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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 85: Stopping the Crazy Wave (15)

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    Surunu led dozens of warriors from the same tribe and galloped outside Loufan County.  |[2][3][w][x]} Like their group, the knights from various tribes were also divided into groups of military horses, scattered and scattered around the city wall of the county, and they used crossbows on the wall.  Back and forth on the firing range line.  From time to time, various strange sounds and shouts were made, shocking the defenders at the top of the city.  Although Loufan County is the west gate of Taiyuan Prefecture, it is located on Hedong Road in the heart of the city.  It is protected by many dangerous passes in the north.  Therefore, the county wall is neither majestic nor high, it is just a small city with a circumference of more than two miles.  The rammed earth walls were not covered with bricks, and many of the crenelations collapsed.  Wooden pillars could only be erected next to the walls as a cover for the defenders on the city wall.  The moat is not wide, and it leads to channels to irrigate the fields outside the city. The water level in the moat only reaches the knees. The banks on both sides have collapsed to form gentle slopes, making the moat shallow and narrow, making it almost impossible to become an obstacle.  As for the auxiliary defense facilities such as the Sheep and Horse Wall, they are basically useless.  Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has never been willing to build a powerful and solid city near Taiyuan Prefecture.  Even Taiyuan New City is surrounded by numerous buildings and lanes, making it almost impossible to defend.  If there were strong cities and towns in Hedong, the threat to Bianliang would be too great.  The area in the heart of Hedong Road has been in peace for more than a hundred years, so the already poor city defense systems have become even more dilapidated and decayed.  Even if Han Yue is close to Hedong, the operation in the past two years has only repaired the defense system of the walled fortress on the edge, which is far from being able to take into account the nearby city defense in the heart of Taiyuan.  But even this kind of city defense in Loufan is still a natural chasm for Zahu Qingqi.  Although thousands of horsemen were running and jumping around Loufan County.  From time to time there were bursts of arrows.  There were even thousands of miscellaneous people behind them who dismounted awkwardly and formed an array.  Forming one scattered formation after another.  in the array.  There were also crude long ladders built in a hurry overnight.  General Zahu, who was escorting one array after another, stood nervously in front of the array, just waiting for the order to launch an attack.  Surunu cursed fiercely in his heart.  ¡°Isn¡¯t this just asking these prairie men to die!  The piles of corpses under the city wall are proof that the city cannot be conquered.  These corpses are scattered everywhere, twisted and dead in various shapes, and they are all the strongest among the grassland miscellaneous animals.  Seventeen or eight long ladders collapsed under the city wall, burned to the point where there was still a little bit of charred wood left.  At this moment, there are still wisps of green smoke.  If we attack again this time, we will lose hundreds of lives!  After two days of siege, the Zahu coalition forces who followed Yin Shuke southward received another blow in Loufan County.  Three to four hundred corpses were left behind, and the number of injured was about the same.  But apart from adding a feathered arrow shaft to the rammed earth city wall, nothing was caught.  Normally speaking, if we leave the Congkelan Army and Conglanzhou as a large rural town, there are so many undefended places, so many places that are a hundred times richer than the grassland, if it is Surunu.  Only those who are insane would risk their lives to attack Loufan County, which is guarded by Song people, let alone the city.  And that formidable powerful army of the Southern Dynasties!  It should have been long ago that the miscellaneous Hu Qingqi were dispersed, slaughtered and looted, and after they were satisfied, they headed north to return to their hometown.  But now, these miscellaneous soldiers and horses have to surround this city and attack desperately in pain!  There is no other reason. When Surunu was frightened and retreated two days ago, Yin Shuke led a large group and rushed in from behind.  After learning that hundreds of the vanguard cavalry outside Loufan County had been slaughtered, Xulunu and the others retreated without a fight.  Suddenly the thunder was furious.  Under the huge tower of Yin Shuke, the defeated seven or eight hundred knights, including Surunu, who was highly valued by Yin Shuke, all fell to their knees.  The two Jurchen warriors unsheathed their swords and strung their bows. Among the seven or eight hundred kneeling defeated soldiers, they just randomly selected a hundred people and carried them all in sacks. Then they ordered the bastards to mount their horses, and thousands of horses galloped.  Turn these hundreds of bastards who were picked at random into a pulp!  In the defeated army, who lives and who dies depends entirely on luck in front of the ruthless Jurchen generals.  When Surunu tremblingly mounted his horse and stepped towards his fellow disciples, he felt as if he had never woken up from a nightmare.  Following these Jurchens to fight south, although they can do whatever they want on the land of the Southern Dynasties and plunder wealth and wealth that they have never seen in their lives, the Jurchens are so cruel that they do not know what dozens of tribes in Monan have gathered together.  How long can Qianjingzhuang withstand the consumption?  The courage to resist the Jurchens is naturally lacking at this time.  The Liao Empire collapsed in front of the Jurchen army. Except for a strong army in the Southern Dynasties, the Jurchens fought freely in other places.  This turbulent wave has been spreading southward.  The Jurchens' military power was at its peak.  The miscellaneous people in Monan can only follow the Jurchen waves all the wayYin Shuke gritted his teeth and wanted to capture Loufan County, so the Monan Zahu tribes had no choice but to risk their lives!  ¡°I don¡¯t know how many Jurchen armies are coming in a steady stream. All the Monan bastards, including Surunu, have no choice.  The offensive in the past two days was naturally extremely ugly based on the siege level of the Zahu tribes.  But if the city only defends firmly, that's fine. If we send a team to monitor, we might be able to bypass this place and attack directly at the gate of Taiyuan City.  But on the first night under the city, hundreds of knights in the city opened the door and suddenly rushed out, ruthlessly ravaging the Zahu camp at the base of the city. At that time, fire broke out, the Zahu knights ran and shouted, and the screams resounded through the night sky.  If it weren't for the Jurchen Muke formation approaching and the Southern Dynasty's elite cavalry forcing them back into the city after killing them, I don't know how much damage would have been done.  If there is an attack force in the city, this is a key point that must be conquered.  Surunu also accepted his fate, and one day he was shot by a Song crossbow. He just wanted to die a quick death, and not be like some tribal men, who had a three-sided gash on their body, groaning and twisting, wondering how much pain they had to endure.  die!  Thousands of horsemen circled the city wall repeatedly to lure the defenders on the city wall to attack early and consume their energy.  But apart from the numerous signboards on the city wall, not a single person was seen, and not a single arrow was fired.  It seems like an empty city.  But Xurunu knew that when the Zahu who were fighting on horseback rushed up with the long ladder, these side cards were on the side.  The southern defenders will flash out.  Strong bows and crossbows can shoot like locusts.  There were even rains of stones, and boiling oil rained down under the city wall, and ashes splashed from bottles.  These prairie men, who are as strong as wolves on horseback, are like ants on the wall of the southern city!  Qianqi rolled up a circular cloud of smoke that lingered around the city wall for a long time.  It had been almost an hour since they had formed out in formation in the early morning, galloping to lure the enemy. The mounts, which had already lost a lot of weight, could no longer move, and the men were shouting until their throats were smoking.  Drawing the bow and shooting arrows makes my arms sore.  Xulu Nu couldn't help but turn around and look at the Yin Shu Ke Tower on a mound in the southwest of Loufan County, but the siege order never sounded.  Xulunu sighed in his heart, but did not dare to complain at all. He shouted and continued to drive his horse around the city wall. The smoke and dust were always being swept up, surrounding Loufan County for a long time!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the city wall, there are all  Ruhu was sitting astride a removed saddle, leaning on a sideboard behind his back, still holding a straw stick in his mouth, and humming a tune leisurely.  Body left and right.  Behind the numerous side cards were the city guard sergeants who were seizing the time to rest.  Each sergeant is assigned two civilian husbands, who are responsible for winding the crossbow.  Or wait for the siege enemy to rush towards you and smash the rocks and ash bottles down with all your strength.  Every fifty steps, there is a big pot with a smoldering fire at the bottom.  The boiling oil inside was bubbling with fine foam, emitting bursts of burning aroma.  The enemy rushes closer and the fire is pierced, and it can burn the skin to pieces in less than a moment.  The feathered arrows and arrows were piled in bundles at the top of the city.  It's enough to cum for one day.  Not to mention that the city can still replenish it at any time.  Most of the army of the Song Dynasty was absolutely depleted, but the ordnance manufacturing system of the Song Dynasty has been operating stably for more than a hundred years. Regardless of the quality, whether it is useful or not, in Bianliang and Guanxi,  In these important places in Hedong and Hebei, the arsenals are piled high.  Even the small county of Loufan received a small portion when Xiao Yan transferred a large amount of ordnance to Hedong, which was enough to support several thousand troops and horses for a battle.  Most of the soldiers and civilians guarding the city were locals from Loufan. They were like tigers and only allocated a small number of their own soldiers as the backbone.  Zahu was a little nervous when he attacked for the first time. He fired his crossbow as hard as he could and smashed down all kinds of defense equipment regardless of whether they could reach it or not.  There were hundreds of bows and crossbows that were broken, too many rocks and bottles were smashed, many civilians had their arms swollen, and some of them stumbled and fell off the city walls.  But after two days of defending the city, Du Ruhu, a powerful army, left the city and set up camp.  These local soldiers and civilians now looked like battle-hardened veterans on the city walls, and they could still chat and laugh together in low voices.  As long as they don't leave their fighting positions and don't make any noise, no general will care about them.  It's better to relax in the heat of battle than to be overwhelmed by stress.  Although they leave the protection of the city wall and let them go into battle in the field, their prototypes will be revealed immediately.  However, it is more than enough to defend the city according to their current condition.  After scanning the scene around the city, Du Ruhu's posture in the saddle became even more relaxed.  Just then, basket after basket of cakes and hot soup in buckets were brought up from the city.  When defending the city, it is also very important to replenish energy. If you guard the city all day long, from day to night, you will probably have to deliver food four to five times. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of a restaurant cook somewhere in the city, a man with a fat head and big ears came straight towards the crowd with a basket covered with tung oil cloth, smiling so hard that his teeth and eyes were missingHe opened the oilcloth and took out two large pieces of oily pancake.  "Master Du Jiang, this is what the villain put out with his own hands. The chicken is beaten in it, and the oil is also good. Master Du Jiang has worked hard, please use it quickly!" Du Ruhu was feeling a little hungry, so he opened his eyes and went to the city before dawn.  , half a pound of corn rice with pickles and lumps is like having never eaten it before.  He took these two fried cakes, each of which weighed a kilogram, and opened his mouth to get half of them in.  The aroma of oily chicken fills your mouth and lifts your spirits.  But for a general who can fight in battle with all his strength, food intake is his capital, and food intake is his body.  While chewing, Du Ruhu asked vaguely: "Is the food enough to eat?" The cook was originally the owner of the small restaurant, and he was considered a minor figure in Loufan County. He was also good at writing and calculation.  After he stayed in the city to help the civilians, Li Yizhong appointed him to help with food matters in the city.  He immediately smiled: "Why is it not enough? Although it is considered a lean season, since last year, food from Henan has been transported to Taiyuan. Taiyuan cannot load it. There is a lot of food in the buildings. There are few people in the city now, and there is no food.  The last four or five months were enough, let alone people, now even the horses brought by General Du are eating the best food!" Before Du Ruhu could say anything, he saw the thin Li Yizhong.  Walking from one end to the other.  It's time to return from a week's tour of the city.  Du Ruhu raised his hand and threw another piece of pancake over: "Old Li, it tastes good. Let's rest on your stomach first!" Du Ruhu is a strong and energetic man.  When your energy and physical strength are at their peak.  The bones of the body have been polished to be strong and tough.  Although it was hard work all the way to attack, after a long sleep, he could immediately lead the troops out of the city and go to Hu camp at night.  Li Yizhong is a man who has lost his body and bones, and is far inferior to him.  Commanding the garrison and patrolling the city every day is also hard work, with little rest, and looks very ugly.  He took the cake and didn't eat it, but frowned and asked, "What's going on with the Tatars today?" Hearing the two generals talking about the military situation, the cook and the civilian man hurriedly apologized and bowed away.  There was nothing flattering about this smile, but it was a sign of admiration for the two of them from the bottom of their hearts.  Li Yizhong did not retreat to defend the city alone. He was like a tiger and rushed to come to his aid day and night. He defeated the enemy in the field and marched forward without hesitation.  If there are not two generals.  Loufan County has long since become an Asura Hell!  "Du Ruhu glanced outside the city.  The Tatars indeed behaved strangely today. They marched in formation in the early morning and ran and harassed people outside the city for an hour, making people and birds upset with their screams.  But he still refused to attack.  "Du Ruhu didn't bother to speculate on what these Tatars were planning.  Since I have entered the city, my life is still there, so I am just nailing it here.  There are Tatars to kill Tatars, but there are no Tatars to eat and sleep.  As long as they don't die, the Tatars won't be trapped in this county town!  Now that we have food, soldiers and weapons, we can just keep fighting. Why do we care about so many birds?  He patted his side and said hello: "Sit down and eat! The Tatars can't get around Loufen County. It's just a bird road that can pass the army, and there are mountains next to it. I must not be a vegetarian riding a few hundred people in the city.  . They wanted to bypass us and attack Taiyuan, but I attacked them repeatedly and beat them to the ground! And there was a road down from Xianzhou behind them. With our stronghold to support them, General Han's reinforcements would be able to fight.  The Tatars are going deep into Taiyuan, and if they are cut off, they will die. No matter what tricks they play, they will always attack the city. Whenever you fall, I will continue.  Killing the Tatars, I don¡¯t have time to hold flags for you!¡± For Li Yizhong, I can still take a liking to him.  The defenders fled all the way, but this sick guy closed the city and defended it.  If it weren't for him, I would have rushed all the way here, and even if I got to Deloufan, I wouldn't have this city to rely on.  Even if the vanguard Tatars can be defeated, it will only be death in the end.  How could the Tatars be held back here for two days? They would have gone straight to Taiyuan!  So Du Ruhu took the trouble to explain to reassure him. Despite the ordinary generals, Du Ruhu was willing to point his nostrils at him. Xiao Han Wu was in a good mood today!  Li Yizhong sat down, still looking worried: "What's going on in Taiyuan now? Where are the reinforcements? What will happen to the battle in Hedong?" Speaking of the battle in Hedong in front of them, they all lost the mood to continue eating.  Kelan's army dug such a big hole, and the Jurchen army surged south, and the situation in Hedong took a turn for the worse.  Now King Yan is in the south, and Shenwu Longwei is in the north.  The hinterland is empty, and the Jurchens are approaching the west gate of Taiyuan.  The focus of the war has moved south to here, to Loufan County under his feet!  If the Jurchens seize this place first, their army will march straight towards Taiyuan without any hindrance.  The Song army east of Hedong was cut off.  And if the Song army holds on here, it will gain time to adjust its deployment, and it will still have to fight the Jurchen Tatars!  "It's a shame that from Lanzhou all the way to Loufan, the garrison collapsed at an appalling speed, and they collapsed everywhere.  General Han's army is hanging alone in the north. It will take time to mobilize the main force to come here. General Yue and King Yan's troops are further away.  The follow-up army of Jurchen Tatars should be rushing here with all their strength.  nowWhoever puts more effort here at this critical moment will win here!  What is Taiyuan Mansion doing behind the scenes?  The building is in danger, can't we send out a troop of troops to help?  Now they are facing the Tartar light cavalry who have failed to attack the city, but they can still hold on.  If more Tatar troops arrive and follow-up reinforcements fail to arrive, even if he dies in battle, what will he do?  Seeing that, Ruhu's face darkened, and Li Yizhong was no longer in the mood to eat.  Leave the pancake and get up.  "Zhi Niang, you can't sit still, just go patrolling the city again. Taiyuan Mansion should have known what we are doing here, what are we doing there!" At this time, I suddenly heard the horn whining outside the city.  Sound.  Originally, the smoke and dust raised by Zahu Qingqi lingered not far outside the city for a long time.  But in the west of this smoke circle, there is an even bigger smoke rising!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! PS: It¡¯s the last two days, please give me a monthly pass
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