "The kettles we use are all specially made, and they are heavier than the ones you use, because they are double-layered and have a better heat preservation effect."

Wang Xingba clicked his mouth, took another sip of water, and said with emotion: "Your treatment is good. We have been on patrol for almost three hours. The water in our kettle has become cold for a long time. The water in your kettle is still cold. Warm."

Huo Hongye said seriously: "Your Majesty once said that drinking cold water is cool, but it is not good for your body. Those of us who run outside all the year round should pay more attention. Your Majesty understands us, that's why we let the craftsmen make this kind of water bottle specially. .”

Wang Xing nodded slowly, "Your Majesty is still so wise... When the old man was young, he liked to drink cold water, especially the cold water that just came out of the well.

But when you get old, if you drink that ice water again, the tooth flower will be frozen to death..."

Huo Hongye was stunned, unable to laugh or cry: "If you always like it, this kettle will be given to you."

Hearing this, Wang Xing stared and said, "Is this old man greedy for your water bottle? I don't want it from you. I believe that one day, His Majesty will give all our soldiers the same water bottle."

Huo Hongye smiled wryly and shook his head.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old doll stared at the kettle curiously, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa Wang, can you show me?"

Wang Xing glared at the little guy, and reprimanded him pretending to be very angry: "You son of a bitch, you are curious about everything you see. One day, this curiosity will kill you."

Although he was reprimanding Gouwazi, Wang Xing still passed the water bottle in his hand to the little guy.

Gou Wazi rolled up his wide sleeves, took the water bottle carefully, and played with it fondly.

Sudden.

"Whoosh~"

There was an arrow sound.

The sharp arrow pierced the water bottle in Gouwazi's hand and flew into Gouwazi's throat.

With a smile on his face, Gouwazi fell to the ground with blood spurting from his throat.

"Goofy?!"

Wang Xing yelled heart-piercingly, and rushed towards Gou Wazi.

Huo Hongye quickly grabbed Wang Xing and shouted at the rest of the people.

"The Liao people are attacking! Run!"

"Goofy!"

Huo Hongye dragged Wang Xing into the fortress.

Wang Xing stared, Lao Tear raised his withered hands to grab Gouwazi.

Huo Hongye knew that Wang Xing was sad.

But he couldn't let go of Wang Xing.

The enemy's arrows shot Gouwazi dead in the blink of an eye.

Indicates that the enemy has fallen close.

In the next moment, it is very likely that even Wang Xing will be pierced by Yi's arrow.

Huo Hongye dragged Wang Xing while running back, took out a whistle from his bosom, and blew it vigorously.

When the old soldiers on guard in the fortress heard the whistle, they looked over to where Huo Hongye and his party were.

Stand tall and see far.

They could clearly see that behind Huo Hongye, Wang Xing and the others, a Liao Army scout with a team of one hundred people was advancing rapidly.

"Immediately send people to meet Chief Huo, and the remaining brothers fight back with bed crossbows, and shoot these bastards to death for me. Then go to the camp, call all the brothers, and go up to the fortress wall."

Liu Pianjiang roared out these words.

Then he looked deeply at the Liao army scouts approaching outside the city.

"The Liao people are here!"

"Puff puff~"

Arrows fell from the walls of the fortress.

The advancing Liao Army scouts were attacked.

They quickly found a hiding place, and then fired back with arrows.

In the scout team, there are sharpshooters from the Liao people, who are constantly shooting arrows, reaping the lives of the patrolling soldiers.

Huo Hongye was also unavoidably hit by an arrow.

When Huo Hongye dragged Wang Xing to the gate of the fortress, the people who had already been at the gate quickly opened a crack in the gate, and then welcomed Huo Hongye and Wang Xing into the gate.

Wait until the two go in.

The door was immediately shut.

Entered the fort.

Huo Hongye let go of Wang Xing's arm with a sigh of relief.

Wang Xing rushed towards the door like a madman.

"Why did you close the door? The dolls are still outside."

"Go and leave them alone, they are still dolls!"

"..."

Wang Xing rushed out crying and howling.

Two old pawns guarding the gate stopped him.

They also had red eyes.

One of the old soldiers guarding the gate said in a hoarse and low voice: "We saw it clearly on the city wall just now. Except for the two of you, all the others were shot and killed by the sharpshooters of the Liao army."

"Damn it, they're still kids..."

Wang Xing screamed.

"Why is it not the old man who died, but their group of children. The old man's life is worthless, and the dog boy is the only child in the family. Now that he is dead, after the old man returns, how will I explain to my old brother... how Confession..."

With tears in his eyes, Huo Hongye said to Wang Xing in a heavy voice: "Uncle Wang... this is war..."

"Woooooooo..."

Wang Xing sat paralyzed on the ground, crying like a one-month-old baby.

The rest of the people couldn't cry like Wang Xing.

After closing the gate of the fortress.

The gatekeeper quickly sealed the gate of the fortress with sandbags and bluestones.

The scouts of the Liao people, when they appeared, there were hundreds of them.

This shows that it is not a small force that came to attack Haoshuichuan this time, but a strong army of the Liao people.

After Huo Hongye settled the weeping and fainting Wang Xing, he hurriedly climbed up the city wall with other veterans.

After reaching the top of the city.

Looking at the scene outside the city, Huo Hongye took a deep breath.

Outside the fortress, a Liao army was in darkness, slowly approaching the fortress.

"How many Liao people are here?"

Someone swallowed their saliva and asked a question.

General Liu Pian, who was standing in the middle of the city wall, held a knife handle in one arm, and said in a gloomy voice, "About [-]...and they are all elites of the Liao army...Looking at the banners, they should be soldiers and horses from Yelu Xiezhen's troops." ..."

After a pause, Liu Pianjiang said in a deep voice: "Yelu Xiezhen is a famous Liao general who does not belong to Yeluxiu, but because he has been fighting against Jurchen, Goryeo and other places all the year round, his reputation is not obvious. But the soldiers under his command are all He is a veteran of hundreds of battles, and his strength cannot be underestimated."

Take a look at the old, weak, sick and disabled on the city wall, and then look at the Liao army soldiers with sound limbs and powerful martial arts outside.

Huo Hongye had a bad feeling in his heart.

Don't be optimistic about the large number of people in Shuichuan Fortress.

But the combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to that of the Liao army outside.

Once this battle is fought.

I'm afraid it will be very tragic.

Huo Hongye approached Liu Pianjiang, frowned and asked: "The enemy is powerful, we should stick to it and ask for help."

Liu Pianjiang nodded solemnly, "I have already sent out the messenger asking for help... But... Yan Kingdom is now fighting everywhere, and I am afraid that there are not many soldiers and horses who can rush over to help us in time...

The soldiers and horses closest to us are the Iron Cavalry Army and Ranger Army at Sanshan Pass...

It's just that they are now being dragged by the large formation of the Liao people. Even if they abandon the Sanshan Pass and come back to help, I'm afraid it will take three days. "

Liu Pianjiang slowly clenched his fists and said solemnly: "So... these three days, we have to rely on ourselves..."

"Gudu...can you beat him?"

A young soldier swallowed secretly and interjected hesitantly.

"Hahaha... Are you afraid, little guy? What are the Liao people? They are just a group of chickens and dogs. Back then, when His Majesty rode out of the Fuxing Pass alone and fought in and out of the Liao army formation, it was like entering a deserted place." territory.

Therefore, the Liao people have nothing to fear at all.

When the Liao people attack the city, you just hide behind me and watch how I killed the Liao people. "

An old soldier saw that the soldiers were a little timid, and immediately spoke words of comfort cheerfully.

The little soldiers seemed very excited after hearing the comforting words of the old soldier.

"Yes! Kill them to the bum."

"I'm going to chop off the heads of the Liao people one by one, string them together, and tie them around my waist. I'll show them to my neighbors when I go back, and see who dares to call me a fool..."

"..."

The little soldiers were bragging excitedly.

As if the Liao people were grasshoppers, they could easily be trampled to death.

The old soldiers did not expose the lie of the old soldier who said comforting words. They even had smiles on their faces, as if they agreed with what he said.

If you just look carefully, you will find that the smiles on the faces of the old soldiers are very stiff.

Obviously, they knew that this battle was not optimistic.

When the dark Liao army rushed to the outside of the fortress, the old soldiers on the city wall were already ready to fight.

There is no need for anyone to deliberately order, these veterans will consciously guard the positions they should guard according to their different types of arms.

Besides.

Behind them, there are still those little soldiers who have just entered the battlefield.

After the Liao army arrived at the city, they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but sent a messenger to the front of the two armies.

The messenger carried a small flag and circled outside the fortress.

Then he sternly shouted to the old soldiers on the top of the city: "My general has an order that all those who surrender can be slaves. If you don't surrender, after the city is broken, the city must be slaughtered, and no chickens or dogs will be left behind..."

"Whoosh~"

The Liao army messenger outside the city hadn't finished speaking.

The bow of the bed on the top of the city rang.

The sharp crossbow shot out violently, piercing through the messenger of the Liao army, and pinning him to the ground with his horse and man.

"Pooh!"

The old soldier who fired the crossbow gun spat, and said to the stunned soldier beside him, "Did you see that, one crossbow at a time. As many Liao people come, kill as many."

The corner of Xiaobing's mouth twitched and he said in a low voice: "Uncle Ge... When Mr. Ge taught us to read, he once said that when the two armies are fighting, they should not be beheaded."

The old soldier froze when he heard the words, and asked the soldier with a dark face, "Did you hear what the Liao man said just now?"

The soldier nodded heavily.

The old pawn asked again, "Then do you know that His Majesty once said something?"

The soldier looked at the old soldier in confusion.

The old pawn curled his lips, and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty said that I, a man of the Han family, would rather die standing up than live on my knees. If you get used to kneeling, your bones will become soft, and it will be difficult to get up again. "

After saying this, the old pawn also shouted to other old pawns in the four states: "Are there any of you who are willing to kneel to survive? If so, go down now, go kneeling to find the Liao people, call them grandpa, and see them Let me not let you live."

"Bah! Only the enemy has always called us grandpa. How can we call our grandson grandpa? Wouldn't that mess up the seniority?"

"Ever since His Majesty lifted me up, my knees haven't softened."

"A dog can't spit out ivory... His Majesty won't make us kneel, what are they?"

"What's the use of saying so much, just pick up a knife and chop. Whoever loves the grandson."

"..."

The veterans hurled insults.

The old soldier called Uncle Ge laughed loudly.

He winked at the little soldier behind him and said, "Did you see that? This is the man of our Han family, the man of the Han family in Yan Kingdom. He is the only one in the world, and no one kneels.

Therefore, the Liao people said that, not to persuade them to surrender, but to provoke them.

Damn it! "

Liu Pianjiang in the distance heard the old soldier's words from a long distance away. He rolled his eyes with a dark face, but he didn't blame the old soldier for making claims and shooting the messenger.

In Liu Pianjiang's view.

These old guys set foot on the battlefield again, just to come desperately.

How can there be any reason to admit cowardice if you haven't fought for your life yet?

As for trying your best and then admitting to cowardice, that really doesn't matter.

Anyway, the head has already been lost, who cares about other things.

Moreover, in Liu Pianjiang's view, there is another advantage for the old soldier to shoot and kill the Liao messenger.

That is to cut off the retreat of all the revival veterans in the fortress, so that the timid ones have no chance to surrender.

There is only a last stand.

On the fortress of Haoshuichuan, watching everyone laughing and laughing, the atmosphere behind it is actually very dignified.

And outside the fortress of Haoshuichuan.

Yelu Xiezhen sat astride the horse, watched the messenger being killed, and frowned slightly, "Yang Yansi is worthy of being a hero of a generation, and in just a few years, the people of Yan Kingdom have such arrogance.

If things go on like this, who else can make the Yan people bow their heads...

Unfortunately, all this will be a thing of the past.

The country of Yan will eventually be defeated by our Liao people.

Everything starts from this good water. "

After a few words of emotion, Yelu Xiezhen glanced at the guards beside him, and ordered coldly, "Send the order and attack the city..."

The guard hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Do you really want to use that method?"

Yelu Xiezhen looked at the guards indifferently, and said calmly: "Return the way of the other to the other, is there a better tactic than this?"

The guard nodded respectfully and went down to deliver the order.

Follow the order of the guards.

The Liao army outside the city subconsciously parted ways.

Then a frame of catapults was pushed to the front of the two armies.

Seeing this frame of catapults, I feel this familiar routine.

Huo Hongye on Haoshuichuan Fortress was slightly taken aback.

"This... seems to be the tactic His Majesty used to attack Youzhou City..."

Huo Hongye muttered to himself.

Liu Pianjiang said in amazement: "The Liao people use His Majesty's tactics?"

Huo Hongye said with a bitter face: "It's easy to use! Otherwise, why would the Liao people follow suit?"

General Liu Pian had never experienced the battle in Youzhou City. When Yang Qi was attacking Youzhou, General Liu Pian was at Gubeikou.

Regarding the battle in Youzhou City, he only listened to the explanation, and did not witness it with his own eyes.

Huo Hongye had witnessed that battle with his own eyes, so he naturally knew the characteristics of this tactic.

Liu Pianjiang humbly asked: "How to break this tactic?"

Huo Hongye sighed, "Let's dig a hole..."

　Two more tonight... I have to get up early tomorrow morning, I have something... What's the matter?Unspeakable!As a fat man, I probably have to go farther and farther on the road of blind dates...

　　
　
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