It has been November, and the world is in bleakness. The strong wind blowing from the north has been blowing for three days and three nights. The world is full of dimness. Even during the day, you can't see the scenery in the distance. At the same time, the weather is getting colder and colder. You have to hurry up when washing your face, otherwise the water in the basin will be frozen into ice slag, and you may accidentally cut your face.

Hu Yanqing was awakened by the cold in the middle of the night. When he opened his eyes, the quilt on his body had been snatched away by Zhao Zongwu next to him. The boy was now sleeping in a quilt with his quilt, grinding his teeth while sleeping, exactly the same as when he was in the military academy. This made Hu Yanqing so angry that he wanted to kick him a few times. He reached out and pulled the quilt a few times but couldn't pull it over. Just then, he felt a sense of urination, so he stood up from the bed and went out to pee.

They had been besieged by the Liao army in Gubeikou for nearly a month, and Yelu Renxian obviously did not intend to fight with them, so after leading the army to the vicinity of Gubeikou, they immediately set up a camp. Every morning they just sent people to Gubeikou to provoke the Song army, hoping that Hu Yanshu and the others would come out to fight them in a decisive battle. Yang Huaiyu naturally would not be fooled, so the two armies were in a stalemate.

Yang Huaiyu, Hu Yanqing and others had expected this stalemate. When they attacked Gubeikou, they brought a lot of food with them. In addition, they also seized a lot of food weapons after capturing Gubeikou. So in their opinion, there would be no big problem to persist for a few months.

However, Yang Huaiyu and the others were all in secret. No one expected that the temperature this winter was abnormal, much colder than in previous years. Although their army prepared winter clothes and thick bedding, they still could not resist the cold wind outside. For example, if they only covered a quilt at night, they would definitely freeze people to death until midnight. However, this is not impossible to overcome. For example, the soldiers in the army slept together, and such a few quilts could barely keep the cold. Hu Yanqing and Zhao Zongwu were brothers sleeping in the same dormitory back then, so now they have moved together, but Zhao Zongwu has a bad sleeping condition and always robs Hu Yanqing's quilt.

Hu Yanqing put on his shoes and opened the door. As a result, a cold wind rushed in outside, causing him to tremble suddenly. He felt that the weather seemed to be getting much colder again, which made Hu Yanqing couldn't help but curse a few words. It was winter when they attacked Xixia. But the winter in Xixia was not so cold.

Hu Yanqing hurried to the cottage to solve his personal problems, and then ran back quickly. All the heat on his body was exhausted, and all the sleepiness he had just died of was frozen. At this time, he couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to sleep. This made Hu Yanqing secretly regret it. If he had known this, he wouldn't have drunk so much water last night.

As Yang Huaiyu's deputy, Hu Yanqing was a staff officer sent by the three yamen and had a special status in the army. Originally, it was very simple to have two more quilts in their identities, but as military personnel from the military academy, most of them followed the teachings of the military academy and rarely made special things in the army. They always ate and lived with the soldiers. Especially in this case of a large army besieging the city, the generals and officials needed to take responsibility as their own responsibility to stabilize the morale of the army. Therefore, not only them, almost all the generals and officials did not make special things.

Because of the sleepiness, Hu Yanqing simply put on his clothes, and then saw that the fire in the stove was about to go out, so he added some wood to it. Fortunately, there were many trees around Gubeikou. So they had no shortage of fuel for the time being, but even so, Hu Yanqing and the others dared not waste it too much. After all, no one knew when they would get out of trouble.

Seeing that the fire in the stove was burning strong, Hu Yanqing opened the door again and walked to the street. Although it was already late at night, the streets were still on high alert, and patrol soldiers walked by from time to time. After all, outside the city was Yelu Renxian's army, and he could launch an attack on Gubeikou at any time.

Hu Yanqing walked to the street and checked whether the patrol soldiers were lazy. After all, they had been besieged for a month, and the Liao army had not launched an attack for a long time, which made the Song army in the city a little lazy. In addition, it was so cold at night, which was a great test for the patrol soldiers, so it was normal for some people to be lazy at night.

Gubeikou was built in a canyon with irregular shape. It roughly formed a "well"-shaped structure inside. Two horizontal and two vertical streets run through the entire Gubeikou. Hu Yanqing walked around the four streets and found that four patrol teams did not patrol, but were lazy in the leeward corner of the street. This made him angrily stepped forward and scolded him. However, he could also understand the hard work of these soldiers. So although he scolded him, he did not remember them. Instead, he was thinking in his mind whether he should add some benefits to the soldiers who were patrolling the night, such as adding a meal to the evening.

After patrolling the city, the sky in the east turned slightly white, and the chefs in the army got up early and began to prepare breakfast for the army. Soon the whole city was filled with the fragrance of food, which made Hu Yanqing, who was on the road, feel empty in his stomach and his steps were much bigger, and he was preparing to go back for breakfast.

However, just when he had just reached an intersection, he suddenly heard a harsh sound of gongs from the city wall behind him, which scared him and turned around and ran towards the city wall. Because this sound of gongs meant that the guards on the city wall found that there was something unusual about the Liao army outside the city, and it was even possible that the Liao army would launch an attack, so he had to hurry up and check the situation and respond randomly.

The sound of gangzi resounded throughout the city. The generals and officials in the city were awakened by the sound of gangzi. They all hurriedly put on their armor and prepared to go to the city wall. However, this took a while. Fortunately, Hu Yanqing couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and was the first to run to the top of the city. As a result, when he looked outside the city, he jumped. The Liao army camp, which was originally bright and silent, was boiling. The Liao army gathered outside the city, and various siege equipment had been prepared. It seemed that it could attack the city at any time.

Seeing this, Hu Yanqing immediately commanded the soldiers on the top of the city to prepare for defense. At the same time, he sent someone to notify Yang Huaiyu and asked him to mobilize the soldiers in the city to guard the city. Just as he issued one order after another, the Liao army outside the city finally began to attack. Tall siege cars were pushed to the city wall. At the same time, the Liao army archers also shot a feather arrow. For a moment, the arrows on the top of the city were like rain, and many Song troops were shot and killed.

However, the Song army on the top of the city was not a vegetarian. It immediately launched a more fierce counterattack against the Liao army under Hu Yanqing's command. For a time, various crossbows and arrows flew together, as well as powerful crossbows and artillery. These firearms were rare weapons, whether they were siegeing or defending the city. Although they consumed a lot when attacking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun before, the rest was enough for them to defend the city, which was also one of Yang Huaiyu and the others' confidence.

The attacking Liao army was finally under heavy blows from the Song army, especially the huge blows of the crossbows and artillery, and the attacking Liao army finally had a lot of riots. However, the Liao army was obviously mentally prepared for the Song army's firearms, so after experiencing the initial chaos, it soon followed the command of the officers and launched a fierce attack on the city wall. However, at this time, the Song army was ready. Yang Huaiyu had even led the army to arrive in person. With the joining of these reinforcements, the Song army's counterattack on the top of the city became even more fierce, and no one on the offense and defense gained a advantage.

"What's going on? Why did the Liao army suddenly launch an attack?" It was not until this time that Yang Huaiyu found the opportunity to ask Hu Yanqing. After all, Hu Yanqing was the first general to arrive here.

"I reported to the general manager, the general was not sure. I was so worried that I could not sleep, but I didn't expect that I suddenly heard the sound of the buzz on the top of the city. When I arrived, I found that the Liao army had assembled a team to prepare to attack the city." Hu Yanqing reported truthfully.

"This is amazing. After Yelu Renxian besieged us, he has been inferior to the army for nearly a month. He seems to be afraid of our strength, so he doesn't want to fight with us. But now he suddenly attacks the city. This is different from the style of the old fox Yelu Renxian." Yang Huaiyu couldn't help but talk to himself when he heard this, and at the same time guessing Yelu Renxian's intention of this move, but after thinking about it, he had no idea.

At the beginning, the Liao army's offensive was very fierce, and some soldiers even climbed up the city wall, but they were quickly defeated, which frustrated the Liao army's offensive and slowed down the following offensive. It seemed that the Liao army did not intend to fight the Song army hard again, so the subsequent offensive was mainly based on temptation.

According to the experience of Yang Huaiyu and others, as long as the Liao army launches an attack, it will last at least a few days. So after the first day of the offensive and defensive battle, Yang Huaiyu immediately arranged the city defense while resting at night, and made statistics and arrangements for today's casualties, and prepared for tomorrow's war.

But what Yang Huaiyu and the others never expected was that the Song army was ready the next day, but there was no movement in the Liao army camp. After dawn, only some Liao soldiers came out to continue to scold, but they did not attack directly like yesterday, which made Yang Huaiyu and the others unable to touch their minds. If they hadn't used the telescope to see that the army in the Liao army camp had not decreased, they almost all thought that the Liao army was planning to retreat.

Compared to Yang Huaiyu's confusion, the old brothers Yelu Renxian and Yelu Zhixian in the Liao army camp were frowning. Finally, Yelu Zhixian couldn't help but say, "Third brother, we just acted yesterday, I'm afraid that the envoy could see that we fool him like this, I'm afraid he'll be making trouble with His Majesty after he goes back!"

"It's okay, so the general is not given the orders of the king outside. Your Majesty is thousands of miles away and he must not understand the situation in the army, so he issued such an order. I will write a memorial to explain it to him!" Yelu Renxian said calmly, but a look of worry flashed in his eyes. (To be continued.)
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