After confirming the results of the cross-sea landing combat troops, the top leaders of the Song Dynasty were also extremely excited, which formed a sharp contrast with the sluggish and dull state of the Liao Dynasty's rule. Moreover, the results of the cross-sea landing combat troops also greatly stimulated the ambition of the main force of the Liao Dynasty starting from all the Hebei routes. The troops responsible for the Liao army on both wings were able to achieve such great results. As the main force of the Liao Dynasty, the Central Army, which was the main force of the Liao Dynasty, had no reason not to achieve brilliant results.

Although there were endless quarrels in Liao, they began to mobilize troops to resist. The Song Dynasty also knew that the good days of being able to attack while the Liao Kingdom was slow to react had passed, and now they probably had to compete with the real skills of both sides.

The Song Dynasty's cross-sea landing combat troops stayed in Laizhou in the past few days, taking advantage of the fact that they were not discovered by the Khitans, in addition to guarding all the important roads, they arranged all the prisoners in the war and concentrated their efforts to build and expand the Laizhou port so that they could stop and station more larger ships at the same time. The expansion of the Laizhou port was to allow the cross-sea landing combat troops to board the ship more calmly and return to the Song Dynasty. The expansion of the port was not simply a construction. The Song army also built many fortifications around the port, but he would face the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom in the future. These fortifications would not have much effect on the cavalry. Since there was no city wall, the Song army still placed the port defense on the warships of the Song Dynasty's naval army.

The Song Dynasty cross-sea landing combat troops had received an order. If they were facing defeat, their primary task was to destroy all the artillery in their hands, and then throw away all kinds of materials to retreat from the sea. After Lu Dafang first saw the power of artillery in the Battle of Jinzhou City, he was reluctant to destroy the artillery. When he was on the ship, he also saw some weapons such as divine arm crossbows and catapults on the sea. He thought of moving the artillery on the ship, so that the range of artillery could still help the Song army defend the city, and it was also a major threat to the Liao army that dared to attack the port.

In case, Lu Dafang transferred Jinzhou's artillery back to Laizhou, and only five artillery pieces were retained at the head of Laizhou City. All the remaining fifteen were moved to warships. One was installed on the bow of each warship, and fixed it with iron chains to reduce the bumps the warships suffered in the sea and affect the hit rate.

Another advantage of loading artillery on warships is that these warships can sail to the sea of ​​Jinzhou and fire from the sea. This will allow the defenders of Jinzhou City to not worry about the city being besieged by the Liao army. Because on the warships, according to the maximum range of artillery, the artillery can at least be fired in the south, east and north directions when the Song army breaks out, so as to open up a route of escape for the breakout Song army. Even if the Song army is willing, small warships or blessed ships suitable for mooring can stay on the sea of ​​Jinzhou. Anyway, it is almost September now, and the temperature of the sea water is not unbearable. In this way, as long as the Song army is active around the coast, they will basically not worry about the retreat route.

After clearing the obstacles on the canal, the Song Dynasty's small fleet could finally enter the Sanggan River directly through the canal, and also solved the problem of the Song army crossing the river in the middle. After less than ten days of fighting, the Song army had cleared all the Liao army south of the Sanggan River. The retreating Liao army established a new defense line north of the Sanggan River based on the Xijin Prefecture of Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, and took away all the ships on the Sanggan River. They planned to drag the Song army to the Sanggan River like the defense line of the Huanghe River. This won time to repair their already scattered troops, and they could also buy time to wait for the arrival of the rear support troops.

When the war was in this regard, the Song Dynasty was only one step away from victory. The so-called Yanyun land mostly refers to the North China region south of the Great Wall, and the area south of the Sanggan River belonged to the Great Song Dynasty. The strategic areas between the Sanggan River and the Great Wall mainly include Fengshengzhou on Xijing Road and Nanjing Xijin Prefecture on Nanjing Road. Unlike the Huang River, which had a long stalemate between the Mogus coalition and the Liao army, the troops on the Song Dynasty's eastern front had crossed the Sanggan River. At this time, Tianjin, which made its fortune because of the Grand Canal, is still a relatively large town and is currently owned by the Song army. The Song army, which had crossed the Sanggan River, began to march west along the river. And unlike Mogus, it was precisely because of the Grand Canal that the inland boats of the Song Dynasty could easily enter the Sanggan River through the canal, so the Song army did not lack necessary ships to cross the river.

The entire war progress was under the control of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty. On the combat map, the Dingxi Army, which was set out from the Hetao Plain, and the Song Army, which was set out from Hedong Road, formed a 100,000 army to advance east along the Sanggan River and six days later, and met the main force of the Liao army stationed in Fengshengzhou. Originally, the Liao general of Fengshengzhou set off immediately after receiving a letter of help from Datong Prefecture, but he did not expect that Datong Prefecture would be captured so quickly and met with the Dingxi Army who was opening the way on the road. The vanguard of both sides discovered the other side, and then they had a battle of encounters and each other won and lost. Overall, the Dingxi Army was stronger.

After suffering some pain on the grassland, the Liao army immediately turned around and retreated to Fengshengzhou, while the Dingxi Army held on the grassland. Fortunately, the Dingxi Army brought out by Wang Shun was the former Poxi Army under Li Qing's command. He was very familiar with the grassland combat, so he did not fall at a disadvantage after several battles with the Liao army. As more and more Song troops followed, the Liao army's chief general finally gave up his determination to continue to compete with his opponent on the grassland. The Liao army also had the reconnaissance weapon on the grassland. Although the Eagle Fighting Division of the two sides commanded the Hawk Eagle to carry out several duels in the air, although the Liao army did not take advantage of the opponent, he also knew that the opponent was following many support troops.

After obtaining strong support from the Song army, the chief general of the Liao army gave up the idea of ​​fighting to the death with the Song army on the grassland, which was also misled by the skillful cavalry combat forces of the Dingxi Army. In fact, although the Dingxi Army had more than the Liao army, it was definitely not considered to have an overwhelming advantage. The Song army following behind was nothing more than the infantry on horseback, and it was far from fighting against the cavalry. If the chief general of the Liao army could see through this, if he continued to entangle with the Song army on the grassland, maybe Fengshengzhou would not have failed so quickly, and the Liao army would not be surrounded by the Song army in Fengshengzhou, and its cavalry combat advantage would be suppressed.

After the Liao army supporting Datong Prefecture withdrew to Fengshengzhou City, they immediately seized the time to strengthen the fortifications of the city walls and immediately sent people to Xijin Prefecture, Nanjing Road to send troops to Xijin Prefecture. However, he did not know that this time the Song Dynasty was operating on the entire line, and there was no extra Liao army to support them. For the Liao army in Fengshengzhou, the biggest sorrow was that there was a problem with the messenger sent. As soon as the messenger entered Nanjing Road, it was kidnapped by a group of bandits. This group of bandits was actually one of the many strongholds of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau on Nanjing Road. In fact, this group of bandits was a special "bandits" affiliated to the Privy Council's smuggling industry. Most of their members were special forces in the Song Dynasty. In addition to cooperating with the smuggling activities of the Secret Court, they also developed and strengthened their own strength everywhere. With the help of the Intelligence Bureau, they were already a very influential bandit group on Nanjing Road in Liao Kingdom.

The letter of help carried by the messenger naturally fell into the hands of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau. In addition to sending a message to the Intelligence Bureau Branch in Hebei, the intelligence officers who were permanently stationed in the bandits' village sent special forces without hesitation to send the letter back to the Song army around Fengsheng Prefecture with several letters that imitated the handwriting of Xijin Prefecture, and finally passed it to Wang Shun.

After these letters were in Wang Shun's hands, they had to admire the intelligence bureau's supernatural powers. Even the alternative plans were prepared for him to choose from, and they all made corresponding reply letters according to the handwriting left by the Xijin Prefecture. First, they were to stand firm and wait for assistance. If this plan was adopted, they would also reply to the intelligence point immediately. They would send another written letter to the Xijin Prefecture, so that the Xijin Prefecture could transfer the already very nervous troops to Fengsheng Prefecture for rescue. The second is to give up Fengsheng Prefecture and immediately move closer to Xijin Prefecture. If this plan is adopted, Wang Shun will not only symbolically attack Fengsheng Prefecture, but also let the enemy troops in the city break through and escape, and set up an ambush on the way to annihilate the enemy...

These plans were placed in front of Wang Shun. No matter which one was very tempting for him, but after weighing the pros and cons, he chose the first plan. He deceived the Fengshengzhou defenders to defend and wait for assistance. As early as the Western Xia War, Wang Shun realized that his identity was very sensitive. If he was too popular, he would inevitably be suppressed by the ministers who were familiar with his background from the senior officials of the Song Dynasty. Even this suppression would come from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Judging from the relationship between Wang Jinghui and the emperor, he looked at the relationship between Wang Jinghui and the emperor.

Although it is unlikely that the emperor would take action personally, this will still cause some unnecessary trouble and make it difficult for Wang Jinghui to deal with it. The Song Dynasty attached great importance to learning from the lessons of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and controlled the power of foreign relatives very strictly, especially when foreign relatives moved closer to military power, this kind of suppression would come very fiercely. Even if the generals themselves have made too high a contribution, it will bring great disasters to themselves. Wang Jinghui has told them the lessons of how Di Wuxiang was killed by slander and rumors.

Moreover, Wang Shun also considered that his opponent was a cavalry-based army, once he was released from Fengshengzhou, it would be difficult to eliminate the opponent except for ambushing them when they entered the Daoshan area of ​​Nanjing. It would be better to let them get off the horse and defend the city, so that he would be easier to win. After seeing the power of the cannons, Wang Shun had no doubt that he might repeat the scene of Datong Mansion on the first day of the siege, and directly used the cannons to kill the enemy's chief general. In addition, he had sufficient powerful firearms such as incendiary bombs in his hand. Compared with Datong Mansion, the small Fengshengzhou was much worse in the city defense fortifications, and he was very confident to take it down at a small price.

Besides, there is another advantage to adopting the first plan, that is, to mobilize the Liao army of Daoxijin Prefecture in Nanjing, so that the central army has more opportunities to break through the Liao defense line to conquer the Xijin Prefecture. Wang Shun already had a Datong Prefecture record, and he knew very well that this Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty would not aim to completely destroy the Liao Kingdom, but to take back Yanyun's former place. Among the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom, only Datong Prefecture and Xijin Prefecture were on the battlefield. In this way, the two largest siege battles of the Song army were nothing more than the Datong Prefecture and Xijin Prefecture. He was no longer short of credit. Taking another step forward may not be a good thing for him and his son-in-law.

Moreover, if the Liao army in Xijin Prefecture can be mobilized, then Yang Chongyue, the leader of the Central Army, would also remember this in his heart. With the relationship between Yang Chongyue and the emperor and the royal family's trust in the Yang family, it would be of great benefit to him to continue to command the army in the Hetao Plain in the future. Moreover, Yang Chongyue is the person who is most likely to become the Privy Councilor in the future. He will play a great role in the military system reform of the prince consort, especially after the Song and Liao War.

After Wang Shun made his choice, he left the corresponding letter and wrote a reply to the information point, asking them to choose a good ambush site between the mountains of Nanjing Road. After the Fengshengzhou issue was resolved, he would lead his army into Nanjing Road to ambush the Liao army that came to support him.

When Wang Shun's army surrounded Fengshengzhou, it was finally confirmed that the guards of Fengshengzhou were still very obedient to the arrangements of the "superiors" and actually gave up the advantage of cavalry combat and fought against him in the city's offensive and defensive battles, which also made the generals of the entire army breathe a sigh of relief. In the eyes of the generals of the Song army, with the development of the Song Dynasty's firearms, the result of the foreign war against the Song Dynasty in the past ten years was very easy to win the final victory when facing the siege. The great improvement of the power and performance of the firearms made the Song army, which had a very large advantage in the offensive and defensive battles, even more powerful. Almost as long as the city was locked, there would be no city that could not be broken. Moreover, with the firearms in hand, the casualties in the siege battle were greatly reduced.

When Wang Shun was still by Wang Jinghui's side, he knew that his master had spent a lot of effort to collect handwriting and imitation masters. However, in recent years, he rarely contacted Kaifeng, the capital of Bian. He was not very clear about the progress in this area and which aspect was used in the end. However, this time he saw that the Fengshengzhou defenders actually gave up their strengths and fought the siege with themselves, which made him admire the fact that the prince consort of Xiao Wang had the intention to come up with a way to fake the handwriting and seals of the enemy generals to disrupt the battlefield. If this was used well, it would be enough to add a hundred thousand troops to the Song Dynasty.

This time, Wang Shun learned from Datong Mansion's lesson and placed the fifteen artillery in front of the two city gates in the west and south respectively. The muzzles were directly aimed at the city gate tower, and sent a special person to use a telescope to observe the movements of the city tower. Once he found that the enemy commander or a large number of generals appeared on the city tower, he directly fired the gun and bombarded the city tower, trying to kill the enemy commander as soon as possible.

Not to mention that the generals of the Liao Kingdom had never heard of this kind of firearm, even many generals of the Song Dynasty knew very little. Not to mention that they had seen it, more generals in the Song Dynasty had never heard of this kind of firearm. The first time the artillery appeared on the battlefield, it gave a great impact on the Liao Kingdom, and the effect made the Song Dynasty generals themselves unbelievable. However, in this era of extremely low information transmission, all the Liao generals who had seen the power of artillery were basically killed. Only the Liao army who fled during the battle of Jinzhou knew the terribleness of the Song Dynasty's firearm. However, it was not confirmed by the senior generals that the artillery described in the words of these defeated generals was really difficult for the top leaders of the Liao Kingdom to accept it, but they were just regarded as a false statement and just let it go.

Wang Shun, the first to use artillery to kill the enemy general, was naturally more in love with this tactic. The ambush he made at the edge of Fengshengzhou City was not in vain. After waiting patiently for a day, the next morning he pretended to mobilize all the Song army and lined up to attack the city in the distance of the city, and it turned out that he really led the enemy commander out. More than a dozen Khitans in high-end armor appeared on the South Gate Tower, and immediately held them up and looked up.

The Song army, who observed the movements of the city tower by telescope, found that after Wang Shun used a telescope to verify it, he let the artillery open fire without hesitation. Although the shells hit the city tower and caused a fire and smoke and dust, even if the telescope was used, the final result of the artillery was not confirmed. However, no one could suspect that the Liao generals who appeared on the city tower just now would be able to escape. Just the broken limbs and broken arms that had just started the explosion, it is estimated that the Liao generals were already to pieces.

The shelling effect was very good. Twenty-three senior generals, including the garrison of Fengshengzhou, were directly killed at the south gate. However, what disappointed Wang Shun and his brothers was that the Fengshengzhou garrison did not surrender. Although the Song army also bombed the Liao army on the citytop with incendiary bombs and thunder after shelling the city, the Fengshengzhou garrison did not retreat. At the city gate that was directly destroyed by artillery, a very cruel strangulation battle with the Song army.

On the first day of attacking Fengshengzhou, the Song army and the Liao army fought from morning to late at night. The Song army, which was mainly Dingxi Army, still did not break through the city wall. Although the Liao army suffered heavy losses, the Song army suffered a lot of casualties. Although the enemy-to-wealth casualties were likely to be close to 2 to 1, the Fengshengzhou wall was not broken, and Wang Shun and other generals of the Dingxi Army all looked very gloomy.
Chapter completed!