The waiting time is the hardest, not to mention waiting for others to fight themselves, the sun moves slowly but firmly in the sky, and when the scouts come to report that the Jincheng army and the Ganzhou army on the left and right sides have received the enemy, the main attack of the Khitan army has also begun.

On the morning of August 15 of the fifth year of Daqi Zhihe, this broke out on the Ganzhou front line in the northwest, determined the trend of the entire battlefield between the Khitan and Daqi in this year, and was later considered by military critics to be the starting point of the offensive and defensive transformation between the Khitan and the Great Qi.

If you insist on looking for a little difference, that is, since the defensive battle of the Right Route Army of the Northwest Camp of the Great Qi this year was formulated, the defense of Ganzhou City and the end of the entire campaign, it seems that there is an extra hairy young man who has just reached the age of 20 to serve as a middle and senior general of a certain unit of the Right Route Army of the Great Qi.

At the third moment of the first month, the Khitan army divided two thousand-man cavalry teams from the left and right sides to attack in a semi-circle under the city of Ganzhou.

Uncle Su said, "This is to suppress the head of the city with cavalry first, and protect the opponent's infantry into the firing range, so as not to prevent the infantry from being hit by the long-range attack of our army's heavy crossbows." ”

Listening to Uncle Su's words, Liu Fan shouted loudly: "The shield soldiers pay attention to protection, and the archers fight back." ”

Suddenly, the arrows on the city are like a torrential rain, the arrows alternately, the city tower is stirring with the sound of breaking the sky, with the continuous attack of the two sides, the head of the city from time to time comes the shouts of the sergeant in the arrow, and there are already several seriously wounded soldiers who have been hit by the arrow and carried down by the baggage soldiers.

Sure enough, at the same time as the cavalry dispatched, riding the bow to suppress the city, the Khitan main force first more than 20 trebuchets were pushed out by the soldiers, and then I saw eight phalanxes composed of more than 100 soldiers, each holding a shield in one hand, and carrying a huge wooden plank in the other hand.

Liu Fan has watched costume dramas since he was a child in the previous world, but after watching each drama, what he brought was not the outrageous cruelty of war and the shock from the heart, but absurd or incredible, and later I slowly learned that it was purely modern entertainment.

When the real war of ancient times came to the face, the shock caused by the collision of cold weapons against each other can only be understood by those who are immersed in the scene.

"It's not good," said Uncle Su, "the Khitan dog has to build a bridge with wooden planks, which is much easier than filling the moat with earth and stone in previous years." ”

Liu Fan was also surprised and surprised, it may be that he is lonely and unheard, although he has read many books about ancient wars, but it may be because the details are not very detailed, etc., he really didn't know that he could live the moat like this, thinking that if he could go back, he must study and study ancient history and military knowledge more carefully.

Liu Fan's thoughts flew as he roared loudly: "The trebuchet is ready, and after entering the range, it will be fired at the enemy trebuchet and eight planks." Please prepare the crossbowmen, and aim for me to carry the eight planks of Khitan soldiers. ”

Uncle Su next to him said: "Fanzi, you are now the main general in the army, you must not lose, you can be accompanied by Dong Zi in the center of the gatehouse, don't you see that Wang Kai has been in the gatehouse?" I'll just look at it here. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Dong Zi behind him.

Liu Fan went over and hugged Uncle Su's shoulders and said, "Uncle, you said that in the past few years, you, me and Dong Zi have never been separated every time they go to war, if I and Dong Zi go away, what if you accidentally have an accident, how can I explain to my aunts and sisters?" The three of us still care about what those things outside of Rausch's body are doing. ”

Uncle Su paused and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, this stone smashed our mortal gourd into a showman, and the truth is a string." ”

Dong Zi also shook his head with a smile, took a big shield and followed closely beside Liu Fan.

After less than two moments, the enemy's trebuchet and infantry longbow have entered the range one after another, at this time the opponent's cavalry has all retreated, and the Ganzhou defenders' catapults and heavy crossbows, which have been prepared for a long time, have also begun to launch intensive attacks, and the Khitan catapults are not to be outdone, quickly throwing stones at the city

Huge boulders constantly flew towards the city head with a terrifying whistling sound, although most of them fell in front of the city wall, but still many of them fell on the city wall, or flew over the city head and smashed into the city, and some of the people who happened to fall on the city head often smashed out a puddle of blood rain and harvested two or three lives.

But in the eyes of the defenders of the city, these seemed to be as ordinary as eating and sleeping as usual, and they were deaf to them at all, and they were left to the baggage soldiers.

Liu Fan saw that under the blows of the defenders' bows, trebuchets and crossbow arrows, although they also caused some casualties to the Khitan army, several trebuchets had been scattered, and although the Khitan soldiers carrying the planks were hit by crossbow arrows from time to time, once the arrows were hit, they would be quickly replaced by the archers accompanying them, and the eight planks were still moving slowly.

After thinking about it, he said to Uncle Su next to him, "This won't work." ”

immediately shouted urgently: "Big Viagra, tell all your crossbowmen to listen to my unified orders, all crossbowmen to listen to my unified orders, give me a concentrated aim at the Khitan soldiers who carry the first plank in the south, give me a concentrated aim at the Khitan soldiers who carry the first plank in the south, release!" ”

I only heard the crossbow arrows whistling by, and under the concentrated fire of the crossbow arrows, more than half of the Khitan soldiers who carried the first plank in the south fell to the ground, and the unbalanced plank fell heavily to the ground.

Liu Fan saw that the effect was good, and continued to shout: "Okay, aim at the Khitan soldiers on the second plank, aim at the Khitan soldiers on the second plank, let!" ”

With another shot of the bolt, the second plank slammed into the ground.

Liu Fan hadn't shouted the third password yet, but he only heard Wang Kai's broken gong behind him and said in a strange voice: "Huh? Boy, that's a good idea! ”

Turning his head to the soldiers in the back, he said, "Tell the second crutch to concentrate on the crossbow and shoot in unison according to Brigade Commander Liu's method, starting from the first plank in the north." ”

Liu Fan said to Geng Dawei, who had just run over next to him: "Big viagra, you are in command." ”

Then he bowed to Wang Kai and said, "Wang Lvshuai is really a general, and there is still time to wander around here at this time." ”

Wang Kai said, "Hey, you kid is fat enough, and the yin and yang weird dare to bury me." ”

Liu Fan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I want to fight so fiercely, I myself am nervous and sweating, and Wang Lvshuai doesn't seem to be nervous at all, I feel in a good mood." ”

Wang Kai continued: "I heard that you couldn't beat a fart with three sticks in the Jincheng Army before, and you were usually a mallet, and you were never afraid, why do I feel that you are not only a chatter in the past two days, but also nervous now?" ”

Liu Fan silently recited in his heart: "You are a mallet, and your whole family is a mallet." ”

Then he continued: "If it's a person, I'll be afraid, how can I make an exception, others just didn't notice it before." ”

Wang Kai said again: "Of course I'm in a good mood, I got something good in the morning, and I sent it to you without a bad time, but your kid not only didn't appreciate it, but also dared to bury me, didn't tell you, left." ”

While dodging an arrow flying towards him at random, he secretly stuffed a clay bottle into Liu Fan's hand.

After Wang Kai left, Liu Fan immediately unsealed the clay bottle and poured it into his mouth, "Hey, what kind of broken wine is this, it's sour." ”

casually stuffed the clay bottle to Uncle Su next to him, Uncle Su looked at it and said, "Fanzi, you really don't drink?" This is a famous wine in Liangzhou, and other idlers can't afford it, I still drank it once in my hometown a few years ago, do you know how much such a bottle costs? ”

"How much?"

"I have to ask for a tael of silver, this is half a year's ration for ordinary people!"

"Ahh It's so unpleasant, and it's still so valuable? ”

Uncle Su smiled and said, "Do you want to drink some more?" ”

Liu Fan shook his head and said, "You and Dong Zi drink it, I really don't drink it." ”

I thought to myself: "When you can't get along in the army, you can open a brewing workshop and make money lying down." ”

Seeing that the second, third, fourth, fifth, and first wooden blocks in the south and north were already lying on the ground after the strong crossbow was used intensively, and the first wooden plank that had just been knocked down was lifted up by the Khitan soldiers desperately and began to move forward slowly. But in this way, the plank as a whole moves more slowly.

Liu Fan was pondering, and a person next to him came running from a distance and hurriedly saluted and said, "Liu Lu, the crossbow arrows are running out, and they have to be replenished as soon as possible." ”

Liu Fan saw that it was a sentry chief in charge of baggage. "Okay, you go back first, the crossbow bolts will be there soon." ”

casually arranged to Dong Zi: "Dong Zi, you go to find Lvshuai Sun, just say that you are nervous here, and there is no enemy in the south, let him come over a little bit first." ”

Although the planks smashed to the ground again and again under the concentrated fire of the strong crossbows, the Khitan army also knew the importance of building bridges, and under the cover of dense arrows and flying stones, they did everything to charge forward with eight planks, and they were close to the moat.

The archers and crossbowmen at the head of the city also shot desperately downward despite the rain of arrows and flying stones at the urging of their respective sentinels, making the Khitan soldiers pay the price of dozens of lives for each step forward in the last dozen zhang distance, and the number of casualties on both the offensive and defensive sides increased sharply.

After paying several times the lives of the soldiers defending the city, six planks were finally erected on the moat, and the other two planks were hurriedly planted into the moat without control.

With the erection of the six wooden plank bridges, amid the cheers of the Khitan soldiers, a low and melodious horn sounded from the enemy camp, and the Khitan army slowly began to retreat until it was beyond the range of the strong crossbow.