Chapter 32: The Khitans Attack [1]

Li Cunhuan also knew Jiang Yingjie's suffering, but he also looked down on Jiang Yingjie's fear of the Khitan. After a moment of silence, Li Cunhuan was repaired by Chen Changfeng, and this time the plan was completed.

Jiang Yingjie led 3,000 Danzhou soldiers to guard Gubeikou, because they were all Danzhou natives, and they were not afraid that they would not die. What's more, this team that was beaten by the Khitans only dared to defend the city and fight. If it was a field battle, Li Cunhuan was afraid that they would affect him. If you are not afraid of god-like enemies, you are afraid of pig-like comrades.

And Li Cunhuan led 3,000 Xingzhou soldiers and 5,000 Youzhou soldiers to garrison on the Coyote Mountain northwest of Gubeikou, forming a corner with Gubeikou. It is guaranteed that not a single soldier of the Khitans will enter the hinterland of Danzhou.

And Li Cunxiao took Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu, and the 4,000 Flying Tiger Army was ambushed in the rolling Yanshan Mountain Range. When necessary, he dealt a fatal blow to the Khitans in the back, and at the same time led the army into the upper reaches of the Baichao River, plundering people, cattle, sheep and horses. Li Cunhuan led the infantry in the back. Of course, the plan is good, but in practice, how it actually is, has to be practiced.

A large army marched steadily southward along the endless Baichao River. This army wears animal skin hats on their heads, and the brave ones make hats from the scalps of wolves they hunt, and they don't notice that they are a wolf. Although the army gives people a somewhat ragged feeling, there is no lack of fierce atmosphere.

Everyone rode horses, even two horses, three horses, and behind them there were shepherds who drove the sheep, or people who drove the carriages.

That's right, they are the Khitans who went south to fight the grass valley. The first general, with a flushed face and thick eyebrows and big eyes, this person's name is Sashide, and he is the younger brother of the current Khan Khan of Cindejin Khan, and more than half of this army of 8,000 people are his subordinates.

On the left side of Sashide is a famous warrior among the Khitans, Chi Yueli. This warrior didn't blow out of his mouth, he once led ten people to rush out of a pack of more than 500 wolves. Kill no less than thirty ferocious steppe wolves. The long scar on his face, from his left eye to his right cheek, was cut by the steppe wolf's claws during that battle.

On the right is a tall Khitan, who is different from the short Khitans who are generally only about one meter six in height. He was two meters tall, with a wide forehead, a pointed face, and particularly insightful eyes. It feels as if they can see through you. Carrying a big bow on his back, judging from the style, this is actually a big bow with three stones, and it is rare for the generals in the world to be able to pull it. There is also a nine-foot double-edged broadsword hanging on the victory hook of the saddle, and if you look closely, it is a Tang Dynasty standard Mo knife. Legend has it that the Mo knife advances like a wall, and the light cavalry attacks head-on, and will be cut in two. Even men and horses were killed in front of the battle, and the power was so great that it was eye-catching. However, he has declined with the decline of the Tang Dynasty. It has become one of the weapons that brave generals like to use, and it has not become a standard weapon for soldiers! Lamentable! Alas!

Again, the use of this weapon proves that this person is a fierce general. Otherwise, a Mo knife is already fifty catties (converted into modern weight, about twenty-two catties), and ordinary people can move there. And it is also used on horseback, which is no longer an ordinary force that can wield the power of the Mo Knife.

"Yeluyi, what are you thinking?" Satsang suddenly turned his head and asked the tall Khitan.

This fierce general-level Khitan named Yeluyi showed a sincere smile and replied: "My subordinates are thinking, I don't know how many things I can loot this time, I don't know if there are 10,000 sheep." ”

Hearing this, Sashide laughed and said, "Yeluyi, you also underestimate the wealth of the Southern Barbarians, they can exchange one silk horse for ten sheep on the prairie!" There are also fine ceramics and ornate furniture. The most important thing is their weapons, if it weren't for the elite weapons, our Khitans would have broken through Youzhou City a long time ago! ”

Chi Yuli echoed: "What His Highness Sathed said is not wrong, if it weren't for that, we would have captured Youzhou City a long time ago!" ”

Yeluyi didn't say much, and nodded with a smile. However, a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes, as if he looked down on the arrogance and arrogance of Stag and Chi Yuli, and he completely lost his previous honest feeling.

However, when Saskad turned to Yeluyi, a familiar smile appeared on Yeluyi's face. It gives people the feeling that the limbs are well developed and the mind is simple.

"Your Highness Sasted, look, where is Gubeikou!" Chi Yuli suddenly shouted, pointing to the distance.

Sa Tsang followed Chi Yuli's fingers and saw a majestic pass appear in front of him on the east side of the ever-flowing White Tide River. The Gubeikou is not big, the east is a big mountain, and there are piers and beacons in the dangerous places above. To the west is the Baichao River, and the entire Gubei Pass is forcibly occupied. Only the north and south sides are flat.

Gubeikou was built during the Northern Qi Dynasty, and when it arrived in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was also slightly reinforced. However, it still retains the characteristics of the Northern Qi Dynasty in general. The walls are cut into mud bricks and mixed with glutinous rice juice in a slime state. It is four zhang high (about thirteen meters), and there are seven corner towers on the north side, on which are placed bed crossbows, trebuchets, and twenty large repeating crossbows are installed on the city wall. Specialized in restraining the cavalry of nomads. In particular, the large repeater was improved on the basis of the Zhuge repeater. Attached to the city walls, it is made by three people, and can fire twelve crossbow bolts the size of short spears in a row at a time.

And it's very fast to reload, taking only about sixty breaths (sixty seconds). However, the disadvantage is that it is fixed and expensive. In addition, the crossbow bolts are also specially made, so the price is not cheap at all.

"This is Gubeikou?" A fierce color flashed in Sathorn's eyes, and he said in a firm tone: "I will capture him!" As long as he is captured, the heroes of the Khitan can enter the Yan Land at will and gallop on the fertile Central Plains! We can get countless fine silks, ceramics! ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, this time we have gathered the largest force in history to attack, eight thousand warriors, they must not have imagined. As long as Gubeikou is destroyed, Yandi will be the pasture of our Khitan people in the future! Chi Yueli said with a hideous face, but his tone was full of greed.

Even Yeluyi couldn't help but show a look of fascination because of Chi Yuli's words. The Central Plains, the center of this world, the birthplace of world civilization. It is undoubtedly an exhilarating thing to be the object of their trampling now.;