To be precise, they should be Yelü Dashi's subordinates.
Li Ganshun truly pledged allegiance to Yelü Dashi. He was stationed in the Taichiwu tribe by Yelü Dashi.
Li Ganshun disagreed with the actions of the various tribes on the grasslands at this time, but Anbahai Khan was eager for quick success and instant benefits.
With the grassland army marching south and war already raging, Li Ganshun felt powerless to do anything but change the situation.
Perhaps the only thing they could do was escape in the chaos of the night.
The only place we can escape to is the Karakhanid Khanate. We need to find Yelü Dashi.
Dealing with these nomadic barbarians is exhausting. All they think about is killing. After a few drinks, they all think they're invincible.
Li Ganshun glanced at the arrogant Muker with pity out of the corner of his eye, thinking to himself: Once you've truly fought against the Song army, you'll know what kind of people your opponent is.
Muker's voice interrupted Li Ganshun's thoughts. He roared, "Pass down the order: anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
The barbarians' war drums beat faster and faster, and the vanguard seemed to have gone mad.
Boom boom boom...
The cannons on the city wall bombarded the city relentlessly, turning the several waves of barbarian soldiers who attempted to attack the city into bloody messes.
The bowstring vibrated violently, and arrows rained down like a storm, embedding themselves in the man's forehead and tearing apart the flesh and blood inside his brain.
Barbarian soldiers were falling all the time. Some were afraid and retreated, but they were shot to death by their own men behind them with arrows.
Before long, the barbarian soldiers had suffered as many as two thousand casualties, and the ground below the city was littered with corpses, with desperate cries echoing everywhere.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the barbarian siege ladders finally approached the city walls.
The Song army began using fire oil and thunderbolts.
The fierce flames shot down from the city walls, instantly setting the siege ladders ablaze, the flames engulfing the barbarian soldiers.
He instantly turned into a human torch, letting out a heart-wrenching scream, and fell down, crashing to the ground below the city wall, his body deformed from the impact.
Bang bang...
Thunderclaps were thrown down from the city wall, and those hit were blown to the ground, their faces blurred by the explosions, and they groaned in pain.
The barbarian tribes of Taichiwu had never seen a battle like this before, and they were completely bewildered by the attack.
The generals, in particular, were all dumbfounded by the Song army's endless variety of tactics and their astonishing lethality.
The Song army's weapons were not only powerful, but also had a wide kill range.
The barbarian generals were terrified; this was practically sending themselves to their deaths!
Almost all of the catapults were destroyed. The barbarians thought they had learned some treasures from Yelü Dashi, but they didn't expect that they would be gone as soon as they entered the battlefield.
The barbarian generals, who had previously been so aggressive and arrogant, have now chosen to remain silent for the time being.
At this moment, Lu You rode his horse to the city gate and found Gu Changting.
"Young master, why haven't you left yet?"
"Commander Gu, now that the barbarians are attacking, how can I, as a soldier of the Song Dynasty, desert my post?"
Gu Changting sighed and said, "Young Master, you should leave quickly. If anything happens to you here, I will not be able to explain to the Emperor Zonggong, let alone His Majesty."
Lu You ignored his concerns and said, "Commander Gu, if we continue fighting like this, by the time we run out of firearms and arrows, I'm afraid not many of these barbarians will die."
Gu Changting said with a tragic air, "The entire army of Beiyuan Village is prepared to fight to the death!"
As long as we are here, the city will remain!
Seemingly inspired by Gu Changting, the young Lu You declared with boundless enthusiasm, "Commander Gu, I am willing to fight alongside you all!"
"Young master, you are a hero, I admire you. However, this battle will surely be a bitter one. Why don't you return to the Northern Prefecture now and ask Commander Lu for reinforcements?"
The messenger had already set off for Beifu in the south before nightfall, and of course, there were also messages for help.
Gu Changting said this in the hope that Lu You would leave.
Lu You was a rare talent, and both the military governor's office and the emperor thought highly of him.
He desperately didn't want Lu You to die here.
"General Gu, six years ago, General Yue sealed the wolf's lair, and His Majesty even marched all the way to the North Sea, causing the barbarians of the grasslands to flee in all directions. The powerful Jin Kingdom had just been destroyed by our Great Song Dynasty, and the nobles were exterminated."
When Lu You said these things, his tone was full of pride and envy.
But then he changed his tone and said, "Even if my Great Song cavalry has trampled the borderlands, why do the barbarians of the grasslands still dare to attack my Beiyuan Village?"
Gu Changting was slightly taken aback. After Lu You said that, he became somewhat puzzled.
Previously, I had been thinking about organizing people for defense and counterattack, and hadn't considered this aspect.
The Song Dynasty's iron cavalry had just annihilated the Jin Dynasty, and Yue Fei's bold words still echoed on Mount Langjuxu. On the grasslands by the North Sea, the white bones that had been chopped to pieces by the emperor's army still warned the tribes of the grasslands: Those who offend our Heavenly Song Dynasty, no matter how far away, will be punished!
But why are the barbarian armies now daring to come over?
To be honest, no one expected it.
After the Jin dynasty was destroyed, various tribes of the steppes sent envoys to Tokyo to express their submission.
"What insightful opinion does the young master have?"
"Gaochang in the northwest has openly rebelled. Commander Yue and Commander Wu have already deployed troops in the northwest, ready to advance westward at any time. At this time, the sudden attack by the barbarian army from the grasslands can only mean one thing: they want to break through the Beifu defense line, capture Heishui City, and enter the heart of the Hetao region, causing Commander Yue and Commander Wu to have worries about their rear. At that time, their morale will inevitably be thrown into chaos."
"You mean, the nomadic tribes of the grasslands and the Gaochang Kingdom conspired together?"
"Given the limited intelligence of the nomadic tribes, they couldn't possibly conspire with the Gaochang Kingdom. There must be someone else behind this."
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