If it weren't for the late autumn nearly a month ago, when the Flying Fox Trail victory caused the Liao people to lose 8,000 elite cavalry at once, the emperor of the Liao State would not have let Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Courtyard, send troops to the Great Song Dynasty when winter was approaching.

The Khitan people are accompanied by war horses all year round, how can they not know that winter is the most consuming war horse, and the horse's physique has declined greatly.

Winter war horses running around on the battlefield for more than three days in a row will cause irreparable damage, and the war horses with slightly worse physique will not even be able to survive.

"Prison army, the Liao thieves left really only war horses, most of the soldiers stayed, and if they really evacuated, they could have done very hidden, but now we can see it when we stand at the head of the city." Zhe Muqiu didn't observe carefully just now, and after being reprimanded by Zhe Kerou, he said after a careful observation.

"The Liao people's intention to cover up is very obvious, and they will inevitably attack the city tonight." Zhang Bin said categorically.

"Tonight, we must let the thieves come and go." Zhi Kerou's face was full of monstrous murderous intent, although before the war, Han Jiang had promised on behalf of the imperial court that no matter how much the Zhejia army lost this time, it could be fully replenished after going back, but more than 2,000 people have died these days, which still makes Zhi Kerou hate the Liao people outside the city.

After a pause, Zhi Kerou turned to Zhang Bin and asked: "Supervising the army, after the failure of the Liao army's night attack tonight, there is not much left of the battle spirit, and most of them will consider withdrawing the army.

These days, Zhi Kerou has long been convinced by Zhang Bin, although Zhang Bin is still inferior to himself in terms of commanding troops to fight, but there are always whimsical ideas in some big strategies and tactics, not to mention the new type of stone thrower and the terrifying gunpowder.

Zhang Bin thought for a while and said: "When the time comes, depending on the situation, if there is a chance to further hit the Liao people, it will naturally be better, but the Liao people in the field are stronger than our army after all, and this place is on the territory of the Liao people. ”

"That's what the Overseer said." Zhi Kerou's heart was full of appreciation, and what he was most satisfied with about Zhang Bin was actually the stability that far surpassed his peers.

Zhang Bin secretly calculated the time and asked, "The light fire oil has been moved to the city, right?" ”

Zhi Kerou hurriedly replied: "The light fire oil has all been sent to the city, scattered on all sides of the city, and other things have been prepared. ”

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As the night deepened, the lights strung around the top of the Shuitou city wall, and from the Liao camp it looked like a piece of stars.

But in the dark night, there were shadows under the outer city of Shuitou City Wall, which seemed extremely dark and could not see anything.

"This is what the Han people often say is dark under the lamp?" Yelu Dagu withdrew his gaze from the distance, his eyes flashed, and he turned around and asked.

Li Hanguang hurriedly replied: "That's right, this is dark under the lamp." ”

Yelu Dagu had already assigned and deployed the task of attacking the city tonight, and at this time, only Li Hanguang, a senator, and a group of personal soldiers were left behind him.

"Although we Khitans don't have the saying that the light is dark, I also know this truth." Yelu bared his teeth, his face looked extremely hideous, and he said: "The so-called darkness under the lamp means that the brighter the brighter, the darker the darker it will be. If you don't light the lamp, you can barely see the outline in the dark, but when you light the lamp, you will be even more difficult to see in the dark where you are not lighted. ”

A group of soldiers next to him, who were originally a little confused, suddenly realized, looked at Shuitou City, and thought that the lights on the city wall were bright, and it was really dark under the city wall, not just under the lights.

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At the end of the day, it is the time when people sleep the deepest.

Tonight, the stars and moon in the sky were obscured by heavy clouds, and the night without enough light was even darker.

In the darkness, there was a large group of figures with strong bodies and very light steps approaching Shuitou City, and when they were about three hundred paces away, all these figures lay down and looked at the walls of Shuitou City not far away.

And in the rear, in the dark wilderness ridges farther away, there are more Khitan warriors lurking in places where the defenders of Shuitou City cannot see, secretly accumulating strength, waiting for the final order.

Accompanying them to the front of the city at the same time were ten long ladders, which were the strongest of the ten long ladders built by the Liao people, and it was difficult to cut them even with an axe.

What made every Liao person completely relieved from Yelu to the big bone down was that their 5,000 warriors lurked all the way to the last waiting place before the siege, and they were not hindered or attacked in any way, obviously not discovered by the Song army defending the city.

It was still three hundred steps from the city wall, and at this distance on a cold and windy night, there was no need to worry about the bed crossbow on the head of the city and the gunpowder bag fired by the stone thrower.

The five thousand Khitan warriors waited for the final order from Yelu Dagu, and without that, they could remain lurking until nightfall.

It didn't take long for a wolf howl to sound in the rear, alarming the hearts of all the Liao people, this was the final order to storm the city agreed between Yelu Dagu and the five thousand Liao warriors.

In this area of Datong Mansion, it is normal for wolves to howl at night in the wilderness, and under normal circumstances, it will never arouse the suspicion of the Song army in the city.

This wolf howl seemed to open the "floodgates", and 5,000 elite Liao soldiers bent down on both sides of the official road in front of the city gate and galloped wildly, obstructing the observation of the city through various shelters.

Since it was a sneak attack, and it was a night attack, it was naturally different from shouting and shouting when rushing to the city during the day, and each Liao warrior had a coin in his mouth, and he did not make a sound during the silent charge.

The front arm was the strongest, and the strongest Liao warrior dragged ten ladders, ready to rush to the city and then erected it.

200 steps......

One hundred steps......

Seventy steps......

Fifty steps......

Forty steps......

Thirty-five......

The elite of the 5,000 Liao army rushed wildly, as fast and powerful as a night wolf.

The dark shadow of the city wall occupied an increasing area in the field of vision of the five thousand Liao army warriors, until it filled the entire field of vision.

With two or three more breaths, as planned in advance, when the Song people reacted, they came to the city unscathed, and then when the Song people's vigilant sentinels sounded the siren and woke up the main force of the Song army from their sleep, they stormed the city and killed the Song people by surprise.

However, at this moment, a certain sound came from the heads of the five thousand Khitan warriors.

Dense balls of grass tied up with withered grass fell lightly on the top of the city.

As far as the eye can see, there are not many not-so-standard round grass balls, which actually cover the entire sky.

The grass ball is very light, so naturally it can't be smashed and injured like stone bullets and rolling logs, but the strong and choking smell of light fuel oil from the grass ball made the five thousand Khitan warriors in the city who were stunned twitch their noses violently.

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