For the Liao army guarding Shuozhou, they fantasized about the way the Song army broke the city, and they also knew that it was a matter of time before Shuozhou was captured by the Song army. But no one would have thought that Shuozhou City would be captured by the Song army so quickly.

What made the Liao army even more frightened was that they never thought that Shuozhou City would end the battle with the complete collapse of the south gate wall. The loud noise that shook the sky and the smoke that had not dispersed all made the Liao army in the city feel a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts.

People are always in awe of anything unknown. They never thought that such a strong city wall would be destroyed by external forces in an instant. The Song army, which has mastered this ability, can't he break it?

With Yang Jinbao taking the lead, he was the first to rush into Shuozhou City. Looking at the scattered walls and the rubble littered with corpses, he also lost his mind a little. After all, this scene is too terrifying!

This thought flashed through his mind, and Yang Jinbao also felt that he hadn't seen the old commander for a while. His methods are more and more unpredictable, more and more awe-inspiring!

Looking at those who were a little lost and depressed, watching the cavalry under his command enter the city, they were still a little stunned. Yang Jinbao also knew that these Liao soldiers who had witnessed such a tragic scene were already frightened and dumbfounded.

For these sluggish Liao soldiers, Yang Jinbao was not in the mood to shoot, and rushed directly to the city lord's mansion in Shuozhou City. For him, taking the City Lord's Mansion is the rhythm of ending this battle of reconquest.

The rest of the cavalry did not forget their mission, and rushed directly out of the remaining three gates of the city. Under the obstruction of the Liao defenders, the three city gates were successfully opened. For a time, the Song army outside the city poured in.

With the sound of 'lay down your arms and don't kill', there are still more than 20,000 Liao soldiers in Shuozhou City, and there are not many people who dare to resist. As for those, the iron cavalry of the Liao army used to escape. In the face of the infantry blocking the camp gate, they were also powerless to return to the sky.

The cavalry could not run without their horses, and was no different from the infantry. After the Lord will be completely buried in the middle of nowhere, they also don't want to die here senselessly. Surrendering to the Song army was already the wisest decision.

As far as the people in the city were concerned, they were not too worried. Anyway. In many cases, wars still do not implicate the people. Especially for some Liao people who were eager to get rid of reality, they welcomed the Song army.

It's just that when the Liao army was in the city, they simply showed this mentality. Because whoever dares to show this emotion, they will be greeted by the butcher's knife of the Liao army. And most of them are Han people who have their hearts set on the Great Song Dynasty.

Unlike the previous recovery of those small cities, Yang Shipeng, who received Zhao Xiaoxi's secret letter, looked at the vast majority of the young and strong people of the Han nationality in Shuozhou City. The first order was given. It is to return these people to their former cities and reunite with their families.

Of course, he didn't forget to take out all the reserves in Shuozhou City. It was used to appease the people of other small towns, so as not to drag down the supply of supplies for the army. At the same time, it also failed Da Liao's poisonous plan.

At the same time, Yang Shipeng, who entered the city lord's mansion, also had to say a word about Zhao Xiaoxi's ability to strategize. Just send such a reinforcement team of only twenty people. Shuozhou City was taken in less than two days.

This is undoubtedly a good start for him. Just looking at the already dilapidated south gate wall. Yang Shipeng was also worried that what would they do when the Liao army counterattacked?

At this time, the commander of the reinforcements who came to assist said in a timely manner: "Old General Yang, please forgive me for retiring first." This time our mission has been accomplished, and it's time to leave.

In addition, General Yang does not have to worry too much. If nothing else, there will be people today who will bring supplies to build the new city walls. With their help, I believe that these collapsed walls will be built in a day or two. ”

Hearing that these people are leaving. Yang Shipeng said with a little reluctance: "General Xu, don't you continue to move forward with the army?" ”

Commander Xu smiled and said, "No, the prince said that we people can only appear at the right time." We can't steal the limelight from the army, we just did our best in this battle, and the credit is still the army.

If you can, the prince means, don't mention the news of his meddling in this matter. Of course, if you want to hide it now, you can't hide it. Anyway, the prince's original words, how to report to the emperor, all the generals have ideas. ”

Yang Shipeng, who knows the meaning of this commander Xu's words, also understands what it means to be a master of high merit. Such a powerful killer feature, they usually don't know. When Zhao Xiaoxi took it out, it was indeed a bit noisy.

With the emperor's good-faced character, if you don't say it, I'm afraid that I will doubt his loyalty, and if I say it, I'm afraid that I will think that Zhao Xiaoxi will steal merit from him. Now these people will leave when they are done, which will save them a lot of trouble.

As a courtier, Yang Shipeng admired Zhao Xiaoxi's style of contributing to the country and the army regardless of personal fame and fortune. But at the same time, he knew that he was now a general of the Great Song Dynasty and must follow the orders of Emperor Zhao Xu.

Thinking of this, he also knew that it was not good to keep these mysterious reinforcements. asked Yang Jinbao to personally send these people out of Shuozhou City, and quickly thought, how should he report this victory to the emperor?

It wasn't until Yang Jinbao walked into the City Lord's Mansion that he looked at Yang Tupeng, who was difficult to hold the pen, and said curiously: "Uncle, are you going to report to the emperor?" How do you look at you, it seems that you don't dare to put pen to paper? ”

Yang Shipeng smiled bitterly: "What do you kid know, we can take Shuozhou City so quickly in this battle, and most of the credit will go to the prince." If you really write like this, what do you think the emperor will think when he sees it? ”

Yang Jinbao, who was reprimanded, was stunned but said quickly: "Uncle, I don't think there is much to worry about this kind of thing. Whether it is the emperor or the prince, they are all their own brothers, and we are all foreign ministers, so we only know about state affairs.

In front of him, Shuozhou City was taken, and he saw that the Left Route Army had won the first battle, which was a great thing, and it could also improve the soldiers of our army. As for the paperwork of reporting success, how to take Shuozhou can be written.

The emperor's thoughts, how can we, the courtiers, speculate at will? If you don't write it, it will be disloyal, and if you write it, the emperor will feel uncomfortable. But after all, this is a national war, and the prince sends people to help, so there is nothing to worry about.

What's more, except for a few commanders, there are not many of these reinforcements who know that they are the prince's subordinates. As long as we don't say it, others won't think the same, is this the emperor's ability to command the army? Moreover, the emperor should not be such a stingy person! ”

Yang Shipeng, who made Yang Jinbao refute, was also a little stunned and said: "Okay, it seems that you are really mature." You're right, I'm really a bit old compared to your directness. That's right, we can be good ministers. ”

After saying these words, Yang Shipeng quickly wrote a battle report of victory. After applying fire paint, but let the cavalry quickly send to the camp of the Chinese army. In his opinion, this is the first attack, and the Yang family must take it.

When the cavalry took the battle report of the victory and rushed to the direction of the Chinese army camp. In the afternoon, sure enough, another group of Song troops arrived in the name of transporting grain. But what they sent was not edible food at all.

Looking at the craftsman who was more than half a hundred years old in front of him, Yang Shipeng said with a little surprise: "Craftsman Li, what you said before is true. Can the collapsed city walls be repaired in one day? Isn't it a joke? ”

The craftsman smiled and said, "No matter how much the villain laughs, he won't dare to deceive the general!" It's just a day to repair the city wall, and it is indispensable that the general will send more craftsmen to cooperate. Of course, just help us out.

This time I brought 20 craftsmen with me, and they were in charge of building the walls. It is guaranteed that early in the morning after tomorrow, give the general a brand new south gate city wall. If you don't believe it, the general can send someone to check it at any time. ”

Yang Shipeng, who felt a little incredible, finally treated Commander Xu and others who left. Let Yang Jinbao be responsible for taking care of these people, even if it is a group of craftsmen. can really do it, build a city in one day, that is a god craftsman!

As these craftsmen kept going, they rushed directly to the broken south gate city wall. The craftsman asked the people who had come to help to clean up all the bricks and stones of the collapsed city wall. Of course, if it's too broken to be used, forget it.

While picking up these bricks of the old city, there are also a group of people in the city, who are constantly carrying bricks and stones to the south gate. At this time, Yang Jinbao saw that these craftsmen took the wooden barrels brought by the carriage and began to stir the sediment.

It seems that it is a little sloppy, and the city wall is rebuilt on the site of the old city wall. Is the wall built up like this really usable, and it really won't collapse?

Regarding his worries, the craftsman said with a smile: "General, don't underestimate this kind of cement, this thing is in the prince's place, it is also a few taels of silver a bucket, and ordinary people have never used it at all." Shipped here, it's more expensive.

With this kind of cement, the wall tiles that are stacked up now may not look solid. As long as it's past tonight, tomorrow you may not be able to beat it with your strength. What's more, the walls are as high as a two-story house? If it's not strong, it can't be built. ”

After listening to the craftsman's explanation, Yang Jinbao felt that he hadn't followed Zhao Xiaoxi for a while. He didn't understand how many new things Cho Hyo-seok had made. The explosives that Commander Xu said, the cement that the craftsman said, are all unheard of!

Regardless of whether Yang Jinbao believes it or not, when Zhao Xu received the victory report from the army, he also felt incredible. But more of them are happy, which means that among the sixteen states of Yanyun, one state has been recovered.

Even if you see it from the letter, Zhao Xiaoxi seems to have helped. But Zhao Xu also felt that this cousin seemed to remember that he was the emperor and that he was a descendant of the Zhao family, so he didn't pull him back at this time.

Since he is willing to support him behind the scenes, Zhao Xu is also happy to be a hero standing in front. After all, in this battle, what Zhao Xu hopes for is to let the soldiers and people of the Great Song Dynasty know that he, the emperor, is not bad either! (To be continued......)