"The main force of the Liao army approaches Zhuozhou!"

There was a dull rumbling sound between heaven and earth, not loud, but it seemed that the omnipresent emerged from the sky and the ground could be heard no matter what corner it was.

On the field, the snow was dazzlingly white in the sun, and a large area of ​​black people slowly approached here.

In the fortresses outside Zhuozhou, people all climbed up the walls and stared at the approaching crowds. The fires flashed on the forts, and the beacon smoke was blown in the air by the wind like a long diving dragon.

On sunny days and bright sunsets, so many people from the Liao army came over, and Zhuozhou was ready to face the enemy. Behind the fort group, the elite infantry lineup formed a square formation was purged and gathered outside Zhuozhou City.

After a long time, the two armies shook each other across the front for a mile, and the speed of the Liao army center slowed down.

Han Tong, the commander of the Zhuozhou Imperial Army, rode a horse to the front, and directly asked a fortress to lower the suspension bridge and lead people into the earthen fort. He climbed a simple wooden arrow tower despite the persuasion of the generals.

General Luo Yanhuan kindly advised: "Master Han is the commander of the entire army, so you should not take risks easily."

Han Tong stared at him and said loudly: "If I die, the whole army will obey General Luo's military orders!"

Luo Yanhuan was stunned.

Standing on the arrow tower, the situation is different from what you see on the ground, and the horizon seems to be a little curved. Today's weather is very good. After the snow is clear, the sky is blue, the air is particularly fresh, and the vision is extremely open!

The Liao army seemed to be not afraid of being seen by the Zhou army. Just by seeing it with their eyes, there were at least more than 100,000 people! Han Tong led his troops with his experience and could estimate the size of the crowd based on his experience. The Liao army was approaching in front of him, with a scale of more than 100,000, which made people feel very shocking... Han Tong had not experienced the battle of using more than 100,000 troops, but it was indeed rare to put 100,000 people together!

Han Tong watched the Liao army with concentration, and his heart was tense.

There are too many people in this kind of scene and too big the place, so both the infantry and cavalry movements seem very slow; but it is like a big boat that is difficult to turn around, once there is a movement, it is difficult and troublesome to change it temporarily.

Han Tong observed it and did not issue any military orders. He still gave way to the main force of the infantry to set up a concentrated formation outside the city... At this time, the decisive battle was insufficient. The two wings of the Liao army were spread very wide, and Han Tong believed that the Liao army would not only confront each other from the front.

As expected, the Liao army began to protrude on both sides, and their wings surrounded the left and right.

"Rumbling..." The movements of the enemy soldiers were very obvious, and the sound of horse hooves in the distance suddenly intensified.

Han Tong held the hilt tightly, and still kept the main infantry behind him.

Several groups of soldiers from the northwest of the Liao army were the first to approach the fort. In front of a fort, the soldiers of the army stared at the scene ahead... A large group of men, women, young and old were driven over with sacks and stones crying!

The Liao cavalry was shaking the whip behind, screaming and crying came from afar. A woman in rags was squeezed into the trench. When she looked down, she turned around and turned around. Many people around were turning around; but the crowds of people driven from behind were rushing forward, and the crowds became denser and denser.

Someone threw away the sack, and the cavalry behind him broke up, and raised his hand and shot an arrow.

The crowd was in a mess. Many people fell into the ditch crying, some were squeezed to the ground, and were immediately trampled and screamed by dense people.

At this time, two stone bombs flew from the fortress into the air, one exploded in the air, and one fell into the Liao army's horses and exploded, and a group of people and horses flew around.

After a long time, two trenches were filled with sand and earth bags, stones and corpses. People stretched out their hands from time to time in the middle of the sand and stones, which was very terrifying!

The Liao army's catapults and ladders all came up one after another. Stone bullets fell into the earthen fort like hail. The wooden stakes on the earthen wall collapsed everywhere, and the houses where the soldiers lived were also "bang bang" and the wooden boards and felt were in a mess.

Standing on the wall, everyone stared blankly at the scene outside the fort, was pushed by the slowly approaching ladder, infantry carrying wooden ladders, and Liao soldiers holding swords, shields, bows and arrows filled the crowd.

"Ah..." A soldier was lying on the ground screaming, struggling in the smashed soil. Many people squatted on the ground and shivered.

Everyone looked back and saw that the Zhou army's infantry formation was motionless and there was no one coming here... He felt a chill in his heart. Can this scene be defended?

But there was no choice, and the superiors did not issue military orders to retreat! Even if they ran away now, it would be too late.

"Each team! Prepare for the battle!" Dutun yelled, and pointed at the few people under the beacon tower, "Beat the drum to prepare for the battle!"

The crossbow soldiers on the arrow tower took the lead, and the people standing in front of the fort also shot arrows with crossbows. The arrows of the Liao army archers were shot on the city. For a moment, the strings sounded, and the arrows fell on the Zhou army's plate armor helmets and occasionally the leather armor at the junction was shot through and screamed.

The soldiers of the Zhou army were in chaos, and the ten generals here were also dead. No one gave an order for a while. The people in front put out crossbow arrows, and the one behind went forward to release them. "Bang bang bang..." Even the bronze muskets began to explode. At this time, the Liao army's sword and shield soldiers had rushed to the city, and many people fell down below.

The cloud ladder was placed on the earthen wall, and someone panicked and left two tinned pots of turbulent oil. Then the cloud ladder immediately ignited a fire and black smoke rolled. But more Liao soldiers took the wooden ladder and directly put on the earthen wall of the fortress, and the people behind them flocked to the ground.

Seeing this, Dutou shouted: "Everyone will do their best to do their best! Kill!"

Soon countless wooden ladders were already on the edge of the earthen wall, and several other cloud ladders also moved up. The entire earthen castle seemed to be surrounded by ants. Fires rushed up in the snow, black smoke filled the sky, and the shouts were deafening.

A Zhou soldier threw away the musket in his hand, pulled out a spear from the rack behind, and stabbed a Liao soldier who had just climbed up the ladder. The Liao soldier hurriedly took a shield, but it was difficult to leverage the force on the ladder, so he overturned it and screamed "Wow" and screamed. The second Liao soldier jumped and jumped onto the wall. The Zhou soldier's spear in front of him was not reachable, and was stunned. He was immediately slashed by the Liao soldier with a sword head-on, screaming and covering his face. The Liao soldier pressed it to the ground with a shield, and stabbed it down with an iron sword and stabbed it downwards with his neck.

The Liao army attacked the wall on all sides, and the sound of killing on the earthen wall was shaking the sky and screaming. Many Zhou soldiers jumped off the wall, and the fort was in chaos.

Dutou was originally a general from the imperial guards' camp. He killed two Liao soldiers in infantry battles, and the people around him ran backwards into the fort. Seeing that the Liao troops on both sides surrounded him, he didn't care much, and he grabbed the wall with both hands, and fell downwards, and then jumped to the ground.

Everyone looked at the scene on the city wall, and smoke was everywhere, and the sound of killing came from all sides. He couldn't help but sigh. He remembered the scene where the Liao people drove Han'er to fill the ditch before, and knew that they would not be able to survive. He saw a ten general not far away and shouted, "Come here, ask the living people to gather together, and finally fight!"

Several generals shouted and shouted, and a group of people gathered here. Those who were running around the wall were cut by the swords of the Liao army to the point of blood! The troops gathered over, and before they formed a formation, the Liao army soldiers came up.

Suddenly there was a melee, and the Zhou army was immediately defeated by the Liao army's soldiers. At this moment, the fort gate was opened, and a group of cavalry rushed in. First, they were riding and shooting with a "crackling" one after another, and then the horses rushed over. Dutou knew that there was no way out, so he shouted and raised his sword and recoiled. With a "bang", he was hit by a war horse and couldn't dodge. Dutou was hit in the snow and slid far away. He lay on the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood, struggling to stand up but failed. When he opened his eyes, the rest of his people were chased by the cavalry, and it was only a matter of time before the entire army was wiped out.

Han Tong looked at the crazy scenes far and near, his face turned pale.

The nearby Zhou cavalry rushed in and out between the fortresses, and the Liao army did not attack the fortresses here under the threat of the cavalry.

At this time, a general came over on a horse and knelt down under the arrow tower: "Why did Mr. Han refuse to save him when he saw him die?"

Han Tong didn't know this general, but he didn't say a word when he saw that his armor was a military general in the village.

Zhang Lingduo, the general of the Imperial Army below, said coldly: "How can you speak above the battle formation?"

The general kowtowed and said, "Cut my head, please help me, Mr. Han!

Han Tong stared at the eyes and said, "There are too few imperial guards. Now we divide the troops. Once the Liao army breaks through the periphery and tear open the big gap, the imperial guards will be divided and surrounded!"

The general looked up at the smoke in the distance, his temples were bulging, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Why are we stationed in the fort? Is it just to die..."

Zhang Lingduo said again: "If you don't let you be in the castle, you will be destroyed faster!"

Han Tong stared at Zhang Lingduo angrily: "The defense line of the earthen castle is not for the death of the defensive! It is for the infantry and cavalry to be both offensive and defensive! But Zhuozhou has such a few elite soldiers in field battles, so they cannot fight!"

The military general of the village army was still dissatisfied and said, "Why didn't Mr. Han ask the brothers of the village army to retreat into the city earlier?"

Han Channel: "There are 50,000 elite cavalrymen in Gu'an County! If we are blocked into the city immediately, what else can we do?"

He took a deep breath and said coldly: "Tell the castles to defend the dead!"

"Get orders!"

After a while, a team of messengers with pennants on their backs were scattered and rushed out of the nearby horse team.

Han Tong could see that some of the earthen forts had been captured soon, but some of the attacked fortresses were properly organized and still resisting... Many people would die! But the Liao army would not have been able to pay the price to attack the fortifications.

Han Tong thought in his mind that when the Liao army had almost finished attacking, he would mobilize the imperial guard camp to concentrate in one direction and counterattack the lost fortress again... There were also a large number of rural soldiers stationed in the city to replenish the lost defenders.

Of course, this tactic cannot last for too long, and the morale of the village army will quickly fall to the end! But Li Chuyun's cavalry brigade will not procrastinate for too long!
Chapter completed!