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Chapter 73 The first battle under the city of Youzhou (for collection)
Dashun knew that the field battle was not enough, so he devoted himself to defending the city.Since the war with Khitan, Dashun's weapons have almost reached the peak of cold weapons.The large catapult was originally a weapon for siege, but the Khitans didn't have many cities, so they had to use it as a defensive tool, which is also good.A huge boulder weighing a hundred catties fell among the enemy group. Even if it missed the first hit, the kinetic energy of the boulder could kill and injure many people.

But it's a pity that these boulders are not round or oval, and the lethality is limited to the moment they fall, or they roll down with the help of the terrain, but they don't use kinetic energy to maximize the lethality.After all, not everyone has this insight, and not everyone is Lu Chengqi who was born again.

The hit rate of more than [-] catapults is not high, but after one round, a Hao bridge will always be smashed and sink into the moat.After a few rounds, there were not many Hao bridges left.But the Han army had rushed to the bottom of the city under the cover of 轒辒 (large-scale rushing vehicles, covered cowhide, etc.), set up a ladder, and started a fierce battle with the frontier troops on the city wall.

It has to be said that the Han Chinese, who have thousands of years of experience in defending the city, are still very good at defending, and they have a variety of defensive weapons.

In addition to the suspension bridge, there are traps all over the city of Youzhou, such as hooves, terrestrial traps, horse pits, caltrops, iron water chestnuts, etc... The hooves are equivalent to horse traps, but they are only small single traps, regardless of people. Or a horse, after stepping on it, it must have injured its calf and cannot run.The ground is also called a trap, which is to hollow out the sand and place sharpened bamboo sticks or sharp arrow branches in it. If people step on it, there is little reason to survive.Horse pits are made according to local conditions. A hole slightly larger than a horse’s hoof is dug out in the ground. When a horse is galloping at high speed, if its hoof sinks in, it will definitely break its hoof, and the person on the horse’s back will also fall half to death. If it is good, it will be trampled to death by the cavalry behind.Or directly bury a horse trap made of an iron plate in a shallow soil layer, and it will also have a miraculous effect.Caltrops and caltrops are a kind of thing, specifically for the insidious trap of horseshoes or human feet.Once a person steps on it, I am afraid that it will be a living target for the border guards.Once the horse is stepped on, it will also become manic and restless, and will not obey the command.

These traps under the city of Youzhou alone have trapped hundreds of siege Han soldiers into the pits, and those who can rush to the bottom of the city wall are all following behind, very lucky guys.

But don't think that everything will be fine if you rush to the bottom of the city wall and erect the ladder.Youzhou City is divided into the Wengcheng and the Outer City. Even if the Wengcheng is broken, the enemy who entered the Wengcheng can be killed on the Outer City.There is also a sheep and horse wall outside the urn city. It is a low retaining wall built on the inner bank of the moat more than ten steps away from the city wall outside the city. It is usually built corresponding to the city gate and extends a certain distance from the city gate to the left and right sides.This wall of sheep and horses, although it is short and inconspicuous, it prevents the height of the enemy's ladder.At this time, the Han army suddenly discovered that their ladders were not high enough, and even if they reached the top, they would not reach the city wall.

If you want the ladder to reach the city wall, you must climb over the wall of sheep and horses, and then pass the ladder in.But at this step, the bows and arrows of the frontier army have already caused huge damage.

The Khitan cavalry who followed the charge of the Han army were also blocked by the wall of sheep and horses, and had no choice but to shoot at the border troops on the tower.But more cavalry were lost in horse traps and hooves, and the scene was extremely bloody.

After finally erecting the rack ladder, the Han soldiers were driven to the rack and rushed up the ladder one by one.But these ladders could not escape the fate of being pushed down by frontier soldiers with forks and poles, and fell to the ground hard.

At this time, the border troops on the city tower even more divided their labor and cooperated, throwing all kinds of wood down, killing and wounding many Han troops.What's more, the newly boiled water was poured down the city wall with a stove, which made the Han soldiers scream.

Zhu Daguang also has a lot of experience in defending the city. He specially dispatched experienced frontier troops to check in the wells that had been dug before to see if the enemy troops had dug tunnels to attack.Fortunately, there is no black and gunpowder these days. Otherwise, preventing tunnel digging would not be able to prevent black and gunpowder from blasting the city wall.

Fortunately, the Khitans didn't think of using tunnels to attack, they just thought of attacking from the ground.But it is a pity that these Han troops who returned from the captivity did not have much experience in siege, and they could not even go up the city wall, so more than half of them suffered casualties.

They also transported the bumper to the bottom of the gate of the Wengcheng, and knocked it against the gate.Fortunately, Liu Yuanchang, the shepherd of Youzhou, had already mobilized the farmers to pack sand and gravel into sacks, pile them up in front of the two gates of Wengcheng, and blocked the gates.It was clear that they were going to defend to the end, and the frontier soldiers hiding inside the urn city silently listened to the shouts of killing outside, but they just clenched their weapons tightly and didn't make a sound.

Attacking the city gate was ineffective, and he wanted to attack the city wall and was frustrated. Yelu Zhongyuan looked at the Han army retreating like a tide, and shouted angrily: "Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed on the spot!"

The poor Han soldiers ran for several days without eating a full meal, so they were caught up on the battlefield.Now that they were defeated and would be chased by the Khitan cavalry, all the Han troops were furious, but they obediently rushed forward again.

At this time, a calm Khitan general said, "Uncle Huang, from the point of view of the general, Youzhou City is very heavily guarded, and it may not be easy to conquer in a hurry. The slave army has already suffered more than half of the casualties. Our army doesn't even have any infantry, so what are we going to do to attack the city? Besides, it's getting late, so we might as well withdraw our troops for now and fight again tomorrow."

Yelunelugu sneered and said: "It seems that General Xiao is also a bully and fears the tough. I don't believe it. A mere city of Youzhou can hold back the front of my army of [-] troops. Could it be that Master Xiao is in Shangdu and is being beaten by others?" Those Han maidservants have softened their temper?"

Yelunerugu's sarcasm made the general very angry, he secretly said: "I, Xiao Feng, have read military books very well. If ten times, I will surround them, if I have five times, I will attack them, and if I multiply them, I will divide them up. The siege troops are less than ten times that of the defending troops. How could I be able to conquer it in such a hurry? What a bunch of pigs! I, Xiao Feng, a good man, was insulted by this group of stupid pigs. I am really angry. If the emperor hadn't ordered me to supervise the army secretly, how could I, Xiao Feng, act according to your face? ? Wait for me to play a book, so that you can't eat and walk around!"

It turned out that Yelu Hongji was not worried about Yelu Chongyuan, and secretly sent Xiao Feng, the former captain of the imperial tent, to monitor Yelu Chongyuan for disobedience.Yelu Chongyuan is not a fool either, he saw it early on, the representatives of the two sides have different powers, so naturally they didn't give each other a good look.

No matter how stupid Yelu Chongyuan was, he could tell at this moment that Youzhou City must have been on guard this time. The infantry composed of more than 1 Han troops alone might not be able to defeat Youzhou City.In desperation, Yelu Zhongyuan ordered to withdraw his troops and fight again tomorrow.

Zhu Daguang saw the rest of the Han army receding like a tide. He was not sure whether the Khitans would come again, and he did not dare to let the soldiers rest. He just ordered the corpses of the sacrificed frontier soldiers to be carried down the city wall, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to check themselves weapons, preparing for the next wave of Khitan attacks.

It was not until the first moonlight that Zhu Daguang ordered to rest where he was, and the cooks in the army brought the food.

(End of this chapter)