Chapter 11 The First War of the Northern Song Dynasty
Li Ce even coaxed and deceived, and finally coaxed Yu Xian'er and wanted to send her home, but Yu Xian'er refused to live or die, so Li Ce had no choice but to hire a carriage to send her back.
He went home alone, but his mind was still full of Yu Xian'er's voice and smile, I have to say that the allure of the beauty is still great, Li Ce thought of Yu Xian'er's weak and delicate body, and couldn't help but look at his left hand in a daze. It took him a while to get up, he was really a little tired after a busy day today, and he didn't feel very hungry, so he wanted to lie down and sleep.
In ancient times, there was neither a TV, nor a mobile phone or computer, and there was really no entertainment when it was dark......
He was alone, and there was no one to talk to, and he was not interested in reading the difficult ancient texts on the desk, so he went to bed early.
When it was summer, in the quiet night, there were bursts of insect chirping outside the window from time to time, he was lying on the bed, he couldn't help but think of what he had experienced today, and he couldn't help laughing out loud when he thought of the funny place, so I don't know how long it took, Li Ce gradually became confused.
In the middle of the night, suddenly there was a loud horn, the horn whined low, and it was accompanied by various noises, Li Ce was suddenly awakened, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the sky in the distance outside the window was fiery red. As if in the direction of the city gate, he got up with a scrambled and hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the door.
By this time, a large number of people had gathered in the streets, and everyone was rushing out to find out what was going on. The streets were noisy, everyone pointed at the fiery sky in the distance, Li Ce asked a few people and didn't ask what happened, it seemed that everyone didn't know what was going on.
At this time, an old man suddenly understood, and shouted in shock: "Oh no, it's the Khitan dog thieves who have invaded!" ”
This shout, the street suddenly exploded, the crowd immediately panicked, many people have begun to go home to pack up and prepare to escape, but anyone who has experienced the Khitan entry into the city knows the bloody brutality of the Khitans, so when they heard that the Khitan invasion, the first thought that came to mind was to escape, Li Ce was stunned to see that most of the people on the street had dispersed, and he didn't know what to do.
In fact, at this time, the Khitan had already changed the name of the country to Liao, but the Song people were still used to calling it that.
At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from the far side of the street, and a military general rode at a gallop, and the people on the horse roared loudly in a hoarse voice while waving a horsewhip: "The Khitan invasion, the defenders of the city are not enough, Chen Shuai has an order, and the middle-aged men are recruited to defend the city!" ”
The rest of the people on the street dispersed in an instant after hearing the news, according to this situation, the city gate is about to be unguarded, the general issued a military order to send strong men to defend the city, but who wants to send death at this time?
The generals on the horse, seeing the people behaving like this, immediately became angry and scolded. The robe on this person's body was already in tatters, and there was still a half-cut feather arrow on his left shoulder, and the robe around the feather arrow was soaked in blood and clinging to the skin, looking extremely shocking. His hair was disheveled, and the blood and sweat on his face were intertwined and flowed down, and he couldn't tell if it was the enemy's or his own. At this time, he was waving the whip in his hand, holding the horse and cursing angrily.
Li Ce couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic when he saw this scene, this person is so brave, the foreign invasion is the time for my generation to defend the country, when will I not wait at this time? Then he yelled, "I'll go!" ”
Immediately, the officer turned his head sharply when he heard this, and after seeing that Li Ce was just a weak scholar, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, he shook his head and said, "You are a weak scholar, you can't lift it in your hand, what are you doing?" Don't make trouble for the soldiers, stay on the side of Lao Tzu! ”
Seeing that this officer despised him so much, Li Ce couldn't help but be a little angry, and he said loudly: "If the eldest husband dies, his ears will die, why be afraid? It's a big deal! Can the battlefield be at the gate tower? ”
Immediately the officer looked at him and nodded noncommittally.
There were still a few people on the street who did not disperse, all of them were hot-blooded people, most of these people were from Orion, and they had some skills, and a few of them were bold enough to see Li Ce taking the lead, and they also promised to go, and immediately after the officer explained the route to them, he continued to gallop forward on horseback, and he had to go to the next place to convey the message.
A few hunters quickly went home and fetched their bows and arrows, and then they all hurried together in the direction of the city gate.
Along the way, there were scattered people everywhere, as if the city was about to be broken, Li Ce felt more and more urgent, he counted the several hunters who followed him, and he was a total of nine.
The nine men ran wildly all the way, and when they arrived at the city gate tower, they found that the city wall had been dilapidated in many places, and there were some cloth clothes among the Song soldiers on the city tower, and it seemed that some brave people had joined the battle.
Li Ce and the other eight people hurriedly followed the stone ladder to the city tower, only to find that the Liao soldiers outside the city were swarming to attack the city, and the city walls were already full of corpses, including Song soldiers and Liao soldiers. The siege weapons of the Liao soldiers were very simple and barbaric - they were long wooden ladders, and they relied entirely on manpower.
Li Ce wanted to see the situation of the Liao army outside the city, and as soon as he showed his head, he made a "whoosh" sound, and a feather arrow flew close to his scalp, which shocked him into a cold sweat, damn, he was almost killed by a stray arrow!
Under the city wall is full of Liao soldiers, some are desperately slamming the city gate, some are climbing along the wooden ladder to the city wall, and a large number of archers of the Liao army are shooting at the Song army on the city wall, so as to cover their own infantry to attack the city. At the back were cavalry and Liao army generals, rows of black pressing, and it was impossible to see how many people there were in the night. As soon as the gates were opened, the cavalry rushed into the city to burn and plunder.
Li Ce could see that the casualties of the Liao army's infantry were very large, and it was completely a fierce attack at any cost!
Observing the situation of the Song army again, at first glance, I felt that the defenders of the city were seriously insufficient, and I don't know if it was because the Song army was originally small in number or because there were too many casualties. Moreover, many of the remaining defenders on the city wall have been wounded, and in a few places there have even been Liao soldiers climbing up the wooden ladder, and the two sides have begun to fight hand-to-hand, and the situation is already very critical, it seems that the city is broken in an instant!
In the middle, a general in armor wielded a sword and was commanding the Song soldiers to defend against the enemy with all his might.
Li Ce no longer hesitated, picked up a pair of bows and arrows from the ground, and looked at a critical city wall, this place saw that the Liao soldiers were about to climb up, he led several hunters to rush over to support, a few people bent their bows and arrows, the intervention of this small force made the offensive of the Liao soldiers here slow down slightly. Li Ce was a little uncomfortable at first, after all, it was the first time to shoot people with a bow and arrow, but as soon as he saw the soldiers who died around him, and then thought about the tragic situation of the Liao soldiers entering the city recorded in history, he couldn't help but harden his heart and shoot ruthlessly.
Although the Liao army's offensive was no longer as fierce as before, Li Ce soon discovered a new problem, that is, there were not many bows and arrows and rolling stones available in the city, what could be done?
In ancient times, the main weapon relied on to defend the city was the bow and arrow, once the bow and arrow were exhausted, there was no effective weapon to stop the Liao soldiers from attacking the city, and at that time the city would inevitably be destroyed!
Li Ce broke out in a cold sweat since he discovered this problem. The general in the middle also discovered this problem, and kept shouting and asking the soldiers to save their arrows and not waste them.
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