Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Crack!" The wooden ladder was pressed against the wooden stake on the wall at once, a Zhou soldier rushed up to lift it, but unexpectedly an arrow hit his face with a "swish", the soldier went to lift the ladder with his center of gravity in front, his body weakened and he rushed down from the wall.

At this moment, a row of Zhou army soldiers stepped forward with their crossbows in hand, and heard the yell of "Fang", "Crackling..." The enemy soldiers gathered under the wall suddenly screamed;

The rear row listened to the military order and came forward, picked up their firearms and fired at the bottom again, and gunpowder smoke rose from the wall. Arrows flew randomly above their heads, tinkling and hitting the helmet shoulder armor, and occasionally some people were injured.

The Liao army under the city dropped the wooden ladder and turned around, jumping straight into the ditch. The two men who had just climbed a few steps looked back and jumped down hastily to run. Unexpectedly, just after running a few steps, they met the crossbowmen who had replaced them.

The soldiers of the Zhou army on the wall were busy sifting through gunpowder and lead bullets on the ground, and the crossbow arrows also rattled. After a few months of training, I went to the battlefield of the Southern Han Dynasty to fight again. As long as I went to the battle, the performance of the soldiers of the township army was very different, and they were much more agile. Moreover, everyone is on the wall, out of reach of the Liao army, and it is useless to let the martial arts surpass the world. In the eyes of the generals of the Zhou army, they are almost like targets.

At this moment, horseshoes roared amidst the noise. Yu Liang looked back, and saw the fire shining in the distance behind him, like stars all over the sky. Reinforcements from the imperial cavalry stationed in Jinzhou arrived.

The soldiers of the Liao Army desperately climbed up from the ditch, and the cavalry in the rear had already turned around and retreated.

...Dong Zunjiao led 3,000 riders from Jinzhou to the west overnight, along the Sangqian River in the west of Jinzhou, and traveled for half an hour, and then surrounded the east. Half an hour later, the sky was already dawning. Just in front of a little bit of fire.

Dong Zunhui ordered the whole army to throw away the torches, and led the army to rush forward. It is impossible for the Liao army to attack too many people at night, otherwise the action is too slow and the target is too big to make a surprise attack.

The mainstream horse herd of the Liao army moved northward, and Dong Zunjiao's troops moved eastward. The galloping horses quickly approached, without further ado, Dong Zunhui picked up his bow and set up an arrow, and hit a torch with a "bang" and the arrow hit, as expected, a scream came from afar.

Zhou Jun's horse herd accelerated and rushed eastward, and the black horse herd swept across like a torrent. "Bang bang..." The screams of horses and people came from behind Dong Zunhui. The forward of the Liao army ran into the flank of the Zhou army, and the middle road was suddenly in chaos. The swords and guns shook with the flames, and the killing sound shook the sky!

Dong Zunhui then turned his horse's head, led the forward to the right flank of the Liao army, charged in the opposite direction and shot sideways. Among the turbulent horse herd, the arrows were like locusts, and the shouts shook the world.

The front of the Liao army was blocked, and the troops behind turned around to the right flank, because the left flank was full of Zhou army cavalry from the west. On the right, there were Dong Zunhui's personal soldiers and troops who turned south, and the two armies fought fiercely. The strength of the Liao army was obviously less than that of the Zhou army. In the vortex of the galloping horses, the side with more people had more arrows, and the arrows flew indiscriminately. The Liao army suffered heavy casualties.

At this moment, Dong Zunhui heard someone shouting, and saw a messenger galloping towards the big banner here, shouting: "The large Liao army in the north will support it!"

Dong Zunhui immediately ordered: "Blow the whistle! Withdraw!"

Zhou soldiers raised copper whistles everywhere in Mali, and the men and horses detoured to the southwest while fighting. Dong Zunhui ran away for a long time, and when he looked back, there was a black line on the horizon, with small ups and downs in the middle... It was the shadow of a large group of people.

After dawn, the Liao army did not continue to attack Jinzhou; the Zhou army did not take the initiative to attack. The short night of fighting quickly subsided.

...

Xiongzhou Xinggong, military general Lu Chengyong led Wei Renpu and Zuo You into a hall in a hurry from the courtyard. Lu Chengyong bowed: "You two wait a moment, Your Majesty will arrive later."

As soon as the words were finished, Guo Shao came in from the side door. He didn't wear a hat and was wearing a round collar robe.

Wei Renpu said: "Your Majesty, last night the Liao army attacked the Jinzhou fortress. Dong Zunhui reported that he killed more than 300 enemies and repelled the Liao army. The first battle was won."

After hearing this, Guo Shao had a look of joy on his face. Although the gains were not great, winning the first battle is a good sign! When people are under extra pressure, sometimes they really believe in these mysterious things... Anyway, there is no harm in believing, and most people in the world no matter ancient or modern should believe in God like this.

After a while, Guo Shao said again in a deep voice: "The Liao army should be probing and harassing. It is impossible for them to overwhelm hundreds of thousands of troops as soon as they come."

Wei Renpu said: "After Dong Zunhui heard about the police, he took the initiative to attack and outflank the Liao army, almost annihilating this Liao army. It happened that the large Liao army in the rear responded, and Dong Zunhui was forced to retreat."

"Oh? I didn't let him attack like this..." Guo Shao said, "Send someone to reward Dong Zunhui."

Wei Renpu said: "Follow the order."

Guo Shao took a few steps and couldn't help thinking about Dong Zunhui. According to previous performances, this young general is a person who obeys military orders, and probably always serves under the command of the general; this time, he is solely in charge of the cavalry of the imperial army in Jinzhou, but he has shown his bold side... After all, he is young, and he will not be as cautious as Li Chuyun and others.

Wei Renpu said: "Let's stick to the defense line. Will the Liao army start from Jinzhou? Once the winter is over, the Jinzhou waterway can reach the confluence of the Wenyu River and the Sanggan River. Jinzhou should be an important base for this campaign."

Guo Shao was noncommittal, walked to the chair above, sat down casually, looked at the map on it and remained silent for a long time.

He picked up a ruler to measure on the map, pinched a scale on it with his thumb, and measured at another place, doing some trivial actions like this. Wei Renpu and Zuo You stood below without saying a word.

Guo Shao pondered: "If I were to attack this line of defense, Jinzhou would not be easy to fight. With Xincheng in the west and Xiongzhou in the south, the Zhou army can quickly gather most of its troops to fight the Liao army."

Wei Renpu said: "The whole country's elite soldiers gathered in Hebei during the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the Liao army is really willing to take the initiative to fight me, we will not be afraid of it."

Guo Shao nodded and said, "That's right. Zhou's army has two or three hundred thousand troops, more than twice the Liao army's. If we can fight in an open field, what am I afraid of him doing? If we can't win in a field battle, we don't need to attack."

He changed the subject and said again: "But the main force of the Liao army is cavalry. If the Zhou army wants to take the initiative, they have to use cavalry; but to fight for cavalry, our 50,000 fine cavalry are no match for the Liao army... I don't think they will fight us decisively."

Guo Shao took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Temporarily do not move the strategy, let the ministries deploy according to the original strategy; the news of the secret sentry in Youzhou, the Bing Cao Division must immediately report to me... Where is the main force of the Liao army deployed now?"

Wei Renpu and Zuo You looked at each other, and they said one after another: "The Liao army has just arrived, and I don't know for now, but it should be near Youzhou City."

"Youzhou is not far from Xiongzhou, even in the middle of winter, homing pigeons should be able to fly back." Guo Shao mused. He took a few steps and said, "Choose a general to go to Jinzhou to replace Dong Zunhui's military power, and call Dong Zunhui back to Xiongzhou."\u003c