The smoke of gunpowder obscured the sky and the sun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, especially the battlefield after the use of fierce fire oil, it seems a little gray. These fierce fire oils are unrefined petroleum and burn with a particularly large amount of black smoke. After the black smoke rose into the sky, even the bright sun looked gray for a while.

Yelu Chongyuan was in the camp, and he was out of luck for a while, and asked his generals: "What kind of weapon is this, and it is so powerful?" ”

The generals didn't know it, and when they brought in a prisoner of the border army, they learned that this was a fierce fire oil tank, which was a large-scale killing weapon made by the ordnance supervisor in recent years. It is filled with fierce fire oil, once it is stained, it is difficult to clean, and it ignites immediately when it encounters fire, which is very terrifying.

Although the range of the fierce fire oil tank was not far, it could not withstand the fear of the Khitan soldiers. Even if anyone sees a person who is on fire and burned alive, he will feel very cruel and completely chilled.

The morale of the Khitan army was so frustrated that Yelu Chongyuan was also a little helpless. Fortunately, Xiao Feng said: "Listen to what Shunbing said, there are not many fierce fire oil tanks, I'm afraid it won't last long." If my army can make more ladders, how can they be afraid that they will not be able to attack them? The imperial uncle only needs to give an order, and the soldiers, gold, silver, treasures, and maidservants of the Han slaves who invade the city are left to their choice, which will definitely boost morale. ”

Yelu Chongyuan glanced at him and said, "If that's the case, isn't it a mess?" Deliver my orders, and in the afternoon the siege will begin. By the way, did the Hannu do a good job of the ladder? ”

The Khitan general in charge of overseeing the army hurriedly said: "The Shun army is really cunning, there are no big trees within a radius of a hundred miles, and the last general has already sent Hannu to cut down trees and build a ladder hundreds of miles away, and it must be able to turn around soon." ”

Yelu Chongyuan nodded and said, "I ordered the sons to eat a little more and fight again in the afternoon." If anyone can storm the city, I will reward him with a great official position. ”

At this moment, in Youzhou City, Zhu Daguang also knew that the Khitan army would not be able to organize an offensive for a while and a half, so he ordered a meal. After a while, the cooked meal was served. Compared to the previous food, the food in the war will be much better. Although brown rice is still the mainstay, the border army who are afraid of eating wild vegetables, wheat bran and sorghum on weekdays still eat it with relish.

The officer's food was better, and there were white-flour steamed buns. Zhu Daguang didn't eat white-flour steamed buns, gave them to the border guards of the city, pulled a bowl of brown rice by himself, filled his stomach and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

I have to say that Zhu Daguang is indeed a general who loves soldiers like a son, which may also be related to the fact that he also started as a pawn back then, and he knows the thoughts of the border army very well. These border soldiers are all poor families, and they choose to be soldiers in order to eat a mouthful of food. In these years, the world is not peaceful, and being a soldier is a dangerous way to live. If it's not a desperate situation, who will put their head on the waistband of their trousers?

If you are a soldier, you can still eat enough, although you don't eat very well. What's more, there is also a military salary, if you can be a big soldier for ten years and save some money, you can also go back to your hometown to marry a mother-in-law and live a good life. Even if someone drinks the blood of soldiers, deducts military salaries, and has been a soldier for ten years, they can accumulate dozens of times. Of course, if you die in battle, you have nothing.

These border soldiers are very open, and they are all soldiers to fight for a future, but if this is not the case, who will be a bitter border army? This is because although the food and salary of the border army is not as good as that of the forbidden army, it is not much different, and it is more than twice as high as that of the box army. Therefore, there are so many poor families who sign up for the border army every year.

The border soldiers had eaten, they didn't communicate with each other, they were all checking their weapons. None of them knew if they would be able to see the sun tomorrow, and it was better to put their weapons in order to have a better chance of survival.

Zhu Daguang looked worriedly at the Khitan camp not far away, to be honest, he felt very aggrieved. The Khitan army is simply unsightly, and the camp is built so far ahead, if there are 10,000 cavalry in the city, Zhu Daguang dares to sneak attack overnight. Just go around to the back of the Khitan camp and set fire to the camp while it is unprepared, and you will definitely be able to establish miraculous feats. It's a pity that there are only 2,000 cavalry in Youzhou City, most of them are still horses, and they have no horsepower after only charging for a while, how can they fight with the Khitan cavalry who grew up on horseback?

Zhu Daguang glanced at the Khitan camp hatefully, clenched his fists, and the calluses and green tendons on his fists showed his grief and indignation at the moment.

And Wang Shao, who was still in a hurry, he himself didn't believe it, because he had now come to the edge of the boundary of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and one day, he would be able to rush to the city of Youzhou.

The scouts sent by Wang Shao reported back every hour, just to avoid giving the enemy a chance to ambush along the way, and to monitor the enemy's situation. The farthest scout had just been sent to Youzhou City to find out the movements of the Khitan army.

The more famous the general, the more cautious he is in the use of troops. Even if it is a risky strategy, it is based on strong intelligence. And when Lu Chengqi set off from Wang Shao, he gave Wang Shao all the supervisors in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to Wang Shao and let him call it, in order to take the lead in intelligence and not miss any fighters.

Wang Shao did not slow down the march, as an army of half infantry, it was also unthinkable for Wang Shao to be able to travel hundreds of miles a day. Over the past few days, the high-intensity march has honed the will of these forbidden soldiers, and almost every forbidden soldier seems to have grown a lot. Of course, it was not that there were no non-combat attrition, just the forbidden army with blistered feet, as many as a thousand. But it turned out that these old soldiers were silent at all and refused to fall behind, which made Wang Shao secretly surprised, and thought: "Could it be that the training methods sorted out by Your Majesty really have miraculous effects, and these soldiers have been trained like this?" I can't say it, but when I go back to lead the army, I'm sure I'll give it a try. ”

Along the way, unless the forbidden army really couldn't support the falling, it was also sent to the nearby county and state capital, provided that the uniform of the forbidden army was pulled off first, so as not to be noticed by the Khitan spies.

On the whole, there were not many non-combat attrition, and this team, which had 20,000 men, still maintained its formation and silently marched towards the front. It's not that they're not tired, it's not that they're not bitter, but they grit their teeth to complete their mission with the support of faith.

Along the way, the wind and food, the wind and the wind, the rain and the wind, did not break the belief of this forbidden army. And this belief was instilled in them by Lu Chengqi more than once, loyal to the country!

I don't know who started the beginning, but the song "The Soul of the Chinese Army" sounded again: "If the motherland is violated, hot-blooded men should be self-reliant, drink this bowl of hometown wine, and the strong man will never return...... The majestic and passionate singing is the highest embodiment of their believing!

It was not the first time Wang Shao had heard this song, but no matter how many times he listened to it, he was still deeply moved by the lyrics, and a pride of "carrying the jade dragon to die for the king" burst out, and he couldn't help but hum along, and unconsciously, the morale of the forbidden army was raised again......