Chapter 387: Heavenly Sacrifice of the Dead
On the city wall of Wuzhou, Zhao Yougong knelt heavily and left it to the soldiers of the Dingguo Army, which was moved for a long time. And under the city of Wuzhou, countless Liao soldiers also knelt on the battlefield full of corpses.
Han Dexiang guarded the city river tightly, and no one could pass the moat, because all the people who returned here were cut down by him and thrown into the river. Han Dexiang knew better than anyone that he had to take Wuzhou City no matter what today, otherwise after he went back, the matter of the bed crossbow attacking and killing his own people would spread, and his morale would definitely fall to the bottom. has to attack again, this time, Han Dexiang will personally lead the troops to attack the city wall.
Untied his black armor and tied his white shirt around his waist, Han Dexiang raised his knife and roared, "If you don't go to Wuzhou today, you won't retreat, I think my Daliao warriors will fight in the south and the north, how can I be afraid." Ben is going to swallow the Han dog alive, but there are warriors with Ben general? ”
"Ho ho" Countless Liao soldiers raised their scimitars and kept shouting, Han Dexiang smiled with satisfaction, and then he put down the steel knife, turned around and knelt down to the north. A wolf's head was pierced in his chest, and he knelt down and bowed slowly, his right hand smearing some blood on the ground and rubbing it on his forehead.
At this time, many Liao soldiers also learned from Han Dexiang to take off their shirts, knelt down bare-chested towards the north, smeared blood on their foreheads, and then crossed their arms, stroking their chests and not knowing what they were praying for.
It is impossible for Liao soldiers to kneel down plainly, since a long time ago, the Khitan people have a ritual called "Heavenly Sacrifice". The Khitans believed in the sun god, and they smeared blood on their foreheads, indicating that the gods would bless their people from being blocked by blood and be naked, because only by removing the restraints could they infuse the power of the sun god and defeat a qiē enemy. Whenever faced with a dilemma, you need to charge to the death. The Liao people will hold heavenly sacrifices. This kind of heavenly sacrifice is very much like when the Japanese swear to charge to the death in later generations. Worship the Emperor.
"God willing. Daliao will win"
"Da Liao will win" A roar sounded from under the east city wall, Han Dexiang stroked the cloud ladder with his hand, and was the first to climb up, and then countless Liao soldiers screamed as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Zhao Yougong gritted his teeth and tried to calm himself down, the Liao people were finally desperate, this should be the last battle of the day.
Han Dexiang personally attacked the city, and the morale of the Liao army was great. In order to cooperate with Han Dexiang's siege of the city, the other three sides also pounced on them like crazy. Sometimes Zhao Yougong felt that the Liao people were just a group of cattle, so they only rested for a while and continued to attack the city, were they really so sure that they could take Wuzhou City?
Boom, the Liao army went through several hours, the first gate of the east city wall was finally broken, and with the collapse of the first iron gate, the Liao army seemed to be inspired and became more courageous. Han Dexiang has miraculous skills, and he is also brave and good at fighting. Under his leadership, the Liao soldiers only once. It hit the eastern wall. Are the soldiers of the Dingguo Army not heroic? Wrong, it was really that the number of soldiers in the Dingguo Army was too small, and there were many wounded, so that the Liao soldiers climbed to the top of the city so lightly. Desperately fighting on the east city wall, the other three sides are the same, this time the Liao people are really crazy, almost all the Liao soldiers who are besieging the city have overwhelmed the moat, that momentum, it is really encroaching on the mountains and rivers, covering the sun and the moon.
Gao Zhong blocked Han Dexiang alone, the two of them flipped their swords and guns, and they fought equally, Yang Zaixing saw that the Liao army had all pressed over the moat, and the Dingguo army was defeated and retreated, and he couldn't help but panic a little. After some searching, he finally found Zhao Yougong, he held Zhao Yougong's arm, and said loudly, "Your Highness, you can't wait any longer, let General Yao's people come up." ”
Zhao Yougong frowned calmly, found a gap to look at the situation under the city, and nodded, "Let Yao Gu bring someone up and beat the Liao soldiers down for this king." In addition, Yue Fei was ordered to bring up all the things he had prepared before, since the Liao people were going to work hard, let them enjoy the fun of death. Hehe, worship the gods, today the king is going to let the Liao people see what the gods look like. ”
As he spoke, his eyes showed a bit of viciousness, and for several days, he had been pressed and beaten by the Liao soldiers, and even the clay people had three points of temper. Yang Zaixing gave up his hand and left quickly.
In Wuzhou City, Yao Gu had been waiting for a long time, although his heart was anxious, but Yao Gu didn't have too many complaints this time, because he believed that His Royal Highness didn't let the reserve go right away, there must be a reason.
As soon as the horse flew over, Yang Zaixing shouted all the way, "His Royal Highness General Yao has an order, order your men and horses to quickly support the north and east city walls!" ”
Finally came to order, Yao Gu held his knife and shouted, "Man Chun, you lead half of the men and horses to the north city wall to support General Liu, and the rest of the people go to the east city wall with the general." ”
Yao Gu's department originally had more than 6,000 people, but at this time there were only more than 3,000 people, and the rest of the people had been transferred away by Qian Lin and Wu Jue, although 3,000 people were nothing compared to tens of thousands of Liao troops, but with the addition of these 3,000 new forces, it was still possible to drive the Liao soldiers off the city again. Yao Gu led the people to enter from the southern entrance, and reinforcements arrived, and the morale of the soldiers of the Dingguo Army at the head of the city was greatly boosted. Yao Gu's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw Han Dexiang, who was fighting with Gao Pet, he and Han Dexiang were also old acquaintances.
Handing over the steel knife to others and taking over the phoenix mouth knife, Yao Gu fought fiercely, and suddenly a strong general joined, and Han Dexiang was killed and retreated. At this time, the same was true of the Liao soldiers at the head of the city, who were forced by the soldiers of the Dingguo Army and Yao Gu's people, and many of them retreated. Han Dexiang was angry, seeing that this high pet had no strength to continue, and the killing was imminent, who would have thought that another Yao Gu would appear.
Han Dexiang wanted to withdraw, Yao Gu naturally refused to let go, but there were Liao soldiers who stopped him, so angry that Yao Gu scolded, "Han family dog, don't run away if you have the ability, Yao someone has to cut off your dog's head!" ”
Han Dexiang led the Liao soldiers to retreat, not a real retreat, but just a temporary retreat to reorganize the attack, but this time also gave the soldiers of the Dingguo Army at the head of the city a chance to breathe. In just a quarter of an hour, Yue Fei led the people to carry some bamboo trebuchets to the city, these bamboo trebuchets were improved, although they were small in size, they could throw things weighing forty catties, and the distance was also seventy zhang away. In addition, the city wall of Wuzhou is very high, and with the geographical advantage, it is not a problem to throw a hundred zhang. At the same time, the bed crossbow that had been hidden was also transported to the city. The bed crossbow used by the Dingguo army has been rectified several times, and it is much lighter and more convenient than the bed crossbow used by the Liao army, and only two people can operate it smoothly.
For this moment, Zhao Yougong has been preparing for a long time, the reason why he didn't transport the trebuchet and bed crossbow earlier is to suck more Liao troops near Wuzhou City, because only in this way can the Liao army be given the greatest damage. Of course, the trebuchet could not throw stones like the Liao people, there were many crockpots next to the trebuchet, and the crockpots were filled with flammable things such as tung oil, and today, he was going to turn the three hundred meters near Wuzhou City into a sea of fire, since the Khitan people revere the sun god, let them enjoy the feeling of burning fire.
Countless arrows were brought up, many soldiers of the Dingguo Army also changed their longbows, and those who were not skilled in archery helped to carry the supplies. Before, it gave the Liao people the illusion that the arrows of the Dingguo Army were exhausted, and now they are covered with a large number of arrows again, it is estimated that the Liao soldiers will go crazy, right?
Holding a clairvoyant mirror, Geng Yi commanded the soldiers at the head of the city while observing, "The Liao army's bed crossbow, thirty zhang ahead, seventy-two zhang in the moat!" ”
Geng Yi reported the distance, and Ling Zhen commanded the soldiers to adjust the angle of the trebuchet's projectile, and they were all ready to wait for the Liao army to attack the city. I don't know when, Xiao Zhiyun came to the head of the city, leaning on Zhao Yougong in front of the battlements. At this time, Xiao Zhiyun's face was as pale as water, but everyone could see the worry in her eyes.
"Enough, if you're afraid, go back and rest, what's next" Halfway through his words, Zhao Yougong stopped again, because he didn't want Xiao Zhiyun to have too much guilt in his heart.
Fingers stirring her hair, her expression was extremely firm, Xiao Zhiyun smiled miserably, and said leisurely, "No, I'm not going anywhere, just watching here, it's useless to blindly avoid some things!" ”
The pain in Xiao Zhiyun's heart, only she understands herself, she is a Khitan, and she is still the most noble princess of the Yao Yuan clan, but today she wants to help a foreign person destroy the warriors of the Great Liao. She didn't know if she was right or wrong to do it, maybe God knows.
Feeling the helplessness in Xiao Zhiyun's heart, Zhao Yougong stretched out his hand and just hugged the woman's body, "Hello, please forgive me, this king has to do this, Wuzhou City is broken, and all the efforts of this king will be in vain." ”
"You're right, there are too many people to die," Xiao Zhiyun smiled bitterly and shook her head, just outside Wuzhou City, there were nearly 40,000 Great Liao warriors in the moat. 40,000 people, what kind of concept is that, even if you stand there and let people cut it, you have to cut it for half a day.
Han Dexiang was still brewing the last siege of the city, and he had a decision in his heart, if he didn't let the Han people fight down this time, even if he died, he would die at the head of Wuzhou City, otherwise how could he be worthy of the trust of the marshal?
The warm sun was slanting westward, Han Dexiang sat under the city wall and looked at the west, with a little smile on his face, the smile was very warm and sad. He thought of Wo Luoer, a nine-year-old boy, who was his nickname and his big name was Han Feixian. The boy was not big, but he liked to ride horses and shoot arrows very much, but he taught him poetry and songs, and he was not interested. If he dies here, will Voloer take revenge? How should Jomma live? At this moment, Han Dexiang thought of his wife and children, and at this moment, he was deeply reluctant.
If he dies, he doesn't want Wo Luoer to take revenge, he just wants him to live happily, be an ordinary person, and spend his life in peace. What's so good about being a general? I pin my head to the waistband of my trousers all day, and worry about having my head cut off in the middle of the night, and if I can, I would like to go home to shepherd sheep on the banks of the Ison River, where spring and summer are cool, autumn is beautiful, there is a Matsuyama paddock, and the water and grass are fertile, so you can enjoy being a happy hunter.
Look up at the sky, a dark blue, still have to fight, beware of the sun, it is already a heavenly sacrifice to the dead! (To be continued......)