Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 221
outside the city!The Northern Han cavalry spread out from the center like wild geese wings, and a group of fine cavalry passed through layers of people and horses and galloped towards the city head.

The leader is tall and burly, with eyebrows and triangular eyes, flying around, with a leather cloak on his chest, and a sawtooth mace more than eight feet long.

This man was none other than Liu Youhu, a famous general of the Northern Han Army.He was also the coach of the Northern Han Dynasty's invasion of the Song Dynasty.

This year's winter came very early. Outside Saibeikou, the first winter was originally in October every year, but this year it was a full month earlier.

Weizhou didn't think much of it. The Northern Han Dynasty was already covered in ice and snow, and it was extremely cold.

Coupled with the poor harvest this year, the Northern Han Dynasty's food problems immediately appeared.

Due to the geographical location, the Northern Han Dynasty neither had a lot of cultivated fields nor a lot of pastures.

Therefore, there is not as much food as the Song Dynasty, and there are not as many livestock as the Liao State. Once the harvest is not harvested, there will be famine and people will starve to death.

They simply did not do it, and continued to do so. Relying on the support of Khitan behind them, the Northern Han Dynasty poured out all the power of the whole country to invade Weizhou.

The Liao Kingdom watched the excitement from behind. Once the Northern Han Dynasty could win the upper hand, then the two countries would jointly attack and wipe out the Great Song Dynasty.

"Marshal! Looking at the top of the city, it seems that Shuiluo City has already taken precautions. Are we going to attack by force?"

It was Liu Youhu's right-hand man, the left general Liu Cheng, who spoke.

"Commander! Our army is about to run out of food, please collect grass and grain nearby!" The right general Ma Yuangang also asked for orders.

Liu Youhu waved his hand, "Liu Cheng! Organize your troops and attack first to see the strength of the city defenders. Ma Yuangang! Take your troops and search all the farms outside the city, kill all the people, and give me all the food and grass Grab it, don't leave a single one!"

"Decree!" Liu Cheng and Ma Yuangang took their respective troops and started to act.

Liu Cheng's [-] troops and horses moved out many siege ladders and began to attack the city surrounded by cavalry.

However, before reaching the bottom of the city, they were shot and killed by a burst of bows and arrows from the Song army at the head of the city.

Others held the long ladder to the top of the city with bows and arrows, trying to climb the ladder to attack the city.

But at this time, the water on the top of the city had turned into ice, and the ladder was slippery and unreliable, and it was easily overturned by Song Jun's company and the ladder.

The sergeants of the Northern Han Dynasty were either thrown half to death, or were smashed into blood by the rolling logs and rocks thrown down by the Song army from the top of the city.

In an instant, the Northern Han army suffered thousands of casualties. Liu Cheng was furious, took off his leather cloak, and personally beat drums to cheer.

The Northern Han army was greatly encouraged. Thousands of people screamed and climbed up the siege ladder. Unexpectedly, the Song army had already burned oil and poured it down with a big spoon on the top of the city.

The hot soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty turned their backs on their backs, and when they touched it, they caught fire.

This kerosene is very flammable, like nothing else, once it burns, whoever is close will be unlucky, and it can't be extinguished if it is poured on the body.

A large number of Northern Han soldiers were burned alive by the kerosene poured on their bodies.

This kind of death is very miserable, no more than being killed by a sword on the battlefield, and it has a great deterrent effect on the Northern Han army.

Liu Cheng lost three thousand men and horses, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At the other end, Ma Yuangang's subordinates also spread out, turning all the villages outside the city upside down.

Unexpectedly, no common people were found, and no grain of rice was found.

Zhao Yuanzuo came to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and there was not a single hair left by the Northern Han army outside the city.

"Damn it! The defenders at the top of the city are very strong, and my troops can't attack!"

"Damn it! Song Jun evacuated all the villages, and couldn't find a single person, and couldn't find a single grain of rice!"

Both Liu Cheng and Ma Yuangang returned to Liu Youhu's side and cursed loudly.

Especially Liu Cheng, who lost thousands of troops in vain, but got nothing.

Liu Youhu looked at the top of the city and said in surprise, "We have come to disturb you several times before, and the Song army here is not so tough!"

"Marshal! There is no one around, no food! The news that we came to fight Shuiluo City seems to have been leaked in advance. Otherwise, the Song Army would not be able to evacuate all the people and food in advance!"

Liu Youhu nodded, it seems so.

Someone leaked the news of the army's attack, which made the Song army prepare in advance.

Not only did my iron cavalry fail to break through the city, but I didn't even find a single grain of rice.

"His grandma! Come here! Find out all the surrendered generals of the Great Song Dynasty in the army for me, drag them to the front of the battle and behead them. If they are not of my race, their hearts must be different!"

As soon as he gave an order, the Northern Han army immediately tied up all the soldiers and officers who had surrendered to the Northern Han in the Song Dynasty over the years, and pushed them together.

"Marshal! All the surrendered soldiers and generals are here, and there is not a single one left!"

"Chop them all up! Damn! You have to report to Da Song when you are in our army! Shoot or kill! No one will be spared!"

Hundreds of Song soldiers who surrendered cried bitterly, crying for grievances, but no one responded.

In Shuiluo City, tens of thousands of Song soldiers watched these traitors being killed one by one by the Northern Han army on the spot, applauding!
Only the Song army in Shuiluo City knew that Zhao Yuanzuo was the only one who had predicted the enemy's attack this time, and no rebels sent any news at all.

Liu Youhu killed the surrendered army, boosted their morale, and immediately ordered another storm.

However, Zhao Yuanzuo was always confident and led the Song Army to successfully resist waves of offensives from the Northern Han Army.

The Northern Han army attacked for three days without success.The military rations are even less.

"Kill! Let me attack the city at any cost! If we capture this city, we will have food and drink. If we cannot capture it, our army will have to eat horse meat and drink horse blood! Attack me! Be the first to attack the city. Yes, the reward is one hundred gold!"

So the Northern Han army attacked frantically again...

The Northern Han army attacked for seven days in a row!As many as [-] to [-] people were injured.

Shuiluo City is still as stable as Mount Tai.

It all depends on Zhao Yuanzuo's advance deployment and adequate preparations.Otherwise, the city would have been destroyed.

But even so, after seven days, thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were killed or injured.Rolling logs and rocks, the fire oil is gradually running out.

People in the city also began to panic, and an atmosphere of panic appeared.

"Senior officer! Now the casualties are not small, and the defense equipment is gradually exhausted. It is time for us to withdraw!"

"Yes! The enemy army is strong! We have few soldiers, and sooner or later we will not be able to defend this city. Why not take advantage of the fact that the losses are not heavy at this time, and quickly retreat to Weizhou!"

"Senior officer! We have already made great achievements! Killing tens of thousands of enemies and defending the city for seven days has never been done by the defenders before. Even if the troops are withdrawn now, the imperial court will definitely reward them with great rewards. Why bother to stand here! "

"Get out! Get out of the way, everyone! Everyone is as cowardly as a mouse, even the eunuch of the Zajia, who knows how to boost the enemy's ambition and destroy his own prestige!"

Wang Jien scolded and drove away the civil officials who came to persuade them to evacuate, but he was also a little muttered in his heart.

In fact, he himself proposed to evacuate with Zhao Yuanzuo in private three days ago, but Zhao Yuanzuo refused at the beginning.

Now the casualties of the sergeants are increasing, and the rolling logs and rocks are about to be used up, but the enemy's offensive is becoming more and more intense.

Maybe the city will be destroyed tomorrow.

Looking at the piles of letter paper in front of him, Wang Jien began to despair in his heart.

He once wrote many letters to officials in the court, asking them to help him speak before the emperor and transfer himself back.However, no one was willing to help.It's just futile.

The emperor turned a blind eye completely.

(End of this chapter)