Early the next morning, Diao Xiang ordered troops, and the number of Shenwei artillery increased a lot compared with the previous day, neatly arranged under the tower of Song Shicheng, and the huge iron plate above the muzzle of the cannon was blocked, it seemed that Diao Xiang had put a lot of effort into Song Shicheng. Knowing that Song Shicheng's firearms would not be worse than his own, he even did a good job of protection.

Yesterday, after learning Song Shicheng's artillery, Diao Xiang was somewhat disappointed with his pile of treasures, but today, seeing that there are quite a lot of them, he is also a lot more relieved, although it is a little worse, it is better than nothing. What's more, today they are still the main force to break the city.

Thinking of this, Diao Xiang showed a look of relief on his old face.

The southwest wind came slowly, and the dust was stirred up, with a hint of earthy smell mixed with the fragrance of flowers. Diao Xiang, who touched his beard and smiled, poured a cool breeze into his mouth and couldn't help coughing.

With a slight bite, a few grains of crushed sand cracked between the teeth.

War can always make the wind and sand expand, but Diao Xiang obviously didn't realize this, for the next siege battle, he has full confidence, it is certain that as long as the city is broken in, the troops in the city will definitely not be able to reach 100,000 troops.

The Shenwei artillery advanced in an orderly manner, and Diao Xiang's face gradually became serious. Victory seems to be not far from itself.

The city wall of Song Shicheng gradually entered the range of artillery, Diao Xiang was just about to give the order to open the cannon, suddenly, a fast horse rushed straight forward, and the person on the horse jumped down from the horse before the horse landed: "General Diao, don't open a cannon." ”

Diao Xiang looked at the person in front of him, who was not a general on his side, so he laughed a little arrogantly, and said, "General Yang sent you here just to let you tell me this?" If you don't let me open fire, will you want to attack the city? ”

The general smiled, saluted respectfully, and said: "General Yang is only a deputy general, you are the main general, how dare we take the lead here, it's just that there are more things on the city of Song Shicheng today, General Yang is afraid that you haven't noticed, so he specially asked the end of the future to remind him." If General Diao had no other orders, the last general would have retired first. ”

Diao Xiang waved his hand casually, his face sank, and after the general left, he ordered his own people to go forward to investigate. After a while, he brought back a message that made Diao Xiang gasp. At the head of Song Shicheng, there was a huge wooden sign hanging not far away.

There is nothing special about the material of this wooden sign itself, but the words on it made Diao Xiang's heart completely cool.

It turned out that Yue Shao'an suddenly remembered the method of Zhu Yunwen's army in the Ming Dynasty when he dealt with Zhu Di when he had no countermeasures, so he moved over according to the gourd painting. This seems to be an ancient story for Yue Shao'an, but for people of this era, they have never heard of it. Yue Shao'an's hand really had a miraculous effect.

The wooden card is actually the spiritual position, the spiritual position of the old emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Yue Shao'an hung them on the head of the city, just to borrow a courage from Diao Xiang, and he did not dare to use artillery to coax these spiritual cards.

Diao Xiang, who got the news, gritted his teeth and pushed the artillery back.

Watching the artillery being sent away, Yue Shao'an, who was standing at the head of the city, breathed a sigh of relief. Zhuo Yan beside him showed a rare smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Yue, it should be Song Jun who should have a headache now." ”

Yue Shao'an shook his head and said: "I won't have a headache for too long, this time I can get away with it, and thanks to the Great Song Emperor, I can't personally command the troops, otherwise, according to his character, a few wooden cards can be blocked." Now we have time, it's just this Diao Xiang sent people back to Hangzhou, and then Hangzhou sent the holy decree this part of the journey, if the fast horse runs overnight, it can come in seven days at most. We have only seven days......"

Zhuo Yan nodded, he didn't have a trace of doubt about Yue Shao'an's words. After all, in this world, only Yue Shao'an and Liu Bonan were so close to the Great Song Emperor, and now that Liu Bonan is gone, only Yue Shao'an is the only one who can have the most intuitive insight into what the emperor thinks, not to mention, Yue Shao'an's mind has always been relatively keen.

Therefore, after Zhuo Yan listened, he switched his thinking to what he could do in seven days. Looking at the scorching sun above his head, Zhuo Yan said softly: "If this is the case, Song Jun should not be taking action in the past seven days." ”

Yue Shaoan smiled and said, "It's up to them." At the same time as Zhuo Yan raised his head, Yue Shaoan also noticed Jiao Yang in the sky, he was dressed in thin clothes, and he was covered in sweat when exposed to the sun at the moment. Those heavily armored soldiers can be imagined.

The next series of orders from Yue Shao'an made Zhuo Yan a little incomprehensible. When the Song army retreated, it was a good time to send troops, but Yue Shao'an did not send troops immediately, but instead let people set up a cauldron at the head of the city, boiling meat and soup at the same time.

The soup is a summer soup, the meat is tender beef, and after everything is ready, Yue Shao'an divided the 10,000 people in the city into five teams, each team of two thousand, and two teams are ready for battle each time, and the others take turns to eat and sleep to recuperate.

After the first team was full of food and drink, Yue Shao'an gave an order, the city gate was opened, and two thousand people put their war horses under their crotches, with blades in their hands, and the shouts suddenly sounded. Went straight towards the Song army and killed.

In the Song army, at the forefront was Yang Fan's troops. Seeing Song Shicheng killed, Yang Fan was a little surprised, but his first reaction was to retreat and let Song Shijun pass.

After all, Yang Fan and Emperor Song are no longer a family, although they are still passable in terms of face now, they will not do stupid things that weaken their strength.

Yang Fan's retreat undoubtedly caught Diao Xiang a little off guard. Shenwei artillery with iron plate protection, weighing thousands of pounds, pushing them back, it was really laborious, watching the Song division army pass Yang Fan's defense area safely, running towards himself, Diao Xiang greeted Yang Fan's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, but he didn't dare to have the slightest slack, these bulky artillery pieces were his treasures, and he was willing to expose these things to the cavalry of Song Shicheng.

Although it was taken by surprise, the combat effectiveness of the Song army should not be underestimated, and after a round of impact, both sides were damaged. However, the Song army, which responded to the battle in a hurry, still suffered relatively large casualties.

The battle lasted a little longer, and the Song army gradually became tired, but the Song army slowly stabilized the battle situation, giving full play to the advantage of being outnumbered, and the two sides began to form a situation of equal strength.

Yue Shao'an looked at the city, and saw that his people could no longer take advantage of it, and if they continued to fight, they might be encircled and swallowed by the Song army, so he decisively ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Diao Xiang was beaten up, and he could easily let go of the other party, and when he saw Yue Shao'an collecting his troops, he sent someone to chase after him.