Chapter 38: The Khitans Attack [7]

In Hedong, there are only four towns separating forces, Hedong, Lulong, Chengde, and Yiwu. Among them, Hedong is the strongest, Lu Long is second, and Chengde and Yiwu are about the same strength, both of which are half a catty to eight taels.

And now that Hedong is the overlord, Chengde and Yiwu are attached to Hedong, leaving Lu Long, a lonely man, Li Cunhuan feels that the threat from Li Keyong or Liu Rengong is getting closer and closer. Li Cunhuan didn't think about surrendering Liu Rengong, but he fought in Huanglonggang, but he almost clicked Liu Rengong. Li Cunhuan didn't know if Liu Rengong would let himself go because he appreciated his talent after he surrendered to Liu Rengong.

But Li Cunhuan did not dare to do this, because he believed that fate was the most reliable only in his own hands. Instead of believing in Liu Rengong's love for talent, it is better to work his own, and it is a big deal to go south to seek refuge in Zhu Wen or Yang Xingmi.

The sky lit up with a hazy white light, and the white mist drifted low in the sky. Fireworks rose in the military camp of Coyote Mountain and the military camp of the Khitans, and the atmosphere in the early morning was very oppressive, and everyone knew that there would be a war.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! "The soldiers have not finished their breakfast, and the Khitans on the opposite side have finished eating, and the horns of the gathered soldiers sounded. The soldiers' faces tightened, although they knew that the Khitans would still arrive for a while, they still sped up to finish the buns in their hands and took out the shiny weapons that had already been sharpened, but even so, they still didn't feel at ease to check it. This is a guy who will save his life on the battlefield for a while, and he can't be treated casually.

"Charge!" The Khitan language, rich in the northeastern accent, roared out, and a phalanx of three hundred archers lined up, their formation scattered. Holding a nomadic bow, he continuously shot wolf tooth arrows at the coyote mountain camp, which was a special arrow for the steppe nomads. The arrowhead is made of wolf teeth, but the sharpness is not weaker than that of iron arrows, and the wolf teeth also contain a small amount of viruses, which can easily lead to inflammation of the wound, improper treatment, and is likely to die.

"Put!" Duan Ziyao did not hesitate to give the order to counterattack, and the crossbowmen immediately excitedly released the bowstring or pulled the trigger, and shot out one by one with deadly crossbows and arrows.

Don't look at Duan Ziyao's order to fight back, but the soldiers under his command have little fighting spirit in their hearts, everyone hides in the battlements on the wooden wall and fires arrows, and there is not much space for shooting, not so much shooting as harassment.

"Up!" Saskad didn't pay attention to the crossbowmen on the coyote mountain camp, and didn't look at the ferocity of the crossbowmen's shots. But in the era of cold weapons, except for weapons such as bed crossbows, as long as the general bow and arrow are not fired at the vital position, he only increases the pain of the enemy and makes them more ferocious, and it is rare to be able to kill the enemy with one arrow.

If you put on chain mail, then less than thirty steps away, you can't break the protection of chain mail at all. Although the crossbow is more powerful, the crossbow has a slow rate of fire. A skilled crossbowman's rate of fire in one minute is only about two and a half rounds, and a normal crossbowman has two shots a minute. And now the crossbowmen on the coyote mountain camp are holding a mentality that they would rather not kill the enemy than be injured by the enemy, Sasted really can't understand, this is the army of the Han people? It's too weak.

Under such circumstances, the Khitan sword and shield men calmly killed to the edge of the trench. The trench is being filled with dirt and planks.

Li Cunhuan, who was standing on the tall building, saw all this very clearly, his brows furrowed, but there was no way to do it. The soldiers of this era are very arrogant, the commander suppresses too fiercely, and will rebel. For example, the same is true of Liu Rengong's Ulzhou Rongbing. So don't expect any righteousness to come and make them fight.

However, Li Cunhuan believed in Duan Ziyao, and saw Duan Ziyao yelling below, leading his own soldiers to catch three crossbowmen who were ineffective against the enemy, and did not kill them, but let people lock them up, but it is estimated that dozens of military sticks are indispensable. This gives the crossbow a little more strength, but it is also a little more strength.

Duan Ziyao had no choice, but with a wave of his hand, he personally and a few strong soldiers carried stones and sassalwood and threw them down from the wooden wall, the Khitans were originally attacking the coyote mountain camp on their backs, and now they were hit by stones and sassalwood, and immediately scattered the formation, not to mention, the rolling sassalwood did not know how many Khitan swords and shields were killed. The trend of the wood is not stopped, and it flies down the mountain one by one.

The Khitans who released the arrows behind didn't dare to release the arrows, so they hurriedly packed up the attack and walked back, otherwise they would be smashed by the sassal wood, and I am afraid that even if Sylvester Stallone comes, he will have to smash you into meat sauce. The bow and arrow harassment stopped, and the crossbowmen fell to death at this moment, anyway, the Khitan sword and shield hands below were in chaos, shooting and wounding dozens of people at once.

With a wave of his hand, the horn of retreat sounded, and the able-bodied Khitans hurriedly held up the wounded, and some of them covered with shields, but in a few moments, the Khitans had already retreated down the Coyote Mountain. It's really coming and going.

"Rival!" Li Cunhuan took a deep look at the back of the Khitan retreat, and couldn't help but speak. Even the retreat was so orderly and also helped the wounded to retreat, which proved that this was a united army. Although it's just a two-word evaluation. But many armies can't do it, at least the army in Li Cunhuan's hands now obviously can't do it. Otherwise, Li Cunhuan wouldn't have to defend and defend so aggrieved, and the casualties of the Khitans just now would not have been less than 100 casualties.

In the camp of the Chinese army of Sasted, this time there were no generals and chieftains, only the main figures in the Khitan army, a total of three people, Sa Thorn, Chi Yueli, and Yeluyi. The total number of the three of them was only more than five thousand people. But combat effectiveness is nearly ninety percent of this army, so as long as they negotiate, the other minor chiefs will have to obey their plan even if they are reluctant.

"I can't think of it! Then Li Cunhuan's soldiers are so weak, do you think we are directly attacking? Sathard had a look of interest in his eyes.

Yeluyi shook his head very calmly and said, "Can't! When we Khitans left the war horses, it was like a tiger falling to the plain, although the enemy was unbearable. But the price we have to pay for the capture of this camp is not ordinarily large. At the same time, I couldn't help but feel disappointed that I looked up to Li Cunhuan.

Chi Yueli also nodded and agreed: "That's right, I estimate that if we want to capture this camp, even if our elite troops attack, we will have to pay at least 3,000 casualties." ”

Hearing the extent of the casualties of the three thousand, Saskade's face became solemn. Although the Khitans are the most powerful nomadic people in the Northeast, their total population is only 200,000 or 300,000, and there are 100,000 people who control the strings. One percent of the population was lost all at once. And these soldiers are still their own, I'm afraid it's useless to get a million yuan in Danzhou.;