Chapter 234: Decisive Battle with Youyun (25)

There was a blazing fire at the break of the southern city wall, and many imperial guards were burned into firemen, and the screams continued, just like the evil ghosts in hell were howling.

Hou Dayong, who was supervising the battle outside Youzhou City, looked as usual, and the southern city wall was bombed out of the gap, which meant that Youzhou had already obtained it. Hou Dayong had already prepared for the cruel siege deep in his heart. He said to Zhao Kuangyin calmly: "There is no combustible thing, the fire will not last long. General Zhao stepped forward to supervise the battle. Our army's offensive must not stop, and the Khitans cannot recover."

Zhao Kuangyin took the order and left.

Wei Renpu, who was beside him, had a blue face and black face. His legs were trembling constantly. When he heard Hou Dayong's calm tone, a chill rose from his heart, "Hou Dayong is really cruel and as cruel as iron, as if he had not seen him. This person must not be an enemy."

There was a team of imperial guards on the earth platform outside the city. They kept shooting at the Khitan army at the break of the city wall with crossbows, intending to suppress the Khitan soldiers on it. Many Khitan soldiers gathered at the fracture. They were condescending and desperately shot the Zhou army stranded at the base of the city wall. They ignored the crossbow arrows outside the city. As long as one person was shot overturned by the crossbow arrows outside the city, another soldier would immediately add him.

As Hou Dayong expected, the fire at the breakout at the city gate soon decreased, revealing rugged ruins.

Zhou Jun dug a big hole under the city wall. After the gunpowder exploded, part of the city walls fell into the hole, and the rest collapsed. Although there were mud, bricks and stones everywhere at the fracture, a gap of more than ten steps wide was formed.

Under the supervision of Zhao Kuangyin's strict calendar, Murong Yanzhao, the commander of the Iron Cavalry Right Army, led the 6,000 infantry of the Right Chamber Army, braved the flames of unfinished, and desperately rushed into the city.

At this time, all the Zhou army entering the city had rushed through Qingshi Street and slashed with hundreds of Khitan soldiers led by Han Derang. All the Zhou soldiers entering the city were Iron Cavalry soldiers. Except for the 4,000 cavalry, they did not participate in the siege. Ten thousand people were divided into three teams and rushed into the broken corner of the city wall in turn.

The formidable general Wang Yansheng led the first team with 4,000 people, Ji Qingyang led the second team with 6,000 people, the first team and the second team had a total of 10,000 people. Under the fire, arrow shooting and blocking of the Khitan soldiers, a vanguard army of 10,000 people. Only 5,000 people rushed through Qingshi Street, and half of the soldiers were killed and killed on the road from the broken wall to Qingshi Street.

The Zhou army, who had left the city wall, had already had their eyes red. The vicious side of human nature was stimulated by blood. They shouted and rushed towards the Khitans.

Under the leadership of Ji Qingyang, more than 2,000 people from a cell, led by Han De, made his troops pounce on him.

The other group had more than 3,000 people who were not entangled with Han Delang's Khitan army. Under the leadership of Zhang Lingduo, the deputy commander of the Iron Cavalry Army, they crossed the bluestone road and rushed towards the east gate. There were many Khitan people on the city wall, who had occupied the advantage of the territory. The Zhou army, which used precise archery techniques to the city wall, brought huge casualties. The city wall was a highland that the Zhou army must occupy as soon as possible. The two city stairs that climbed the south city wall were destroyed by explosions, so Zhang Lingduo led his army to seize the east gate city stairs.

When Ji Qingyang's troops and the Khitan army began to fight hand-to-hand, Wang Yansheng was exhausted and forced to jump into the burning fire.

The Khitan Army Deputy Delang's Khitan Army relied on familiar terrain and fought and walked, and soon retreated into the alleys in the Nancheng District. Although the number of Zhou troops in Ji Qingyang was superior, under the complex terrain, the advantage of troops could not be exerted. Khitan soldiers continued to appear at unexpected places such as the corners of the street, the door openings and the roofs, and launched fatal attacks.

Han Delang was even more surprised by the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army. It was his first time to fight with the Great Zhou army. In the story of the Khitans, the southern army was vulnerable. The southern people were even more cowards. One Khitan could defeat ten southern people, and ten Khitans could defeat hundreds of southern people. However, today, Han Delang's original concept was completely overturned. These southern barbarians in the siege were all fierce and fearless. They had extremely strong combat power, whether fighting alone or in groups. The Khitan soldiers did not take any advantage. What's even more terrifying is that the southern barbarians had various crossbow arrows and catapults. These long-range weapons caused great damage to the Khitan army and weakened the morale of the Khitans.

There was a melee in the south city gate, and Han Derang's troops had been dispersed. He led forty personal guards and killed more than a dozen left-in-one Zhou soldiers. He was chased by a group of Zhou soldiers. Just as they turned into a street, they saw a group of Zhou soldiers blocking from the far alley.

Han Derang was about to rush over and fight to the death, but the captain of the guard, Hengsi, suddenly said, "This is Yelushe's home, let's go in." Hengsi kicked the yard door violently, but the yard door did not move at all. A guard was very clever. He took the horse rope around him and threw it into a big tree in the inner wall. He happened to be put on a broken branch. The guard took the rope and flipped into the yard in a few steps.

As soon as Han Derang and others entered the yard, Zhou Jun rushed to the front of the door.

The Khitan guards held the gate tightly. This large courtyard was the residence of Yelu Society, the government office of the Zuopingzhang Zhengshi in Youzhou. It was built quite luxuriously. Especially the gate was made of famous green wood on Yanshan Mountain. Green wood was not only hard but also fire-proof and moth-proof. It was an excellent wood for making the gate. The Shangjing Hall was made of green wood. Yelu Society also wrapped a layer of copper skin on the door, making the gate quite majestic.

The Zhou army, who was chasing Han Derang, was eager to break out. At this moment, there was chaos outside, and another group of Khitans rushed over. The Zhou army outside the door had to give up attacking and turn to fight. The two groups of soldiers had more than a hundred. Under the fierce battle, there were only a dozen Khitan soldiers left at the gate.

When Han Delang saw a long ladder in the corner of the courtyard, he put it on the wall. The wall of Yelu She's house was four people high, and the base was nearly one meter long, which was extremely firm. There was a big tree on the inside of the wall, with lush leaves. Han Delang hid among the leaves and looked at the scene outside the wall. As soon as he poked his head out, he saw a group of Zhou soldiers, hugging a general wearing black armor, emerged from the corner of the street.

The general was Ji Qingyang, the commander of the left wing of the Iron Cavalry Army. He saw countless bodies of Zhou Jun lying down at the gate, and more than a dozen injured Khitan soldiers were preparing to retreat. Ji Qingyang looked extraordinary and was three-point similar to Wang Tengxiang. He roared angrily: "Don't let these little Khitan thieves run away." Before he finished speaking, an iron arrow shot from the leaves on the wall. The arrow was like lightning, and it hit Ji Qingyang's face. Ji Qingyang felt a huge pain in his left eye, and an iron arrow shot deep into his eye sockets.

When the Zhou army saw the general being caught by arrows, two personal guards leaned over to pick up Ji Qingyang, and the other soldiers nervously carried their swords and looked around. Although Han Derang was not old, he was a famous general of the Khitan shooting tiger. He used the cover of leaves to shoot arrows calmly, and only the sound of bowstrings was heard, and seven Great Zhou soldiers were shot to the ground.

Seeing the enemy's bows and arrows marching, the soldiers hurriedly retreated to the corner of the street. The dozen Khitan soldiers who were fighting hard took the opportunity to escape in the other direction.

When Han Derang saw Zhou Jun retreat, he stopped and slid down the wooden ladder. The opponent's army soldier said, "I just shot and killed a Zhou general. They must take revenge. Now move all the tables and chairs out and block the door." More than 40 Khitan soldiers quickly moved most of the tables and chairs in the house to the gate, and objects piled up behind the gate in a mess.

As Han Derang expected, the door soon heard a collision sound, but the door was really solid, and the Zhou army used any tools to hit the door outside the door. Although the collision sound was extremely dense, there was no sign of being knocked open.

Han Derang and his personal guards lit their bows and arrows in the yard. Just when the enemy rushed in, they fought to the death. Suddenly, six wooden ladders appeared on the wall. Han Derang said to the six soldiers around him: "You six are shooting first, wait until the Zhou army is in a hurry to attack. Everyone shoots again. We must save the arrows and strive to support for a while, drag them until dark before finding an opportunity to leave the city."

Several Zhou army shield soldiers had appeared on the wall, and the archery techniques of the six personal soldiers were also very real, only slightly inferior to Han Derang. When they hunted, they shot the running hares and shot almost every shot. It was really easy to shoot the big target on the wall. The six people calmly tried to hit the wall with arrows.

The Zhou army protected their body with a shield. At this time, the six men did not fire. When the Zhou army soldiers carefully stepped onto the city wall, the six men keenly found the flaws of the Zhou army soldiers. Several bowstrings sounded, and the Zhou army fell down one after another when climbing onto the city wall. One of them fell in the courtyard. The six Zhou soldiers were all shot arrows in their thighs. Although they were not fatal injuries, they lost the ability to move.

A Khitan soldier with an extremely strong body holding an axe walked to the wall with a grin. The Zhou army soldier endured the huge pain in his thighs and struggled in terror to get up. The Khitan soldier held up a big axe and slashed it violently. The Zhou army soldier blocked it with a one-handed shield. The Zhou army soldier defended arrows with one-handed shield, and resisted swords and guns with great effect. However, under the slash of the axe, how could the Zhou army soldier with a leg injured resist? He was chopped to the ground, and the arm holding the shield was broken. The Khitan soldier chopped down the second axe again. The Zhou army soldier who had lost the ability to resist closed his eyes. When the giant axe and his chest, he let out a long breath, but his eyes opened.

The Zhou army continued to increase wooden ladders outside the fence, and several strong attacks were repelled by Han Delang. The Zhou army suffered losses to many soldiers and was forced to stop the attack.

After a while, dozens of rockets were shot into the wall. The rockets were shot on the wooden eaves and slowly began to burn. The Zhou army outside the wall seemed to think the fire was not fierce enough, so they threw a few torches in, and several torches were thrown on the eaves, and two torches actually landed behind the gate.

Although the houses of Yelushe were divided into front gardens and back gardens, all the houses were connected together by corridors. Seeing the fire, Han Derang knew that he was doomed, so he said to the leader of the guard, Hengsi, "It's better to fight to the death instead of being burned to death." Speaking of this, Han Derang suddenly remembered something and said suspiciously: "This is the house of Yelushe, the government affairs of Zuo Pingzhang. Where did his family go? Why didn't there be anyone?"

Just when he was puzzled, he saw a man who looked like a family general running from Zhongyuan and said, "General Han, come with me." Han Derang had visited Yelushe's home many times and had seen this family general, and said happily: "Is there a secret passage?" The family general only said, "Come on quickly."

Han Derang came to the back garden with his family. As soon as he came to the back garden, he saw more than a dozen wooden ladders exposed on the wall. Several Zhou army soldiers had just poked their heads out. Now that things have come, Han Derang and others no longer save arrow branches. After a rain of arrows, all Zhou army soldiers disappeared on the wall.

The back garden is full of dense flowers, plants and trees. Among the trees, there is an inconspicuous cottage with a well in the cottage.

The general of the family said, "There is a hole on the side wall of the well, so Lord Yelu hides it down, so let's go down quickly." After that, he slid down along the rope of the well. Han Derang also slid down. When he slipped sixteen people, Zhou Jun finally climbed over the front yard.

In order to avenge the main general, the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army did not find the car crash and could not open the extremely strong wooden door. They searched more than a dozen long ladders to the yard of Yelushe. Many of them were shot and killed in the front yard. Seeing that the Khitans were catching bows and arrows inside, they did not dare to attack, so they turned to the back garden. Unexpectedly, they were also attacked by Khitan soldiers in the back garden. Seeing that all the Khitans ran back, the Zhou army soldiers carried the ladder and retreated to the front yard. This time they climbed over the wall, they were indeed not attacked.

The leader of the guard guard in the back, heard the shouts of Zhou's army in the front yard, drew his sword and cut off the well rope, and said, "We have no time to go on, fight with the Zhou army." After that, he rushed towards the Zhou army with the remaining twenty Khitan soldiers who had no way out.

Han Derang came to the well wall and crawled through a small hole. There was a ray of light deep in the hole. The hole became wider and wider. Finally, Han Derang could stand up completely.

The lights were already on, a small hall that could accommodate more than twenty people. I saw a middle-aged man sitting upright in it, his clothes were not messy at all. It was Yelushe, the government official at Zuopingzhang, Youzhou. When he saw Han Derang, covered in blood, he laughed and said, "General Han, we are really destined to be together." Han Derang's father Han Kuangsi and Yelushe were both officials in Shangjing. They had a good personal relationship. Han Derang met Yelushe in private, and they were both rituals of juniors, so Yelushe said this.

Yelu She was once a minister who Yelu Deguang trusted very much and served as the deputy envoy of the Northern Privy Council. After Yelu Deguang's death, the Khitan nobles fought endlessly and fought each other extremely cruelly. Yelu She was frightened by the bloody massacre and voluntarily came to Youzhou to become the political affairs of Zuo Pingzhang of Youzhou, trying to avoid the struggles of the powerful officials in the capital.

When he arrived in Youzhou, Yelu She built a high wall to protect himself. After several years, he dug an authentic tunnel, which directly leads to the cemetery in the city. There are good ventilation equipment in the tunnel, connecting several wells in the city, and preparing enough food. He has all the living facilities. He has no problem living in the cave for two years. This is the way for him to escape.

After the Zhou army blew up the city wall, Yelu She decided that the city could not be defended, so she took her whole family down the well, leaving only a strong martial arts and loyal family general who stayed outside the wellhead to observe the development of the situation.
Chapter completed!