Dashun knew that the field battle was too late, so he devoted himself to defending the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Since the war with the Khitan, Dashun's weapons have almost developed to the peak of cold and weapons. The large catapult was originally a siege weapon, but the Khitans did not have many cities, so they had to use it as a city defense weapon, which was also good. A boulder weighing 100 catties fell in the middle of the enemy group, and even if the first hit missed, the kinetic energy of the bounce could kill and injure many people.

But unfortunately, these boulders are not formed into a circle, or oval, and the lethality is limited to the moment they fall, or they roll down with the help of the terrain, but they do not use kinetic energy to maximize the lethality. After all, not everyone has this kind of insight, and not everyone is Lu Chengqi, who was reborn.

The projectile of more than 20 catapults is not very high, but after a round, it will always smash a Hao bridge and sink into the moat. After a few rounds, there were not a few bridges left. But the Han army had already rushed to the city under the cover of the chariot (large rushing carts, covered cowhides, etc.), set up a ladder, and started a fierce battle with the border army on the city wall.

I have to say that the Han people, who have thousands of years of experience in defending cities, are still very good at defending, and there are a variety of weapons for defense.

In addition to the suspension bridge, the city of Youzhou is full of traps, hooves, astringency, horse pits, thistles, water chestnuts and so on...... Hoof pinching is equivalent to a horse pit, but it is only a single small horse pit, whether it is a person or a horse, after stepping on it, it must be a calf injury, and you can't run. The ground is also called a trap, that is, the mud and sand are hollowed out, and sharpened bamboo or sharp arrows are placed inside, and if people step on it, there is almost no reason to survive. When the horse is galloping at high speed, if the hooves are trapped, the hooves will definitely end up, and the people on the horseback will also fall half to death, and if they are unlucky, they will trample to death for the horse team behind. Or bury a trap made of iron plate in the shallow soil, which can also get miraculous results. Tribulus terrestris and iron water chestnut are both the same kind of thing, and they are poisonous traps that target horses' hooves or human feet. Once a person steps on it, I am afraid that it will be a live target for the army defending the border of the city. Once the horse is stepped on, it will also become agitated and disobedient to commands.

These traps under Youzhou City alone have already killed hundreds of besieging Han army pits, and those who can rush to the bottom of the city wall are all following behind, and they are extremely lucky guys.

But don't think that you'll be all right if you rush under the walls and erect a ladder. Youzhou City is divided into urn city and outer city, even if the urn city is broken, you can also kill the enemy army that has entered the urn city on the outer city. There is also a sheep and horse wall outside the urn city, which is built on the low retaining wall of the inner bank of the moat that is more than ten steps away from the city wall outside the city, usually built corresponding to the city gate, and extends a certain distance from the city gate to the left and right sides. This wall of sheep and horses, despite its low and inconspicuous appearance, prevents the height of the enemy's ladder. At this time, the Han army suddenly found that the height of their ladder was not enough, and even if they rose to the top, they would not reach the city wall.

If you want the ladder to reach the city wall, you must climb over the sheep and horse wall and pass the ladder in. But it was at this step that the bows and arrows of the border army had already caused great damage.

The Khitan cavalry, which charged with the Han army, was also blocked by the sheep and horse wall, and had no choice but to shoot at the border army on the city tower. But more cavalry were lost under the pits and hooves, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Finally, the rack ladder was erected, and the Han soldiers were driven to the shelves and rushed up the ladder one by one. But these ladders could not escape the fate of being pushed down by the border army's forks and resists, and they fell to the ground fiercely.

At this time, the border army on the city tower was even more divided and cooperated, and threw down all kinds of sassal wood, killing and wounding many Han soldiers. What's more, the freshly boiled boiling water was poured down the city wall with a stove, which made the Han soldiers scream.

Zhu Daguang also had very much experience in defending the city, and he specially sent experienced border troops to inquire in the wells that had been dug before, whether the enemy troops had dug tunnels to attack. Fortunately, there was no black and gunpowder at this point, otherwise, I am afraid that the excavation of tunnels would not be able to prevent the blasting of the city wall by black and gunpowder.

Fortunately, the Khitans didn't think of attacking through tunnels, they just wanted to attack from the ground. But it's a pity that these captive Han troops didn't have much experience in siege, and they couldn't even go up the city wall, so they suffered more than half of the casualties.

They also carried the timber under the gate of the urn city and slammed it up. Fortunately, Liu Yuanchang, the herdsman of Youzhou, had already initiated the farmers, put the sand and gravel in sacks, piled them up in front of the two city gates of the urn city, and blocked the city gates. It was clear that they were going to defend to the end, and the border soldiers hidden in the urn city listened silently to the earth-shattering shouts outside, but they just clenched their weapons and did not say a word.

Attacking the city gate had no effect, and wanting to attack the city wall was frustrated, Yelu Chongyuan looked at the Han army that was retreating like a tide, and shouted angrily: "If anyone dares to take a step back, kill them on the spot!" ”

Poor Han soldiers, who had not eaten a full meal for a few days, were driven to the battlefield in this way. Now that they were defeated and were still being pursued by the Khitan cavalry, all the Han troops were furious, but they still obediently rushed forward again.

At this time, a Khitan general who was still a little calm after all, said: "Uncle Huangtai, according to the last general, Youzhou City is very well guarded, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to conquer in a hurry. These slave armies have already suffered more than half of the casualties, and if we continue to fight, our army will not even have infantry, so what will we do to attack the city? Besides, it's getting late, so it's better to withdraw the troops for the time being and fight again tomorrow. ”

Yelu Nerugu sneered: "It seems that General Xiao is also a figure who bullies the weak and fears the hard, I don't believe it, just a Youzhou city can block the front of my 100,000 army." Could it be that Lord Xiao was in Shangdu, and his temper was softened by those Han beauties? ”

Yelu Nerugu's cynicism made the general very angry, and he said secretly: "I, Xiao Feng, am familiar with military books, and I will surround it with ten, attack it with five, and divide it by multiples. The besieging force is less than ten times the number of the defending force, how can it be overcome in a hurry? What a bunch of pigs! I, Xiao Feng, am a good man, and I was insulted by this group of stupid pigs, which really annoyed me. If it weren't for the emperor's order for me to secretly supervise the army, how would I, Xiao Feng, look at your face and act? Wait for me to play a book, so that you can't eat and go around! ”

It turned out that Yelu Hongji was not worried about Yelu Chongyuan, and secretly sent Xiao Feng, the captain of his original imperial tent soldiers, over to monitor whether Yelu Chongyuan had any disobedience. Yelu Chongyuan is not a fool, he saw it early, the two sides represent different forces, and naturally he didn't give the other party a good look.

Even if Yelu Chongyuan is stupid, he can see it at this moment, this time Youzhou City must be on guard, relying on the infantry composed of more than 10,000 Han troops alone, I am afraid that it will really not be able to defeat Youzhou City. In desperation, Yelu Chongyuan ordered the troops to be collected and fought again tomorrow.

Zhu Daguang saw the rest of the Han army retreating like a tide, he was not sure whether the Khitans would come again, and he did not dare to let the soldiers rest, but only ordered the corpses of the sacrificed border soldiers to be carried off the city wall, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to check their weapons and prepare for the next wave of Khitan attacks.

It wasn't until the beginning of the moonlight that Zhu Daguang ordered to rest in place, and the cooks in the army brought the food.