The time has entered November, the world is depressed, the wind blowing from the north has been blowing for three days and three nights, the sky and the earth are all dusk, even during the day can not see the distant scenery, at the same time the weather is getting colder and colder, you have to hurry up when washing your face, otherwise the water in the basin will be frozen into ice slag, and you may cut your face if you are not careful.

Hu Yanqing was frozen awake in the middle of the night, when he opened his eyes, he saw that the quilt on his body had been snatched away by Zhao Zongwu next to him, this kid is now holding the quilt and shrunk into a ball of sleeping Zhengxiang, grinding his teeth while sleeping, exactly the same as when he was in the military academy, which made Hu Yanqing so angry that he wanted to kick him a few times, reached out and pulled the quilt a few times but failed to pull it over, just at this time there was a urge to urinate, so he got up from the bed and went out to pee.

They have been besieged by the Liao army in Gubeikou for nearly a month, and Yelu Renxian obviously does not intend to fight with them, so after leading the army to the vicinity of Gubeikou, he immediately set up a big camp, and just sent people to Gubeikou every morning to provoke the Song army, wanting to let Huyanbed and them take the initiative to come out to fight with them, Yang Huaiyu naturally will not be fooled, so the two armies are deadlocked.

For this stalemate, Yang Huaiyu, Hu Yanqing and others also had long expected that when they attacked Gubeikou before, they brought a large amount of grain, and after they conquered Gubeikou, they also captured a lot of food weapons, so in their opinion, it was not too much of a problem to hold on for a few months.

It's just that Yang Huaiyu and they are a hundred secrets, no one thought that the temperature this winter is abnormal, much colder than in previous years, although they have prepared winter clothes and thick bedding in the army, but they still can't resist the cold wind outside, for example, if you only cover a quilt at night, you will definitely freeze people to death if you sleep until midnight. But this is not impossible to overcome, for example, the soldiers in the army sleep together with two or three people, so that several quilts are covered together, barely able to keep out the cold, Hu Yanqing and Zhao Zongwu were brothers who slept in the same bedroom back then, so now they also move together. It's just that Zhao Zongwu's sleep is bad, and he always grabs Yanqing's quilt.

Hu Yanqing put on his shoes and opened the door, but a cold wind rushed in outside, making him shiver all of a sudden, and he felt that the weather seemed to be getting much colder, which made Hu Yanqing couldn't help but curse a few words, it was also winter when they attacked Xixia, but the winter in Xixia was not so cold.

At that moment, Hu Yanqing hurriedly ran to the thatched house to solve his personal problems, and then ran back quickly. The little heat on his body was all consumed, and the little sleepiness just now was all frozen, and he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to, which also made Hu Yanqing secretly regret that if he had known this, he shouldn't have drunk so much water last night.

Hu Yanqing is Yang Huaiyu's deputy, and Zhao Zongwu is a staff officer sent by Sanya, and his status in the army is special. Originally, with their identity, it was very simple to ask for two more quilts. However, as a soldier who came out of the military academy, most of them followed the teachings of the military academy, rarely did special things in the army, and always ate and lived with the soldiers, especially in the case of this kind of siege by a large army, it is more necessary for the generals to take responsibility for stabilizing the morale of the army. So not only them, but almost all the generals did not do anything special.

Because the drowsiness was gone, Hu Yanqing simply put on his clothes, and then saw that the fire in the stove was about to go out, so he added some wood to it. Fortunately, there are a lot of trees around Gubeikou, so there is no shortage of fuel for the time being, but even so, Huyanqing and they don't dare to waste it too much, after all, no one knows when they will be able to get out of trouble.

Seeing that the fire in the furnace was burning, Hu Yanqing opened the door again and walked to the street, although it was already the second half of the night, but the street was still heavily guarded, and there were patrolling soldiers walking by from time to time, after all, outside the city was Yelu Renxian's army, which could launch an attack on Gubeikou at any time.

Hu Yanqing walked to the street, and by the way checked whether the patrolling soldiers were lazy, after all, they had been besieged for a month, and the Liao army had not launched an attack for a long time, which made the Song army in the city already a little slack, and it was so cold at night, which was a great test for the patrolling soldiers, so it was normal for some people to be lazy at night.

Gubeikou is built in the canyon, the shape is irregular, the interior probably forms a "well" shaped structure, two horizontal and two vertical streets run through the entire Gubeikou, Hu Yanqing turned around along these four streets, and found that the four patrol teams did not go to patrol, but they were lazy in the leeward of the street corner, which made him very angry and stepped forward to reprimand, but he could also understand the hard work of these soldiers, so although he reprimanded, but did not give them a record, Instead, he was thinking about whether he should add some benefits to the soldiers who watched the night, such as adding a meal at night and the like.

After inspecting the city, the eastern sky was also slightly white, and the men in the army also got up early and began to prepare breakfast for the army, and soon the whole city was wafting with the fragrance of food, which caused Hu Yanqing, who was on the road, to feel empty in his stomach, and his steps were much bigger, ready to go back to breakfast early.

However, when he just walked to a junction, he suddenly heard a piercing bang sound from the city wall behind him, which made him also startled, turned around and ran in the direction of the city wall, because this kind of bang sound means that the guards on the city wall found that the Liao army outside the city had moved, and it was even likely that the Liao army would attack, so he had to hurry up to see the situation, and he could make random responses.

The sound of bangzi resounded throughout the city, and the generals in the city were awakened by the sound of bangzi, and they all hurriedly put on their armor and prepared to go to the city wall, but it took a while, fortunately, Hu Yanqing couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and was the first to run to the city, but when he looked outside the city, he jumped, only to see that the Liao army camp that had been bright and motionless was boiling, and the Liao army was assembled outside the city, and all kinds of siege equipment had been prepared, and it seemed that the city could be attacked at any time.

Hu Yanqing saw this, immediately commanded the soldiers at the head of the city to prepare for defense, and at the same time sent someone to inform Yang Huaiyu, asking him to mobilize the soldiers in the city to guard the city, just as he issued an order, the Liao army outside the city finally began to attack, a tall siege vehicle was pushed to the city wall, and at the same time the archers of the Liao army also shot waves of feather arrows, for a time the arrows on the city were like rain, and many Song troops were shot.

However, the Song army on the head of the city was not vegetarian, and immediately fought back more fiercely against the Liao army under the command of Hu Yanqing, and for a time all kinds of crossbow arrows flew together, in addition to powerful ballistas and artillery, these firearms are rare weapons whether they are attacking or defending the city, although they consumed a lot when attacking Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures before, but the rest is enough for them to defend the city, which is also one of Yang Huaiyu's confidence.

Suffered from the fierce counterattack of the Song army, especially the huge blow of ballistas and artillery, the attacking Liao army finally had a lot of riots, but the Liao army obviously had psychological preparations for the firearms of the Song army, so after experiencing the initial chaos, it was soon handed over under the command of the officer to launch a fierce attack on the city wall, but at this time the Song army was also ready Yang Huaiyu had even personally led the army to arrive, with the addition of these reinforcements, the counterattack of the Song army on the head of the city was more violent, and for a time no one on the offensive and defensive sides took advantage.

"What's the matter, why did the Liao army suddenly attack?" It was only at this time that Yang Huaiyu found an opportunity to ask Hu Yanqing, after all, Hu Yanqing was the first general to arrive here.

"Chief Qiqi, the last general is not clear, originally I couldn't sleep so I went around, but I didn't expect to suddenly hear the sound of bangs on the head of the city, but when I came, I found that the Liao army had assembled a team and was ready to attack the city." Hu Yanqing reported truthfully.

"This is strange, after Yeluren besieged us first, he was inferior to the army for nearly a month, it seems that he was afraid of our strength, so he didn't want to fight with us, but now he suddenly attacked the city, which is different from the style of the old fox Yelurenxian." Yang Huaiyu couldn't help but muttered to himself when he heard this, and at the same time guessed in his heart the intention of Yeluren's first move, but he didn't have any clue when he thought about it.

At the beginning, the offensive of the Liao army was very fierce, and even some soldiers almost climbed the city wall, but they were quickly beaten, which frustrated the offensive of the Liao army, and the next offensive also slowed down, it seems that the Liao army does not seem to plan to fight hard with the Song army, so the next attack is mainly based on temptation.

Originally, according to the experience of Yang Huaiyu and others, as long as the Liao army launched an attack, it would last at least a few days, so after the first day of offensive and defensive battles, Yang Huaiyu immediately took advantage of the night rest to rearrange the city defense, and counted and arranged today's casualties, and at the same time prepared for tomorrow's war.

But what Yang Huaiyu and they never expected was that the next day the Song army was ready, but there was no movement in the Liao army camp, and after dawn, only some Liao soldiers came out and scolded, but they did not attack directly like yesterday, which made Yang Huaiyu and them all scratch their heads, if they could not see with the help of telescopes that the army in the Liao army camp had not decreased, they almost all thought that the Liao army was planning to retreat.

Compared with Yang Huaiyu's confusion, the old brothers Yelu Renxian and Yelu Zhixian in the Liao army camp were worried, and finally saw Yelu Zhixian finally couldn't help but say: "Third brother, we just made a show yesterday, I'm afraid that the messenger can also see it, let's fool him like this, I'm afraid he will be in His Majesty's way when he goes back!" ”

"It doesn't matter, the so-called general has not given the order of the monarch outside, His Majesty is thousands of miles away, and he definitely doesn't know the situation in the army, so he issued such an order, and I will write him a note to explain!" Yelu Renxian said with a calm face, but a look of worry flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)