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Han De was defeated in a hurry under the protection of hundreds of cavalry, and his heart was full of remorse and self-blame, shame and loss. As a generation of famous marshals of Da Liao, I don't know how many battles I have experienced over the past few decades, but I have never been so completely defeated and defeated so badly. He led six times the enemy's cavalry to clear out the city of a thousand enemies, but most of them were killed and wounded, while the other side seemed to suffer only one or two hundred casualties. Whether in terms of combat power or strategy, he was completely crushed by the person named Lin Jue, and this sense of humiliation made Han Desui's arrogant heart full of holes and painful.

However, a situation more serious than this defeat was in front of him, and he could certainly flee to the head of the southern city. However, the city was out of control, and the 30,000 enemy troops outside the city were about to attack the city, which was even more severe and embarrassing than the situation when it faced hundreds of thousands of troops besieging the city.

He didn't know what choice he had to make. If the devilish army of falling geese in the city is not solved, the whole city will be turned upside down by them, what is the difference between this and the city being captured? But if you want to stop them, I am afraid that a large number of soldiers and horses will have to be drawn from the city to strangle the soldiers and horses in the city. In terms of the combat effectiveness shown by the other party, I am afraid that at least 10,000 soldiers and horses will be drawn out, and together with the remnants of the defeated soldiers in their hands and some of the soldiers and horses defending the north and west cities, they will launch a dense formation of encirclement and suppression. Only then will it be possible to encircle and wipe out this enemy. But in that case, the soldiers and horses defending the city will be sharply reduced, and if the soldiers and horses outside the city launch an attack, I am afraid that the city will not be able to be protected.

If it was before fighting Lin Jue, Han Desui would definitely be very confident that before the other party broke through the city, it would be easy to clear out the enemy in the city with more than 10,000 troops. But now, he didn't even dare to guarantee that the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses he had drawn would be able to defeat the devilish army of more than 1,000 people. After seeing with his own eyes the other party's means of killing the enemy and his bold combat methods, Han Desui was full of fear and even had some respect for the Luoyan Army.

But soon, Han De was no longer entangled. The best way to deal with this situation is not to think too much about it, but to make a decision based on the situation. At present, the enemy army outside the city has not attacked the city, and the thousand enemies inside the city are a problem for henchmen, so it is time to give priority to the enemies inside the city. As for the other problems that arose because of this, Han Desui didn't bother to think about it. Because the situation is on the verge of collapse, he really can't find the best of both worlds. The situation was out of his control. If he had known that his opponent was so strong from the beginning, he should have led 10,000 cavalry to encircle and suppress it at the beginning. Now these two groups of encirclement and suppression have become the most taboo tactics in the battle, allowing the other side to eat more than 8,000 of their own people, which is simply terrible. Therefore, Han De decided to take a desperate gamble. It is unimaginable, but also to avenge with one arrow.

Han De, who returned to the city wall, immediately ordered to send 20,000 soldiers and horses into the city to besiege and kill Lin Jue and others. Such an order made the guards at the head of the city look pale. King Han brought 6,000 cavalry but failed to solve the problem, and actually wanted to transfer another 20,000 soldiers and horses to the city? In this way, the defenders at the head of the city will only have 10,000 people. Is this a joke?

What's even more speechless is that Han De then gave a death order to the generals who stayed behind in the city. He asked the defenders of the city to hold out for at least two hours anyway, so that he could clear the city of enemies. Until then, no one was allowed to retreat, and even one of the remaining ones had to die on the walls. Such an order is actually an irrational order, and everyone can see that Han Desui is angry after suffering a loss.

"The city can be broken, but Lin Jue and his team of soldiers and horses must die." This is exactly what Han Desui really thinks in his heart at the moment.

The captured city can be recaptured, but the face of the fallen flowers and flowing water beaten by Lin Jue's thousands of people can't come back, if you don't find this field, if you don't break these people into pieces, not only will the city be broken, but even the face will be lost. In that case, how will he gain a foothold in Daliao in the future? Today's battle will be a stain and a shame for his entire life. As the saying goes, the lesser of two evils, in the choice of preserving the city and preserving his reputation, Han De chose the latter.

Soon after, 20,000 defenders of the city withdrew from the walls. Together with the more than 2,000 remnants of the defeated generals who fled to Nancheng, they formed a powerful encirclement and suppression army. Where would Lin Jue have thought that he would be so platoon-like, so that Han Desui didn't even want the city, so he wanted to destroy him and his personal guards. When Lin Jue and the others encountered the black and oppressive Liao soldiers on the left side of the middle street, they were shocked and not only laughed.

"Han Desui is angry. This is how many soldiers and horses have been sent to encircle and suppress us. I didn't expect us to have such a high salary. It's time for Ma Qingshan and Han Gang to launch an attack on the city, I'm afraid they are already suffocated. Lin Jue said with a smile.

Three red flares rose from the city, bursting into countless sparks in the dark night sky before annihilating. This is exactly the signal for the agreed siege. The 30,000 soldiers and horses who were suppressed and passively beaten under the city could no longer hold back.

Half an hour earlier, the defenders of the city had stopped firing arrows under the city, and the casualties of the besieging soldiers and horses had stopped. Because the defenders at the head of the city seem to realize that such endless arrows do not have much lethality to the enemy below the city, in addition to consuming a lot of arrows and the energy of the soldiers. The opponent cowered under the shield and did not attack, so it was not a way to consume it like this, so he simply did not move. During the bloody battle in the city, a strange situation was actually formed outside the southern city where the attacking and defending sides stared at each other up and down the city. If you don't attack, you don't defend, it's really a wonderful siege battle. But with

With the rise of three flares, this strange siege battle finally returned to normal mode.

The besiegers who were suppressed under the city and passively beaten were already full of grievances and dissatisfaction, and when they were finally able to attack the city, the soldiers seemed to be relieved. This subtle psychology is really a bit inexplicable.

The rain of arrows fell at the head of the city, but it was no longer as dense as it had been at the beginning, because the defenders at the head of the city had only 10,000 men, and the ferocity of the fire attack had been reduced by half. Coupled with the consumption of arrows and the consumption of energy, in fact, the siege soldiers and horses can be regarded as the real leisure. Ma Qingshan and Han Gang methodically commanded the soldiers and horses to build a pontoon bridge on the moat, and arranged the siege of the city on the whole line in an orderly manner. Although it is the most rudimentary and barbaric way to siege the city, the progress is beyond imagination when it has a huge advantage in numbers.

When Han Gang personally led dozens of brave soldiers to rush up the city wall, he even felt that it seemed too easy. What about 50,000 soldiers and horses defending the city? How could it be that there were so many troops left in the city, and how could it be so easy to break through this Xijin Mansion, which had taken hundreds of thousands of people for several days and nights, to break through in less than an hour? From the beginning of the war to the present, Han Gang has had countless question marks in his heart, and now he has added another huge question mark in his heart.

At the time of the fourth watch, the southern wall of Xijin Mansion was completely broken, and the more than 10,000 defenders at the head of the city could not hold out for too long. The city gate of the southern city was immediately occupied by Han Gang and his people, the city gate was opened, and countless siege soldiers and horses swarmed in, rushing to the streets and alleys of the city.

On the city tower, Han Gang and Ma Qingshan met here, Han Gang's face was shining, he never thought that he and Ma Qingshan would really capture Xijin Mansion and complete a pioneering feat. This is both exciting and full of doubts.

"Hahaha, Brother Ma, we actually did it. This Xijin Mansion was actually breached so easily. I know there's going to be something going on here, and you've been refusing to tell it. But now it's time for you to make it clear to me. Han Gang laughed loudly.

Ma Qingshan's face was very serious, and his expression was also very anxious, his eyes looked towards the streets in the city, and he said hurriedly: "Lord Han, I can't tell you this now, we have to save people." See? The location of the Beicheng Imperial Palace is bright, and it is the Liao dog besieging the city. Today's battle is all thanks to them, you have to rescue them, and then you will understand everything. ”

Han Gang squinted his eyes, and the direction of Beicheng in the distance was indeed blazing, and there seemed to be a faint sound of fighting coming with the wind. His own soldiers and horses had just entered the city, but there was a fight in the direction of the north city, and it was obviously the soldiers and horses in the city. Han Gang didn't know anymore, but he also guessed that Ma Qingshan arranged for an elite man to infiltrate the city to make trouble, and the siege was successful only after the cooperation between the inside and the outside.

Immediately hurriedly said: "Then what are you waiting for?" Let's go and save people. ”

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When Han De mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Lin Jue and others, Lin Jue and others were indeed under tremendous pressure. After all, there are only more than 1,000 guards of the Luoyan Army, and no matter how strong the combat power is, it can't withstand the wheel battle of this night. Seven or eight thousand people have been annihilated against the other side before, and even if eight thousand pigs stand in front of them and let people kill, it will take some effort. What's more, it is a battle of battle, even if the strength crushes the opponent, it can't stand the opponent's wheel battle.

Therefore, Lin Jue decisively chose to retreat in a roundabout way to fight guerrillas. He knew that the other party was in a hurry to eat him in one bite, and they were the ones who were in a hurry. The attack outside the city has already begun, as long as you drag the opponent, the balance of victory will naturally tilt towards your side, and there is no need to fight the opponent to the death. Since Han Desui didn't even defend the city and wanted to exterminate his own people, he must have given a death order, and there was no need to fight them at this time.

Adhering to this thought, Lin Jue led the heavy cavalry to turn around and advance, and when he encountered the opponent's soldiers and horses, he turned around and avoided it. Anyway, the cavalry is highly mobile, and the city of Xijin Mansion is large enough, but the other party can't touch the corners of their clothes for a while. But after all, it was more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, so Han De divided the soldiers and horses into five or six, forced and surrounded them along the streets from south to north, and gradually forced Lin Jue and others to the northern city. In this case, Lin Jue had no choice but to attack the weakly guarded palace and refuse to defend it with the high walls of the palace. Therefore, there is a big siege outside the city, and there is actually a small siege inside the city. Outside the city, when Ma Qingshan, Han Gang and others were attacking the city, Han De commanded more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to complete the siege of the palace and ordered an attack at any cost.

In fact, after many battles throughout the night, the crossbow arrows carried by Lin Jue and the others were also running out, and the gunpowder sacs were about to run out. After all, the supplies carried by individuals are limited, and although they carried a large amount of war materials on this trip, they were also consumed extremely quickly. Therefore, under the attack of the soldiers and horses led by the crazy Han Desui, the palace wall was quickly lost. Once more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were used to attack the palace wall, Lin Jue and the others would lose sight of one or the other, and they would not be able to deal with it at all. Lin Jue had no choice but to order to continue to retreat to the palace. In the end, Lin Jue and the others were trapped in the Chengtian Palace, or they took the initiative to retreat into the Chengtian Palace.

Chengtian Hall is the tallest and most majestic palace in the palace, imitating the Chongzheng Hall of the Great Zhou Bianliang Palace. It has a high pedestal and a height of more than ten zhang high in three floors, and there are bells and drums on both sides of the temple. This is actually like a level city with dangerous terrain, and it is a very challenging thing to attack it. Because there is only one place to climb up in the whole hall, which is the long staircase in front of the main hall. Other than that, there are tall, smooth walls on all sides, and it is impossible to climb.

The long steps are wide, but they are high and steep. The firepower of the Falling Goose Army only needs to block the ladder to effectively snipe and attack

Hit the soldiers. This is exactly the combat terrain required by the powerful firepower of the Falling Goose Army. The corner towers on both sides can also play a condescending role. Although there are many centaurs on the other side, the advantage of many centaurs is not particularly great in attacking the Chengtian Temple, because no matter how many centaurs you have, you can only attack from the long steps, and you can't attack from all sides.

A large number of Liao soldiers blocked the water around the Chengtian Palace. Han Desui also ordered several attempts to attack, but the firearms of the Luoyan army were too fierce, and the soldiers and horses who tried to rush up the long steps were killed by thousands of firearms and crossbow arrows, and the steps were almost covered with corpses. Even if they rushed to the top of the steps, they couldn't stand on their feet at all, because hundreds of people on the other side were waiting at the top of the steps with long knives. The Liao soldiers who rushed through the blockade line would soon be rolled over, tumbling and falling by the heads killed by these people.

Of course, if Han Desui had enough time, it would naturally be no problem to attack the Chengtian Palace. In fact, he only needs to besiege his opponents, and it is difficult to escape until they run out of food and fresh water, and they will naturally take the initiative to come out to fight. But Han Desui didn't have much time. After several attacks were frustrated, the bad news finally came, the southern city was broken, and the Great Zhou soldiers and horses had entered the city. Han De scolded angrily, he knew that he couldn't delay any longer, the city had been broken, his morale was so low, the number of men and horses was no longer dominant, and the street battle would definitely be defeated. He must immediately evacuate Xijin Mansion to save himself and the remaining soldiers. However, the goal of killing Lin Jue's gang was not completed, the other party was close at hand, but he had no way to take them, which made him grit his teeth with hatred. So Han De made a decision, he let it go, he wanted to burn this Chengtian Temple. Although this is the main hall of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, symbolizing the majesty of the Great Liao Imperial Power, the palace was built with countless silver taels and materials, and no matter who occupies this city, no matter who occupies the city, such a building will not be easily set on fire. But Han Desui couldn't care less. Even if he was criticized afterwards, blamed, and held accountable by the Daliao court, he couldn't care about it. Killing Lin Jue was the only thing he wanted to do at the moment.

Han De then ordered people to bring fire oil, transported a large amount of firewood and grass and other materials to pile up around the main hall, and while lighting the fire, he ordered tens of thousands of rockets to be fired at the top of the Chengtian Temple. For a time, thick smoke billowed up and down the entire Chengtian Palace, and the hall with a wooden structure was soon on fire. Han Desui was satisfied with the people and horses and quickly evacuated the palace, evacuated from the north city gate, and fled in a hurry.

When Han Gang and Ma Qingshan led the army to the palace, the Liao army had all disappeared. They hurriedly rushed towards the blazing Chengtian Temple, which was burned into a flaming temple at this moment, and they couldn't get close within a radius of a hundred steps, the fire was too big. After learning from the captured palace attendants that Lin Jue and others were forced into the Chengtian Palace, and then the Liao people set fire to the temple, Ma Qingshan's face turned white. He was stunned to see the burning and collapsing temple in front of him, and his knees went limp, and he fell to his knees.

"Lord Lin...... I, Ma Qingshan, can't stand you, we are late for rescue, I didn't expect you to suffer such a tragedy, it's really heartbreaking. Next...... I really want to die...... Woooooooooooo ”

Ma Qingshan covered his face and cried bitterly, it was really a true outpouring of feelings, and there was no falsehood. Lin Jue died, which made the light of hope that had risen in his heart extinguish in an instant, and he didn't know what to do next. My heart was dead and ashes. Mourning is greater than dying, Lin Jue represents the hope of the future, and if the hope is gone, everything will be meaningless.

Han Gang asked in astonishment, "Brother Qingshan, which Lord Lin are you talking about?" ”

Ma Qingshan burst into tears and shouted, "Which other Lord Lin could it be?" Lord Lin Juelin. He died for us. It was he who took the lead in attacking Zhuozhou, and it was he who led people into the city to attack here, and stirred up the city to be unpeaceful, attracting Han Desui to send a large number of soldiers and horses to clear them. We were able to get out of the predicament smoothly. Everything is arranged by Lord Lin, otherwise...... Can you and I have this smooth? The court wants to kill you and me, and Lord Lin is here to save us. Someone in the court colluded with the Liao people to destroy the Great Wall and kill Yang Shumi. Lord Lin noticed this, so he rushed to sabotage the peace talks. In a word...... In a word...... Lord Lin has done his best for us and Da Zhou. But unexpectedly...... was burned to death here by Han Desui, an old thief. We're late for rescue, I don't know about Lord Lin. ”

Han Gang listened to Ma Qingshan say these words in a daze, and suddenly yelled after a while: "Fight the fire, save people, quickly save the fire and save people." ”

Everyone looked at him blankly, and said in their hearts: How can such a fire be rescued? I'm afraid the people inside have been burned to ashes.

Ma Qingshan wiped his tears and got up, suddenly pulled out his weapon, and roared: "I want to kill Han Desui, the old thief, and avenge Lord Lin and them." They fled not far away, and someone came and followed me. is to chase to the ends of the earth, and to break the old thief's body into thousands of pieces, to comfort Lord Lin and their heroic souls. ”

Han Gang also roared loudly when he heard this: "That's right, take the head of the old thief to pay tribute to Lord Lin's heroic spirit." Follow me. ”

All the soldiers prepared to chase the enemy, and Han Gang and Ma Qingshan had already turned over on their horses. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled from the avenue between the temples beside the lush flowers and trees on the side. Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a trotting of cavalry under the dawn sky, in the reflection of the morning glow and the fire of the palace. In front of the procession, on a tall five-flowered horse, sat a young general, dressed in black armor and a dark red cloak, hunting behind him, like a dark red flame burning.

Ma Qingshan's eyes widened and he shouted in surprise: "Lord Lin! You're still alive. ”