back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 91
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Under the city of Youzhou, the battle is raging.

The ferocious arrowheads block out the sky and the sun.Every launch of the winch bed crossbow can almost take the life of a Khitan cavalryman.There were not many stone bullets in Youzhou City, so Zhu Daguang didn't allow them to continue firing.He just ordered these catapults to rest for a while, and only concentrated on attacking the most enemies when the enemy army attacked the city frantically.

This battle, fought from the morning to now, seems to be fought fiercely, but in fact, the number of casualties is not many.The Khitan soldiers did not really attack the city. They often set up a ladder, walked with bowed legs, retreated after taking a few steps, and then ran back.These soldiers were all holding wooden shields that had just been made, and while running back, they held wooden shields against arrows.

It seemed that the attack was ferocious, but in fact, the daily casualties were only a few hundred people.However, Khitan's horse bows are soft, even if they hit the defenders, some of them would not be able to pierce through the pig iron armor.Only by being lucky enough to hit the vital point can one kill a frontier soldier, otherwise there is nothing to do with the frontier soldier wearing pig iron armor.

Seeing the Khitan soldiers receding like a tide again, Zhu Daguang's heart gradually brightened.Combined with the mutiny in the Khitan barracks yesterday, he already roughly understood what these Khitan people were thinking, they just wanted to force him out of the city for a decisive battle.

Zhu Daguang has never read a book, and he has never been in contact with any military books, but his military sense is not inferior to that of ordinary generals.Thanks to his background as a soldier in the frontier army and his rich experience in hundreds of battles, he gradually became a qualified commander.

Zhu Daguang laughed, and he said loudly: "The Khitan dogs were repulsed again. They are nothing special. They also carry a head on two shoulders. They will die if they are shot by arrows, and they will die if they are cut by a knife. It will bleed, who is afraid of whom? Brothers, are you right?"

"Yes!" The frontier soldiers replied shockingly.

Zhu Daguang smiled again: "If the Holy Majesty gave me [-] cavalry, I would dare to go out of the city and fight those Khitan dogs. It's a pity, our Dashun's horses are still a little short."

One of the soldiers rushed to answer: "These Khitan dogs are all soft-legged shrimps, and they dare not rush up to fight. We are afraid of him, go out of the city and beat his mother!"

Zhu Daguang waved his hand and said: "Look, it's not that they dare not attack the city. They already know how to dig tunnels, make wooden oxcarts, and ladders, but they don't attack the city with all their strength. Do you know why? "

All the frontier soldiers shook their heads, and Zhu Daguang said with emotion: "These Khitan dogs are not stupid. They know that we are good at defending the city, so they tried every means to trick us out of the city to fight with them. They have horses, but we don't. Played to death by these Khitan dogs. We don't do such stupid things, and unless something unexpected happens, we won't leave the city!"

While speaking, the Khitan army made another comeback, and this time, they used rockets.

They tied arrow branches dipped in ox fat or sheep fat, crossed the moat, and started shooting arrows after reaching the city wall.The burning rocket flew up to the wooden tower and ignited instantly.Although the number of rockets is small, their power cannot be underestimated.

It's a pity that the frontier soldiers on the city wall had already made preparations, and many frontier soldiers immediately took up water bags, water bags, hemp pads, pumps, slippers, etc., and quickly extinguished the fire.

Seeing that the fire attack had no effect, the Khitan army retreated slowly again, leaving behind a few corpses shot by hard bows.

Repeatedly like this, it wasn't until nightfall that the Khitan army raised their horns to retreat and stopped attacking.

The tense frontier army breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the Khitan army finally stopped attacking.After venting their strength, they realized that they could no longer pull the bowstring.

After a day of fighting, Youzhou City looked even more desolate.Except for the murmur of the wounded soldiers far away, the frontier soldiers who had had dinner fell into a deep sleep.

The bonfire illuminated everything around them brightly, and the frontier soldiers did not dare to slack off. What if the Khitans attacked at night?
Inside the Khitan barracks were also brightly lit.Yelu Zhongyuan was looking at the map in distress, and said to himself: "In five days, if there is really no progress, we will have to retreat. Alas, I don't know how the cavalry sent out fought against Caogu. , if I don’t get anything, I’ll have to take out my savings. Well, to put it bluntly, I still can’t afford to lose that face!”

Yelu Zhongyuan took off his armor worriedly, lay on the bed, half-closed his eyes, and commanded him to siege the city for a day, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

But at this moment, a group of people, taking advantage of the darkness, quietly touched around the Khitan barracks.Checking the time, it's only one more day, that is, Xu time.

This group of people was ten miles away from Youzhou City, quietly looking at the brightly lit Khitan Camp not far away in the dark.His eyesight was excellent, and he could still see a few faintly patrolling Khitan soldiers.Even the snorting of the enemy's horses seemed to be audible in the silence of the night.

In front of Youzhou City, there is a prairie. Although the water and grass are not very lush, it is still good enough for raising horses.It's just that the Great Wall has not been repaired, nomads can drive straight in, and it seems unrealistic to raise horses.

The troops ten miles away were the Imperial Army who had just experienced a forced march.Under the guidance of the scouts, the imperial guards went in a circle and walked ten miles outside the city of Youzhou.

Taking advantage of the darkness, they hid their figures very well, and did not let the Khitan people see the clues.

Wang Shao knew that now was not a good time for a sneak attack, and the best time would be to wait until the fourth or fifth watch.At that time, no matter who it was, they were already drowsy.At that time, launching a sneak attack would definitely make a difference in one fell swoop.

Wang Shao ordered the whole army to rest on the spot, but no one could make a sound.Fortunately, they had already had dinner, and even the horses were well fed, and they were gearing up for a fight.

But at this time, those forbidden soldiers who were all carrying strange weapons took off the weapons behind them, and unwrapped the thick cloth, revealing a strange weapon inside.The dark round iron pipe is set on the top quality mahogany wood. It is exquisitely made and rarely seen in the world.The imperial guards in these capitals skillfully disassembled the weapon, inspected it carefully, and rinsed the key parts with tung oil hanging from their waists before installing the parts.This time, no thick cloth was put on.

These forbidden soldiers picked up their weird weapons and made aiming gestures, as if they were practicing.

Some auxiliary soldiers watched them play with weapons in novelty, but they were afraid to ask questions because of the military order, but they felt like a cat was scratching in their hearts, itching.They were very curious and wanted to know what kind of weapons these were, and they were so delicately and beautifully made.

And the other imperial guards, without orders, were also checking their own weapons, and they even carefully checked every link of the chain mail on their bodies.

Time passed minute by minute, one watch, two watch, three watch...

The atmosphere became more and more tense, and many of the imperial guards were sweating, as if they felt as if they were about to suffocate.The dull atmosphere is like a bowstring being slowly tightened. When the power is at its maximum, it is time to launch...

(End of this chapter)