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Countless uniform footsteps echoed in front of the city, and they were slowly moving towards the city wall.

The Liao army at the head of the city attacked them with bows and arrows, but they were blocked by shields and iron armor.

The crossbowmen in the infantry armor began to shoot arrows at the top of the city to counterattack.

Behind the infantry formation is the artillery battalion.

Unlike the traditional siege of the city with ladders and goose carts, the Song army's siege method was simple and brutal. First, a piece of the city wall was bombarded with heavy artillery, and then pushed up with heavy infantry and artillery battalions.

Behind the collapsed city, there are countless armored soldiers of the Liao army. They are ready to fight to the death with the Song army rushing in at any time.

Suddenly, the forward of the Song Army stopped advancing under the city wall, put up a defensive formation, and gave up an open space.

The Liao army didn't know what would happen next. The Liao army at the head of the city began to use thunder, and they lit the fuse and threw it down the city.

Boom boom boom...

Zhentianlei exploded under the city, and the fragments of iron hit the shield of the Song army, making a burst of metal impact sound.

Such thunder can not cause damage to the Song army.

Immediately afterwards, the Liao army used the trebuchet to throw out the thunder.

Some thunderbolts landed in the Song army's formation and exploded in the formation, with an immediate killing effect.

But the Song Army's formation was solid as a rock.

At this time, the artillery battalion aimed at the gap in the city wall and launched artillery bombardment.

There was only a sound of explosion, and countless pieces of iron spewed out from the muzzle, and sprayed towards the gap.

The Liao army who were waiting in the rear didn't react at all, and the front rows were directly sprayed up.

Even the iron armor on his body was pierced, and the broken iron pieces rushed into the flesh and blood, splitting the bones and stirring up the internal organs.

Blood spattered the faces of those around him.

All this happened too fast, the Liao army approaching the top of the city hadn't reacted yet, the firepower of the Song army had crossed and started bombarding one after another.

After bombarding more than [-] artillery pieces in a row, the front Liao army's defense was torn apart in a short time.

But several of the artillerymen were also injured by the thunder of the Liao army.

At this time, the commander of the forward infantry armor of the Song Army immediately ordered to charge decisively.

Chapter 1372 Reversal of the Battle Situation (Second Change)

When the defense of the Liao army behind the city was scattered by the artillery and it was too late to reorganize, the forward of the Song army quickly went up and crossed the broken city wall.

More than a dozen of the strongest vanguard veterans, holding shields in their left hands and axes in their right hands, bullied them and slashed at the panicked Liao army.

The ax hit the helmet hard, deforming it in an instant, and a dozen Liao soldiers fell to the ground suddenly.

The Liao Army, who had been shocked by the impact of the artillery and was still in a panic, was suddenly killed by the Song Army's forward, and suddenly couldn't bear it.

What's even more frightening is that the Song army behind quickly followed up, and the attack area immediately expanded.

Those axes smashed on the iron armor, smashing the bones inside and shattering the flesh and blood.

More Song Jun filled in.

At this time, the officer of the Liao army shouted loudly: "Fight to the end!"

The officer was also extremely strong, more than 1.8 meters tall, holding a long spear, and stabbed violently at a Song army.

The tip of the gun pierced the Song soldier's chest. Although it was blocked by the iron armor, the huge force still sent the Song soldier flying, and two ribs were broken.

The surrounding Liao army was shocked and began to counterattack one after another.

But Song Jun had seized the brief opportunity and came in one after another.

A fierce battle in the city began.

More and more Liao troops were added, and the scope of the fierce battle expanded.

After about half an hour, the Liao army began to lose its hold.

After all, all the elite were taken away by Yelu Dashi. The Liao army originally thought that they could rely on the city wall, and the Song army could not attack. Unexpectedly, the Song army had heavy artillery.

After the defense behind the city was shattered by the Song army, the fighting will of the Liao army at the head of the city also collapsed.

At this time, more artillery battalions took the opportunity to enter the gap, and they pushed the artillery into the city.

Not surprisingly, there was also the sound of artillery in the city.

At this time, Yue Fei ordered more infantry corps to attack.

The third and fourth battalions of the Gongsheng Army moved forward, followed by the third and fourth battalions of the Ping Japanese Army, and the fifth battalion followed one after another.

As time went by, one after another, tens of thousands of elite infantry soldiers of the Song Army entered the city.

There were screams in the city one after another, and after an unknown amount of time, the city gate was opened.

Surrounded by a group of Iron Armored Legions, Yue Fei entered the city.

The city is full of Liao Army corpses, and there are many Song Army corpses, from which we can see the brutality of the war.

But the situation is basically certain: the defense of the Liao army has been completely defeated.

At noon, Xiao Chalabu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was caught in front of Yue Fei and met Yue Fei as an envoy.

"I've heard about Duke Ming's name for a long time, and I'm lucky to meet you today."

Xiao Chalaa didn't need to speak fluent Chinese in the north.

Yue Fei said: "Your Excellency, why are you here?"

"I am here on behalf of the Marshal, hoping that the two armies can cease fighting."

"Who is the marshal of your country?"

"Xiao Ori stabbing."

"Can he make the final decision on behalf of your country?"

"can."

"What if Yelu Dashi disagrees?"

"Your Majesty understands righteousness deeply. Marshal and Your Majesty are monarchs and ministers in need. Your Majesty treats Marshal like brothers and sisters."

In fact, Xiao Wuli was a wartime marshal, and his real position was a privy envoy and a subordinate of Zhongshu, that is, the prime minister of the Central Plains Dynasty.

This is also Yelu Dashi's trust in him.

Yue Fei said again: "Our army has already defeated you, give me a reason to cease fighting?"

"Your Majesty still has [-] elite troops. Your country is going to make an expedition. If you insist on fighting again and fight to the death, what good will it be?"

Yue Fei didn't answer his question directly, but said: "You go back first, the commander will order people not to loot in the city."

Xiao Chala said goodbye without courtesy.

Yue Fei didn't want to massacre the city in Husi Ordu City. Like Yelu Dashi, he looked at the overall situation, not the temporary victory or defeat in front of him.

Slaughtering the city of Husi Ordu is very simple for Yue Fei now, but it does not do any good for the overall situation.

The massacre will only anger Yelu Dashi, completely destroy the last room for negotiation between the two parties, make Yelu Dashi run away, and fight him to the death.

To be clear, all wars have political goals, and wars serve politics.

A war that is divorced from politics is meaningless and pointless, and it is easy to turn into mindless killings and eventually perish.

So what is the political purpose of the Song army coming from afar?

It is to stabilize Gaochang, let Xiliao accept the Song Dynasty's occupation of Gaochang, and open up trade routes.

Only when Xiliao accepted the Song Dynasty's occupation of Gaochang, the Song Dynasty could concentrate on digging fire and salt in Gaochang, and continuously transport gunpowder raw materials to Bianjing.

Only by opening up trade routes can Da Song begin to control the Western Regions.

How important is the Seven River Basin and the area in the river occupied by Xiliao?

Why did some countries later call China Khitan?

why?

I will ask Yelu Dashi about this.

Western Liaohu occupies the rich and prosperous Seven River Basin and the middle of the river. Its trade reaches as far as the Black Sea, and even enters the Roman Empire and the Rus region, which is still a primitive society. It also occupies the Gaochang region, connecting the East and the West.

Its influence in history is enormous.

This shows that the entire Silk Road is still smooth in this era.

The population of Middle-earth is increasing, and he, Zhao Ning, must find a way to move the population that increases year by year to occupy a wider area, right?

On the ninth day of August, Yelu Dashi, who was still searching for Li Yanxian in the Tianshan Mountains, suddenly received an urgent report from Husi Ordu City.

After reading it, Yelu Dashi's face turned ashen.

He didn't have the slightest worry, and let Erbusi command five thousand elites to hold Li Yanxian here, while he led the main force to go south quickly.

The worst still happened.

The time it took for Yue Fei to attack Husi Ordu City was shorter than the time it took for Yelu Dashi to completely defeat Li Yanxian.

Yelu Dashi did defeat Li Yanxian, but from the overall situation, he lost.

From August [-]th, Yue Fei received information that a large number of main forces of the Liao Army appeared in the north and were moving southward rapidly.

Yelu Dashi did not hide his military strength at all, and was even very high-profile. His purpose of doing this was to make Yue Fei worry.

By August [-]th, the main force of the Liao army was in a hurry to Husi Ordu city.

Yelu Dashi got the exact news that the city of Husi Ordu has been occupied by the Song army.

The generals under his command volunteered one after another, willing to be the vanguard and recapture Husi Ordu City.

Yelu Dashi did not agree to their request.

On the afternoon of August [-]th, the envoy of Yelu Dashi entered Husi Ordu City and met Yue Fei.

On August [-]th, Yelu Dashi commanded an army of [-] troops and came to the city of Husi Ordu.

Standing at the top of the city and looking at it at a glance, there are so many people that you can't even see the end.

The Liao army, which had just won the battle, was in full swing.

Chapter 1373 Beiting Protectorate Mansion (Third)

The setting sun dyed the withered grassland red, and the world was desolate.

A figure was stretched long under the afterglow of the setting sun.

The generals and elite teachers of the Liao Kingdom were watching their emperor walking forward alone.

Similarly, Song Jun also watched his supreme commander walking out of the city alone.

This was the first time Yelu Dashi saw Yue Fei, and it was also the first time Yue Fei saw Yelu Dashi.

The two men rode horses and met outside the city.

Yelu Dashi's eyes were as deep as the sea. He looked at the Song Army commander who was not yet 40 years old, and couldn't help but admire: "Yue Shuai, younger than I imagined, and more courageous."

Yue Fei said: "You also exceeded my expectations."

"The first time I saw you, I had a familiar feeling, as if we were friends in the previous life." Yelu Dashi continued.

This is a kind of heroic sympathy.

Yue Fei said bluntly: "Sign the contract, release the detained businessman, and His Majesty's conditions still count."

"The two armies have fought to this point, can they still stop fighting?" Yelu Dashi asked.

"Why not, do both sides have to fight to the last soldier?" Yue Fei calmly, as if he was not negotiating with the enemy, but reminiscing with an old friend, "The meaning of war is not killing, it is His Majesty the Emperor said."

"Oh, Zhao Guanjia's words are quite meaningful." Yelu Dashi was stunned for a moment, and fell into a short thought.

"This commander withdrew from Husi Ord City. Your Excellency handed over the captured soldiers and merchants of our army, and acknowledged that Song Dynasty had taken back Gaochang. We will not interfere in Gaochang affairs in the future. We will ensure that the Silk Road is unimpeded. We will withdraw our troops immediately."

Silence, Yelu Dashi fell silent.

After a while, he opened his mouth and said: "I still have [-] elites, Yue Shuai, you have come from afar, Li Yanxian's tribe has been defeated by me, if I insist on fighting, what will you do to fight me?"

"First, if the king insists on fighting, I can't guarantee the safety of the people in the city; second, I still have [-] troops here, all of whom are the elite of the Song Dynasty. If we really want to fight, we may not lose to the king; three , Even if the king can win, I'm afraid he can only win miserably, the power of the king has been greatly reduced, are you afraid that the Turks will come back?"

Yelu Dashi originally wanted to use a strong attitude to suppress Yue Fei, but it seemed he couldn't.