"The main force of the Liao army is approaching Zhuozhou!"

There was a dull rumbling sound between heaven and earth, not loud, but it seemed to emerge from heaven and earth and was pervasive, and could be heard from every corner.

On the field, the snow was dazzlingly white in the sun, and a large group of people and horses under the pressure of black slowly approached this side.

In the fortress on the outskirts of Zhuozhou, people all went up to the wall, staring at the approaching crowd. The fires on the forts flickered, and the smoke was blown in the air like a swooping dragon.

The sunny day was clear, and so many people in the Liao army swaggered over, and Zhuozhou was already ready to meet the enemy. Behind the earthen fort group, the elite infantry lineup formed into a phalanx was purged and gathered outside Zhuozhou City.

After a long time, the two armies looked at each other from each other across a mile, and the speed of the center of the Liao army slowed down more and more.

Han Tong, the commander of the Zhuozhou Forbidden Army, rode to the front, and directly called a fortress to lower the drawbridge and led people into the earthen fort. Ignoring the persuasion of the generals, he personally climbed a simple wooden arrow tower.

General Luo Yanhuan kindly persuaded: "Marshal Han is the commander of the whole army, and he can't easily get into danger. ”

Han Tong glared at him and said loudly: "If the general dies, the whole army will obey General Luo's orders!" ”

Luo Yanhuan was stunned.

Standing on the arrow tower, the situation is different from what you see on the ground, and the horizon seems to be a little curved. Today's weather is very good, after the snow clears, the sky is blue, the air is very fresh, and the vision is extremely open!

The Liao army seemed to be completely unafraid of being seen by the Zhou army. As far as you can see with your eyes, there are at least more than 100,000 people! Han Tong is a professional leader, and he can estimate the approximate strength from the size of the crowd based on experience, and the Liao army is approaching all roads in front of him, and the scale is more than 100,000, which makes people feel very shocked...... Han Tong has not experienced a big war with more than 100,000 troops actually mobilized, but it is indeed rare to see 100,000 people put together!

Han Tong watched the movements of the Liao army intently, and his heart was tense.

There are too many people and too many places in this kind of scene, and no matter how much foot and riding is moving, it seems very slow; However, just as the ship is too big to turn around, once a movement is made, it is difficult and troublesome to change it temporarily.

Han Tong observed, did not issue any military orders, and still let the main force of the infantry army concentrate outside the city to wait...... At this time, the decisive battle, the Zhou army was insufficient. The two wings of the Liao army spread very widely, and Han Tong believed that the Liao army would not only confront each other from the front.

Sure enough, the two sides of the Liao army began to protrude, and the two wings surrounded the left and right.

......The movement of the enemy soldiers was very obvious, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance suddenly intensified.

Han Tong clenched the hilt of his sword, still letting the main infantry stand still behind him.

Several groups of men and horses in the northwest of the Liao army took the lead in approaching the earthen fort group, and in front of one fort, all the soldiers of the Zhou army stared at the scene ahead...... A large group of men, women, and children, crying and screaming, were driven over with sacks and stones!

The cavalry of the Liao army shook the whip behind and "crackled", and the screams and cries came from afar. A woman in tattered clothes was pushed to the front of the trench, and when she looked down, she turned around, and many people around her turned around; But the crowd that had been expelled from behind was squeezing forward, and the crowd was getting denser and denser.

Someone threw away the sack, and the cavalry behind couldn't help but break up, and raising their hands was an arrow.

The crowd was in a mess. Many people cried and fell into the ditch, and some people were squeezed to the ground, and they were immediately trampled and screamed by the dense crowd.

At this time, two stone bullets flew into the air from the fortress, one exploded in the air, and the other fell into the Liao army's horses and exploded, and a group of men and horses frightened away.

After a long time, the two trenches were filled in, and they were filled with bags of sand, stones, and corpses, and from time to time someone stretched out his hand in the middle of the sand, which was very terrifying!

The catapults and ladders of the Liao army came up one after another. Stone projectiles rained down like hail into the earthen fort. The wooden piles on the earthen walls collapsed everywhere, and the houses where the soldiers lived also "thumped" and the planks and felt were in shambles.

The people standing on the wall looked at the scene outside the fort in a daze, and the cloud ladder that was slowly approaching, the infantry carrying the wooden ladder, and the Liao soldiers and horses with swords, shields, bows and arrows permeated the area.

"Ah......h Many people on the walls crouched on the ground and shivered.

Du Tou looked back and saw that the infantry formation of the Zhou army was motionless, and there was no one on his side at all...... He felt a chill in his heart, can he keep this face?

But there was no choice, there was no military order to retreat from above! Even if it's too late to run now.

"Teams! Prepare for battle! They all yelled, and pointed to a few people under the beacon tower, "Beat the drum and prepare for war!" ”

The crossbowmen on the arrow tower took the lead in firing a arrow, and the people in front of the fort also shot arrows with crossbows, and the arrows of the archers of the Liao army were thrown into the city, and for a time the strings sounded together, and the arrows fell on the plate armor helmet of the Zhou army and clanged, and occasionally the leather armor of the joint part of the bad luck was shot through the scream.

The soldiers of Zhou were very confused, and the ten generals here also died, and no one gave orders for a while. The man in front put a crossbow bolt, and the one behind him stepped forward and put it. "Bang bang ......" Even the copper fire gun began to explode, and at this time, the sword and shield soldiers of the Liao army had rushed to the city, and many people fell below.

The ladder was placed on the earthen wall, and someone panicked and returned two fierce oil clay cans to the out, and then the ladder immediately ignited a fire, and black smoke billowed out. But more Liao soldiers took wooden ladders and directly set up the earthen wall of the fortress, and the people and horses behind them swarmed in.

Seeing this, they all shouted in a hissed voice: "Let's do our best for the country!" Kill! ”

Soon, countless wooden ladders were set up on the edge of the earthen wall, and several other ladders were also coming closer, and the whole area of the earthen fort seemed to be full of ants. In the snow, the fire rushed up, the air was filled with black smoke, and the shouts were deafening.

A Zhou sergeant threw away the firearm in his hand, pulled out a spear from the back shelf, and stabbed it at a Liao sergeant who had just climbed the ladder. The Liao man hurriedly took the shield to block, but it was not easy to borrow strength on the ladder, and he flipped it down and shouted "wow". The second Liao sergeant jumped up and onto the wall. The spear of the Zhou sergeant in front of him couldn't reach it, and he was stunned, and was suddenly slashed by the Liao sergeant head-on with a sword, screaming and covering his face. The Liao soldier took advantage of the situation to press him to the ground with his shield, and stabbed him in the neck with an iron sword.

The Liao army attacked the wall on all sides, and the sound of killing on the earthen wall shook the sky, and screams broke out. Many Zhou soldiers jumped off the wall, and the fort was in chaos.

Dutou was originally a military general of the forbidden army, and he killed two Liao soldiers in foot battle, and the people around him ran backwards towards the fort. When he saw that the Liao troops on both sides were surrounding, he didn't care much, and he also grabbed the wall with both hands, and the people fell downward, and then jumped to the ground.

They all looked at the scene on the city wall, surrounded by smoke and the sound of killing coming from all sides, and couldn't help but look up and sigh. He remembered the scene when the Liao people drove Han'er to fill the ditch before, and he knew that he would not survive. When he saw a ten general not far away, he shouted: "Bring the flag, tell the living to gather, and finally fight!" ”

Several generals shouted and shouted, and a group of people gathered here, and those who were running around the wall were cut into flesh and blood by the Liao army's swords! All the armies gathered one after another, and before they formed a formation, the Liao army came up with random soldiers.

There was a scuffle, and the Zhou army was immediately defeated by the Liao army. At that moment, the gates of the fort were opened, and a group of cavalry rushed in, first with a "crackling" horsemanship, and then with a herd of horses. Dutou knew that there was no way to go, shouted and raised his sword to recoil, "bang", was hit by a war horse that couldn't dodge, and Dutou was knocked out of the snow, he lay on the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood, struggling to stand up but failed. When he opened his eyes, the rest of his men were chased by the cavalry, and it was only a matter of time before the whole army was annihilated.

Han Tong looked at the crazy scene near and far, and his face turned pale.

The cavalry of the Zhou army in the vicinity rushed in and out of the fortress, and the Liao army did not attack the fortress on this side under the threat of cavalry.

At this time, a military general rode over and knelt down on the ground under the arrow tower: "Why didn't Han Gong save him when he saw death?" ”

Han Tong didn't know this general, but he didn't say a word when he saw that Yijia should be a general of the township army.

Zhang Lingduo, the general of the forbidden army below, said coldly: "Above the battle array, how can you speak? ”

The military general kowtowed and said, "Cut off my head, please Han Gong to reinforce the brothers!" ”

Han Tong glared and said: "There are too few forbidden soldiers, now divide the troops, once the Liao army breaks through the periphery and tears open the big gap, the forbidden army will be divided and surrounded!" ”

The military general looked up at the smoke in the distance, his temples bulged, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Then why are we stationed in the fort?" Is it just to send you to death......"

Zhang Lingduo said again: "If you don't let you in the castle, you will be destroyed faster!" ”

Han Tong glared at Zhang Lingduo angrily: "The earthen fort defense line is not for stubborn defense!" It's for both offense and defense on foot! But Zhuozhou has such a small number of field elite soldiers, and he can't fight! ”

The general of the township army was still not convinced, and said: "Then why didn't Han Gong ask the township army brothers to withdraw into the city as soon as possible." ”

Han channel: "Gu'an County has 50,000 elite cavalry of the forbidden army!" What good will we do if we are immediately blocked into the city? ”

He took a deep breath and said coldly: "Order the castles to defend to the death!" ”

"Order!"

In a few moments, a group of heralds with colorful pennants on their backs scattered and galloped out of the nearby horse team.

Han Tong could see that some of the earthen forts had been quickly captured, but there were also some well-organized fortresses that were still resisting...... A lot of people will die! But if the Liao army wants to attack the fortifications, it is impossible not to pay the price.

Han Tong was planning in his heart that when the Liao army was almost done, he would mobilize the camp of the forbidden army to concentrate in one direction and counterattack the lost fortress...... A large number of village soldiers and horses were also stationed in the city to replenish the lost defenders.

Of course, this tactic cannot last long, and the morale of the township army will quickly fall to the bottom! But Li Chuyun's cavalry brigade will not linger for too long!

Han Tong turned his head to look to the east, if Li Chuyun reacted quickly, the striker would be able to reach Zhuozhou in half a day.