I was dazed all night, I felt that I had just fallen asleep, and I was fighting with my sister and brother in my sleep, my mother was adding tea and pouring water next to me, and my father was holding a copy of "Liuren Divine Lesson" and was reading it with relish, and was suddenly woken up by a strong shake, only to hear a guard soldier on the side and said anxiously, "Hurry up, the scout is coming, the Khitan's army has begun to move, and Dong Sentry has already gone up." ”

Liu Fan sat up suddenly, "You've already started attacking?" ”

"I didn't ...... Not yet. The scout stammered.

Liu Fan thought regretfully while dressing quickly, "It's a pity that my good card is gone, what will I do if my sister and brother are missing one of the three in the future?" ”

With the help of the guards, they put on their armor and climbed the city wall in twos and threes, and the soldiers had already erected their shields and were ready to fight, and there were neatly placed rolling logs and stones and other objects around them, and countless defenders were ready to stretch out on the city wall.

Dong Zi came over and said, "Brother, just now the scout came to report, the Khitan army is ten miles away from the city. As he was talking, a scout under the city shouted, "Report, the Khitan army is five miles away from me." The scout in front roared, and Pegasus turned past the corner of the wall.

Liu Fan walked quickly to the edge of the battlement, only to see the sky and the earth changing color on the horizon in the distance to the west, and the dust clouds covered the mountains and fields, like a rolling torrent from the mountains and seas in a storm.

Faintly, the figure of the war horse and the fur hat of the Hu people slowly emerged.

Liu Fan held his breath, feeling that the heavens and the earth were frozen at this time, his brain was buzzing, he couldn't hear any sound in his ears, and his right hand was tightly clutching the knife at his waist, as if he was about to grab water.

Uncle Su next to him said, "Fanzi, what's wrong with you, you don't look very good!" ”

Liu Fan said, "I'm fine, but I suddenly feel a little nervous." ”

"Hey, brother, be quiet, you are also a veteran, I just came here with you four years ago, and you didn't care about it for the first time on the battlefield, when Brother Ma saw you and said, this kid has little tendon in his brain, so he doesn't know what he is afraid of."

Liu Fan glared and said, "Hey, you're getting bolder and bolder, you dare to bury your brother." ”

He said casually, "Uncle Su, where did the city of Ganzhou break in the second and fourth years of Zhihe, where did it first come from?" ”

Uncle Su paused for a moment and said, "The Khitan army is not afraid of life and death, every time it comes fiercely, and the two times the city was broken through the ladder to attack the city, our army could not reach it, and had to retreat comprehensively." ”

In the blink of an eye, I saw that the dust clouds in front of me seemed to no longer spread forward, and the neighing of horses continued to be heard in my ears, and the last scout swept past the city wall, shouting, "Report, the Khitan army is two miles away from me." ”

The front of the hat was foggy, and it slowed down six or seven hundred steps away from Ganzhou City, tens of thousands of teams were clearly defined, slowly divided into three parts, the middle part was the most powerful, and it was faintly divided into three groups, and it was not clear what kind of password it was, and the teams on both sides began to run slowly, gradually accelerating, and seeing that the route of travel should be to go to the north and south to be on guard.

At the same time, the middle team was in unison, and only the sound of dismounting was heard, which was like a muffled thunder that broke through the eardrums of the defending sergeant and crashed into the heart.

At this time, Liu Fan saw Qi Boyuan slowly pacing up the steps accompanied by Sun Wannian and Wang Kai, and hurriedly ran over to greet him, saying, "Deputy commander-in-chief, the fight is about to start, why are you coming up, it's dangerous here." ”

Qi Boyuan patted Liu Fan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Old man, I've been fighting for more than 30 years, I haven't seen any battles, Hu Ren just arrived, right?" ”

"Yes, just arrived, and it is estimated that there will be some time before the attack." Liu Fan said.

"It's still far away, the enemy also needs time to make a siege plan, prepare siege equipment, replenish food, all of this is done carefully, at least at the right time, don't worry, haven't taken care of eating, hurry up and arrange for the room to get some food, and when the fight starts, you can't take care of anything."

Liu Fan said to Dong Zi, and after a while, he saw the baggage soldiers handing over a large basin of fat slices of stewed vermicelli and a basket of white flour cakes to the soldiers defending the city in an orderly manner.

After the generals finished eating and drinking, Qi Boyuan stood up, changed his usual kind appearance, and said with a serious face: "Bring it." ”

I saw that the soldiers behind him took out an iron cylinder that was large in front and small in the back and handed it over, and a seven-rank guard immediately shouted: "All stand upright - march salute." ”

Since Sun Wannian and Wang Kai, the following soldiers raised their legs together and raised their arms as chests.

Qi Boyuan said loudly into the cylinder: "My soldiers of Daqi, today we have ushered in the most severe moment, and the Khitan robbers have shown their fangs again, which is bearable, which is unbearable." ”

"I think, many of you still remember the incident when the Khitan soldiers stepped through Ganzhou in the second year of Zhihe, that time, how many homes were destroyed in the northwest of my Great Qi, how many women were ravaged, and how many people died tragically under the iron hooves of the Khitan bandits."

"Lingtian, the jackal is here again, please tell me, can we let him go?"

All the generals roared together: "Can't, can't!!" ”

Qi Boyuan said again: "This time, whether it is the Shenwu Army or the Jincheng Army, we must have the confidence to defend this section of the Ganzhou city wall, as long as there is still a breath of air, we must not let the Khitan dog thieves step on us, the soldiers of Daqi, can you do it?" ”

All the generals roared together: "Great Qi will win, Great Qi will win!" ”。

For a time, a majestic roar resounded through the heavens and the earth.

After Qi Boyuan and his entourage left, Liu Fan saw that there was still a little time to leave the battle, and carefully checked the deployment and equipment of the soldiers with the captains and lieutenants of the two battalions.

After entering the city yesterday, Liu Fan had a private discussion with Uncle Su and the captain of the battalion, Qu Yongping, and the lieutenant Geng Dawei of the battalion on defensive matters, and finally made a comprehensive adjustment of the strength and armament, because the Yin battalion was a cavalry battalion, and most of the soldiers in the battalion were good at using bows and arrows, so 600 people in the Yin battalion were archers, 200 people were crossbowmen, 300 people were spearmen, 300 people were straight sword soldiers, and 300 people were sword and shield soldiers, and the rest of the personnel were in reserve together with the baggage soldiers except for the soldiers who operated the trebuchet.

In terms of specific equipment, it is generally a battlement, a shield soldier, a spearman, and a straight knife soldier, and a group of 300 archers are distributed in front and back of the city head in order to shoot in a loop and improve lethality, and the crossbowmen are responsible for long-range strikes.

After the plan was reported, although some people in the headquarters raised objections, they were ultimately supported by Guo Huaide, commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, and Qi Boyuan, deputy commander-in-chief.

At this time, Liu Fan saw that in addition to the sergeant, the captain and more than a dozen sentry commanders were each equipped with a short crossbow, thought for a while and said, "This thing is good, is there anything in the arsenal?" ”

Qu Yongping said, "There are only twenty of them, and one for each sentry commander has already been divided, and I heard that all the short crossbows in the headquarters were led by Wei Sima." ”

Liu Fan said: "Why does he want so much, he can't use street fighting." You go to Wei Sima and say that you will lend me 300 for two days, and then return to him. I really can't do it, ask Deputy Commander Qi. ”

After a short time, Qu Yongping led a group of soldiers to transport more than 300 short crossbows, and said: "As soon as I opened my mouth, Wei Sima didn't squeak, so he asked his subordinates to collect 320 short crossbows and 7,000 crossbow arrows for me, and also explained to me, 'Please tell Brigade Commander Xiao Liu, what you need to say can be done, how can you ensure that the troops rushing to the front line!'" ’”

Liu Fan sighed and said: "Each shield soldier has a short crossbow and twenty crossbow arrows, divide them, and make it clear to everyone that this thing can only be shot closely, especially for the enemy troops who have gone up the ladder, and use military law to deal with it indiscriminately." ”