Chapter 168: Defeat is like a mountain
In the evening, Shuitou City under the rule of Datong Mansion in Xijing Road of Liao State ushered in a Great Song caravan.
Because there were many familiar merchants in the caravan who often came to Shuitou City, and brought 300 jars of favorite wine of the Liao people and 100 steel knives that the Liao people needed most, they were warmly welcomed by the Liao people in the city.
The caravan entered the city smoothly, as before, to the Liao soldiers at the gate of the city will divide a few jars of wine, but today the wine is pressed at the bottom of the truck, so the process of the two men transporting the wine to take the wine is a little slow, and then the other merchants can't wait, and enter the city in advance, leaving only a truck and two men at the city gate to rub their hands together, swallow saliva, and wait for the Liao soldiers who enjoy the wine to get the wine.
"Master Jun, it's getting a little dark, can you borrow the torch in your hand and use it." A man said to a Liao soldier with a smiling face.
"Hurry up and take out the wine, I haven't drunk the wine of the Song Kingdom for several days." The Liao soldiers were in a hurry to drink, and one of them immediately handed the torch in his hand to one of the men.
The man smiled and took the torch, and casually lit something that looked like hemp rope from the side of the wagon.
The "hiss" sound suddenly sounded, and the Liao soldiers stared at the rope for a moment, and one of them scolded with a smile: "You southerners are clumsy, get out of the way!" There is no need to take this wine, this cart of wine belongs to the old men. β
As he spoke, several Liao soldiers came up and pushed the two men aside, and greedily went to the truck to get the wine himself.
They didn't bother to care about the burning string, because the cart was all wine jars, and they were not afraid of igniting it.
Several Liao soldiers thought that the two Song men would definitely entangle and say good things, but the two Song men didn't say a word, so they walked into the distance, and walked faster and faster, and in the end they even ran deadly, as if there was a wolf chasing behind them.
A Liao soldier moved the fastest, picked up a wine jar and shook it, puzzled: "Why doesn't it seem to be wine in it?" β
Another Liao soldier turned his head and saw the two men running away, and scolded: "What are you running, Lao Tzu has taken your wine at most, but he will not kill your ........."
"Boom!"
An earth-shattering loud bang suddenly sounded, and in the midst of the flames, the truck carrying wine suddenly exploded, the truck turned into pieces, and several Liao soldiers next to him instantly turned into minced meat.
Immediately after that, a large pit appeared where the truck was, and the entire city gate was blown down and became a ruin.
And at this moment, the entire Shuitou City was trembling, all the Liao people in the city were taken aback, with a shocked face, they didn't know what was going on, and some people even immediately thought of the ghosts and gods, and some people thought that it was the punishment of the Buddha they believed in, and many Liao people knelt down or threw themselves to the ground, praying for the Buddha's forgiveness.
At the same time, in a forest four or five miles south of Shuitou City, 10,000 well-armed "bandits" riding tall horses galloped towards Shuitou City.
Zhang Bin had already roughly calculated the power when he deployed the gunpowder, and he could only blow up the city gate, and there were still some Liao soldiers on guard elsewhere on the city wall, and after being frightened, he suddenly found the cavalry galloping towards Shuitou City in the distance, and after being frightened, he immediately blew a rapid warning horn.
The Liao people who controlled this city were the leaders of the largest tribe in the vicinity, and they were also officials of the Liao State, and they were the kind of officials who were both military and political, and he was eating at home just now, and the monstrous explosion shook the utensils and food on the table to the ground, and he was even more startled, and was about to send someone to see what was going on, when he heard the sound of the horn at the head of the city, and as soon as he heard the rapid sound of the horn, he knew that there were more enemies than every horse thief attack before.
"Hurry up, the enemy is attacking, and all the men in the city are summoned to defend the city." The city lord gave a loud order as he ran out.
But as soon as a few heralds ran away, a Liao soldier ran over with a frightened face, and shouted from afar: "Oh no, city lord, the city gate has been shattered by thunder, and several brothers at the city gate have also become broken corpses." β
"What, the city gate was shattered by thunder?" When the city lord heard this, he was dumbfounded, but then he reacted and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and give an order, let everyone go to the city gate, the enemy is coming, hurry up and hold the city gate." β
It's a pity that many Liao people in the city who are usually just Liao people, and can immediately become excellent soldiers or cavalry, are kneeling on the ground and praying to the Buddha, and when the city lord with a group of personal soldiers shouted, cursed, and waved whips, and finally gathered more than 3,000 people to rush to the city gate, the rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the city has been clearly heard.
Under the firelight, it can be seen that a large group of "horse thieves" has appeared not far away.
Most of the Liao people gathered were also cavalry, but unfortunately they were in a panic, there was no formation at all, and many people were frightened by the previous explosion and the ruins at the city gate, and they didn't come back to their senses for a while, where did the military spirit and morale come from.
When Zhe Kerou's son, Zhe Muqiu, was the first to shout through the ruins at the city gate, and the head of a Liao soldier was split with a shiny machete in his hand, the lord of Shuitou City knew that the tide was over.
Under the firelight, 10,000 brave horse thieves poured in, and in two or three breaths, they dispersed more than 3,000 Liao warriors who were in a panic at the city gate.
If it is in a normal state, on a normal battlefield, although these 3,000 Liao people are just ordinary Liao soldiers, they may not be able to defeat this 10,000-fold army dressed as a government soldier, but now these 3,000 Liao people do not even have half of the usual combat strength, the most important thing is that they do not charge at all, how can there be any advantage of cavalry.
The city lord of Shuitou City showed a miserable smile on his face, with panic on his face, he still didn't understand what kind of means blew up the city gate, or if it was really the thunder of the sky.
"City Lord, let's go, let's go, it's too late if you don't leave!" One of the guards beside him saw the dejected city lord.
"Let's go, where are we going?" The city lord muttered to himself.
"City Lord, hurry up and escape from Shuitou City through the north gate, and then go and gather the armies of various tribes, and then take Shuitou City back from these hateful horse thieves, and besiege them all!" The soldier said urgently.
The city lord woke up in horror, yes, although his tribe and the other seven or eight other tribes nearby were small tribes among the Liao, they could add up to nearly 10,000 warriors.
"Go, go, retreat!" The lord of the city turned his horse's head and left.
The city lord fled, and the Liao people brought by him had just come back to their senses, gradually regained their normal morale, and were about to fight with the "horse thieves", but at this time, they immediately lost their will to fight, and fled with the city head.
"Chase, kill them all."
Zhang Bin is a civilian official and a supervising army, so naturally he didn't do this kind of charge, and it was Zhi Kerou who gave this order.
The 10,000 "horse thieves" immediately began to hunt down the 3,000 Liao.
The so-called defeat is like a mountain, and the Liao people in this case are no longer warriors, but fearless waste.
PS: Sorry, it's lateββββ
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