Fenghou

Chapter 464

Chapter 464
Night shrouded Xinxia City, and Xixia soldiers on the top of the city were patrolling back and forth, looking out of the city vigilantly.

Yang Zaixing led [-] elite soldiers gradually approaching the east wall. The city gate was on the west wall, and the east wall was on the back wall. There were not many soldiers on the city wall, only a hundred or so patrolling.

Yang Zaixing still chose the northeast corner of the city, which is a two-way zone with the least number of patrolling soldiers.

At the same time that Yang Zaixing led [-] elite troops to approach the northeast corner of the city, Liu Qiong also led [-] main soldiers to slowly approach the east city.

In addition, Liu Qiong also deployed a thousand soldiers to block the city gate, and deployed a thousand soldiers to ambush on the official road to the south, preventing a single enemy soldier from escaping.

The construction time of these military cities is too short, and there is no time to build beacon towers. For the time being, the camp can only be notified by means of eagle letters or cavalry reports.

The Song Army also thought of this, so the Song Army chose to attack at night, so that neither the eagle letter nor the pigeon letter could be sent.

A sentry stood on the northeast corner, and Yang Zaixing hid behind a big rock. 'It hit the sentry's throat, and the sentry fell from the top of the city holding his throat.

"There is an enemy!"

Suddenly a few Xixia soldiers stood up from the corner, shouting loudly.

"Damn it!" Yang Zaixing cursed secretly, he never thought that there were still people hiding and sleeping in the corner.

"dash forward!"

Yang Zaixing shouted, and three hundred soldiers rushed towards the city wall carrying five simple wooden ladders.

Yang Zaixing shot three consecutive arrows in one breath, and three Xixia soldiers who were shouting were hit by the arrows and fell down one after another. Yang Zaixing picked up his spear and charged towards the city.

'when!when!when! '

Alarm bells rang loudly on the top of the city, and the patrolling soldiers on the north and east walls rushed towards the northeast corner one after another.

The Song army had already boarded the wooden ladder and rushed to the top of the city first. Ten soldiers guarded the ladder, and the Xixia patrol soldiers also rushed up from the north, and a fierce battle broke out in an instant.

"You build a human ladder!"

Yang Zaixing ordered several soldiers to build a human ladder. He climbed a few steps on the human ladder, jumped to the top of the wall, and stabbed the Xixia soldiers rushing to the east with his spear like a storm. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight soldiers were all throat He was shot and fell to the ground.

Yang Zaixing blocked the patrolling soldiers on the east side of the city, and gave the soldiers of the Song Army a precious respite. Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers rushed to the city and joined the fierce battle.

The Xixia soldiers in the whole city were alarmed, and groups of soldiers rushed towards the east wall.

Liu Qiong led a main force of [-] to kill quickly from a mile away.

The Song army had already rushed to the top of the city with more than [-] people, and they were inseparable from the [-] patrol soldiers. The Xixia army was also very powerful and full of resilience.

Not long after, all three hundred soldiers went to the top of the city, and the number of Xixia soldiers on the top of the city increased to five hundred. The arrows rained, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. Both sides refused to retreat, and seven thousand Song soldiers came to the city. , They erected dozens of simple wooden ladders and quickly climbed to the top of the city.

Song soldiers swarmed up the city, more and more, "Follow me!" Yang Zaixing shouted, leading two thousand soldiers, rushed down the city wall, entered the city, and met a thousand Xixia soldiers who came from the barracks head-on, and the two armies fought again. Fight together.

Although it was night, the soldiers on both sides were easily recognizable. The helmets of the Xixia soldiers were mainly ox horn helmets with two horns, which were easy to identify.

As more and more soldiers of the Song Army participated in the battle, the Song Army had an absolute advantage, and the enemy was retreating steadily. Soon, another Song Army came behind them, attacking back and forth. This Xixia Song Army could hardly escape. .

The west city gate has been opened, and many Xixia soldiers fled to the outside of the city, but they were attacked by a thousand Song soldiers outside the city who fired arrows, and hundreds of soldiers who rushed out of the city fell down one after another.

The battle ended after only half an hour. All [-] Xixia soldiers were killed, including more than [-] soldiers who escaped from the city. No one escaped from the two interception lines set up by the Song army.

Next, the Song army cleaned up the battlefield, moved the grain, and moved the [-] shi of grain in the city to a ravine more than ten miles away to hide it.

Song Jun then filled the soil with sacks and piled them neatly in the warehouse, pretending to be grain, but covering the surface with a thin layer of grain.

Yang Zaixing led hundreds of people to dig a big pit at the foot of Dongcheng, covered it with wooden boards, and then covered it with a thick layer of soil, so that it was completely impossible to see that there was another big pit below.

But this was not enough, and a tunnel was dug outside the city, leading directly to the big pit. Even if the big pit was discovered by the enemy, the soldiers in the pit could escape through the tunnel. The tunnel exit was set in a narrow gap, which was not easy to be found.

The army was busy all night and morning before everything was done. The army rested for an afternoon. Yang Zaixing left Tang Qian and led a thousand cavalry to continue monitoring Xinxia City, waiting for the enemy to take the bait.

Under the leadership of Yang Zaixing and Liu Qiong, [-] cavalry left Xinxia City and headed north to Xinqing City. Yang Zaixing's task was to concentrate his forces to defeat the supply army cities along the way, behead all the enemy troops along the way, and at the same time rob food and grass. supplies.

Finally, when the enemy army crossed the Yellow River, they attacked halfway.

There were only [-] people left in the Xixia Army, and half of the army was killed by the Song Army in World War I. It was unacceptable for anyone to change.

The Xixia soldiers complained, and everyone was dissatisfied. All the dissatisfaction was concentrated on the coach Cao Baozong. All the generals found that the coach had no real skills, and he was completely inexperienced.

The cognition of the generals was passed on to the soldiers, so that all the soldiers lost confidence in future battles, and the call for withdrawal was loud.

At this moment, coach Cao Baozong fell ill.

In a large tent, five main generals of the Xixia Army gathered together to discuss what to do next.
These five commanders all came from various military divisions. They are not ignorant of marching and fighting, but they have been watching Cao Baozong's jokes before, until now they find that the problem is serious. Maybe they will lose their lives In Longxi County, these five people began to worry.

They all realized that if Cao Baozong's plan were to withdraw to the north, the entire army would be wiped out. This was something they could not accept anyway. Cao Baozong refused to change, so only they changed.

A commanding officer said bitterly: "He must not be sick, it must be that he doesn't know what to do in the future? Just find an excuse to escape."

Deputy General Tuoba Chengqing waved his hand, "Whether he is really sick or pretending to be sick, it doesn't matter now. We can no longer expect him to lead us out of the predicament. We can only rely on ourselves. Let's talk about it!"

Everyone looked at the commanding army Xia Lian. Although he was not a lieutenant general, he had the oldest qualifications and rich combat experience. However, he was also an old man in the officialdom and didn't want to take the responsibility on himself, so he kept silent and didn't interfere with Cao Baozong's affairs. any decision.

Now, he can't keep silent any longer,

Xia Lian sighed and said slowly: "Now the situation is very clear. There will never be only a few thousand Song troops in the city, there should be tens of thousands, including Chen Qing's main force must also be in the city. Now their strength should have surpassed ours. Actually What I am worried about is not the Song Army in the city, but Xinxia City, Tongxi City and other places. I don't believe that Chen Qing didn't attack them? If the Song Army occupies the military city, we will be in big trouble."

The construction of these logistical military cities along the way is also the most criticized place by the generals. It sounds good to be called step by step, but in fact it is tasteless and unrealistic at all.

The military city is dilapidated and low, with few troops, and it can't resist the attack of the Song army at all. The Song army can completely concentrate its forces to defeat them one by one.

I really don't know why Cao Baozong built them. If he is worried about the lack of logistics, he should bring more food supplies and the grain for the first half of the year. Could it be that Longxi County can't be conquered in half a year?
Isn't the construction of these military cities just to send food and supplies to the Song army in vain?

"General Xia means that these military cities have become our hindrance?"

Xia Lian nodded, "Let's talk about Xinxia City! It happens to be guarded on the official road, and our army can bypass it, but what about the luggage? We can't get through the luggage. If we can't attack the city, we have to give up the luggage. Without food and grass, if we We are blocked halfway, how long can we hold on?"

There was silence in the big tent. Everyone knew that the consequences would be serious. There were several valleys along the way, and it was indeed easy to be blocked by the Song army.

Tuoba Chengqing thought for a while and said, "Before Shang Dongyan suggested to kill Qinzhou, what did Xia Tongjun think?"

Xia Lian still shook his head, "If we had an army of [-], we could go to Qinzhou, but if we go now, we will definitely end up dead."

"Then what should we do now?" Everyone was anxious.

Xia Lian said unhurriedly: "You can retreat to the west and go to Lintao Mansion!"

(End of this chapter)

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