The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Two hours later, Yelu Zhongyuan launched a full-scale attack. After Yelu Hongji was eliminated, his 6 soldiers were naturally quickly recruited, and the [-] old and weak soldiers selected together with the [-] soldiers were regarded as the first The echelon's cannon fodder went forward; as far as Yelu Chongyuan was concerned, even if all the [-] people were wiped out, he would not feel bad at all, because it would have little impact on his military strength.

But these [-] death squads absorbed a lot of firepower from the Song army. In order to stop the charge of these death squads, the enemy towers and feather arrows on the top of the city were almost shot out, and they were attacked on all sides at the same time, which suddenly made Su Jin's [-] troops appear Stretched up.

The siege battle lasted until the middle of the night before coming to an end. There were dead bodies all over the city, and the Liao people rushed desperately like crazy, putting enormous pressure on the city defenders. Su Jin was also unexpected.

Fortunately, the Song army has rich experience in defending the city, and the city walls and defense system of the imperial city are indeed very strong. Only then have they blocked the gap several times and killed the Liao soldiers who rushed to the top of the city; Nearly 3 people were killed or injured in the battle for the city.

The Liao army outside the city stopped attacking and began to rest, but the Song army inside the city could not rest. They were worried about the sudden attack of the Liao army. There are not many left. Although there are bed crossbows left by the Liao army on the enemy tower, they are exhausted, and they have become decorations. Fortunately, people can be ordered to go up the enemy tower and shoot with arrows.

The lack of supplies is okay, but the fatigue of the soldiers cannot be solved. After more than half a year of fighting, the soldiers have never had a good rest. After repeated fierce battles, the accumulated fatigue is lingering. The reason why the soldiers can persist is entirely due to their spirit.

"Order everyone to sleep on the spot. There is no need to take precautions. Send more people to monitor the enemy's movements and give early warning." Su Jin ordered.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up if I fall asleep. It's so cold that I can't sleep in the tent. Why don't I freeze to death outside." Pan Jiang frowned.

"Send people to the city tomorrow to collect fur and felt blankets. At this time, I don't care about disturbing the people. Tonight, I will deal with it and sleep for a while. I will order the kitchen to boil more hot soup and send it to the city to warm up the brothers. There are cattle and sheep in the city. Is it?"

"It's long gone, but there is food, but there is no meat."

"Kill the horses, kill all the horses that pull the cart, and the horse meat will drive away the cold. Although it is a bit violent, it is irrelevant. You must guard this place, otherwise you will die."

The generals around him are silent, the commander-in-chief is determined to stick to it, and the commander-in-chief treats the horses like treasures, but when they crossed the mountains and sandy seas and lacked water, the commander-in-chief would rather let the horses drink three meals a day, People can only drink it once, which shows how much they cherish horses; if these war horses are priced at a hundred bucks in the Song Dynasty, it is a pity that they have to be reduced to provide meat like pigs and sheep.

In one night, more than 3000 war horses were slaughtered on the spot, and a pot of porridge made of horse meat and white rice was sent to the top of the city. The snoring was loud, and Su Jin didn't rest. He led the guards and patrolled the four cities until it was bright.

The arduous siege battle lasted for four days. From the hour of Chen every day, the Liao army would start a frenzied attack until noon when they retired to rest and eat, continued in the afternoon, and then continued until dark, so that everyone formed a Regularity, when the time comes, you will consciously carry your weapons to the top of the city or go down to the top of the city, which is more punctual than going to and from work.

Both the siege and the defenders have become numb. This numbness is not only turning a blind eye to life and death, but they don't even care about their own life and death. It was moving bricks and stones, and there was always a large bag of stones in the arms of the upper and lower city walls as weapons, so that there was a shortage of bricks and stones in the city, and even a few bluestone roads were pried.The siege siege also ran out of supplies, and the catapults were no longer usable. It’s not that there were no stones to throw at the top of the city, but that their overloaded use had already fallen apart. Most of it was destroyed, and by the morning of the fourth day, the Liao army had only more than 300 usable ladders left, which could not meet the needs of the siege at all.

Yelu Chongyuan had to order to suspend the siege. Facing the high wall, it would be impossible without a ladder. Could it be possible to take a human ladder to go up?Although it's okay to stand at the root of the city wall now, the people of Song Dynasty will only smash down some stones and bricks, which won't cause much damage, but I can't order the soldiers to stare at Song Jun one by one with their eyes.

Yelu Chongyuan ordered the whole army to quickly repair the damaged trebuchets and build new simple ladders, and sent people to Wuzhou, Yikun and Ningzhou to collect siege equipment and arrows. After a few days of intensive attacks, the imperial city will be broken, because the Song army obviously has no means to stop their attack. They have nothing but high walls.

Su Jin was burning with anxiety, the situation became more and more urgent, Yelu Zhongyuan was like a mad dog and would not let go, completely ignoring the casualties. In four days, the number of casualties on both sides exceeded 3, and his own soldiers dropped by more than 6. Yelu Chongyuan paid a price of [-] people, but even such a large number of casualties did not make Yelu Chongyuan give up the attack.

It is true that Yelu Chongyuan used the stupid method of changing lives. He had 16 horses, and there were 8 after he went to [-], which was more than enough to attack the city; while Su Jin's army was only [-], and [-] were killed. There were only [-] left, and the fewer the number, the more flaws the defenders would expose, and the more chances the Liao people would have.

The Liao army had been resting for two days. Su Jin knew that this was the last sliver of peace before the war was approaching. Standing upstairs at the Beicheng Station, Su Jin's heart ached when he watched the carts of supplies being transported from the north to the Liao army's camp. After sinking to the bottom of the valley, he really wanted to lead the army out of the city to seize the military supplies, but he knew it would be unwise, how could Yelu Zhongyuan give himself this chance, he probably had already set his net and waited.

Even though Su Jin was clever and knowledgeable, he was helpless at the moment. Under Yelu Chongyuan's stalking like a mad dog, there was really no way to deal with it. Su Jin realized how lucky he was in the past six months. Taking advantage of the emptiness of the Liao people, they made a lot of money, but now I am afraid that even the old man will lose it.

Su Jin convened a meeting of all the generals in the Dongcheng Tower. The atmosphere of the meeting was dignified. Everyone realized the seriousness of the situation, and each of them frowned and kept silent.

Su Jin laughed and looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone is downcast, what's the matter?"

Everyone look at me, I look at you rolling your eyes, at this time, the commander is still pretending to be relaxed.

Su Jin coughed and walked past each general with his hands behind his back, and a calm voice sounded: "We should be happy. My 20 troops from the Northern Expedition have entered Liao since May, and they are like entering an uninhabited land, spanning more than ten thousand miles. , 30 cities, and wiped out nearly [-] enemies. In the past six months, we have become Liao people with sharp knives and thorns on their backs, making them restless and furious. We even took down their capital city and made them suffer unprecedentedly. Shame, isn't this enough for us to be happy? Isn't it worthy of our pride? Looking at the past and present, can that army do such a thing?"

The eyes of the generals were bright, and their bodies were straight. They were proud of Su Jin's words. Looking back on the incredible things in the past six months, they didn't think much of them at the time. Looking back now, they are indeed great achievements.

"The ancients said: It is okay to die in the morning and evening. This sentence may not be suitable for the current situation, but what I want to say is that we have made our greatest contribution. 20 people have completed their mission, and our names will be recorded in history books and passed on to the world. Isn’t that enough? What’s more, we haven’t failed yet, and the imperial city is still in our hands. What do we have to worry about? It’s the city So what if we die? It’s just a perfect and heroic end to our glorious Northern Expedition. Although this is not the best ending, it is not as tragic as you imagined.”

The generals were heartbroken when they heard this, but they were a little ashamed. Compared with Su Jin, their family's realm structure was much smaller. They talked about their official positions, they came to the central government, they talked about their wealth, they were young and heroic, and there were many wives and concubines at home. He can ignore life and death, and people like himself can't catch up with him, but they still can't let go.

Su Jin continued: "Of course, being able to survive is naturally the most perfect result. The Liao people rested for two days. If there is no accident, tomorrow will be the final onslaught. The Liao people mobilized a large number of materials to come. Tomorrow's battle against the imperial city is probably [-]% It's hard to guarantee, so I decided, we can't wait to die here, we have to break through, the one who survives is one, we can't all be bored in the city, today's discussion is how to break through."