back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 79
Yelu Zhongyuan was so frightened that he immediately covered Yelu Nelugu's mouth, waved back and forth, and then said with lingering fear: "Nizi, do you want to court death? Do you know how many spies Yelu Hongji planted in my tribe?" You actually said this, aren’t you afraid that someone will call in the royal army and kill us? I’m even afraid of that kidnapper!”

Yelu Nelugu also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he slapped himself twice, but he said very unwillingly: "Then Yelu Hongji has nothing to do, but he occupies the throne. Father didn't think about taking back the throne?"

Yelu Zhongyuan reprimanded: "Don't even think about this idea, how can you, a little child, see the power Yelu Hongji possesses? You should lead the troops well and do your duty well! If you say this, Don't mention it in the future!"

After being reprimanded by Yelu Zhongyuan, Yelu Nerugu left the tent of the Chinese army resentfully, and said viciously: "If you pass on my military order, even if the whole army is wiped out, you will die on the top of the city. I don't believe it. I, Yelu Nerugu, there's nothing you can do about a small Youzhou city!"

The vanguard army, which had received the military order, turned the remaining Khitan cavalry into infantry, and launched an attack on Youzhou City one by one.But the ladder erected on the city wall was pushed away by the forks and poles, and fell to the ground fiercely.

The Khitan soldiers were knocked down one by one, and they were so dizzy that they vomited blood continuously.The number of Khitan soldiers who were lucky enough to get to the top of the city was less than one or two out of a hundred.But as soon as someone went up, the seemingly solid defense line of Youzhou City seemed a little loose.

Fortunately, Zhu Daguang took the lead, took the sword handed to him by his own soldiers, and ran towards the Khitan soldiers rushing to the top of the wall, shouting: "Follow me!"

The soldiers of the Jurchen clan climbed up to the top of the wall with great effort, but when they were about to start a massacre, they found that they were unable to do what they wanted.After a few blows, he was hacked by a frontier soldier who is not weak in martial arts, and then fell off the top of the wall. He must have died.

But as soon as the gap was opened, brave Jurchen soldiers poured out like a fountain, one by one holding sabers and screaming, they rushed towards the border guards defending the city. Let more enemies charge up!"

His personal soldiers also shouted loudly: "Push down the ladder quickly!"

Immediately, after hearing this, one of Shiwu's frontier soldiers rushed up desperately.These are the reserve teams prepared by Zhu Daguang, specially used to deal with this scene.

There are ten soldiers in this Shiwu and one Shichang, all of whom have experienced many battles.There are even some veterans who used to have official positions.But in order to ensure the defense, Zhu Daguang called them all out and formed more than [-] teams. Five Shiwu teams were placed on the city gates in each direction, just in case.

These shwu fought ferociously, disregarding personal life and death, they were like a killing machine, even if they died, they would drag one or two backs.According to their words, it is "kill one to return the cost, but kill two to make money".

With the addition of new forces, the enemy troops rushing to the top of the city were quickly wiped out, and the ladder was overturned to the ground. No less than six enemy troops fell from the ladder.Although nothing happened at the bottom, the soldiers at the top were not so lucky.Youzhou City is as high as three feet, and if you fall from such a height, you will be disabled even if you don't die.

Seeing the attack on the top of the wall, Yelu Nerugu was so excited that he almost jumped up, but after a while, all the soldiers who rushed to the top of the wall were beheaded one by one, and he stomped his feet angrily: "Are they all pigs? Didn't hold on for a quarter of an hour?"

His personal soldiers said disdainfully: "These Jurchens are so brave, but unfortunately they are too few and they don't have any cooperation. Once they charge up, they fight on their own. No matter how powerful they are, they can't beat hundreds of them!"

In fact, they all knew that in terms of defending the city, the Han people were ten thousand times more proficient than them. They hurriedly turned cavalry into infantry, although they were equally brave, they brandished machetes and howled towards Wengcheng.But when they got under the city wall, they became extremely clumsy and didn't know how to fight at all. Many people climbed ladders and were even clumsier than bears walking on a tightrope, and they became living targets for the defenders to attack.Under the dense rain of arrows, crossbow arrows and stone bullets, they all turned into hedgehogs.Many soldiers also rushed to the city gate, and hit the city gate with rams under the dead angle of the arrow branch.The defenders on the city wall had no choice but to rely on wood to attack.From time to time, he poured boiling water down, causing the Khitan soldiers to scream and stamp their feet everywhere...

It has been almost five hours since this battle was fought in the early morning.Casualties on both sides were not small, but the frontier troops were still holding on.But the Khitan soldiers who attacked the city were a little demoralized. They couldn't attack for a long time. Except for death or death, whoever was in this environment would become a little subtle psychologically. No matter how brave they were, they couldn't exert [-]% of their strength at this moment.

There are more than 1 pioneers, and there are not many people left at this moment.Seeing that such refueling tactics caused too many casualties, Yelunerugu couldn't think of any good way.Except for fighting on horseback, the nomads have never encountered such a tough battle.Even on horseback, they still use the tactics of group charge, roundabout attack, galloping and shooting.However, the riding skills of the nomads are too superb, even if the Han people practice for more than ten years, they will not be able to catch up, so field battles are very disadvantageous.

Just imagine, a charging horse has unparalleled impact.Under such a group charge, ordinary infantry were immediately dispersed.It's not that the Han people are not brave, it's just that the difference in arms has determined the offensive and defensive positions of the two armies.

Not to mention that Yelu Hongji's imperial guards were all kidnapped horses, the so-called heavy cavalry, and even the horses were all Dawan horses. When they charged, they were full of power and power, and it was not something ordinary people could resist.Even the Mongolian army, which later became so powerful in the world, did not dare to sway its edge, and could only use harassment and devious tactics to defeat it.

Seeing that another day passed, there was nothing to gain except for leaving thousands of corpses behind.In desperation, Yelu Nerugu ordered the troops to retreat with a bragging rights.The siege soldiers who were already a little scared heard the sound of bull horns, ignored the ladders, and retreated like flying one by one.They really don't want to fight such a meaningless war of attrition. Going up the ladder is tantamount to death. The Khitans and Jurchens also had mothers, and they were also afraid of death.

The wounded soldiers left behind are left alone.Those who were slightly injured were dragged away, and those who were seriously injured were wailing, but no one paid any attention.

In fact, at this time, the defenders of the city were somewhat exhausted.In order not to show the enemy a flaw, they still tried their best to shoot their bows and arrows.It's just that the bow and arrow are soft and have no lethality at all.After bluffing, all the frontier soldiers were exhausted and collapsed on the ground, and they didn't even have the energy to eat.The arms of the frontier soldiers who shot dozens of arrows a day were already swollen, and they were all red from the bowstring.

Zhu Daguang took the lead, and when he was pushing the ladder, he was slashed with a saber by a brave Jurchen soldier.Fortunately, it wasn't critical, the armor resisted the cut on the back, the wound was not deep, but the bleeding was still too much.

As soon as the Khitan retreated, Zhu Daguang couldn't stand it any longer. He only felt dizzy for a while, and the big knife fell to the ground with a "shaking" sound when his hand lost his strength. His soldiers were so frightened that they quickly called the military doctor to bandage Zhu Daguang. .

Zhu Daguang took a deep breath and forced himself not to faint.He knew that he was the soul of this frontier army, and if he fell, Youzhou City would be gone.

(End of this chapter)