Huge fishing nets hung at the head of the towering city of Chuzhou (later Huai'an), and on the top of the wide city wall, the morale-shaking defenders lined up a fairly regular formation under the supervision of the officers.

The crossbowmen lined up, and the few remaining eight-ox crossbows on the horse's face had been put into the slot, just waiting to be fired. At the same time, the few stone cannons that remained were also prepared.

Everything is ready to go, just waiting for an order.

But Liu Yanqing, who was the commander-in-chief of the Song army in Chuzhou, was telling his son to quietly prepare and prepare to run away.

Yes, Chuzhou has been holding out for many days under the attack of the Northern Army, but today is likely to be the end of it all.

In fact, it was not lucky, the general attack launched by the Northern Army three days ago had already been able to take Chuzhou.

But God stood on the side of the Southern Army, and at the most critical time, the ordnance sent from the rear finally arrived, and a sudden thunderbolt extinguished the passion of the Northern Army.

The Thunderbolt is the name given to the imitation given to it by the Southern Army in order to distinguish it from the Heaven-Shaking Thunder in the north, and it is much less powerful than the Heaven-Shaking Thunder.

But can they still be so lucky today?

The city was surprisingly quiet, and the officers who had been running and shouting earlier had already taken their positions, vigilantly watching the northern army outside the city.

The other side is clearly ready. The black-pressed crowd was beyond the range of the crossbows, and thousands of armored soldiers gathered around the ladder carts, and in front of them were rows of tall wooden firebolts, as well as stone cannons and eight-oxen crossbows hiding behind the wooden firecrackers.

Just like the battle of Bianliang City, the consumption of ordnance powder far exceeded the replenishment, and when this momentum could not be changed, the battle of Chuzhou was also settled.

The endless Northern Army group moved, the military flags fluttered, and countless people cheered and shouted one after another. The morale of the soldiers was boiling and their fighting spirit was high.

The huge sound echoed in the sky over Chuzhou for a long time!

Wooden dustpans, ballistas, and artillery carts were approaching the city little by little, and the sound of the horn suddenly sounded, and the defenders at the head of the city felt that their hearts sank, and their hands involuntarily clenched their weapons! On the battlefield, only this guy in his hand is their strong support!

The call of the Northern Army reached its peak in an instant! The defenders' eight-bull crossbows also began to wield.

But because of the difference in medicinal powder, the explosive power of the defenders' eight-bull crossbow is really a bit choking, but it is really useless for the ballista and artillery carts under the city. Because the eight ox crossbows of the Northern Army are all hiding behind wooden fires.

No matter how powerful the crossbow gun is, it is only pierced through the wooden ring, and it is impossible to pierce the tissue paper with a sharp needle, and it can easily pass through, not to mention that the ballista gun is still tied with a powder belt under the blade, and the explosion of the powder can only blow up the wooden dust.

Only when the ballista opened the distance between itself and the wooden pole in front of it and wanted to fire arrows at the head of Chuzhou City, it was possible to be directly hit by the crossbow gun at the head of the city, but this chance was really too small.

Especially when there are very few eight-bull crossbows in Chuzhou City.

Today's general attack was just like Liu Yanqing expected, when the stone cannons of the northern army were close to the city wall for 200 steps, when the earth-shattering thunder was thrown on the city wall of Chuzhou, everything was over.

Shocking thunder streaked across the sky, roaring towards the enemy group at the head of the city! When the drama that shook the world was loud, the defenders saw that it was a regional scene!

Blood was splattered, stumps and arms were flying, and no one could continue to fight in such a situation.

The moats had long been filled in, ladder trucks had been sent under the city walls, and the armor of the Northern Army rushed to the top of the city as quickly as ants.

Of course, there are still defenders resisting, but it is an inconspicuous wave in the great river, which is annihilated by the torrent of iron armor in an instant.

As for some of the means that Liu Yanqing arranged in the city, such as barricades and interior walls, the former was vulnerable, and the latter added some trouble to the northern army entering the city, but the difference in morale between the two sides was too great, and the trouble was just some trouble.

Especially after Xue Guang, who entered the city, shouted "Liu Yanqing has fled", the morale of the defenders was completely cleared.

Then Zhi Yan ordered Xue Guang and Zhang Qiong to lead the troops to pursue non-stop, and then defeated Liu Guangguo in the Gaoyou army.

This Liu Guangguo is Liu Yanqing's eldest son and Liu Guangshi's brother.

In history, he and Liu Yanqing led 10,000 troops to break through when they lost the second Battle of Tokyo, but they were caught up by the Jin people and all of them died in battle (but they didn't surrender). Liu Guangshi got his father's cuteness, and he also had the aura of a loyal minister, and it was smooth sailing all the way in the Southern Song Dynasty.

And in this world, Liu Guangguo and Liu Yanqing are not dead, so Liu Guangshi's development is far inferior to the same period in history, just following his father's left and right, but Liu Guangguo is in charge alone, and was sent by Zhao Huan to Geng Nanzhong's men to rectify the Jiangnan soldiers, horses and ordnance.

Chuzhou broke first, Gaoyou was lost again, and the northern army that was blocked in the north by Chuzhou for a long time was killed under the city of Yangzhou in the blink of an eye, after the news spread across the Yangtze River, Jiankang heard the news, and the whole city was shocked!

Zhao Huan as early as when he had not arrived in Yangzhou, he urgently transferred Zhang Gongyu and Xu Wen, the commander of the Mingzhou (Ningbo) Naval Army, to lead the army to Qinwang, Zhao Song originally did not have a naval division, and it was also after he deliberately managed Jiangnan that he made people form a naval division army.

After he crossed the river, he wantonly expanded the naval army, and Liu Guangguo had two generals under the command of Zhang Chong and Geng Jin.

This is today.

However, when this day really came, Zhao Huan distrusted these sailors again.

This is that it is uncertain whether anyone will surrender the Northern Army in such a situation, and the second is that I do not believe that these naval armies can really stop the Northern Army.

So, a voice was born in his heart again - moving the capital. Or more precisely, run away!

In Jiankang City, panic is spreading everywhere.

They have not heard the sound of swords and soldiers for many years, and suddenly a catastrophe is coming, so that the people in the city can really not be panicked?

Jinyi Wei waited for the opportunity to release rumors that spread all over the capital, and one of them was particularly touching. It is said that the official family is ready to give up the stone city of the head of the southern country, and wants to retreat to Sichuan and Shu and visit Chengdu. This stimulated them more than Zhao Huan running away from Zhejiang.

A large number of Tai students who followed Zhao Huan to the south were in a commotion, they were always very active at some times, but this time they were blocked out again, asking the court to give an explanation.

With the bloody precedent of the past, the chamberlains and some officials, and even the ministers were killed and could not leave the palace gate, Geng Nanzhong knew that he was not recruiting Shilin to be seen, and what he needed was not out of the line.

In the end, Zhao Huan could only ask Wang Di, the attendant of the Xianmo Pavilion, to come forward to appease the Tai students and the people who were 'lured' by the Tai students.

Wang Di is Wang Yan's heir (stepson) and Wang Anshi's grandson.

Wang Anshi is the pride of Jiankang City, although he is not a person from Jiangning, but he lived in Jiangning with his father Wang Yi for a long time when he was a child. He spent his youth in Jiangning, and came here twice to keep filial piety and serve three prefects, and lived for nearly 20 years. It can be said that this is his second hometown, and the people of Jiangning Mansion are naturally very kind to Wang Anshi.

What can Wang Di say? In the face of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, they can only swear that the so-called abandonment of Jiankang is purely false, and it is actually a rumor released by the Northland, which is an abominable act that fears that the world will not be chaotic. The people should not speculate, then they have fallen for the evil plan of the northern thief.

But in fact? The monarchs and ministers in the court are arguing one by one.