Fu Song

Chapter 486 God is not a thing
Like sitting in a steamer!

Sweat like rain!

On the city wall, the soldiers could no longer wear the heavy armor, so they took off the armor and threw it aside one after another, some of them were even shirtless.

Certainly not because of the sun overhead.

Although it is said that the twenty-four autumn tigers will still have hot weather for a while after the beginning of autumn, the reason why Dongshoujiang City is so uncomfortable now is because of the Liao army that is attacking the city below the city.

Now Chen Qiao regretted not burning the harvested straw.

It was such a negligence that made him suffer a lot today.

After harvesting the grain, only a small part of the wheat grass was returned to the city, or it was chopped up and used as livestock feed, or turned into handles as fuel for the kitchen, and the rest was spread flat on the field. After a few heavy rains , it will naturally rot, and then the dust will return to the dust and become the fertilizer for next year's food crops.

But now the Liao army has collected all these straws.

When the Liao people yelled and pushed the wheat stacks like hills from a distance, the people in the city really became nervous.

At first, the fire was not lit by the Liao people.

Liao people's infantry used these wheat stacks as ladders for boarding.

These huge wheat piles are not afraid of bows and arrows, and they are not afraid of ballista and catapults. After reaching the city wall, the Liao soldiers climbed up the piles and competed with the defenders on the city wall.

Then one of the defenders poured a can of grease on the straw and dropped a torch.

The wheat stacks instantly ignited.

The Liao army on the top and those still climbing were screaming and screaming.

But then, the Liao army also opened up a new way to attack the city.

Standing on the top of the city, watching the Liao army roll over hundreds of such huge wheat piles like rolling balls, it is really spectacular.

But when the fire started, it would be a hell of a lot of trouble.

These wheat piles are not much shorter than the city wall, and some are even deliberately tied higher than the city wall. When they are ignited and then roll towards the city wall, and finally lean on the city wall and burn, the guards feel like, It's really unbelievable.

The four sides of the city walls are wrapped in this way.

Not only that, the Liao people also added a lot of seasonings to it, so that a lot of smoke was wrapped in the burning straw, and the taste of the smoke was hard to describe.

The only thing that can make Chen Qiao feel lucky is that the Dongshoujiang City is not far from the Songgazi River, so the groundwater is still very rich. When the city was built, the problem of water intake when it was besieged by the enemy was considered, so there were dozens of mouths in the city. deep well.

Even on the city wall, at intervals of a distance, there are more than a dozen large water tanks, which are filled to the brim with water.

The sackcloth was dipped in water and tied to the face to filter the smoke. As for the eyes being red from the smoke like a rabbit, that was of course irrelevant.

The weather was already very hot, and now the people inside the city wall seemed to be in a roasting cage. They all looked like big shrimps, and their naked bodies were all red.You can only pour a ladle of water down your head from time to time.

When the water fell on the ground, it immediately turned into puffs of white steam, which made the temperature of the city even higher.

Fortunately, such a fire, the enemy can not attack.

Chen Qiao ordered most of the soldiers to go down the city wall, while he led his own soldiers to guard the city. Although it was said that the enemy was unlikely to attack, there was nothing wrong with being careful. The gap in it.

Although looking from the inside out, apart from the fire, there is smoke.

"My God, it won't rain at all!" Chen Qiao pointed at the sky and cursed loudly.

"There's not much wheatgrass outside, let's see how long they can burn!" A soldier wiped his sweat, and before his hands left his forehead, a row of beads of sweat oozed densely.

I was too lazy to wipe it off, so I walked to a large water tank on the side, bent down, and gulped down a gulp.

If there is not enough water in the city, such a fire can roast people into jerky.

In the distance, Yeluhuan looked at the soaring fire and the smoke that covered the sky, smiling all over his face, looking back at a general beside him, and said with a smile: "Su Hu, if you turn around and break the city, you should be the first!"

Su Hu said with a smile: "It's just that I saw the wheat grass in the city, and I came to inspiration by chance. I can't be praised by the governor. Now that Ye Liqi is still watching around. These party savages come and go without a trace, which is really hard to guard against." , as long as this city is broken, Ye Liqi will have no choice but to escape, and there will be no enemy to threaten us in the north of the Black Mountain."

"That's right!" Yeluhuan felt the same way: "Ever since Thief Xiao built the city here, we are like a thorn in our backs. If we don't remove this thorn, we won't even be able to sleep well."

"Governor, after the fire, the blue bricks and stones surrounding the wall will be burnt to pieces. At this time, if you smash them with heavy weapons such as ballistas, the outer shell of the city wall will not be strong, and the rammed stones inside will be exposed." The earth wall is much easier to deal with.” Su Hu looked up at the sky for a while, and said, “If God helps us again, it will rain heavily as soon as we put out the fire. Ah, I am all collapsed."

"It looks like I have to change clothes tonight, burn incense and pray, and beg God to make it happen!" Yeluhuan laughed.

I don't know if Yeluhuan burned incense to pray for the gods and Buddhas in the sky. Anyway, Chen Qiao, who hadn't slept much, heard the thunder from the sky and walked out of the city gate. It suddenly became extremely ugly.

There was joy in the city.

It is going to rain,

It's finally going to rain.

As long as it rains, this damn fire won't start.

Chen Qiao cursed again.

Doesn't it rain at any time?
You don't play when it's time to play, and you play when you shouldn't!
Thieves are really not a thing!

"Call all the officers above the team to come to the meeting!" After scolding, Chen Qiao hurriedly issued the military order.

When hundreds of teams gathered together, the rain finally started to fall.

It landed on Chen Qiao's face with a slap,

In front of hundreds of people, Chen Qiao cursed again and again.

If it doesn't rain, it's like pouring down.

The rain extinguished the rest of the unburnt corn.

But on the top of the city, the faces of all the officers dared to change.

They heard the crisp sound of crackling like firecrackers.

It was covered with bricks, and the strips of stone were bursting.

There were continuous explosions, and then there was the sound of cracking and falling.

In the distance, deafening cheers came from the barracks of the Liao army. Obviously, they were also looking forward to the rain.

Chen Qiao's expression calmed down at this moment.

Looking at the soldiers under his command, he said: "Next, it will be a real hard battle. Tell all the soldiers, the order from above is, the city is in, the people are in, the city is broken, and the people are dead. Take a step back and cut! Run away and cut General Yelich's cavalry are roaming around the periphery, and there is no sympathy for those who escaped."

There was silence below.

"If you die here, you are a warrior. The manager will support your family for you. If you escape, you will even have your relatives. No one will end well!" Chen Qiao roared: "So, there is only death."

"It's just death!" Hundreds of team generals roared loudly.

The Western Army has always been kind to the family members of the war dead, but all the family members of the war dead were relocated outside Xingqing Mansion and distributed to the best fields and houses without paying taxes or performing hard labor. Ethnicity, the reason why they are not afraid of death at all on the battlefield.

Some people even hold the idea of ​​being the only one who is dead and happy for the whole family.

Once on the battlefield, he is like a lunatic, with a ruthless look that he is afraid that you will not kill me.

It's strange to say, but all such people can't die for a while, and some of them become bigger and bigger because of this.

The rain stopped abruptly at dawn.

At this time, the Dongshoujiang City was impossible to see.

It is dilapidated like old antiques that have not been repaired for dozens of years, and some places even collapsed, and the rainwater flowed down the wall, tearing away layer after layer of the rammed earth wall.

The Liao Kingdom lined up and went out to camp.

Amid the sound of war drums, the gates of Dongshou City opened wide, and groups of well-armored soldiers also came out in formation. About [-] people formed an army formation with their backs leaning against the dilapidated city wall.

If you want to break through the Dongshou surrendered city, you will step over me.

Yeluhuan looked up, and the city wall was indeed in tatters, but he could still see the rows of crossbows and the occasional archers above the city wall.

"The Western Army is really a strong army. Under such circumstances, they still have such morale. I admire, admire!" Yeluhuan said with emotion.

But I admire Guipei, and he gave the order to attack without any delay.

With the rumble of hooves, the sound of drums, and the loud shouts, the face-to-face hand-to-hand combat between the two armies kicked off.

Chen Qiao didn't know when Yeluhuan was fighting to the death, Ye Liqi, who he thought was traveling abroad, was no longer near Dongshoujiang City.

After receiving Xiao Ding's military order, Ye Liqi led thousands of cavalrymen under his command, and was traveling day and night to Ulanbulage Gorge at the junction of Weifu Army Division in Heishan and Yan Army Division in Heishui Town to participate in the battle against Liao Dynasty. The decisive battle of the West Route Army.

After studying the overall deployment of the Liao Army, the senior officials of the Western Army believed that the Yeluhuan of the Eastern Route Army was just a trick of the Liao people, and the real killer of the Liao Kingdom was still the West Route Army.

As the Liao army gradually approached, more and more scouts returned, which also confirmed the opinion of the senior leaders of the Western Army.

Because in addition to the [-] Gongfen army led by Xiao Siwen, the [-] Pishi army led by Wanyan Starling, and other Han troops such as Touxia Army, Xiangyong, and Shangjing Road , but not enough.

After confirming this point, Xiao Ding immediately led the iron kite to the Ulan Bragg Canyon. At the same time, he also began to recruit all the surrounding cavalry teams that could be mobilized to rush here for help.

"The strength of the Liao Kingdom can be seen in this battle!" Xiao Ding, who was riding his horse, said to Xin Jian who was beside him with emotion: "From the information we have obtained, the real target of the Liao Kingdom's battle should be the Song Kingdom. , their purpose of fighting with us is just to attract Song to deploy a large number of troops to confront us on Shaanxi Road, so that they can make a breakthrough on Hebei Road. But even so, our confrontation with them is nothing more than one Master Zhi, but you can also let us go all out to deal with it!"

Xin Jian was a little unconvinced: "If it weren't for the Qingtang Muzhan, the resurgence of the blind medicine, the yellow-headed Uighurs, the Xizhou Uighurs suddenly rebelled, and the black sweats on the border are about to move, so most of our troops are restrained, we are a little I'm not afraid of him."

Xiao Ding smiled: "Although we have a vast territory, we are trapped by a small population and our economic strength cannot keep up. Although we have developed in recent years, compared with Liao and Song Dynasties, we are still far behind. Xin Jian, Zhang Yuan has always wanted me to call me a widow, but I don't want to, do you know why?"

Xin Jian smiled: "Actually, I hope so too. Manager, if you become the emperor, at least I can become a prince of the country!"

Xiao Ding sighed: "Being the emperor is easy, but what will we do in the future?"

Raising his horsewhip, Xiao Ding said: "In a war like this one, the other party just does it at will, but we have already gone all out. After a battle is fought, even if we win, our strength will still suffer a lot. This time, I still don't know if Chen Qiao can survive there? And our strategy of going west can only be forced to shelve. If the Yellow-headed Uighurs and Xizhou Uighurs are not handled well, it will be an endless disaster. If you don't become the emperor, you will be in trouble with There is still room for relaxation in the Song Dynasty, once this road is taken, it will only go to the dark one way, and, for me, China, it is not a good thing."

"I understand, Erlang told me this too!" Xin Jian said with a smile: "Although I don't know much about it, I have always admired him. He said that he hoped that the civilization of the Han family would be able to broadcast Four Seas."

"Exactly!" Xiao Ding nodded. "Now I'm in a state of desperation. If I really want to become the emperor, wouldn't it be even more painful."

"I don't know that your pain is the dream of many people in this world!" Xin Jian laughed.

"People, one family is always better than the other. Don't you know that every family has its own hard-to-read scriptures. Only you know whether the shoes fit or not. Anyway, I know that the emperor's shoes are definitely not suitable. mine."

With [-] iron kites, soldiers and horses from the Yan army in Heishui Town, and tribal cavalry conscripted from all walks of life, Xiao Ding gathered a total of [-] cavalry in the Ulan Prague Grand Canyon.

On the other side of him, the iron cavalry of the Liao Army led by General Xiao Siwen of the Liao Army was not inferior to Xiao Ding in terms of strength.

Although attacking the Western Army was just a strategic cover, if the Western Army could be taken down smoothly, it would be something Daliao could only wish for.

For Xiao Siwen, in this battle, the emperor and empress did not require him to have a record.

But he himself wants to make great progress and go one step further.

Over the years, the Western Army has really tossed Daliao a lot.

When leaving, Xiao Siwen went to see the queen specially, and made some insinuations. Judging from the queen's attitude, as long as Xiao Ding's family survived, the rest would be nothing. If Xiao Siwen could really wipe out the Western Army, That is, it doesn't matter if he is named king.

Great merit should be rewarded.

In the current Daliao, whether it is the emperor or the empress, they don't worry about any masters with high achievements at all.

Because no one can match them.

(End of this chapter)