Looking at the rising sun in the east, Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "Start. Don't rush to attack the city. First, use cannons to destroy all the southern city. Place the cannons and then start siegeing the city. I heard that in Dading Mansion, near Zhuxiamen, the southern city gate, is a Han people's settlement area, and I don't know what it is now."

Liu Jidao: "Now you attack the city, you don't care about those things. Khitan must be careful to defend someone to offer the city."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, I don't care about those things anymore. Order to fire!"

Liu Ji Chuan ordered to go. Soon after, the gun positions were ready, and with an order, all the guns were fired together.

Yelu Zongyun was standing at the top of the city, and felt his feet shaking, and the entire city wall shaking. He was startled and said, "Why are the artillery of the Song people so powerful? Order the artillery to shoot at the artillery of the Song people! As long as they knock out their cannons, the Song people would have no choice."

The personal soldiers crossed their hands and agreed and ran to give orders.

The Song army fired three rounds of cannons, and no one could stand on the city wall. The Khitan soldiers hid behind the female wall, and no one dared to stand beside the pile anymore.

At this moment, black smoke rose from the city wall and made a muffled sound. Then, more than a dozen shells flew down from the city and hit the front of the Song army formation. However, the range was closer and there was no impact on the Song army.

Liu Ji was stunned and said, "There is indeed a cannon on the Khitan city! If we weren't careful, we would have been obedient!"

Du Zhongxiao held up the telescope and looked for a while, and said, "Don't worry, the Khitan cannons are not as far away as our cannons. The Khitans are from high to low, and they are not as far away as our cannons, so there is no way. Let's continue and order the artillery soldiers to concentrate their firepower first and knock out all the Khitan cannons. For the Khitans, these cannons are their courage. If the cannons are gone, see how the teams defend the city."

Liu Ji said no, and immediately ordered the artillery to turn the gun mouth and knock out the Khitan gun first.

Yelu Zongyun looked at the movement of the Song army and guessed that they were going to fire their own cannons. However, he was on the high side of the city wall, and it was probably not easy for the Song army to shoot. If the cannons on the city wall were knocked out by the Song army, what use would such cannons be?

Not long after, the Song army's artillery was ready to fire together. In just one round, half of the Khitan's artillery was broken.

Yelu Zongyun was stunned and dared not believe his eyes. He knew that the Song army's artillery was good, and it must be better than his artillery, but the gap was so big that it was unexpected. With just one round of artillery, his artillery was half broken. How could this battle continue?

The Song army's gun range was a reason for the longer range, and it was also a reason for the accurate shooting. Of course, the most important thing was that the Song army had more guns. Although they did not bring heavy artillery, the guns in Liu and the army were not comparable to those of the Khitan. After so long, in actual combat, the artillery technology was also rapidly matured, and it was no longer comparable to that of a year ago. The Song army's fixed target was not surprising if it was a few goals.

In just three or five rounds, all the artillery on the Khitan city was destroyed. The Song army adjusted the muzzle and fired fire at the top of the city.

Liu Ji saw it in the telescope and shook his head and said, "It seems that it can be destroyed in less than a day. Taiwei, now it seems that the Khitan is not as powerful as we imagined. After breaking the Dading Mansion, you can occupy Shangjing in one breath!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "I never expected that as a great country, the Khitan would be so useless. If Youzhou was defeated, they should quickly gather strength to stop our attack. But they did not expect that they did nothing at all. What's the solution? The Khitan now can sweep it with only 100,000 soldiers. No matter how difficult it is for this dynasty, they can still take out 100,000 soldiers."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao shook his head. When he arrived in this world, he was always cautious. In the end, he found that he had gone too far. At this time, the state regime at this time seemed to be in the future, and he was actually a turtle team. He thought they would do almost nothing.

For various reasons, a country is nothing to lose. Only when it is defeated can it be considered a truly powerful country if it is defeated quickly and can it be considered a true power. A defeat in Youzhou is indeed an unprecedented big defeat for the Khitan. But even if it is defeated, it should be able to quickly rectify its strength, which is not like this.

In history, the Jurchens rose, and while attacking the declined Khitan, it only took a few years to complete the transformation from tribe to empire. In these years, the real Jurchens spent their own development, and it didn't take much effort to destroy the Khitan. The Song Dynasty is now much stronger than the Jurchens in history. In Youzhou, the main force of the Khitan was eliminated, and the Khitan could no longer be able to fight.

Until the attack on Zhongjing, the Khitans' estimate of the combat power of the Song army was far from enough. They always thought that they should be strong and the Song army should be weak. It was only because the Song army had many soldiers that they were at a disadvantage. In fact, the combat power of the two armies is no longer reasonable. As long as the logistics is sufficient, Liu Ji's army's 50,000 troops would be enough to destroy the entire Khitan.

Grassland dynasties are often like this. They whistle when they rise, and in a flash. When they rise, they have unparalleled combat power, and they continue to win and grow. There are few enemies in the world. Once they are defeated, the building often collapses and the dependent forces leave one after another.

Before noon, the Song army's artillery fire covered the city, and the Khitan soldiers could not even stay behind the female wall. Everyone could see that the Khitans could not defend the Dading Mansion.

Liu Ji and Du Zhongxiao said, "The Grand Marshal, it is better to attack the city this afternoon. If you fight well, you can break the city in one day."

Du Zhongxiao looked at the city wall and thought, and said, "To be honest, I don't recommend fighting too quickly. But now the city wall is really hard to wait. I really want to find a reason and delay it for another day or two, but I really can't find it."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head. He felt that he was a little confused about the world. After so many years of development, Du Zhongxiao knew that Du Zhongxiao was very strong in the Song Dynasty, but the Khitan was so weak that it was far beyond expectations.

Dading Prefecture is the first city of Khitan, with 20,000 soldiers inside, and they can't even defend it for a day. Who dares to believe it? But the facts are here, the Song army has only fired artillery for a long time, and there are no Khitan soldiers on the top of the city. As long as the Song army can climb to the top of the city, how can the Khitan defend it? If the outer city cannot be defended, can the Khitan still defend the inner city and the imperial city?

Turning his head, Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "Give me instructions and don't stop the artillery fire. Wait until noon, the ant will climb the city!"

Liu Ji crossed his hands and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to continue the order.

When I first arrived at the city, I expected to set up artillery positions in two days and start siege tomorrow, and there would be a chance to break the city in a few days. As a result, Oluduo outside the city was about to collapse and started shelling today. I originally thought that a shelling was one or two days, but I didn't expect that it would be enough.

Du Zhongxiao was a little nervous at such a fast speed. The war was so smooth that he didn't even have to wait for Li Fugui to transport supplies later. After breaking Dading Prefecture, he could immediately go north to Beijing. The food and grass stored in Dading Prefecture were enough for the Song army.

This time, the Song army may have spent most of their time on marching. The obstruction of the Khitan army did not work at all.

Thinking of the prison camp outside Tokyo, Du Zhongxiao could only sigh. It seems that his estimate of the Khitan was still too conservative. In just one or two months, the Khitan might be destroyed.
Chapter completed!