Chapter 0022: Unyielding

The wind is gone!

The night attack of the Liao army was a complete failure!

In the face of the lucky remaining captives, Zhao Bufan's mind always flashed the slaughtered village, hesitated for a long time, and finally only said one word: "Kill!"

With this order issued, the city of Bazhou was thunderous and completely boiling, and the soldiers and people lifted Zhao Bufan up, threw him high, and treated him like a hero. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, Zhao Bufan's face also showed a heartfelt smile.

It took a long time for the people to calm down from the excitement, the corpses of the Khitan people were cremated, and the passage of the city gate was re-blocked with boulders and wood, three layers inside and three layers outside, completely blocked.

After Zhao Bufan personally inspected it, he immediately ordered the soldiers and the people to rest, so that they could prepare for the real fierce battle. He was not carried away by the victory, and knew very well in his heart that the Khitans would definitely launch a full-scale assault after this fiasco, and no one could say for sure when the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty would arrive.

In the early morning of the next day, an annoyed and angry Ulik'an launched an attack, dividing the Liao infantry into four echelons of 500 men each, and taking turns to attack the head of Bazhou.

Zhao Bufan stood at the highest place of the city tower, holding the command flag, and personally commanded the actions of the soldiers and the people.

He according to the Liao soldiers' weapons and armor to distinguish whether they are elite, if the echelon attack is not strong, he ordered the soldiers and civilians to hide in the corners of the city wall, with shields and thick wooden planks to cover their bodies, and when the Liao soldiers set up hooks and ladders to enter the city, the soldiers and civilians instantly got up, grabbed the gravel and giant wood, picked up boiling water and boiling oil, and poured it towards the city without dying.

If the elite echelon of the Liao army attacked, he would let the soldiers shoot with bows and crossbows, and the people would still use those things to assist.

He commanded properly, and the soldiers and people of Bazhou were united, and the Liao soldiers could not climb the city wall at all.

Ulikoan stood behind on his horse, gritting his teeth in anger, his eyes staring viciously at the small figure at the top of the tower. "For most of the day, more than 200 warriors were killed and wounded, but they didn't even touch the people of the Song army. Where did this recruit come from, if we don't kill him, it will definitely become a big problem for my Liao country in the future. ”

The beautiful Xue Ling stood beside him and sneered: "Don't you Khitans boast of being invincible? How can you not even deal with a small recruit? I stood here and watched for most of the day, except for seeing you rushing to be a live target for the Song soldiers, where did you see any warriors?"

These words made Uli Kean angry, and he scolded loudly: "What do you know about this woman? He just relies on the solidity of the city, if he dares to come out, our Khitan warriors can slaughter them all in half an hour, the Song people are all cowards who shrink their heads, only our Khitan warriors are real men!"

"Stupid!" Xue Ling coldly spat out two words, turned her head and left. "I'm too lazy to watch you Khitans go to death, my task has been completed, I will not accompany you!"

Watching her beautiful body go away, Ulikoan stared at the fierce light, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xue Ling, who was walking leisurely, noticed it, and there was a sneer on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't look back, and gradually walked away, until she was far away from the Liao army, she paused, and looked at the Bazhou City in the distance, and looked at Zhao Bufan, who was like a black spot at the highest part of the city tower.

"We'll see you again!"

Zhao Bufan on the city tower was aware, and looked over with the feeling in his heart, and also saw a small black dot in the distance, although he couldn't see anything clearly, but for some reason, he always had a feeling that that the black dot was the girl he wanted to catch in his dreams.

In the evening, the Liao soldiers retreated, and Zhao Bufan came down from the city tower, walked to the corner of the city wall alone, and silently stared at the sky in the distance.

He Daye, whose face was full of wrinkles, carried the wine jug, walked slowly, and stood beside him.

"Fanfan, what are you thinking?"

"I'm wondering how long I can live!" Zhao Bufan didn't hide it from He Daye, this veteran has been in the army for decades and has rich experience, so it's useless to hide it.

"Then how long do you think you can keep it?" He Dayo asked.

"Twenty days, if the Liao soldiers have siege equipment to send over, then Bazhou can't stop this little person!"

"No, you can only keep it for ten days at most!"

"Ten days, why do you say that?" Zhao Bufan frowned.

He Daye smiled, his face full of the marks of time. "You blocked all the city gates, Bazhou City has long had no way to retreat, and now the battle has just begun, because your arrangement has achieved some victories, so everyone's fighting spirit is very strong, and it looks solid. However, as the fighting continues, the casualties of military and civilian casualties gradually increase, and people's will and spirit will be severely damaged. No one knows when reinforcements will come, no one knows what the future holds, and when they find that they can't see the way forward, the vast majority of them can't bear it!"

"Really?" Zhao Bufan asked rhetorically.

"Over the years, I have seen too many people, and I still have this understanding, and in times of crisis, the vast majority of people will have a fluke mentality. When they can't afford it, they will surrender, and they will think that after surrendering voluntarily, the Liao soldiers may not kill them. The most important thing is your identity, your identity does not give them a sense of security!"

"My identity?" Zhao Bufan was a little puzzled.

He Daye looked at him, smiled and handed over the wine jug: "Now the whole city of soldiers and civilians respect you, so obey you, but you are not a general after all, when contradictions appear, what do you use to stabilize their hearts? If you say that the imperial court will come to reinforcements, will they believe it in despair?"

Zhao Bufan took the wine jug silently, didn't say a word, just looked into the distance and was stunned.

What do I use to convince the army and the people, if I say that reinforcements will come, I don't believe it myself, how can I expect them to believe it? When there are different voices in Bazhou City, what will I use to stabilize the situation at that time, and who will listen to my command.

At this moment, Zhao Bufan's whole body was cold, as if even his blood was about to coagulate.

He grabbed the wine jug and poured it hard, then handed the wine jug back to He Daye, and resolutely turned around and walked down the city. Although I am not a gentleman, no matter what, as long as I am alive, I will persevere, and I will never give up until I die!"

The tragic siege battle began, and the Liao general Wu Yanguang personally rushed outside the city of Bazhou and forcibly took over the command. As the commander of the southern expedition of the Liao State, Wu Yanguang not only has unfathomable martial arts, but also is familiar with the art of war, and can be called a number of famous generals in the Liao State.

Seeing that Zhao Bufan had prepared a lot of gravel and giant trees, boiling water and oil, he selected the soldiers with strong martial arts in the army, asked them to rush to the front with shields in hand, and used their flexible skills and shield cover to weaken the threat as much as possible, and then let ordinary soldiers follow behind these people and attack Bazhou City again and again.

When Zhao Bufan learned that Wu Yanguang was coming, he had long expected that it would be very difficult, in his vague memories of his previous life, this Wu Yanguang was a more impressive person, both civil and military!

In order to deal with him, Zhao Bufan racked his brains and used all kinds of means, but the number of casualties among the soldiers and civilians in Bazhou was still rising, and the battle was becoming more and more fierce. This also directly caused the panic in the city to spread rapidly, and it developed in an uncontrollable direction.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Bufan had no choice, he took a two-pronged approach, taking advantage of the fact that the army and most of the soldiers and civilians were still obeying him, constantly preaching that reinforcements would come soon, and temporarily stabilizing the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in a deceptive way. On the other hand, he asked Xu Patrol to arrest those who wavered in their minds, and for those who went around instigating others to surrender and shake the determination of the army and the people to resist, they were even more killed on the spot, regardless of men, women, and children, and they would never be merciful.

Such a ruthless method finally made Bazhou stable for another four days!

But as the reinforcements did not arrive for a long time, the Liao army offensive became more and more fierce, and the soldiers and civilians of Bazhou were killed and wounded everywhere, and they finally collapsed.

The vast majority of ordinary people were unwilling to go to the city to resist again, and accused Zhao Bufan of deceiving them and accusing him of being a scourge!

At this time, it was as if all the blame had become his, and everything was pushed on him!

Give a dog a bad name and hang him!

In the face of the rapidly changing attitude of the people, Zhao Bufan's heart was as cold as ice, but fortunately, the remaining army still supported him, and the soldiers understood that he was right and still obeyed his command!

On the twenty-fifth day from the Liao army's arrival in the city, and at noon on the seventeenth day from the attack on the security side of Uliko, Bazhou City came to a dead end.

Zhao Bufan spread oil and weeds all over the city wall, and when the Liao soldiers rushed up, he burned the city head and blocked the attack of the Liao soldiers again. But at this time, he was already scarred, and there were only more than 70 people behind him, including soldiers and people who still supported him.

There were more people gathered in the city, and they were watching coldly, blaming and resenting!

Those eyes made Zhao Bufan's heart ache.

He Daye felt the pain in his heart, gently stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, comforting and said: "Extraordinary, this is people, ordinary people, they can respect you and love you, they can also hate you and hate you, when they are desperate, when they are powerless, most of them will always shirk everything, and always find someone to attack and vent." You don't have to care, you don't hate them, you don't just see them collapse, if you understand what you're doing it for, that's enough!"

"I understand!" Zhao Bufan took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The city wall was made of stones, and when the boiling oil and weeds burned out, the fire was quickly extinguished, and the Liao soldiers in the distance quickly stopped the formation again and slowly approached Bazhou City.

Zhao Bufan smiled miserably, looked back at the people who were still following him, and left two lines of tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Brothers, Bazhou City is over, you all take off your clothes and go back to the city to wait, if the Liao soldiers slaughter the city, it is the destiny of heaven, if the Liao soldiers do not slaughter the city, I hope you can live!"

After saying this, Zhao Bufan suddenly moved, rushing to the highest part of the city tower like the wind.

He grabbed the banner of the Great Song Dynasty and stood alone at the highest place of the city tower, facing the cold wind, glaring at the Liao soldiers swarming in the distance, standing proudly!

"Huaxia boy, unyielding!"

With an earth-shattering roar, Zhao Bufan planted the flag on the top of the city tower, carried an iron rod, rushed down, stepped on the hook and ladder of the Liao army's siege, and jumped out of the city.

He put the iron rod under his armpit, took firm steps, held his head high, and walked forward step by step.

In the infinite wilderness, his figure is so small, so lonely, so determined!

Countless people poured into the city of Bazhou, and they all looked at this figure in shock!

At this moment, a horse suddenly rushed out of the hill on the right, with a white horse and a silver spear, and shouted loudly: "Huaxia man, you are not alone, how can you let you fight thousands of troops alone?"

The person who came was swordsman-eyed and starry-eyed, handsome and extraordinary.

Immediately after, four generals quickly rushed out behind him, all of them heroic and outstanding, standing side by side.

"Who said that men are heroes, there are not only men in Huaxia, but also fierce women!"

With a crisp and melodious shout, the four women will ride out of the hill on the left, heroic and cool.