The Liao army had never encountered such an attack at all, and they didn't know what those people were doing in the doorway, and the next rain of arrows made it impossible for them to attack those soldiers, and watched them run back.

After coming like this, he left again, and spent such a huge group of bows and arrows to suppress it, and hundreds of thousands of bows and arrows were shot out of all kinds of bows and arrows, why is this.

In General Liao's heart, such a question appeared, but it was very open, and an explanation appeared.

For safety, about 10 meters away from the city gate, the fuse was lit, and there were four of them lit at the same time, and after the point, they quickly retreated, although they took a little risk, but the Liao army above was suppressed, and there was no way to counterattack, so that they successfully retreated.

A 10-meter fuse would burn half a cup of tea for about half a day, enough for them to retreat to safety.

After half a cup of tea, a slightly muffled sound sounded in the doorway, almost 20 stone of explosives were detonated, because it was a specially strengthened explosive, the sound itself was not particularly loud, but when the explosive gas, frantically expanding outward, and was blocked by the steel plate at the rear, acting on the inside of the doorway, the sound was loud.

The Liao army guards above the city gate felt a burst of ground shaking, and the strong city wall, at this moment, could not give them safety, and seemed to be unable to withstand the terrible push, fortunately, it did not collapse, but the filling inside the door hole was subjected to a huge impact, whether it was sediment or gravel, these were not strengthened by cement and binders, and they began to erupt outward under the action of force.

From small to many, from slow to fast, it seems that in an instant, the entire city gate is like a crater, sprayed wildly.

At this moment, the Liao army was in chaos, the suppression of the longbow continued, after a short rest, the longbow almost wanted to put all the bows and arrows on the head of the Liao army, and the superior forces were besieged, and they were not worried that the Liao army would come out at all, they could shoot until they had no strength at one time.

If a person has an average of 150 arrows, an army of 30,000 can fire 4.5 million bows and arrows in a row, which was almost unimaginable in the past, not to mention whether it can be done, how much does it cost to simply have so many arrows.

But now, the strengthened Northern Expeditionary Army, only the 50,000 people in front, all carrying more than 60 million arrows, for a small city, there is no problem in using a little.

In addition to the longbow frantically suppressing the Liao army at the head of the city, other troops are also preparing, 10 ladders, under the cover of the rain of arrows, with the help of the shield, began to slowly move towards the city wall, and the biggest killer is a team of only 500 heavy cavalry.

They had quietly moved to the front of the exploding gate, almost 500 paces away.

500 steps, even for infantry, is a very short distance, maybe a few tens of breaths of time, you can cross it, for cavalry, even more so, maybe 10 breaths of time, you can cross, this is already the attack distance.

A huge sound came from the doorway, and countless mud, sand and stones were thrown away, not to mention that the Liao army had no spare strength to take care of the city gate, even if there were, after the gunpowder impact and splashed stones, the strong initial velocity would destroy everything, even if a few heavy infantry could not stop it, let alone an ordinary strong man without any cover.

The movement at the gate of the city is that there are at least four people who look at the gate with binoculars through different angles, and see that the gate has been blown open by the power of explosives, and the internal and external shields have been cleared.

The long horn sounded, the general attack began, the long and thick horn sound, came from afar, the sound shook the four fields, the city, was for the city gate did not know how to be opened, and the anxious Liao general, suddenly understood, all this, has been designed, although I don't know, just now those Song troops, how to blow up the city gate, but the final decisive battle has come.

I thought that guarding this city would take at least a few days to defend it, and try to report the information out, but now, in an instant, the consumption of strong men and soldiers has made him unbearable, and there are still several hours before dark, and the decisive battle has finally come.

He was only able to send a few soldiers with the best horsemanship and skill in a short period of time, and they would rush out riskily during the decisive battle to see who could be lucky enough to send the new ones to Zhejin Mansion, and the rest would be their final decisive battle.

When 500 heavy cavalry bypassed the center of the explosion and rushed through the city gates to Zhuozhou, the war was still over.

The heavy cavalry, perhaps in later generations, has such and such problems, and has left the stage of history, but in this era, it is still the same thing as a tank, and it is the absolute combat power of the battlefield, not to mention, the heavy cavalry of the Northern Song Dynasty, compared with the heavy cavalry of the Liao State, is much more than that.

The armor made of pure steel, after surface treatment, has a very high hardness, has exceeded the so-called fine iron, and after a series of arrangements, while increasing the protective force, the weight is reduced, and the comfort is increased.

Such a reversal and positive change has increased the power of the heavy cavalry a lot, and what it is facing is not the elite of the Liao army, even at present, among the Liao army that has suffered great losses, it also belongs to the level of the second or third rate, so that it is really like a wolf entering the flock, only the slaughter.

The defenders, barely organized, almost 300 defensive forces, almost disappeared after a charge was broken and wiped out.

The heavy cavalry did not attack either, and after defending the city gates and killing all the soldiers they could see, they began to guide other troops into the city.

5,000 heavy cavalry, 5,000 heavy infantry, they became the focus of this attack, especially the heavy infantry, in the siege and street battles, perhaps the heavy cavalry has some weaknesses, and they can't be used, and they can attack the weakness of horses.

However, the heavy infantry is completely non-existent, whether it is physical fitness, or equipment protection, the heavy infantry is a grade higher than the heavy cavalry, especially in a small range of cooperation, almost ignoring the bow stone, directly pushing, which aggravates the changes on the battlefield.

From entering the door hole, to planting explosives, and then to the explosion of explosives, it took almost half an hour, but from the appearance of the door hole, to the Liao army that basically cleared the city, it also took more than half an hour, to put it bluntly, only an hour and a half, Zhuozhou has been captured.

Di Qing was very satisfied with the whole process of attack, not only did he take it quickly, but there were not many casualties, the main casualties were the heavy cavalry into Zhuozhou, and in the process of cleaning the city in heavy steps, because there were too many unforeseen things, it caused about 50 injuries, of which only 3 were seriously injured, and most of them were minor injuries.

A state, a state that is more important on the border of Liao, was taken down like this, not only quickly, but most importantly, blocked the news.

Because of the longbow suppression, as well as the use of explosives, the follow-up cleaning of the city, at most, more than 3,000 infantry and 1,000 heavy cavalry, and the other almost 4,000 heavy cavalry, were also used by Di Qing and distributed around to prevent the Liao army from ventilating and reporting.

This measure is very effective, the Liao general is also alert, he not only sent four messengers, but also sent some cover, almost dozens, but in the face of the strong heavy cavalry, they can't fight head-on, run and run, 4000 heavy cavalry, and many other forces, the battlefield has been divided, if it is at night, it is possible to run out, during the day, it is simply impossible.

The breakthrough of Zhuozhou represents a good start, Di Qing quickly reported to Han Qi, and at the same time took a short rest, next, whether to leave troops for defense, or take over by the follow-up, it depends on Han Qi's arrangement.

At this time, Han Qi is still on top of the three passes, the original border is steep, at this moment, it has become the general headquarters, in the huge war room, on the map, showing the movement of all the troops, in fact, in one day's time, there are not many people who have really achieved results, because of the relationship between the annihilation of the Liao army, the move here is a little later, most of them are under siege, ready to start, and the real results will have to wait until a day or two later.

The capture of Zhuozhou proves Di Qing's combat effectiveness, although this is a general recommended by Jia Chaochang, Han Qi has always known better, appeared from the bottom, and fought bravely.

Before the change, when Han Qi was still serving as the chief manager in the northwest, he might have beaten him, but now, the height at which Han Qi stood was already the top group in the Northern Song Dynasty, a small manager, it didn't matter, how to fight, no matter how much meritorious service he made, he couldn't get around him, plus Jia Chaochang was still behind, and he didn't make a stumbling block.

After thinking about it for a while, Han Qi issued a military order, asking Di Qing to lead the elite to besiege the Zhijin Mansion at the fastest speed, and did not require the shortest time to conquer it, but in terms of time, it was limited to one month, and within such a month, the Liao army of the Zhijin Mansion could not be released.

Such a requirement, put a year or two ago, was very harsh, the field of the Northern Song Dynasty was not as good as the Liao State, and it was not able to control it at all, at the same time, in Zhejin Mansion, there were tens of thousands, or even close to 100,000 troops, but now, the Northern Song Dynasty has issued a change, the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, on the basis of the original, has improved a lot, and the Liao State has not only not improved, but weakened.

Now, the Northern Song Dynasty has annihilated tens of thousands of Liao troops on the border, taken Zhuozhou, and besieged at least 7 states, but the Liao State didn't know at all, not to mention the Liao Xingzong who was chasing the seeds, even if it was close to Zhejin Mansion, they didn't know that his barrier Zhuozhou was overcome.

This is the strength of the mounted infantry, in the face of the attack, can quickly mobilize forces, and a short time across a certain area, which was not possible before, according to the before, the distance of about 240 miles, even if it is a march, it will take at least 8 days, if the sky is not beautiful, half a month is not impossible.

But now, from the war to the present, in three days, Zhuozhou, 120 miles away, has been taken, and now, if you continue to set off, you can take up to one day at most, and you can come to the city of Zhejin Mansion.

Han Qi's order was still on the way, and Di Qing could more or less speculate that Han Qi would give an order to besiege Zhejin Mansion.

According to the above intelligence, there are almost 50,000 Liao troops in the entire Youyun area, of which only 35,000 can be called elite, of which 15,000 are in Zhejin Mansion, they are the last force of the entire Liao State in Nanjing, and 20,000 are placed in Yunzhou.

Even if it is a cavalry, the long distance between Yunzhou and Youzhou cannot be mobilized in a short period of time, not to mention that Yunzhou is also responsible for rebuilding Yunzhou.

Then within 10 days, or even half a month, only 15,000 people in Oritsu Prefecture can have combat effectiveness.

Before, any battle organized by Di Qing was to seriously consider this issue, and not to give the Liao army a chance to report the news, of course, this kind of restriction can be short-term, for example, a delay of a few days, but for a long time, even if it is an ordinary person, without a horse, he can also go to Zhejin Mansion, he is not a murderer, even if it is Zhuozhou, there is no bloodshed, let alone the towns below.

Although the battle of the day was a little fierce, but the real time to start was not long, and there were not many people used, Di Qing adjusted and left some people behind, if it was really Han Qi who ordered him to open, he could carry more than 30,000 people, leave first, and with twice the number of people, it should not be a problem to surround the Zhejin Mansion, but in this way, there will be no message.

Not to mention more than 30,000 people, even if all the troops of the Northern Expedition near Sanguan were mobilized, the army of more than 200,000 people surrounded the Zhijin Prefecture may not be able to isolate the news.

Zhuozhou is Zhuozhou, that is just a state and county, cut off for a few days, or even half a month, this is nothing, but Zhejin Mansion, is the Liao State Nanjing, not only the core of the entire Youyun, but also an important place to radiate the surroundings, really blocked for a few days, the surroundings will know that something is wrong, unless the surrounding are cut off, from Youzhou to Shanhaiguan.

Severing contact is only a means to win, not an end, and no one will exterminate all the news, similar to Yuan Hao's means, which is the result of many aspects.

The grassland is relatively deserted, there is no large-scale city chain, they are all a combination of tribes, on the other hand, Yuan Hao is also ruthless enough, except for those who belong to him, the others are killed, half a year, the news is banned, and a lot of people have been killed, that is no longer a river of blood, it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, if any Northern Song Dynasty general, dare to kill like this, spray will be sprayed to death.

Since it is just a means, then the prohibition of communication is one way, and it is another way, and there is still time, even if it is the first time for Zhejin Mansion to spread the news, and wait for the support of the Liao army to Shanhaiguan, it will take at least 20 days, not to mention that Shanhaiguan has a perfect defense, so as to calculate, he has at least 20 to 30 days of time.

The absolute superiority of the troops, and the explosives are such a big killer, and they can't capture a Zhijin Mansion, the difference is only in the number of casualties.

At night, the messenger brought Han Qi's order, and after Di Qing read it carefully, he replied to the messenger that the army would stay in Zhuozhou for one night, and in the early morning of tomorrow, it would be directed to Zhejin Mansion.