In just one day and one night, the soldiers of Beidu reached more than 20,000 people, plus the fire battalions that were originally left behind in Hanyang and Yangluo Fort, and the strength of Jiangbei's defense reached nearly 30,000. Zhao Xingde waited for the gold and silver money given by the emperor to arrive, and immediately divided it with the army, and the top and bottom were treated equally, and they were issued with a "Holy Song Tongbao" silver royal money, and after the battle with the Liao soldiers in the future, the gold and silver royal money was awarded according to the military merits. Many of the soldiers had used only copper coins in their lives, not gold or silver, and they were even more joyful. Some people engraved their names, some sewed them into their hats, some on the waistband of their trousers, some on the inside of their undershirts, and some hung them around their necks with ropes.

"Lao Wang, how about selling me your bounty?" Li Boyao smiled and asked, "I'll pay two hundred dollars." ”

Wang Bang looked at him suspiciously, took out the silver money from his arms, took it to his mouth, blew it, and put it to his ear to listen. This is an action that was learned only after issuing the royal money, Wang Bang was so poor before he joined the army that he didn't know what the movement of the silver was blowing. Seeing this, Li Boyao smiled even more happily, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't blow it, how can the imperial silver coin be fake?" This is a full color two coins of silver, converted into a market price, exactly two hundred dollars, okay, we don't owe each other? As he spoke, he took out two hundred copper coins from his bosom. The copper coins were pierced with red rope, and the large stacks were heavy, shining golden in the sun, and looked much more seductive than the small silver royal coins.

Wang Bang couldn't help but feel a little moved, and was about to agree. Du Tou Yu Xitian couldn't look at it, and said with a smile: "Bo Yao, don't bully Lao Wang, he will regret it in the future, maybe he will use a knife with you." He walked over, pushed back Wang Bang's half-stretched hand, and said to him, "Good life, this is a priceless treasure." If we can survive, we will pass it on from generation to generation, the family is glorious, not to mention two hundred yuan, even if it is two hundred, two thousand yuan is difficult to buy. There was a hint of strangeness in his words, and his eyes were looking into the distance, just as Deng Su and Zhao Xingde were talking, and they walked down from the fort.

"In the past, I heard that Brother Zhao had repeatedly defeated Liao thieves, but my brother always didn't believe it," Deng Su said with emotion, "It's better to see than to hear, and today I know Yuan Zhi's methods." He pointed to the busy soldiers inside and outside Hanyang City, and sighed, "In one day and one night, this southeast camp is like a world of difference. He turned around and stood up, lowered his voice and said, "Yuan Zhi is good at living, after this battle, His Majesty will definitely be reused, and it will be no problem to enter the phase." ”

Zhao Xingde turned his gaze and replied in a deep voice: "I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope Hu Chenqing." ”

Deng Su frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi has the intention of seclusion, but at that time, it is time to take it again." Originally, Deng Su was faintly worried that Zhao Xingde had a high reputation and self-respect, but now he removed most of these worries, and secretly thought: "Yuan Zhi and Shaoyang and others, after all, are not all on the same road. Cao Yang is deeply rooted, and Yue and Han have their own belongings. Only Yuan Zhi, who was entrusted with military power, was a pillar of stability in the government. Your Majesty has a unique vision.

"Let's not talk about that first," Deng Su arched his hand and said, "In the future, Bianliang will be recovered, and the foolish brother will be the east, please go straight to Gonglou, and you will not return if you are not drunk." When he said this, Deng Su's heart was extremely happy, as if he was pointing out the country when he was a fellow student of Taixue, and pointed to the distance, "In the past, the imperial court expanded Taixue, placed one hundred and twenty fasts, and selected three thousand talents from all over the world, so as to make people's hearts one, and people of insight in the world should work together, and the benevolence of government should be extended to the world, and the peaceful and prosperous world should be shared." ”

Zhao Xingde looked at the sky with his gaze, and there was a lot of emotion in his chest, and suddenly, his gaze became vigilant. In the north, where the river and the sky meet, there is a faint shadow of sails, which is by no means a scattered fishing boat or ferry, but a huge fleet of ships that almost obscure the entire surface of the river.

Wanyan Zongbi stood on the bow of the Wuya warship, looking at the towering cities on both sides of the river and the iron locks of the Hengjiang River. After the Song army found that the Liao army's naval division was large, they were lifting anchor from the shore dock in confusion, and many people simply abandoned the ship and fled to the shore. The iron chain was originally used by the Xiangyang army to prevent the Han gunboats from going up the river, but now it is used to prevent the Jurchen sailors from going down the river. Wanyan Zongbi let out a sneer at the end of his nose and ordered, "Set fire to the falcon boat and burn that chain." ”

The Jurchen tribe loved to use birch bark to make slender and light boats, and there were also a large number of such boats among the Liao sailors, known as falcon boats. The war drums thundered on the big ship of Wuya, and dozens of falcon boats loaded with firewood rushed straight to the iron chains of the Hengjiang River. Although the iron chain is tough, it is not resistant to fire, and it can be broken by simply burning it soft with a fire attack and then punching it hard with a large ship.

In the first two days, the Song army hurriedly retreated, requisitioned countless official ships and civilian ships, as long as they were anchored on the shore, even the ships of the sailors were no exception, and on the west side of the iron chain, most of the warships of the sailors of Xiangyang were scattered in the large and small wharves and inlets. The status of the sailors in the Xiangyang camp was low, and when the various departments and commanders were competing to cross the river, they all forcibly called the boats of the sailors. At this time, the Liao army sailors attacked in a big way, and there was only one knife boat under Zhang Qing, the commander of the sailors, and eighteen pro-soldiers and sailors, so it was too late to stop the Liao army sailors from destroying the chains in a hurry.

"Master Zhang, what should I do?" The pro-soldier Yan Jin asked.

Zhang Qing's face was a little pale, and he seemed to say to himself: "All the armies are crowded by the river, and our sailor warships are in a hurry and can't line up to meet the battle, if we let the Liao thief sailor rush through the iron cable in one go, this battle will be lost if it is not fought." The Liao thieves are not greedy for money, but they are here to destroy our Great Song Dynasty and destroy our China. The court is defeated, and we are all finished together. We fought to the death, and we also won the reputation of loyalty and martyrdom, and future generations will have their own court to support them. Looking at the enemy ship rushing down the river, Zhang Qing stomped his feet and shouted loudly: "Follow Lao Tzu and rush over!" Can't they break the Hengjiang Iron Cable! ”

Yan Jin was stunned for a moment, and said loudly: "Damn, give up this old life and fight with them!" The sailors looked at each other, the warships of the Liao Navy Division covered the river, I don't know that there were hundreds of thousands, this eighteen-person boat rushed up to intercept it, it was really no different from sending them to death.

"Damn," Zhang Qing looked at everyone, pulled out his waist knife with a "rub", and urged: "Don't hesitate, shake the oar!" ”

The sailors no longer hesitated, and the two sides struggled to rock the oar. Zhang Qing was wearing leather armor, holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, Yan Jin was holding a square shield to protect him, and five or six soldiers who were good at bows and crossbows stood behind him in turn, and the sword boat cut through the water and aimed at the direction of the Liao boat. The closer it gets, the more the Liao warships on the opposite side seem to be boundless, the black pressure is overwhelming, and dozens of falcon boats are piled up with firewood and grass in the front, seeing the Song saber boat coming up, some of the soldiers on the boat drew out their scimitars and shouted at this side, and several ships immediately turned around and surrounded this insignificant boat.

"Look!"

"That's our warship! What a hero! ”

At the head of Hanyang City, the soldiers pointed and pointed. Retreating all the way from Xiangyang to Ezhou, many people were holding back a flame in their hearts, and the momentum of this sword boat fighting to the death made many people ignite the fighting spirit that they had not had for a long time. Seeing this, Deng Su also stayed his footsteps and watched the battle with Zhao Xingde in the city. Although the sailor facing the battle was not the headquarters, there were still many soldiers cheering loudly!

"Beat the drums!" Zhao Xingde said loudly, "Cheer for the strong man!" The war drums at the head of Hanyang City rang out. On the bank of the river, the warships of the various divisions of the Song army were hurriedly concentrating, preparing to meet the battle, and farther away, the gunboats of the Song army that avoided crossing the river also received the flag order, and immediately lifted anchor and traced the river. However, at this moment, the Great Song Dynasty only had one sword boat, and the Liao army sailors rushed up against thousands of warships.

The enemy falcon boat is getting closer and closer, and the hideous face of the enemy army is recognizable. The front end of the nearest few falcon boats was crowded with Liao soldiers armed with shields and blades. Because of the rocking hull of the boat, the Jurchens only used harpoon fishing nets when hunting on the water, so they were not good at bows and crossbows on the boats, but the soldiers were brave, and the most preferred thing was to fight with white blades on the side.

Jiang Feng hunted, Zhang Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he roared: "Bring the wine!" ”

Yan Jin, a personal soldier, dragged down the gourd on his waist and handed it up, Zhang Qing raised his neck and poured a big mouthful, sprinkled his clothes with wine syrup, handed the gourd back to Yan Jin, and ordered: "You have equal shares." Zhang Qing held the bow with his left arm like an iron cast, and his right hand flung back like a tiger's tail, stabilizing his body, and firmly nailing his feet to the ship's board.

"Good archery!" At the head of Hanyang City, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.

The Liao soldiers on the falcon boat saw that there were arrows coming, and they raised their shields in a panic to cover them, however, it was too late, it was fast, Zhang Qing made a two-stone hard bow, and used light arrows, and the arrows flew very quickly, only to hear a miserable scream, a Liao soldier covered his throat and fell, and the shield was worthy of being raised to his chest.

"Happy!" Zhang Qing let out a low roar, took the arrow again, opened the bow like a full moon, and in just one breath, another arrow was fired.

With a "bell", the arrow hit the iron helmet of a Liao soldier, and I don't know if it penetrated, and the Liao soldier's figure fell to the ground in a flash. At this time, the distance between the warships on both sides was extremely close, and they entered the range of a five-fight bow with one stone, and Zhang Qing's personal soldiers behind him opened their bows and released arrows, and the arrows on the river flew almost in a line, and the Liao soldiers' shields could not cover them slightly, and they were killed and injured by arrows. At the same time, the ten rowers on both sides rowed hard, and the long and narrow knife boat quickly passed between the two falcon boats, seeing that the distance between the warships on both sides of the Song and Liao was extremely close, the Liao soldiers crowded the side of the boat with swords and shields, eager to try and prepare to jump over and fight with white blades.

"Pour! Pour! Pour! Pour! Pour! ”

"Row! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! ”

The oars on both sides of the knife boat who were responsible for shouting shouted loudly, the oars on one side struggled to rock the oars backwards, and the oars on the other side moved forward, these ten oars usually cooperated with the training many times, at this moment, everyone exerted all their strength, the ten long oars stirred the water waves heavily, and the knife boat was like a living creature, and it was extremely dexterous and incomparably turned on the surface of the river.

"Knock" and "knock" sounded several times, and several anxious Liao soldiers fell into the river.