The front line is not what it seems, and it is even more different from the expedition to the Southern Han Kingdom. It's bitter and boring here.

Yu Liang's capital and another nearby capital numbered about 200 people, stationed in a fortress north of Jinzhou, which was called "Jinliu".

They came in clean and neat clothes, and at first they were engaged in coolies to repair various fortifications, and of course they did not wear armor, and the uniforms on their bodies soon became dirty and torn. Every day of work, everyone almost forgets whether they are here to fight or to work as a coolie.

In the winter months, the first snow has just fallen here in Jinzhou, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is not far from the east coast, and the sea breeze is very strong. He wore sackcloth gloves on his hair, but Yu Liang couldn't resist this cold wind, his hands and face were cracked, and he felt a little pain when the wind blew.

The days are short and the nights are long, and everyone finishes work early. Those who are on duty at night are even harder, but fortunately, Yu Liang should not be the duty officer tonight.

Even Zhang Dadu muttered: "Even in our poor countryside, we don't work when it snows in winter." Good thing to eat here......"

In the middle of the camp were a dozen or so low houses, low and sturdy, with rammed walls below and thick planks of felt on top. Not far away, there was a mound of earth tower, on which stood two men wrapped in back fur roasting a fire.

It seems that living in this kind of house is much better than a tent, but thirty or so people sleep in one room! There was too much work to build fortified houses.

Yu Liang finished eating with his thirty men, and everyone shrank into low houses. Most people go straight to the kang, and it is warm...... This kang is the first time I have seen it, and it is said that it was specially designed by the officials to show compassion for the soldiers. The charcoal burned underneath the house, and the whole earthen kang was hot.

Some people wipe their bodies behind the curtain, no matter how much work they do, taking a bath is a very troublesome thing, there are too many people and the place is too small, so they just boil some water and wipe it with a cloth towel.

The house was dimly lit, and there was a complex smell mixed with the smell of feet, sweat, and fart.

Yu Liang took out a copy of "Sou Shen Ji" from the package and looked through it boringly, it was an idle book, but he had read it all. The bustling comfort of Tokyo comes to mind, and it's as if I've heard a beautiful little song.

Zhang Sanchang, who was not far away, stretched his neck and looked at Yu Liang with a look of worship.

At this moment, someone whispered: "What do you say it tastes like to touch milk......?"

Immediately, someone responded, and they started talking there, laughing "hehe" from time to time, and Zhang San stared and listened, listening very attentively. I heard a voice again: "This time when I go back, I must go to the Drunken Red Mansion to taste the taste." ”

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a voice outside the door: "Li Dutou has arrived!" ”

Everyone immediately stopped laughing, got up from the kang, and busied themselves with their clothes. A young man who was about the same as Yu Liang opened the thick leather curtain and walked in, he behaved completely differently from the prostitute, pulling a face, making everyone a little scared.

The soldiers stood facing Li Dutou, and Yu Liang led everyone to hold their fists and salute, and bowed together: "Meet Li Dutou." ”

Li Dutou nodded and said: "The herald army issued a report from Tang, the main force of the Liao army has arrived in Youzhou, and from tomorrow, Jinliubao will begin to prepare for battle. After he said that, he turned his head to look at a civilian official, and asked the civil official to confirm, "Secretary Wang, what about the herald Juntang newspaper?" ”

The civil official said: "What Li Dutou said is not bad. ”

Li Dutou said again: "In addition, tomorrow morning, cancel the exercise, everyone take a shower and change into a clean lining; As mentioned above, it is not easy to fester, and it is better to survive if you are injured like this. At night, the people of the two capitals took turns to disarm at night. ”

Li Dutou said that he turned around and left.

There was a pause in the barracks for a while, and before long the crowd began to shout excitedly. People seem to be tired of working every day for a while, and they are looking forward to the war...... The battlefield of the Southern Han Dynasty was that once the war began, you could receive a reward and go home after the battle.

These days are obviously not so boring and dull, there are often horsemen outside the fortress, one moment I heard that there was a conflict between the scouts and died, and the next I heard where the Liao army came. But I've only heard that everyone has never seen even a single Liao army.

As the world gradually darkened, Yu Liang carried a bucket of water from a wooden ladder and slowly climbed up the earthen wall more than one person high, and the side of the wall was rammed with dense wooden stakes, which were pointy. He poured water down the outside of the stake and down the outer wall, waiting until the evening to form a thin layer of hard, ice. There are also some soldiers nearby who are also splashing water.

Yu Liang looked back and saw that several of his men were waiting by the well to fetch water, so he stretched his upper body and looked into the distance. The endless wilderness seems to be a wasteland in winter, and you can faintly see the houses of the village. As if there was nothing in the room, he turned his head to the right, and not far away he could see a mound of earth and two towers like wooden shelves, which were watchtowers in a nearby fort.

And so the day went by.

At night, according to the order of turns, Yu Liang and others were not allowed to disarm, and they lay on the bed to sleep. The plate armor on his body was uneven, and the bed board was also hard, so it was not very comfortable to lie down for a long time, but he still fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long later, Yu Liang was suddenly woken up by a loud scream, and then he heard the sound of "dong dong bang...... banging gongs and drums. He was taken aback and sat up sharply, his mind still confused as he knew what was happening.

At this time, a soldier "banged" open the wooden door, ran in and shouted: "The enemy is attacking the camp, hurry up, everyone hurry up to the wall and find your place!" ”

Yu Liang gradually came back to his senses, got up as soon as he was bone, and shouted: "Get up quickly, take your weapon and stand up!" ”

He quickly grabbed a saber from the head of the bed and hung it on his waist, then picked up the crossbow and quiver. More than 30 people in the house were suddenly noisy, and shouting was everywhere outside.

The people prepared their weapons, put on their helmets, and soon stood in the middle of the house. Yu Liang's mind was a little confused, and only then did he remember which position his team should be complicated in. Immediately he led the people out of the house.

There was a commotion outside, and it was full of people, and it seemed a little chaotic. At this time, he saw Li Dutou coming out of his room with a sword, and he shouted: "The people of the first capital, go directly to the wall and prepare for war!" ”

Li Dutou looked up at the mound guard tower again, and scolded loudly: "What are you stunned about!" Light the Beacon! ”

The soldiers above hurriedly smashed a clay pot and threw the torch, and a fire ignited on it, and the camp suddenly lit up a little.

Yu Liang's heart "dong dong" sounded, finally his brain was better, thinking of the process of ordinary training, he took out the waist knife with a "bang", pointed to a few ladders on the left and said: "First fire, up!" ”

He himself trotted up the middle staircase, and when the army saw this, they followed him up the wall.

Yu Liang's eyes widened, and he climbed to the top of the ladder, and saw that it was pitch black outside and there was no one in sight, and the piles of bonfires in the distance were shaking in the dark night. At this moment, a cavalry appeared on the edge of the firelight, and the cavalryman held a triangular red flag and shouted: "Your own people, don't let go of arrows!" ”

Li Dutou below roared: "All teams, the crossbow bolts are wound, and the firearms are drugged!" ”

After a while, I saw black shadows like ghosts flashing by the fire in the distance, and some people lit torches from the fire, only to see that the light was full of horsemen!

The fire has limited access to the area, and it looks as if there are people outside! The whole fortress was surrounded by a flood of people.

The horsemen jumped off their horses, and with wooden shields and rudimentary wooden ladders, they rushed over the horses outside. The battle was very scary, because there were many enemy soldiers, and the strength of more than 100 people on the wall was weak.

"Steady!" Yu Liang shouted, and his voice was out of tune. His heart was stretched into a line, and everyone worked very matters related to life and death.

Soon there were screams, however, and the enemy soldiers were squeezed into a trench on the outermost side, full of sharpened stakes and nails, and one could imagine what would happen if they fell into the darkness.

So the tide outside was blocked by the ditch, and the enemy soldiers began to take ladders and lay them flat on the ditch, and then walked cautiously, very slowly. The enemy soldiers in the back took shovels and began to dig and fill the pits.

The scene outside was endless, and the menacing momentum was suddenly stuck! When Yu Liang looked back, the men and horses of the second capital had already been assembled, and soon the generals shouted, and everyone went to the wall in batches.

Yu Liang heard the drums beating rhythmically again, and the general's voice shouted: "The first capital gathers its troops, and the second capital gives up territory!" ”

So more than ten people on each side of Yu Liang lined up in the middle, and the troops on the wall formed three columns, which suddenly became much thicker, which made Yu Liang's confidence a little more.

After a long time of tinkering, the enemy soldiers with fur hats threw their shields above them before they swarmed up from the edge of the second trench. In a hurry, the enemy soldiers could not fill the deep ditch, and after probably destroying the stakes and nails in the ditch, they dug a place in the hook wall to get up from the ditch.

"Put!" Yu Liang pointed with a saber and pointed downward.

Suddenly, there was a string sound, and the crossbow bolts flew diagonally in the dim firelight, screaming from below, and the accuracy of the crossbow bolts was good. Yu Liang saw that the enemy soldiers who were not dead hurriedly grabbed the wooden shield and squatted there not daring to step forward.

Yu Liang saw it clearly, and said: "Don't change teams, the firearms can't reach, and the front row will reload the crossbow arrows." ”

At this moment, a "clang" sound of wood rubbing was heard, and a stone bullet with a shining lead flew out of the camp with a clatter. After a while, a "boom" explosion was heard, and fires splashed in the distance, and human voices were heard.

Several ballistae on the wall also vibrated violently, and arm-thick crossbow arrows flew in the air! The enemy soldiers could climb over two trenches on foot, but the horses could not climb up, and they fired arrows indiscriminately underneath, which was not effective, the elevation angle was large, and the wall was relatively narrow and blocked by wooden stakes, so it was difficult to shoot people.

The enemy soldiers had fortified themselves in the distance, endured the casualties caused by the ballistas and crossbows, and finally accumulated some troops, when suddenly those men shouted "Wow Wow...... rushed over with wooden shields and simple ladders.