Hearing this, Lao Ge burst out laughing, "You are still young and have plenty of opportunities. We have defeated the Liao people this time. If you are willing, I will go greet your leader and recruit you to join the Yang family as a member of the music department. When we arrive at the Tianbo Yang Mansion
, you will be able to see the eldest young master more often. There is no guarantee that you will be able to work under the eldest young master in the future." Ergouzi said excitedly: "Really?"
Lao Ge stared and said dissatisfied: "When did your Uncle Ge lie to you?" Er Gouzi scratched his head and smiled stupidly. The other little guys one by one volunteered and shouted: "We are also willing..."
Lao Ge waved his hand with a look of disgust on his face. "You guys also want to join the Yang family's music department? Do you think the Yang family's music department is a rotten leaf?"
A little guy patted his chest and hummed: "We are not bad either. In terms of the ability to kill enemies, Ergouzi can't compare to me." Old Ge Lezi smiled and said: "Even if you have the ability, it still depends on your performance.
.If you behave better, maybe I will show kindness and give you a chance." The little guys are also smart people, and they immediately understood the meaning of Lao Ge's words. "Uncle Ge, wait a minute, yesterday I
I found a rabbit nest and I will prepare a meal of rabbit meat for you tomorrow."
Lao Ge nodded with satisfaction and said: "You're the best kid." The other little guys also expressed their intention to get delicious food for Lao Ge. At this time, there was one who was older than Lao Ge.
An old pawn with ears appeared here.
As soon as he appeared, the air around him seemed to become colder. "Get out of here." The old pawn shouted, and the little guys ran away in fear. Lao Ge looked at the old pawn nonchalantly and said with a grin: "Boss.
, what are you doing to scare them? If you scare them, no one will give me meat to eat in the future."
The old pawn glared at Lao Ge and cursed: "I don't want to see a group of little guys being deceived by you." Lao Ge defended: "How did I lie to them?" The old pawn snorted coldly and said in a low voice:
"How is the situation now? As a veteran, you can't help but see it. Can the wishes you made for your children be fulfilled?" When the situation was mentioned, the optimistic Lao Ge couldn't help laughing.
As veterans, they have long known how bad the situation at Yanmen Pass is. There are no reinforcements inside and strong enemies outside. This is almost a life-and-death situation. Lao Ge put on an ugly smile on his face and said
: "I followed the old commander when I was seventeen. I am forty-seven this year, and I have been fighting for thirty years. At that time, there were more than three thousand brothers in my group. Now, there are less than fifty left.
people.
Brothers fell in front of me one after another. I have taken life and death lightly. Compared with those dead brothers, I have lived for more than thirty years. It is considered a profit and I have lived enough. Even if I die in battle, I still
No regrets." Lao Ge paused, the smile on his face was full of bitterness, and his voice was a little sad, "It's just... these children are too young, smaller than my own. Look at them.
I don't feel good about dying with us.
I have no ability to guarantee that they can survive. I can only think of ways to embolden them and give them a hope of working hard to live." After saying this, tears rolled down from the corners of Lao Ge's eyes. The old man also had tears in his eyes.
His voice was slightly hoarse, "Back then, I was seventeen years old and followed the old commander. We had four thousand brothers following the old commander back then. Now I am the only one left."
The old pawn looked at the backs of the teenagers who were afraid of him and sighed: "They... are indeed too young... too young..." It seemed that he saw himself and his brothers back then. The old pawn choked up and said
: "Too young... so young that I don't know why I am killing the enemy, so young that I don't know who I am fighting for..." The old pawn is fifty-one years old this year. He is already at the age of retirement in Bianjing City. By the time he
At this age, there is no longer any desire to fight for the emperor, for the Yang family, or for fame and fortune.
The reason why I am still running on the front line of the battlefield is for the same reason. The people behind me, the blood flowing in my body... for the nation...
"Liao Gou is coming." Someone shouted, and everyone looked outside the pass. Sure enough, outside Yanmen Pass, a dark group of people came towards Yanmen Pass. The old soldier took one look and frowned. "
The people walking in the front are the Han people from Liao." The old soldier immediately identified the enemy walking in the front.
A group of old, weak, women and children with sticks in their hands or bare hands, crying and roaring, ran towards Yanmen Pass. In Liao land, the strong Han people were war reserves, just like food. But the old and weak were
Women and children are a group of people who can be abandoned at any time. When these people die, the Liao people will not feel sorry at all, and will even drink and celebrate. Because there is no more waste that consumes food. Of course, they drive the old and weak women and children to attack
The city is also a means.
Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted guard. In order not to massacre the old, weak, women and children, he let them in. Then the enemy soldiers lurking inside took the opportunity to sneak attack. This is also the origin of the four words "ci does not control the army".
."Kill or not?" asked the Volcano Army soldier who had never seen such a scene.
The old soldier closed his eyes in pain, gritted his teeth and said: "Kill!" After giving the order to kill the enemy, the old soldier turned to Lao Ge and said: "Bing the gong as a warning." "Dang, dang, dang~" followed by rapid gong sounds.
The sound rang out. The Yanmen Gate closed and opened, and everyone knew that war was coming. Lao Yang arrived at the north gate of Yanmen Pass as soon as possible.
After glancing at the old, weak, women and children under the city, Lao Yang directly issued an order to kill the enemy. It was not that he was cruel, nor was he vicious. Because at this time, there was no room for mercy. Once he became soft-hearted, Yanmen Pass fell, allowing the Liao people to invade.
Entering the Central Plains, more old, weak, women and children will die.
"Swish, swish, swish~" rounds of arrows shot down. The people at Yanmen Gate fell down like wheat. Human life, at this time, seemed insignificant. Like grass, large pieces passed away. This is
war.
Iron-blooded! Cruel! Sad! "Save us!" "Save us, we are Han Chinese!" "Let us in!" "Give us a way to survive." "..."
The hearts of the soldiers of the Volcano Army at the gate of the city were broken when they heard the shouts of the old, weak, women and children. However, even if they were in tears, they could not be merciful, and would even act more decisively to end the city gate as soon as possible.
The pain of old, weak, women and children.
"Yang Yanzhao! Open your eyes and take a good look, who are you killing?" "Yang Yanzhao, facing so many old, weak, women and children, can you really do it?" "Yang Yanzhao, aren't you afraid of divine punishment?" "Thief! Yang Yanzhao
! You thief!" "You have no ability to defeat the Liao people, but you are slaughtering us Han people here. You are worse than a pig or a dog." "General Yang, I beg you, open the door and let us in."
"Han thieves, you are not capable of killing Liao people, but you are capable of killing common people. Your conscience is eaten by dogs?" "Master Yang, Grandpa Yang, please, please let us in..." "..."
The sounds of cursing, pleading, and crying entered Yang Yanzhao's ears one after another, and Lao Yang felt his heart aching. The people were eager to live, but they didn't care, and they didn't understand the importance of guarding. Their curses
, Yang Yanzhao will not blame him at all.
The one-sided massacre lasted for a full hour. All the soldiers of the Volcano Army who closed the Yanmen were like walking around in an endless hell, and their consciences were severely tortured. This is a kind of spiritual
Torture is far more likely to break down than physical torture.
In front of Brother Yelulang, the commander-in-chief of the country, a few human lives are nothing. As long as we can open the door to the Central Plains and invade the land of the Central Plains, all sacrifices are worth it. The eight Khitan tribes have grown from small nomadic tribes on the grasslands.
, it has developed into a huge country today, just like this step by step.
Brother Yelulang is determined to win Yanmen Pass, and Li Chongjie is also working tirelessly for this. Yang Yanzhao is on the defensive side, and his troops are far inferior to others. This is a very painful thing for Yang Yanzhao. The enemy made a feint attack, and inside Yanmen Pass
More than 600 soldiers of the Volcano Army were killed.
Today, there are still more than 5,000 soldiers left in the Volcano Army who can fight. The number of soldiers in the Volcano Army is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the number of enemies outside the city is also decreasing on a large scale. But comparing the strength of the two sides, the enemy is completely
They could afford it. As soon as the fighting stopped, Yang Yanzhao quickly asked the soldiers of the Volcano Army to rest more quickly. The civilians in Yanmen Pass began to carry the materials for the defense of the city to the top of the city in a cycle.
"General Yang..." The leading civilian husband is an old man named Fang Boss, an old Qin man. The children raised by Qinchuan in the eight hundred miles are all extremely lean, but full of resilience. "What's wrong?"
Yang Yanzhao was listening to Yang Gui's military report. He saw Boss Fang and asked casually. Boss Fang rubbed his hands uneasily and said honestly: "General Yang, there are not enough rolling logs in the city."
Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "If you don't have enough rolling logs, then go to the mountains and chop them. The logs all over the mountains and plains are not enough for you to chop?" Boss Fang smiled bitterly and said: "General, since Yanmen Pass has become a border pass to fight against the Liao people.
, the trees on the surrounding mountains have long been cut down due to years of felling."
Boss Fang glanced sideways at the bare hills on both sides of Yanmen Pass and sighed: "Look at the hills nearby. Are there any trees one foot high?" Lao Yang said coldly: "If there aren't any nearby, then look for them elsewhere." Fang said.
The boss spread his hands helplessly and said: "The nearest forest is also ten miles outside Yanmen Pass." "Ten miles?"
Lao Yang was a little out of his mind. It would take a lot of time to transport the logs from ten miles away. Moreover, it was getting late now. Once these civilians left Yanmen Pass, if they lost their restraints and started to run away, he would not be able to mobilize the troops at Yanmen Pass.
The soldiers went to restrain and arrest them.
Boss Fang also saw this and reported the matter to Lao Yang. Otherwise, with his dull temperament, he would have taken people out to cut wood long ago. "What do you think we should do?" Yang Yanzhao began to seek Boss Fang's opinion.
Boss Fang rubbed his hands and muttered: "Many brothers have died in Guancheng, and many barracks have become vacant. Otherwise, we can demolish these barracks, and use the wood on the beams as good materials to make rolling logs."
It’s not a problem. The stones used to build the wall can also be brought up to defend the city, and it can save the brothers time of digging stones.”
Boss Fang has a straightforward temper, and once he talks, he will not hide it. He continued: "The civilians save time and can go up to the city wall to help the Volcano Army defend the city." Boss Fang's suggestion is good.
But Lao Yang had his own considerations. The civilians in Yanmen Pass can be said to be the last line of defense in the pass. Yang Yanzhao wanted to keep these people for critical moments. Yang Yanzhao said in a deep voice: "You go down first and lead the civilians to dismantle the pass.
Those empty barracks in the city. As for letting civilians participate in city defense, I will think about it again."
Boss Fang nodded, smiled honestly, and turned around to go down to the city. "Wait a minute." Yang Yanzhao stopped him. Boss Fang turned around and heard Lao Yang say: "When you pass by the Wengcheng under the city, shout for me.
Lieutenant General Wang, ask him to come over." Boss Fang went down to the city and found Wang Gui with his soldiers guarding the gate in Weng City. After a while, Wang Gui climbed up the city wall and arrived in front of Yang Yanzhao. "Last General Wang
Expensive, see General."
Yang Yanzhao waved his hand and signaled Wang Gui to get up, and then asked: "What do you think of the situation?" Wang Gui looked solemn and said: "The situation is not optimistic. The enemy is not willing to sacrifice the lives of 30,000 people for a feint attack. I'm afraid there will be another attack soon.
Big move." Yang Yanzhao pondered: "Do you have any other ideas?" Wang Gui thought for a while and whispered: "Otherwise, let it in, and it will be an empty city plan?" Yang Yanzhao decisively rejected it and said: "No, once you let it go,
Wengcheng, the enemy will swarm us when the time comes. Our small force is simply incapable of defeating us."
Wang Gui frowned and said, "The only thing left is to defend." "Father, the enemy will rush over soon. I can lead a group of people to kill them and disrupt their formation." Yang Gui asked for orders. Lao Yang hesitated.
"Look again, look again." In front of Yanmen Pass, the fighting calmed down for an hour. Li Chongjie started the war again. Li Chongjie used a catapult to clear the way, but a man driving a catapult was defeated in front and rushed towards Yanmen Pass crazily.
Throw large rocks.
Big stones fell on the Yanmen Gate, creating gaps one after another in the city wall. Some of the Volcano Army soldiers who were unable to escape were hit by the stones and instantly turned into a puddle of flesh. "Liao Dog"
This attack was very brutal." There were not only catapults, but also siege crossbows. Li Chonghui abandoned the unique siege characteristics of the siege crossbows and used the siege crossbows as tools to kill the enemy. In short,
The Liao people's attack was very swift and violent. The arrows at the city gate had been exhausted, so in the face of such long-distance weapons, the Volcano Army could only passively take the beating.
The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Liao people had already reached the bottom of the city. However, this time, they did not use the ladder to climb the city, but stopped a hundred meters away from Yanmen Pass. After a short pause, they let the city top
The soldiers of the Volcano Army were all confused.
"Roar~" Immediately afterwards, I saw the servants of the Liao people in the distance, pushing more than a dozen huge wooden frames, walking steadily towards Yanmen Pass. When I saw this huge wooden frame, the old man
Yang's eyes widened and he shouted: "Climbing car?!" Climbing car is the latest city-climbing combat weapon developed by the General of the Song Dynasty. One can replace the ladder and be set up on the city wall to lift the enemies outside the city.
A weapon that reaches a height of two feet.
At the same time, the city boarding vehicle can also build a temporary one-foot-wide platform outside the city wall for the soldiers to use. In other words, the enemy can easily cross two feet of the three-foot-high city wall at Yanmen Pass.
With the remaining ten feet and three feet, the enemy can easily climb to the top of the city.
Things like rolling logs and stones lose a large part of their effectiveness in front of the city boarding car, and their lethality will be sharply reduced. "How did this thing appear in the hands of the Liao people?" Wang Gui roared angrily. The Great Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty's Huoshan Army had no equipment for what Jiang Zuojian had researched, but the Liao people used it first.
How could Wang Gui not be angry? Yang Yanzhao was also angry, even with flames burning in his chest. However, as the coach, he could not be driven out of his mind by anger like Wang Gui. Yang Yanzhao gritted his teeth, with blood dripping from his heart, and lowered his head.
He yelled: "Call Yang Gui over."
Wang Gui said in astonishment: "Commander, let me go." Yang Yanzhao shook his head and said solemnly: "You are old, there are some things you can't do." Yang Gui had been waiting on the tower of the north gate city gate, and heard Yang Yanzhao
The summons quickly appeared in front of Lao Yang. Lao Yang stared at Yang Gui and whispered: "I agreed to your previous suggestion and asked you to take people out to kill. However, I have a condition."
"Commander Father's orders." "Destroy the city boarding car." Yang Gui knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders." Yang Gui received the military order, climbed down the city wall, entered Wengcheng, and began to deploy troops to rush out of the city.
manpower.
Yang Yanzhao was on the top of the city, staring at the approaching city boarding car, and ordered Wang Gui. "Go and make arrangements, order the officers and men to prepare gun formations and defend Yanmen Pass." Wang Gui clasped his fists. "The last general takes orders." The city boarding car gradually approached.
Already.
When the city boarding car hit the Yanmenguan city wall, rows of long spears appeared from the notches in the Yanmenguan city wall. The spears were staggered, forming a defense line built with spear points. The Liao army that had just been sent up by the city boarding car was
One after another, the spears pierced each other's eyes. The Liao soldiers seemed to be unable to feel the death of their comrades. They took advantage of the gap between the Volcano Army soldier's spear and the bones in the Liao army's corpse to grab the spear and kill the Volcano Army soldier.
The soldiers tore down the city head.
Then, the Liao army who rushed up from behind picked up the scimitars in their hands and cut into pieces the Volcanic Army soldiers who fell on the city climbing car. Under the cover of the city climbing car, crossbows and catapults, the Liao army fought more and more fiercely.
Yong. The soldiers of the Volcano Army on the top of the city fought hard, but their numbers were always outnumbered, and they suffered heavy casualties.
"Hahaha... OK, OK, it is indeed a great gift. General Li is really impressive." Beggar Harr was overjoyed when he saw that his men were already on the top of Yanmen Pass.
Praise Li Chonghuo.
Li Chongjie heard Qitahar's praise and felt very proud in his heart. A hero will finally be useful. I, Li Chongjie, will definitely become famous in this battle and achieve great success. Although he is proud in his heart, Li Chongjie is still very proud on the surface.
Respectfully, he smiled humbly and said: "Everything depends on the support of the general. I only relied on the majesty of the general to provide some trivial suggestions and methods."
"Okay!" When Qitahar heard this, he was even more satisfied with Li Chonghui. He patted his chest and said, "You are very knowledgeable, and I am very pleased. Don't worry, if we win this battle, we will return to Shangjing."
From now on, I will definitely recommend you in front of the Queen Mother. From now on, our begging department will also support you." Li Chongjie was overjoyed and patted his horse and said, "Thank you, General, for your cultivation."
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Brother Yelu Xiu looked at the sharpness of the city boarding car, and a flash of astonishment flashed in his eyes. "It's an amazing siege weapon. It can be called a sharp weapon. With this sharp weapon in hand, our Liao Kingdom will be able to deal with the Song Dynasty in the future."
It gives me a better chance of winning." Xiao Tianzuo nodded and said, "It's indeed a good thing. It doesn't look like something from the Begging and Answering Department."
Xiao Tianzuo Biao shouted loudly: "That idiot Qi Da Haer, with his ability, there must be an expert behind him." Brother Yelu Lang put his hands behind his back and chuckled: "I really want to meet Qi Da Haer.
Answer the expert behind Hal. This expert may save me a lot of effort. Maybe he will take Yanmen Pass and give me a surprise."
Xiao Tianzuo frowned and said: "What about our army ambushing behind the Qida Department?" Brother Yelvxiu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter." "King Qi, my subordinates have found out. This battle to conquer Yanmen Pass is all about
It is commanded by a man named Li Chongjie." The man sent out by Brother Yelvxiu to investigate knelt on one knee behind him to report.
"Li Chongjie?" Brother Yelvlang repeated the name with a puzzled look on his face. Xiao Tianzuo said, "I know this man. He is the commander of the Ma Bu Army." Brother Yelu Xiu nodded slightly and smiled: "Since he is the Ma Bu Army Commander,
Commander, let Xiao Duli come over and take a look." "I will go and pass the order right now."
Xiao Duoli is also a member of the Xiao clan. Within the Xiao clan, he has a higher status than Xiao Tianzuo and Xiao Tianyou. This man is quite favored by the Empress Dowager Xiao. He currently holds the title of Liao Kingdom Attendant, and he is Xiao Tianyou.
The husband of the Queen Mother was the son-in-law of the late Tianshengzong of the Liao Kingdom, so he still had the title of brother-in-law and governor on his head.
In the army, only Brother Yelu Lang could overwhelm him. And he happened to be Li Chongjie's superior. While the Liao people were relaxed and happy, the situation with Yanmen closing became more and more tense. The Liao army took advantage of
With the help of a sharp weapon like a city climbing car, we have overcome the obstruction of the gun array on the top of the city and successfully climbed to the top of the city.
Yang Yanzhao and Wang Gui, leading the soldiers of the Volcano Army, fought fiercely with the Liao army. Yang Yanzhao took his father's big golden sword, which almost became a sharp weapon for harvesting lives. He killed countless Liao soldiers vertically and horizontally.
.Many Liao soldiers were not his enemies, and they were split in half by his sword.
"Drink~" Yang Yanzhao shouted loudly, hacked another Liao army to death, turned around and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Go tell Yang Gui that it's time to attack." The soldiers guarding Lao Yang immediately killed Yang Yanzhao
This order was passed down. Inside the urn city, Yang Gui was wearing heavy armor and holding a big gun, looking majestic. After receiving Yang Yanzhao's order to attack, Yang Gui raised the big gun in his hand with a solemn expression and roared: "Brothers,
Follow me and kill you as fast as you can."
"Open the city gate!" "Open the city gate!" "Open the city gate!"
There were three loud shouts in a row, one louder than the other. Then, just as the Liao army outside the city climbed one after another to board the city car, the gate of Yanmen Pass suddenly opened. In the astonished eyes of the Liao army, five hundred people led by Yang Gui
The heavily armored cavalry suddenly rushed out from the door.
"Kill!" The heavy armored cavalry faced the infantry, which was basically a massacre. The Liao army standing in front of them did not need them to slash with their swords at all. The horses wearing heavy armor only needed to charge across.
If you pass by, the Liao army will be knocked to the ground. The heavy armored cavalry that follows from behind will trample the Liao army into a pulp.
Rushing and killing on the battlefield has always been Yang Gui's favorite thing. Yang Gui also has a lot of experience in this way. A small number of cavalry rushes to kill a large number of infantry, and killing the enemy is only the most basic purpose. The most important purpose is to disperse the enemy.
Formation.
As long as the enemy's formation is messed up, the rhythm will be messed up, and the offensive will also be messed up. When the city is closed, everyone's eyes are red and everyone's clothes are wet. "Roar~" Some people couldn't help but look up to the sky.
Roared.
Then there was a series of roars in response. The Liao people did not care how tortured the soldiers of the Volcano Army were when Yanmen Gate was closed. The Liao soldiers who followed behind the old and weak women and children used the corpses of old and weak women and children as stairs to fill up the area in front of Yanmen Pass.
The Liao army carried ladders, pushed siege vehicles, set up siege crossbows, trampled on the corpses of old and weak women and children, and launched an attack on Yanmen Pass. At this time, Lao Yang did not hesitate at all and shouted loudly.
"Kill!" The grievances in the hearts of the Volcano Army soldiers on the city top need to be vented, otherwise they will go crazy and even scream at the camp. The red-eyed Volcano Army soldiers are not stingy with the bows and arrows in their hands. Rounds of arrow rain.
He greeted the Liao army fiercely.
"We've run out of arrows." Lao Ge shouted after shooting the last arrow. Yang Yanzhao ordered with a straight face: "First put the gold juice, rolling wood, and stone." When the enemy troops attacked the city,
These three things have the greatest lethality. Once the enemy climbs onto the top of the city, these three things will be useless. Pots of boiling golden juice are poured down from the top of the city.
The Liao army soldiers under the hot city wall screamed wildly. Many Liao people who climbed half of the city wall fell down. The huge logs were driven with sharp iron nails. One by one they rolled off the city wall.
When they went down, countless Liao troops were killed and wounded. The rolling logs and gold juice were used up. The soldiers of the Volcano Army on the top of the city would pick up rocks and smash them down hard. The Liao Army's first attack was defeated by the Volcano Army.
The soldiers were forced to fight back.
One mile outside the city, Qitahar was leading his subordinates to observe Li Chonghui's battle. Seeing that his troops were repulsed, Qitahar frowned and asked Li Chonghui, "Why so fast?"
Did you lose?" Li Chongjie didn't seem to care about the success or failure of this time. He said with a smile: "General, this is just a test. The real attack will come later."
Qitahar said in astonishment: "You transferred 30,000 Han people from me just to test?" Li Chongjie replied: "Exactly." Qitahar frowned, waved his hand and said, "All of them
They are some old and weak women and children. If they die, they will die. As long as my people do not die on such a large scale." Li Chongjie said flatteringly: "I also considered this, so I let these old and weak women and children go to test. Next,
I have prepared a great gift for Yang Yanzhao."
Qitahar was eager to try: "Quick, quick, let me see how big your gift is." Li Chonghui bowed and said: "I will give the order to formally attack." Li Chonghui faced his servant's
With an order in his ear, the Li family's servants left quietly. On the hillside two miles away, brother Yelvxiu and the Xiao family brothers were also watching the battle.
Xiao Tianzuo looked at the retreating Liao army and said sarcastically: "Begging Har, you are weak and weak in fighting. You are such a waste." Xiao Tianzuo frowned and mused: "I don't think so.
It was an attack, and it did not display the fighting power that the warriors of the Qita tribe should have." Brother Yelulang nodded with a smile: "You are right, this is a well-directed feint attack. It does not look like the work of Qita Har.
, he is not that capable. Send someone down to find out who commanded this battle."
Xiao Tianzuo said in astonishment: "Is this a feint? A feint with the lives of thirty thousand people?" Brother Yelu Lang said nonchalantly: "So what if there are thirty thousand people? As long as we can win, there is nothing wrong with adding thirty thousand more. On the battlefield
The most important thing is victory or defeat. I am looking forward to the next war..."
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.