Chapter 710: Forced Attack

It is expected that Yelu Chengcai will attack in a big way.

But it came so quickly, but Zhang Ren and others were still a little surprised and a little anxious.

Organizing the entire county to evacuate is not an easy task.

Yongqiu and Chenliu are adjacent to each other. Naturally, the people here have heard of the tragic situation there.

In particular, the dedication of those Chenliu people who had just escaped made everyone feel more urgent to leave. Even if some old people did not want to leave, they were carried out without explanation by the children of the family and threw them into the car, refusing to leave.

Gotta go too.

But the problem of leaving has been solved, but the vast majority of people are still reluctant to part with the bottles and cans at home. They don’t want to leave anything behind and want to take everything with them.

This time, it will be slow.

On the tenth day, when enemy scouts appeared on the border again, the last group of people had just left their homes.

We are still far away from a safe place!

But what annoyed Zhang Ren and other generals the most was not these worries, but the fact that the scouts discovered that among the main force of the Liao army, there was actually the flag of the Song Dynasty.

Who is the King of Song?

The great emperor of the Song Dynasty!

Yelu Chengcai did not bring this guy here randomly. What should we do if this guy goes to the city and shouts at the top of his lungs?

"How can people be so shameless!" Ren Zhong banged his knife on the table angrily, "We are guarding the country of his Zhao family!"

"We are protecting the country of the common people!" Zhang Ren said coldly: "This Supreme Emperor is a fake. The court has said that the real Supreme Emperor is dead. This must be an impostor to disrupt the morale of our military."

"Of course we can think so, but what about the soldiers below? Commander, this will undoubtedly have a great impact on the soldiers! Even if you are half-believed, it is still an annoying thing."

Zhang Ren thought for a while and suddenly asked someone to bring in pen and ink. He drew a portrait of a character on a piece of paper. He looked at the two of them and said, "Look, does it look like the Great Patriarch of the Song Dynasty?"

Ren Zhong and Wu Zheng both looked at Zhang Ren with wide eyes. Of course they had seen the portrait of Taizu, but they didn't expect that Zhang Ren was actually good at painting. This was exactly the same as the portrait they had seen before.

"Paint a big portrait of Taizu Taizong and place it on the city tower." Zhang Rendao: "Didn't that son of a bitch King Song say he was Zhao Suo? I would like to see if he would order the troops to attack the city.

Throwing stones and shooting arrows at the heads of his ancestors? If he dares, it’s a lie. If he doesn’t dare, hahaha..."

"He doesn't dare, but Yelu Chucai dares!" Ren Zhong said.

"Then it doesn't matter, as long as it proves that he is a Xibei guy. The Liao people are so shameless that they actually found someone to pretend to be the emperor of our Song Dynasty. Even though he is a prodigal emperor, this makes people very angry, doesn't it?" Zhang Ren said proudly.

"Don't tell me yet, I think this method will work!" Wu Zheng said.

"That's it!" Zhang Rendao said: "Ren Zhong, you take all the cavalry out of the city and defend the city. You don't need your cavalry. In addition, Yelv Chengcai attacked in large numbers. Our people have not gone far. The Liao cavalry

, maybe they will bypass us to attack and capture these retreating people, you guys, we still need to cover the evacuation of these people."

"Yes!" This was assigning combat tasks. Ren Zhong didn't say anything and just accepted the order.

Under the current circumstances, there is no safer place than outside or in the city.

"You have to act accordingly for the cavalry's combat mission!" Zhang Rendao: "It would be better to reduce the pressure of defending the city. If not, we must preserve our strength. It can also help us when we retreat. Under the nose of the enemy

Retreating is more difficult than defending the city!"

"Understood!" Ren Zhong nodded.

"Wu Zheng, apart from fighting, everything else will be left to you." Zhang Rendao: "It has just entered October. We have to hold on for at least half a month before we can retreat. Food, ordnance, medicine, etc., we must always maintain

Keep morale high."

"Commander, don't worry!"

Yongqiu County is not a big city, but after all the people in the city were evacuated, it still looked empty.

There are only more than 2,000 soldiers and hundreds of medical, medical and other support personnel left in the city.

Ren Zhong took away the remaining 800 cavalry. They will roam outside to fight, so as to cover the retreating people and, secondly, to contain the enemy who is attacking the city.

No matter how much they can contain them, as long as they exist, the enemy will allocate part of their strength to pay attention to them.

Wu Zheng and his men were demolishing the house.

All the houses near the city wall have been demolished, and the stones and wood have now been turned into tools for defending the city.

He ordered the collection of feces and urine from several public toilets in the city.

Once this stuff boils over and is poured down when the enemy attacks the city, the damage caused is more painful than a sword and is extremely difficult to cure.

Zhang Ren, on the other hand, was busy leading people to erect two huge portraits.

The portrait frame was built with bamboo, and white paper was pasted on it. Zhang Ren painted it himself.

Ordinary soldiers did not know who the two people Zhang Ren drew were, but when Zhang Ren told them that these two people were Taizu and Taizong who founded the Song Dynasty, everyone could not help but be in awe.

Because without these two people, naturally there would be no Song Dynasty.

Drink water and remember its source!

As for why these two statues were erected, Zhang Ren told everyone that this time we face a powerful enemy, the founding ancestor of the Song Dynasty will bless everyone in heaven.

Three days later, Zhou Shuguang's troops, as the vanguard, took the lead in arriving outside Yongqiu County.

Facing the opponent who began to build a fortress in the distance, everything in Yongqiu City was peaceful. No one or horse went out to attack the opponent, allowing the opponent to build a camp almost against the Yongqiu city wall.

Five days later, Yelu Chengcai's main force stationed in the camp.

"All the 15,000 Liao troops stationed in Tokyo are here. Yelv Chengcai really doesn't move. He wants to overwhelm us as soon as he moves!" Zhang Ren said after counting the flags of the generals on the opposite side.

"The Liao army is not the biggest headache." Wu Zheng frowned into a deep frown, "Have you seen those people outside the camp?"

"prisoner!"

"How can there be so many prisoners? They are just ordinary people randomly captured by the Liao people during their march!" Wu Zheng said: "Once the city is attacked, these people will inevitably be expelled by the Liao people as pioneers!"

Zhang Ren glanced at Wu Zheng. "Anyone who attacks our city wall is our enemy!"

"That's what I say, but when faced with such a situation, it's still difficult to act!"

"General Wu must explain this matter clearly to the soldiers first! When the two armies confront each other, they will use all kinds of shameless methods. Either you die or I die. If they don't want to die, then they have no choice but to take action.

!”

Wu Zheng nodded silently.

Yelu Chengcai seemed a little impatient.

The day after arriving at Yongqiu, when the mist covering the world had just dispersed and the golden sunlight was shining down, the rumbling drums broke the peace between heaven and earth.

First, countless cavalry poured out from both sides of the camp, gathered in front of the camp, and then ran towards the city like two dragons, one on the left and one on the right, circling back and forth over a hundred steps away.

Behind them, groups of infantry walked out of the camp amidst the sound of drums and began to form infantry formations.

Yelv Chengcai's camp was built very close to the Yongqiu city wall. For them, basically as soon as they left the camp, they could line up and prepare to attack.

Half an hour later, the Liao army's formation was completed.

Behind the infantry, huge trebuchets, eight-oxen crossbows and other heavy weapons also revealed their ferocious faces.

The Liao army has always used cavalry to intimidate the world, which is also the biggest headache for the Song army. If they can defeat, they will fight, and if they cannot defeat, they will run away. Even if the Song army wins, it will not gain much results. But if it loses, the consequences will be serious.

This caused the infantry of the Liao Army to be ignored, and many people thought that the infantry of the Liao Army was very poor.

actually not.

Although they are inferior to the heavy infantry group of the Song Dynasty, looking at the world, the infantry of the Liao Army is still a powerful force. And in these years, because Xiao Chuo kidnapped the entire craftsmanship from Tokyo

Supervise, a large number of Song Army generals surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, making the Liao Army's infantry no less inferior to the Song heavy infantry group in terms of combat consciousness, combat ability, and equipment.

"King Song, it's your turn!" Yelu Chengcai on the horse looked at Zhao Suo on the carriage next to him with a smile: "It is a great achievement to be able to surrender Yongqiu City. The Queen Mother will definitely be very happy."

Zhao Suo's face naturally didn't look good.

But how can a person not bow his head when he is under the eaves?

After the courage to resist is initially lost, it is basically impossible to muster it again.

As Yelu Chengcai's riding whip waved, the magnificent carriage began to move forward, and the King of Song's ceremonial guard also began to accompany it.

As for whether the Song army in the city would attack the carriage, it was not within the scope of Yelu Chengcai's consideration.

Yongqiu County was also quiet, and there was no attack on Zhao Suo because his carriage had already entered the attack range.

This made Zhao Suo feel at ease. It seemed that his identity was still very intimidating to the soldiers of the Song Dynasty above the city.

The carriage stopped, Zhao Suo stood up and cleared his throat.

When he was about to shout, he suddenly saw two huge portraits rising from the ground on both sides of the city.

Two lifelike portraits with crowns on their heads appeared before his eyes.

That look is so familiar.

He was the founding ancestor of the Song Dynasty whom he had worshiped since he was a child.

Song Taizu!

Song Taizong!
To be continued...