Seed Master Dao looked at Xiangyang City in front of him, and suddenly smiled: "Since it is not good for swords and soldiers to meet, we will forcibly attack and destroy the city wall in front of us." We simply learn from Wu Jue, this Wu Jue is very powerful, even if it fails, in the end, the entire Jiankang City will be demolished, how powerful is this. We also simply demolished the entire city of Xiangyang. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, originally everyone was thinking about how to deal with the situation below, Liu Qi is a veteran, in the face of absolute disadvantage, he will really be ruthless if he doesn't get it right. As long as each of them drags down their enemies, they can destroy Li Jing's southward unification. For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, even if the people of Xiangyang die cleanly, I'm afraid he doesn't care.

"No matter how strong the Xiangyang city wall is, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand our artillery." Zhi Yanwen said with a smile: "Even if it is a city wall, as long as it is destroyed, it can destroy the enemy's morale, and in the end, even if we can't repel Liu Qi, the people in Xiangyang City will drive Liu Qi away." This is the root of human inferiority, and in the face of life and death, saving one's life is the most important thing.

If the Song army maintains its advantage, the people of Xiangyang City will support the Song army, but once the Song army is weak, these people will definitely drive the Song army away for the safety of their own lives.

"Let's get started!" Seed Master Dao also nodded, he smiled left and right: "These artillery pieces were originally to deal with Xiangyang, against the main force of the Song army, I didn't expect that Zhao Huan was useless, he didn't dare to sit in Xiangyang, he just wanted to escape for his life, since this is the case, then simply make a mistake, speak directly with artillery, the army is encamped under the city, the cavalry guards the artillery around, the archers hold down the position, guard against the enemy's sneak attack, on top of the artillery, build a canopy, carefully guard against rain, keep the gunpowder dry, and shoot out all the gunpowder and iron bullets in the camp, Let the enemy see the power of our Datang. ”

"Yes." The generals responded with a bang, fighting a war has been a death since ancient times, but there has never been such a good thing in a war like this, you don't need to go to war, you can directly destroy everything in front of you with artillery.

The distance of the artillery far exceeds that of the bow and arrow, the range of attack is wide, the power is great, although it is a fortified city like Xiangyang, in the absence of the threat of the enemy, it can attack freely, giving the Tang army enough space to play, and the people under the master of the Dao are basically from the previous dynasty, or are influenced by the previous dynasty, and have never seen such an easy war.

The army moved slowly, although there were ships sailing on the river, but more of them came through pontoon bridges, the transfer of the Southern Song Dynasty Jing Division, whether it was the forbidden army or the naval division, most of them had been transferred to the south of the Yangtze River, but there were not many naval divisions in Xiangyang, even if there were, they did not dare to sail on the Han River, the water surface of the Han River was narrow, and it was basically within the range of artillery.

At first, Liu Qi was still thinking about joint defense by land and water, and if he couldn't make it possible, he could still resist the Tang army north of the Han River, but unfortunately, his abacus soon failed, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but one hundred and ten warships were finally destroyed by artillery, and the warships that occasionally escaped never dared to appear on the Han River again, and could only act as a grain fleet in Xiangyang.

The master ordered people to build a pontoon bridge on the river, the cavalry passed first, stationed on the riverside, guarded the infantry, surrounded Xiangyang City, set up a large camp, and then the cavalry escorted a hundred artillery pieces from the north bank slowly, these cannons are cast in bronze, the light flashed, each weighing about a thousand catties, the artillery was pulled by four horses, and walked slowly, making a sound of tooth acid on the pontoon bridge, and the hundred artillery pieces took half a day to reach the south bank.

On the city wall of Xiangyang, Liu Qi looked at the pontoon bridge on the river, his face was gloomy, and the artillery, as if it was pressing on his heart, made him breathless, he now regrets that he tried to attack by land and water, in a vain attempt to resist the attack of the master road, resulting in the destruction of all the sailor warships, and watching the enemy pass through the pontoon bridge to transport all kinds of supplies.

"If there is a group of naval warships at this time, rushing down from the upstream, at least ten artillery pieces of the opponent can be destroyed." Liu Qi watched the artillery slowly walk on the pontoon, and there was a trace of regret in his eyes. It's too late to think about that now.

"General, the enemy has already transported artillery to the south bank, and no matter how strong our walls are, I'm afraid they are no match for these artillery!" Deputy General Shi Lei took a deep breath, under the clairvoyant mirror, the artillery on the pontoon bridge can be seen more clearly, the hideous artillery muzzle has been aimed at Xiangyang City, Shi Lei was born in Xiangyang, he knows the thickness of the Xiangyang city wall, but he does not think that Xiangyang City can resist the attack of artillery.

"Even if it is not, it must be resisted, Li Jing's army prides itself on benevolence and righteousness, and going south is a war of unification, he will have to govern Xiangyang in the future, and it is impossible to kill Xiangyang, otherwise, the people of Xiangyang will not agree with the Tang Dynasty, and the people of Jiangnan will not identify with the Tang Dynasty." Liu Qi said proudly: "Even if the city wall is destroyed, we can let the people of Xiangyang City go up, the master is a veteran, he will definitely know the hidden meaning here, he doesn't dare to do it, according to the general's guess, the final result is that we are here to consume, when Jiangnan wins, when can produce results." ”

Shi Lei's face changed when he heard it, although he admitted that what Liu Qi said was reasonable, but he didn't dare to agree in his heart, when he was a soldier to fight, just protect his family and defend the country, everyone is in order to live, but at least, he still has some feelings for his hometown, Liu Qi wants to use the people of Xiangyang City to resist the attack of the Tang army, Shi Lei's heart is cold when he listens, if it is really like what Liu Qi said, the Tang army stops at Xiangyang City, and the Tang Dynasty may not have a good impression of Xiangyang City in the future; If the seed master Dao launched an attack on Xiangyang City for the sake of military merits, then the last casualties must be the people of Xiangyang City.

"What the last general is worried about is that if the Seed Master Dao doesn't want to fight a decisive battle with us, but just wants to demolish the city wall of Xiangyang? So how should it be? "Shi Lei is actually desperate, the world knows how powerful the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are, 500,000 troops went south to attack the Song Dynasty and killed them from all directions, although the soldiers and horses of the Southern Song Dynasty also have 500,000, or even more, but can these soldiers and horses be compared with the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty? The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty have always been elite, and they have basically seen blood, but what about the soldiers and horses of the Southern Song Dynasty? Some people were still young farmers a few days ago, where can they be compared with the elite of Datang?

"If that's the case, we will fight to the death, and we will never allow the Seed Master Dao to enter the city for half a step." Liu Qi gritted his teeth and said. He was a die-hard member of the Southern Song Dynasty, and even if he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he would not get any benefits.