I don't know how long it took, but finally a Khitan climbed the city. Fortunately, there was a new force of the Song army behind, holding bayonets, and quickly wiped out the Khitans at the head of the city. It's just that under the light of the torches, most of the people are exhausted, and some are full of horror.

Gao Min slowly calmed down and said to Hong Fang beside him: "Immediately let Mao Qin's department rest, and Liu De will go to the city!" The Khitans attacked too fiercely, and they had to be replaced in less than half an hour. Otherwise, the soldiers will easily become exhausted and taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

Hong Fang promised, ran downstairs quickly, and ordered Liu De to lead the department to replace Mao Qin.

The Khitans attacked the most fiercely in the north of the city, with fewer enemies in the east and west, and the south was set aside. Around the three queyi, the Khitan people fought very well. They came fiercely, but they didn't look like they were brutes.

After a short rest, the Khitans under the city rushed to the city again as if they were dead. At this time, the artillery at the head of the city had to be cooled down temporarily due to the fire being too fierce, and for a time it could only rely on the soldiers at the head of the city.

Gao Min looked at the city, and the corpses of the Khitans were already piled up. As a result, the Khitans in the back attacked and were affected, and they had to send people to move the corpses into the trenches under the city. At this time, there was no water in the trench, and the corpses went into the trench and slowly filled the trench.

The clouds were thick tonight, the moon was blocked, and there was only a faint light. The torches dotted outside the city are as far as the eye can see. Gao Min even had the illusion that there were Khitans everywhere in the night.

Along the valley of the Lu River, it extends to the realm of Zhending Mansion, and the Song Dynasty has West Cao Gu Pu, East Cao Gu Pu, Bei Zhai, Sanliukou Pu. Entering the territory of Dingzhou, there is a red cliff shop. These are small forts, with a few hundred and ten soldiers, and a few dozen soldiers. The biggest role is to manage the place, and the other is to refuse to defend the important place. These are small forts, although the place is not big, there are not many soldiers, but they are not able to go down in one go. In a sense, these walled forts were the warning points of the Song Dynasty, which were originally to prevent a sudden attack by the Khitan. Those who defend the fort are all forbidden troops who have not been trained.

The sudden advance of the Khitans this time allowed the Song army to break through all the walled forts without getting any news, and the attack was fierce. Quyang is just a small city, and only a thousand people under Gao Min's jurisdiction are stationed. Dingzhou is in the rear, unlike Baozhou and Xiongzhou, which have built so many new cities, and there are no cities around them to help each other. As soon as Quyang was broken, it was Dingzhou City, fifty miles to the east.

Sighing, Gao Min turned his head to look east, and in the night, he didn't know if Liu Jiji from Dingzhou had gotten the news.

Liu De led his troops to the head of the city, and together with Mao Qin, they jointly repelled the Khitan attack. Mao Qin led his subordinates to go down to the city quickly, and the news was the first. If the Khitan offensive does not stop, he will soon bring people to the city to replace Mao Qin.

Such a battle of life and death cannot be sustained by normal people for long. If it goes on for a long time, some people will break down, and some people will become insensitive, just mechanically carrying out orders. Fighting each other face-to-face can easily make people tired.

Looking at the densely packed Khitan army under the city, Gao Min hesitated for a while. Do you want to take part of the army out and kill for a while? Defending the city is just a stubborn defense, and there will be problems after all, and it must be counterattacked at the right time. Looking at the appearance of the Khitan people outside, they are desperate to charge, now is really not a good time. And they only use the most primitive ladders, and there are no other siege equipment, and there is no goal for leaving the city.

At this moment, Pan Yue ascended to the top of the city panting. Stretching out his head and glancing down, he quickly turned around and said, "Why are there so many Khitans?" We have eyeliner in the Khitan, and the Khitan army gathers, why is there no news? ”

Gao Min said: "These Khitan people must be from Flying Fox, not from Youzhou. Even with eyeliner, the news of the flying fox has always been inconvenient. Zhixian, it's useless to say these things now, just stick to it. ”

Pan Yue looked at the Khitan people who were attacking the city like they didn't want to die, and said: "Command, how long can the Khitan attack like this?" When I went up to the city, I saw Mao Qin's army with many broken guns and dozens of dead and wounded. In another hour or two, I'm afraid the muskets will all be broken! ”

Gao Min said: "The musket is broken, and there are knives and guns, which are used in the army!" Zhixian, you don't have to doubt the soldiers defending the city, as long as the city is not chaotic and everything is in order, it will be fine. I think it's still a mess in the city right now. How does this work? ”

Pan Yue was silent for a while, and said: "When the people in the city hear the shouts of killing outside, they will inevitably panic. It's night again, and it's hard to press. Let's do it first, and when it is dawn, everything will be fine. ”

At this moment, suddenly the shouting of killing shook the sky not far away. Turning his head, he saw that there were Khitans rushing up over there, and Liu De's troops were in close contact there. For a while, the pressure on the city head was less, and the Khitan people below were greatly boosted and rushed to the city desperately.

Gao Min said sharply: "Order Mao Qin to take people to the city!" Also, the whole army on bayonets! If the Khitans rush to the city, kill them immediately! ”

Hong Fang on the side agreed, and hurried to the bottom of the city tower. Mao Qin's headquarters had already rested, listened to the order, and rushed up with his soldiers.

drove the Khitans out of the city, Mao Qin went to Gao Min and sang a promise with his hands crossed, and said: "Command, it's not a way to go on like this." The muskets in the hands of the soldiers have never been used like this, and they keep releasing the guns, how long can they be used? When my subordinates went down just now, they found that more than 60 guns were unusable. However, there were no bows and arrows in the city, and the muskets were broken, so they could only watch from the city. ”

Gao Min said: "If the musket is broken, let them use boiling oil and stones, there are many ways!" We defend the city and are condescending, will we still have nothing to do with the Khitans? As long as you hold on firmly, when the time comes, there will be a way! Quyang is only fifty miles away from Dingzhou, and when Taiwei Liu got the news, he will definitely send troops to save us! The Khitans came from the mountains, they couldn't carry supplies, and they couldn't hold out for long! ”

Pan Yue said: "Command, I think the Khitan are all cavalry, and there must be rangers outside the city." A few months ago, the imperial court was fortified and cleared, and the people moved to the city, and there was no eyeliner outside the city, where did anyone go to Dingzhou to report the news? ”

Gao Min said: "Why don't you have eyeliner?" Every intersection, every shop, is guarded by soldiers. Don't expect them to fight with the Khitan, that is, the Khitans are coming and will return in time. Not far north of Quyang is Longquan Town, and there is a delivery shop to Dingzhou, and those soldiers will naturally report the news. ”

Pan Yue shook his head and didn't say anything. What Gao Min said makes sense, but now there are examples of several villages in the mountains, and so many Khitans have crossed the mountains, but there is no news at all. Are the soldiers of the fortress all dead? But the soldiers near Quyang are so dutiful? In fact, the entire army of the forbidden army was reorganized, and these troops who did not have the whole training were panicked, and they didn't know where they were going, how could they sell their lives?

Just then, a cannon shot rang out. The artillery at the head of the city rested for a while, and then began to fire again. For a while, the Khitans under the city were a little flustered.

After firing a few cannons, suddenly there was a sound at the head of the city not far away, and the shouts of the soldiers were heard. Shen Fengzhou ran over quickly and sang a promise to Gao Min: "Report to the command, there was an artillery explosion just now!" The last general has already ordered to go down, and each cannon should only fire five cannons at a time, and immediately water the cannons. ”

Gao Min nodded: "It can only be so." After such a long battle, many of the soldiers' muskets were also broken, and it was not uncommon for the guns to explode. Let the gunners fire at the crowded places of the Khitan, and use the flowering shells first! ”

Shen Fengzhou agreed, turned around, and issued a new combat order. There are not many artillery pieces at the head of Quyang City, which was originally used to attack the siege equipment of the besieging enemy. As a result, the Khitans only used the ladder, and they lost their greatest usefulness.

The Khitans have been attacking the city for more than an hour, and under the city wall, the trench has long been filled, and there are still thick corpses piled up on both sides. In fact, this group of desperate siege of the city, the Khitan losses were very large, with more than 2,000 casualties. However, they knew that they couldn't capture Quyang in one go, and when dawn came, the reinforcements from Dingzhou came, and they couldn't even occupy this stronghold out of Taihang Mountain. Without this foothold, this surprise attack would have been a failure. In this failure, the Song army blocked this route and had to change the entire strategy.

Pan Yue saw that not far away, another Khitan rushed up, and Liu De led the Song army with bayonets and rushed straight up. The two armies fought together at the head of the city, and in the night, they saw only human figures flickering, and they couldn't help frowning.

Gao Min shook his head, didn't look there, and turned his head to look at the Khitan army outside the city. After a while, he said to Hong Fang: "Up to now, how many people have lost by the Khitans, according to your estimates?" ”

Hong Fang said: "We have lost more than 100 soldiers. Looking at the appearance of the Khitans, there are at least more than 2,000 people lying under the city. ”

Gao Min nodded: "I guess so." More than 2,000 people died, and they attacked the city so desperately, it seems that the Khitan army that came out of the Taihang Mountains this time has a lot of people. How could this be done without 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city? ”

Hong Fang nodded: "Yes, if there are not more than 10,000 people, how can you be indifferent to the loss of more than 2,000 people?" Commanded, it seems that the Khitans are dead hearted, and they are going to capture Quyang City tonight. ”

Gao Min sneered: "It depends on whether the Khitan people have the ability to kill all the 1,000 people under me!" ”

Seeing that Gao Min seemed to be devouring people, Pan Yue shuddered violently. He said, "Command and guard the city, and I will go back to the city." I will cook some food and make supper for the soldiers guarding the city. Looking at the appearance of the Khitans, I am afraid that they will attack endlessly at night. ”

After speaking, he led his men down the city quickly.

Looking at Pan Yue who was going downstairs, Gao Min shook his head. If it weren't for his own thousand people staying here, looking at the way it looked tonight, Qu Yang would only be afraid that he would have lost it. In front of the walled fort, there were hundreds of forbidden troops who were not reorganized, but they couldn't even run back from the messenger. It turns out that the combat power of the forbidden army really makes people shake their heads. In this war with the Khitan, it seems that it can only rely on the trained forbidden army.

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