The dull sound of "poof" sounded continuously, the gun penetrated the leather shield, shot into the flesh and blood, and the sword and shield hand crowded in the front fell down, taking advantage of the Liao soldiers being caught off guard, there was some confusion, and the officer on the side of the opposite ship shouted: "Get on the gun!" "Get on the gun!" "Rush forward!" The Han army in the back row rushed past the front team with fire guns and guns, rushed to the side of the ship, and stabbed sharply in all directions, and immediately killed several Liao soldiers who broke forward. The Liao army officers were gathering their men and horses to rush forward to fight again, and the musketeers in the back row had already loaded their ammunition.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" "Fire—"

The firecrackers in the back row stepped forward from the gap between the rows. Both sides were red-eyed, and in the face of the mouth of the black hole, the Liao soldiers still rushed towards the opposite side of the ship desperately. The Jurchen archers stood on the ship's tower and bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows rained down on the Han army on the opposite side of the ship. And the fire gun was emitting green smoke, and the mouth of the gun was almost against the chest of the Liao soldiers who rushed up. The Liao soldiers simply abandoned their shields, brandished scimitars with both hands, and jumped into the hands of the fire guns to slash indiscriminately.

Ignoring the fight between the enemy and us, the commander pointed to the side of the ship and shouted, "Fire!" "Fire!" The firecrackers on the ship's floor lit the fuse with some hesitation, and at that moment the rows of guns on the ship's side exploded like cannons.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Bang bang—"

"Bang bang bang-"

After another volley, the Liao army's offensive temporarily eased, and then the gunners in the back row rushed up and pushed the remnants of the Liao army back. At this time, under the deck of the gunboat, after several rounds of firing, the cabin was as hot as a steamer, and the gunners were sweating profusely to and fro, and the enemy ship was two feet away, and the tall hull completely covered the gun window, and the whole cabin was dark.

"My lord, what should I do?" Zhang Tang turned around and asked.

"What to do?" Su Jie glared at him and shouted, "Get on the ammunition!" He turned around and yelled again in a daze, "Load the ammunition and fire them in turn!" Su Jie had an arrow scar in the corner of his eye, and there were some burn marks on his cheeks. He is the commander of this layer of artillery, and he is very much used by Tong Yunjie. Other artillery crews can also rotate to the upper deck to blow the wind, and Su Jie usually stays in the dark cabin, so his temper is also gloomy, and the punishment is also heavy. The gunners were in awe of him. His voice suddenly woke up many people.

"Get ammo!" "Quick!" "Quick!" "Come to Red Heat!"

The gunners filled the barrels with their bags and shells, and shouted to push the guns in front of the gun window, because the two ships were so close together that the front end of some guns could not fully extend out of the gun window, so they only exposed the gun muzzle. "Fire!" Su Jie gritted his teeth and ordered. On the deck overhead, there was a constant sound of footsteps of "knock knock" and "knock knock", the sound of the two armies fighting, the sound of fire guns was clearly audible, and the gunners even smelled a smell of blood. They lit the leads of the artillery in turn, and then waited with bated breath, and after a moment......

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

"Boom, boom—"

The loud sound was deafening, the shells invariably shot into the hull of the enemy ship, the narrow gap between the two ships was filled with black smoke, the wood chips bursting from the opposite hull even splashed into the gun window, the hull of both ships shook violently, and the gunners below the deck coughed loudly in the smoke. The artillery salvo that was close at hand, like the hand of a giant, suddenly pushed the two warships that were originally close together to both sides, and the iron hook of the ship's board between the two ships was also torn off and bent, and the Liao army on the side of the ship fell into the river like dumplings on the ship's board. After this salvo from the bilge, the gunners on the deck took advantage of the distance between the two ships to fire another round of shotguns, and at a very close distance, the shotguns washed the opposite deck like a raging storm.

"Well played!" Zhao Xingde turned his head to look at the Phoenix Mountain Fort and ordered, "Let the fort load the ammunition and wait for my order to fire!" ”

Liu Zhijian, who commanded the fort, immediately ordered the gunners to take down the branches that covered the gun emplacements, and the guns shone with copper luster in the sun, pointing directly at the river west of Hanyang. This fort was originally designed by Zhao Xingde to control the river with Ezhou, and has been empty since it was built. Zhao Xingde also sent tooth soldiers to isolate this area in the name of the Chinese army under the camp capital. He himself was always on the walls of the city. Just the day before yesterday, the artillery battalion of the Baoyi Army entered Hanyang City at night and arranged 40 four-inch heavy guns on the hilltop battery.

Outside the western city wall, the Liao army flat-bottomed boats carried artillery ashore, and then added wheels to the side of the ship, which became a gun carriage, and people pushed horses to push the artillery into the gun position. The artillery positions of the Liao army are scattered, and after the target is reduced, it is difficult for the Song artillery at the head of the city to hit accurately, and the artillery of the Liao army only needs to fire in the direction of Hanyang City. Although the artillery of the Liao army is not accurate, but occasionally a cannon hits the head of the city, the earth and stones are flying, under the city wall, the shaved head of the army in front of the siege vehicle, the giant shield car, the Xi army and the Khitan army in the back, some holding a shield scimitar ready to enter the city, some are bent bows and arrows to shoot at the head of the city. The old city of Hanyang has long been washed away by the flood, leaving only a ruin, the current city wall is built in a hurry, in order to save time and effort, because the east faces the land, it is the main attack direction of the enemy, the east city wall is two zhang five feet high, the west faces the river, it is expected that there are sailors to defend the city, and the west city wall is only one zhang and five feet high. The arrows of the Liao army could be shot directly from under the city to the city, and the defenders had to hold shields when walking. Zhao Xingde personally sat on the west city wall, there were still deserters, and several bloody heads had been hung in front of the west city tower.

Ouyang Shan rushed over, his face was anxious, and he whispered to Zhao Xingde: "Dashuai, if you don't let the mountain open fire, we're afraid we won't be able to hold on!" ”

In planning the defection of Hanyang City to Ezhou, Ouyang Shan and others made great contributions. In order to master the soldiers and horses as soon as possible, Zhao Xingde disregarded the taboo of appointing private individuals, and suggested that Ezhou also return the favor, and finally Ouyang Shan, Wu Jian, and Zhang Zhun all took the post of commander of the capital, and each mastered the five battalions of firearms. The generals of the original southeast battalion were all detained by Cao Di in the Chinese army, and under the combined power of the past ten days, Jiangbei commanded and controlled these middle-level officers, but they did not dare to disobey Ouyang Shan's military orders. The fact that a large number of heavy artillery pieces were arranged on the hilltop fort was only known to a few generals such as Ouyang Shan.

"Wait a little longer!" Zhao Xingde's face sank like water, and he said in a low voice, "When the Liao thief retreats, he will be caught off guard." ”

"But," Ouyang Shan looked at the river, holding back and not speaking. The warships of the Liao army brigade had completely sailed through the river of Ezhou and Hanyang, and they all took the waterway of Hanyang. and the fierce attack of the Liao Army's naval division, the Song Army's naval division seems to have been on the defensive. The black smoke from the barrel cannon and the mist stirred up by the cannonballs became thicker and thicker on the surface of the river, Ouyang Shan was not familiar with water warfare, but looking at the situation, his own sailors seemed to be at a disadvantage.

"The sailor is going to be defeated, defeated—"

"Brother Song, Hanyang is surrounded, and we're all finished."

Song Ang's eyes showed a hint of hatred, and he spat in the direction of the city tower, and said hatefully: "The surname Zhao was promoted to make a fortune, but he let the old men accompany him to finish it together." "Although he was left on the other side of the river, Song Ang had already hidden the boat, as long as no one was watching, he could cross the river, who knew that the Hanyang City Fire Gun Camp suddenly attacked, and Zhao Xingde was ushered in from Jiangdong, and what is even more incredible is that Zhao Xingde, who was originally a guard general in Ezhou, was actually appointed as a subordinate of the southeast camp. Song Ang and dozens of his henchmen were forced to stay in Jiangbei. Seeing that the Liao army's offensive was becoming more and more fierce, he was secretly cowardly in his heart, but he was afraid of Zhao Xingde's strict military law, and looked at the heads, all of whom were usually the heads and commanders who usually ate and drank in the camp and made good friendships, Song Ang really hated and feared in his heart.

"His grandmother's," Li Yu, the head of Song An's subordinates, scolded in a low voice, "Liu Dashuai is here, he must be trying his best to protect us people, how can he let us fight hard with the Liao soldiers like this bastard fool?" Yang Gon, another capital, also sighed: "In just ten days, there are more brothers in Hanyang City who have died under the swords and arrows of the Liao soldiers than in the previous months." Several officers gasped as they cursed, wiping the blood from their knives. When defending the city just now, he accidentally let the Liao soldiers rush to the top of the city, and it took a while to drive them down.

"Don't die. Shut up! Song Ang looked at it and said in a low voice, "Let's let the surnamed Zhao be proud for two days, let's pass this pass first." Our brothers in the southeast camp will never be determined to follow the hardships of the surnamed Zhao all the time. "What?" Li Yu's eyes were hot, "Brother Song has a way?" "Be quiet!" Song Ang looked left and right, looked at the city of Ezhou on the other side of the river, and said in a low voice, "Cao-" Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the river and said in a lost voice, "God bless, the Liao soldiers have been defeated and retreated!" ”

The sound of killing above and below the city wall shook the sky, covering up the whispers of these people.

At this time, the chaos on the river was still there, but some of the warships in front of the Liao army array began to turn around and go backwards, and even crowded together with the warships behind. Pursuing all the way, the Liao army lost a lot of warships and falcon boats, and when they fought head-to-head, the Han army and the Song army showed the power of the iron barrel guns to the greatest extent in the array on the river. Under the heavy losses, the forward of the Liao Army's naval division finally couldn't bear it.

"The king's strength still doesn't allow us to retreat!" The adjutant general's face was covered with blood and he shouted with grief and indignation, "If you continue to fight, you will die!" ”

After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Raise the flag and report it." Let the king let the warships behind him go to fight the Song army," he shook his head, and regardless of whether Yan Zongbi accepted it or not, he said in a low voice: "Everyone has to die," Yila Pua raised his head and shouted: "Let's retreat first!" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly passed on the general's order, and the sailors hurriedly hoisted the sails and rocked the oars, waving flags and announcing the warships, and beckoning the warships on both sides to protect the ship and retreat. This was the third ship that Yila Pua had boarded, and the first two ships were sunk by Song fire. The generals of the Liao army who commanded the troops in front ordered the warships to retreat. However, there were thousands of warships of the Liao Army's naval division, covering almost the entire river, and when the warships were advancing and retreating, it was not as easy as the mobilization of infantry cavalry and horses on the shore. I saw that some boats were backwards, some were forward, some were making horizontal turns, and some avoided but collided together, making a mess on the river.

Author: Sorry, late. I'm sorry for the book friends who have been waiting for the update.