With the warning of the defenders on the city wall, the whole Yangcheng fell into a nervous and panicked mood, Fengshengzhou is the hinterland of Xijing Road, and it is at least five days away from Xijin Mansion, even if the Song people are fast, it is impossible to suddenly appear outside Yangcheng without recruitment.

The head of the army entered the city wall with the B brothers, and as the rumbling became louder and louder, the iron cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty gradually appeared in everyone's sight, and the cavalry in black armor appeared at the end of the earth, and as they gradually approached, the pupils of the military head suddenly closed, and he had never seen the armor of these Great Song cavalrymen.

The so-called army head is actually the Taoist general in the Yangcheng defenders, the Liao army also follows the military system and tactical methods handed down from the ancestors, the Liao army fights, the cavalry every 500 to 700 people are a team, ten teams are one, and ten are on the side.

The team, the road, and the face have their own coaches. Each team takes turns to kill the enemy and not give the enemy a chance to breathe, while their own men can rest for a while.

As a Taoist general, the head of the army should have 6,000 people in his hands, but because the emperor Yeluzong Zhennan sent 5,000 people, there are only about 2,000 defenders in Yangcheng now, and they don't have many weapons and equipment to defend the city.

No one could have imagined that the Great Song cavalry would appear in Yangcheng in the hinterland of the Liao Dynasty, which is the inner part of Xijing Road, the closest place to Dading Mansion in Fengshengzhou, and it is impossible for the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty to suddenly appear, unless they have conquered Ruzhou and Wangyun County, two important towns in Fengshengzhou.

An ominous thought shrouded in people's hearts, obviously the appearance of the Great Song cavalry unconsciously showed that Ruzhou and Wangyun had fallen or been surrounded, the experienced military leader Aruda shouted so that the already frightened defenders were ready to meet the enemy, he had participated in the battle of Tanyuan, but he had never seen such a terrifying Song army iron cavalry, no wonder even His Majesty was defeated by the Song people.

This Song army is really terrifying, although the number is not very large, and it carries many carriages, but it has the might of tens of thousands of people in momentum alone.

Five thousand people, Aruda's eyes swept and made it clear the number of the Song army, five thousand against two thousand, his own side is still defending the city, and there should be a chance of victory! No matter how powerful the Song cavalry is, they are not good at siege battles, right? Relying on the danger of the city wall, Aruta felt that he still had a chance.

But the Khitans in the city don't see it that way, even if Aruta is mobilized by military order, they only summoned 2,000 people to appear on the city wall, you must know that there are more than 30,000 people in the city, even if you remove the old and weak, there should be more than 10,000 people.

Looking at Chengzhong in disappointment, Aruda didn't expect that the Khitans were so cowardly that they were hiding at home and trembling.

Looking at the fields outside the city, Aruda's mouth was slightly bitter, it was these fields that turned the warriors who were supposed to run on the grassland into timid farmers, and they gave up the glory that originally belonged to the Khitans for the sake of those ridiculous grains!

Aruda looked at the B brother on the side and said, "I hope that you will not surrender even if you die in battle, and do not hide in the corner and ask for forgiveness from the Song people like those we want to protect." ”

The second brother looked at the city in confusion and muttered: "Why ......?"

"Why?!"

Aruda repeated a sentence and smiled miserably: "Naturally, it is the means of the Song people...... Have you forgotten the Song people who bought grain in the past two years? Since they found that the land near Yangcheng was suitable for growing wheat, they encouraged the people in the city to farm, and the old parents of Wangyun County did not know how much benefit they received from the Song people, and actually agreed to the people of Yangcheng to farm the land......

The second brother looked at each other and said, "We've never heard of wheat making wine!" This is obviously a trick of the Song people to confuse the enemy! ”

While commanding all the defenders in the city to block the city gate, Aruda gritted his teeth and said, "When the Song people give real money, who would think about this? What does it matter if wheat can make wine or not? As long as you don't give money, it's fine! So the Khitan people in Yangcheng got off the horseback, put down the hunting bow and horse pole in their hands, pulled up their trouser legs and walked into the field, and looked at these fertile fields, which were the meeting gifts they gave to the Song people!! ”

Although Aruta was just a Taoist commander of the Liao Dynasty, his words were to the point, this was a means of the Great Song Dynasty, a transformation of the Khitans through economic influence, the biggest advantage of the nomads was their mode of production and warfare, once they gave up this advantage and were trapped by the land, they took over only one, and became even less than the farming people.

The cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty has raided the city, and Zhao Li, who did not encounter any Liao people blocking along the way, was very unhappy, they are cavalry troops, and they obviously do not have an advantage in the siege battle, originally with his guess that the cavalry of the Liao people will not be able to help but go out of the city to fight, and now it seems that the generals of Yangcheng are still relatively smart.

Siege warfare is siege warfare, whether it is the tall city of Xijin Mansion or a slightly simple city like Yangcheng, the defending side always has the advantage, and the cavalry's war horses can not cross the city wall and fight the Liao, right?

Zhao Li led the cavalry to stop two miles away from Yangcheng, this distance was just outside the range of artillery, even if it was a small city like Yangcheng, Zhao Li had to guard against them, after all, he didn't know the situation in the city, what if such a small city had artillery?

During this time, he observed Di Qing's combat methods and understood a truth, prudence in everything can make the Great Song Dynasty invincible.

The more than 5,000 people in his hands were all cavalry of the Beiwei army, and they almost encountered resistance along the way during the long-distance attack, but in order to speed up the march, Di Qing did not give him artillery as a weapon to break the city, but only gave him some gunpowder, and told him that these gunpowder was enough for him to break the city, and the captain in the Beiwei army knew how to use it.

The army was encamped, Zhao Li knew that his position was not suitable for attacking, unless there was artillery to blow up the walls of Yangcheng, and when it was dark, he would send those cavalry that used gunpowder, if it was not as Di Qing said, he would definitely make their butts bloom!

Zhao Li was a little unwilling, even Li Jiu was sent to attack Wangyun, and he had to deal with a small city like Yangcheng, how much military merit could he have?

The official family conquered Kehuailai, and then went straight to Alum Mountain to sit in the town, in case the Liao Emperor sent troops to help, and Di Qing led Huailai to be sent from two places in Ruzhou, such military feats are enough for him to eat for a lifetime!

But the official family specially issued an order to explain that when attacking Fengshengzhou, he must obey his Di Qing's dispatch, Zhao Li has already handed over his life to the official family, and the official family will listen to whoever he asks.

Before leaving, Di Qing also said that this small Yangcheng would face all the pressure from the Dading Mansion of the Liao Dynasty, and once it was taken, it must be defended, and other armies would continue to reinforce him......

Bullshit! The army of the Liao people is in the hands of the Liao Emperor! Where did the Dading Mansion reinforcements come from? Even if the Liao people want to help their emperor, they must be able to dispatch troops!

Zhao Li was full of confidence and felt that more than 5,000 people in his hands had taken Yangcheng, but the reason why he Di Qing said this was just to let himself show him the door.