As the Song army, which was dominated by infantry troops, its strength was to defend the city, followed by siege, and the second was field warfare. The most secondary in the field battle is the field battle with the horse army of the Fanren.

This time, Liu Yanqing was ordered to attack Yanjing City, knowing that there was no longer a cavalry harassment south of Yanjing, and the most important thing was to attack the city, so he naturally had to bring all the siege equipment. This includes rockets like the catapult used this time, the Iron Pimple Thunderbolt, and of course, the rockets to be used next.

As soon as he saw that the thunder in his army had worked, Liu Guangshi immediately ordered the whole army to cross the river.

I saw that the soldiers at the front moved over the raft one after another, and more than a dozen people quickly approached the opposite bank in a raft. The soldiers defending the city in Yanjing City were attacked by thunder and smoke, and they were too busy to take care of themselves, where could they still take care of the defense? Rafts left the south bank and headed for the north bank.

The crossbowmen at the front of the south bank began a new assault. This time it was replaced with a real rocket. The front end of the special three-foot-long arrow shaft is tied to a ball-shaped object, and there is a fire twist, which is placed on the string, and a person next to him lights the fire twist with fire, and the soldier with the bow shoots the rocket out and shoots it at the gate of Kaiyang. The gates were originally made of heavy wood, and when ordinary rockets were fired, the soldiers defending above would pour water down in the gaps above the gates and extinguish the rockets. However, after the rocket was fired this time, smoke and fire came out of the spherical object at the front end of the arrow shaft, and the thing that ignited the fire was not afraid of water, and it still burned very vigorously after the water was drenched. Rockets plunged into the city gate, and in a moment, the heavy city gate began to burn, and the guards on the city wall above the city gate could not hold back the fire and ran away from here. Although the Song soldiers outside the city wanted to rush in, the nearly half-foot-thick city gate burned up, and they couldn't get close at all.

As soon as he saw that the city gate was burning, Liu Guangshi urged his men to cross the river, move closer to the north bank of the river, and get on a raft and row to the north bank. The horses swam across the river in search of their masters. The vanguard army that succeeded Liu Guangshi and continued to attack the defenders of the city with thunderbolts and rockets was changed to Wu Zihou's rear army. And the left and right armies led by Jiao Anjie and Wang Yuan, like the vanguard army, kept firing rockets, causing the defenders of the city to take care of one or the other, and could only defend their own city gates.

In the Yuanhe Hall of the Imperial City, Concubine Xiao De sat on the throne, and below were Xiao Gan, Yelu Dashi, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen and other remaining ministers.

Concubine Xiao Defei waited for a long time, but no one stood up to come up with a solution, and couldn't help but say angrily: "You are all extremely important ministers of the royal family, and when life and death are at stake, I hope you will work together to repel foreign enemies." Don't you hear that the southerners once said: There are eggs under the nest? ”

Xiao Gan looked at Yelu Dashi, and Yelu Dashi was also looking at him. In fact, as early as last night, Xiao Gan received a summons from the Yuanyuan Army, saying that the Song Army was rushing to the south of Yanjing City. He could receive the information, and of course Yelu Dashi would know about it. In addition to the soldiers and horses in several counties and other places that were eaten by Yang Keshi and Gao Yuan a few days ago, there are only 15,000 men and horses left in Yanjing City at this moment.

Originally, if Xiao Gan or Yelu Dashi led the main force of the cavalry, they would have pulled the cavalry into the field first, attacked and harassed the Song army, and sought an opportunity to annihilate it, while the remaining infantry troops stayed in the city and held the city. It's a pity that Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi both understood at this time that whoever led the cavalry this time was the main force of the Liao army. At the time when the Great Liao Mansion is about to fall, whoever controls the army is very likely to be the next emperor of Liao.

Further, whoever controls the army has the capital to survive, and whoever loses the army will lose not only himself, but even his family, will lose the right to live.

In the face of interests, every detail must be calculated clearly.

Xiao Gan was originally the leader of the Xi people, but Yelu Dashi was the direct great-grandson of Taizu, both of them were born with an almost obsessive pursuit of power, not to mention that both of them were the best among the people and decisive people to kill. So in the past few days, neither of them has refused to give in, and neither of them has refused to quit first.

Concubine Xiao De naturally understood the thoughts of the two, so she said the above.

It's just that it involves her own family, how can a woman be moved by a fluttering word?

Yan Guogong and Situ Zuo Qigong stood up and said: "Xiao Shumi and Dashi Linya are both talented generals, but it is better to be like this: the old man led the weak army to defend the city, and Xiao Shumi and Lin Ya each led elite soldiers out of the city to face the battle. My Khitan Erlang was born on a horse, and only the Khitan warriors on the horse can drive the southerners out with one hundred! What do you think? ”

Concubine Xiao De was about to speak, when suddenly a palace guard staggered in from outside the main hall and reported to Concubine Xiao De in the hall: "Niangniang, the big thing is not good, then open the Yang Gate...... Kaiyangmen was broken by the southerners! ”

As soon as I heard that the Kaiyang Gate was breached, everyone was surprised, at this time, the biggest reliance on defending the city is the thick wall of the city, if even the city gate has been broken, then what else to rely on? The Song army has 50,000 horses, and there are only more than 10,000 horses in his own city, so it is better to surrender as soon as possible, and the people in the city of the province will suffer.

Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi stood up at the same time, looking at Yelu Dashi's eyes, Xiao Gan said to Concubine Xiao De: "Niangniang, the two of us have received the emperor's grace and should contribute to Your Majesty." And he went and drove the people of Nanan out of the city. ”

Concubine Xiao De was overjoyed and said: "It is really a great fortune for the country that the two Aiqing can work together to fight the enemy. I ordered people to prepare to ask for merit for the two generals and to work for the soldiers. Wait for the two triumphant. ”

Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi walked out of the palace together, mounted their horses, and saw a burst of fire in the southeast, and countless civilians ran from the east, running to the north and west, intending to escape from this Shura world through the city gates in the west and north.

Yelu Dashi immediately said to Xiao Gan: "Xiao Shumi, if the Song soldiers enter the city, then you and I will be no different from this people. The wife and concubine of the family were ravaged by mermaids. ”

Xiao Gan laughed and said, "Lin Ya's meaning, I already know. Even if you die in battle, you will never allow the southerners to run rampant! ”

The two of them grabbed the belly of the horse and ran towards the place where the fire started.

There were more and more people coming on, and the fire in the distance was getting bigger and bigger. The defenders also retreated from the city and began to intercept the Song army that had broken into the city on the ground.

At this time, the Kaiyang Gate had already been burned to ashes, and even the loess near the city gate was burned hard and black. The bluestone was also burned crispy, and it broke when touched.

Liu Guangshi saw that the fire at the city gate was extinguished, and rushed in with his troops, the ground was still hot, but the people and horses ran over more quickly, and they didn't dare to stop for a moment.