Chapter 428 Northwest Horn

Ancheng Port. Reading

Ulanba looked at the more than 300 warships anchored in the port with a sneer on his face.

His father Khan Mulehongzhen sent the news of the southward march from the northwest, so he immediately asked the Beidi soldiers stationed in Ancheng to prepare to board the ship to Liao County, detour to the south of Yanguan, and attack Yanguan from the north and south.

Of course, it would be best if the Black Iron Guard and the Yuan family could successfully take the south gate of Yanguan from the inside.

But the failure of the Yuan family last time also made the Beidi keep a watchful eye.

The Yuan family was just icing on the cake in this war, not the key.

The 300,000 Beidi troops attacking from the north and south and the artillery they carried this time were their real capital.

"King Yan, you Dasong in the northwest are destined to be defeated, and you will die in my hands and achieve my future position as Khan."

In the cold wind, a silver wolf head fluttered in the wind on the warship.

This is his king's tent, the flag of the Snow Wolf King's Tent.

"Your Majesty, these 300 warships are enough to transport 100,000 soldiers and horses. After sending the Beidi army to Liao County, these warships will come back and send our Goryeo warriors to Liao County, and take Yanguan together with the Beidi army." The Goryeo generals around Ulanba were respectful.

In order to transport as many people as possible, Goryeo basically built tower ships this time.

This tower ship has three floors and can carry up to 500 soldiers.

Three hundred tower ships are enough to transport 100,000 people.

Ulanba nodded and looked at the tall tower ships docked at the pier.

Goryeo used to be a vassal state of Dasong and learned from Dasong. This tower ship was naturally learned from Dasong.

But now, it has become a weapon for his Beidi to attack Dasong.

"Go south by boat in three days." Ulanba set the time to go south.

The generals around him heard it and all said yes.

At this moment, thirty miles away from Ancheng Port, a sailing warship was watching there.

On the high observation tower of the warship, a soldier was observing the movement of the port with a telescope.

On the deck, Zhou Yi and the captain of the Yanjun warship, Gong Ying, looked up at the observation tower from time to time.

Not long after, the navy soldier slid down the mast and told the two what he had observed.

"Are they already loading supplies?" Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this.

"Yes, and there are also artillery being transported to the tower ship." The soldier continued.

Zhou Yi nodded, "Continue to observe."

"This time, the Beidi really spent a lot of money to go south, both shipbuilding and artillery. It's a pity that in front of our warships, they are destined to become the food of the sharks in this sea." Gong Ying sneered repeatedly, and his words were very confident.

His confidence did not come out of thin air.

These days, they have tested the combat capabilities of these twelve sailing warships at sea.

First of all, compared with the tower ship, at sea, the speed of the sailing warship is compared with the tower ship, just like a six-year-old child running with an adult.

Secondly, these twelve warships were not equipped with ordinary artillery, but special naval guns.

When building warships, the Armory built naval guns according to the requirements of the King of Yan.

Compared with ordinary artillery, the length of naval guns is obviously longer than ordinary city defense artillery and field artillery.

The increase in length increases the firing range of artillery.

Moreover, these artillery are also bored by hydraulic boring machines, and the range is even longer.

They have tested that these naval guns can fly shells as far as ten miles.

However, to exert the maximum power, it is still within 2,500 meters.

For them, this distance is enough.

Zhou Yi is not as relaxed as Gong Ying.

This time, the King of Yan will put the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Although he knows that their warships are much better than Goryeo, he dare not be careless before winning the final victory.

After listening to Gong Ying for a while, he was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Next, he will wait for the order sent by the King of Yan.

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Yongcheng.

Four hundred thousand northern expeditionary troops have surrounded this place.

Outside the four walls are endless white tents.

At this moment, the roar of artillery is like thunder.

One after another, artillery shells hit the gate of Yongcheng.

But the gates of Yongcheng were all filled with sandbags.

After the gates were smashed, the northern expeditionary army still could not enter the city.

Zhao Heng sat in the southern tent, a little bored.

Victory is certainly gratifying, but along the way, victory was too easy, making the war seem monotonous.

"Father, Dasong has a weapon like artillery, and it is just around the corner to conquer Beidi in the future." The second prince accompanied Zhao Heng and flattered the emperor.

He reminded the emperor of his existence all the time.

The third prince will never become the emperor.

At present, only the deposed prince can compete with him in the court.

Now that he had followed the emperor in person and had won many victories, this was an achievement he could boast of after returning.

He had deposed the crown prince, but he was only a regent, how could he compare with himself.

Thinking of this, he felt that the throne was waving to him.

Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows and finally showed a strong interest.

A small Xiliang plus Ma Jin was really not strong enough to fight.

The words of the second prince aroused his extravagant hopes that he had never dared to think of before.

If he could pacify the Northern Di, he, Zhao Heng, would be written into the history books and become a saintly monarch through the ages.

And this was a temptation he could not refuse.

"After taking Yongcheng this time, we must attack the Northern Di." Zhao Heng looked determined.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Feng suddenly walked over quickly, his face as gloomy as water.

"Your Majesty, we must withdraw to Wuguan immediately, otherwise it will be too late." Yang Feng said loudly.

The second prince sneered, "General Yang, you always say this, aren't you annoying? This Northern Expedition is so smooth, but you repeatedly interfere. What is your intention?"

Yang Feng was too lazy to pay attention to the second prince now. He said, "Your Majesty, the scouts sent out rarely come back. Even if they come back, they have not found anything. This must be a problem. I am afraid that the Northern Di have stationed troops in the north of Yongzhou. This is a trap they set."

The second prince shook his head, looking like Yang Feng was hopeless, "The cavalry of Xiliang has always been superior to our Dasong cavalry. It is not surprising that they were attacked by the cavalry of Xiliang."

"General Yang said that the Northern Di stationed troops in the north of Yongzhou. It is ridiculous. The north of Yongzhou is the Jin River. Can the Northern Di swim over?"

Zhao Heng couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and found it very funny.

He was about to scold Yang Feng.

At this time, a scout suddenly came in a hurry.

Although it was winter, the scouts were sweating profusely.

"Your Majesty, we found a large army of Northern Di twenty miles to the north. The number is so large that it is difficult to estimate!"

The scouts' words immediately frightened everyone into sweating.

Zhao Heng shivered, "How is it possible? How could the Northern Di come from the north?"

Yang Feng looked ashen. Now everything was too late.

How could this 400,000-man army outrun the Northern Di's cavalry?

On the top of Yongcheng.

Gu Le looked to the north. He could faintly hear the sound of a horn in the wind.

He was very familiar with the horn sound. It was from the Northern Di.

"The Northern Di army has arrived. This time we can vent our anger." Gu Le laughed.

Ma Jin and Wu Yan were pleasantly surprised when they heard this.

They also listened carefully for a while, and indeed they faintly heard the dull sound of the horn.

Since the Dasong Northern Expedition Army besieged this place, they launched several sieges.

Although they were all repelled by them, they also suffered considerable casualties.

If the Northern Di didn't come, and the war continued, they might not be able to keep Yongcheng.

And now, the Northern Di army finally arrived.

The grand plan they had discussed with the Northern Di could finally be implemented.