Fenghou

Chapter 658
The main general in the city is called Li Hanzhong, he is the second son of Jin King Li Cha. Although he is only in his twenties, he has made many achievements in the battle against Xiao Heda. He is recognized as a rising star in Xixia. The siren was awakened, and the first reaction was that the main force of the Song army was coming. His heart was excited, he turned over and stood up, walked to the door and shouted: "Notify all soldiers to go to the city!"

Li Hanzhong himself slept with his armor on. He put on his shoes and helmet, and rushed out with his sword and spear.

In the barracks, [-] Xixia soldiers gathered quickly, and a soldier rushed to report, "The capital is under control, and there are enemy troops attacking the city outside the east city, and there are a lot of people!"

Li Hanzhong was stunned, it was outside the east city, isn't it the west city?Where did Song Jun come from?
"boom!"

There was a loud muffled sound, as if the whole city was shaking, Li Hanzhong's face changed drastically, "Not good!"

He immediately got on his horse and ran towards the east gate with thousands of soldiers.
Thousands of Xixia soldiers shot at the battering ram dozens of steps away. The battering ram was completely covered by the shield and was airtight. The shield was full of arrows.

At this time, [-] cavalry soldiers of the Song Army fired arrows at the top of the city at the same time, and the arrows shot towards the top of the city like a storm.

The soldiers with the battering ram ran up, and the huge hammer head wrapped in pig iron hit the city gate heavily, "Boom! With an extremely dull bang, the city gate shook violently, and seven of the ten bolts inside were broken.

"Come again!"

The battering ram soldiers retreated dozens of steps. They shouted and ran forward again. The huge hammer head hit the city gate again, "Boom!" With a loud noise, the city gate was smashed open.

"Kill!"

Tang Qian roared in grief and anger, and led a thousand scouts into the city first. Yang Rui's death made him feel extremely painful and resentful, and his emotions exploded.

Liu Qiong waved his saber from behind, "Shoot into the city without leaving any armor behind!"

Thirty thousand cavalry suddenly mobilized and rushed into the city
The people in Yingli County were all evacuated and turned into a pure military city. All the houses were razed to the ground, and the city was quite spacious.

The soldiers of the Xixia Army were well-trained. One thousand soldiers transferred from the West City stood in formation holding crossbows and arrows. When a thousand Song Dynasty scouts rushed into the city, a thousand army crossbows were fired at the same time. The Song Army scouts raised their shields to meet them. , but dozens of people were still shot down by crossbow arrows.

While running, the scouts of the Song army threw the short steel spears in their hands at the Xixia soldiers dozens of steps away. This short steel spears were a new weapon just equipped by the scout army. It was only five feet long, or about [-] meters long. , weighing fifteen catties, suitable for one-handed use, while holding a shield in the other hand, it can also be thrown out for stabbing. Within thirty steps, no shield or armor can resist it.

Although Tang Qian was filled with resentment, he did not lose his mind, nor did he destroy the previously agreed plan. He roared, "Throw a stab!"

More than [-] fine steel short spears were thrown at the Xixia crossbowmen [-] steps away. Hundreds of crossbowmen were pierced by short spears and nailed to the ground. Run away, and give the battlefield to the cavalry behind.

Thousands of cavalry at the front swept in like a torrent, and the iron horse spears swallowed hundreds of Xixia soldiers in an instant.

This was a battle without any suspense. Although the Xixia army was very tenacious, the difference in strength was too great. Facing the elite cavalry of the Song army, the Xixia army only lasted for a quarter of an hour before the whole army collapsed. See Li Hanzhong, who is in charge of the battle The situation was not good, he found that the other party had the intention of stealing his back, and if he didn't retreat, he would die here.

Without hesitation, Li Hanzhong turned his horse's head and fled first. His retreat further led to the defeat of the Xixia army. Pierce their backs and chop their heads off.

As the sky gradually dawned, the city was filled with a bloody atmosphere. Only a few hundred people escaped from the [-] Xixia army, and the remaining [-] people were all killed, and no one survived.

This is an order given by Chen Qing. This attack on Xixia is a war to destroy the country. Unless the party members can escape Xixia in time, the party army and nobles will be slaughtered.

Tang Qian found Yang Rui's bloody corpse in the corner. He knelt in front of the corpse with tears streaming down his face. Yang Rui was his comrade and brother, and he died in the first fierce battle against Xixia.

"General Tang!"

The soldier reminded him, "Liu Tongzhi is in a hurry to find you."

Tang Qian nodded, stood up and said to the soldiers, "It was cremated for him, and we will take the bones back to his wife and children."

He wiped away his tears and walked quickly to the city wall, cupped his fists to Liu Qiong and said, "I'm a bit out of control in my humble position."

Liu Qiong nodded, "Death in battle is the home of soldiers, so we don't have to regret it."

"Thank you for your enlightenment, the humble position is fine now,"

Liu Qiong pointed to the west and said: "See, the beacon is lit!"

Tang Qian saw the black smoke in the distance, which was particularly eye-catching in the morning glow. He frowned and said, "That's Shatuoguan. Who did they light the beacon to notify?"

"It should be to inform the defenders along the military road. We captured Yingli County and cut off their logistics supplies. Just now Wang Sima told me that he saw the supply records. They should send supplies in the past two days, but the supply team is still there. They were captured by us without starting, and without supplies, they couldn't last long."

"Then how do they evacuate?"

"Either walk along the northern foot of Helan Mountain, then cross the Helan Mountain Pass, and reach the north of Xingqing Mansion. This road is very difficult. More than half of it is desert. Without sufficient supplies, I am afraid that more than half of them will not be able to survive. ; and the other way is to go around from the north of Yingli County, unless we don't hunt them down, they can retreat to Mingsha County to get supplies."

"How many troops will retreat?"

"There will be about [-] people one after another."

Tang Qian asked, "What about the opinion of the ruler?"

Liu Qiong said slowly: "My current thinking is, don't worry about how the enemy retreats for the time being, and we must carry out our main task well. General Tang led [-] troops to occupy the passes along the Xiaoguan Pass, especially the steps of Tajiazhai and Reward Transfer. These two passes are the most dangerous, so we must station heavy troops, and then I will lead [-] troops to guard Yingli County, and as for the supplies, I will sort them out immediately."

Tang Qian thought for a while and said, "What about Shatuoguan? I feel that after the Xixia army retreats, we need to occupy Shatuoguan, otherwise our army will not be able to come from Lanzhou."

Liu Qiong nodded, "I'll make arrangements, General Tang doesn't have to worry."

At this time, Sima Wangjian walked over quickly, clasped his fists in a salute and said, "You two generals, the inventory situation has been sorted out, which is very exciting. This is the inventory of the other party, which is very detailed and complete."

After finishing speaking, he handed a thick inventory to Liu Qiong. Liu Qiong was startled, "Why is it our writing?"

"There is a Chinese inventory and a Western Xia inventory, and I have compared them, and they are basically the same."

Liu Qiong took a closer look, and smiled at Tang Qian unexpectedly: "They also have [-] barrels of kerosene in stock, but they didn't use it."

"It should be too late!"

At this time, the soldier suddenly pointed to the east and shouted: "There is also wolf smoke over there!"

Liu Qiong and Tang Qian went to the battlements and looked east. There were only three puffs of smoke rising in the direction of Mingsha County. Then, the Xixia court would soon know that something happened in Yingli County.

(End of this chapter)