The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1816 Khitan Siege ([-])

The Khitan didn't give the Song army much time, and they started to march. The news Zhao Pu sent made them very excited. Now the Song Dynasty is an empty shell, which makes them very happy. As long as they launch a charge, the Song army will will lose.

Xiao Tianzuo was very happy. He personally led the army directly to the northern camp. This is the frontier to block the Khitan's advance. As long as they break through here, they can drive straight in. Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will soon return to Khitan's hands. The distance of a few miles was not far at all, and soon they came to the city.

"The Khitan army is coming to attack, everyone cheer up, as long as we pass this pass, we will be safe."

The messengers of the Song Army boosted morale among the soldiers, while the generals were also worried or in other words, they wanted to discuss countermeasures.

"Lord Zhao, the situation is urgent now. I will send someone to protect you. You don't have to worry about your life. Someone will protect you. Please cooperate with our soldiers and don't put pressure on them."

"The rest of the generals are responsible for their respective responsibilities according to the previous division of labor. There are more than 1 people in the city who can fight. We must block the Khitan's attack and give them an illusion. It is very likely that we will retreat first, so we still have a chance."

Gao Huaide issued orders continuously, and at this time the Khitan soldiers had already begun to attack the city. The city was built temporarily, the walls were not high or thick, and there were not many soldiers on it. Xiao Tianzuo was very happy when he saw this place. Zhao Pu's information is good, the Song army really has no fighting power, otherwise how could there be only these people.

Even if you don't go out of the city to fight the enemy, there should be quite a few people on the city wall, but now there are not many people. This does not mean that there are really not many people in the city, or that there are many people, but not many with combat effectiveness.Xiao Tianzuo didn't hesitate to send someone to attack the city directly. At this point, there is nothing to hesitate, just attack the city directly.
Haohao Tangtang's Khitan soldiers drove over, but the Song Army soldiers above did not resist because of this, densely packed arrows flew over, they didn't take it seriously at all, just avoided to let the arrows hit their own In this way, the Khitan quickly arrived at the gate of the city.

"If the king continues like this, we should be able to occupy this place for ourselves soon, and then continue to march to Tanzhou. At the end, there should not be many people. Isn't this here the hundreds of thousands of Song troops? I think it is very Soon to be our prisoner."

"Haha, it's been a long time since we had such a happy time in Daliao. Let me tell you, if we capture so many soldiers this time, I don't think we should return them to Song State. We don't care about the money. Let them Give us slaves, then they will have no ability to resist, if you let them go back, who knows when they will become our enemies again."

"What you both said makes sense, especially with regard to the issue of captives. We did not do well in the past. Although we got a lot of benefits from each captive, as long as they return to the Song Dynasty, in turn, they will return to the Song Dynasty." We have come to the front line, and we are the ones who will suffer. If we really capture so many prisoners this time, the king will definitely send these prisoners to the northernmost part of our country to herd sheep. This plan.

In the past, if the Khitan captured each of the soldiers of the Song State, they could get a lot of money from the Great Song. In the end, Khitan suffered.

They have been discussing the issue of captives here since the beginning of the battle. In their view, this is a battle that must be won, and there is no surprise at all. This is how confident they are.

In particular, the Khitan soldiers had already arrived at the city gate, and encountered little resistance. Xiao Tianzuo seemed to see hundreds of thousands of Song prisoners standing in front of him.

"Look, they don't even have any soldiers to resist. They only arranged a few soldiers to confuse people. Under our offensive, they should be resisting, but they didn't. My lord, I think we should be able to end the battle soon. It's gone." A Khitan general standing beside Xiao Tianzuo said excitedly.

When Xiao Tianzuo was about to speak, a few cauldrons suddenly appeared on the city wall. Looking at the fog above, it should be very hot. Xiao Tianzuo didn't know what the hell the Song army was doing. He began to pour things down, that was kerosene, hot kerosene, and the soldiers of the Song Army prepared hot kerosene.

Pots of boiling fire oil poured down from the top of the city, and the densely packed crowd on the ground wailed in pain.

The soldiers caught off guard under the city suffered a lot of losses under the attack of hot kerosene. Not only were countless people scalded, but there was also a big fire. This is kerosene, which is not only hot but also flammable. Slowly flowing towards the Khitan camp, the thousands of terrains are high in the south and low in the north, and the fire oil slowly wants to flow north.

At this time, Khitan didn't pay attention to this because of the limited fire oil, which caused the loss of hundreds of soldiers to Khitan, and Khitan didn't take these losses at all.

"Decree, whoever can be the first to reach the top of the city will be promoted to Commander-in-Chief, and will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold."

"Come on, King Xiao has an order. The first person to climb to the top of the city will be rewarded with a reward of ten thousand taels, and he will be promoted to Commander-in-Chief."

Countless loud voices shouted at the back of the battlefield, their voices were like a kind of stimulant, stimulating the army in front of them, and they continued to charge towards the city wall.

No matter when there is a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. This is an eternal truth. The Khitan soldiers all seem to have taken stimulants. These people are ordinary soldiers or low-level officers.

On the one hand, they had no choice but to fight. On the other hand, why didn't they be able to get promoted and make a fortune one day? Now that they have such an opportunity, do you think they will not grasp it?
The position of commander-in-chief is quite important. In the early days, the army consisted of ten people as a team, and a team leader was selected, which was equivalent to the squad leader; For the first battalion, choose a captain—a commander of a thousand commanders, which is equivalent to the head of a regiment; for an army of ten battalions, choose a commander—a commander of ten thousand commanders, who is equivalent to a division commander. This is a very powerful right.

The temptation of Commander Wan was only relatively large. For a while, arrows rained like rain, and many Song soldiers died on the city wall. This is the cruelty of war.

(End of this chapter)