Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 388 What is the crime of common people (1)

Turning from the south of the city to the east of the city, the distance of more than [-] steps was protected by the arrows at the top of the city. Wang Lin led the cavalry to run slowly.Qiu Shiba and other Yisheng Army infantry knew that if they fell behind, they would die, so they ran with all their strength, barely following behind the cavalry.

Because the Liao army has been concentrating on attacking the east of the city, the outside of the south city is still safe and sound. The Khitan cavalry in the distance saw the Song army cavalry leaving the city, and they did not dare to enter the range of bows and arrows at the top of the city. Go, some urge their horses while shouting warnings ahead.However, the cavalry of the Song Army had the advantage of the distance from the inner circle. Although they did not gallop at full speed, they were still ahead of the cavalry of Khitan.The sound of gold and iron in front of him, and the screams filled the eardrums. The fear in Qiu Shiba's heart had reached its peak, and he couldn't help but slow down.Team after team of Hedong cavalry turned around the corner of the city and disappeared, and the shouts of killing in front became more intense.Twenty or thirty pawns were about to land on the corner of the city, Qiu Shiba put his heart on hold and raised his shield on his head. Just as he rounded the corner of the city wall, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground. With a little strength, even if you turn around and want to run, you can't move your stiff legs.

Five steps away lay the corpses of two Liao soldiers. In the midsummer weather, their faces had long been rotten, their bones were half exposed, and they were covered with mosquitoes, flies and maggots.Farther away, there are more and more corpses, new and old, in various poses, scattered everywhere.Hundreds of Hedong cavalry stepped over the piles of corpses and rushed into the crowd of Liao soldiers who were attacking the city.Many cavalrymen's big guns were 'plugged' into the Liao army, and they were thrown away when they couldn't pull them out for a while.The cavalrymen pulled out three-foot-long iron rods, and while galloping their horses, they swung the short iron rods up and down. Those who were hit all fell to the ground crying.This iron rod was powerful and heavy, with thick iron cones and iron thorns cast on the head of the rod. No matter how thick the iron armor the Liao army wore, they could not resist it.Under the surprise attack of the cavalry of the Song army, only a few armored Liao troops stood in place and fought fiercely. In Qiu Shiba's eyes, these Liao troops were even more like evil spirits.

Suddenly, several Liao soldiers seemed to have spotted the Song Army pawns in the corner of the city. They waved their blood-stained four-foot long swords and rushed towards this side shouting. Qiu Shiba and the others had no choice but to raise their hands. Dao Dun mustered up the last ounce of courage, but still walked forward timidly with a guilty conscience.As soon as they met each other, the opponent split a big hole in the rattan card in Qiu Shiba's hand. The huge force made Qiu Shiba staggered and couldn't stand still. The Yanling knife in the other hand also fell to the ground. Aroused from the bottom of Qiu Shiba's heart, he was terribly afraid, but it was as if he had been immobilized by someone, and he couldn't even avoid it.At this time, the Liao army shouted, gave up Qiu Shiba, and slashed at the body of another Yisheng army who rushed up, but this time he lifted the opponent's rattan card and cut off most of his arm. Shiba only felt blood splatter, his body went limp, and then another wet corpse fell on him.

"Be careful—" Su Meng pulled a big man aside with all his strength, and the horse galloped past with great strength. Su Meng just breathed a sigh of relief, and the cavalry on the horse came down like a mountain with a short iron rod, "Pi—— "" Pa——" Twice, it was drawn on the two Liao soldiers in an instant, Su Meng only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, "Wow", a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground when his eyes were dark.

Cavalry general Wang Lin led [-] cavalrymen of the Song army to charge and trample on their horses, and immediately beat them with guns and sticks, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep. group.After rushing out of the area where the Liao army was densely packed, the Song army cavalry turned their horses around again, and fought back again. After repeating this several times, the thousands of Liao troops under the city finally couldn't hold on, and they dropped their siege equipment and retreated loudly.

"Great Song will win! Hedong will win!" Wang Lin raised his big guns at the Liao army cavalry who were watching the battle in the distance, and shouted loudly to demonstrate to the enemy. "Great Song will win! Hedong will win!" All the cavalrymen drew their swords and shouted in response. The Song army at the top of the city also clamored loudly, beating war drums and waving banners. The cheers spread several miles away.The morale of the Yunzhou defenders was greatly boosted.

"There is such a tiger general in the Hedong camp. The bravery of the general Wang is comparable to that of Nan Jiyun in Tang Dynasty." Zhang Xiaochun, who went to the city to watch the battle, praised, "The elite of the cavalry in Hedong is indeed the best in the world. If the 15 armored soldiers in the Hedong camp are so elite, why are they so elite?" Worry about the invincibility of the Liao invaders." Because Yunzhou was previously handed over to the Song Dynasty by the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty court appointed Zhang Xiaochun, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, as the envoy of Kyushu and the prefect of Yunzhou in advance, in order to appease the local people Han people.The clinker Liao State turned its back on its promise and ordered the Mierbo tribe to tear up the agreement in the name of the Liao State rewarding Yunzhou to them in advance, and sent troops to help the grassland barbarians to take Yunzhou.So the imperial court appointed Zhang Xiaochun to supervise the army and let him stay in Yunzhou to fight against the enemy with Yang Yanqing.

Yang Yanqing's eyes were slightly cold, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't answer.Only then did Zhang Xiaochun save himself from making a slip of the tongue.If the 15 armored soldiers in the Hedong camp are so elite, I am afraid that it is not Yelu Dashi who can't sleep first, but the officials and court officials of Bianliang.He laughed dryly twice, and skipped this section.The arrogant generals of the soldiers in the Hedong camp have always been criticized by people. Most of the revolving emperors of the Five Dynasties in the Central Plains were supported by the soldiers from Hedong.How could the imperial court not be on guard.If it weren't for the fear of being 'forced' to rush Zhe Yang's family to join Xia Guo, the Song court would definitely not give Zhe Yang's current hereditary Dongdong the preferential treatment of self-selected subordinates.

Wang Lin didn't chase after him, but reined in his troops and ordered his subordinates to burn all the abandoned carts, ladders, siege holes and other equipment abandoned by the Liao army, and then slowly returned to the city from the Yingchun Gate.After this battle, the Liao army's morale was greatly depressed. Seeing that it was getting late, there was no major offensive since then.

The sun was setting, and the sky was full of red clouds. Flocks of crows flew from nowhere, almost covering the sky, staying outside the city to peck at the corpses, and going down from the city, the ground was black and full, and they all stopped and jumped in the pile of corpses Jump up, shake your wings, and flap and peck at the crow.

"Pain—" Su Meng only felt a sharp pain in his heart, and when he opened his eyes, he felt a blur.Under the starlight, a crow was standing on his face, with a round thing hanging from its beak, which turned out to be eyeballs. Su Meng subconsciously wiped it on his face. Fortunately, except for the bloody flesh, the two eyeballs were all gone. Now, because of his movement, the crow flew up in a flutter, and stopped not far away on another corpse. It tilted its head to look at Su Meng for a moment, and then lowered its head to peck.Su Meng instinctively wanted to stand up staggeringly, but he pulled a person who was pressing down on him to let out a low moan.This sound saved Su Meng's life. He stopped his movements and lay down on the ground honestly. If he just stood up like this, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would attract arrows from the Song army in the city.These Song army's arrows are extremely powerful, and often two or three arrows can kill a person. Although Su Meng has various longings for the Southern Dynasty, he only has fear and fear for these arrows from the Southern Dynasty.In all fairness, it wasn't that he didn't want to flee to the other side of the city wall, but if he tried to do so at night, only merciless arrows awaited him.

The man on top of him grunted and mumbled a few words. Su Meng could understand Khitan and Chinese, but he couldn't understand what he said.He only held it carefully, reached out to 'touch' a knife nearby, and secretly made up his mind that if this person was 'yelling', he would wipe his neck with the knife.The man remained silent for a while, but just when Su Meng thought he was dead and was about to push him aside, he said, "Are you a Haner?" His tone was very strange.

"En." Su Meng nodded.

"I am Jurchen Dalu Gumeng'an. I am injured and can't move. If you carry me back, I will thank you very much. I will recommend you in front of Xiao Dutong." The man had a beard and his face could not be seen clearly in the darkness. There is only one pair of eyes showing the color of pleading.

Su Meng asked in a low voice, "Can you still move?" "The horse probably broke your left leg." The man replied, "You can move."

"Then you climb over the moat with me, and I can stand up and carry you when you are outside the arrow range on the city. Otherwise, if you can't get out of the arrow range, you will be shot to death." Su Meng looked to the left and right. After looking at it, he said in a low voice, "Can you move now?" "No problem." After Dalugu nodded, the two carefully crawled towards the moat. There are dead bodies everywhere on this battlefield. As long as you move slowly, It is also not easy to be spotted by the defenders at the top of the city.It didn't take long for Su Meng to hear a noise behind him. He turned his head and saw that another signing army was crawling behind him. Mocheng Hao, just outside the arrow distance of the city, just carried him on his back and walked towards the Liao army camp step by step.At this time, the signing army behind also caught up and followed timidly.Dalugu was tall and heavy, and Su Mengzheng was out of breath. He was happy to have someone to share it with him, so he asked him, "What's your name? Which battalion?"

"Qiu Shiba." Qiu Shiba said with trepidation, "I am facing Liu Dui, and he is dead."

What he said was half true and half false, Captain Liu of the Yisheng Army was one of the fifty or so soldiers who violated military discipline, but Qiu Shiba didn't know about his death.After he woke up, he knew that he had landed outside the city. If he called the city indiscriminately, he might call a random arrow to pierce his body. Besides, he didn't dare to go back to the Hedong camp. Behind him, he was about to climb out of the place under the city, and then choose a way to escape.But after hearing Su Meng's Wuzhou accent, Qiu Shiba had other plans.

"I said brother, if we escape like this, can the higher up let us live?"

Before Su Meng could answer, Dalugu on his back said, "You guys retreated at the end of the battle and rescued me again. Xiao Dutong has always been very clear about rewards and punishments. With my recommendation, not only is he not at fault, but he is also good." Great credit." He was extremely worried that Su Meng would leave him behind.Qiu Shiba nodded hurriedly and said: "Little man Qiu Shiba, thank you for your praise." Su Meng ignored him, and said in a deep voice: "Have you seen the fire in the camp? It's almost here, and you'll have to carry it for a while. "He couldn't help saying that Dalugu was put on Qiu Shiba's back.