Because the navy could not control the river surface, the Liao army could only attack Hanyang from land, and the defenders also concentrated most of the iron barrel cannons in this direction. Within two miles outside the west city, the defenders' artillery fire was particularly fierce. Those places where the camps were possible were calculated by Zhao Xingde's command artillery team. Regardless of day or night, as soon as the Liao army was seen moving there, they would bombard the Liao army to prevent the Liao army from building a solid anti-aircraft artillery camp. As expected by Zhao Xingde, after the Liao army arrived,

Not far from the city wall, the Liao army carried iron barrel cannons from water and were gradually coming ashore. As soon as they were loaded into the cannon, they could not wait to fire at the top of the Hanyang city. Countless stone bullets were arcing across the city wall and landed in the city. The defenders had prohibited camping in the houses, but instead set up tents behind the city wall. In addition to artillery, the Liao army also laid a large number of bed crossbows and stone throwing tools within hundreds of steps below the city, and constantly threw iron crossbow arrows, rockets, poisonous smoke cartridges, and rotten human and animal corpses into the city. Hanyang City is different from the Nanshan City built by Zhao Xingde. There are still many dead corners at the cannon position at the city. After the Liao army rushed into the dead corner, they could only rely on the defenders to exchange their lives for their lives, and use bows and arrows, rolling wood, and stones to fight against each other.

Up and down the city wall, the soldiers on both sides of the Song and Liao dynasties shouted and killed the sky. On the city wall, the casualties kept lifting down. As long as they were hit by the Liao army stone bullet, the city wall would shake as if they were about to collapse. Blood flowed along the brick corridor, and some of the still alive soldiers muttered "God's blessing". The defenders were divided into six teams to guard the city, but at the beginning, there were many casualties on duty, and it would be difficult to defend without reinforcements. Under the city wall, the corpses of the Liao soldiers were stacked together layer by layer. The weather was hot, and the corpses emitted foul smell. The Liao soldiers who subsequently attacked the city had no time to collect the corpses and rushed to the Phoenix Mountain with the newly built siege equipment. Even under the continuous bombardment of the artillery shells, the Liao army still siege the city while persevering in the process of pushing the fortifications built by wood and stone towards the city wall.

"Liaogou is smarter than Nanshan City." Tong Yunjie sighed, "It's a pity that they met General Zhao."

"It's also more brave." Zhao Xingde added, his eyes falling on the top of Guishan Mountain in the distance. "Fortunately, the range of artillery is not far enough now," he secretly called luck. In this era, almost all heavy artillery fired within two or three miles, forcing both sides to put tens of thousands of troops within a range of several miles. This is also the reason why Zhao Xingde gave up the dangerous periphery and concentrated his troops to defend Hanyang City. Otherwise, these peaks outside the city would have to defend one by one, and a little force would not be able to support it.

"The day before yesterday, Ezhou and the Cao family sent envoys on board the ship, asking us to join forces with the navy to attack Liaogou." Tong Yunjie curled his lips, "I didn't agree to them, saying that if you don't nod, we won't talk to them." This is the reason why he came to see Zhao Xingde in person.

On land, the Liao army sent only a few cavalry across the river to test, concentrating their forces to attack Hanyang in the north of the Yangtze River. On the water, artillery battle broke out every day. The Hengjiang iron cable that Zhang Qing fought to the death was broken by the Liao army's navy's fierce attack. However, the iron barrel cannons at Hanyang and Ezhou city were fired together, and the bombs fell like rain on three sides, killing the enemy ships that rushed over. After a few tests, the battle situation on the water continued to stalemate, and the navy on both sides tacitly used the broken iron cable as the boundary.

"As soon as the iron barrel gunship was released, the situation of the water battle has been completely renewed. You are more familiar with this aspect than most people." Zhao Xingde pondered, "You can decide on the offense and defense on the water for yourself." His eyes were fixed on the top of Guishan Mountain in the distance.

Dabie Mountain is also known as Guishan. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the east, Han River in the north, Yuehu Lake in the west, and Fenghuang Mountain in the south, and confronts the Snake Mountain in Ezhou. The emperor of the Liao Kingdom's imperial account was placed on the top of Guishan, facing high, and could see the situation of the entire battlefield. The Liao Kingdom's army of expeditions in the south is known as 300,000, advancing water and land, facing each other for hundreds of miles from beginning to end. Hanyang City is as firmly nailed to the north of the Yangtze River like a nail. The city is small and solid, and the mountains outside the city wall are rugged and narrow, and there is no large group of people. Although the Liao army has many people in Jiangbei, they can only attack one by one, and are defeated by the Hanyang defenders with iron barrel cannons and bows.

Hanyang City blocked the river, and the Song army units arranged defenses along the south bank of the Yangtze River. If the Liao army did not pull out the nail in Jiangbei, there would be few people crossing the river and would not defeat the Song army. There were too many people crossing the river, and they were afraid that the Song army would break the rear route. Hanyang City was lying high on Phoenix Mountain, and nearly half of the city walls were surrounded by river water. The iron barrel cannons on the city and the Song army warships on the river crossed the shells, making a large area of ​​city walls along the river an impossible death zone. Song army ships continued to set off from Jiangdong, sending food, ammunition, and soldiers to Hanyang, and transporting the injured soldiers back to Jiangdong.

The Emperor of Liao Kingdom Yelu Dashi stood high and the generals in front of him were sanitating the left and right. Wanyan Zongbing knelt on his knees, "In the past few days, once he attacked the river downstream, the shells on both sides of the city were like raindrops. The warships on the front of the Southern Barbarians received the help of iron barrel cannons on the shore, and they surrounded them with small rows to set off arrows and set off fire. Our navy fought hard, but they were repeatedly frustrated."

"Hanyang City is so steep, with endless foreign aids on the water," Yelu Dashi stared at Wanyan Zongbi who was kneeling on the ground. "If we cannot repel the Song army's navy, I don't know when will we wait for Hanyang to conquer Hanyang?" He turned his head and asked, "The Xiangyang soldiers guarding Hanyang are a guest army in Ezhou. Although they are elite troops of the Southern Dynasties, their morale is floating and they can be defeated. The reason why they are struggling to support now is that Zhao Xingde is indeed a general, second, there are endless support from the river, and third, there are Yue Han reinforcements in Ezhou. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong and Zhao Xingde are local soldiers in the southeast, and they are tough and brave, and are still above the original Song Dynasty imperial guards." He coughed lightly and asked, "Where have Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's reinforcements gone?"

Yelu Tiege bowed and said, "Han Shizhong was stationed in Shuzhou. Yue Fei immediately led most of Zhenzhang and Baoyi Army back to the rescue, advancing on land and water, and the cavalry vanguard had already passed Jiangzhou." He looked ugly. The North Court originally interrupted Tiemu Ge's tens of thousands of troops to attack east and west, annihilated the Song army's last main force in Jingxiang. However, the Eastern Army not only failed to successfully come to the encirclement as they wished, but was defeated by the Ezhou rammies that the North Court despised. Many of the Ezhou army's army originated from southeast prefectures and counties. The more battles were fought, not only did not be consumed, but more troops could be tempered from the prefectures and counties' regiment training. Now the North Court has regarded the Ezhou-like Zhenguo, Henghai and Baoyi as the first-class enemy. Therefore, it is urgent to take Ezhou before Zhenzhou arrives.

"Where is Brother Tiemu? Is he still alive?"

"The army was caught up by Zhenzhao in Shuzhou, and the Song army fought more and more. The two generals Xiao Xiangsheng and Xiao Diyan died in battle. Tiemuge left the army and fled north with more than a thousand cavalry. Lord Yelu Bijie said that he had lost his trace."

"You must find him." Yelu Dashi's tone was calm, "Those who are half-hearted towards the Liao Dynasty should meet people in their lives and bodies in their lives." He paused, "You can't let the Song army stabilize their positions in Ezhou. Within two days, they defeated the Song army's navy, and attacked the sea and land together, pulled out the nail of Hanyang, and used Zhao Xingde's head to shock the stubborn people in Xiangyang and Ezhou." Yelu Dashi looked down at Wanyan Zongbi's head and was silent for a moment.

The sweat on Wanyan Zongbi's back was already dripping, and he heard His Majesty cough lightly, "King Zongbi, are there any problems?"

Wanyan Zongbi did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly said, "I will do my best to serve the Daliao." He knelt on the ground with his knees and his forehead was making a loud noise on the ground, not as if he was asking for a fight, but as if he was asking for guilt.

Yelu Dashi waved his hand, and Yelu Tiege ordered: "King Zongbi, you go and arrange to attack the Song army's navy first."

Wanyan Zongbi then stepped down. Looking at his back, the Khitan generals next to him showed a sarcastic smile. A clan like the Jurchens who had rebelled against the Liao Dynasty must slowly exhaust their male members. This kind of idea was tacit in the Liao court. Wanyan Zongbi, as the King of the Southern Jurchens and the commander of the Navy, seemed to be very glorious, but in fact he was a clan who worked for the Khitans. However, he was a king after all, and it was indeed a contempt for this part. Only King Yelu Kuang of Jin turned his face aside, his eyes as if he was still silent.

"Is there no movement in Luoyang?"

"There seems to be uneasy in the Xiaguo River, but there has been no movement in Guanzhong."

"I'm asking about Luoyang. Luoyang is a town where the Cao family has run for hundreds of years. Cao Di still grits his teeth and seems to be very confident." Yelu Dashi pondered, "Only by taking down Luoyang can it be considered to be the real way to seal the eastward road of Xia Kingdom and take all the land of Henan." He thought something and murmured to himself. The generals nearby were puzzled and looked at Yelu Tiege. Yelu Tiege shook his head and signaled everyone not to disturb His Majesty's consideration of military affairs.

Yelu Dashi raised his head again, his eyes became much more sharp again. He stared at Yelu Tiege and said, "Water and land attack together, how can you capture Hanyang City?"

Yelu Tiege was prepared and bowed and said, "The defenders of Hanyang City relied on iron barrel cannons to stop our army from siegeing the city. However, our army was inconvenient to carry heavy artillery on land, and it was difficult to match the Song people's battle. If the navy wins, our army can place iron barrel cannon ships on the river and bombard Hanyang City from the river. By then, there will be no reinforcements outside Hanyang, and the artillery battle will be at a disadvantage. The newly appointed commander is a novice and should be able to capture it soon."

Speaking of this, Yelu Tiege was a little hesitant and said with a serious expression, "The garrison of Hanyang City, Zhao Xingde, doesn't look like a scholar who has only fought for a few months." Yelu Tiege said, "I am very experienced in using military wars. I have been watching the battle these two days. Zhao Xingde has made many arrangements, such as the old general who has fought many wars, which are not learned from military books." He pondered, "The North Court plans to send a detailed study to check him. This person is either afraid that there are other people around him to guide him, or there is nothing strange."

"No need to check," Yelu Dashi interrupted him unhappily, "It was him who commanded the musket camp in Hejian City. It happened more than ten years ago."
Chapter completed!