Chapter 313 I Want to Go Home

Yelvren first sent troops to surrounding towns to resist the Zhou army's encirclement strategy in order to gain time to strengthen the city wall and collect supplies for defense.

Otherwise, Yelvren, who originally wanted to defend the isolated city, would not have to divide his troops to guard the city gates.

Only as a result, the Liao army led by Yelv Renxian was reduced to a certain extent.

From the original army of 200,000, to now, not counting the wounded, it is only about 150,000 when fully equipped.

On Weiyuan's side, there were 400,000 troops responsible for siege.

However, before he launched a general attack on Xiangzhou, Yelv Renxian had made sufficient arrangements and sent someone to inform Yelu Xinxian to lead all his soldiers to support Xiangzhou.

Many Liao generals were puzzled by this.

"Commander, before going south, you said you would attack Zhou from multiple directions. If you join forces now, wouldn't you be putting your eggs in one basket?"

"Wei Yuan put all his troops in Tangyin. Now Daming Mansion is empty. With more than 100,000 troops, can't we still defend Xiangzhou?"

"Commander, let General Xinxian support Xiangzhou. Of course, it will make Xiangzhou infallible, but it is scary. It will be even more difficult for our army to make an advance in the future!"

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An inch forward?

Yelvren glanced at the general first, shook his head and said, "It's good to be able to protect the northern towns occupied by our army."

In the Liao army, many generals were still dreaming of going south to capture the dragon.

In fact, Yelvren still had something he didn't tell them.

It is quite difficult to keep the army from suffering any more losses.

Let alone conquering the city again.

On April 20, the eighth year of Jiayou's reign, Wei Yuan personally visited Xiangzhou City and commanded his soldiers to attack the city.

In the first battle, Zhou Jun must achieve a good result, which is related to morale.

On top of Xiangzhou City.

Mr. Yelv Ren, who was wearing armor, also came to supervise the battle in person.

He and Wei Yuan, one standing on the top of the city and the other sitting on horseback, were very far apart.

But they were all looking at each other in unison, and their gazes seemed to be able to penetrate the vast surrounding fields and the gray sky, and finally focus on each other.

For the two of them, this battle was also their first real confrontation.

Outside Xiangzhou City.

Wei Yuan, who was sitting on the horse, suddenly turned his horse's head, looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him, and said only one word,

"kill!"

In an instant, horns and drums sounded one after another.

A huge siege battle officially started.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty pushed the siege vehicles and charged towards the Xiangzhou city wall.

In order to reduce the casualties during the siege, Wei Yuan specially gave various instructions when Tang Yin was training them. When attacking the city, teams of three and two must advance separately, and each team must have shield soldiers and spearmen. .

"Instruct the three armies to ascend first, be promoted to a third rank, and be given a hundred acres of fertile land, a house, and a thousand taels of gold!"

When he saw the soldiers charging into battle, Wei Yuan spoke loudly without hesitation.

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

When Wei Yuan's order was repeated over and over again to the entire army through many heralds.

Many soldiers rushed to Xiangzhou with more motivation.

At this time, the Zhou army was seen getting closer and closer to the city gate.

Yelvren no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the entire army to defend and prepare for war.

The next moment, the Liao army on top of the city was seen shooting arrows and throwing stones, trying to prevent the Zhou army from attacking.

Countless arrows were like meteorites falling from the sky, mercilessly hitting the charging soldiers.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan had made arrangements in advance.

Those dense arrows could hardly exert their full lethality against the dispersed Zhou army.

When Yelvren first saw three Zhou soldiers forming a small team, with a long gap between the teams, he suddenly felt the mystery and murmured:

"Judging from this siege alone, Wei Yuan's ability is already higher than Zhang Fu."

Although many officers and soldiers of the Liao Army today mocked Wei Yuan when they saw the formation of Zhou's soldiers.

But Mr. Yelvren still didn't dare to underestimate it at all. In fact, the more he thought about the formation of the three-man team, the more mysterious it became.

Although the disadvantage is obvious, that is, it is difficult to effectively attack the city gate in the shortest possible time.

But the advantages are more obvious.

A team of three can reduce unnecessary casualties to a great extent.

Both the enemy and ourselves knew that it was impossible for the Zhou army to capture Xiangzhou in the first siege.

Although the first siege will definitely fail, this battle must be fought.

How to fight has become a science. As long as someone can climb the city wall today and reduce casualties to a great extent, then it will be a great victory for the Zhou army!

In addition to the soldiers in teams of three, there are also some teams with larger numbers. There are at least ten teams of three people around them responsible for protection and security.

What makes this team extremely special is that they push the siege engines.

Once an arrow is fired, the three-person team around the siege vehicle will spontaneously gather to block some of the arrows for them.

Then, there were several shield vehicles in the siege vehicle team, ensuring that the siege vehicle could quickly reach the Xiangzhou city wall.

Although the Zhou army's advance was not fast, it could be said to be very slow.

But every time they take a step forward, they never take another half step back.

As the rain of arrows continued to fall, Wei Yuan witnessed many soldiers falling to the ground, including some good ones.

As long as it is a siege battle, there will be casualties, which is almost unavoidable.

"General Wei, let me go!"

At this time, Chen Daniu, who was standing behind Wei Yuan, volunteered.

Wei Yuan was naturally reluctant to let him go.

After all, swords have no eyes.

"Wait a little longer." Wei Yuan declined tactfully.

Chen Daniu had to give up, frowning deeply, watching the difficulties of his brothers in front of him in attacking the city.

Suddenly, Wei Yuan suddenly saw that a team of siege vehicles had stagnated.

The soldiers who pushed the siege weapons forward had all died under the arrows.

Twenty people, just gone.

Seeing this, Wei Yuan's mood couldn't help but become heavy.

This is not a good sign.

The Liao army in Xiangzhou has been preparing for this battle for a long time!

Presumably, what they lack the most now is arrows.

"Hmm?"

Just when he was considering whether to continue to increase troops to attack the city.

Suddenly, several teams of soldiers approached the stagnant siege vehicle.

Wei Yuan stared at that direction.

But he saw a soldier taking a flag from the dead flag officer, holding a shield in one hand to block the flying arrows, and waving the flag to the surrounding teams with the other hand.

Wei Yuan saw that this man was quite wise and brave, and asked curiously: "Whose general is that?"

Hearing this, several generals around him looked at that position.

But the distance was too far, and it was difficult to tell who the soldier belonged to by just looking at his figure.

So, Wei Yuan stopped asking.

He was very curious about what the soldier with the flag was going to do.

In the distance, next to the chariot.

Seeing that the flying arrows were getting denser and denser, the soldier holding the flag could not resist it with just a shield, so he simply hid under the cover of the chariot for the time being.

He was waiting for his comrades to come.

At this time, a captain came running angrily, also using the chariot as a cover, hiding beside the soldier, and said angrily:

"Yang Wei, what did I tell you?"

"On the battlefield, you must learn to be smart, don't be so passionate that you don't care about your life!"

The soldier named Yang Wei said: "Captain, there are arrows everywhere, how can you hide? Rushing forward will also kill you, it's better to push the chariot over!"

Push the chariot over?

The captain's eyes widened instantly, feeling incredible, "You want to climb first?"

Yang Wei nodded.

Suddenly, several arrows shot at him, and the captain was careless and was scratched on the arm by a flying arrow.

The captain swallowed his saliva subconsciously, looked at Yang Wei again, and said puzzledly: "You are the most afraid of death on weekdays. When the battle of Damingfu was called off, you ran faster than anyone else. Why are you not afraid of death now?"

Yang Wei smiled but said nothing.

The captain squatting under the chariot made up his mind, grabbed the flag, and waved it again to his comrades around him.

Soon, seven or eight people came.

The captain held a shield, watched the flying arrows, stood up, and said loudly:

"Brothers, the general said that the first one to climb the city will be rewarded!"

"It's the same death, so why not fight those Liao dogs!"

As soon as the voice fell, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who used the chariots and shields as cover, quickly spoke one after another:

"Fight!"

"We didn't die in the battle of Daming Mansion, so how can we die here today?"

"To climb the city first, kill!"

"Kill!"

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The last general who said the word "kill" was shot to the ground by an arrow without paying attention.

In an instant, there was no hope of survival.

Seeing this, several people were timid, but when they heard the earth-shaking shouts of the comrades who kept rushing to the city gate, their hearts were immediately filled with blood.

Yang Wei and the captain just looked at each other, and without saying anything, they dragged the chariot forward.

This chariot can be used to set up a ladder, and with the chariot as a support, the ladder will not be knocked down by the Liao army, and the soldiers are also very safe when climbing the ladder.

"Brothers, let's go!"

Yang Wei said loudly.

Everyone pushed the chariot while resisting the arrows, and at the same time looked at him, all revealing a bit of incredible meaning.

Isn't this kid always afraid of death?

During the battle of Damingfu, everyone rushed forward, but this kid, lying in the pile of corpses pretending to be dead.

If it weren't for the brothers to cover him afterwards, I'm afraid he would have been served by military law.

But now, this kid is not afraid of death!

Perhaps it was also because Yang Wei changed his usual behavior. In short, everyone's fighting spirit was instantly aroused by him, and they pushed the chariot slowly forward.

But the arrows of the Liao army were too dense.

Seeing his comrades being shot and falling to the ground one after another, Yang Wei was afraid.

But at the same time, he seemed to have another idea in his mind, which overcame his fear.

But they were flesh and blood after all.

No matter how strong their faith was, it still couldn't save them.

In the blink of an eye, an arrow shot into Yang Wei's heart.

All his internal organs seemed to have been severely injured, and a stream of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Seeing this, the captain shouted, "Boy!"

Yang Wei seemed not to hear anything, and his eyes went black and he fell to the ground.

The captain squatted down again, dragged Yang Wei to the side of the chariot, slapped his cheeks, and shouted:

"Boy! Don't fucking sleep! Wake up!"

At this time, the brothers Paoze around them were almost dead.

Yang Wei, who was about to faint, suddenly heard a voice in his mind, which rekindled the belief deep in his heart. He slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Du Tou's face, he smiled slightly miserably. ,

"Oops, I'm afraid I'm really going to die this time."

In the army, Du Tou had a good relationship with Yang Wei.

The latter is relatively young, only in his early twenties this year, but he is already in his thirties.

Dutou has always treated him as a younger brother.

"Damn it, didn't you just pretend to be dead from the beginning? I'm here to cover you, so what are you afraid of!"

"If you want to be greedy for being the first to get there, how can you covet the credit for being the first to get there?"

As he spoke, Dutou's heart ached.

Yang Wei smiled and vomited blood, and then took out a letter from his armor with the words "letter from home" written on it.

Everyone could only listen to his trembling words,

"Brother, I lied to you. I'm not from Daizhou."

"I am. I joined the army in Xiangzhou. I was afraid of death. I thought that if I said I came from Daizhou, you would all look down on me."

Dutou took the letter that was soaked in blood from his hand. In the chaos of the battle, Dutou's eyes turned red as he failed to live up to expectations.

"Boy, stop talking, save some strength, hold on for a while, the troops will withdraw soon, and you will be saved!"

"I tell you the truth, all of us soldiers have military registration. I have long known that you are not from Daizhou."

"Talk less, don't sleep, don't sleep!"

However, the gaze in Yang Wei's pupils was gradually blurring, and even the few words he muttered in his mouth were a little unclear.

"I I want"

With arrows on their heads, they all used the chariot as a cover, trying to find ways to stop Yang Wei's wounds.

"What are you thinking about? Boy! Don't sleep!"

However, Yang Wei could no longer hear what Dutou said.

The world that belongs to him is gradually falling into darkness.

Perhaps, until the end of his life, he did not even listen to what he said.

"I want to go home."

go home.

This may be his belief that makes it worth risking his life to get there first.

After Yang Wei died, everyone put the family letter back under Yang Wei's armor.

He didn't dare take the letter home.

Because even he didn't know if he could survive.

"kill!"

Dutou picked up his shield and sword, stood up with all his strength, and rushed towards the city wall regardless of the chariot and arrows shooting from the sky.

However, his fate was the same as that of most of the soldiers who participated in the siege. He fell on the road to charge.

He fell.

He was hit by three arrows.

However, he was already very close to the city wall.

Before his consciousness dissipated, he used his last strength to crawl slowly towards the city wall.

After a while, behind him, there was a trail of blood that seemed to be caused by being dragged.

"kill!"

"kill!"

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Du Tou's consciousness became increasingly blurred, so blurry that he didn't know whether the word 'kill' he said was what he was thinking in his head, or whether it came out of his mouth.

"You two brats, if one of us is the one who works hard, it's okay, isn't it?"

Du Tou's eyelids have become increasingly heavy.

He was already extremely close to the city wall.

It seems within reach.

However, the moment he stretched out his hand to touch the city wall, a huge boulder slammed down.

He was smashed until his flesh and blood were bruised, and no bones were left.

No one knows why this dying man still did such useless work until the end of his life.

In short, his behavior completely aroused the warlike elements in some Zhou army soldiers.

It also frightened some Liao army officers and soldiers who witnessed it with their own eyes.

"kill!"

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