The north wind was howling, but it still didn't stop. The sky was gloomy, the sun rose, and it was pale in the air.

Liu Jianji stood at a high place, holding a telescope and looking at the Khitan military camp ahead. Everything was quiet, the Khitans did not order troops and were not ready to fight. Not far away, the Song army was already lined up, and the artillery was sorting out the artillery and attacking at any time.

Yang Sui came over and said, "Taiwei, the artillery is ready. Should I fire the artillery? Judging from the appearance of the Khitans, I was not prepared."

Liu Jianji said: "I broke Quyang City yesterday, and the artillery stopped in the afternoon. People in the military camp would not be unable to hear it. This way, people can't guess what they were thinking. Forget the artillery and prepare to fire the artillery. - The artillery on the river bank will break the ice in the river! Don't let us fire the artillery here, the Khitans ran across the river!"

Yang Sui said, "I went to the riverside to see it in the early morning this morning. Although the ice is thick and there is no problem with pedestrians, if it is a large army, I am afraid it will not be able to do it. Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen of the Khitan are unlikely to escape from the river."

Liu Jianji said: "We have been here for more than ten days. In the last battle, there will be no mistakes. While bombing the military camp, we must bombard the river surface. Only by breaking the ice on the river surface can the Khitan retreat be cut off."

Seeing Yang Sui leave, Liu Jianji picked up the telescope again and looked at the Khitan military camp opposite. The outside of the military camp was quiet, and I don’t know what it looked like inside. The Song army had surrounded him, but the Khitans did not make any preparations.

As a horn sounded, the Song army artillery outside the Khitan military camp opened fire. More than a dozen heavy artillery and more than two hundred light artillery fired together. The barracks had no protection, and the guardrails outside could not even block the flowering bullets. Today, the whole army used flowering bullets.

As the shells exploded in the Khitan military camp, they suddenly became messy. Many soldiers ran around and were at a loss. For a moment, there were people neighing and horses everywhere, and they were in chaos.

Liu Jianji turned around and looked at the river not far away with his telescope. The Song army's shells hit the river, blew up a scoop of snow, and then slid on the ice for a while, and then there was no movement. It was not until the second round that the shells broke the ice. Seeing this, Liu Jianji was shocked. Unexpectedly, the ice surface was so hard. The iron shells hit it, but they could not break for a while.

The artillery in this army was learned in the military academy and was barely qualified. In recent years, several armies have been reorganized, so how could they train so many qualified artillery soldiers? Most of them are literate and can fire artillery, so they are organized into artillery. Even some auxiliary troops cannot even know much. Only a few people in the army can calculate the range and accurately aim.

Using cannons to bomb the river surface is different from attacking the enemy camp, and even more different from siege. The trajectory of the siege is straight and the muzzle is lower. The trajectory of the river surface should be curved so that the shells can hit the river surface as directly as possible. The straight ballistics, when the shells land on the river surface, the forward speed is high, and the ice is not effective. But no one in the army understands these, just like the artillery bombing the enemy camp, the muzzle is lower.

In the military camp, Xiao Hu saw the horse leading the horse and looked at the shells falling in. Once the shot exploded, many soldiers cried and called for their parents. Due to the crowded personnel, the flowering bullets had great lethality, and many wounded soldiers were quickly found.

Turning his head, Xiao Hu saw several generals and said, "The snow outside has not melted, and it is difficult for people to move forward. If you go out to fight the Song army, there is only one way to die. You guys, now we only have one way, that is, cross the river. It is hard to say whether we can pass by on the ice. Those who are willing to follow me, even if they get on the horse and kill the river together. If you don't want to go, you have to leave here to fate."

Asi said: "Where will we go, we will follow us. The Song army has fired fire, so we will definitely not stop. Will we stay here and wait for death?"

Xiao Hu nodded and said, "The ice layer on the river outside is not thick. How many people can run today is your own blessing. There is no need to recruit soldiers under his command, and we will go. Those who are willing to follow will naturally follow!"

After saying that, he turned over and looked at everyone.

The generals felt hesitant, listened to the constant sound of cannons, and gritted their teeth and boarded their horses one after another.

Xiao Hujian nodded as he looked at everyone, shook the reins of the horse, and headed towards the riverside beside the military camp.

Liu Jianji held up a telescope and saw that the shells fell on the river surface were not effective. There were only a few holes in the ice layer on the river surface, which were not broken for a long time, and he was anxious. At this moment, a team of knights appeared in the Khitan military camp and rushed towards the river surface, screaming that it was not good.

When he arrived by the river, Xiao Hu watched the horse reins and stepped onto the ice layer on the river surface. As soon as he arrived on the river, Xiao Hu stopped the horse and felt nervous. He saw that people could walk on the river surface last night, but he didn't know whether he could ride the horse. After a while, he saw that there was nothing unusual on the river surface, so he couldn't help but feel happy. He suddenly raised the horse reins and whispered: "Let's go, let's cross the river! The sky is big and the earth is big, let's be free!"

The generals behind him cheered, and as Xiao Hujian came up to the river surface one after another. The snow on the river surface was thick and the ice layer was hard, but it made a creaking sound. With the cheers, he followed Xiao Hujian and headed towards the opposite side of the river.

Liu Jianji saw it in the telescope and turned around and said sternly: "Order the cavalry to immediately cross the river from the upstream and go around to block the Khitan deserters!"

The personal soldiers agreed loudly and flew away.

In the Khitan military camp, a group of soldiers saw the generals fleeing to the opposite side of the river and called out. Some of them had agile minds and hurriedly got on their horses and rushed to the river. The snow outside was too deep and they couldn't move quickly. However, there were too many people coming out, and in a short while, they stepped out a way.

The Song army's artillery was still roaring, and people kept falling down in the barracks. As the people in front of them climbed up the river, the Khitan soldiers woke up and boarded their horses and fled to the river. For a moment, they were in chaos, like a torrent, rushed westward.

Xiao Hu saw the horse riding on the horse and saw the shells falling on the river. The sound of cracking came from the ice surface under his feet. He was anxious and ignored everything and just urged the horse to move forward. At this time, only by escaping the river can there be a way out.

In the Song army's barracks, Yang Sui personally ordered the cavalry and took them around the upper reaches, preparing to pursue Xiao Hujian. Near the Khitan army camp, the Song army's artillery was bombing the village, which was really impossible. It was just that the time to order the troops to detour, which had been delayed a lot of time.

This is the upper reaches of the River, and the river surface is not wide. Xiao Huji walked all the way and arrived at the other side without much time. Back on the river surface, a large number of Khitan cavalry followed, like ants. As the Song army continued to shell the shells, and there were too many people on the river surface, there were constantly collapses in the river surface, and the Khitans on the above fell into the water, as well as horses and people.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Xiao Hu secretly said that he was lucky. Although the river surface was frozen, he could not pass the army. If he had not come out first and joined the brigade, he would probably not be able to cross the river.

Amid the noise, except for one general falling into the water, the rest were all behind Xiao Hujiu. Several people stood on the shore together, looking at the river surface together, silently. After a while, the ice layer on the river surface began to slowly collapse, and soldiers continued to fall into the water. If they had not followed Xiao Hujiu decisively, as long as they were delayed for a while, they might not be able to cross the river. Now most of the soldiers on the river surface may not be able to reach the shore.
Chapter completed!