Zunhua County is located in a small plain area halfway up the southern foot of Dayan Mountain, from which to the northeast are all mountains and hills, deep valleys and ravines, a north-south mountain road passes through the mountain town of 30 miles west of the city, and there is no village on the way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the dark and gloomy night, the 8,000 soldiers of the front army trekked along the mountain road with difficulty, Yao Keding led a battalion of the Changyi Army in the northwest to open the road in front, although there were 50 cavalry squads with torches, with guides in front of them shouting from time to time to indicate the path, but in this dark and rainy night when the five fingers could not be seen, even if the Changyi Army was disciplined, it could not keep the queue, and the soldiers walked out of touch and dragged very seriously.

There is no way to do this, the visibility of the torch light is only eight or nine feet, and the road is not easy to walk and slippery, and the light drizzle is not accurate for a while, and it is not possible at all. The worst thing is that when walking up the steep slope, there are always soldiers who slip on the mud with the soles of their cloth shoes, and accidentally knock down a long line, and the officers can only shout and curse.

The Changyi army has a lot of horses, an infantry battalion also has 200 horses, 50 horsemen for the scout team, the rest are pack horses for loading, in case of bad road conditions, the pack horse team is also easy to mess around, and even disrupt the soldiers marching in the queue, so that the whole team must be formed.

Therefore, the whole army can only stop and go, and exchange passwords before and after ten miles, to see how far apart the units are; Twenty miles will have to be a whole team, so some of the squad units can rest for a while after they go forward, and wait for the lagging ones to catch up. The soldiers just rushed to the road, and the officers had to pay attention to the formation to maintain order, and they were simply shouting so loudly that their voices were smoking.

It is one hundred and six miles away from Luanhe County, the nearest combat site, and it doesn't matter how many torches you shoot before dawn, no matter how noisy it is, even if there are secret agents on the road who find out, you will also encounter these problems if you want to report back, and no matter how fast you are, you can't fly without your feet getting wet on the mud and grass.

Out of the mountain town, there is finally a flat road across the three ridges, the forward battalion rests in the valley at the foot of the mountain, and waits for the Chinese army to go down the mountain and continue to move forward, to the eight stones, the terrain gradually increases and there are a large number of small mountains, up the mountain, then there will be a downhill, endlessly circling, unconsciously the sky is bright, finally out of the mountains, then rest in a valley, because the first ten miles is the Luan River, and there is a military city built by the Liao army in the west bank of the river twenty miles, which is set as Luanhe County.

"That guide named Sun Er, come here! How wide is the river ahead? Is there a Liao army garrison? Yao Keding walked covered in sweat, panting with a spear, and had a headache at the thought of attacking the city after crossing the river.

"General Yao! The river here is a mile wide, and there is no Liao army stationed on weekdays. "Sun Er is a Zunhua County running hall officer, and he volunteered to find Cui Tingshi to receive this errand, and he looked for Yao Keding several times on the way to join the army.

"Fuck it! Have you rested? Hurry up, find land to cut down timber for labor and capital as soon as possible, build a pontoon bridge in a while, and build siege equipment by the way! Yao Keding scolded, more than thirty miles is already very close, wait a while, maybe there will be a Liao army on the other side of the river, and it will not be so easy to hit the county seat at that time.

Early in the morning, the soldiers were so tired and listless that they had to continue to hurry, and they saw a big river with rolling waves for a while, the water was very turbulent, and there was morning fog on both banks, so there was no need to think about wading.

First the soldiers of the squad took the timber, rode down the river to reconnoiter the depth of the water, drove piles in the deepest part, then swam across the river, and did the same to the opposite side, and then pulled the middle on the rope. The two sides are connected to the land on the bank of the river, and the crossbars and vertical beams are erected on the wooden stakes, and the flat logs are paved, and the middle section of the rope is finally connected by wooden planks, so that it can be passed.

Most of the rear caught up, and the 8,000 soldiers worked together, speeding up the bridge, and taking advantage of the convenience of logging, they temporarily built sixty wooden ladders and three rushing vehicles. At the beginning of the day, the fog of the river dissipated, although the weather did not rain again, but it was still cloudy, the whole army crossed the river to rest for a while, washed and eaten, and began to assign combat tasks. Ordered Zhai Tonghu and Yao Keding to march with 3,000 troops, followed by 5,000 from the headquarters, and the whole army ran forward.

For more than half an hour, the whole army stopped the whole team seven or eight miles away from Luanhe County, and advanced to the west gate in a combat formation for four miles outside the west gate. And the front of the battle to the city wall under a section of the terrain narrow and slightly sloped, eight thousand soldiers to spread barely just right, Yao Keding hit the horse to the city under the arrow to watch, the wall is about two zhang high, the city head footsteps into a piece, the Liao army is being transferred up to reinforce, it seems that it has just been reported.

"Pet the capital eunuch! Let's fight! There's no stopping at this point! Yao Keding came back from his horse and asked for instructions from his pet servant, the soldiers marched around the clock, and the rest time on the road was very short, and if they stood for a long time, they would be weakened and their morale would be completely low.

"It's not easy to fight with 2,000 soldiers...... Yao Duling thinks it is appropriate to attack? "It is a little difficult to look at the city wall from afar, the vanguard is not suppressed by the crossbowmen, and it is difficult to stand and throw a gun under the city with a piercing armor cone, and it is very bad, the defenders' bows and arrows will definitely not be damp, which is very passive.

"So be it! The first battalion of our department came out with two sword and shield hands, as a sharp way to open the way, and cooperated with the Laizhou soldiers to fight for a while. Yao Keding's meaning is obvious, this is to attack the city against the rain of arrows, and the Laizhou soldiers are slightly weaker to use it as a test.

"What does General Zhai think?" Pet Congduo turned his head to look at Zhai Tonghu, and encouraged: "Even if the Liao army drags, they are also not good at defending the city, so there is nothing to worry about." ”

"Drag" means foot soldier in Khitan language, Jian'er, that is, infantry. Now, there is no reason to resist the war and disobey the order, Zhai Tonghu gritted his teeth, and had to agree.

Under the banner of the Chinese army generals, the soldiers beat drums and cheered, and the five battalions of the former army Laizhou soldiers commanded two on the left and right of the city gate, divided into two phalanxes before and after carrying thirty wooden ladders to advance, the direction of the city gate was 700 people, each time 100 people pushed the car forward and hit the door, and the injured substitutes continued to maintain the offensive.

More than 2,000 people in the front army wore light armor to seventy or eighty steps under the city, the rain of arrows at the head of the city was intensive, and the leading Zhangyi army suddenly shouted, leading the team to run to the city, and a large wooden ladder was set up in a row at the head of the city.

There is no hook at the upper end of this ordinary wooden ladder, if the defenders are experienced, it is easy to pull to one side with skill, so the ladder should be tilted as far as possible depending on the length and firmness of the wall, so that it will not be so steep and conducive to climbing, as long as there are one or twenty two thousand catties of people on the ladder, the ladder can also be stabilized by weight, but the ladder will also be bent, and it is appropriate to have twenty or thirty normal ladders, but if it is a large ladder, it is a team of fifty people at a time.