Eight boarding points in the moat have been completed, each landing point is composed of three boats to form a set of water boarding system, including two flat boats and one boarding boat, this is the situation that the defenders of Youzhou have never imagined in the past hundred years, and the widest moat in the world that they are proud of has actually become a convenient river for the enemy to attack the city.

A group of Song soldiers rushed to the flat boat, along the siege ship directly to the city, very convenient, only a moment, the Song soldiers from the eight boarding ships rushed out of the city, appeared in Youzhou City.

The Western Army has a long period of night combat training and rich experience, and he left a deep impression on Fanning when he conquered Western Xia, so he specially transferred 100,000 Western troops to attack Youzhou this time.

The western army did not rush to the city after ascending to the top of the city, but quickly assembled, and they fought at night with an army of five thousand men.

In just a few moments, the first western army of 5,000 men rushed down from the eastern city and slaughtered into the city.

The city is full of ruins, all sides have been burned into ruins, countless Liao troops will hide behind the ruins and broken walls to shoot arrows at the western army, the front of a thousand sword and shield soldiers raised their shields and rushed up, the soldiers behind closely followed, the two sides were short soldiers, fierce fight together.

Immediately after that, more and more western troops rushed down the city, and the 100,000 army was divided into 20 groups to fight in all directions of the city, and the 40,000 Liao army started a night battle.

The second round of 80,000 troops also began to enter the city under the leadership of Cao Shi and fought fiercely with the Liao army, the morale of the Liao army was low, and they were killed and retreated, but there were also battles of stubborn resistance.

The fiercest part of the war was the battle for the palace in Nanjing, located in the center of the city, where the Song army invested three groups and 15,000 troops to attack the palace of Yelu Hongji in Nanjing.

The palace covers an area of 150 acres, and in front of it is the official office of the Nanjing Left-behind Mansion, and Yelu Hu led 8,000 Liao troops to defend the highest authority of this Nanjing Road.

The palace is like a small city, surrounded by a high palace wall, the Liao soldiers stand on the palace wall condescendingly, the arrows are dense like rain, shooting at the Song soldiers who attack like a tide around them, the Song soldiers are constantly shot down by arrows, even if they use shields, they can't resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the Liao army.

Seeing that the Song army had suffered heavy casualties, he slammed his fist against the wall, turned around and ordered: "Drag a ballista!" ”

The southern gate had been breached, the drawbridge was lowered, the piers were erected with slabs, and heavy weapons were brought into the city through the gates.

A thousand soldiers closely guarded a heavy ballista into the city, the ballista was placed in a cart, eight donkeys were responsible for pulling, the donkey cart went north on the street, and a thousand soldiers held large shields and spears to guard both sides, and the buildings on both sides were constantly shot with cold arrows, which were covered by the shields of the Song army, and did not endanger the donkey carts.

In a moment, the donkey cart gradually approached the palace.

"Old General Qiqi, the ballista has arrived!"

He nodded and said, "Prepare to launch an iron fire thunder to blow up these bastards!" ”

The ballista was already in place, and the soldiers put a hundred-pound iron fire mine on it, and some soldiers lit the fire rope.

'Bang! ’

With a loud bang, the ballista shot out an iron fire thunder, and the black iron fire thunder cut an arc in the air and landed accurately on the city wall eighty paces away.

Only an earth-shattering explosion was heard, the shattered limbs and rubble rose into the air, and the smoke filled the air, and the Song soldiers covered their ears and squatted on the ground.

When the smoke cleared, the palace wall collapsed, and a gap more than ten zhang wide appeared, and the seed man shouted, "Kill it!" ”

"Kill—"

More than 10,000 Song troops rushed into the gap like a tide, and the last stubborn Liao army started a desperate battle, and soon 20,000 reinforcements arrived and entered the palace from the palace gates on both sides.

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The tragic street fighting finally ended at the fourth watch, with more than 30,000 Liao troops killed by 40,000 Liao troops, the main general Yelu Hujian also died in the chaos, and the Song army also suffered heavy casualties, paying the price of more than 10,000 casualties.

But Youzhou, which the Great Song Dynasty had been longing for for a hundred years, was finally occupied by the Song army.

As the sky gradually dawned, the Song army began to clean up the corpses in the city, and the fallen Song soldiers identified them and burned them, and then put the bones into clay pots, labeled their names and sent back to their hometowns.

The dead soldiers of the Liao army were gathered together to burn and bury, and the weather was still relatively hot, so these things could not be delayed at all, otherwise it would cause epidemics.

More than a dozen troops still controlled Youzhou City and imposed martial law in the whole city, and groups of soldiers began to search from house to house, confiscate weapons, and capture Liao soldiers hiding in private houses.

In just half a day, more than 6,000 Liao soldiers were searched, as long as they did not resist, the Song army did not kill, escorted them out of the city, in a clearing in the city, all kinds of weapons were piled up.

At this time, Fan Ning accompanied Zhao Ji into Youzhou City under the escort of 10,000 cavalry, although forty percent of the Youzhou City buildings have been destroyed by the war, but the entire city still looks magnificent, which makes Zhao Ji sigh.

"Fan Xianggong, will this city be taken away by the Liao army again?" Zhao Ji asked with some concern.

Fan Ning smiled and shook his head, "Although the Liao Kingdom has a heart, they no longer have that strength, I'm afraid they are now worried about whether Tokyo Dao and Xijing Dao will be taken away by the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Ji's heart was put down, he knew that now was not the time to discuss the seizure of Datong Mansion, he looked at Youzhou City and said with a smile: "There are a lot of Khitan people in the city!" ”

Fan Ning bowed slightly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Han people account for forty percent, and the others are Khitan, Xi and Bohai people, these three clansmen, Weichen will be screened and treated." ”

"What is Fan Xianggong going to do?"

"The Han people will basically stay, as for the Khitan wealthy families and nobles, they were transferred to Tokyo Road before, and those who stayed in the city were basically middle and lower-class civilians, many Khitans, Xi and Bohai people have lived in Youzhou for decades, and they have actually been sinicized, if they are willing to stay, then they will be compiled as Song Min, and if they do not want to stay, then send them back to Tokyo Road, but Weichen believes that the vast majority of people are willing to stay, otherwise they would have left a long time ago."

Zhao Ji nodded, approved Fan Ning's plan, and asked again: "The first prefect of Yanshan, does Fan Xianggong have anyone to recommend?" ”

Fan Ning hesitated slightly, Zhao Ji saw Fan Ning's hesitation, and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it, I won't blame!" ”

Fan Ning bowed and said: "Wechen talked to his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun at the beginning of the year, he is very interested in serving as the prefect of Yanshan Mansion, and he is serious and adheres to principles, Wechen feels that he is indeed very suitable to be the first prefect of Yanshan." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Juxian does not avoid relatives, as you said, Zhu Shilang is indeed more suitable to be the first prefect of Yanshan, I am right." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Cao Shi hurriedly came, knelt down on one knee and said, "Please tell Your Majesty, the search has ended, is it necessary to let all the people go out of the city to register?" ”

Zhao Ji looked at Fan Ning, who shook his head and said, "That will cause panic among the people, there is no need, but the families whose houses were burned down can come out to register and receive tents." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "This is also what I mean!" ”

"Obey!"

Cao Shi hurriedly went.

After a short time, the Song army lifted martial law, and the families helped the old and the young to come out, and they came to their burned homes, turning over the rubble, opening cellars, and looking for unburned belongings.

The rubble was largely untouched, and many people found unburned copper coins, gold and silver jewelry, and copper basins, as well as grain and other supplies stored in cellars.

Every household in Youzhou City has a cellar, when the Song army killed, many families have made preparations, the valuable gold and silver, jewelry, satin cloth, valuable clothes, etc. have been packed into boxes, buried in the depths of the cellar, although the house was burned down, but the loss of other property is not serious.

A large group of officials have come from Lu County, under the escort of the soldiers into Youzhou City, the ministers saw that the Son of Heaven was wearing golden helmets and golden armor, they all knew it, and they all stepped forward to salute, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for fulfilling the last wish of the first emperor and commanding the army to seize Youzhou!" ”

Zhao Ji was really proud in his heart, waved his hand and said: "Although the final battle is under my command, thanks to the foundation laid by Fan Xianggong before, and more importantly, the efforts of all the soldiers, I want to reward them well." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhao Ji smiled, and his eyes fell on Zhu Xiaowen, the squire of the military department, "Zhu Shilang!" ”

"Wechen is here!" Zhu Xiaowen hurriedly came out of the queue to salute.

"Now that Yanshan Mansion has been taken, I have decided to appoint you as the first Yanshan Governor, do you have the confidence to govern for me?"

Zhu Xiaoyun was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Weichen must live up to Your Majesty's expectations, let the people of Yanshan Mansion live and work in peace and contentment, let all the people return to their hearts, and make Yanshan Mansion a rich and prosperous place." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "From now on, Zhu Aiqing is the first prefect of Yanshan Mansion!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Xiaoyun quickly glanced at Fan Ning, he knew that he was appointed as the prefect of Yanshan, and he must be recommended by his son-in-law.