In the corner of the military food and materials warehouse compound on the East Street of Xijin Mansion, two officials, rosacea and beard, panting and getting a written order from the Southern Privy Council, came and shouted triumphantly at Lin Jue and the others.

"The order you want is here, King Han doesn't have time to come and give you the order in person, if his old man comes in person, you will be bad. Do you see it clearly? How so? Can we unload the truck? ”

Lin Jue took the order stamped with the seal of the Southern Privy Council and said with a smile: "Since we have this order, we should obey the order." We wish that was the case. The sooner we make the difference, the sooner we get out of it. ”

The rosacea official sneered: "I want to be stubborn, I told you the order above, but I don't want to believe it." We're so tired that we're going to make a run. After that, there was something missing from this shortage, but don't blame the old men. ”

This is simply a naked threat, and the rosacea official means that after he counts and puts it into storage, he will deliberately find fault with it, saying that the goods are short. The responsibility is naturally on the escorted soldiers and horses, which is to retaliate against Lin Jue and others for their uncooperation.

Lin Jue laughed and turned his head to Ma Bin, Sun Dayong and the others beside him: "Did you hear that, these guys are still threatening us." What to do? If the goods are short, we will be punished when we turn back. What did the brothers say? ”

Ma Bin laughed and said, "What else can I do? If you don't do it, let's slaughter these two rabbit cubs. ”

Rosacea and beard were startled and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Looking for death? ”

Sun Dayong shouted coldly: "It's you who are looking for death." My lord, the siege has begun, and I have already heard the drums of war outside the city, so it's time for us to do it. ”

Lin Jue shouted: "Then what are you waiting for? First control the military rations and materials here, burn them on fire, and then let's go to Nancheng and give them a flower inside and out. Do it! ”

The faces of the two officials, bearded and rosacea, and a dozen or so attendants changed drastically, and they walked away. Sun Dayong, Ma Bin, Liang Qi and the others moved their mouths faster, and they had already jumped out, and in a moment when the long knife flickered, more than a dozen people immediately settled the account. At the same time, more than a thousand guards who had already been prepared in the corner had already turned on their horses, and they rushed from the corner of the dark courtyard to the place where the storehouse was located in the distance, and their long knives were raised high, shouting to kill the heavens, and swept away.

The Dongdajie warehouse is one of the four warehouses in Xijin Mansion, and it is also the place where the largest storehouse of materials and grain is located. There are thousands of Liao troops guarding here. Lin Jue and the others are located in an external courtyard, which is a place for carriages and horses to stop and ship. The real storehouse was in the courtyard within the northern wall, where a large number of Liao guards also gathered to patrol. Because of this, not many people paid attention to the actions of everyone in the courtyard outside. The purpose of Lin Jue and the others sneaking into the city this time was to create a lot of chaos, and they were originally going to find a place like a warehouse barracks to attack and harass, but they didn't expect to be directly taken to the warehouse on East Street, so they naturally refused to let go. The fire in the treasury of grain and materials was the most shocking thing for the army, and it was the most panicked move for the Liao soldiers defending the city.

Thousands of soldiers and horses rushed to the north of the warehouse, there is a huge wooden door between the two courtyards, the door here is closed on weekdays, but at this moment, because the inventory and unloading of goods are about to be carried out, so at this moment the gate is wide open. When the cavalry of the Falling Goose Army from

When they rushed out in the dark and went straight to the north courtyard, the Liao army guarding immediately noticed something unusual, and their reaction was quite fast, and the leader of the Liao army immediately shouted for the soldiers to close the gate.

However, the Falling Goose Army had to move suddenly, and they were rushing on horseback, giving them a limited time to react. When the gate was halfway closed, Ma Bin and Sun Dayong with dozens of cavalry had already arrived at a distance of thirty paces.

Whoosh! The crossbows in the hands of the cavalry of the Luoyan Army were still fired, and the accumulation of dozens of crossbows knocked down all the dozen Liao soldiers who were struggling to close the door. Ma Bin, Sun Dayong and others rushed into the courtyard and broke through the access control of the North Courtyard. The cavalry rushing from the rear slammed the wooden door wide open, and the cavalry rushed in like a flood.

Arrows rained down on several Liao people's arrow towers around them, and at the same time, the sound of the horn of the rapid warning also sounded harshly. All the Liao soldiers and horses stationed here immediately rushed out, screaming and rushing forward to intercept them. But these Liao troops were no opponents, and there was almost no resistance to the hasty battle between them. The Falling Goose Army fired crossbows in unison and shot in all directions. Hundreds of Liao troops finally gathered to meet the attack, and hundreds were shot and killed in just a moment, and they scattered and fled with loud screams. The only threat to the cavalry of the Luoyan Army was the several towers of arrows, on which seven or eight Liao archers fired arrows indiscriminately. But they soon fell silent, because Bai Bingliang Qi and the others had already targeted them as soon as they rushed in. Bai Bing rushed to the arrow tower at the east end of the courtyard gate, and at the same time cut down all the seven or eight archers above, Liang Qi and three guards also rushed to the west arrow tower and threw down all the archers above.

The battle of the entire treasury did not take more than a stick of incense, and the purpose of the guards of the Luoyan Army was not to kill all the fleeing Liao troops, they just wanted to control the ignition of the treasury. The fire soon rose in more than a dozen warehouses, and it burned red with the north wind of the autumn night. When the fire rose into the sky, more than 1,000 cavalry of the Wild Goose Army had already rushed to the East Street and galloped away.

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The siege battle seemed to be very fierce, and the phalanx of soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty who was besieging the city had already approached the edge of the moat. Tens of thousands of Liao troops at the head of the city fired thousands of arrows, and countless feather arrows completely covered the siege phalanx. The siege soldiers and horses formed a shield formation with shields, like turtles cowering in their shells, lying on the ground, allowing the arrows to fall on their heads like a storm. The thick shield was densely covered with arrows, which turned the big turtle-like phalanx into hedgehogs lying on the ground.

But what made the Liao army defending the city strange was that the other party did not seem to have any intention of attacking the city, nor did it have the idea of building a passage over the moat. They just huddled together and endured the onslaught of arrows. Although their shields were well protected, the stormy arrows did not inflict heavy casualties. However, from time to time, the powerful arrows burst the shield and penetrated through the gaps in the shield, always causing casualties to the other party. Not to mention the bombardment of their formation by powerful bed crossbows. Every time the iron-headed crossbow with thick arms blasted into the formation, it could always blast the opponent's shield array out of a big gap. Before the other side could make up for the gap, dozens of people were always killed by random arrows. If the other party maintains this passive situation, the Liao army at the head of the city can also use a limited dozen bed crossbows to nibble away at these stupid siegers little by little.

At this time, the fire in the city was discovered by the Liao army at the head of the city

Soon Han De got the news, and he hurriedly turned to the north of the city tower and looked in the direction of the fire in the city.

"What's going on? What is the place there? How did it catch fire? Han Desui asked loudly.

"There is no specific news yet, but that direction seems to be the direction of the grain and material warehouse on East Street." The general next to him was busy.

Han De scolded angrily, angry in his heart. It was clear that the city was mixed with the enemy, and at this time began to cause trouble.

"King, do you want to bring a team of soldiers and horses to take a look?" One of the generals suggested in a deep voice.

Han De was about to nod his head in agreement, when suddenly he became alert. His mind remembered the battle of the Tsufu a few months ago. It was the other side that broke through the city gates and forced them to divide their forces to recapture them, which led to the complete loss of the city walls. If the troops are divided at this moment, the opponent is likely to repeat the old tricks. There are not many enemies in the city, maybe only a few of them, and maybe they are just trying to distract themselves.

"No, the order will go down, and all the guards and soldiers in the city will assemble on the East Street. A few thousand soldiers and horses in the city should be able to exterminate these troublemakers, and none of the soldiers and horses on the city walls can move. The warehouses on East Avenue burned and burned, and we still have three warehouses, and the food and supplies are enough, so we can't be led by the nose. Now the main task is to defend the city. Han De said in a deep voice.

Everyone had to obey the order, Han Zongchang ordered people to go down to the city to give orders, and there were many people in various places in the city, and there were three or four thousand people gathered. It should be enough for these people to calm things down in the city.

The siege continued, and it was obvious that the soldiers and horses of the besieging side could not stand up, and a siege phalanx had been dispersed, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou who were besieging the city could not form a shield array, and they fled backwards. Hundreds of soldiers were chased and shot in the butt by a dense stream of arrows, suffering heavy casualties. The other siege phalanxes were showing signs of loosening, and perhaps even they did not understand the point of breaking into the city and being attacked by the enemy with arrows and bed crossbows.

"Hold on, believe in Lord Lin." Ma Changqing gritted his teeth and told himself that he had avoided Han Gang's gaze when he cast a puzzled gaze. He knew Han Gang's doubts, and Han Gang was afraid that he didn't understand why his own soldiers and horses were doing this.

Han Gang really didn't understand why Ma Qingshan didn't launch a fierce attack, but retreated under the city and was passively beaten. Attacking or retreating, what kind of siege is this? Suicide siege? Even if you are not afraid of dying in battle, it is not such a way to die.

Han Desui on the head of the city actually had a hard time, their arrows were consumed a lot, and the Liao soldiers had shot a few quivers, but in fact, the results were quite limited. The number of casualties on the other side did not exceed 1,000. The other party's protection is really good, and the ability of the specially made hexagonal shield specially made for siege is too strong to resist bows and arrows. Each phalanx lay down under the city like a shrunken turtle, and it was indeed a live target, but the arrows covered it could not hurt its fur. The only way to do this is to rely on the bed crossbow bombardment, and to shoot these wooden shields to pieces with powerful arrows to inflict damage. However, the number of bed crossbows is limited, and their lethal effect is limited. Han Desui was a little suspicious that the other party was playing the trick of borrowing arrows from a straw boat.

But this is not what worries Han Desui the most, after all, the arrows are well prepared, and what he is most worried about is the situation in the city. He had returned to the north side of the tower several times to take a look, and the situation in the city seemed to be a little out of control.