Looking at the Song army camped outside the city, and the Liao army stationed in Shuozhou City, they also knew that they would not hold out for long. Although they had a lot of troops in the city, compared to the fierce Song army, the defenders in the city did not have many people who dared to fight.

Although the city was crowded with many defenders transferred from various small cities, in the eyes of the city defense officers in Shuozhou, the combat strength of these defenders was very low. But with so many troops here, it must be able to consume a little of the strength of the Song army.

Compared with the garrisons who were drawn in, they didn't understand the strategy formulated by Da Liao. These Khitan generals knew very well that what they wanted to do was to use these Han troops to consume the strength of the Song army.

When the battle is almost underway, the elite cavalry of the Liao army stationed in the camp in the city will escort them, the Khitan officers and soldiers, out of the city. As for the Han army in the city, it will be handled by the Song army.

What they have to do is to try their best to make Song Jun's nose and face swollen under Shuozhou City. In this way, when they reach the next state city, they can give the Song army another blow.

As long as the Song army attacked the last city, the cavalry gathered in the first three cities could act as a counterattack force. Maybe there is a chance, and the Song army on this road when it was completely annihilated was not the same.

For these Khitans, they all know that defending or attacking cities is actually not what they are good at. What they are really good at is still fighting the Song army in the wild. For riding battles, they have absolute self-confidence.

Even this time, the Song army sent nearly 20,000 cavalry to participate in the battle. But these cavalrymen from Khitan also felt that if they fought, they would definitely not lose. Cavalry confrontation in the field. They will never admit to losing before they fight.

Looking at the Song army camp that had quieted down, many Khitan generals also felt it. Should go for a night raid. Regarding the invitation of these generals to fight, the city defender said very resolutely: "No." Cavalry must be dispatched for a night attack, and cavalry must not be lost.

What we have to do now is to carry out the prince's order, and with the help of the strong walls of Shuozhou City, let these Song people feel the pain of the siege. Ordered the army to rest early, recuperate and wait for the Song people to attack the city tomorrow. ”

I know very well the battle arrangements set by Yelutu, who guarded the sixteen states of Yanyun on behalf of the Son of Heaven. This defender of the city will hold no merit. But he has a no-fault mentality, and categorically refuses to go out of the city to attack the war.

For him, consuming more of the Song army's vital strength here is the task he received. When the battle situation is irreversible, what he has to do is to lead nearly 5,000 cavalry in the city to fight outside the city and go straight to Yingzhou City.

If the night attack once out of the city failed, it led to heavy losses for the cavalry. I'm afraid that they will lose, and then rely on the capital of the cavalry to break through. For the sake of their own lives. Naturally, he wouldn't agree to go out of the city and attack at night!

The defenders of Shuozhou, who had been worried all night, found that their worries last night were completely unnecessary. The Song army, which first arrived under Shuozhou City, did not move at all last night. Except for the cavalry, who came in and out of the camp from time to time, no one came down to the city.

Even some officers and soldiers speculated. Will the Song army give them a tired plan, now it seems that everything is calm as the day dawns. If it weren't for the stretching military formation, many Shuozhou defenders would have felt it. They're just here as guests.

As the sun rose, the Song army, which had set up camp yesterday. In the sound of war drums. Groups began to march to the city, and after a while, they were phalanxed. It was shown in front of the Shuozhou defenders.

Knowing that this was the rhythm of the siege, it was the turn of the officers and soldiers who defended the city during the day that they also felt that they were quite unlucky. Everyone knows that when the Song army first arrived to attack the city, it must be majestic. At that time, as the defenders, they are afraid that they will also die.

Of course, in the face of the reprimands of those Khitan generals, these Han annexes who usually only look at the city gate did not dare to make a move to escape. If they dared to turn around and flee, these Khitan generals would dare to behead them with their swords.

Left and right are dead, and these city defenders are also looking forward to surviving the next siege battle. As long as they spend this time defending the city, they will have a glimmer of life.

Time seems unusually slow at this time. The Song army besieging the city seemed to be equally unhurried, and began to push the built catapults and siege vehicles one by one in front of the phalanx.

Looking at these siege vehicles, the defenders of the city were also ready to defend. Quite a few archers are also ready to shoot arrows. Once the Song army began to attack the city, they had to shoot the besieging Song army as fast as possible.

Compared with the cities in other places, Shuozhou City has no moat. All they could rely on was the wall nearly two feet high. If you want to attack the city wall, you must also fill it with human lives.

With the siege troops of the Song army, Yang Shipeng, who planned to make a feint, would not be stupid enough to send troops directly to the city. Directly ordered the sword and shield soldiers, pushing the siege vehicle under the cover of the catapult, and constantly approached Shuozhou City.

Accompanied by a large catapult, when the stones began to be thrown into the city of Shuozhou. Looking at the stones flying in the air, the defenders also looked extremely frightened, and they looked for a place to cover them.

But even so, from time to time, there were still soldiers defending the city, who were hit by stones and fell directly to the ground. The unlucky ones even fell directly from the city walls. And the archers of the Song army who climbed onto the siege vehicle were also ready to shoot arrows.

Looking at the approaching siege vehicles, the archers of the Liao army on the city wall also began to shoot. The rain of arrows struck, so that the Song saber and shield soldiers in charge of pushing the cart also felt the clanging sound of the collision on the shield.

Despite the shields, some of the swords and shields were shot to the ground. The death of a shield soldier often allowed the Song army, which was often sheltered by it, to suffer from the shooting of iron arrows, and the archers on the siege vehicles also began to suffer casualties.

Of course, the archers were just as uncomfortable. When they attacked the siege engines, the trebuchets outside the city also kept throwing stones. As long as the archers are hit, there is almost no chance of survival.

This kind of siege battle was somewhat evenly matched from the beginning. The Liao army defending the city, who had been waiting for the Song army to carry the stairs to attack the city, found that the Song army did not do it at all, so they adopted this tactical attack of "come and die".

Looking at this strange phenomenon, although the Khitan defenders who are not very good at defending the city, they also feel that there must be a mystery in it. And at this time, an adjutant general hurriedly ran over and said, "General, there seems to be something wrong with the south gate!" ”

Upon hearing the news, the defenders immediately ran to the south gate and soon saw that there were quite a few Song troops. Began to dig under their noses, constantly digging in the dirt, apparently planning to dig a tunnel into the city.

It stands to reason that if Song Jun wants to dig tunnels to enter the city, he should also come secretly. I've never heard of digging tunnels in front of them! What kind of medicine is sold in this Song Jun gourd?

Even so, the Khitan city guards who saw this situation still ordered: "Go to the city and find some large vats and place them along the root of the south gate wall, so that the soldiers can listen day and night." As soon as there is movement below, immediately organize people to fill in the tunnel. ”

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the defenders still feel that as long as the Song army is not allowed to enter the city, this kind of tunnel must not play a role. If Song Jun secretly excavated the tunnel, maybe he would really be a little caught off guard.

But once he found out, then he could naturally come up with a countermeasure. At this time, Yang Jinbao, who was in charge of organizing the excavation, also did not understand what the purpose of digging tunnels in this way was.

Perhaps seeing the confusion in Yang Jinbao's eyes, the young man who entered the camp last night said with a smile wearing a cavalry uniform: "General Yang, don't worry. At our current speed, we think these tunnels can be dug under the city walls at night.

In the evening, my people will do some decoration in it. As soon as the sky dawns tomorrow, General Yang is also asked to prepare to enter the city. When the time comes, you will see that the wall in front of you will disappear in an instant.

As long as the city wall falls, with the strength of General Yang's elite cavalry, it shouldn't be difficult to break into the city, right? As long as the army enters the city, how can the defenders in the city be the opponent of our army?

It's just that after the end of the war, General Yang is inevitably needed to find some craftsmen to repair the city wall again. However, with the wisdom of the prince, he should have considered this a long time ago. ”

Listening to the young man's words, the people who accompanied Yang Jinbao felt that this was a complete joke. Such a strong city wall, where can it be dug down by digging a few tunnels?

But they also knew that these people were all sent by Zhao Xiaoxi. With their trust in Zhao Xiaoxi, presumably these reinforcements will not do anything big. Will this wall really collapse tomorrow?

No matter what Yang Jinbao and they think, the first day of the Song army's attack. Overall, there were nearly 1,000 casualties. Compared with the losses of the Song army, the Liao army in the city suffered more losses. After all, Song Jun's stone-throwing cart is still very powerful.

It was precisely because of the Song army's powerful stone throwing carts that the Khitan defenders were in the city overnight and captured some Han people who could be carpenters. Let them help build the stone-throwing car, so that tomorrow the Song army will come again, and they will be able to counteract it if they have a stone-throwing car.

It's just that what they don't know is that even if they work overtime at night to make a stone-throwing car. It will definitely not be needed tomorrow, because the tunnels that the Song army has almost kept digging during the day have already reached the city wall.

The Liao soldiers, who had been listening in the city, looked at the Song army who were still carrying torches to carry soil at night, and they also did not dare to rest. Take turns lying on the vat and listening to the movement underground. For fear of being careless, he asked the Song army to dig the tunnel into the city.

The excavated soil blocked the entrance to the tunnel, and soon ushered in Zhao Xiaoxi's subordinates who personally entered the tunnel to inspect it. The two generals of the Yang family, also standing behind, looked at these reinforcements, and carefully moved a jar of things into the tunnel.

Watching these pots and jars transported into the tunnel, the uncles and nephews of the Yang family also felt that they could collapse this impregnable city wall by relying on these things. It's a bit of a fantasy, but what are the facts? I'm afraid I'll find out tomorrow! (To be continued......)