On the platform for watching the battle in front of the Liao army, Yelu Zongyuan was in excitement after the start of the battle. Although the cold wind was bitter, it made people breathless. Although it is dusty, there is smoke and dust from time to time. Although the strong wind blew the blood and stench on the battlefield, it was almost disgusting. But none of this is anything in the progress of the battle.

After several hours of fierce fighting, when the huge body of the cloud chariot leaned against the city wall, and when a steady stream of his own soldiers and horses poured up to the city, Yelu Zongyuan laughed loudly. Yesterday I was annoyed and angry because of the failure of the siege, but today it will be clear. What does it mean when the roller coaster arrives at the city walls? This means that Liaoyang Mansion is going to be broken. It turned out that it only took two days to break through Liaoyang Mansion, the first day was bitter, and the second day was sweet, which was called bitter and sweet.

The civil and military officials also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that victory is in sight, and the trouble of the Jurchen henchman can finally be solved, and the emperor will not be angry. If you can't capture Liaoyang Mansion, I don't know what the ending will be, the emperor may be furious, and everyone is afraid that they will not have a good life. In the past few days since Yelu Zongyuan ascended the throne, Da Liao has not stopped, and the civil and military officials have not been born in peace, after destroying the Jurchens, the emperor should let Da Liao rest and recuperate, and live a stable life.

Of course, everyone also understands that the breach of the walls does not mean that the city can be taken. The Jurchens are desperately resisting, they are a group of fierce savages who are not afraid of death, and they are afraid that the only way to take the city is to kill them all. But this should only be a matter of time, as long as you maintain the offensive and crush the opponent with your own numerical superiority, it will not be a problem to capture Liaoyang. Because at this moment, it is actually equivalent to a frontal battle, and after all the cloud chariots are on the city wall, the two sides are actually equivalent to a field battle. It's just that the battlefield is on top of the narrow city walls.

When the chariot finally succeeded, many ministers began to pat Yelu Zongyuan on the back, praising his previous decision to wait for the siege equipment to arrive before launching an attack. In fact, this cannot be regarded as flattery, because after yesterday's siege, everyone saw the strength of the Jurchen defense system and the courage of the battle, if there was no catapult suppression, failed to destroy the defense of the opponent's city head A large number of defensive measures, the consequences are unimaginable. Today, if it weren't for the Skycar building the fastest passage up the city wall, I am afraid that it would still be struggling under the city at this moment. Only a few tribal leaders looked a little embarrassed, such as Meng Sago, who accused Yelu Zongyuan of delaying the attack at the meeting last night, and hid far away at this moment, refusing to let Yelu Zongyuan's gaze sweep over him.

I don't know when, Yelu Zongyuan noticed that the wind suddenly stopped, and he had a bad premonition. The wind suddenly stopped, which was a sign of falling snow, and he was very reluctant to see it fall at the moment. However, the heavens did not fulfill his wishes, and in the midst of his muttered curses, the snow fell, and soon turned into goose feather snow. The situation on the battlefield is no longer visible, but it is clear that the city is not broken yet, and it is too bad for snow to fall at this time. As soon as it gets dark, the ground will be covered with snow and the roads will be difficult to navigate. The supply of grain and grass for the army is almost empty in a day, and it is completely replenished by grain trucks and horses. If we can't spend the night in Liaoyang City tonight, the whole army may be hungry and cold under the city tomorrow.

"It's over, it's snowing heavily, how is this good? Today's grain truck has not yet arrived, and the army will be in the army tomorrow

I can run out of food. Your Majesty, is this city still under attack? It looks like I won't be able to attack it for a while. An official looked at the heavy snow and said in alarm.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's still too late to withdraw the troops at this moment, and the army can withdraw to Qianzhou and camp before the snow makes it impossible for the carriages and horses to walk. Although Qianzhou is small, at least it can save soldiers and horses from hunger and cold. It's also easier to resupply. Some officials echoed worriedly.

Yelu Zongyuan shouted: "Withdraw the army? At this time, you called me to withdraw the army? Crazy? I am about to take Liaoyang Mansion, and at this moment, I should attack with all my strength and take Liaoyang Mansion. Liaoyang Mansion is close at hand, but you want to go back to Qianzhou? It's a big joke. ”

"But my father...... I'm afraid it will be difficult to take Liaoyang Mansion in a short period of time, and the Jurchens resist fiercely. After calculating the breakthrough of the city wall, they were afraid that they would not leave the city, for fear that there would be a fierce battle in the city. I'm afraid that this battle may not end tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Ye Luchun, who was standing on the side, muttered quietly.

"What do you say? Idiot! At this time, you actually said such things to me? Rubbish! Yelu Zongyuan scolded angrily and raised his hand to give Yeluchun a big mouth, and Yeluchun's eyes were full of gold, and he quickly knelt on the ground to confess.

Yelu Zongyuan shouted: "Order, all the soldiers and horses are pressed up, and all the generals must also go with me to attack the city." Before dark, Liaoyang must be captured. If they want to fight in the streets, we will wash the blood in the streets inch by inch. At this time, how can you withdraw from the army? ”

Yelu Zongyuan threw off the brocade robe on his body, revealing the shining armor all over his body, stretched out his hand and pulled out the scimitar at his waist, his eyebrows were angry, and he was extremely majestic.

"At this time, it really needs to be done, and it's a pity to give up at this moment. However, the emperor does not have to invite himself to attack the city, let the generals bring soldiers and horses to attack. Han Yanshou hurriedly dissuaded in a deep voice.

Yelu Zongyuan said coldly: "No, if I don't personally supervise the battle, I'm afraid I won't be able to make progress." I want the soldiers to know that I am with them. I live and die with them. ”

With the sound of the horn, Yelu Zongyuan led the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses in the army to rush to the battlefield in the wind and snow. Most of these 100,000 soldiers and horses were cavalry, and the reason why they were kept in the rear was precisely to prevent the other side from sending cavalry to sneak attack the rear. Moreover, most of these 100,000 soldiers and horses are the elite of Yelu Zongyuan's lineage, and Yelu Zongyuan is unwilling to let them be cannon fodder. But at this moment, it is time to be desperate.

Yelu Zongyuan's arrival at the siege front did seem to have some morale boost. When the soldiers of the Liao army learned that the emperor had personally attacked the city, they seemed to work harder. But in fact, the main reason why they seem to be encouraged is that there are 100,000 more fresh troops. The 100,000 soldiers and horses joined the battlefield, which immediately made a great difference in the situation of the entire battlefield. The Jurchens were at the head of the city with the insane people who were not afraid of death, and they were not only good at hand-to-hand combat, but also threw their blades in unison to take people's lives. It's hand-to-hand combat, but they can kill people before they get close. When it came time for hand-to-hand combat, they clinged to the tall Liao soldiers like monkeys, biting their teeth and elbowing them like wild beasts, and wiping their necks with sharp knives. Originally, the city wall was narrow, and it was extremely troublesome for them to entangle. Sometimes you slash with a knife, but you also kill your own brother, which is really annoying.

Attacking the Liao army at the head of the city

The number actually exceeded the number of the Jurchens, but the losses in hand-to-hand combat were no less than those lost during the siege of the city walls. Although the number of Jurchen soldiers and horses is also rapidly decreasing, they have been compressed in the direction of dozens of sections of the city wall, and it is impossible to completely occupy the city wall. The Jurchens even destroyed all the stairs on the inner side of the city wall, and they used to go up and down the city by building a huge movable wooden staircase to ensure the supply of supplies. But now, these wooden stairs are far from the walls and overturn on the ground on the inside of the walls. That Wanyan Aguda seems to have cut off the back road of his soldiers and horses in this way, so that all the Jurchen soldiers and horses have no way to retreat, so that they can only fight with all their strength. It's scary to think about.

In this case, although the Liao army broke through the city wall, it was unable to enter the city for a long time. Because only after they have occupied all the city walls and occupied the three towers, can they enter the city through the stairs reserved on both sides of the city towers, and can they occupy the city gate hole, so that people can move away the tightly blocked sandbags, stones, horses, and other things blocked in the city gate hole, and open the passage into the city. Before that, they had to be forced to fight the Jurchens on the city walls to the death.

The addition of 100,000 soldiers and horses put great pressure on the Jurchens. They were a vital force and well-equipped, and they were extremely lethal to the Jurchens. A large section of the city wall on the north side of the West City was quickly emptied by a force of 4,000 people led by Yelucai and Xiao Zhengbang, the chief of the Blackwater Tribe. Under the attack from both sides, more than 1,000 Jurchen soldiers were all killed on the city wall. After the two soldiers and horses combined, a Liao army from the north joined, and Yelucai and Xiao Zhengbang decided to storm the tower of the west city gate. Only by taking the city tower can the city be completely broken, and a large number of Liao troops outside the city can enter the city without being restricted by the terrain, and give full play to the huge advantage of the army to sweep the whole city.

Hundreds of steps away from the city, Yelu Zongyuan rode on a tall horse and looked nervously in the direction of the city. Although he said that he was going to fight in person, he did not really fight side by side with the soldiers, and he only stopped a few hundred steps below the city. The Liaoyang City in front of me was only a little outline, and the white snow was falling, and the visibility was extremely poor. The huge side city is in front of you, but you can only see a little shadow. The fierce shouting and killing in the heavy snow was deafening, but at the location where Yelu Zongyuan was, he couldn't see anything. It was as if someone had blindfolded him with a white cloth and had become blind.

"Your Majesty, the Great Prince and Chief Xiao have launched a fierce attack on the city tower. The eldest prince said that only by seizing the city tower could the city be completely broken. The eldest prince ordered the villain to come and report to the emperor. A soldier rushed from the snow and reported towards Yelu Zongyuan.

Yelu Zongyuan nodded happily and said, "Okay, tell Yelu Cai that I will go to help him, and I will watch him capture the city gate under the city." If he takes the gates, I will give him a great credit. ”

The soldier shouted his promise and galloped away. There was a deafening shouting and killing sound from the city in front of him, and the sound was the shouting of the Da Liao soldiers, Yelu Zongyuan was really itchy, and he decided to approach the west gate to the position where he could see the progress of the battle at the head of the city, and he wanted to see the moment when the city tower was broken. So he rode his horse forward, and galloped forward, despite the persuasion of the people around him. At a distance of three hundred paces from the city gate, Yelu Zongyuan stood still. Although it is still very unclear, it is enough, Yelu Zongyuan does not want to enter the core of the battlefield, he has to consider his own safety. He wouldn't be stupid enough to really take the lead.