I don’t know how long it took, but the Khitans finally climbed to the top of the city. Fortunately, there was a new army of the Song army behind them, holding bayonets and quickly wiped the Khitans out on the top of the city. However, under the illumination of torches, most of the people were exhausted, while some were full of horror.

Gao Min slowly calmed down and said to Hong Fang beside him: "Let Mao Qin's troops rest immediately, Liu De will come to the city! The Khitans attacked too hard and had to replace them in less than half an hour. Otherwise, the soldiers would easily be exhausted and be taken advantage of by the enemy."

Hong Fangyingnuo ran downstairs quickly and ordered Liu De to lead his troops to replace Mao Qin.

The Khitans attacked the most fiercely in the north of the city, with fewer enemies in the east and west, while the south was left. The Khitans fought very well. Although they came fiercely, they did not act recklessly.

After a brief rest, the Khitans rushed to the city again without a life. At this time, the cannons at the top of the city had to stop cooling down temporarily because they fired too hard, and they could only rely on the soldiers on the top of the city for a while.

Gao Min saw that the Khitans had piled up like mountains under the city. As a result, the Khitans behind them were affected when they attacked and had to send people to move the bodies into the trenches under the city. At this time, there was no water in the trenches, and the corpses entered the trenches and slowly filled them up.

The clouds were very thick tonight, the moon was blocked, and there was only a faint light. The torches outside the city were endless. Gao Min even had an illusion that there were Khitans everywhere in the night.

Along the valley of the river, it extends to the Zhending Prefecture. In the Song Dynasty, there were Xicaogupu, Dongcaogupu, Beizhai, and Sanliukoupu. In the Dingzhou, there were Chiyapu. These were small villages, with a few hundred soldiers and dozens of soldiers. The biggest function was to manage the place, and the other was to refuse to guard the important places. These were small villages, although the place was not large and there were not many soldiers, they could not go down in one go. In a sense, these villages were the warning points of the Song Dynasty, and were originally intended to prevent the Khitan from attacking suddenly. Those who guarded the villages were all imperial guards who had not been trained.

The sudden advance of the Khitans made the Song army break through all the forts without any news, and they came fiercely. Quyang was just a small city, with only a thousand people under Gao Min. Dingzhou was in the rear, unlike Baozhou and Xiongzhou who built so many new cities, and there were no cities around him that helped him. Once Quyang broke, it was Dingzhou City fifty miles east.

Sighing, Gao Min turned to look east. In the night, he didn't know if Liu Jianji from Dingzhou had received any news.

Liu De led his troops to the top of the city and joined forces with Mao Qin to repel the Khitan's attack. Mao Qin led his men to quickly go down the city and make some news first. If the Khitans' offensive continues, he will soon lead people to the city and replace Mao Qin.

Normal people can't hold on to such a life-and-death battle for long. If it takes a long time, some people will collapse, some people will become numb and just execute commands mechanically. Fighting face to face can easily make people tired.

Looking at the densely packed Khitan troops gathered under the city, Gao Min hesitated for a moment. Should he take part of the army out and rush for a while? If he just defended the city, there would be problems and he had to counterattack in time. Looking at the appearance of the Khitans outside, he would charge without hesitation. Now is not a good time. Moreover, they just used the most primitive ladder, without other siege equipment, and had no target when they left the city.

At this moment, Pan Yue climbed up to the city with panting and panting. He stretched his head down and looked back quickly and said, "Why are there so many Khitans? We have spies in the Khitans, and the Khitan army gathered, why is there no news?"

Gao Min said: "These Khitans must have come from Feihu, not from Youzhou. Even if they have suspicion, the news about Feihu has never been convenient. The magistrate, now he says these things are useless, just keep the guard."

Pan Yue looked at the Khitans who were sieging the city with no chance of life and said, "Instruction, how long can the Khitans persist in this attack? When I was in the city, I saw Mao Qin's army who went down, and dozens of people were killed or injured. In another hour or two, I was afraid that the muskets would be completely broken!"

Gao Min said: "The musket is broken, and there are swords and guns, which are used in the army! The magistrate, you don't have to doubt the soldiers guarding the city. As long as you keep the city from being in chaos and everything is in order, it's fine. I think the city is still in a mess now. How can this be done?"

Pan Yue was silent for a while and said, "The people in the city will inevitably panic when they hear the shouts of killing outside. It's night again, so it's hard to suppress it. Let's do this first, and when it's dawn, everything will naturally be fine."

At this moment, a sudden shout of killing sounds shook the sky not far away. Turning his head, he saw another Khitan rushing up there and fighting with Liu De's troops. For a moment, the pressure on the city was reduced, and the Khitan people below were very excited and rushed towards the city desperately.

Gao Min said sternly: "I ordered Mao Qin to bring people to the city! Also, the entire army will be bayonets! If the Khitans rushed to the city, kill them immediately!"

Hong Fang, who was on the side, agreed and rushed to the bottom of the city tower. Mao Qin's troops had already rested. After hearing the order, they rushed up with their soldiers.

After driving the Khitans down the city, Mao Qin went to Gao Min with his hands and sang, saying, "Instruction, this is not a solution. The muskets in the hands of the soldiers have never been used like this. They keep firing guns. When can they be used? When my troops went down just now, they found that more than 60 guns could not be used. But there were no bows and arrows in the city, and the muskets were broken, so they could only watch on the city."

Gao Min said: "The musket is broken, let them use boiling oil and stones. There are many ways! We guard the city and condescendingly. Will there be no way to deal with the Khitans? As long as we firmly defend, there will be a way to go! Quyang is only fifty miles away from Dingzhou. When Taiwei Liu got the news, he will definitely send troops to rescue us! The Khitans came from the mountains and could not carry supplies, so they couldn't hold on for long!"

Pan Yue said: "Instruction, I see that the Khitans are all cavalry, and there must be cavalry outside the city. A few months ago, the imperial court strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and the people moved to the city. There was no spy outside the city. Where can anyone go to Dingzhou to report the news?"

Gao Min said: "Why are there no eyeliner? Every intersection and every delivery shop is guarded by soldiers. If you don't expect them to fight with the Khitans, the Khitans will come and report it in time. Not far from Quyang is Longquan Town, and there are delivery shops to Dingzhou, so those soldiers will naturally report the news."

Pan Yue shook his head and said nothing. What Gao Min said makes sense, but now there are examples of several villages in the mountains. So many Khitans have crossed the mountain, but there is no news at all. Could it be that the soldiers in the fortress are dead? But the soldiers near Quyang are so dedicated? In fact, the entire army of the imperial guards was trained, and the people who did not train were panic and did not know where they were going and how could they work hard?

At this moment, the sound of cannons sounded. The artillery soldiers at the top of the city rested for a while and began to set off fire again. For a moment, the Khitans under the city were a little panicked.

After firing a few cannons, suddenly there were sounds from the city not far away, and the shouts of soldiers came. Chen Fengzhou ran over quickly and sang to Gao Min: "Report the commander, the cannons exploded just now! The last general has already ordered them, and each cannon only fires five cannons at each time, and water the cool cannons immediately."

Gao Min nodded: "It can only be like this. After fighting for so long, many soldiers' muskets were broken, and it was not uncommon for the artillery to explode. Let the gunners fire guns into places where the Khitan crowds are densely populated, and use the flowering bullet first!"

Chen Fengzhou Yingnuo turned around and issued a new combat order. There were not many artillery at the top of Quyang City, and it was originally intended to attack the enemy's siege equipment. As a result, the Khitans only used ladders and lost their biggest use.

The Khitans had been sieging the city for more than an hour. Looking at the walls, the trenches had been filled up, and there were thick bodies on both sides. In fact, the Khitans suffered great losses in this group of desperate sieges, with more than 2,000 casualties. However, they knew that they could not capture Quyang in one go. By dawn, reinforcements from Dingzhou came, and they could not even occupy the stronghold that left Taihang Mountain. Without this foothold, this surprise attack would be equivalent to failure. In this failure, the Song army blocked this route and had to change the entire strategy.

Pan Yue saw that there were Khitans rushing up not far away. Liu De led the Song army with a bayonet and rushed straight up. The two armies were fighting on the top of the city, and there were only figures flashing in the night and they couldn't help but frown.

Gao Min shook his head and turned to look at the Khitan army outside the city. After a while, he said to Hong Fang, "To this day, how many people have the Khitans lost? You estimate?"

Hong Fang said: "There are more than 100 soldiers we have lost. Judging from the appearance of the Khitans, they are at least 2,000 people lying under the city."

Gao Min nodded: "I guess this is the case. More than 2,000 people died and still attacked the city with such a desperate situation. It seems that the Khitan army that came out of Taihang Mountain this time was quite large. How could it be like this without 10,000 soldiers outside the city?"

Hong Fang nodded: "Yes, if there are not more than 10,000 people, how could he be indifferent to the loss of more than 2,000 people? Instructing, it seems that the Khitans have given up and will conquer Quyang City tonight."

Gao Min sneered: "It depends on whether the Khitans have the ability to kill all my thousand people!"

Seeing Gao Min as if he was devouring, Pan Yue suddenly shivered and bowed, "Instructions and guard the city, I will go back to the city. I will cook some food later and make midnight snacks for the soldiers guarding the city. Looking at the Khitans, I'm afraid I will attack you at night."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the city with his men.
Chapter completed!