The howling north wind blew away the smoke from the battlefield and the dust from the explosion, and when the walls of Anle City were revealed, everyone on both sides of the battlefield looked nervous, but the result was a disappointed expression on both sides.

Although Cao Mata made people increase the amount of gunpowder, because the wall of Anle City was reinforced, and even Yeluren had built another wall inside the city wall before, so the explosion of the siege tube only blew up the outer layer of the city wall, and the inner city wall was still intact, but the collapsed city wall outside also formed a slope, so that the Song army could kill the city head along the slope.

It can be said that the above result is not very good for both sides, the Great Song side did not achieve its goal of blowing up the city wall, and the Liao side increased the difficulty of defending the city, so the faces of both sides were not good-looking.

"Kill!" However, the Song army quickly reacted, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Liao army at the head of the city to be blown up, and immediately some people climbed up the slope, and some people actually climbed the city wall, and the Liao army that reacted at this time also desperately stepped forward to fight, because they knew that if the Song army occupied the city, even if it was only a small section, then the entire Anle City might be difficult to protect.

The siege tube failed to blow up the opponent's city wall, and Cao Yu, who was supervising the battle behind, was also a little surprised, but he also knew that the opposite side was Yeluren who personally defended the city, and this guy was not easy to deal with, so although it was an accident, he still calmly commanded the army to attack the city, and at the same time, the second batch of siege tubes was also transported.

Since this thing was popularized in the army, the generals of the Song army have always held the belief that if a city wall cannot be blown up, it must be that the amount of siege cylinders is too small, and no matter how strong the city wall is, as long as it is blown up in the same position several times, it will collapse sooner or later.

In fact, just as Cao Yu expected, with the second blasting, the walls of Anle City finally rumbled into a pile of ruins, and the Song army also stepped on the earth and stones to kill into the city, but encountered the stubborn resistance of the Liao army, and was even killed by the Liao army several times to withdraw from the city.

Yeluren knew that the city wall might not be able to hold it, so he also built several defense lines in the city, so even if the Song army attacked the city wall, they still had to face the stubborn resistance of the Liao army, especially the Liao army's defense line was built both strong and ingenious, so they could not give full play to the strengths of the Song army, so they were driven out several times.

The war is stalemate, which is also what Cao Yu is most worried about, but fortunately he has already considered this before, after all, the Liao State has been operating in Anle City for so many years, and they will definitely not be easily defeated by them, and now they are still in control of the battle situation, I believe that as long as there is no accident, Anle City will be defeated by them sooner or later.

Just when the war in Anle City was stalemate, on the Grand Canal behind the Great Song Dynasty, countless ships went hand in hand, and there were countless soldiers on both sides of the river to follow the ships, and in the middle of the fleet, there was a huge dragon boat, the vigorous golden dragons on both sides of the ship opened their teeth and danced their claws, and the eaves and flying horns were all in the style of the palace, and the whole giant boat looked like a moving palace.

In fact, although this dragon boat looks very new on the surface, it has actually been quite a few years, when Zhao Heng was forced to drive the royal expedition, he was riding this dragon boat along the canal to the north, and later Zhao Heng also took this dragon boat many times to go to various places to engage in auspiciousness, but later Zhao Heng was not in good health, and this dragon boat was also sealed.

Originally, because of Zhao Heng's lesson, after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, the civil and military officials in the court almost reached a tacit understanding, that is, Zhao Zhen was strictly forbidden to go out of Beijing again, lest he run around the world like Zhao Heng, in fact, Zhao Zhen was indeed trapped in the capital after he ascended the throne, and it was very difficult to even go out of the palace to go around the city, so the dragon boat left by Zhao Heng was useless.

However, as the so-called world is unpredictable, this attack on Liao is related to the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years in the future, so Zhao Zhen also moved the mind of the imperial conquest, in fact, he does not need to lead the troops at all, as long as the news of his visit to the front line is released, the morale of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty can be a hundred times greater.

In fact, Zhao Zhen wanted to go to the front line long before Di Qing sent their troops, but the ministers did not let them go, although Zhao Zhen repeatedly said that he was only going to Youzhou to sit in the town, and would never go out of Gubeikou, but these ministers were still worried that the front line was unfavorable, and it might disturb Zhao Zhen's holy drive at that time, so they did not let it go until Cao Yu sent troops and the front line stabilized.

Li Zhang accompanied Zhao Zhen to stand on the deck, looking at the scenery on both sides of the canal, Li Zhang was nothing, after all, when he was envoy to Liao, he had also walked through this canal, plus he often went out, and he knew the situation in various places very well, so he didn't feel anything.

However, Zhao Zhen is completely different, as an emperor, although his ears and eyes are all over the world, and the entire Great Song Dynasty is also in his chest, but that is only with the help of other people's eyes and ears to understand his own country, far less than the real and reliable things that he has seen and heard with his own eyes, especially since he grew up in the palace, and occasionally he can only go around the capital when he goes out of the palace, this is the first time he has seen the world outside the capital with his own eyes, so every grass and tree in the outside world is very fresh to him.

"Cousin, I heard that Yanyun has a bitter cold winter, and the heavy snow is bigger than goose feathers, but it is rare to see such a big snow in the capital?" Zhao Zhen looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait for a long time, and finally suddenly turned his head to Li Zhang and asked.

Since leaving the capital, Zhao Zhen has been in a state of excitement, and even sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night to run to the deck to look at the night scene outside, others may find it difficult to understand Zhao Zhen's current mood, but Li Zhang understands very well, after all, for a person who has been locked up for half his life, the outside world is too attractive to him.

"It's true that the goose feathers are snowy, if you go further north, a snow in winter may even bury the house, just like the big snowstorm in the capital a few years ago, but that kind of snow disaster is rare in the capital for decades, but it is very common in Liaodong." Li Zhang also smiled at this time.

The climate of this period is also somewhat different from that of later generations, such as colder winters, and the temperature in summer is not as high as in later generations, it is estimated that this may be the precursor to the coming of the Xiaoice period, and in a few hundred years, when the Xiaoice period comes, even Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian and other places often fall heavy snow, and the northern grasslands are even more cold, which also makes the grassland people unable to survive, so they will frequently go south, which also indirectly leads to the rise of the Mongols and Jurchens.

"The climate in Liaodong is so harsh, no wonder the war ends before the snow falls in winter, and I don't know when Cao Mata and they will be able to conquer Anle City?" Zhao Zhen also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, and said again.