At this time, the war was contested with the national strength of the Song and Liao countries, because it was the autumn army, time passed quickly, and it was about to be the New Year, the army of the Great Song Dynasty did not stop, but began to accelerate the attack, which is something that made the Liao people puzzled, after all, when the New Year is approaching, the soldiers' war-weariness will increase exponentially, and the homesickness will become more and more intense, but the army of the Great Song Dynasty continues to speed up the pace to gather in the Xijin Mansion as if they don't care, and this posture seems to be bound to the Xijin Mansion!

Yelu Zongzhen had already received the battle report from the front, and the anger in his heart was about to ignite his body, and the heavy gasping sound could be heard clearly in the entire palace in Shangjing.

The courtiers of the Liao Dynasty trembled on their knees, although His Majesty's name of generosity and generosity was not weaker than that of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but the companion was like a tiger, the more lenient and generous the temper was the more terrible, the Western Xia lost tens of thousands of elites in the Great Liao, and even the Khitan nobles were captured by Li Yuanhao Dozens of people, His Majesty was also able to escape under the protection of the Imperial Tent Cavalry, which was a great shame, who knew that the Great Song Dynasty waved his troops to the Northern Expedition, so that the Great Liao was hit hard one after another!

What makes people even more angry and shocking is the combat ability of the Song people, the remnants of the defeated soldiers who escaped from Flying Fox City are preaching all the way that the Great Song Dynasty has the help of the gods, and the siege of the city is just a snap of a finger, this group of damn fools even used ghosts and gods in order to cover up their incompetence!

Yelu Zong really soothed the anger in his chest, turned his head to Yelu Zong who was kneeling on the main hall and said, "Bashi, you are the deputy general in Flying Fox City, do you know the whole story of the destruction of Flying Fox City?" Hurry up! ”

Yelu Zongxin was slightly relieved to see the emperor call his nickname, which showed that the emperor did not intend to punish himself, bowed and saluted and recalled: "This time the Song people came to commit a crime different from the past, they are well prepared, and they advance and retreat in an orderly manner, not to mention that they are under the imperial conquest of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!" The fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Song army was far greater than usual, and they ......"

"Yelu Sect believes that you are making excuses for your failure?! You are still the son of Yelu Longyun, but you are like a jackal to disgrace him! Why did Jeremy die in battle and you were able to come back? Isn't it impossible to escape?! ”

The strange voice of yin and yang sounded, and the ugly words hit Yelu Zongxin like a sword, he was the most loved by the emperor, and many people were already jealous, why were the descendants of his Han people more favored than the Khitan nobles? Is it because Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang once lived in the tent, slept together, and ate together?

At this time, Yelu Zongxin also began to have a slight suspicion in his heart, but after all, Yelu Zongxin was the young talent he valued the most, and Empress Dowager Xiao was his grandmother, how could people be attacked like this.

"Shut up, everything has to listen to what Bashi says, he is the only general who has participated in the defense of the city in Flying Fox City, and he is also the only general who knows how powerful the Great Song Dynasty is! Who said it clearly except him?! ”

Yelu Zongzhen's words made many people who were still planning to make trouble shut up stupidly, and it seemed that the emperor's favoritism towards Yelu Zongxin was more than a little bit......

Yelu Zongxin bowed again and said: "It is understandable that the minister withdrew, but the minister withdrew, not fled, at that time, the army of the Great Song Dynasty had collapsed the southern wall of Flying Fox City, and the warriors of Da Liao raised their swords to fight and no one retreated, and I and the guard Yeluying were the same." But in the last crisis, the guard general Yelu Ying ordered me to withdraw, and I truthfully explained the battle report of Flying Fox City to His Majesty, otherwise the minister would definitely die and not retreat! ”

The generous words and stirring voice made people have to believe what he said, at this time, Yelu Zongxin was already angry, and his eyes were slightly red, this was the grievance in the heart of the prairie man, and anyone could see that he was forcibly enduring the pain in his heart to say the words.

Yelu Zongzhen had already been conquered by Yelu Zongxin's performance, and sighed slightly and said, "I have suffered from pulling the stone...... Where is Yereying? ”

Speaking of Ye Luying, Ye Lu Zongxin's face turned pale, recalling the tragic situation of Ye Lu Ying, who was about to flee with him at that time, and said with a slightly trembling voice: "It was cracked by the Great Song Artillery!" ”

There was an uproar in the main hall...... Cracked by artillery? What do you mean, at most on the battlefield to be stoned to death, and I have never heard of anyone being smashed open by artillery......

Seeing that everyone was in an uproar, the emperor's eyes showed surprise, and Yelu Zongxin said with a pale face: "You have never seen the power of the Great Song Dynasty artillery, and when you enter the heavenly gods, you will strike like thunder, and the cannons will shoot out, and it will erode for a hundred meters for a while, the house will collapse, the tree will be torn apart, and the people will be muddy...... It was this unheard-of device that caused many walled cities in Nanjing Road to lose and change hands in an instant! ”

His words surprised many people in the hall, after his previous performances, many people thought that what he said would not be false, but this does not mean that they will believe him 100%, according to his description, this is no different from the power of the gods, can it be said that the words of those defeated soldiers are true? But that's ridiculous!

Yelu Zongzhen was surprised and asked, "What kind of device can be so powerful?" Did you see that? ”

Yelu Zongxin shook his head and said, "The minister didn't see ......."

The Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, you just kept saying that the power of the Great Song Dynasty's siege equipment was amazing, and now you say that you haven't seen it? Many people showed disbelief and made up excuses for their incompetence!

In the questioning voice of the Manchu Dynasty, Yelu Zongxin said: "Although the minister did not see the real thing, the minister saw the artillery, and asked the soldiers to bring it all the way back, please allow the minister to present it in the main hall!" ”

The doubts in the main hall were received, and Yelu Zongxin also brought things, which means that this is true, and combined with the statement of the rout, there must be no falsehood, after all, not everyone will accompany him Yelu Zongxin lied.

Yelu Zongzhen nodded and said, "Submit it!" I want to see what the Great Song can use to destroy the walls of my Great Liao! ”

When the guards appeared with a round iron bump in their arms, the whole court laughed, how capable can such a little thing be? Not to mention destroying the city wall, even ordinary courtyard walls may not be able to smash it!

Yelu Zong really pointed to the iron cannonball and said to Yelu Zong: "Is this little thing?!" Seeing that he nodded in affirmation, he asked Xiao Hui again: "King Han, do you think this thing can be so powerful?" ”

Even Yelu Zongzhen didn't believe that this little iron ball could cause much damage to Flying Fox City, and he began to doubt what Yelu Zongxin said.

Xiao Hui led the troops to fight for many years, although he failed in the Western Xia War, but he still had the most basic military affairs, took the iron ball and looked at it and frowned: "If you use a stone throwing car, it should be more powerful than ordinary stone bullets, but it is not enough to collapse the city wall......

Yelu Zongxin interjected: "That's not the case, when the Song people fired the artillery, it was accompanied by a huge roar, and the sound shook Cangyu like a dry thunder!" And this is just a smaller cannon, and there are larger and heavier ones the size of a melon, which are even more amazing! ”

Zhang Jian took it and looked at it, and was quickly attracted by the black mark on the cannonball, touched a little and put it on the tip of his nose, sniffed it, and exclaimed: "This is gunpowder!" ”