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Chapter 313 I want to go home
In order to buy time to reinforce the city walls and collect supplies for defending the city, Yelu Renxian deliberately sent troops to the surrounding towns to resist the Zhou army's encirclement strategy.

Otherwise, Yelu Renxian, who had to defend the isolated city, would not have to send troops to guard those city gates.

However, as a result, the Liao army led by Yelu Renxian was reduced to a certain extent.

From the original 200,000 troops, now, not counting the wounded, the total number is only about 150,000.

On Wei Yuan's side, the army responsible for the siege was 400,000.

However, before he launched a general attack on Xiangzhou, Yelu Renxian had made sufficient deployments and sent someone to inform Yelu Xinxian to lead all the soldiers to support Xiangzhou.

Many Liao generals were puzzled by this.
"General, before we went south, you said that you would attack Zhou from multiple directions. If we combine our forces now, wouldn't that mean we are putting all our eggs in one basket?"

"Wei Yuan has placed all his troops in Tangyin. Now Daming Prefecture is empty. With these more than 100,000 troops, can we not defend Xiangzhou?"

"General, letting General Xinxian support Xiangzhou will certainly make Xiangzhou safe, but the terrible thing is that it will be extremely difficult for our army to advance in the future!"

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An inch of progress?

Yelu Ren first glanced at the general, shook his head and said, "It's good enough that we can keep the northern towns occupied by our army."

In the Liao army, many generals were still dreaming of going south to capture the dragon.

In fact, Yelu Renxian had something else to tell them.

It is already quite difficult to keep the army from suffering any more losses.

Not to mention conquering cities.

On April 20th of the eighth year of Jiayou, Wei Yuan personally went to the outskirts of Xiangzhou City and commanded his soldiers to attack the city.

For the Zhou army, it is imperative to achieve a good result in the first battle, as it is related to morale.

On top of Xiangzhou City.

Yelu Renxian, wearing armor, also came to supervise the battle in person.

He and Wei Yuan, one standing on the top of the city wall and the other sitting on horseback, were very far apart.

But they all looked at each other at the same time, and their gazes seemed to be able to penetrate the vast wilderness and the gray sky, and finally focus on each other.

For the two of them, this battle was also the first time they had truly confronted each other.

Outside Xiangzhou City.

Wei Yuan, who was sitting on horseback, suddenly turned his horse's head and looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him, who seemed to be endless. He only said one word,

"kill!"

In an instant, the sounds of trumpets and drums rose one after another.

A massive siege campaign officially began.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou pushed the siege vehicles and charged towards the city wall of Xiangzhou.

In order to reduce casualties during the siege, Wei Yuan had specifically given them numerous instructions when training them in Tangyin. During the siege, they should advance in teams of three or two and disperse, and each team should include shield soldiers and spearmen.

"Order the three armies, the first to board will be promoted three ranks, and they will be given a hundred acres of good land, a house, and a thousand taels of gold!"

When he saw the soldiers charging into battle, Wei Yuan spoke loudly without hesitation.

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

When Wei Yuan's order was repeated to the entire army over and over again through many messengers.

Many soldiers rushed towards Xiangzhou with greater motivation.

At this time, the Zhou army was seen getting closer and closer to the city gate.

Yelu Renxian no longer hesitated and immediately ordered all soldiers to defend and prepare for battle.

The next moment, the Liao army on the top of the city wall kept shooting arrows and throwing stones, trying to stop the attack of the Zhou army.

Countless arrows fell like meteorites from the sky, mercilessly smashing into the charging soldiers.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan had made arrangements in advance.

Those dense arrows could hardly exert their full killing power against the Zhou army whose formation was scattered.

When Yelu Renxian saw the Great Zhou soldiers forming a small team of three with long gaps between the teams, he suddenly felt something was wrong and murmured:
"Just from the siege, Wei Yuan's ability is higher than Zhang Fu's."

Although many Liao army officers and soldiers now mocked the Zhou army's formation and said that this was Wei Yuan's cleverness.

But Yelu Renxian still did not dare to underestimate them at all. In fact, the more he thought about the formation of three people in a team, the more mysterious it seemed.

Although the disadvantage is obvious, that is, it is difficult to effectively attack the city gate in the shortest time.

But the advantages are more obvious.

A team of three can reduce unnecessary casualties to a great extent.

Both the enemy and us were well aware that it would be impossible for the Zhou army to capture Xiangzhou in the first siege.

Although the first siege will definitely fail, this battle must be fought.

How to fight has become a science. As long as someone can climb up the city wall today and reduce casualties to a great extent, it will be a great victory for the Zhou army!
In addition to the soldiers in teams of three, there are some teams with larger numbers of people, and there are at least ten teams of three people around them responsible for protection and vigilance.

What makes this team extremely special is that they push the siege vehicles.

Once arrows are shot, the three-person team around the siege vehicle will spontaneously gather together to block some of the arrows for them.

Afterwards, there were several shield vehicles in the siege vehicle team to ensure that the siege vehicle could quickly reach the Xiangzhou city wall.

Although the Zhou army's advance was not fast, it could be said to be very slow.

But every step forward they take, they will never take a step back.

As the rain of arrows continued to fall, Wei Yuan witnessed many soldiers falling to the ground, including some skilled fighters.

As long as it is a siege battle, there will be casualties, which is almost unavoidable.

"General Wei, let me go!"

At this time, Chen Daniu, who was standing behind Wei Yuan, volunteered.

Wei Yuan naturally didn't want him to go.

After all, swords have no eyes.

"Wait a little longer." Wei Yuan declined politely.

Chen Daniu had no choice but to give up. He frowned deeply and watched his brothers in front of him struggling to attack the city.

Suddenly, Wei Yuan saw that a team of siege vehicles had come to a standstill.

The soldiers who pushed the siege weapons forward were all killed by the arrows.

Twenty people, just gone.

Seeing this, Wei Yuandu's mood couldn't help but become heavy.

This is not a good sign.

The Liao army in Xiangzhou had been preparing for this battle for a long time!

Presumably, what they lack the least right now is arrows.

"Ok?"

Just when he was considering whether to continue to send more troops to attack the city.

Suddenly, several groups of people were seen moving towards the stagnant siege vehicle.

Wei Yuan stared at that direction.

But then I saw a soldier taking a flag from the flag officer who died in the battle. He held a shield in one hand to block the flying arrows, and waved the flag at several teams around him with the other hand.

Wei Yuan saw that this man was quite intelligent and brave, so he asked curiously, "Whose general is that?"

Hearing this, several generals around him looked towards that position.

However, the distance was so great that it was difficult to tell who the soldier belonged to just by looking at his figure.

So, Wei Yuan stopped asking any more questions.

He was very curious about what the soldier with the command flag was going to do.

In the distance, next to the chariot.

Seeing that the flying arrows were becoming more and more dense, the soldiers holding the command flags could not resist them with just their shields, so they simply hid under the cover of the chariot for the time being.

He was waiting for his brothers to come.

At this time, a captain came running over angrily, also using the chariot as a cover, hiding beside the soldier, and said angrily:
"Yang Wei, what did I tell you?"

"When you're on the battlefield, you have to be smart and don't let your blood boil and you lose your life!"

The soldier named Yang Wei said, "Captain, the sky is full of arrows, how can we hide? If we rush forward, we will die too, we might as well push the chariot forward!"

Push the chariot over?

The captain's eyes widened instantly, and he was surprised. "You want to go first?"

Yang Wei nodded. Suddenly, several arrows shot at him, and he was careless and was hit on the arm by a flying arrow.

The captain swallowed subconsciously, looked at Yang Wei again, and said puzzledly: "You are the one who is most afraid of death. When the battle of Damingfu was called off, you ran faster than anyone else. Why are you not afraid of death now?"

Yang Wei smiled but said nothing.

The captain squatting under the chariot made up his mind, snatched the command flag, and waved it again to his comrades around him.

Soon, seven or eight people came.

The captain held his shield, watched out for incoming arrows, stood up, and shouted:
"Brothers, the commander said that the first one to reach the summit will be rewarded!"

"It's either way, we're going to die, so we might as well fight those Liao dogs!"

As soon as the voice fell, the Great Zhou soldiers who used the chariots and shields as cover quickly spoke one after another:

"Fight!"

"We didn't die in the battle of Daming Mansion, how can we die here today?"

"To be the first to reach the top, kill!"

"kill!"

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The last general who uttered the word "kill" was shot to the ground by an arrow without paying attention.

In an instant, all life was gone.

When they saw this, they all felt frightened, but when they heard the earth-shaking shouts of their comrades who were constantly rushing towards the city gate, their hearts were immediately filled with passion.

Yang Wei and the captain just looked at each other, and without saying a word, they dragged the chariot forward.

This chariot can be used to set up ladders, and with the support of the chariot, the ladders will not be knocked over by the Liao army, and the soldiers can also feel extremely safe when climbing the ladders.

"Brothers, let's go!"

Yang Wei said loudly.

While defending against the arrows, everyone pushed the chariot and looked at him with a look of disbelief.

Hasn't this kid always been afraid of death?
During the battle of Damingfu, everyone was rushing forward except this kid, who was lying among the corpses pretending to be dead.

If it weren't for our brothers covering for him afterwards, I'm afraid he would have been tried by military law.

But now, this kid is not afraid of death!
Perhaps it was because Yang Wei had changed his usual behavior. In any case, everyone's fighting spirit was instantly aroused by him, and they pushed the chariot forward slowly.

But the Liao army's arrows were too dense.

Seeing his comrades one after another being shot by arrows and falling to the ground, Yang Wei felt frightened and scared.

But at the same time, there seemed to be another idea in his mind that overcame his timidity.

But they are flesh and blood after all.

No matter how strong the faith in their hearts was, it still couldn't save them from losing one more life.

In the blink of an eye, an arrow shot into Yang Wei's heart.

All his internal organs seemed to have been severely damaged, and a stream of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Seeing this, the captain shouted, "Boy!"

Yang Wei seemed not to have heard anything, and his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.

The captain squatted down again, dragged Yang Wei to the side of the chariot, slapped his cheeks repeatedly, and shouted:

"Kid! Stop fucking sleeping! Wake up!"

At this time, most of their comrades around them had died.

Yang Wei was about to faint, but suddenly a voice sounded in his mind, which rekindled his inner faith. He slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw the head of the police, he smiled miserably.

"Oh no, I'm afraid I'm really going to die this time."

In the army, Dutou and Yang Wei have a good relationship.

The latter is younger, only in his early twenties, while the Dutou is already in his thirties.

The chief has always treated him as a younger brother.

"Fuck you, why don't you just pretend to be dead from the beginning? I'm here to cover for you, what are you afraid of!"

"You still want to be the first to ascend the mountain, but how can you be greedy for the credit of being the first to ascend the mountain?"

As he spoke, Dutou felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Yang Wei was smiling and spitting out blood, and then he took out a letter from his armor with the words "family letter" written on it.

The captain only heard him speaking tremblingly.

"Brother, I lied to you. I am not from Daizhou."

"I am. I joined the army in Xiangzhou. I am afraid of death. I thought, I said I came from Daizhou. You will all look up to me."

The captain took the blood-soaked letter from him. In the chaos of the battle, the captain's eyes turned red.
"Kid, stop talking. Save some strength and hold on for a while. When the troops withdraw, you will be saved!"

"I'm telling you the truth. We are all soldiers, and I already knew you were not from Daizhou."

"Talk less, don't sleep, don't sleep at all!"

However, the gaze in Yang Wei's pupils was gradually becoming blurred, and even the few words he muttered were somewhat unclear.
"I I want"

The captain braved the arrows and used the chariot as cover, trying to find ways to stop the wound on Yang Wei's body.
"What are you thinking about? Boy! Don't sleep!"

However, Yang Wei could no longer hear what the headman said.

His world is gradually falling into darkness.

Perhaps, at the end of his life, the captain did not really hear what he said.

"I want to go home."

Come back home.

This may be the belief that makes him worth risking his life to be the first to reach the top.

After Yang Wei died, the captain stuffed the letter back under Yang Wei's armor.

He didn't dare take the letter from home.

Because even he didn't know if he could survive.

"kill!"

The captain picked up his shield and sword, stood up, and rushed towards the city wall regardless of the chariots and arrows flying in the sky.

However, his fate was the same as that of the vast majority of soldiers who participated in the siege, and he fell on the way to the charge.

He fell.

He was hit by three arrows.

However, he was already very close to the city wall.

While his consciousness was still fading, he used his last bit of strength to slowly crawl towards the city wall.

After a while, there was a blood trail behind him that seemed to be formed by dragging.

"kill!"

"kill!"

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The captain's consciousness became increasingly blurred, so blurred that he didn't know whether the word "kill" he uttered was something he thought of in his head or came out of his mouth.

"Stinky boy, we have two brothers, and if one of us fights hard, that's fine, isn't it?"

The captain's eyelids were becoming increasingly heavy.

He was already very close to the city wall.

Seems within reach.

However, just as he stretched out his hand to touch the city wall, a huge rock fell heavily.

He was smashed to a bloody pulp, with no trace of his body left.

No one knows why this dying person still does these useless things at the end of his life.

In short, his behavior completely aroused the warlike factors in some Zhou army soldiers.

It also frightened some Liao army soldiers who witnessed it.

"kill!"

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(End of this chapter)