Chapter 266

The explosion of the grenade did deter the Liao soldiers at first, but once the explosions became frequent, the Liao soldiers became equally accustomed to it.

If you are really determined to die, why should you care how to die?

The 30,000 Liao troops guarding Weizhou City are indeed the elite of the Liao State, and the 300,000 Liao South Invaders are divided into three roads, each with 100,000 troops, and these 100,000 troops have the forbidden army of the Liao State - the leather room army.

In order to go south this time, Yelu Jing of Liao Muzong also poured the royal forbidden army of the Yelu clan of Liao into it.

The Liao army was divided into four classes, the leather room army, the tribal army, the Jingzhou army, and the subordinate army, and the equipment and combat power also decreased in turn.

The Jingzhou Army, the Liao State set up the townships in each capital, and the Wuzhou Township was called the Jingzhou soldiers. It is a kind of local military armament, and its main responsibility is local security; But in case of war, he also obeyed the requisition and joined the Beijing Division. Most of the Jingzhou soldiers were Ding Zhuang, who was transferred from the Fanhan Dynasty, and the strength was very considerable, with about more than 600,000 Jingzhou soldiers. That is to say, the Khitan strong men are usually selected into the palace tent army of the emperor, empress, and queen mother and the tribal army of the tribal king, and other ethnic minorities and Han strong men can only be selected into local troops such as the Jingzhou army.

Tribal army, private armor, from the royal family. The leaders of the various tribes of the Liao State, the Great King, had their own territories and armies, which were called tribal armies. In the event of war, the princes and ministers of the Liao State used their personal guards to obey the command of the royal family. When the war was tense, 3,000 to 5,000 armored cavalry were usually dispatched to obey the royal family's command, while the rest of the troops remained in the local area to defend the roots. The Liao tribal army was divided into the north and south provinces, guarding the four sides. Gong Wei Jing Division.

The leather room army, which is equivalent to the forbidden army, is divided into two parts - the royal tent army and the palace guard cavalry army.

The Imperial Tent was used to follow the emperor out on his expeditions. The palace guard cavalry was mainly used to guard the palace.

There were only a few thousand people in the leather room army at the time of Yelu Abaoji, but with the completion of the leather room army system, by the time of Yelu Deguang, there were already as many as 300,000 leather room troops.

In this southward movement, 120,000 of the 300,000 Liao troops participated, while the Liao army in the middle lane only had 30,000 leather room troops, which had already made the special operations army unable to gnaw. Even if he broke through the south gate with the help of firearms, he would not be able to rush into the center of the city.

An hour has long passed.

Yun Yang of the East Gate was anxious, in order to attract the main force of the Liao army. The soldiers of the First Army paid more than 2,000 casualties, but the south gate still could not be broken through, listening to the dense grenade explosions, Yun Yang knew that the special operations army had done its best.

The First Army was sent to support. But if the First Army moves. It is inevitable that the Liao army will also reinforce the south gate, so the gains outweigh the losses, so it is better not to move.

The fierce battle lasted for two hours, and the soldiers of both armies fought to the last drop of blood.

The Ming soldiers fulfilled their oath before the war, "After this battle, I am dead." ”

However, an hour has passed, and it is still impossible to break through.

The two armies reached a stalemate. It's just to see who fights first and who collapses first.

And both armies are elite. No one can collapse first, so it can only be seen who dies first.

At this moment, a variable arose on the battlefield.

That is, Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun led 9,000 Zhou troops to arrive.

The Ming and Liao armies fought a stalemate war of attrition, but the 9,000 Zhou army was holding the power of the Liao army outside Ningzhou with the power of the Liao army, and its morale was booming.

The Zhou army first joined forces with the Yunyang division of the First Army, and Yunyang saw that the Zhou army had arrived in time, and hurriedly asked the Zhou army to cooperate with the Ming army to attack the Liao army in Weizhou City.

Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun originally came with a stomach full of resentment, because the 100 Ming army in Yuanzhou City was stunned to block the 9,000 army of the Zhou army, and the two wanted to recover Yuanzhou, but they were stopped by the 100 Ming army.

Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun did not dare to attack the 100 Ming army, so they had no choice but to continue to march westward, preparing to settle accounts with Yun Yang and Xu Shouren.

But when he came to Weizhou City and saw this cruel war of attrition, even though Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun were both battle-hardened people, they were not moved.

Hearing Yun Yang's request, Zhao Kuangyin hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured that Commander Yun will do his best to repay the life-saving grace of Weizhou City that day." ”

Xiang Xun also admitted: "As long as the Liao army is killed, a certain person will not be left behind." ”

It is said that when the enemies see each other, they are very red-eyed, Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun were besieged by the Liao army under the city of Weizhou that day, if it were not for Yun Yang and Xu Shouren to rescue in time, they would have turned into two wisps of resentment at this time.

Now that the offense and defense have changed hands, they have become the attackers, and the two are gearing up to attack.

But Yun Yang said: "Xiang Jie Shuai, Zhao Du Yu Hou, although the east gate is concentrated Ming and Liao main forces, but the real breakthrough is in the south gate, the Ming army has broken the city at the south gate, but it was blocked by the Liao army, and it can't be attacked for a long time, and I hope that the Zhou army will go to the south gate to help Xu Shouren." ”

As long as you kill the enemy, it's the same.

Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun agreed, and then led 9,000 Zhou troops to quickly march to the south gate.

Rushing to the south gate, Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun were shocked by the tragic image in front of them.

The soldiers of the Ming army are generally shorter than the soldiers of the Liao army, and they are inherently at a disadvantage, especially in this era of winning by hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the Ming army are often more than a dozen people, and at the same time rush towards the Liao army, before being killed by the Liao army, detonate the grenade, blow up a bloody road, and then the Ming soldiers rush up to seize this gap.

But often only after a while, they were forced back again by the Liao soldiers.

Such an uninterrupted cycle made the entire sky above the South Gate full of flesh and blood particles, which lasted for a long time.

Not only Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun were shocked, but the soldiers of the Bian Zhou army were also shocked, and they could still use such a method to deal with the Liao.

One life for another, or even several lives, it's worth it.

When Zhao Kuangyin and Xiang Xun ordered an attack, the soldiers of the Zhou army roared and surrounded the Liao army from both sides.

Hearing the call of the Zhou army, the soldiers of the special combat army were shocked, and then launched a more violent attack on the Liao army.

The battlefield is often like this, the soldiers who have just fought to the death, stick to their positions, and are unwavering, once the opponent's reinforcements arrive, the morale will plummet.

Although the Liao army is elite and will not collapse immediately, there is no doubt that the addition of the 9,000 Zhou army has tilted the balance of the battlefield in favor of the Ming army.

The combat effectiveness of the Zhou army was obviously inferior to that of the Ming army, and there were no grenades that could be killed with the Liao army, and they often had to spend twenty or three lives in exchange for one life of the Liao army.

However, the addition of 9,000 people made the Liao front begin to retreat.

Once the formation is loose, it will be difficult to hold the foot.

Another hour has passed, Zhao Kuangyin is different from Xu Shouren and Xiang Xun is a cultural person, and they have already gone into battle to fight in person.

Xiang Xun secretly complained in his heart, thinking that there was a Ming army in front, and the Zhou army joining the battle group was just a shout, and by the way, he picked up the leaks and had a small fight.

How do you know that this Liao army is so difficult, watching the soldiers of the Zhou army fall one by one, Xiang Xun is uncomfortable like a knife, this is Chai Rong's forbidden army, if the loss is too much, how to explain to the emperor. (To be continued......)