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Duan Mingyu smiled faintly: "I've never thought about it this way, and I didn't intend to only care about myself, but the Khitan clan, in case of natural disasters and no livelihood, would think of southward invasion of the Central Plains. You have to plan for yourself first. Mencius said that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself;

Looking at the back of Duan Mingyu going away, Yelu Deguang couldn't help but feel a sense of pity for a hero, "Duan Mingyu is really a hero in this world, I am far inferior to him,"

In just a few days, Yelu Deguang honestly withdrew the 40 troops without any one left, and headed straight for the Khitan capital. There, he still had to go through a court battle for the throne, while Duan Mingyu was still in the palace. Now, preparing to attack Youzhou, the army no longer had to worry about Khitan reinforcements outside, and all [-] troops were pulled to the city of Yanjing in Youzhou.

Duan Mingyu led the army from the Gaoliang River to the foot of Youzhou City, set up camp, and surrounded the city of Youzhou tightly, building blockhouses, siege vehicles, ladders, trench bridges, artillery, catapults, and all kinds of siege equipment. In terms of tactics, such as digging holes, spreading leaflets, roasting the city walls and pouring fire on them again, hoping to burn the city walls down and crack them. In short, all the various siege methods familiar to the Tang army were used on Beiping City.

However, under Yelufeng's well-prepared and meticulous deployment, Youzhou City has deep ditches and high fortifications, and the city walls are thickened to several feet thick. But the defenders in the city, of course, the most critical factor is still people.

There are enough defenders in Yanjing City, and they are very determined to die. Moreover, Yelufeng is extremely popular and popular in Yanjing City. Although many Khitan nobles are a bit fatter, they have difficulty moving, and are as fat as pigs, but their bodies are stupid. As Khitan people who grew up on horseback, they are also well-versed in military strategy and strategy, and they manage the affairs of the clan on weekdays , so the logistics and civil affairs are even more handy, and the allocation of various resources in Yanjing City is orderly and orderly without any chaos.

They often went to the top of the city to command battles together, and even picked up boulders and threw them down the city. As guards and officials, being able to do this was a great encouragement to the morale of the army and even the hearts of the people.

The snow in Yanshan Mountain is as big as a goose feather.

The Tang army braved the snow to attack the city, and the red, blood-white snow rendered the earth beautiful and blurred.

Tang Jun had suffered from a lot of frostbite, and the manpower to defend the city began to be insufficient, but Duan Mingyu could only grit his teeth and persist, and all Tang Jun gritted their teeth and persisted.

It will be Chinese New Year in half a month, and Duan Mingyu is frowning in the tent. If Youzhou City cannot be conquered before the beginning of spring, it will cause disasters for future generations. There is no chance of getting it back.

When Duan Mingyu was thinking hard about the plan to break the city, suddenly a soldier came to report, "My lord, someone from your family has come..."

"What, there's someone at home, please come in quickly, oh no, I'll just go by myself," Duan Mingyu was pleasantly surprised for a moment, and ran out in the wind and snow without putting on her coat.

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"Zhaoniang, why is it you?" Duan Mingyu was stunned. He never thought it would be this little girl. He hadn't seen her for a long time, but she was already slim, fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was still facing Duan Mingyu with a childish pretty face. Yaoyao smiled, "Brother Mingyu..." This smile revealed two iconic small canine teeth.

Duan Mingyu's face collapsed in an instant, "Old man Yang Yanguang, Zhaoniang is messing around, you are so confused, you brought Zhaoniang to this bitter cold place..." Duan Mingyu said to Yang Yanguang who was beside Yang Zhaoniang, Yang Yanguang's hair was fluttering, The body is quite strong, and he interrupted in a moment of anger, "You are an old man, I have nothing to do when I am full, if Zhaoniang hadn't come to look for you, I would have come, old man, if Zhaoniang came alone, the old man would How can I rest assured, "

"Zhaoniang, what are you doing here?" Duan Mingyu pretended to be serious, and scolded with a straight face, Yang Zhaoniang would definitely not say, "I'm sorry, I missed you, so I came here," Yang Zhaoniang pouted resentfully Said, "It's almost New Year's Eve, and they don't even answer a letter at home. Sister Yanyan, Sister Junyu, and Sister Yingying miss you very much, so they got rid of me to help them take a look at you, 呶, this is a letter to you..."

Duan Mingyu took advantage of the situation to go downhill, put the letter into his pocket, calmed down his cold expression, and pretended to be deep, "Well, let's forget it this time, let's not be an example,"

"Okay, okay, let's go in and talk, brother Mingyu, didn't you say that you planned to publish a book called "Water Margin", how are you going, you must tell me tonight Listen to the stories you told me before, I have told little Aman all the stories you told me before, and there is nothing more to tell..." Yang Zhaoniang dragged Duan Mingyu into the big tent chattering all the way, as if to separate this section Time has finished what Duan Mingyu said.

Yang Yanguang watched his little granddaughter's face finally show a smile again, and finally let out a long sigh, "This girl... well, it seems that the old man has to get rid of his old face and I will do it myself..."

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Yang Zhaoniang's arrival was only temporary, and the battle was still going on. Duan Mingyu soon fell into the battle, staying up at night watch every day, thinking hard about how to break the city. My heart hurts.

When the battle progressed to this point, the rocks and rocks in the city were exhausted, and houses began to be demolished to resist. In a few days, most of the building materials in the city were used up, and there was not enough material for building high walls. It was also sporadic, and it was no longer possible to carry out an effective attack on the Tang army under the city. Although the ravaged city gate was thick, under the repeated bombardment of the mortar, it finally failed. Under the countless repeated impacts of the ramming tree, it finally exploded with a loud bang. The morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted, and cheers were everywhere.

Xu Jing, who commanded the siege, was overjoyed, and wished he could join the battle group with a sword in person, so he sent all three hundred generals around him into battle, and at the same time ordered someone to immediately notify Duan Mingyu, who was commanding the battle by remote control a few miles away, to ask Duan Mingyu immediately Increase troops.

The Khitan army defending the city also knew that once the city was broken, there would be no luck, so they flocked to the city gate and fought hand-to-hand with the Tang army. There were countless dead bodies on the ground, and the soldiers on both sides stepped on the bloody corpses, swinging their knives desperately, Raising their guns, they dare not stop for a moment, let alone fancy, kill, kill, kill, they use their lives to expand or block the time to break the city.

The bright red blood smeared all over the ground, but was covered up by the sudden snow.

In a moment, the vast white was once again painted with bright red...

Duan Mingyu was overjoyed when he heard that a city gate had been broken.

The weather is getting colder and the supply is obviously insufficient, which makes the army short of clothes and food. Now the army doesn't even have winter clothes to keep out the cold. At night, the soldiers can only hug each other to keep warm. Now the 40 army has already Many people suffered from chilblains, and the morale and even combat effectiveness of the army were greatly reduced. Duan Mingyu really didn't know how to let the 40 people spend the winter safely under the city of Youzhou if Yanjing City was not captured. Go south.

Although the enemies in Youzhou City are brave, they are obviously more terrifying than Yan Dong's today's enemy. Duan Mingyu really didn't expect that Xu Jing could break through the city gate with such a small number of soldiers , It can be seen that the defenders in the city are no longer able to guard the whole city.

Duan Mingyu was overjoyed and determined, the city gate had been smashed to pieces, even if the Khitan army recaptured the city, it would be impossible to close it.

Hearing that a city gate was lost, Yelufeng and a group of ministers in the city were panicked, and rushed to the gate, "Oh, the city gate is broken, can this Youzhou finally be unable to hold it? Master Yelu, you have tried your best. You don't have to blame yourself,"