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Chapter 11 The First War Experienced by the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 11 The First War Experienced by the Northern Song Dynasty

Li Ce coaxed and lied, and finally managed to coax Yu Xianer well, and wanted to send her home, but Yu Xianer refused, so Li Ce had no choice but to hire a carriage to take her back.

He returned home alone, but his mind was still full of Yu Xianer's voice and smile. It has to be said that the allure of beautiful women is still great. Li Ce thought of Yu Xianer's weak and delicate body, and couldn't help but look at his own in a daze. The left hand is a little distracted.After a while, he stood up. He was really tired after a busy day today, and he didn't feel very hungry, so he wanted to lie down and sleep.

In ancient times, there were no TVs, mobile phones and computers, and there were no entertainment activities when it was dark. This guy thought to himself, no wonder the ancients had so many children, and they slept as soon as it was dark. How could it be so...

He was alone, and there was no one to talk to, and he was not interested in reading the obscure and difficult ancient prose on the desk, so he went to bed early.

It was Linxia, ​​and in the silent night, the sound of insects could be heard from outside the window from time to time. Lying on the bed, he couldn't help but think of all the things he had experienced today, and couldn't help laughing out loud when he thought of the funny things. After such a long time, Li Ce gradually became confused. stand up.

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden sound of a horn that shook the sky. The horn hummed low and was accompanied by various noises. Li Ce was suddenly awakened. When he opened his eyes, he saw the sky in the distance outside the window was ablaze.Seemingly in the direction of the city gate, he got up, hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out the door.

At this time, many people had gathered on the street, and everyone rushed out to find out what happened.There was a lot of noise on the street, and everyone was pointing at the fiery red sky in the distance. Li Ce asked a few people but couldn't find out what happened. It seemed that everyone didn't know what happened.

At this moment, an old man suddenly understood, and shouted in shock: "It's bad, it's the Khitan thieves who invaded!"

With this cry, the street exploded, and the crowd immediately panicked. Many people had already started to go home to pack up their belongings and prepare to escape. Anyone who had experienced Khitan's entry into the city knew the bloody and brutal Khitan people, so when they heard that Khitan invaded , the first thought that came to mind was to run away, Li Ce watched in a daze as most of the people on the street had dispersed, not knowing what to do.

In fact, at this time, Khitan had already changed its country name to Liao, but Song people still used to call it this way.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance from the street, and a general came galloping on horseback. While waving his whip, the man on the horse shouted in a hoarse voice: "The Khitan invaded, and the city guards are not manned enough. Order, recruit middle-aged men to defend the city!"

Most of the rest of the people on the street dispersed immediately after hearing the news. Judging from the situation, the city gate was about to lose its hold. The general issued a military order to dispatch strong men to defend the city, but who would want to die at this time Woolen cloth?
Seeing the behavior of the people, the general immediately became furious and cursed.The battle robe on this person's body was already in tatters, and half of the feathered arrow was stuck on his left shoulder. The battle robe around the feathered arrow was soaked in blood and stuck to the skin, which looked extremely scary.His hair was disheveled, blood and sweat were intertwined and flowing down his face, and it was impossible to tell whether it was the enemy's or his own.At this time, he was waving the whip in his hand, reining in the horse and couldn't help but circle around and curse.

Seeing this scene, Li Ce couldn't help feeling a little bit excited. This man is so brave. It's time for us to defend our family and country from foreign invasion. If we don't go now, when will we wait?Then he yelled, "I'm going!"

Immediately when the officer heard the words, he turned his head and looked at him. After seeing that Li Ce was just a frail scholar, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He shook his head and said, "You frail scholar, you can't lift it with your hands. Let's make trouble, let me stay aside!"

Seeing that the officer despised him so much, Li Ce couldn't help being a little angry. He said loudly, "If a man dies, why should he be afraid? At worst, return your body wrapped in horse leather! The battlefield is at the city gate?"

Immediately the officer looked at him and nodded slightly noncommittally.

There are still a few people on the street who have not dispersed, they are all passionate people, most of these people are from hunters, and they have some skills, a few bold ones see Li Ce taking the lead, and they all agree to go, and the officer will explain to them immediately After the route, he continued to gallop forward on horseback, and he had to go to the next place to convey the message.

Several hunters went home quickly to get their bows and arrows, and then everyone rushed towards the city gate together.

There were fleeing people everywhere along the way, as if the city was about to be broken, Li Ce felt the urgency of the matter more and more. He counted the hunters who followed him, including himself, there were nine people in total.

The nine people ran wildly all the way, and when they reached the city gate tower, they found that many parts of the city wall were dilapidated, and there were some civilians among the Song soldiers on the tower. It seemed that some brave people had joined the battle.

Li Ce and the other eight people quickly climbed the stone ladder to the tower, only to find that the Liao soldiers outside the city were swarming to attack the city, and the city walls were already full of corpses, including Song soldiers and Liao soldiers.However, the siege weapons of the Liao soldiers were very simple and barbaric - long wooden ladders, completely relying on manpower.

Li Ce wanted to see the situation of the Liao army outside the city. As soon as he showed his head, there was a "whoosh", and a feathered arrow flew past his scalp, making him sweat in cold sweat. Damn it, he was almost shot to death by the arrow !

The city wall is full of Liao soldiers, some are desperately hitting the city gate, and some are climbing along the wooden ladder to the city wall. A large number of archers from the Liao army are shooting at the Song army on the city wall to cover their own forces. The infantry attacked the city.At the end are the cavalry and the generals of the Liao army. The rows are so dense that it is impossible to see how many people there are in the dark night.These cavalrymen rushed into the city to burn, kill and loot as soon as the city gate was opened.

Li Ce could see that the infantry of the Liao army had suffered heavy casualties, and it was an onslaught at any cost!
Looking at the situation of the Song Army again, I felt at first glance that there was a serious shortage of defenders. I don't know if it was because the Song Army had a small number of people or because there were too many deaths.Moreover, many of the surviving defenders on the city wall have been wounded. In some places, Liao soldiers even climbed up the wooden ladder. The two sides have already started a hand-to-hand battle.
In the middle, a general in armor is waving a sword, commanding Song soldiers to fend off the enemy hoarsely.

Li Ce no longer hesitated, picked up a pair of bows and arrows from the ground, and aimed at a dangerous city wall. This place was about to be climbed by Liao soldiers. He led a few hunters to rush over to support them. They bent their bows and set up arrows. The intervention of this small group of new forces slowed down the offensive of the Liao soldiers here.Li Ce was still a little uncomfortable at first, after all, it was his first time shooting people with a bow and arrow, but when he saw the sacrificed soldiers around him, and thought about the tragic record of the Liao soldiers entering the city in history, he couldn't help but harden his heart and shoot ruthlessly.

Although the offensive of the Liao soldiers was no longer as violent as before, Li Ce soon discovered a new problem, that is, there were not many bows and arrows, rolling wood and rolling stones available in the city. What should we do?
In ancient wars, the main weapon used to defend the city was bows and arrows. Once the bows and arrows were exhausted, there would be no more effective weapons to stop the Liao soldiers from attacking the city, and the city would be destroyed at that time!

Ever since Li Ce discovered this problem, he was in a cold sweat.The general commanding in the middle also discovered this problem, and kept shouting to ask the soldiers to save their arrows and not to waste them.

New book for collection

(End of this chapter)

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