They looked at each other and hurried towards the school grounds.
The entire Fengmen Pass suddenly became lively, like a sleeping giant suddenly waking up.
On the spacious school ground, densely packed soldiers gathered from all directions. Most of them were wearing chainmail.
These are scouts and light cavalry.
They are the only ones in the army who wear soft armor.
In addition, both infantry and heavy cavalry were armored in armor weighing dozens of kilograms.
They definitely didn't have any scouts, and their light cavalry could travel quickly and run fast.
Zhai Yangzhou, Fan Guanghe and others did not hesitate to say anything and searched for the location of their respective teams.
Looking to the north, there are already billows of smoke.
There must be some movement from the Liao army on the other side of the canyon.
More and more soldiers gathered at the school grounds.
There were shouts and curses from commanders, centurions and other low-ranking officers everywhere.
Soon, the generals also hurried over from the Chinese army's tent.
Fan Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Fengmen Pass garrison, ran at the front.
He is Fan Guanghe's uncle and a fierce general in Dayu.
One is famous for being brave and not afraid of death.
The second is defense.
"Soldiers!"
After leading the generals onto the general stage, Fan Sheng raised his arms and shouted without any nonsense: "What should we do when the Liao bandits are attacking?"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
"..."
The soldiers in the school grounds roared in unison.
The shouts were thunderous.
The flag is waving.
The weapon raised high reflected a cold luster.
"Bang the drum!"
Fan Sheng really didn't say anything nonsense, so he ordered the drums to be beaten.
Drums sound.
All the generals ran towards their own troops, and then led their soldiers to leave the school grounds.
However, Fengmen Pass is not a turbulent place at this time, because after all, the Liao army is still quite far away from Fengmen Pass. It will definitely not be able to reach Fengmen Pass in a short time.
Even the sentries at the outposts outside the customs had not rushed back to report the news.
There are 20,000 defenders in Fengmen Pass, preparing for war in an orderly manner.
Iron horns, kerosene, stones, knife carts, gun carts, ballistae, antler wood and other defensive equipment were all moved to specific locations.
After arranging their respective defenses and war preparations, the generals returned to the Chinese army's tent.
Not long after, the sentries from several posts north of Fengmen Pass also arrived one after another.
"Report!"
"The Liao cavalry is attacking our pass along the canyon!"
"Report!"
"The Liao cavalry is twenty miles away from me!"
"Report..."
"The Liao army is ten miles away from me! There are about ten thousand people! They are just Qingqi!"
"..."
Gradually, scouts and sentries poured into the big tent one after another to report the news.
The generals in the tent had different expressions and had already started discussing.
"These Liao bandits have been peeping outside the canyon for more than two months, and finally they are willing to attack."
"Ha! There are only ten thousand light cavalry, how dare they attack? In my opinion, they are just here to demonstrate."
"What General Huang said makes sense."
A general smiled and said, "In the past, these barbarians usually invaded in autumn. Now it is still some time before autumn. Although it is strange that their army is hoarding outside the pass, it is absolutely impossible for them to launch an attack. Even if they want to attack, we, Fengmen Pass, can't.
It’s not something that he can take with just ten thousand people, huh, if it’s ten times as much, it’s still almost the same.”
As an important border town, Fengmenguan is also a strategic point in the northwest of Da Yu. It is also a military town. The city is full of troops and is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The outer city wall alone is five meters thick.
This kind of military town cannot be taken down by cavalry who are not good at siege. Heavy siege equipment is required. And it must be at least several times the strength of the defenders.
If it weren't for the fact that this place is deserted and the strength of the northwest can only support about 20,000 people at most, and if it accumulates 50,000 troops here, the Liao Kingdom would definitely not have the courage to attack here. Even Fengmen Pass alone would not be able to hold it back.
How long did the Liao army last?
The expressions of the generals in the tent gradually became relaxed.
"Everyone, please don't take it too lightly. You need to be careful of the Liao thieves' deception."
Fan Sheng saw that all the generals in the tent looked disapproving, and felt that as a general he should give a warning.
But in fact, there was no trace of nervousness on his face.
There are only 10,000 Liao troops with light cavalry.
Not to mention that his Fengmenguan has strong troops and horses, and most of the soldiers are veterans of many battles. Even if they are just some not very elite, they have the geographical advantage and are enough to withstand at least three times the number of enemy troops.
The generals did not take his words seriously.
But someone echoed: "The Commander-in-Chief is still very calm, but we are a little complacent, and we still ask the Commander-in-Chief to give the order."
"response……"
Fan Sheng twirled his long beard that reached his chest and said: "The Liao bandits did not bring any siege equipment, so we just have to hold on to the city. Just do as we were told..."
After all, there was still a sharp light flashing in his eyes, "Each battalion is responsible for the area of each battalion. If something goes wrong in any area, don't blame the general for being unkind."
A general must not be without authority.
A general who never shows a cold face is unlikely to be an outstanding general.
"yes!"
The generals agreed with a roar.
"Report!"
"Report!"
"..."
"The Liao bandits are still two miles away from my pass!"
Wave after wave of scouts and sentries came in to report the news.
You can also hear the golden bells ringing outside.
This is a warning to the enemy that they are getting closer to the pass.
"Go down and supervise the battle!"
Following Fan Sheng's order, half of the generals agreed and left the Chinese army camp and went to the sections of the city wall that they were responsible for.
Those who were not assigned tasks looked at Fan Sheng.
"Follow me and go to the top of the city to have a look and cheer up the brothers."
Fan Sheng said to the remaining generals again, and then led them away.
Fengmenguan city head.
The trench was already densely packed with heads and figures.
The soldiers in the pass did not need to give orders at all, they had already stood at their posts and were ready.
The deterrent effect that thousands of troops can create is indescribable.
It is no exaggeration to say that dark clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
At this moment, in the long canyon to the north of Fengmen Pass, only yellow dust can be seen in the sky.
And in front of the rising yellow dust, there was a group of black shadows, coming quickly like a tide.
Liao Qingqi.
In terms of defense and impact, light cavalry is not as good as heavy cavalry.
But in terms of speed and endurance, light cavalry has advantages that other arms cannot match.
The ground seemed to be shaking slightly.
This black mass of 10,000 iron cavalry was like a giant python rushing through the grass. Along the canyon, it spread to the north gate of Fengmen Pass at an extremely fast speed.
Then, they stopped almost uniformly.
Just the discipline of executing orders and prohibitions with one hand, and the equestrian skills, made the soldiers on the pass secretly admire him.
Many Liao people grew up on horses, which is indeed not comparable to that of Dayu.
"Fuck."
Fan Guanghe was also on the north gate wall at this time, but he cursed in a low voice, "The riding skills of these Liao thieves are damn good."
Then seeing that no one was talking to him, he looked left and right, and suddenly his expression became a little chatty.
Because on this section of the city wall, he was the only one who foolishly opened the bow and arrow in his hand.