There are dozens of ladders that have been manufactured. Pen~Fun~ Ge www.biquge.info Yelu Chongyuan also discovered that he couldn't throw all the Han army into an endless siege of attrition, otherwise, there would be no one to make even a simple cloud ladder.

The Khitan and other nomads are not good at making instruments, they grew up on horseback since they were children, where like the captive Han people, the living utensils are all made by themselves, and they only use money to buy them when they are really not good.

These ladders, it's not an exaggeration to say that they are rudimentary. Its function is simply to climb, and it is very different from a sophisticated ladder. First, it is not designed to prevent sassal wood, and second, its ladder is too narrow for one person to climb. However, these ladders are strong and durable, and they are made of new wood, and the wood body has not yet dried, so it has a certain fire prevention effect.

The Khitans are also smart people and can see this. As a result, the morale of the Khitan army rose again, and they asked for battle.

After careful consideration, Yelu Chongyuan sent brave Jurchen soldiers and a small number of Khitan cavalry, all of whom dismounted as infantry, carrying ladders and crashing wood to begin the siege.

After an afternoon of truce, the border army has regained its strength, and it has a little more confidence to defeat these Khitans. It's just that there are no reinforcements from outside, and it is difficult to win all the battles by relying only on these 50,000 border troops, and at most the Khitans can only retreat.

Seeing the Khitan army pressing like a black cloud again, a small lieutenant couldn't help but snort and said, "His grandmother's, are these Khitans crazy?" Didn't they all fight Grass Valley and withdraw the first few times, but this time, how did you drill the tip of the horns and have to capture Youzhou? Several of my men have died! ”

Zhu Daguang happened to be next to him, and he also had doubts about this, but he was not a civil official, and he only flashed this question in his heart. He only knew that now the Khitan army was coming to the city, and he would not stop until he broke Youzhou. In that case, then hit the fuck, what else is there to say?

The crossbow arrows shot out of the winch bed crossbow are condescending, and they can shoot more than 400 steps. Youzhou City has built many enemy towers, war sheds and crossbow platforms, there is one at certain distances, each place can accommodate one or twenty soldiers, and set up bed crossbows, catapults, rolling wooden stones and other heavy weapons and equipment to form a key defense, and together with the soldiers behind the female wall, form a defense system that combines points and lines and responds to each other. This system, together with the moat, the sheep and horse walls, the city gates and the urn city, formed a complete city defense system.

The hideous-looking Jurchen soldiers were like papier-mâché in front of the extremely penetrating winch bed crossbow. Their thin armor is not effective in providing defense. It's okay to have a heart guard, or you may be able to get away with it. But most of them were a crossbow arrow that pierced three or four people, and there was still some spare strength, and it shot into the ground, and the tail of the crossbow arrow still trembled.

The Jurchen soldiers were really not afraid of death, even if they saw the miserable death of their clansmen, they still rushed forward with a scream. The death of these Jurchen soldiers did not make them feel afraid, but it further stimulated the ferocity in their blood.

Zhu Daguang was not stingy and ordered the trebuchet to be launched. Stones weighing more than ten catties fell from the sky, and such a dense charge set off a bloody storm when they fell into the enemy group. The unlucky Jurchen soldiers, of course, were smashed in the head, and their brains flowed to the ground, mixed with blood, as terrifying as they were.

If the recruit Danzi is on such a cold-blooded battlefield with cold weapons, he will definitely be so disgusted that he can't eat for three days. But the border troops had become accustomed to it, and calmly loaded and fired, without even looking at how many people they had killed.

The section of the earth-filled path leading from the moat to the sheep and horse wall was the place where the Jurchens suffered the greatest casualties. Often, a crossbow bolt came and took away at least two or three brave Jurchen soldiers.

And Yelu Chongyuan did not build it, and ordered to put the ladder on the moat and lay it with wooden planks, which was another bridge. It's just that in front of the catapult, such an unsturdy Hao Bridge is simply vulnerable. It's just that the accuracy of the catapult is not enough, and the stone projectiles fired often fall into the moat.

The Jurchen soldiers also learned from the experience of the Han army and carefully avoided the area full of traps in front of the sheep and horse wall. Although it is still not possible to avoid the stroke, the loss is much smaller.

It's just that under the dense barrage of arrows, their armor can only ensure that they are not hit by the vital point. The ferocious arrows coldly burrowed into the gaps in their armor and reaped the lives of many Jurchen soldiers.

But I have to say that the soldiers of the Jurchen tribe are too brave, even if it is such a big blow, they can still maintain a strong desire to win, and charge forward one after another.

Soon, ladders were erected, and the Jurchen soldiers rushed up, but under the Yaksha, brick, mud, wood, car foot and other wood, as well as sharp city-defending weapons such as Nai He wood, falling stones, and wolf tooth slaps, they were thrown off the city one by one, even if they did not die, they were crippled.

The Khitan cavalry also learned to attack with fire, and they threw lit rockets into the city on the edge of the moat, which had a little effect. After all, it was a brick and wood castle tower, and a large area was immediately set on fire.

It is a pity that the border army was well prepared, and there were special fire-fighting troops, who picked up water bladders, water bags, hemp ties, pumps, chutes, etc., and quickly extinguished the fire.

Each Khitan cavalry has hundreds of arrows, and the lifeless projectile of rockets is finally somewhat effective. But in the blink of an eye, the fire was brought under control. Some rockets encountered crosswinds and shot into the Jurchen soldiers, causing a lot of scolding.

Seeing that the clever plan he came up with was cracked, Yelu Chongyuan was also angry, and he was out of luck for a while. As a pioneer, Jelu Nerugu said: "Father, there is no need to hurry. Now the defensive position of Youzhou City is also further decaying, if we persist any longer, in less than ten days, we will be able to break the city! ”

Yelu Chongyuan took a deep breath, sat down with difficulty, and said, "These are excellent soldiers, they really shouldn't be sent to death like this!" ”

Yelu Nerugu smiled: "These are the Jurchen tribe, and they are not my Khitans, what is my father's pity?" In recent days, I have often heard that the Jurchens on the other side of the White Mountain and Black Water are also not restless, and there are several groups of horse thieves who specialize in plundering and killing our Khitan nobles. Presumably the emperor also knew, why didn't he send troops to exterminate him? ”

Yelu Chongyuan scolded angrily: "What is Yelu Hongji's idea, I don't know yet? He's just trying to drain my strength! Our tribe was moved by him to the edge of the white mountain and black water, but he didn't worry about me! Hmph, if he hadn't stolen the throne in the first place, when would this emperor get his turn? ”

Yelu Nerugu also knew that Yelu Chongyuan was the second son of Yelu Longxu of Liao Shengzong and the true half-brother of Yelu Zong of Liaoxing Sect. After the death of the Holy Sect, after the mourning, Xiao Yunjin called the system, and wanted to establish Chongyuan as the emperor, and Chongyuan told Xingzong with his scheme. After Xingzong regained power, he named Yelu Chongyuan as the emperor's younger brother. If Yelu Chongyuan wanted to be the emperor that day, he would have really become the emperor, and then there would be nothing to do with Yelu Hongji.

However, Liao Xingzong and Yelu Chongyuan have a good relationship, which does not mean that Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Zong are really sons, and Yelu Hongji has a good relationship. The two are peaceful on the surface, but they are actually wary of each other. Yelu Chongyuan is the largest tribe of the only emperor tribe in the Khitan, and it will definitely attract vigilance.

Yerenerugu lowered his voice, made a head-killing gesture, and said, "Father, why don't we take back the throne?" ”