The fierceness of the Khitan army against Liucheng entered the fifth day, and the Khitan army was met with stubborn resistance from the Sui army, with a cumulative casualty of more than 10,000, and the city was still standing still.

But the defending army also paid the price of nearly 4,000 casualties, mainly the militia soldiers suffered heavy casualties, on the third day, the Xi army once attacked the city, and was desperately defeated by the Sui army, in that life-and-death battle, the militia suffered 2,000 casualties, which was the heaviest casualties of the Sui army.

In the war a few days ago, it was mainly the Xi people who were the main force, which was also the consistent tradition of the Khitan army.

Early in the morning, Su Zhi, the chief of the Xi people, found Dahe Duluo in a rage, and said very dissatisfied: "I have heard a news, the Khan still wants Xi people to be the vanguard today, we have killed 6,000 people, wounded more than 4,000 people, and suffered more than 10,000 casualties. ”

Dahe Duluo was putting on his armor, he put on his helmet and said unhurriedly: "I know what the situation is, the Xi people's combat effectiveness is still there, and it is not realistic to stop here, but the Xi people don't have to go to war today and tomorrow, take a good rest, heal the wounded soldiers, and wait for two days for us to fight together." ”

Of course, Su Zhi knew that the Khitans would not let him go, but he was promised that he would not have to fight today and tomorrow, and Su Zhi was also a little relieved, his soldiers were too tired. ”

"Thank you Khan for arranging it!"

Su Branch turned around and left, and Dahe Duluo put on his armor and walked out of the big tent and ordered: "Let An Lu and Sun Aocao come to see me!" ”

After a short time, Anlu and Sun Aocao galloped on horseback, and the two turned over and dismounted, walked to Dahe Duluo and bowed down and said, "Please give the Khan's orders!" ”

"Today, the two governors can each send 10,000 troops to attack the city, or the southern city, the governor of Sun is on the left, the governor of Andu is responsible for the right side, and the first to climb the city will reward 100,000 sheep!"

"Obey!"

The two bowed and went separately, and at this time, Dahe Youyou, the youngest son of Dahe Duluo, said in a deep voice: "Father Khan, I am also willing to lead 3,000 troops to attack the city, please ask Father Khan for permission!" ”

Dahe Duro understood what his son meant, he wanted to fight for himself, although he was reluctant, but Daga Duro still patted his son's shoulder heavily, put his golden helmet on his head, looked into his son's eyes and said: "Don't let me lose face, but don't take risks either!" ”

"The child will not disgrace his father!"

Dahe Youyou turned over and got on his horse and galloped towards the rear barracks, Dahe Duluo looked at his son's back and walked away, he was really a little worried in his heart, he also turned over on his horse and pointed at the city wall with his sword, "Beat the drum to attack the city!" ”

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The offensive drum of the Khitan army sounded again, in the shouting of tens of thousands of Khitan troops, the left and right governors Sun Ao Cao and An Lu's 10,000 troops each went to the city to cover the kill, Dahe You also sent 3,000 soldiers to join the attack team, and it became 23,000 troops to attack Liucheng, this time unlike the Xi people only had siege ladders a few days ago, all the heavy siege weapons were all on the battlefield.

Cloud ladders, nest carts, and trebuchets were mixed in the army, and the 20,000 army was as dense as an ant colony, and it was vast and majestic, covering the fields south of Liucheng.

Two days ago, the Sui army threw a large number of thistle thorns with trebuchets, which annoyed the besieging soldiers, but after a few days of fighting, the Khitan army also became smarter, they paved the road with wooden planks, paved dozens of plank roads, so that the Khitan army escaped the assassination on the ground, but they could not avoid the Stonehenge overhead.

More than 100 boulders roared down from the sky, rolling in the Khitan crowd, flesh and blood flying, screams resounded throughout the field, a nest car was concentrated by the boulders, the nest car blossomed in the air, the giant trees flew around, the corpses took off, the nest car fell apart, another ladder was hit, the ladder was broken, the wooden platform was pierced, the two wooden wheels fell off, the huge body of the ladder was crooked, lying on the ground and could no longer move.

One after another boulders smashed into the crowd, terrible screams kept coming, the huge fear made the morale of the Khitan army drop, and many Khitan soldiers turned around to run, Dahe Duluo had already prepared, he ordered his eldest son Dahe Mohui to lead 3,000 soldiers with swords to press the formation behind, and nearly 100 Khitan soldiers who escaped from the big array were cut to the ground.

The Khitan army had no choice but to charge forward, as the Khitan army advanced, the bow and arrow battle between the two sides broke out, 10,000 Sui troops on both sides of the city wall battlements down arrows, there are archery ports on the Liucheng city wall, you can use the battlements as a cover, and the bed crossbow is in the back to shoot arrows at an elevation angle, the Khitan army is dense in numbers and has an advantage, the arrows on both sides are like dense rain, weaving a black arrow net in the sky, the Khitan suffered heavy casualties, and the Sui army also had a lot of casualties, and people kept screaming arrows.

In the dense rain of arrows, the Khitan army began to cross the moat and approach the city wall, the moat had no water, just a large trench one zhang deep and two zhang wide, which was covered with sharp piles, but at this time the sharp piles were full of corpses of Xi soldiers, and all kinds of postures were hideous and miserable.

The Khitan army had long been numb to the fallen soldiers, and they put on planks three feet long, making the moat no longer defensible.

At this time, dozens of large siege ladders and nest carts rumbled up, and a nest cart was loaded with fifty Khitan soldiers, each holding spears and shields, followed by more than 200 people, shooting arrows upwards together.

The nest car slowly approached the city wall, less than fifty steps away from the city wall, at this time, the Sui army's forty stone cannons began to exert their power, the stone cannons were actually a kind of super-large bed crossbows, the body of the stone cannons was one zhang long, the bow arm was one zhang five feet long, and the bowstring was made of ox tendon or hemp rope, placed on a special iron base, controlled by ten militia soldiers, and wound with a winch.

The stone cannon fires a smooth-polished stone projectile weighing about 50 catties and having a range of 50 to 70 paces, with a special soldier responsible for ranging and aiming.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

A lieutenant pointed to a slowly approaching nest car and yelled, "Wound up and aim!" ”

Eight soldiers pushed the long winch rod like a grinder, the huge bowstring was squeaked open and buckled to the hook, and one soldier fed a stone bullet into the firing groove, and the lieutenant, who was also the aimer, lay on the crossbow and stared at the lookout mountain, shouting: "Raise a point!" ”

Scales were drawn on the ground behind the cannon, and the soldiers raised the cannon slightly higher.

"Good!" The lieutenant shouted.

He jumped off the stone cannon, stared at the nest car for a few more moments, and yelled, "Fire!" ”

The two soldiers jerked out the string hook and listened only to 'Click! With a loud bang, a stone projectile flew out of the slot and roared towards the nest car fifty paces away.

'Boom! There was a loud bang on the ground, the nest car was hit by a stone bullet, a pillar beam broke, the nest car shook violently, the belt tied to the main beam of the nest car was suddenly loosened, the nest car instantly tilted and collapsed, and fifty soldiers fell down screaming.

The Sui soldiers at the head of the city cheered, and at this time, another nest car approached the city wall, and at the head stood a young Khitan general, holding a spear and shield.

This man was none other than Oga You, the youngest son of Oga Ari, who was only sixteen years old, but he was very strong and powerful, and the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, he was not afraid of danger, and he only had the desire for victory and glory in his heart.

He was bent on making the first contribution, and he secretly got into a nest car, he wore a golden helmet, and the soldiers in the nest car knew him, and they wanted to pull him into the car, but he stabbed several people to death with his backhand, so that the soldiers did not dare to provoke this murderous young chieftain again.

At this time, Yang Shanhui, who was commanding the defense of the city on the observation tower, found this nest car, and also saw Da He You, who was wearing a golden helmet, he was secretly surprised in his heart, and guessed that this young general must have an unusual identity, and he immediately shouted: "Let General Duan shoot it with an iron arrow!" ”

The soldier immediately rushed to inform Duan Xianda, Duan Xianda immediately transferred thirty bed crossbows, and ordered the bed crossbow to be replaced with special iron arrows, the iron arrows are two feet four inches long, the range is up to three hundred steps, the power is strong, and the gold can be cracked within a hundred steps, and the thirty bed crossbows are aimed at this nest car at the same time, at this time, Duan Xianda shouted, "Shoot me!" ”

Thirty iron arrows shot at the enemy in the nest car together, the castration was fierce, Dahe was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his shield to meet him, only to see a cracking sound and screams, Dahe's shield was smashed to pieces, and four iron arrows pierced his chest at the same time, and He Youhe died tragically on the spot.

At the same time, more than a dozen soldiers were killed, and the belt of the nest car was also pierced by iron arrows, and the nest car suddenly shattered and collapsed, crushing the body of Oga under the nest car.

Although the stone cannons and bed crossbows of the Sui army are powerful, they cannot destroy all the ladders and nest cars, the three nest cars finally reached the city wall, the iron plate fell and smashed on the city, the rubble flew wildly, behind the iron plate, fifty Khitan soldiers rushed out of the nest car with spears, and a hundred Sui soldiers killed from both sides, and the enemy fought fiercely.

Although the nest car is easy to destroy, once it is against the wall, it becomes very terrifying, it is actually a kind of closed ladder to the city, and a steady stream of Khitan soldiers rush out of the nest car and kill the city.

There are seven or eight cloud ladders in a row to take the head of the city, the Khitan soldiers climb the cloud ladder soldiers and rush up frantically, hundreds of Sui soldiers wave their swords and spears and fight with the enemy troops who rush up, on the horse wall, dozens of Sui soldiers shoot the Khitan soldiers on the stairs from behind with crossbows, the strong crossbow arrows shoot through the wooden shield, and there are constantly Khitan soldiers screaming and falling down the city.

The battle gradually became bloody and tragic, as more and more Khitan soldiers slaughtered the city, the situation was extremely unfavorable for the Sui army, and the militia soldiers and even the women who delivered food also rushed up to fight the enemy, and the situation suddenly became extremely critical.

But at this moment, a situation that no one could have imagined happened. (To be continued.) )