The sky was overcast, and there was no leakage, and the time was not accurate. After noon, the sergeant of Quyang City did not know how many dead and wounded.

Liu Jianji went down to the watchtower and wanted to hand over this place to Yang Sui, and he went to arrange to prepare to deal with the Khitan army by the Lu River in the west. At this moment, I saw Quyang City open the city gate, and several generals hugged Yelu and couldn't come out, standing there shouting.

Liu Jianji saw it and said to his relatives beside him: "Look at the appearance of those Khitan people, don't you want to surrender?" Go to the gate and ask them what they mean. ”

The soldiers promised and walked step by step through the heavy snow. After a short time, he came back the same way and said, "Taiwei, the Khitans said that they are willing to surrender, let us stop firing artillery." There were too many dead and wounded in the city, and if they continued to fight, they would have no way to live. ”

Liu Jianji said: "This is the best. Let them send Jerodher over first, and then send someone back to sort out the soldiers. ”

After speaking, he took his own soldiers to the handsome tent next to him. He also ordered Yang Sui and Zhu Gui to be called, and he had something to order.

After a short time, he was led by his own soldiers, and Yeluliang and other generals surrounded Yelutie and did not come in. After entering the tent, a group of generals saluted Liu Jianji, only Yelutie did not stand there, looking at the sky with a rebellious expression.

Liu Jianji squinted his eyes and looked at Yelu Tie. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, "Are you willing to surrender?" ”

Jerlother snorted coldly and did not agree. Yeluliang on the side arched his hand: "Captain, your army's artillery fire is really sharp, we really can't resist it, and we are willing to surrender." Please stop the artillery fire as soon as possible and do not kill or injure more people. ”

Liu Jianji looked at Yeluliang, smiled, and said, "Do you have the final say in this matter?" ”

Yeluliang was a little embarrassed and said, "I will wait for the generals to discuss, and they are all willing to surrender." Now that even the king has arrived in the tent of the Taiwei Shuai, it is natural that he is going to surrender. The king is thin-skinned, and it is difficult to say this, so don't blame the captain. ”

Liu Jianji shook his head: "You are willing to surrender, and the court has its own reward." If King Yelu is unwilling to surrender, then I will tie up a rope and take it to Kaifeng Mansion. At this time, my 2,000 cannons are outside the city, and if you don't surrender, you will smash Quyang City. ”

Yeluliang and the others were busy and didn't dare to surrender.

Only Jerlother didn't sneer: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, what's so strange!" My royal family, since I was a child, I have received the grace of the country, how can I surrender to the enemy because of a momentary victory or defeat! Today, if the generals are willing to surrender, give me a knife and give me a good time! ”

Liu Jianji shook his head: "If you are in the city, you will die, but I am afraid that no one will stop you." Now that it's time for me to make the decision, it's not up to you to decide whether to live or die. In a few days, I will escort you back to Kaifeng Mansion and let the people take a look. ”

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, he ordered his soldiers to step forward and tie up Yelu Tie. He also ordered Yang Sui to order the artillery to cease fire, and Zhu Gui led his troops into the city and brought out the remaining Khitan soldiers. At this time, the city was beaten by shells, and it was snowy, so it was difficult to clean up. Wait until the weather clears, and then send someone into the city to clean up the mess. At this time, the seriously wounded Khitan soldiers in the city had no one to care about their life or death.

In this era, human life is really not valuable. Coupled with the limited level of medical care, the Song army had no will or ability to help the wounded Khitan soldiers. When the city was broken, the Khitans almost killed the people of Quyang, and now it is their retribution.

Everything was arranged, and Liu Jianji said: "Pan Yue opened the city gate that day, and he didn't run far out of the city. Where are his people now? ”

Yeluliang hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Back to Taiwei, I arrested Pan Zhixian that day, and I was detained in a cell in the city, and I didn't suffer anything. ”

Liu Jianji said: "Privately opening the city gate and escaping, even the city was lost, and Panzhi County was not lightly responsible!" Go and bring Pan Yue and bet on it first! ”

Everything was arranged, Liu Jianji ordered Yeluliang and the Khitan generals to arrange to the side, and ordered his own soldiers to watch it. He also ordered someone to find Fang Hong in his tent and discuss the war against the remaining Khitan army in the west.

Fang Hong entered the tent and sang a promise to Liu Jianji.

Ordered Fang Hong to sit down, Liu Jianji said: "The Khitans in the city have descended. Now it seems that we overestimated the battle strength of the Khitans before, but in fact, it was not that difficult to fight. If the two armies line up, my 50,000 soldiers and horses will be worthy of the 100,000 Khitan army. Now there are 10,000 Khitan troops left in the west of the city, and there is no difficulty in fighting. It was still early today, so I immediately ordered the artillery to move the gun position and prepare for tomorrow's attack. ”

Fang Hong said: "There is a lot of snow on the ground, and it is inconvenient to move the artillery. Tai Lieutenant, do you want to send someone to persuade them to surrender, you don't have to meet each other. ”

Liu Jianji shook his head: "The commander of the Khitan soldiers here is Yelu Tie, but he doesn't want to surrender." What is the use of the rest of the people to persuade them to surrender? That's it, now it seems that the artillery is complete, and it is not difficult to attack. Although there was snow on the ground, as long as the soldiers had cleared the route, there was no difficulty in moving the gun emplacement. Without walls, how could the barracks be protected against artillery? The heavy snow on the ground just pushed the artillery forward, so you don't have to worry about the Khitan attacking. ”

Fang Hong said yes. Obviously, Zhu Gui wanted to take care of the Khitans who surrendered in Quyang City, so he had to move the artillery by himself. The first division is the general reserve under the control of Liu Jianji, and it will not go to the battlefield until the critical moment.

Xiao Hu looked at the watchtower of the barracks, and the soldiers watched the Song army outside the city sweep the snow and move the artillery to the barracks.

A soldier said: "Look at the appearance over there, I think it has come to Quyang City." Now the Song army has moved its artillery to our side, and it seems that they want to hit us with artillery. The walls can't stop the cannons, let alone us! ”

Another soldier said, "What's the solution?" Now that it is snowing heavily, it is impossible to go out and fight with the Song army. I could only watch as Song Jun moved the cannon over, and there was no way at all. Alas, this battle was fought simply inexplicably! Originally, when I went out of the mountain, how smooth it was when I attacked Quyang City, and the city was broken in less than a day. As a result, the city was broken, and we were trapped here, unable to move a single bit. ”

Another soldier said, "What do you care about?" Now it seems that we have lost this battle, and it depends on how we lose. I heard that the flying fox has been occupied by the Song army, and now there is no way to retreat, so I can only sit and wait for death. ”

After saying that, several soldiers sighed. This year's battle was extremely poor, and even the sergeants and soldiers felt aggrieved. Originally, when I first came out of the mountain, everything went smoothly, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and it didn't take a day to break through Quyang City. At that time, the morale of the Khitan was high, and they all felt that the Song army in Dingzhou would be wiped out, and the Hebei Road would be at their own mercy from then on. Who knows that Liu Jianji brought the Song army over and fought a few battles, and the Khitans were not the opponents of the Song army at all. Not to mention the elimination of the Song army, there is no way out for himself.

The current situation, the sergeant of the Khitan army had long been expected, and he had nothing to say. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and defeat is a matter of time or two, and it is not bad for a day or two. The Song army attacked Quyang City first, just to see that these remaining Khitan troops had nowhere to go.

A few soldiers on the watchtower lay there, watching the Song army move the artillery outside. In addition to some relatively light guns, one or two dozen heavy guns were moved. Seeing dozens of horses pulling cannons and moving on the snow, several soldiers were amazed together.

A soldier said: "Such a cannon, one cannon comes, I don't know how many people will die." I've seen our own cannons, and when they are fired, even the mounds are gone. Song Jun's cannon only looks more powerful. ”

Another said, "Then do you need to say?" Our cannon was originally forged by the Song people, and the students naturally couldn't catch up with the master. ”

Due to the inconvenience of snow transportation, the artillery moved by the Song army was mainly ordinary artillery and light artillery, and there were only a dozen heavy artillery pieces that were close to it. The barracks were no stronger than the city walls, and heavy artillery was not so useful.

Nearly 10,000 Song troops were busy there, and by the time it got dark, all kinds of artillery were already in place. Just wait for the sun to rise the next day, and then fire a thousand cannons at the Khitan military camp. The 10,000 soldiers in the Khitan barracks actually had no way out.

The Khitan soldiers on the watchtower were all lying there to watch the Song army busy. They knew what it meant to be surrounded by artillery, but what could they do? Now that the traffic around is cut off, except for surrender, it can only meet the artillery fire of the Song army.