Li Guoqiu has been highly regarded recently, and his efficiency in handling affairs is also extremely high. Within a few months, under his auspices, the Iron Floating Cavalry was soon established. Although there are only more than 3,000 people so far due to the rush of time, this heavy cavalry has obviously become a quasi-ace in the Jurchen army. This person is also quite proficient in the art of war, and Wanyan Aguda benefited a lot from talking with him, so he took Li Guoqiu seriously, and asked Li Guoqiu for advice on everything.

Not long ago, the plan to make unreasonable demands on Da Zhou was Li Guoqiu's suggestion. Li Guoqiu said that the division must be famous, and the brazen attack on Zhou will not be in line with the people of the Heavenly Dao, so it is necessary to find a reason to send troops and occupy the commanding heights of morality, which will have an imperceptible gain effect on morale.

Originally, with Yan Aguda's personality and temper, he would do whatever he wanted, and where would he care about these things. But Li Guoqiu told him that if he wants to become the lord of the world in the future, he must start to win people's hearts from now on. If everyone in the world thinks that Wanyan Aguda is a person who turns his back on his word, does not recognize people, and does not keep his promises, then even if he captures the Great Zhou, he may not be able to keep the results. If the tripartite peace agreement is torn up at will without reason, it will be regarded as treachery. Therefore, the purpose of making those demands with Da Zhou is not to really get some benefits, but to let the other party refuse to tell the world that Da Zhou is unwilling to help each other, and that they disregard morality and occupy a moral advantage. Li Guoqiu's words made Wanyan Agu have a sense of openness, and he sighed, so he also became good.

Li Guoqiu heard Wanyan Agu Da ask his opinion, retracted his gaze and saluted: "Great leader, General Yalu Buhua's thoughts are understandable, after all, Bazhou is a strong city. Our army was also very tired from the long journey. Camp and rest and wait for the siege equipment to arrive before attacking the city. However, in my opinion, there is no need to be so troublesome. The soldiers and horses in the surrounding towns are all rabble, and what they rely on is nothing more than the strong walls of Bazhou, and other than that, they are useless. This is the first battle of our army, and it is bound to fight the might of the Jurchen army. If you are cautious and afraid of this small border city, how can you deter the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou. This battle must be destroyed and won with the momentum of thunder, and it must make the whole Zhou frightened. So I don't think there is a need to wait for the arrival of siege engines. ”

Wanyan Agu frowned and said, "What you said makes sense, but do you want me to forcibly attack the city?" This...... I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties. It is said that there are as many as 80,000 soldiers and horses defending the city. ”

Li Guoqiu laughed and said, "Great leader, that's just 80,000 lambs." They were trembling with fear by now. As long as one place is breached, the whole line will collapse. No one knows these soldiers and horses of Da Zhou better than me. In the first battle of Xijin Mansion, the elite of the Great Zhou Dynasty was lost. The rest are a rabble. The generals who were able to fight in the Great Zhou army were also dead. If Yang Jun and Han Gang were still alive, they could turn these 80,000 people into soldiers and horses that could fight. But the leader in front of him is Shi Zhiyuan, although this person has some ability, he is not a character. If the great leader believes me, he will take it upon himself to attack the city. If I can't attack it, the big leader will cut off my head. ”

Wanyan Aguda nodded slightly and said, "Since the military advisor said so, how could I not believe it." Even if you can't take it, so what? I'm not going to cut off your head, I'm going to have an army

The teacher gave me advice. Without saying anything, he gave the order to go down and prepare for the siege. ”

Yalu Buhua and the others were dumbfounded, the big leader really wanted to attack the city directly, this Li Guoqiu seemed to have confused the big leader, and the big leader obeyed him, which is probably not a good thing. But the matter has come to this, the great leader has given the order, and the people have no choice but to carry it out.

Half an hour later, 100,000 siege infantry were ready to attack the city. With the sound of the trumpet, the siege began. The infantry stepped on the thick snow and rushed down the city, the snow was soft and difficult to walk, and the speed of the charge was extremely slow, and Yalu Buhua and others felt that this kind of siege was actually a mistake. What is the difference between this siege and death.

After entering the city a hundred paces, the arrows at the head of the city rained down, and the Jurchen soldiers who trekked hard were live targets, and soon suffered heavy casualties. Blood-stained flowers bloom on the snow, and although they are gorgeous, they are terrifying.

Just when Wanyan Agu Da also felt that it seemed too stupid to do so, Li Guoqiu's face did not change, and he said in a deep voice: "Great Leader, it's time to lead Tiefutu into battle. ”

"What? You're going to lead the Iron Float into battle? Wanyan Agu was shocked.

"Are you crazy, besieging the city with heavy cavalry? You're crazy. Yalu Buhua Akbaihulu and other generals also shouted in shock.

Li Guoqiu said in a deep voice: "The infantry is only covering, and the Tiefutu can seize the city gate." Great Chief, please allow me to lead the army into battle, I don't want my brothers to suffer too many casualties, so I can't delay. ”

Wanyan Aguda looked at the situation in front of him, the 100,000 infantry had not yet been able to attack the city at the moment, and they were only struggling and beaten on the way. Even if they attack the city, they will suffer huge casualties. Listening to Li Guoqiu's tone, he seems to be confident. The matter has come to this point, do you have to give up halfway?

"Okay, it's up to you. But there is one thing, if it is not possible, it cannot be forced. I don't want the Iron Float to be lost here. You know how expensive it will be to form this army. Strategists should be cautious, otherwise...... It's not to be reasonable. "Wanyan Agu Avenue.

Again, the head will be the same as the guarantee. The great chief waited to enter the city. Li Guoqiu replied in a deep voice, bowed his hand, and rode away.

Three thousand iron floats were dispatched, and the heavy cavalry trotted down the city on the snow that had been leveled by the infantry, and the whole formation was like a moving hill, and the ground trembled for a while. Snow mist rose in the air, as if it had fallen again. Under the sun, rainbow colors appeared in the snow and mist, and the situation was extremely strange.

The Great Zhou defenders at the head of the city were stunned by the thousands of cavalry that suddenly rushed to the city. They had never seen such a cavalry class before, they were wrapped in black armor and wore fangs on their faces, like thousands of monsters rushing down the city.

"What the hell is that?" The soldiers looked at each other.

"it, shoot them all for me, pretend to be a ghost." A general shouted loudly.

The archers at the head of the city immediately responded, and thousands of archers on the left and left of the city tower and both sides poured all the arrows on the three thousand iron cavalry, but they saw the arrows flying in a single pin-pong, and the collision of the iron arrows and the fine iron armor burst out with sparks, but they were like eggs thrown on stones, and the three thousand heavy cavalry were completely unharmed, ignoring the rain of arrows at all

Continue to move forward unhurriedly.

"What kind of monsters are they, what...... Why can't even the powerful arrows kill them......" The defenders at the head of the city felt a chill in their hearts, although they still tried their best to shoot, but they seemed to be doing useless work, and they did not have any lethality to the heavy cavalry approaching the city gate.

It wasn't until a few of the bed crossbows turned around and fired at the heavy cavalry that some casualties were inflicted on the Iron Float cavalry. After all, Da Zhou's bed crossbow is well-made and fierce. Even the heavy armor of the Iron Float cavalry would not be pierced, but the force of the impact would have knocked them off their horses, causing death and injury. However, the number of bed crossbows was too small, and although they caused some casualties, they were completely unable to stop the Iron Float from approaching the city gate like a steel chariot.

Although Bazhou City is not surrounded by a moat, it has a moat two zhang wide and more than one zhang deep. Although the Iron Float was unstoppable, it had to stop in front of this huge trench. The heavy heavy cavalry was most afraid of rough terrain, let alone such deep trenches. At the tall city gate, in front of the high drawbridge, they could only stop there, which is also the reason why the defenders of the Great Zhou at the head of the city did not collapse because of the appearance of this monster cavalry. They knew that they would not be able to cross the trench, and they would not even be able to reach the gates.

However, everyone was shocked at the next moment. Heavily armored, he had been rushing to the front of the team, and Li Guoqiu restrained his war horse by the ditch facing the city gate. A contemptuous smile appeared in his eyes as he looked through the fang-masked eyes at the suspension bridge suspended high above him by a chain noose.

"Come on, get the Iron Arm Crossbow." Li Guoqiu shouted in a deep voice.

A dozen riders from behind slowly stepped forward, all of them carrying huge crosses behind them. Crossbow. That cross. The crossbow is more than an ordinary cross. The crossbow was twice as large, and the body of the black crossbow was all made of fine iron. The bowstring is as thick as a thumb, and at first glance it is a powerful crossbow. And the crossbow arrows taken out by the dozen or so horsemen were also pure iron crossbow arrows as thick as thumbs.

"Ready!" Li Guoqiu shouted.

More than a dozen horsemen assisted each other, and three horsemen worked together to pull away the cross. Crossbow, place an iron crossbow into a trench. The horses are staggered, one person raises a crossbow arrow in the front arms to act as an arrow fake, and the other person aims and fires in the rear. When he heard the dull firing sound of Li Guoqiu from his mask, more than a dozen fine iron crossbow arrows shot out, breaking through the air with a dull sound of wind and thunder that broke through the air.

In the next moment, on both sides of the top of the suspension bridge, through the hole above the city gate, through the ends of the two iron chains connecting the shaft of the castle tower, sparks splashed, and the sound of gold and iron clashing was extremely piercing. The iron chains attached to the two ends of the suspension bridge shattered in an instant, and the suspension bridge, which had lost traction, fell like a large fan. When it landed, the strong wind blew the surrounding snow and sludge in all directions, setting off a tornado. When the snow and fog cleared slightly, it could be seen that the moat leading to the city gate had become a smooth road.

Who would have thought that the other party would use such a means to unload the drawbridge and open the passage to the city gate. The chains were so thick that they couldn't withstand the onslaught of a dozen iron crossbows, and the chains broke and scrapped, and the drawbridge fell. Li Guoqiu had made a lot of preparations before, and this oversized crossbow was also his masterpiece, which was used to come in handy at certain critical times. This is where it comes in handy.