The border army, which had been hungry for a day, had a chance to rest at this time, and after all the soldiers had eaten their meals, they snored in a short time. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info and Zhu Daguang sent soldiers who did not go to the battlefield today to stand guard on the city wall to prevent the Khitan army from sneaking up at night.

It's just that in this era, the Khitan people rarely have access to fruits and vegetables, and the average Khitan cavalry is almost equivalent to a blind man in the dark, so naturally they don't dare to do any night attacks.

And how could this not be the case with the border army whose life was extremely hard? Not to mention fruits and vegetables, even if they eat a meal of polished rice, they are content. If it weren't for the war, their usual food would have been dry food as hard as a stone, or thin rice soup with a bottom. Even some of the ruffians are very much looking forward to the battle, at least the food can be better.

Whether it is Youzhou City or the Khitan military camp, the lights are bright and the bonfires are red. Because each other is afraid of the other's sneak attack, after all, most people suffer from night blindness, and once they mess up, they will be defeated if they are undefeated.

stayed up like this until the third watch, and both sides were a little unbearable, and they fell asleep one after another. A waning moon quietly rose into the sky, and on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, the ** wails of some wounded soldiers who had not yet died, and the howls of wolves not far away, outlined a cruel war page.

At this moment, Lu Chengqi is not idle. A long time ago, he handed over the right not to face directly to the director of the Supervision Department, and now that he has the border military information, he was sent back by the inspector on a fast horse, and after being inspected by the imperial guards, it was directly submitted to Lu Chengqi's imperial case.

Saying that I am not worried that it is false, the sixteen states of Youyun are the gateways of the Central Plains, and it is a matter of life and death in Dashun and the grasp of the initiative in the war, and no emperor can be indifferent.

Lu Chengqi had already secretly ordered the "Dashun Minbao" to explain the importance of the sixteen states of Youyun, as well as the ferocity of the Khitans, the miserable living conditions of the Han people on the border, and the sadness of being a slave after being taken captive...... In the end, the newspaper called on the enthusiastic people to contribute if they have money and don't have money to defend the country.

As soon as this issue of the newspaper came out, it caused heated discussions. The change of times, coupled with the previous rule of the Hu people, the Han people did not think that the nomads were alien, and they did not expect them to be so ferocious and inhumane.

As soon as the newspaper came out, the whole country was in an uproar. The ferocity of the Khitans, the people of Dashun have also heard of it, where did they think that the Khitans were so bloodthirsty? When he was fighting in the grass valley, he annihilated human nature and regarded Han slaves as goods, and his status was not even comparable to that of pigs and cattle. After reading the newspaper, many people were a little blocked in their hearts, and a rush of blood rushed to their heads. Over the years, Da Shun Min Bao has been recognized by the world for its unique perspective, accurate reviews, straightforward words, and authoritative reports, and no one has doubted the credibility of this article.

"Dashun Minbao" pointed out: "If the sixteen states of Youyun fall into the hands of the enemy, the Khitan cavalry will go all the way south and there is no danger to defend." Our Dashun army was passively beaten and had no initiative in the war. At that time, the Khitans will invade if they want to invade, and they will plunder if they want, and the Central Plains will be devastated. I would like to use this article to warn all compatriots that the battle of national fortune lies in the sixteen states of Youyun, in the strong support of every Dashun citizen, in the lives of the three armed forces, and in the advice of Wenchen......" At the back of the newspaper, there is also attached donation information and information on joining the army, calling on aspiring young people to pick up swords and guns to defend their families and defend the country.

This article skillfully combines the family and the country, and profoundly warns the world, the country is broken, the family is destroyed, and there are eggs under the nest? If everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, regardless of the frost on the tiles of others, then the day of the destruction of the country by Dashun is the time when the people of Dashun are broken.

An article woke up tens of thousands of people. There is no shortage of people of insight among the people of Dashun, and in response, many hot-blooded young people flocked to the army in various places, and the officials of the military department were so frightened that they played to Lu Chengqi overnight.

Lu Chengqi received the report and sighed: "Who said that I have no hope for Dashun, these hot-blooded young people are the hope of Dashun!" ”

There is also an episode among them, that is, Han Boke's only son, Han Chengyi is also a hot-blooded young man, and his family knife skills make the tiger popular. He was originally both civil and military, Wen can write words, and Wu can go into battle to kill the enemy. It's just that Enke didn't get it this time, and he still stayed in the suburbs of Chang'an to study the scriptures. After reading "Dashun Minbao" on this day, his enthusiasm surged, and he wanted to sign up for the army.

Han Feng'er was frightened, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Brother, do you remember what Daddy told you before he died?" My Han family is the only seedling of you, if you die on the battlefield again, what should you do if you call me? Daddy doesn't want you to be a soldier, he just wants you to read some poetry and books, be a rich man, and pass on the Han family's incense. Fortunately, the saint canceled Daddy's crime and rehabilitated him, and you can participate in the scientific examination. If you don't want to make progress, how can you stand up to your dead father and me who pulled you up? ”

Han Chengyi hesitated again and again before putting the big knife back into the spiritual position, picked up the classic book angrily, and glanced at his sister who was sobbing at the door with hatred. Han Chengyi, who is only sixteen years old this year, is the age of blood and strength, and he is the most impulsive. Dedicated to serving the country, but never thinking about his family.

Of course, Lu Chengqi didn't know about this episode, and he was pleased that through the "Dashun Minbao", the patriotic feelings of the people of Dashun were finally mobilized.

Youzhou City, after a day of battle, is still standing majestically.

After the rooster crowed, the atmosphere suddenly became tense again.

Zhu Daguang slept only two hours a night, during which time he had to get up to inspect and do what a guerrilla general should do.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Zhu Daguang ordered the catapult to immediately smash the Hao Bridge erected on the moat. The trees in this radius of a hundred miles have been cut down, and there is almost no wood suitable for siege equipment. Tear down the enemy's bridge, and they will have to carry earth to fill the river. It's just that the moat of Youzhou City is wide and deep, and I don't know how much earth I have to dig to fill in a small path.

When Yelu Nerugu heard that the Hao Bridge had been destroyed, he was angry and angry, and he cut down several Han soldiers in a row before he could stop his anger a little. At this time, Yelu Chongyuan also got the news, and he had already prepared and ordered the Han army to take sacks and fill the moat.

This time they came prepared, ready to fill the city wall all the way to the city wall with the tactics of filling in the earth. This tactic had been invented in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but at that time it was used by Zhuge Liang to sneak attack at night, and there was no frontal attack. Besides, the one Zhuge Liang attacked was a small city, where was there a city with such high walls as Youzhou City?

The method that Yelu Chongyuan came up with seems to be quite effective. Could it be that Youzhou City, which is famous for being a strong city in the world, will be attacked like this? It seems that we still have to speak with facts.

I saw that the Han army dug up the soil, put it into sacks, and threw bags into the moat. Every time I went up, dozens to hundreds of people were shot by arrows. What's more, he was hit by a boulder thrown by a catapult and strung into a string of sugar gourds by a bed crossbow.

The moat had not yet been filled halfway, and there were only two or three thousand people left of the seven thousand Han army. Yelu Chongyuan looked at it, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, he only had this infantry under his command, if it was gone, although he was not distressed, but it was not cost-effective to fill it with the life of the cavalry.

He hurriedly sent other nomads, such as Murowei, Jurchen and other soldiers, to dismount and go to fill the river. The soldiers had some armor, their casualties were reduced, and before dusk they had made a path that could only pass two people, and if they were on horseback, they would have fallen into the moat.

Seeing that it was getting late, even if Yelu Chongyuan had the intention to attack the city, he had to blow up the horns and withdraw his troops and fight again in the coming day. When I went back and counted the casualties, it was more than seven or eight thousand. Although most of them were wounded, the arrows of the border army were stained with rusty iron, and if they were not hard after being injured, they would definitely be killed by sepsis with the medical technology of this era. Therefore, these wounded soldiers are also equivalent to death.