The Liao army could only attack Hanyang from the land side because the naval division could not control the river, and the defenders also concentrated most of the iron barrel artillery in this direction. Within two miles of the western city, the artillery fire of the defenders was particularly fierce. Those places where it was possible to build barracks were calculated by Zhao Xingde's artillery crew, no matter day or night, as long as the head of the city saw the Liao army moving there, it would bombard with shells to prevent the Liao army from building a strong anti-artillery barracks.

Not far from the city wall, the Liao army carried by water, the barrel cannons were coming ashore one after another, and as soon as they were loaded into the fort, they couldn't wait to fire at the head of Hanyang City. Countless stone projectiles arced across the walls and landed in the city, and the defenders had forbidden them to camp in their houses, instead setting up tents behind the walls. In addition to artillery, the Liao army also placed a large number of bed crossbows and stone throwers within a distance of hundreds of paces below the city, constantly throwing iron crossbow arrows, rockets, poisonous smoke bombs, and rotting human and animal carcasses into the city. Hanyang Fortress is different from the Namsan Fortress built by Zhao Xingdeok. There are still a lot of dead ends in the artillery positions at the head of the city, and after the Liao army rushed into the dead corners, they had to rely on the defenders to exchange their lives for their lives, using bows and arrows, rolling wood, and stones, and fighting with white knives to resist.

Up and down the city wall, the soldiers on both sides of the Song and Liao sides shouted and killed the sky, on the city wall, the dead and wounded were constantly carried down, as long as they were hit by the Liao army's stone bullet once, the city wall shook as if it was about to collapse, blood and water flowed down the brick road, and some of the soldiers who were still alive muttered "God bless". The defenders were divided into six teams to defend the city in turn, but from the beginning there were many casualties among the battalions on duty, and it was difficult to hold them without reinforcements. Under the city wall, the corpses of Liao soldiers were piled up on top of each other. The weather was hot, the corpses emitted a foul smell, and the Liao soldiers who followed up the siege had no time to collect the corpses, and pushed the newly made siege equipment to rush to Phoenix Mountain. And even under the continuous bombardment of artillery shells, the Liao army still attacked the city while persevering in advancing the fortifications built of wood and stone towards the city wall little by little.

"Liaogou is smarter than Nanshan City." Tong Yunjie sighed, "It's a pity that they met General Zhao. ”

"It's braver." Zhao Xingde added, his gaze fell on the top of Turtle Mountain in the distance. "It's a good thing the range of artillery isn't long enough these days," he whispered. Almost all heavy artillery in this era had a range of two or three miles, forcing both sides to drop tens of thousands of troops within a radius of several miles. This is also the reason why Zhao Xingde gave up the periphery and concentrated his forces to hold Hanyang City. Otherwise, these peaks outside the city will have to be defended one by one, and a few troops will not be able to support them.

"The day before yesterday, Ezhou and the Cao family both sent envoys on board the ship, asking us to join forces with the naval division to attack Liaogou." Tong Yunjie pursed his lips, "I didn't promise them, saying that if you don't nod, we won't talk to them." This is the reason why he came to see Zhao Xingde in person.

On land, the Liao army only sent a few cavalry across the river to test it, and most of the elite soldiers and horses remained in Jiangbei. While shielding Ezhou, Hanyang is under great pressure. On the water, artillery battles broke out every day, and the Hengjiang iron cable that Zhang Qing desperately protected was broken in a fierce attack by the Liao army's naval division, but the iron barrel cannons at the head of Hanyang and Ezhou City fired in unison, and the bullets fell like rain on three sides, and the enemy ships that rushed over were beaten back. After a few attempts, the battle on the water was deadlocked, and the sailors on both sides tacitly still used the broken iron cable as the boundary.

"As soon as the barrel gunboats came out, the situation of water warfare has taken on a new look, and you are more familiar with this aspect than most people." Zhao Xingde muttered, "In terms of water offense and defense, you can decide by yourself. His gaze was fixed on the top of Turtle Mountain in the distance.

Dabie Mountain, also known as Turtle Mountain, is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the east, Hanshui in the north, Wangyue Lake in the west, Phoenix Mountain in the south, and confronts the Snake Mountain and the Jiajiang River in Ezhou. The imperial account of the emperor of the Liao State was set on the top of the Turtle Mountain, condescending, and he could see the situation of the entire battlefield clearly. The southern army of the Liao State is claimed to be 300,000, advancing by land and water, looking at each other for hundreds of miles. Hanyang City is like a nail firmly nailed to the north of the river, this city is small and strong, the mountains outside the city wall are rugged and narrow, there is no way to spread out the large number of people, although the Liao army has many people and horses in the north of the river, but can only go up to attack one by one, and is beaten back by the Hanyang defenders with iron barrel cannons and bows and arrows wave after wave.

If the Liao army does not pull out the nail of Jiangbei, there are few people and horses crossing the river to defeat the Song army, and there are too many people and horses crossing the river, and they are afraid that the Song army will be cut off from the back road. Hanyang Castle is located on Phoenix Mountain, nearly half of the city wall is surrounded by the river, and the iron barrel cannons on the city and the Song warships on the river fire cannonballs crosswise, making a large area of the city wall along the river a death zone that is impossible to attack. Song ships continued to depart from Jiangdong, sending food, ammunition, and soldiers to Hanyang, and carrying wounded soldiers back to Jiangdong.

The emperor of Liao, Yelu Dashi, sat on the throne, and the generals in front of the emperor were left and right, and Wanyan Zongbi knelt on one knee and reported: "...... In the past few days, as soon as the attack reached the river downstream, the shells at the heads of the cities on both sides of the river rained like drops, and the Nanban warships in front of them, with the help of the iron barrel cannons on the shore, surrounded them with small rows and set fire to them. Our sailors fought hard, but they were repeatedly frustrated......"

"Hanyang City is so steep, and there is an endless stream of foreign aid on the water," Yelu Dashi stared at Wanyan Zongbi who was kneeling on the ground, "If you can't repel the sailors of the Song army, I don't know when you will have to conquer Hanyang?" He turned his head and asked, "The soldiers and horses of Xiangyang guarding Hanyang, they are guest troops in Ezhou, although they are considered the elite of the Southern Dynasty, but the army's spirit is fluctuating, and they can be defeated and defeated." The reason why he is struggling to support it now is that Zhao Xingde is indeed a general for a while, the second is that there is endless support from the river, and the third is that there are Yue Han reinforcements in Ezhou. Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Zhao Xingde, the three soldiers and horses, were native soldiers in the southeast, tenacious and daring to fight, and they were still above the original forbidden army of the Song Dynasty. He coughed lightly and asked, "Where are Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's reinforcements?" ”

Brother Yelu Tiege bowed down and said: "Han Shizhong is stationed in Shuzhou, Yue Fei immediately led most of the Zhenguo Army and the Baoyi Army to come back to help, advancing by land and water, and the cavalry vanguard has already passed Jiangzhou. His face was ugly, the North Courtyard originally thought that the tens of thousands of horses and horses of Tiemu Brother on the East Road would be able to attack Ezhou and annihilate the last main force of the Song Army in the Jingxiang area, but the East Route Army not only failed to succeed in rushing to the encirclement as desired, but was defeated by the Ezhou rabble that the North Courtyard despised. Many of the military horses of the Ezhou armies originated from the southeastern prefectures and counties, and the more battles were fought, not only did they not consume them, but they supplemented and tempered more capable soldiers from the regimental training of the prefectures and counties. Now the North Court has regarded the three military horses of the Ezhou lineage, Zhenguo, Henghai and Baoyi as the first-class enemies. Therefore, he was eager to take Ezhou before the Zhenguo army arrived.

"What about Brother Temu? Is he still alive? ”

"The army was caught up by the Zhenguo army in Shuzhou, the Song army fought more and more, Xiao Xiangsheng and Xiao Enemy's two generals were killed, but Tiemu Ge abandoned the army and fled north with more than a thousand horsemen, Lord Yelu Bijie said that he had lost his trace."

"Gotta find him." Yelu Dashi's voice was gentle, "People who have half-heartedness about Da Liao want to see people in life and corpses in death." He paused, "You can't let the Song army stabilize its position in Ezhou." Within two days, the Song army's naval division was defeated, and the army attacked by land and water, pulled out the nail of Hanyang, and used Zhao Xingde's head to shock the stubborn people in Xiangyang and Ezhou. Yelu Dashi looked down at the top of Wanyan Zongbi's head and was silent for a moment.

After Yan Zongbi's back was already dripping with sweat, he heard His Majesty cough lightly, "King Zongbi, can you do it?" ”

Wanyan Zongbi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The minister does not hesitate to serve Da Liao." He fell to his knees and made a loud bang on his forehead, not as if he were asking for battle, but as if he were pleading.

Yelu Dashi waved his hand, and Yelu Tiege ordered: "King Zongbi, you go and arrange to attack the Song Army's sailors first." ”

After Yan Zongbi retreated. Looking at his back, the Khitan generals next to him all showed a mocking smile in their eyes. Zahu tribes like the Jurchens, who had rebelled against the Liao Dynasty, must have slowly exhausted their males. This kind of thinking was tacit in the Liao court. Wanyan Zongbi, as the king of the Southern Jurchens, is the commander of the water divisions, and he seems to be very beautiful, but he is still a miscellaneous beard who works hard for the Khitan people. But he is a king in the end, and groveling to this position is indeed despised. Only the King of Jin, Yelu, turned his face to the side, and his gaze was like no waves.

"Is there no movement over there in Luoyang?"

"It doesn't seem to be peaceful in the Xia Guo River, but there has been no movement in Guanzhong."

"I'm asking about Luoyang. Luoyang is a festival town that the Cao family has been running for hundreds of years, and Cao Di is still gritting his teeth and holding on, and he seems to be very confident. Yelu Dashi groaned, "Only by taking Luoyang can it be regarded as truly blocking the road to the east of the Xia Kingdom and taking all the land of Henan." He muttered to himself thoughtfully. The generals nearby didn't understand what they meant, and they all looked at Yelu Tiege, who shook his head and motioned to everyone not to disturb His Majesty to consider the military aircraft.

Yelu Dashi raised his head again, his eyes were much sharper, he stared at Yelu Tiege and said, "Combined attack by land and water, how can you capture Hanyang City." ”

Yelu Tiege had already prepared, bowed down and said, "The defenders of Hanyang City are all relying on iron barrel cannons to stop our army from attacking the city. However, the heavy artillery of our army in the siege of the city was inconvenient to carry by land, and the artillery battle was difficult to match with that of the Song people. If the naval division wins, our army can deploy iron barrel gunboats on the river and bombard Hanyang City from the river, and at that time, there will be no reinforcements outside Hanyang, and the artillery battle will fall behind. The newly appointed manager is a rookie and should be able to conquer it soon. But ......" Speaking of this, Yelu Tiege hesitated slightly, and said with a solemn face, "The guard of Hanyang City, Zhao Xingde, doesn't look like a scholar who has only fought for a few months. Brother Yelu Tiege's eyes showed doubts, "It is very experienced to fight with soldiers, I have been watching the battle for the past two days, Zhao Xingde has a lot of arrangements, like a veteran who has fought many battles, not just learned from military books." He muttered, "The North Courtyard is going to send a detailed inspector to check on him, and this person is either afraid that there are other people around him to guide him, or he is strange." ”

"There's no need to check," Yelu Dashi interrupted him unpleasantly, "He's the one who commanded the Fire Gun Camp in Riverland City, and it happened more than ten years ago. ”