At the end of February, Shuofang County, Yongzhou, was surrendered.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, a heavy rain was coming, the sudden strong wind blew the banner at the head of the city, and Cheng Wanli, the general of Yongzhou in military uniform, stood expressionlessly on the city tower, looking at the west with worry.

It's been ten days, and it's been almost ten days since the Liao army pressed the border, but it has never been able to wait for the expected tragic battle, which makes Cheng Wanli inevitably feel a little apprehensive, in the face of such a huge formation of the Liao State, Cheng Wanli's scalp is numb when he defends the city, and it is not easy to hold the surrendered city, even if Cheng Wanli has made sufficient preparations, but there is still a huge difference between him and the Liao army lineup, and it is really two things to say if he can't defend it.

But as General Yongzhou Wei, it is his responsibility to defend against the enemy outside the country, and even if it is difficult, he cannot give up.

However, when he thought of the privy envoy Xie Xuan, Cheng Wanli's heart couldn't help but be hot, and a strong sense of admiration arose, Cheng Wanli would not forget the joy of following Xie Xuan to quell the rebellion of King Jin, fighting thousands of miles with the rebels and the Liao army, and the Liao army who fought with his head and fleeing, let alone Xie Xuan's promotion kindness when he reported his merits after the war.

"Cheng Junmen!"

Just as Cheng Wanli was pondering, a greeting sounded behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he found that Shuo Fang Taishou Rong Jiyun had stood behind him at some point.

"Lord Rong is here, but what happened in the city?" Seeing that it was Rong Jiyun, Cheng Wanli didn't have too much politeness, so he asked casually.

"That's not true, it's just that there is news from the state, saying that Xie Shumi has arrived in Daxing City, and he ordered us to be careful and not to go out of the city to fight without authorization. After receiving the commander's order, the subordinate did not dare to be self-dedicated, so he came to the military gate. After receiving the order from Daxing Mansion, Rong Jiyun didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to inform Cheng Wanli.

"Oh? The handsome has arrived in Daxing? Okay, good, good, there's a handsome man, I'll wait for ...... worry."

As soon as he heard that Xie Xuan had arrived in Daxing, the big stone in Cheng Wanli's heart fell to the ground immediately, and he clapped his hands excitedly, but before he finished speaking, he saw Rong Jiyun's eyes suddenly widen, and his hand trembled and pointed outside the city......

Surrendered city, originally the land of Tiele, Emperor Xuanwu nine years, the imperial army attacked Tiele in the west, the commander of the army at that time Yang Ziye built a westward stronghold here, which was the beginning of the surrender of the city to build a city; After the Great Zhou Dynasty used this as a base to expand thousands of miles to the west, Emperor Xuan ordered Shuofang County to be placed here, Shule County, and the city was surrendered to Shuofang County to govern until today.

The surrendered city is located in the westernmost part of the valley of the Qishui riverbed, the north and south are all lofty mountains and mountains, and there is Qishui around the city in the west, take advantage of the danger of the geographical advantage, since the date of completion, it has become the border city town of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it has been rebuilt repeatedly, the city wall is tall and strong, the defense facilities are complete, there are 12,000 people stationed in the horse infantry army, it is the crown of the border guards, it is the forefront of the confrontation against the Liao State.

Since Cheng Wanli was ordered to guard Yongzhou, most of the time has been in the surrendered city, not only to strengthen and improve the city defense, but also to enforce the military discipline in the city. However, when the army of the Liao State rolled in, there was still an uproar on the city, just because the enemy was too big to be amazing, and the army that could not see the edge of the black pressure was like locusts, which made people's scalps explode.

"Bastards, all panicked? cheer up the labor and management, don't let the thieves look down on it! ”

Seeing the Liao army coming slowly, Cheng Wanli's heart was extremely nervous, and when he saw his soldiers exclaiming, the anger in Deng's heart burned, and he roared, finally suppressing the nervousness of the officers and soldiers.

"Junmen, the lower officials see that these thieves of the Liao Kingdom are all in a hurry to reincarnate, I look at the military gate, you don't let down the good intentions of others, otherwise you really can't live up to others."

Although Rong Jiyun is a civil official, his courage is not small, and when he saw that the atmosphere in the city was too depressing, he said with a smile, his tone was flat, although there was no rhetoric, but the tone of indifference was really uplifting.

"Hahaha! Rong Taishou said yes, so many thieves are rushing to reincarnate, and it is really tiring for us to kill, but since people have good intentions, we can't help but appreciate it, right? ”

Cheng Wanli and Rong Jiyun have known each other for a long time, and there is still a tacit understanding, just listening to it, he already knew Rong Jiyun's intentions, so he laughed and replied, full of pride, a group of officers and soldiers defending the city saw that the two main officers in the city were so arrogant, and regarded the Liao army as nothing, and the original nervous mood was relieved a lot, and the morale gradually rose.

"Woo ......"

A terrible horn sounded, and the Liao army that was slowly coming slowly stopped less than two miles away from the city, and did not set up camp, but set up a siege formation under the city, with a posture of wanting to take the surrendered city in one go.

"The people in the city are listening, His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao personally led a million strong troops to come, if you surrender early, you can still save your life, otherwise, when the city is broken, the city will be burned!"

The Liao army soon finished plaraying, and even a member of the Liao army rushed to the city and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Look for death!"

Cheng Wanli, who was originally observing the enemy's situation, heard that someone was making a big noise, and when he heard someone's words, he was furious, picked up the strong bow on his waist, and pointed an arrow at the general.

"Ah......h

The Liao soldiers under the city were triumphant, suddenly saw an arrow flying towards him, and he was so frightened that he ran to the front of the army when he twisted the horse's head, but it was too late, and he saw that the arrow shot straight into the back of the general's heart like lightning, so that he screamed, fell off the horse, convulsed a few times, and then lost his life.

"Great Khan, that week will ignore my Great Liao Tianwei, and dare to shoot the messenger, it is really an unredeemable sin, and the slave asks to lead his troops to attack the city!"

"Great Khan, the slave is willing to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters as the forerunner, not to capture this fang, and to swear not to collect the army!"

"Great Khan, you can give the order quickly, the slave is willing to be the vanguard!"

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In the big tent of the Chinese army of the Liao State, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Chucai, Yelu Xin, Xiao Guohui and other high-level generals of the Liao State who were surrounded by Yelu Qi's side were all angered by Cheng Wanli's actions, and they came out to fight with red eyes.

"Great Khan, the general defending the city despises my Great Liao Tianwei and should be destroyed, but my army has traveled a long way, and it has not yet been repaired when I have just arrived here, and there is a lack of siege equipment, if it is now that the siege is afraid of spending more soldiers and horses, it is better for me to rest for a day, and cut down trees to make equipment, and wait until tomorrow after the wine and food are full before attacking the city!"

Although Wu Jochi was also angry by Cheng Wanli's action of shooting the messenger in front of the array, he did not faint, and after thinking about it, he earnestly admonished Yeluqi.

"Wu Shuchi, Hugh wants to grow the morale of others and destroy my great Liao's prestige, I think you are scared by the Zhou people, right? Last time, I was beaten by the lowly Zhou people, and I broke countless big Liao men. Now the prestige of the Zhou people is rising here, and you stay there. But so-and-so is not afraid, this surrendered city is some-and-so to get it! ”

Yeluxin, the head of the Naiyan Department, is an acute son, and he is the younger brother of Yeluqi, the emperor of Liao, and has always looked down on Wushuchi. Since the defeat of the Zhou State by the Wushuchi army, this Yeluqi has looked down on him even more, and every time they meet, they sneer at the Wushuchi. As soon as he heard that Ujochi advocated a slow attack, Yelushin stopped doing it, and his eyes were wide and he shouted at Ujochi.

Let Wushu Chiqi's face turn red and tremble, but he was helpless, who let him lose the battle, even the Liao lord Yeluqi was a little lukewarm to him, and his trust was greatly reduced.

"Great Khan, I waited for more than 500,000 troops, even if we filled in and filled up this surrendered city, how could we allow them to be so rampant!"

"Yes! Great Khan, fight! ”

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The generals of the Liao State were all warlike, and no one refused to be left behind, and they shouted one after another.

"Hmm!"

Seeing that all the generals asked for battle, Yeluqi raised his hand with a solemn expression, and the generals hurriedly stopped their voices and looked at Yeluqi, only to see him look around at everyone, and ordered murderously: "Yeluxin is the first to attack, Xiao Guohui is second, and Shalkhan is third, take turns to attack, and be sure to break the city in one fell swoop!" ”

"No!"

Yeluqi was determined, and the generals did not dare to slack off, and bowed down one after another to promise, withdrew from the tent and rushed back to the headquarters.

But in a moment, the horn sounded loudly, and all the Liao soldiers launched in unison, first Ye Luxin led the cavalry to rush to the moat, and suppressed the archers at the head of the city with cavalry, and then a group of Liao soldiers untied the cloth bags hanging on their waists, loaded the soil on the ground, and then under the cover of the cavalry, they rushed to the moat and threw the cloth bags full of soil into the moat.

"Shoot the arrows! Fast! Shoot the arrows! ”

As soon as the Liao army moved, Cheng Wanli had already guessed that the Liao army wanted to fill the moat when he saw its formation, and couldn't help but get anxious. roared and commanded the crossbowmen on the city to release arrows to obstruct the movement of the Liao army, although there were many crossbowmen on the city, but under the suppression of more than 10,000 cavalry on the other side, they could hardly even raise their heads, although they shot hundreds of Liao soldiers in the gap, but they also lost hundreds of soldiers, and they could only watch a moat in front of the city gate be filled in by the Liao army.

"Quick! Hurry! ”

Seeing that in less than half an hour, the moat was about to be filled, and Jerexin called out even more cheerfully, leading his more than 10,000 cavalry to gallop back and forth under the city, while constantly suppressing the attacks of the city with cavalry shooting, while ordering the army to desperately move earth forward to fill the river.

"Quick, bring me the gold juice!"

The Liao army obviously came prepared, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses cooperated tacitly, and groups of infantry and cavalry, under the command of the horn, braved the arrows that kept shooting down from the city, desperately came to the city wall, and threw cloth bags full of soil into the river one by one.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cheng Wanli did not dare to slack off, and shouted that the people who commanded and assisted in the defense carried the cylinders of gold juice and fire oil to the city and poured them down.

The hot gold juice and hot oil poured out to the city like a waterfall, and the Liao army under the city was hot and crying for their mothers, and they were in a mess, and the sound of miserable howls continued to sound.

For a time, the corpses were all over the field under the surrendered city, the blood flowed like a river, and the stench made people dizzy and swollen, so that the offensive of the Liao army was stagnant.

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