That night, Zhao Jia and their fleet did not rest in Chenzhou Port at all, and immediately gathered all the soldiers again, and then set sail overnight and left Chenzhou Port, it was very dangerous to sail at night, but after so many years of development, the Great Song Dynasty almost felt the sea channel clearly, coupled with the invention of various navigation instruments, so that the ship sailing at night is nothing new.

Without the slow grain carrier, Zhao Jia's battleship was almost several times the original speed, especially after dawn, the speed of the battleship was increased to extreme speed, and it took less than two days to rush to the sea of Kaizhou City.

Kaizhou City is located at the mouth of the Yalu River, two sides of which are supervised by water, only the north and west are land, originally with such a terrain, it is not easy to trap Kaizhou City to death, because even if the Kaizhou City is surrounded from the land, but the Liao army in the city can still escape from the sea.

However, the Jurchens obviously knew the situation of Kaizhou City very well, so when they raided, they did not directly besiege from the land, but directly attacked the port of Kaizhou City, and burned the port and the ships in the port with a fire, and then besieged Kaizhou City.

On the Shandong, the flagship of the Seventh Fleet, I saw General Zhou after introducing the situation in Kaizhou City, and then he said to the captains sitting below: "This is the situation in Kaizhou City, it is not difficult for us to rescue the prince of Liao, we only need to use artillery to clean up the Jurchens occupying the port, and then let the prince of Liao come out of the city and leave on our warship, but this time it is difficult to fight with the Jurchens, and we have to teach them a hard lesson." So do you guys have any good ideas? ”

Hearing that General Zhou wanted to teach the Jurchens a lesson, he immediately got the approval of many people, but as for how to teach the Jurchens a lesson, this is not a simple matter, so there are many discussions below, and after a while. I saw the bearded captain Wang stand up and said: "General, although we are a navy, our strength in land warfare is not bad, and our ships are equipped with firearms, so I think that after cleaning up the port of Kaizhou, we can land directly, and then engage the Jurchens head-on, so that they know the power of our Great Song firearms!" ”

Captain Wang's proposal was quite decent, and all the officers and men of their detachment were combined. There are tens of thousands of people, and if they are equipped with firearms, it is not a problem at all to deal with thousands of Jurchens.

However, as soon as Captain Wang's words fell, I saw someone stand up and object: "General, the last general thinks that Captain Wang's method is inappropriate, although the power of firearms is huge, but we have never really fought with the Jurchens, and we don't understand their tactics. However, it can be seen from the fact that they turned the entire Liao Kingdom upside down with thousands of troops, and the strength of these Jurchens is definitely not weak. Therefore, we can't underestimate each other too much, so the last general thinks that it is a bit risky to rashly engage the Jurchens head-on. ”

Hearing the captain's words, Zhao Jia in the crowd couldn't help but nod in agreement, this time he was just going to rescue the prince of Liao, so there was no need to fight hard with the Jurchens, after all, they didn't know much about the enemy. In case he suffers a loss on the battlefield, it will only cause some unnecessary casualties, and I am afraid that General Zhou will not be able to explain to the above.

"There are no immortals on the battlefield, our artillery has a limited range, and it is impossible to cross Kaizhou City to fight the Jurchens on the other side. Therefore, there is only a landing to engage the enemy, and with the strength of the Jurchens, it is impossible to be the opponent of our firearms, so I think we should still land and fight! Captain Wang was a little unconvinced at this time, although he was against sending troops before, but since General Zhou had made a decision, then he would fully cooperate to fight this battle more beautifully.

For Captain Wang's words, some people oppose and some people agree, and most of them are in favor, because if you want to teach the Jurchens a hard lesson, if you don't land and fight, I'm afraid it will be impossible to do it, but at this time, Zhao Jia thought of another way, so when others were arguing, I saw him suddenly stand up and say: "General, maybe we should contact the Liao people in the city!" ”

Just when Zhao Jia and the others were discussing the military situation, there was a panic in Kaizhou City, Yelu Yanxi sat in the Zhizhou Mansion with a panicked face, looking up at the door from time to time, with a little fear in his eyes, as if he was worried that the Jurchens might come in at any time.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw a murderous young general striding in, and then saluted Yelu Yanxi and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, the Jurchens have no signs of attacking the city, but they are besieging us but not attacking, and the last general thinks that they must want to encircle and send reinforcements, so our reinforcements may be dangerous." ”

"Don't siege the city? It's good not to attack the city, as long as they don't attack the city, the prince will be safe, and as for those reinforcements, it's okay to lose some of them. Yelu Yanxi immediately patted his chest when he heard the young general's report, and the look on his face finally relaxed.

However, Yelu Yanxi's words made the young general on the opposite side frown, and a little disgust flashed in his eyes, after all, he was also a soldier, and seeing Yelu Yanxi not take the lives of soldiers as a matter of fact, he was naturally very uncomfortable.

"General Xiao, when do you think the Jurchens outside will retire, and when can we return to Liaoyang Mansion?" At this time, Yelu Yanxi asked eagerly again, he never expected that it would be such a big danger for just an ordinary inspection, if he had known that, he would not have come to Kaizhou here anyway.

The young general on the opposite side is named Xiao Dilie, he is the eldest son of Xiao Yanshou, he has been following his father's side before, helping him to eliminate the Jurchens, but their Liao State is now full of contradictions, and the government is controlled by Yelu Yixin, who is at odds with their father and son, and they are dragged back everywhere, and even there are spies in the court, and even their battle plans may be known by the Jurchens in advance, so even if their father and son have great ability, it is impossible to completely eliminate the Jurchens, and now they can weaken part of the strength of the JurchensIt's not easy.

This time Yelu Yanxi went out of Beijing to inspect, Xiao Yanshou happened to be stationed not far from Liaoyang Mansion, he was worried about Yelu Yanxi's safety, so he sent his son over to personally escort him, originally according to Yelu Yanxi's plan, it was not used to Kaizhou here, but Yelu Yanxi heard that the east of Kaizhou is Goryeo, and there are many Goryeo beauties in Kaizhou City, so he actually ran to Kaizhou with a blank eye, but he didn't know how to leak the news, and was blocked by the Jurchens in Kaizhou City all of a sudden.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Jurchens have become more and more cunning in recent years, they don't move, as long as they move, they will definitely not return empty-handed, now it seems that they are going to use us to encircle and send reinforcements, but I am worried that after they ambush the reinforcements, they will immediately turn their heads and attack the city of Kaizhou, and then with the strength of the city, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop those Jurchens at all, so the most important thing now is to find a way to break out, so as to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince!" Xiao Dilie spoke again at this time, although he was a little dissatisfied with Yelu Yanxi, the crown prince, he also knew that the identity of the other party was too important, and if it really fell into the hands of the Jurchens, I am afraid that even his father would be implicated.

"This ...... What can we do about this, the port of Kaizhou has been destroyed, and the Jurchens are guarding outside the city, how can we break out? When Yelu Yanxi heard Xiao Dilie's words, he immediately panicked again and said, he has been pampered since he was a child, and it was the first time he encountered such a critical moment, so since he was besieged, he had no idea.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to panic, the last general can see the Jurchens' intentions, and my father and they must also be able to see it, so it is not easy for the Jurchens to ambush reinforcements, and although the port of Kaizhou is destroyed, there are still thousands of soldiers in the city, as long as these soldiers are given to the last general's command, they may not have the strength to fight with the Jurchens!" Xiao Dilie spoke again at this time.

Speaking of which, Xiao Dilie also felt very guilty, this time as the commander of Yelu Yanxi's guards, he only brought a thousand people, if the thousands of defenders of Kaizhou City were handed over to him to command, even if he could not repel the Jurchens, but there was still no problem in defending the city, but the guards on the side of Kaizhou City were Yelu Yixin's people, who did not listen to his command at all, and were even unwilling to hand over the military power, and even played against him. The worst thing is to make the morale of the city plummet, but even so, the other party still clings to the military power, so he wants Yelu Yanxi to come forward and take the military power from the other party's hands.

"This ......" Although Yelu Yanxi is timid, he still knows the situation in the court very well, and he also knows that the Kaizhou guard is Yelu Yixin's person, and now Yelu Yixin is covering the sky in the court, and even he, the prince, is very jealous of Yelu Yixin, if he now lets the Kaizhou guard give the military power to Xiao Dilie, and Xiao Dilie's father and son are Yelu Yixin's political enemies, this will definitely make Yelu Yixin suspect that he is colluding with Xiao Yilie's father and son, so maybe Yelu Yixin will be hostile to him, Even he, the crown prince, will not be able to sit steadily. (To be continued.) )