There are a lot of candles lit on the side of the big tent of the Chinese army, but the light is still dim, the season has come to summer, Rao is the camp of the Chinese army is very crowded, the insects do not seem to be afraid of people, and the insects outside the tent are calling happily.

A group of people in the big tent were elated, waiting to enter Youzhou City before they could fight.

Guo Shao was also very moved, and said on it: "If Xiao Siwen wants to go out of the city, then dare to be kind." ”

In the city of Youzhou, the elite of the Liao army can fight in the field with a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 people; At this time in the field, the Liao army really had nothing to fight. Guo Shao now has more than 100,000 elite soldiers in the forbidden army alone, and I am afraid that he does not need to use all the elite soldiers, and the two armies sent by the front division of the palace are enough to defeat the Youzhou army.

Once the defenders of Youzhou are defeated out of the city, the Great Zhou army will be able to occupy Youzhou immediately! In this situation, the Liao army in the entire Hebei region has almost no power to resist, and the surrounding states and cities must surrender without fighting, and most of the sixteen states of Youyun can be recovered by hand! Everyone's eyes sparkled.

Those eyes were like the expression of a man who had been hungry for three months and saw a table of wine and food.

Wei Renpu took a "hiss" breath in front of a group of people: "The minister feels strange, what kind of medicine is this Xiao Siwen selling?" ”

Guo Shao suddenly looked at Wei Renpu, Wei Renpu's words really hit the heart of the heart. It's really weird.

But at this time, there is no need to talk about underestimating the enemy and risks, as long as the main force of the Liao army does not go south, there is no risk for the Zhou army to have so many people in Hebei and fight nonsense!

Guo Shao said quietly: "If you can get Youzhou without attacking the city, you can avoid many soldiers from giving up their lives on the battlefield." ”

This is what Guo Shao is most concerned about.

Wei Renpu pointed to the topographic map of Youzhou on the side and said, "The decisive battle is in the open land in the east of the city. There are two speculations of the minister, one is that Xiao Siwen wanted to lure the Great Zhou army to gather in the east of the city, and led his men and horses to abandon the city from the north and east of the city to escape to save his life; Second, there is no hope for reinforcements, Xiao Siwen knows that it is impossible to escape defeat, lose the city and lose the land, break the jar and fall, and look for the ...... who died"

Guo Shao groaned.

He wondered if Xiao Siwen, the king of the Southern Courtyard, still had a way to live? In addition to surrendering, he may be able to steal his life, but he should also die! Youzhou is also very important to the Liao State, and if you lose the defender of Youzhou City, what reason is there for him not to die?

If Xiao Siwen didn't surrender to Da Zhou and beg for mercy, he would still be able to live, Guo Shao really admired this person so much!

Moreover, what method did Xiao Siwen use to survive?

Since you must die, what else is there to break through?

At this time, Wei Renpu's voice said: "The minister thinks that tomorrow on the fifth watch, the elite infantry of the forbidden army will line up in the east of the city, and the cavalry camp of the Yuhe River (east) will be transferred to the city of Youzhou, and the two wings of the large array will be divided. As soon as the Liao army in Youzhou left the city, the central infantry immediately attacked; The cavalry on both wings quickly broke through to the back of the abdomen, looking for an opportunity to seize the east gate of Youzhou. If the city gate is closed, the army outside the city will be encircled, and the Youzhou army will be annihilated, and Youzhou City will still be at your fingertips! ”

"Vice Envoy Wei has a saying that makes sense." Guo Shao's eyes were sharp, his speech was fast, but his speech was very clear, "As long as the Liao army goes out of the city, taking Youzhou will be like exploring the bag." Our primary goal, Youzhou! As long as the Liao army is willing to go out of the city, they can do whatever they want! ”

In Guo Shao's view, Xiao Siwen is indeed going to die, but now this is a sign that he is afraid that he is greedy for life and really wants to "attack the west", the desire to survive is one of the greatest desires of people.

Guo Shao's thinking was clear, and he said: "In order to prevent foolproof, the cavalry battalion in the north was mobilized to the east of the city to set up a formation. Give Xiao Siwen the greatest hope to avoid his hesitation and indecision. When all the Liao troops left the camp and the two armies engaged, the light cavalry on the right wing of the Tiger Ben Army of Dong Zun's Department quickly went north to prepare the embankment Xiao Siwen to break through! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Ministers obey!"

…… That night, Guo Shao actually had a little insomnia. Tonight's insomnia is not because of worry, but when it comes to this, I really can't think of any reason to worry; He was excited, excited, and anticipatory.

He got up before dawn the next day, and he didn't sleep well. Guo Shao asked Lu Chengyong to bring in a basin of cold water, bury his face in the basin and sober up, then put on clothes and armor, and hung his sword on his waist.

He drank a bowl of porridge and rode around. On the camp of the armies, the fire has not been extinguished, but it is already lively and very noisy. In the distance, a military general shouted: "Eat half full, don't eat too much and have no strength!" ”

This is Guo Shao's order when he led the troops before, he has set up some detailed rules, and he is indeed a person who pays attention to details. Because the blood is concentrated in the intestines for digestion after eating, it will cause a lack of energy...... It's easier to take the folk words: lazy, hungry and panicked!

All the troops were ready, and they went out of camp in formation, and set up their formations to the east. Each battalion had a large flag, but the light of the torches was insufficient, and it was not clear to see, and many heralds shuttled between the various formations to communicate the direction of the numbers of each department.

Guo Shao also came to the battlefield with the army, and tens of thousands of them were already a very huge scene.

It was just dawn, the sun was far from rising, the air was moist, and a mist hung over the air. Guo Shaoji looked westward and saw the shadow of the tall tower in Youzhou City. In this hazy mist, the tower looks even taller and more majestic, or gives the illusion of standing in the clouds.

The military formation was still far away from Youzhou City, leaving enough space for the Liao army to go out of the city and array. The armies waited as they set up.

After a long time, I suddenly saw a fire in the distance bursting out of the stars. Immediately, someone reported: "The Liao army is out of the city!" ”

Guo Shao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what tricks Xiao Siwen played, what he wanted was Youzhou!

There were more and more fires in the distance, and a large number of Liao army infantry and cavalry poured out of the city in groups, and the Liao army was really going to fight a decisive battle! Guo Shao sat on the horse and calmly watched the scene in front of him.

After a long time, suddenly a horse galloped from the north and went straight to the highest square yellow banner of the Great Zhou army. The knight jumped off his horse and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the west gate of Youzhou is wide open, and the cavalry of the Liao army has rushed out of the city!" ”

Guo Shao was stunned when he heard this, this matter was expected, and it seemed to be unexpected.

Xiao Siwen really wants to break through?

……

West Gate, the Liao army and horse army are swarming out! The roar of horses' hooves completely broke the tranquility of the early morning, and a large number of people rushed diagonally to the north.

Xiao Siwen galloped out of the city on horseback, looking at the scene in the wilderness, where the siege fortifications of the Zhou army were more than half a mile from the city wall; Because it's too close, it's going to be attacked by the heavy weapons of the city. The circumference is longer than the circumference of Youzhou City, and it is estimated that it is fifty miles! The Zhou army was surrounded on three sides on a fifty-mile front, and even if there were 200,000 troops, they could not deploy heavy troops everywhere!

And its elite soldiers gathered in the east of the city, Xiao Siwen thought that it would almost certainly succeed to break through a defensive line with elite cavalry and heavy troops! As long as you are fast enough and not surrounded by the cavalry of the Zhou army, it is still possible to run away.

"Kill ......" The cavalry of the Liao army rode their horses and rushed forward. The Youzhou army was trapped in a lonely city, and knew that there was no hope for reinforcements, and their morale was extremely low. However, once you want to break through, the morale is high, after all, everyone is here to live!

Xiao Siwen shouted: "Youzhou is no longer defendable, the Great Liao Army will attack in two directions and fight to the death with the Zhou army!" ”

The generals only care about rushing, what is the decisive battle? As long as you break out of the encirclement, everyone will clearly understand in their stomachs, and they will only have to coerce the king to run north!

The roar of the exciting iron horse and the galloping charge of the wind ignited the blood of the battlefield again.

But Xiao Siwen was not happy, he looked at the hazy road ahead, first of all, the siege fortifications of the Zhou army, and then the siege and interception of the cavalry, and the farther grassland was also full of danger...... The thorny road ahead makes people's hearts very heavy.

He looked back at Youzhou, an ancient city, and left too many ...... The family members who can't be taken away, the great Liao Guowei that can't be taken away!

"Bang bang bang ......" in the night sky, the sound of strings sounded intensively, and a faint rain of arrows was flying. A team of knights galloped in front of the earthen wall, the Yellow River, and the wooden fence of the Yellow River. The fire shone brightly in all directions, and shouts erupted.

A group of cavalry dismounted and carried away the rejecting rifles in front of a walled gate, and behind the wooden wall of the walled gate, rows of archers took turns to release arrows. There is a walled gate in the next section of the fortification, and the Zhou army repaired this fortification mainly not for defense, but for attack, and there must be a convenient place to enter and exit.

Inside the walled gate, there is also a wooden arrow tower. As soon as Xiao Siwen looked up, he really saw two archers pedaling their horses, desperately opening their bows and releasing arrows downward.

The cavalry of the Liao army braved the rain of arrows and desperately rushed to the gate of the village, and people kept falling from their horses with arrows, and the horses neighed and knelt on the ground, which was miserable. However, the cavalry of the Liao army rushed to the gate of the wall, some of them put arrows inside, and some of them shouted and smashed the gate with iron bones.

Another soldier climbed to the top of the gate, and suddenly there was a scream, he was stabbed in the abdomen, fell from above, and curled up on the ground and shouted for his mother.

Xiao Siwen looked back left and right, and the earthen wall was full of people crawling everywhere.

At this moment, a horse galloped towards and shouted: "King, there is a gate in the north that has been captured by us, and the king will go first!" ”

Xiao Siwen listened to the pat of the horse and left, and the Abudi beside him loyally carried the iron bone duo and followed him one step at a time, and even the Han official Fan Zhongyi put on his armor and followed Xiao Siwen to the north like a fire pit.

Xiao Siwen galloped to the gap, and sure enough, he saw the gate open. The cavalry of the Liao army was swarming in, and a group of Zhou infantry rushed up in a mess without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and were immediately divided and scattered by the cavalry, and the iron sword and spear were raised condescendingly, and the killing was screaming.

The Zhou army on duty in the second line of defense was even thinner, and they failed to gather men and horses in a hurry. Even if they gathered, the Liao army could evade it with maneuver.

Xiao Siwen led a large team of horses to rush forward, unstoppable. In front and behind the horse team, the cavalry "crackled", and the living creatures that approached the horsemen were all shot into a sieve by the cavalry rushing by!

But to break through the defensive line, you have to deal with the cavalry of the Zhou army on the vast plain to the north. Only by passing the victory can Xiao Siwen pass the first ghost gate!

He looked back again, and it was many times before. Youzhou City was surrounded by vast firelight, and perhaps this was the last time he saw the city.