When the defenders of Liangxiang City saw the situation outside the city, they were almost in despair.

However, the deterrent power brought by artillery is already extraordinary. Many people are frightened by the terrifying artillery fire and keep rowing in panic. The result is that haste makes waste. If they are not careful and fail to maintain balance, the ship will capsize and people will die.

Di Qing said in a deep voice: "Take your men and immediately drive away those Liao troops."

By nightfall, the war was finally over. The Song army reorganized its troops and replenished weapons and ammunition from the Zhenhai Navy. After the Zhenhai Navy's logistics supply ships were emptied, the remaining supply ships of the Dinghai Navy and the Pinghai Navy set sail again, leaving Guangning and heading for the Nigukou military camp.

Unfortunately, as the rainy season passed, the Liao army's last advantage disappeared. Liangxiang was quickly surrounded by the Song army, giving the Liao army a strong sense of oppression.

At this time, Zhou Gang's main ship had also arrived at the dock, and then quickly arrived in Guangning City to meet Di Qing.

Now that we have the reinforcements from the Zhenhai Army and the rain has finally stopped, we can naturally set out again and return to Hebei to replenish supplies.

Moreover, the war situation between the two sides was uncertain at the time, and the Liao people's offensive was fierce. If they were not careful, they might retreat back to the sea. If the supply ship left, the remaining ships would probably not be able to accommodate so many people.

For this reason, Yelu Zongzhen could only oppress the ethnic minorities in the heartland of the Liao Kingdom and ask them to pay tribute of grain and grass, while urging Xiao Xiaomu to deal with Di Qing as soon as possible, open up Yumen Pass, and allow subsequent grain and grass to arrive.

Therefore, it was not easy for these Liao troops to cross the river in a short period of time.

Because the storm delayed the arrival of the Zhenhai Army for a few days, the original plan went awry and the Song Army was almost defeated.

After this battle, except for the 30,000 remaining soldiers of Wu Sangui who fled back to Shanhaiguan with him, the Ming Dynasty lost all its elite troops in the nine frontiers outside the pass and completely lost the ability to counterattack the Qing army.

This situation would only happen if Yuguan was lost, the Dinghai Navy and the Pinghai Navy were completely wiped out, and the flag-waver was captured by the enemy.

The Liao Kingdom itself had more than 100,000 troops in Xijin. Yelu Zongzhen also transferred the Pi Shi Army and the Suwei Army from Zhongjing. Together with the troops from the Bohai, Jurchen, Shiwei and other tribes, the total force exceeded 300,000.

If they attack now, the soldiers of the Dinghai Navy and the Pinghai Navy will be forced to fight hand-to-hand with the Liao army, which will be more trouble than gain.

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Fighting a protracted war has never been the strong point of nomadic peoples.

The Liao army retreated like a tide, returned to the city, set up cannons and waited patiently.

Di Qing was standing on the top of the city wall, looking at the situation on the river in the distance. Guangning City was actually quite far away from the river, about four or five kilometers away. It was difficult to see clearly what was happening on the river from this position.

In an instant, these Liao soldiers who could not swim fell into the water flow and were drowned by the river.

The lookout who had been following Zhou Gang since he was on duty did not call Zhou Gang Commander or compliment him as General. Instead, he called him "Boss" according to the previous custom. His voice was so loud that he had to shout at the top of his lungs because of the whistling sea breeze.

“Go, go, go!”

Di Qing said expressionlessly, "You are three days behind schedule!"

"Don't mess around, don't mess around, row back, row back."

It all depends on whether your Liao Kingdom has more food and grass, or whether our Great Song Kingdom has more national strength.

But when the rainy season was over, the Song army's firearms showed their power again, and it became the Song army's turn again.

There was a basket on the mast, and the lookout and another flag bearer in the basket worked together to wave to the Dinghai navy docked at the distance.

After all, wars are actually fought with logistical supply capabilities. Subsequent food and grass need to be supplied from Zhongjing Dading Prefecture and Dongjing Liaoyang Prefecture. Dading Prefecture mainly produces livestock on the grassland, while Liaoyang Prefecture and Xijin Prefecture produce wheat because of their large plains.

But with the arrival of the Song army's ships, everything changed drastically.

Fan Zhongyan took advantage of the victory and pursued the enemy. More than 100,000 Song troops marched forward again, setting up camps around Liangxiang step by step and completely surrounding the city of Liangxiang.

They rumbled into the Yushui River like an aircraft carrier entering the Panama Canal, and even the wide river channel seemed a little narrow.

Youyan, Xijin Prefecture.

However, the Song army on the west bank did not pursue the victory, but remained where they were and just watched from afar.

The supply ship is mainly responsible for transporting food, supplies, gunpowder, etc. The Song army was unable to send the supply ship back before because of heavy rain for several days. It was very dangerous for the supply ship to return to the sea, so it could only be parked at the dock.

If Han Qi had taken over this battle, the outcome would be hard to predict.

"yes!"

However, one could still vaguely see human heads floating in the distance. Many Liao soldiers who had already crossed the river and ran to the west bank were fleeing in all directions like birds and beasts.

"yes."

"Ahhh, row faster, ahhhh, I'm going to fall."

If it were not for Di Qing's strong command, relying on the three defense lines of Yuguan, Yushui and Guangning, attacking Xiao Wanli in the east and defeating Xiao Xiaomu in the west, and holding out for many days, the Song army would probably have retreated in this situation where they had run out of ammunition and food.

This period was when the Liao army launched the most attacks, and the two sides were in constant entanglement.

The Song Dynasty had more than 100,000 border troops in Hebei, and tens of thousands of imperial guards were mobilized from the central government. Together with the navy, the total force was close to 200,000.

Therefore, when Zhou Gang saw that the command was correct, he gave the order, and the flag bearer immediately began to signal other ships nearby.

In the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army had artillery, and so did the Qing army. However, the war lasted for two full years. The Qing army relied on the tactics of besieging a point and attacking reinforcements, and finally wiped out the last elite troops of the Ming Dynasty outside the Great Wall.

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