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Chapter 959 The Final Battle ([-])

The imperial army couldn't defend, and the Liao army had no good way except to attack with trebuchets.

But the trebuchets were too much to resist. Once the artillery of the Forbidden Army attacked, let alone the trebuchets, even the soldiers of the Liao army who manipulated the trebuchets would have difficulty escaping.

Khitan people are also human beings, no matter how brave they are, they will not seek their own death, right?After seeing a lot, these Khitan people have learned to be good.Once two or three stone bombs were fired, they dispersed in a rush, and no matter how much the generals in the Liao army beat and scolded, they would not come back.

You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.The Forbidden Army has also learned a lot, and sent dozens of brand-new binoculars from China. As soon as they saw the Liao Army playing with the trebuchet, the artillery was ready, and many Khitan people were killed.So that when the soldiers of the Liao army heard that they were going to play with the catapult, their heads shook like rattles, and they said nothing.

Later, the Liao army had no choice but to put the attack time at night.

In this case, the full-scale artillery battle will begin.

The imperial guards were no longer stingy with shells, and fired a shell from time to time, making the Khitan people flustered.

Humans are the most adaptable, and now the Khitan people already know that this is not some sorcery, but a new type of weapon.Over time, their nerves have become numb.Don't talk about artillery, even if the explosion of thunder is ringing in my ears, it's just a matter of leisure.

The confrontation between the two armies is just a small fight. Today I will attack the battalion, and tomorrow you will set a fire.

there is always a solution to a problem.The two sides fought happily, but with little effect, and no one could do anything to the other.

Seeing that autumn was coming, and the Khitan people's horses were fat and fat, the imperial army would not be easily dispatched.Although they have the advantage of firearms, the Khitan people still have the strongest field combat ability, and their mobility is top-notch in the world.If the two sides had a decisive battle in the wild, the imperial army's chances of winning were not very great.The charge of thousands of troops was too shocking, as if Pei Mo could resist it.

No wonder the Khitans were so arrogant before, the arrogance has its own merits.

Although the imperial army didn't suffer a lot these days, they couldn't get any bargains, and even the casualties were no different from the Khitans.

This made some quick-tempered generals so anxious that they complained all over the place, and they almost didn't blow up the camp.

Especially Yang Huaiyu, he danced the most and screamed the most.

"Brother-in-law, can't you persuade the Taiwei? What does he look like in the camp all day? Those Khitan people are showing off their power outside, and he can bear it?" Yang Huaiyu complained to Wang Shao, very dissatisfied untie.

Wang Shao, however, had a good time and looked at the map calmly: "What are you in a hurry for?"

"What's the rush? The army consumes countless food and grass every day, and it's all the blood and sweat of the people!" Yang Huaiyu almost didn't jump up.

Wang Shao didn't raise his head: "It turns out that you learned this when you were in the Royal Military Academy. Why don't you learn the most important things, but learn some trivial matters?"

"What else is there to get food and grass? If the court is dragged down, we...we will be sinners through the ages!" Yang Huaiyu paced back and forth in the tent, looking very impatient.

Wang Shao sighed and raised his head: "Can't you have a quiet meeting and honestly review the situation?"

Yang Huaiyu said angrily: "Daddy still wants to see me make great achievements, but what should I bring to see his old man?"

Wang Shao was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood why Yang Huaiyu was so impatient.It turned out that Yang Wenguang's health was deteriorating day by day, and there was not much time left in front of him.This is the case for a general. He has been a soldier all his life, and he looks majestic, but under the southern and northern wars, he has countless hidden injuries.

Once the hidden injury occurs, it will be Da Luo Jinxian, who cannot be rescued.

In fact, they didn't know that it was because Yang Wenguang retired from the front line many years earlier to recuperate, so that he could endure for a long time.According to official history, Yang Wenguang has already passed away.It is a blessing to live for almost a year now.

"It's useless to be anxious!" Wang Shao was also a little angry, "Now the Khitan army is strong and strong, and we have to fight a decisive battle with them. The chances of winning are too small. It's better to stick to the spot..."

"Stick at the spot, stick at the spot, how long will you stick at it!" Yang Huaiyu was furious, but couldn't find any way to vent, his veins burst out, "I might as well go to the frontier army, they still have battles to fight! "

It turned out that Yelu Hongji was not reconciled to the southern grassland being taken by Dashun, so he mobilized the private army of the nobles in a rage, and began to break up into parts to harass the herdsmen.This was a terrible move, directly dragging the frontier army into the water, one attacking and the other defending. Although the Khitans were fast, they couldn't take advantage of it.

They couldn't figure out why, after being ruled by Dashun officials for a period of time, those Khitans not only didn't help them, but instead provided information to the Dashun frontier army, so that they couldn't get any benefit at all.

The Khitan nobles' private army also had limited combat power and various weapons. Except for their slightly weaker horses, the frontier army was not inferior to them, but had even more advantages.

At the end of the fight, seeing that they couldn't take advantage of it, these noble private soldiers had no choice but to go back in despair, ashamed to see anyone.

However, there was an example of the palace tent army being evenly divided, and they couldn't do anything about the Dashun frontier army, and it didn't seem to be a shameful thing.

It's just that they didn't expect that the saying "the Khitan people are not invincible, and the Han people are not weak and deceitable" has begun to take root in the hearts of the people.By the time they realize it's wrong, it's too late.

Autumn went to winter, and it entered October. The grassland was bleak, the weather was terribly gloomy, and the temperature was getting lower and lower every day.Even the Khitan himself shivered from the cold.

Everyone looked at the sky, not knowing when there would be a heavy snowfall.

If there are poor literati here, I'm afraid they will have to recite a poem "The north wind blows the white grass, Hu Tian is snowing in August".

This is indeed a "general's horn bow can't be controlled, and the guard's iron clothes are cold and difficult. The vast sea is surrounded by hundreds of feet of ice, and the clouds are gloomy. At the time of "No Overturning", except that there was no snow, the weather was already terribly cold.

Inside the big tent of the imperial army, there was a red charcoal fire, and the generals were discussing how to fight the Liao army.

This is also the reason why Zhongjian prefers to wait until winter. They have light cotton coats, which can keep warm and keep out the cold. Compared with the thick leather jackets of the Khitan people, they have a certain advantage.

In addition, in this bad weather, the factor of war horses has been reduced to a negligible level. Once the wind and snow are too heavy, and war horses are not very cold resistant, how can they fight in the severe cold?

In this way, most of the imperial troops were infantry, which became an advantage instead.

Wang Shao looked at the generals who were discussing fiercely, felt the temperature of the charcoal fire that was placed aside, and thought, "No wonder the Khitan people want to go south so much, it turns out that the northern land is so cold, it's so cold, it's really not human The place in Linhuang Mansion is like this, what about the places in the north?"

(End of this chapter)