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Chapter 78 Cavalry as Infantry

There are as many as dozens of manufactured ladders.Yelu Chongyuan also discovered that he couldn't put all the Han troops into the endless siege wars of attrition, otherwise, no one could make even the crude ladders.

The Khitan and other nomadic people are not good at making equipment. They grew up on horseback since they were young. Unlike the Han people who were captured, they made their own living utensils.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these ladders are crude.Its function is only to climb, which is very different from the precision ladder.Firstly, it is not designed to prevent lumber, and secondly, its ladder body is too narrow, allowing only one person to climb.But these ladders are strong and durable, and they are made of new wood. The wooden body has not yet dried out, so it has a certain fireproof effect.

Khitan people are also smart people, you can see this.As a result, the morale of the Khitan army rose again, and they called for battle one after another.

After careful consideration, Yelu Chongyuan dispatched brave Jurchen soldiers and a small number of Khitan cavalry, all of whom dismounted and became infantry, carrying ladders and bumping logs to attack the city.

After an afternoon's truce, the frontier army had regained its strength, and they had a little more confidence in defeating these Khitans.It's just that there are no reinforcements from outside, and it is difficult to win a complete victory only by relying on the [-] frontier troops to hold on.

Seeing the Khitan army approaching like a black cloud again, a small lieutenant couldn't help but spit, and said, "His grandma, are these Khitan people crazy? Didn't they just retreat after beating Caogu a few times ago?" Oh, why did you go so far this time and have to take Youzhou? Several of my subordinates have died!"

Zhu Daguang happened to be next to him, and he also had doubts about this, but he was not a civil servant, so this question only flashed in his mind.All he knew was that the Khitan army was approaching the city, and they would not stop until they destroyed Youzhou.That being the case, then hit his mother, what else is there to say?
The crossbow arrows fired by the winch bed crossbow are condescending and can shoot more than 400 steps.Youzhou city has built many enemy buildings, battle sheds and crossbow towers, and there is one at a certain distance, each of which can accommodate 20 soldiers, and is equipped with heavy destruction weapons and equipment such as bed crossbows, catapults, rolling wood and rocks, forming a Focus on defense, and together with the soldiers arranged behind the female wall, form a defense system that combines points and lines and supports each other.Together with the moat, sheep and horse walls, gates and urns, this system formed a complete city defense system.

The ferocious Jurchen soldiers were like paper paste in front of the extremely penetrating capstan crossbow.The thin armor on their bodies cannot effectively provide defense at all.It's okay to have a heart guard, or you can get away with it.But most of them are a crossbow arrow piercing through three or four people, and there is still enough power to shoot into the ground, and the tail of the crossbow arrow is still trembling.

The soldiers of the Jurchen clan were really brave and fearless. Even when they saw the miserable death of their clansmen, they still rushed forward screaming.The death of these Jurchen soldiers did not make them feel intimidated, but it further aroused the fierceness in their blood.

Zhu Daguang was not stingy either, and ordered the catapult to launch.Stones weighing more than ten catties fell from the sky. With such a dense charge, falling into the enemy group would set off a bloody storm.The Jurchen soldiers who were unlucky, of course, had their heads smashed, and their brains flowed to the ground, mixed with blood. It was as terrifying as it could be.

If the recruits were on such a cold-blooded battlefield with cold weapons and saw such a scene, they would definitely be so disgusted that they would not be able to eat for three days.But the frontier army has become accustomed to it, and they loaded and fired calmly, without even looking at how many people they killed.

The section of the filling path from the moat to the sheep and horse wall is the place where the Jurchens suffered the most casualties.Often when a crossbow arrow comes over, at least two or three brave Jurchen soldiers will be taken away.

And Yelu Chongyuan didn't build it, and ordered the ladder to be placed on the moat and covered with wooden boards, which is another Hao bridge.It's just that in front of the catapult, such an unstable Haoqiao is simply vulnerable.It's just that the accuracy of the catapult is not enough, and the stone bullets fired often fall into the moat.

The Jurchen soldiers also learned from the experience of the Han army, and carefully avoided the area full of traps in front of the sheep and horse wall.Although it is still unavoidable to be recruited, the loss is much smaller.

It's just that under the dense arrowheads, their armor can only protect them from being hit.The vicious arrowheads suddenly penetrated into the gaps in their armor, and harvested the lives of many Jurchen soldiers.

But it has to be said that the soldiers of the Jurchen tribe are really brave. Even with such a big blow, they can still maintain a strong desire to win and charge forward one after another.

Soon, a ladder was erected, and the Jurchen soldiers filed up. When the sharp defense weapons fell on them, they were thrown into the city one by one. Even if they did not die, they were also disabled.

The Khitan cavalry also learned how to attack with fire. They threw ignited rockets into the city by the moat, which had some effect.After all, it was a brick and wood tower, and a large area was immediately ignited.

It's a pity that the frontier army was well prepared, and there was also a special fire-fighting unit. They took water bags, water bags, hemp pads, pumps, chute, etc., and quickly extinguished the fire.

Every cavalryman in Khitan has hundreds of arrows, throwing rockets recklessly, and it finally has some effect.But in the blink of an eye, the fire was contained.Some rockets encountered cross winds and shot into the Jurchen soldiers, causing a lot of scolding.

Seeing that the ingenious plan he came up with was cracked, Yelu Zhongyuan was also taken away by it, and he lost his mind for a while.As the vanguard, Yelu Nelugu said: "Father, there is no need to worry. Now the defense of Youzhou City is further weakening. If we persist, we will be able to break through the city in less than ten days!"

Yelu Chongyuan took a deep breath, sat down with difficulty, and said: "These are excellent soldiers, it is really wrong to send them to death like this!"

Yelu Nelugu smiled and said: "These are Jurchens, not my Khitan people, what is my father's pity? Recently, I often heard that the Jurchens on the other side of the Baishan and Heishui were not peaceful, and there were several groups of horse thieves to plunder and kill me. Khitan nobles. Presumably the emperor also knows, why didn't he send troops to destroy them?"

Yelu Zhongyuan scolded angrily: "I don't know what Yelu Hongji's idea is? He just wanted to consume my strength! Our tribe was moved to the edge of Baishan and Blackwater by him, so he didn't trust me! Hmph, if it wasn't for me back then He stole the throne, when will the emperor get his turn?"

Yelu Nelugu also knew that Yelu Zhongyuan was the second son of Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu, Liao Xingzong Yeluzong Zhentong's mother and brother.After the death of Shengzong, Xiao Yujin, the queen of mourning, proclaimed Zhi, and wanted to make Chongyuan emperor, and Chongyuan sued Xingzong with his advice.After Xingzong regained power, he named Yelu Chongyuan the emperor's younger brother.If Yelu Chongyuan had wanted to be emperor that day, and he would have become emperor, then there would be nothing wrong with Yelu Hongji.

However, Liao Xingzong and Yelu Chongyuan have a good relationship, which does not mean that Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Zong's real son, Yelu Hongji, have a good relationship.The two seem peaceful on the surface, but they are actually wary of each other.Yelu Chongyuan is the largest tribe in Khitan, only the emperor's tribe, and it will definitely attract attention.

Yelu Nerugu lowered his voice, made a beheading gesture, and said, "Father, why don't we take back the throne?"

(End of this chapter)