Yang Zaixing looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, took out a leather bag from his arms and handed it to Zhao Xingde, "Let's try this!" Zhao Xingde took it, leaned over to his nose and sniffed it, with a faint smell of wine and fragrance. "Fermented glutinous rice?" A strange color flashed on his face. If it weren't forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, especially in the town. If it were Yuhou discovered, eating military sticks would be light. Yang Zaixing encouraged, "Take a bite."

Several soldiers on the white camp were tying their eyes and looked over with a smile on their faces.

Zhao Xingde took a sip, and a sweet and sour water flowed through his internal organs, and his mouth and tongue produced saliva. He was excited and praised, "Not bad!" Ma Rui took the leather bag and took a sip, wiped his mouth, and laughed, "Is this thing considered wine?" Yang Zaixing also took a big sip himself, and smiled, "It's just quenching thirst and hunger." The cavalrymen in the white camp laughed. After this, everyone's spirit returned a little, as if they could catch up with more than twenty miles.

When he met a clear stream in front of him, Zhao Xingde suggested: "Let's take a break first." Although he was anxious, he knew the way of "hazardousness means not reaching". He always proposed to let his subordinates rest and rest his horsepower before Yang Zaixing and Ma Rui. He galloped over hundreds of miles from Jiangzhou. Although a few horses died, in general, the condition of more than a thousand cavalry was still in good condition.

"Drop off the horse—" "Suspense-" Ma Rui and Yang Zaixing ordered loudly respectively.

Although the cavalry were extremely tired, they tried their best to lead the horses to a cool place beside the road. They first took out oil and wheat cakes from the brigade bag to feed the horses, and then carried the tubes to the roadside to the horses to drink clean water. The horses in the white camp were all selected good horses, and only such war horses were good at running. However, ordinary forage could not be eaten at all, and they would also have to ruin their stomachs after drinking unclean water. Because good horses were extremely precious, Yue Fei established military rules in the town that cavalry strictly prohibited the cavalry from eating weeds and dirty water for the war horses. Therefore, those who caused the horses to get sick and die would be beheaded without forgiveness. Although the rules of the Baoyi Army were not so strict, the cavalry took care of the war horses, and then took out their dry food from the saddle bag and sat cross-legged on the ground to chew.

Gong Liuyi was also brave. He took a sip of rice wine and said to his partner, "I heard that the 100,000 troops in Xiangyang are heading south. We have such a few people back to help, which is not enough for others to get stuck in their teeth." This time he rushed to Ezhou, many people were worried.

"Scared, we have General Zhao here," Lin San curled his lips, disagreed. "It's enough to be worth a hundred thousand troops." He leaned over and touched the neck of the mount, and shook his sweat with heartache. "Is Brother Tiemu so good? From the north to the south, Xijing Camp, Hedong Camp, and Southeast Camp are all afraid like mice seeing cat silk, but aren't you afraid when you meet us?"

"That's right," Xin Dan grinned, regardless of the pain in his cracked mouth, "We General Zhao lead the troops, and it's like catching soybeans, no matter what? Just grab one handful, and you can beat them. But you know that there are no other things in Ezhou, and there are quite a lot of training in prefectures and counties. No matter how many people come to Xiangyang, as long as General Zhao strikes out, Ezhou will be as stable as Mount Tai."

Gong Liuyi looked smiling, and his eyes turned to the side. Without saying a word, he swallowed the rice dumplings with rice wine.

In the vanguard army that aided Hubei this time, there was a commander of the Baoyi army cavalry and the other commanded the Tabai camp cavalry. Gong Liuyi was the governor of the capital, while Lin San and Xin Dan were the governors of the Baoyi army. Since the Battle of Fangzhou, the Baoyi army has grown from a group of mobs, one battle after another, and they have become strong soldiers who are equal to the governor of the capital. The upper and the other are regarded as gods to General Zhao. Zhao Xingde was also named "good at leading troops" and "the more they are better". The scholars verbally said, "Soldiers."

The word "媺" was added to the character "媺", as if no matter what the material was, it would be like a stone turning into gold when Zhao Xingde was in his hand. It was so amazing that even the prefectures and county camps that were beside the Baoyi Army believed it. After the battle of the small mountain artillery, many prefectures and county camps were also raided by Liao cavalry, but the townsmen were able to defend the villages to death and scatter. The townsmen could fight this war to this extent, compared with the fact that many official troops were defeated thousands of miles in front of the Liao cavalry, it was a miracle.

"Mr. Zhao is both literary and military. In the future, the court will defeat the world. If Lao Yang is rude, he will be released from the South Mountain. Mr. Zhao will become a general and a prime minister, so don't forget his old friend." Yang Zaixing drank a mouthful of wine in the water bag, and the heroic spirit was a bit desolate. The generals of the Baoyi Army privately called Zhao Xingde "Mr.", and Yang Zaixing was also affected by it without realizing it. Unlike others who feared the Khitan like a tiger, Yang Zaixing believed that the barbarians had not had a long fortune. The heroes of the Central Plains emerged. After a temporary setback, they would sooner or later turn defeat into victory and expel the Northern Barbarians. However, at that time, they would have to release military power, remove elite soldiers, and waste their remaining lives like the Taizu Dynasty.

"General Yang, don't worry," Zhao Xingde shook his head, "After this disaster, the court should have made some progress and will not just stolen martial arts and practice culture."

"We are fighting to the battlefield, with seals in the yamen." Yang Zaixing smiled and handed the water bag to Zhao Xingde. "Before leaving Ezhou, I heard that the battle in Jiangzhou had not yet been fought, and the order for the Ministry of War to report the merits was ready. Chen Xianggong was in the middle to coordinate, and the merits of the Ministry of War's planning, Yue Shumi, General Han, and your Mr. Zhao command were all unstoppable." He had some tricks, was well-informed and heroic, and actually told Zhao Xingde about these things in the yamen. He simply recognized him as his friend and met with him honestly.

After saying that, he remembered that Zhao Xingde was not from a grassroots family. Yang Zaixing also felt a little regretful and changed his words and asked, "When the Liao Dog get out of the Central Plains, welcome back," he frowned, "After welcoming the emperor, what are your plans, Mr. Zhao?"

"Me?" Zhao Xingde was stunned. He thought about it. He had arrived in this world, driven by the times, wandering around, fighting south and north. After thinking about it carefully, he had experienced many major events, but there were really few things he "planned" to do. He pondered for a moment and sighed, "If the world is peaceful, find a place, set up a tent and teach disciples to preach." He felt that this was a little angry and smiled, "If according to the ancestral system of this dynasty, all the generals would buy good land and beautiful houses, hold singing and dancing girls, and lively their old age. If General Yang had that day, don't forget to teach poorly."

Yang Zaixing was stunned. Fang Shuo Zhao Xingde was making jokes. He spitted and whispered in a low voice, "What's the matter? If it's not controlled by the court, Yang will go to have fun." He looked at Zhao Xingde and saw that he was not surprised. He smiled and said, "The teacher will not go down the fields or go up the mountain. He will have wine and meat at the edge of his mouth. I will open a refreshment stall next to your teaching stall, selling some herbal tea, meat, steamed buns, etc. By then, Mr. Zhao will come to take care of the business." The two said that there were nothing, and their worries were full of worries, and their fatigue gradually faded.

Seeing that the horse power was almost resting, Yang Zaixing sued, stood up suddenly and shouted: "Go away! Stay in Huangzhou tonight!" With this order, more than a thousand cavalrymen boarded the horses and soon galloped again, leaving only a rising dust on the official road.

Several iron cables were hung high on the Ezhou River. Several miles away from the opposite side of the iron cable, countless warships gathered. The ships shuttled back and forth, constantly transporting Xiangyang's troops to the other side of the river. Hanyang City, which was originally bombarded with no power to fight back, also set up dozens of artillery guns. Although the number and power cannot be compared with the Han army's gunship, once the gunship is too close to Hanyang, shells will be bombarded immediately.

Cao Di looked at the three gun ships lying across the river. Before the iron chain was hung, the three ships were strong and the artillery fire was fierce, almost circulating on the river without any fear. Fortunately, the iron chain temporarily restricted the movement of the gun ship, and the large group of people could travel freely in the upstream of Ezhou. Cao Di's eyes turned to the Ezhou city wall, and the brigade of crossbowmen formed a neat arrow formation under the Ezhou city. With each order, thousands of arrows broke through the air. The arrows fell on the top of the city like raindrops, densely filled with gray-white arrow feathers. The city walls of Ezhou were like hedgehogs. The soldiers were at the city, like Mount Tai pressing the top of the head. However, Chen Dong's group of rebel officials had not surrendered yet.

"In three days, you must conquer Ezhou." Cao Di said coldly.

"Yes!" The generals in the tent did not dare to look up. Although Cao Jieshuai's tone was plain, it was much more worrying than scolding him. Cao Di regarded himself as a Confucian general and had always been light and slow in the army. Although he was in battle himself, he was wearing armor and a sword hanging on his waist, which was unusual.

No one expected that the army had just fought south, and the Liao emperor Yelu Dashi immediately sent troops to attack Xiangyang. The Liao army envoy attacked fiercely and made three plans. No one expected that Liu Jieshuai, with tens of thousands of pounds of iron barrel cannons in the Liao army, and the elite Jurchen naval forces, had not survived for three days. He abandoned the city and fled under the protection of more than 50,000 elite soldiers. Only an empty city was left in Xiangyang. The remaining general Li Qiong opened the city gate the next day and surrendered Yelu Dashi. Now the Liao army cavalry is chasing and rushing north, and I am afraid that the troops will come to Ezhou in a few days. If Ezhou had not been captured at that time, the Xiangyang army would have to fight against the Liao army in the wild. Such a scene makes the generals feel cold when they think of this.

Because gunships blocked the river, the Xiangyang army had to land on the upper reaches and then go straight to the periphery of Ezhou from land. The obstruction of water and land not only delayed time, but also made the iron barrel siege cannon weighing tens of thousands of pounds unable to reach the city of Ezhou as expected. Since the waterway was not completely controlled by one's own side, Ezhou City could not be surrounded and killed. Under the pressure of the situation, the Xiangyang army had to adopt the method of ants to attack the city, and from the camp to the command, they had given a thick reward for conquering Ezhou, hoping to use the method of harming people's lives to overwhelm the prefectures, counties and townships that defended Ezhou. In the eyes of the regular court official army, these people should have no resistance.
Chapter completed!