The sun, the sweat, the heat, and the war.

Ganchi lowered another flag, and the 40,000 reserves had already gone up to 30,000, crowded, blocked, squeezed forward and pushed back, and the cranky drums never stopped.

And the loud noise that reverberated back and forth in the sky, like lightning striking the earth.

"It won't last long!" Yelu Yixin's words became more and more determined, and he never forgot them, expecting them to echo.

The Liao people's foot soldiers, swords, shields and spears, have been pressed up, but they can't be pressed to the front line, between advance and retreat, crowds of people, the plan is a very good plan, if you follow the steps, if everything is in the plan, at this time these foot soldiers should have rushed to the city, began to fight for the city wall, began to fight for the ladder, began to fight for the city gate, and then opened the city gate.

It's a pity that the plan has been completely deformed, and it can no longer be carried out step by step.

The situation also began to change, after the front line, countless Liao troops began to disperse the formation, this is the instinct of people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as long as the formation is dispersed, under the continuous bombardment of the hot projectiles, casualties will naturally be reduced.

The situation of squeezing forward and pushing back came to an abrupt end, and the Song army began to move forward at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the Liao army could no longer be seen on the slope, and under the slope, the Liao army was also retreating. is still the same sentence, it is not that the soldiers of the Liao army do not serve to die, but it is really when the manpower is poor.

Ganchi was excited, dancing with excitement, like an athlete scoring a goal on the field, clenching his fists and waving them into the air.

Fire, keep firing, although each shot is only a hundred projectiles, but it is time to really decide the victory.

On the high platform of the Liaohou army, Yelu Hongji no longer paced, closed his eyes and shook his head again and again, his nails were deeply sunk in the palms of his hands, momentum, momentum, momentum was declining, momentum was about to decline......

This is the most intuitive feeling in the sight, the Liao army is fighting to the death, all fighting to the death, and the Song army that was killed and wounded was also killed and wounded by the Song army in a row.

But the momentum is really declining.

"What's the remedy, think quickly!" Yelu Hongji shouted.

Yeluren was in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, or ...... Why don't you press all the departments of the steppe on it! ”

Yelu Yixin hurriedly stopped: "No, never." ”

Yelu Hongji immediately shouted, "Why not?" ”

"Your Majesty, in such a situation, if it is a victory, it is feasible to free the steppe people into battle, but now it is a stalemate, and the liberation of the steppe people will inevitably have endless troubles." Jeruyisin's words make sense, and his understanding of the human heart is incomparable.

"Why?" Yelu Hongji asked again.

"Your Majesty, if you are indomitable, the steppe people will definitely be afraid to go into battle, and there will not be too many people who dare to rebel. But if the situation is stalemate at this time, the grassland people will see that it is difficult for us to win, and the rebels will be numerous. Jeruyisin explained.

The reason is very simple, if those grassland people see that the victory of the Liao people is in sight, naturally most of them do not dare to rebel, because they are also afraid that after the victory of the Liao people, they will turn around and enter the grassland, and slaughter all the tribes one by one.

But if the grassland people see the current situation, although Yelu Yixin is said to be a stalemate, everyone can see that the Liao army has run out of donkey skills, and it is the decline of the situation, under this situation, those grassland people who hate the Liao people to the bone have greatly reduced their worries, and they will inevitably defect in large numbers at that time.

"Is there a plan?" Yelu Hongji listened to Yelu Yixin's words, and had to ask again.

"Your Majesty, there is another plan." Jereyisin replied.

"Come on, what's going on at this time?"

"Your Majesty, the first two formations of cavalry plus foot soldiers have gone up, and at this time there is a last group of cavalry, about 30,000, this ramp will not go up nine times out of ten, why not temporarily change the formation, strike east and west, take a long ladder around the city, and storm the southern city wall. All the main forces of the Song people are on this slope, and it is bound to be difficult to take care of. If the southern wall can be broken, Datong can also be broken. ”

Yelu Yixin had no way to do it, and temporarily let the cavalry take a long ladder to climb the other city wall, which was a gamble, betting that the southern city of the Song army was empty.

"Your Majesty, these 30,000 cavalry are used to storm the city, just wait for the city gate to open, rush in, and completely defeat the Song people. If it is temporarily dispatched to the south, in case this side rushes to the city again, and there is no one available when it is necessary to storm the city, and the follow-up is weak, wouldn't it be a waste of fighters? Yeluren had illusions about the original plan.

"Your Majesty, this wall can't be climbed!" Yelu Yixin was extremely calm at this time, and the thought of "it will not last long" had been shattered, and he had to fight again.

"Yi Xin, you're desperate!" Obviously, Jereren was more conservative than Jeruyixin.

"It's come to this, what else can you do if you don't gamble? Could it be that Mingjin withdrew his troops? Once the gold is called, the Song army will inevitably swarm out, trailing and covering up, and the morale is like a rainbow, how can our army stabilize its position? Have you ever wondered about this question? Yelu Yixin said, this is also the most basic common sense of a qualified general.

If you advance and retreat, you will be defeated. This is still a problem of organization, only when people are organized together, will burst out of huge energy, once the organization is loose, there is no way to fight back. Retreating from the army is a process of loose organization, and tens of thousands of horses will become tens of thousands of individuals.

When charging forward, each individual knows what they want to do, what they should do, and where their goal is.

When retreating, once encountering a cover-up, every individual will lose ground, not knowing what to do, they will make a mess, and they will definitely lose.

Emperor Yelu Hongji hesitated for a moment at this time, and immediately made up his mind: "Attack the southern city, attack the southern city." ”

A group of commanders immediately rushed everywhere to bring orders from His Majesty the Emperor.

30,000 cavalrymen, dismounted countless times, began to move the long ladder, countless cavalry had already stepped into the horse's hooves and began to transfer.

Above the tower of Datong City, someone immediately shouted: "Xianggong, the last soldiers and horses of the Liao people have attacked, and they are running around the city, and they must attack other places." ”

Gan Qi ran back and forth in several firing ports, watching the movement of the Liao army in his eyes, this is to go to Nancheng, Nancheng.

Gan Qi's heart was complicated, firstly, he was worried about Nancheng, where there were 10,000 defenders, all of them were 10,000 victorious troops, could they withstand the craziest attack of the already crazy Liaoren?

On the one hand, Gan Qi was a little excited, the Liao army was already empty, and it was time to make a decision.

The worries in Gan Qi's heart were numerous, but the decision was also quite fast: "Lower the green flag, let Di Yong go out of the city, and directly hit the rear of the Liao!" ”

"Raise the black flag, let Shi Honglei also go out of the city, and attack the flank of the Liao army."

"Lower the blue flag, let the last ten thousand reserves also press up, go up the city wall, go down the ramp."

Bet!

The Liao people gambled, and Gan Qi also gambled, and all bets on both sides were on the table.

It's up to God.

The bet is that 30,000 Liao people will not be able to break through Nancheng in a short period of time.

The bet is that Di Yong will plug in as quickly as possible, go straight to the Chinese army, and drive the emperor of Liao out of the general.

The bet is that under the shelling, Shi Honglei flanked away, and the Liao army's position will really be chaotic.

After Gan Qi gave these orders, his whole body was relieved, and he was already tired. All the orders have been given, there are no more orders to give for the time being, even if you still want to give orders, you can't give orders, the plan has been completed, and it is impossible to command such a large army in battle. What Gan Qi can really command is these commanders and hundreds of personal guard battalions around him.

In this battle to defend the city, Ganqi, as the coach, has completed his mission.

Xicheng, 20,000 cavalry, suddenly all of them were shocked.

"General Di, Gan Xianggong's order is here, Gan Xianggong's order is down."

Where does Di Yong still have time to reply, there is only one sentence: "Open the city gate, open the city gate, go, hurry, rush out!" ”

Dongcheng, too, the city gate was opened in an instant, and 20,000 ironclad cavalry swarmed out, the horse's hooves rose agitatedly, and the dust immediately filled the air.

In the east and west cities, as soon as the cavalry swarmed out, the city gate was immediately closed, and many soldiers carried countless heavy objects to block behind the city gate. It also indicates that after these cavalry leave the city, no matter whether they win or lose, there will be no chance to enter the city again in this battle.

Yelu Yixin only saw a little dust on the east and west sides, and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the cavalry of the Song army is out of the city, and they must be coming to Jiangtai." ”

"The Song people still dare to go out of the city? Quick, order, give the order to field with it!" In the field, the Liao people have an advantage, this is Yelu Hongji's subconscious idea.

"Your Majesty, which one will be ordered to fight with it?" Jeruren asked first.

Only Yelu Yixin frowned, at this time, what other orders did he get? How else to give orders? Even if an order is given, how to adjust the formation of a large number of cavalry in time? Where is there room for a large number of cavalry to charge again?

"Order the cavalry under the ramp ahead to assemble for a field battle." Yeluhonki was a little out of place.

"Your Majesty, no. How can you withdraw from the army? Once the army is withdrawn, everything is over. "Yelu Yixin still maintains the basic literacy, and the cavalry in front is still mired in chaos and retreats to assemble in formation? Isn't that stupid?

Yelu Hongji stabilized his mind and asked, "How to deal with it, how to deal with it?" ”

"Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, let's all move forward and join the army, so that the Song army can't find Your Majesty, and the only way to do it is to enter the battle and fight chaotically. As long as the southern city is broken, it will be a big victory. "Yelu Yixin's decision is really clever. But it is also bold, this is to let the emperor and all the civil and military ministers enter the battlefield.

In the place of the battlefield, there was a chaotic battle, and these civil and military ministers did not know how many dead and wounded. The Liao State has always been where the emperor is, where the imperial court is, and where the civil and military ministers in the center of the imperial court are.

But only this method is the best, at least desperately ensure that the emperor does not die and the people's hearts are not disturbed.

If this is not the case, then the only way to do this is to let the emperor and the civil and military ministers fight and leave quickly, which must not happen.

Yelu Yixin's countermeasure, Yelu Ren did not refute it at all, retreating must not be retreated, only advanced. Advancing will also bring benefits, and the emperor himself will go into battle, which can also boost morale to some extent.

Therefore, Yelu Renxian also immediately said: "Your Majesty, Yi Xin is right, we should all move forward and enter the battle." ”

Yelu Hongji looked back at Yelu Yixin, and then at Yelu Renxian, it was impossible to say that he didn't have a little idea in his heart, but the two people he trusted the most in front of him said so, and he was helpless, gritting his teeth: "Lead the horse." ”

Yelu Yixin hurriedly went to lead the horse himself, and he himself turned on his horse, and turned back and shouted: "Bring the drums and horns of the army, beat the drums as you go, and go." ”

On both sides of the east and west, the smoke and dust were already raging, and the horse's hooves were also ringing in the sky. If Yelu Yixin reacted a little slower, he didn't expect that these cavalry who went out of the city would have come straight to the general.

Yelu Hongji's life must be lost at this time, and I don't know if Ganqi, who let Yelu Yixin go, regret it at this time.

But at this time, Gan Qi, who saw the emperor's canopy moving, immediately understood the actions of the Liao, and suddenly saw Gan Qi rushing down the city tower and heading straight for the artillery in the east.

Fifty guns were firing hard, and the golden armor had arrived, shouting: "Pad up, pad the cannon, raise the muzzle." Hit the canopy, the big golden umbrella, there, where many people are clustered together......"

"Xianggong, I'm afraid I won't be able to hit it, it's still far away, why don't you wait for them to get closer?"

"Multi-charge, multi-charge, just hit there!" Gan Qi didn't care, just shouted.

"Xianggong, Director Shen said that if there is too much charge, it will explode!"

"The bore is also hit, and the charge is charged. Feign! Gan Qi gritted his teeth, and managed so much.

Raising the muzzle of the gun will increase the parabola of the artillery, which will increase the firing range, and the multi-charge will naturally increase the firing range. The way to raise the muzzle of the gun is also simple, that is, to raise the front of the gun carriage.

The soldiers brought the ropes, first lifted the cannon and the gun carriage, and then stuffed the flat stone in front of the gun carriage.

The soldiers were busy, and then they loaded the charges, according to Gan Xianggong's orders, and the charges were more than they needed, and the bombing chambers should also be loaded more.

"Ignition, ignition, ignition, hiding." Ganchi shouted.

With a roar, Gan Ba was already standing in front of Gan Qi with a big wooden shield.

The soil is flying in the distance, and countless Liao people can be seen. The canopy is still the same, and the clusters are still the same.

"No, adjust the muzzle position, aim, and then charge." There was no explosion, obviously no one knew how much medicine this cannon was loaded with would explode, and even Shen Kuo, who made them, had not done this experiment.

The explosion is also beaten, Gan Qi's cold-blooded ruthlessness at this time is undoubtedly revealed, the city is so big, no matter how to hide, there will inevitably be heavy casualties when the chamber is blown up.

"That's the emperor of Liao, move faster, charge, fight." Gan Qi kept shouting, just this sentence of the emperor of the Liao State is enough for countless soldiers to regard death as home.

Thundered.

"The canopy hasn't fallen yet, so let's keep fighting." The artillery of this era is too poor in accuracy, even if the aim is almost the same, the landing point of each shell is also a metaphysical probability, and the only way to keep hitting it is to keep fighting.

continued to fight, and the people around the canopy had already been smashed everywhere to dodge, but the canopy had not yet fallen.

The canopy, apparently, cannot be poured, it is not the emperor, but it represents the emperor. If all the Liao people can't see the canopy in their sight, it proves that the emperor is gone, and he either ran away or died.

Therefore, the canopy must not fall. The canopy entered the battle, and the emperor came first, which was morale. If the canopy falls, the consequences are unimaginable.

Emperor Yelu Hongji, who was no longer under the canopy, was surrounded by a group of shields, and was still muttering: "What is it in this world that can hit so far?" ”

No one thought that how could there be such a thing in this world? Can you hit so far? The ballista, two or three hundred steps, is already extremely far, and the strong crossbow is one or two hundred steps, which is already very powerful, and can penetrate the iron armor. Rockets, on the contrary, are only a few dozen steps.

Gunpowder is not only available to the Song people, but also to the Liao people, and Yanyun's people will also fire artillery. Cannons, the Liao people have not only seen, but also had.

What the hell is it that can hit so far?

Di Yong came around from Xicheng, but he was a little dazed because his goal was gone.

"General Di, what's going on? Enemy ......"

Di Yong didn't know what was going on, he quickly got up from the stirrup and looked around.

"General Di, over there, you see, there, the emperor of the Liao people is there."

"General Di, do we rush into battle from time to time?"

Plans can't keep up with changes, orders are ineffective, no more orders can come, everything is decided on the spot.

"Rush into battle, General Shi will rush from the east, let's rush from the west. Mess up the enemy's array! Di Yong's decision was helpless. There will be no more orders, and the city will not be able to go back, so he will go out with 20,000 iron horses, and this is the only way.