When the second Khitan man showed his figure, Liu Jinhou felt much more stable. He waited for the opponent's entire body to be exposed, shouted, "Kill!" when he jumped in, and stabbed the opponent's chest with the wooden gun in his hand.
.At the same time, Liu Jinhou's companion stabbed the Khitan man in the thigh as instructed.
Liu Jinhou grasped the timing of issuing the order very well, and the Khitan people had no way to use the force to change direction in the air. When the Khitan saber slashed at the wooden spear thrust by Liu Jinhou, they finally saw the tip of the spear thrust by Liu Jinhou's companion from the side. They were horrified.
He yelled and shrank his legs hard. Liu Jinhou held the wooden spear very tightly this time. The Khitan man's attention was distracted by the wooden spear thrust from the side, and the strength of the block with his hand was much weaker, and he was unable to block it.
Liu Jinhou blocked Liu Jinhou's wooden spear. Although he finally managed to avoid the side shot that stabbed his thigh, his chest was still pierced by Liu Jinhou's wooden spear from the front. He fell down ferociously, pressed on Liu Jinhou's body, and knocked Liu Jinhou down.
On the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the second Khitan figure appeared. Without Liu Jinhou's order, his companions were a little at a loss and stood there blankly, seeming to have forgotten the wooden gun they were holding tightly in their hands.
Zhong Silang and his group were divided into five groups in total. Because the Khitan people only had five wooden ladders, there were only two defensive points in front of him. He placed two groups of people on each of these two defensive points. The first group
Blocking the front, the second group was on standby further back. The other group was following behind him as a preparation.
The situation was urgent at this moment, and the standby team placed at Liu Jinhou's defense point was a little far away and had no time to rush over, so Zhong Silang shouted: "Kill!" The reserve team behind him waved their wooden guns with him, and three wooden spears stabbed him.
In the past, two of them were stabbed into the Khitan's chest, and one was stabbed into the root of the thigh.
The Khitan man fell to the ground and was kicked by his companion who fell to the ground and Liu Jinhou. He staggered and just dodged three wooden spears. He grabbed the three wooden spears with one hand and clamped the gun body under his arm.
Next, he swung the sword with his right hand and struck at Zhong Silang. Zhong Silang was worried. If this Khitan man broke through the defense, there would be an endless stream of Khitan people rushing to the city through the wall he was guarding. He would be able to do it.
He was going to be the sinner of the Yuguan Pingzhou Army! He gritted his teeth and felt cruel, so he simply lowered his body, closed his eyes and hit his head.
The Khitan's saber struck Zhong Shilang on the back, but because Zhong Shilang was already close, the force of the saber was not struck. It only made Zhong Shilang feel sick for a while, but he himself was pushed to the edge of the city wall by Zhong Shilang, followed closely.
Fell down the wall.
Zhong Shilang ignored the pain caused by being hit by the saber on his back, and quickly told his brothers that one group would immediately retreat after killing one person, and replace it with the reserve group next to it. The two groups of people would rotate continuously.
Ensure that the city's defense capabilities can be continuously guaranteed.
The effect of this change was very good. In the following battle, the two attack points that Zhong Shiro was responsible for defending were no longer in danger.
It’s just that the situation of other groups is not so good. Zhou Maidao has repaired two loopholes in a row with his sword and shield soldiers. It has to be said that the close combat power of the Khitans is indeed not comparable to that of the new recruits of the Pingzhou Army. Once the Khitans
If people successfully climb the city, the casualties will be much higher. In these two crises, although Zhou Maidao led people to close the loopholes and killed the attacking Khitans, the Pingzhou army also suffered casualties.
, two were killed directly in battle, and three others were stabbed.
Zhong Silang stole an opportunity and ran over to tell Zhang Xingzhong his alternative method. Zhang Xingzhong's eyes lit up and he quickly ordered everyone to change their defensive tactics according to Zhong Silang's method, and finally contained the Khitan offensive.
In a daze, he watched as his tribal warriors successfully climbed onto the city wall one after another, and then jumped into the city. There was a sound of fighting immediately on the city, and then... and then nothing.
There was movement! He looked at Uncle Ke Dan beside him with his mouth wide open, but Ke Dan frowned and stared intently at the top of Guancheng without saying a word for a long time.
At this moment, nine batches of tribal warriors have been sent to the city in succession, a total of forty-five people. However, after these forty-five people went up, they did not seem to cause much waves, and no chaos or noise was heard on Guancheng. After these warriors went up,
There was no trace of them again, as if the city was a huge wolf's mouth, and these warriors had become the fat meat fed into the wolf's mouth. Oh, there were still seven people who showed up, but they were imprisoned.
The defenders on the city pushed it down...
Ke Dan has experienced many wars, and he has also seen a lot of sacrifices. When he made the decision to attack Yuguan, he was also prepared to sacrifice. However, compared with the results achieved, such sacrifices were really painful.
You know, these people who came to the city are all serious soldiers of the tribe. Just for such a meal, they sacrificed one-tenth of the entire tribe's military force in the south!
He didn't dare to attack anymore. If he continued like this, the forces supporting Xiaolangjun Wuli would be defeated under Yuguan City. Even if Yuguan was finally captured, it would only be more losses than gains. Losing these tribal warriors, he
I can’t imagine what the future will bring. He is the number one warrior of the Pinbu, and he is my mother’s strongest personal guard. He is responsible for Xiao Langjun’s future and the future of the entire Pinbu.
Ke Dan quickly issued an order to stop the siege. The regular soldiers who were preparing to climb the ladder at the bottom of the city breathed a sigh of relief. Under the cover of the archers, they commanded the auxiliary soldiers to resist the wooden ladder and returned to the Khitan's main formation. Together with the fortress at Shangpingzhou
The archers who were shooting at the defenders also slowly retreated and gathered around Ke Dan. Seeing that these archers were not injured, Ke Dan felt a little relieved. These people were tribal marksmen trained by him, and they were also Xiaolang.
Your most important support for ascending to the throne of Pinbu Zijin in the future cannot be lost at all.
Wu Li thought for a while and said: "But Uncle Dan, when you attacked Yuguan last time, didn't you set a fire and burn down the gate? Let's set a fire again this time. As long as the gate is burned down, we can break through.
Got in."
Ke Dan shook his head and said: "Last time I took a closer look at Guancheng. There is a drainage hole inside the gate. We can prevent fires below. We can pour water from above to extinguish the fire. As long as there are people on the wall, we can't burn the gate."
Wuli was a little disappointed: "Then... we just withdraw like this? What's my cousin's reply? He also said that as long as we take Yuguan, he will support me as the leader of the tribe..."
Ke Dan comforted him: "We can't attack Yuguan forcefully. Let's write to Lord Abo and tell him the truth about Yuguan. I'm sure he will understand. Let's go back to Bailangshui camp first, and we've also captured it in the past few months.
There is a lot of wealth in Dingkou. Let’s go back and distribute the looted things first. I will train some warriors. It won’t be too late for us to come back then. We can’t run away from Yuguan anyway.”
Wuli had always been very dependent on this Uncle Kedan, so after hearing this, he had no choice but to give up and immediately sent an order to evacuate northward and return to Bailangshui Lao camp.
When the Khitans turned and left, a burst of extremely warm cheers erupted from the city. These people who had fled from outside the pass had suffered enough from being oppressed by the barbarians, and now they actually blocked the opponent's attack in a head-on confrontation.
, countless grievances and resentments were finally vented, and everyone cried with joy and couldn't help themselves.
Forty-five enemies were killed in this battle, and seven of them were pushed down from Guancheng and fell to death. The Khitans carried them away when they withdrew their troops, so thirty-eight of them were beheaded. Although relying on the convenience of the city wall, the Pingzhou Army suffered no losses.
Thirteen people were killed, five were seriously injured, and seven were slightly injured. The archery team that fought against the enemy at the fortress suffered the heaviest casualties. Half of the losses of the entire Pingzhou Army occurred there.
While Li Chengzhong asked people in the civilian camp who knew some medical skills to treat the wounded, he also ordered Wang Dalang to go out of the city to closely monitor the movements of the Khitans to prevent the Khitans from returning. When Wang Dalang came back the next day, everyone in Yuguan was waiting.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the Khitans had retreated fifty miles north of Yuguan, and were still heading north!
The threat facing Yuguan was temporarily lifted, and Li Chengzhong held a summary meeting attended by officers above the group commander level. In addition to allowing everyone to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Khitans, they also proposed problems exposed in the defense and directions for future improvement.
.Everyone was a little uncomfortable with it at first, and they were all very restrained and did not dare to speak.
Jiang Miao hesitated and said: "Li Lang, you are the chief officer. We will do whatever you say. What else do we need to discuss?"
Li Chengzhong patiently explained: "Although I am currently the commander-in-chief of the soldiers of the fourth team in Yuguan, I cannot fight the battle alone. When the real fight begins, it is you who will command the soldiers. What problems did you encounter during the battle?
, put forward what you think is good and what is not good, let’s discuss it, won’t everyone understand it better in the next battle?”
Seeing that everyone was looking at each other and still remaining silent, Li Chengzhong simply called out: "Da Zhou, tell me, you led the sword and shield team to charge at the top of the city twice. Do you have any thoughts and feelings?"
Zhou Qidao was stunned, grinned and hesitated for a long time, then said: "I feel like I'm short of oil and water in my stomach. It would be nice if I could eat more, or have a piece of meat or something." As soon as he said this, everyone was happy and started joking.
Zhou Machete came up. Zhou Machete said angrily: "Where is this nonsense? If I had eaten better, those Khitan thieves would have been beaten to the top of the city by a shield a long time ago. How could they be allowed to run wild?"
!”
Li Chengzhong said: "What Zhou Da said is very good. This is indeed a problem, a problem of logistics supply of grain and fodder. I have written down this problem and will think of a solution when the time comes. Don't laugh, everyone. Since ancient times, wars have been largely
The battle is about logistics. If the soldiers don’t have enough to eat, how can we fight this battle? Wang Dalang... is he still laughing?... Go on!"
Wang Dalang was still enjoying himself, but when he heard this, he immediately grimaced, scratched his head, thought for a long time, and then said: "I'm thinking, should we specially assign a few people who can ride horses to be scouts? Just rely on
A certain person went to inquire about the news, and he was really tired and panicked... He was confused. He didn't mean to be lazy, he just wanted to..."
Li Chengzhong nodded and said: "Yes, originally according to the establishment, the scouting task in the Pingzhou Army should be undertaken by the Zhongying, but currently our capitals A and B are stationed in Yuguan alone, and it is really inconvenient not to have dedicated scouts. In this way, after the military meeting,
Just go and select people and give you five places. As for the horses... I'll go find Feng Dao and ask him to lend you some of the horses in the Minfu Camp fleet. Those horses are a little bit worse, but they're better than nothing, right?
…”
The opinions of Zhou Qidao and Wang Dalang were both praised and adopted by Li Chengzhong. When other officers saw this, they spoke one after another, and the military discussion suddenly became lively.