Chapter 409: Dusk in Jinghai County

War has always been brutal.

There is no mercy in war, there is only profit.

If this war is just a game between infantry, then the balance of victory should be tilted in favor of the residents of Jinghai County.

But alas, the Liao soldiers are cavalry.

The Liao soldiers lived on the grassland, and war horses were their main products, which can be said to be one of the specialties.

And the Great Song Dynasty is the opposite, war horses are something they are extremely lacking.

If the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were still there, then they should still be able to equip a cavalry, but the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been lost for many years, and there was simply no place for them to raise a large number of war horses.

This is also the reason why the battle is now passive.

It can also be said that the fall of the Great Song Dynasty is also related to the lack of cavalry.

Even if the heroes of Liangshan can reach a hundred, they have to pay a very high price if they want to win.

Maybe some of them will be injured or some will die.

But Jinghai County, they must guard.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Sun Zhendong was called to the inn.

Song Jiang and others told Sun Zhendong about this situation, Sun Zhendong was furious, and finally immediately notified him and began to inform the people of this matter.

Nowadays, the people are very busy every day, although they are very tired, but rebuilding their homes is a happy thing for them, and everyone is smiling.

People need to rest when they are tired, and many of these people have only gotten up until now, which is why Song Jiang did not gather these people at night.

They had to give the people plenty of time to rest, as is the case with the so-called sharpening of knives rather than woodcutters.

But when these people came together, they heard the news that the Liao soldiers were going to attack Jinghai County, and this hit them on the head like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Shocked, frightened, overwhelmed... and so on.

In the end, under the appeasement of Sun Zhendong and others, all the people began to be angry, strong, and fearless...

Their homeland has just been established, and they will never let the Liao soldiers trample on it again, and they will fight the Liao soldiers to the end.

Of course, it was Song Jiang and them who brought them confidence.

If it weren't for Song Jiang and these people, they would definitely not have the confidence to confront the Liao soldiers.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Sun Zhendong told them that Master Wu would personally lead the army, and as long as he held on for a while, Lord Wu would come back with the army and annihilate all the Liao soldiers.

Therefore, these people actively responded to Sun Zhendong's work, and they put down their work one after another to prepare for the defense of the Liao army.

The militia was quickly assembled, and there were about 5,000 of them, many of whom Song Jiang had brought before.

They had already participated in the war, and they were also desperately determined to fight this war.

Whether it's digging trenches or militia training, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

After all, the militia is a militia, and the equipment is not very sophisticated, but Song Jiang has fought with the army of the previous imperial court and has also grabbed some equipment.

Therefore, these militias do not look very shabby, and they do not fight with hoes and other farm tools.

Little by little, the time passed, and it was already noon, and a group of women came to the front with a lot of food.

Digging trenches requires physical strength, and eating is certainly inevitable.

The men took the food and sat on the ground casually and ate it.

They don't pay much attention to their work, they eat quickly when they are hungry, and they have to continue to work after eating.

"You say, can we stop the attack of the Liao soldiers this time?" A middle-aged man sitting on the ground, chewing on dry food, said.

"Definitely, you haven't seen how powerful Master Wu's subordinates are, I saw it outside Lao He Restaurant at the beginning. One can fight several. ”

"But I heard that there are 10,000 Liao soldiers? There are only a few of them. ”

"But we also have 5,000 militiamen. Even if the combat effectiveness is a little worse than that of the Liao soldiers, at least it is not a problem to kill one or two thousand Liao soldiers. And then there's the musketeers, they're pretty good. ”

"That's right, I just don't know when Master Wu will come back, and when Lord Wu comes back, those Liao soldiers must look good."

"That is, Master Wu is a person with great ability. When he comes back, these Liao soldiers don't want to run. ”

"That's right, hurry up and eat, dig the trenches well, make it difficult for them to cross our defenses, and we must delay until Lord Wu returns."

......

Even in this heat, these people ate some dry food, drank some water, and began to work hard again.

These people now have only one thought in their hearts, that is, to dig this trench long and deep, so that it is difficult for the war horses of the Liao soldiers to cross over.

Only in this way would they have enough time to delay until their martial master returned.

In the hearts of these people, Master Wu is their faith, as long as they firmly believe in Lord Wu, miracles will definitely appear.

At least in their eyes, Jinghai County has come back to life from a ruin, which is a miracle in itself.

Time is always passing inadvertently, and the sun is gradually setting.

The sunset, dusk, has always been sad.

Knock knock...

This is the sound of horses' hooves, and no one is more familiar with this sound than these people in Jinghai County.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded out, which meant that the Liao soldiers had arrived.

"All the people retreated, the militia dispersed, the musketeers took their positions, and the cavalry lay in ambush all around."

Song Jiang rode on his horse and shouted loudly.

The people who dug the trenches also retreated one after another, they did not need to go into battle to kill the enemy, they were exhausted after digging the trenches for a whole day, and they no longer had the strength to go into battle and fight.

The main reason for the militia to disperse is to disperse the Liao soldiers, and if these militias are gathered together, then the cavalry will directly crush them, and they will also cause great casualties.

As for the musketeers, of course, there is no need to say more, standing on the other side of the trenches and ready to attack.

And the number of cavalry in Song Jiangkou's mouth is more than a hundred, just Song Jiang and others and some people who can ride horses are just a piece of troops.

Song Jiang and the others got into the woods in the distance, and when the Liao soldiers came, they attacked from the flank, intending to surprise the Liao soldiers.

The sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and 10,000 cavalry galloped in, and they hurried sleeplessly to avenge the longevity of Wuyan, and they vowed to set foot in Pinghai County.

Everyone could even feel the ground trembling slightly, and the Liao soldiers were getting closer and closer, and they were coming soon.

The afterglow of the sun shone obliquely on the faces of every villager in Jinghai County, and they watched intently, whether they were alive or dead, just looking at this battle.

Under their attention, the figure of Liao Bing appeared in their eyes.

One...

Two...

Three...

And there were more and more of them, and they shouted for slaughter, and they came at them like locusts.

(End of chapter)