The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1819 Khitan Siege ([-])

"Generals, I won't say much about what happened in our barracks. It has caused our current situation. Now these soldiers have improved, but they are not yet effective. I decided to transfer our soldiers in batches. It suits us, the most important thing is that none of our soldiers have an advantage, we might as well let the Khitan army go deep alone, and finally annihilate them all."

When Zhao Xu gave the generals a lecture, he directly stated his intentions. He didn't want to guard this city anymore. In fact, this is not a city. The simple cities built here are actually military camps.

There are no private houses in it, so it's not a pity to give up. In fact, the generals didn't want to be here. When this small city was built, many people disagreed. Now that Zhao Xu said he wanted to give up the city, they can accept it.

"Your Highness, it will be very troublesome to retreat. After all, we have a lot of people here, and retreat is also very troublesome, and Khitan will never give us so much time to retreat." Gao Huaide immediately pointed out the crux of the problem, Now you can't retreat if you want, because the Khitan people are outside the city, and the Khitan people will know immediately if the army moves.

"General Gao is right, and our soldiers are all weak now, some of them can't even hold their weapons, and it's very troublesome to retreat,"

"We also have a lot of luggage. Don't we take it away or burn it? This is impossible."

"Yes, if the Khitans pull our hind legs when we retreat, the consequences will be very serious."

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The generals present here are all talkative. They are all people who have established their positions on the battlefield all the year round. They have a comprehensive view of problems.

"Jing Jing, what you said is all reasonable, but there is a reason for me to retreat or dismiss. I have already arranged this. I have found a commander-in-chief for you, and he will be fully responsible."

When he said this, Zhao Xu looked at his old father-in-law, General Gao Huaide, and then said:
"I have decided that General Gao Huaide will be in charge this time. I can tell you that the day of our decisive battle depends on how many troops you can bring out and how. General Gao Huaide, can you guarantee this?"

"The final general is willing to issue a military order to guarantee the mission." Gao Huaide knew what Zhao Xu wanted to do, and Zhao Xu had already told him what he wanted to do in detail last night. This is a big game, and the key is confidentiality.

The generals below only knew that Zhao Xu said he was going to retreat and asked their former supreme commander to carry it out. Some generals wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao Xu's resolute look, they could only say those words in their stomachs.

It was just a brief meeting, and then they started to act. Gao Huaide was in charge of these matters. Zhao Xu was relieved, but before they had time to rest, the Khitans came to attack the city again.

Since it was stated that they were going to retreat, the weapons they left behind were mainly those that could not be taken away, and they would be used against the Khitans. This time, Zhao Xu used them directly. The Khitans attacked the city very quickly this time, and Zhao Xu Xu directly asked hundreds of people to lift a lot of large boxes out of the arsenal.

Hasty footsteps sounded, and more than a hundred people carried hundreds of large boxes to the top of the tower.

They were careful all the way, and their movements were kept within the smallest range as much as possible.

"Be careful……"

From time to time, someone reminded them to pay attention to the potholes under their feet.

Judging by their appearance, what they are carrying seems to be some valuables.

But, here is the battlefield, what do they want to do?
Behind them are more than a thousand soldiers, and what they are carrying are small trebuchets.

This kind of special trebuchet has a small capacity, and the stones thrown out may not even kill people.

This time, the people brought by Gao Huailiang were on standby in the city. There were about 1 of them. Zhao Xu gave them the order to stand by and attack.

Are we going to take the initiative to attack later? Now that the morale of the Khitan army is high, how can we beat them back.

"Open, prepare..."

With a command, the boxes were opened one by one.

In the box are bottles and cans stacked one by one, but this bottle and can is different from the previous ones, it is indeed only as thick as an arm, it is cylindrical, five inches long, and there are strips of cloth on it. The strips are a bit long and a bit wet.

"Lighting the fire..." The person who shouted was a former graduate of the Imperial Army Military Academy. He was interested in strange things. He is now the commander of these people, and in future generations he will be the person who commands the artillery.

There are two people standing next to each bottle, one of them is actually holding a torch, and the trebuchet is behind the person, and someone is already holding a bottle, smoothing the cloth, aiming at the torch, and watching It looked like it was going to burn the torch.

There was a burst of high-pitched Khitan language in the city, which translated into Chinese means: Chong, what rewards and the like, anyway, they are words of encouragement.

The Khitan people on the ground gathered more and more, they howled excitedly, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and some of them had already started to put the ladder on the city wall.

Someone had already started to climb the ladder, and it seemed that they wanted to kill Zhao Xu completely, and they were about to be able to climb up.

"Wait, wait until there are more people in the city and follow my orders to act."

The Khitan people outside the city used bows and arrows to suppress the Song army's offensive at the top of the city, which seemed to be very effective, because the Song army did not dare to stand out.

The Khitan people in the city outside the city roared loudly, if they could be the first ones or the first ones to board the city, they would be rewarded heavily.

Seeing that the victory is expected, the Khitan people are excited. Large banners keep appearing under the city wall. A large number of troops have already approached the city wall, and some of their hands have almost reached the top of the city wall. At this time, a thing from top to bottom A thing flew over, carrying flames. This was the first one, followed by a second one, and a third one. A hundred and ten of these things fell down directly.

Could it be some kerosene again? The Khitan people are basically familiar with these things, and the kerosene for the Song army is really powerful. The Song army has learned this many times.They are no longer afraid, the Khitan people have already developed immunity, and they are not afraid of fire oil, or they don't want to be as afraid as they were when they first came into contact with it.

"Do you think this is really the same as the previous kerosene? You underestimate us too much. This is a suggested ****. You will know what this thing is right away." Zhao Xu wrote said with a curl of his lips.

(End of this chapter)