Fenghou

Chapter 680 Street Fighting
It doesn’t mean that soldiers can defend themselves against fire by wearing fire armor. The fire armor made by craftsmen in the Song Dynasty was not so advanced. The craftsmen sewed a thick layer of fire cloth between the two layers of leather armor and leather boots. The output of cloth is extremely low, and it is impossible to completely use fire cloth to make armor. This kind of leather armor with fire cloth interlayer is slightly more fire-resistant than ordinary armor, and the rest mainly depends on experience.

After repeated experiments, Song Jun found that the fire and smoke were not too big near the outer battlements. This was because the fire oil tanks would not fall under the battlements, but generally fell in the middle of the city head, or even closer to the inside.

Therefore, after the Huohuan army went to the city, they would run along the city wall below the battlements to both sides, and shoot at both ends of the city wall with bows and crossbows, buying precious time for the soldiers who put out the fire. They had practiced countless times and cooperated very tacitly.

The soldiers of Huo Huan rushed through the flames, raised their crossbows and shot at the enemy soldiers on both sides, and shot down all ten soldiers who came to kill them. Then they assembled with shields and spears to form a dense wall of long spears. Tuoba Seeing that the situation is not good, the Song army actually went to the city, he shouted: "Rush over and annihilate them!"

Thousands of Xixia soldiers rushed up with spears in their hands, shouting, and fought fiercely with the Song Army. The large shield and spear formation formed by the soldiers of the Song Army's Huo Huan Army was very strong and difficult to break through.

At this time, two thousand soldiers had already extinguished the fire on the top of the city. Except that the tower was still burning, the fire on the ground had been extinguished. They drew out their sabers and shields in their hands, and rushed forward to replace the soldiers of the Huohuan army. The soldiers of the Huan army began to retreat down the city. In stark contrast to them, six thousand spear soldiers quickly went up to the city and joined in the fierce battle to seize the city.

More and more Song soldiers killed the top of the city, and they began to kill into the city. Tang Qian led three thousand soldiers to fight fiercely with the two thousand Xixia troops guarding the gate. His task was not to kill the enemy, but to open the south gate. , Tang Qian ordered [-] soldiers to remove the stone, and he led [-] soldiers to protect the [-] soldiers.

Three hundred soldiers tied the stones with ropes and dragged the boulders away. Xixia soldiers kept shooting arrows in the distance, or rushed to obstruct them, but they were stopped by the protective soldiers holding up their shields.

Seeing that the number of boulders blocking the gate gradually decreased, when the last boulder was dragged out of the door opening, the city gate opened with a bang.

Chen Qing, who was fighting outside the city, raised his sword and shouted: "Go into the city!"

The [-] cavalry suddenly mobilized and rushed towards the city like lightning.
Just after dawn, the Song army finally broke through the southern city gate, but the war had just begun. Chen Qing underestimated the Xixia army, and no soldiers retreated. More than [-] Xixia troops fought to the end. The advantage began to engage in brutal street fighting with the Song Army. Some Xixia civilian men also attacked the Song Army soldiers in the dark, and the casualties of the Song Army soldiers expanded rapidly.

At this time, Chen Qing issued an indiscriminate order, as long as they were Xixia people who appeared on the street, no matter soldiers or civilians, no matter men, women, old or young, they would all be killed!

His reason is also very simple, real civilians should hide in their homes or cellars instead of appearing on the street.

In the government office, more than a thousand Xixia soldiers refused to guard it, lying on the roof condescendingly and shooting arrows at the Song army.

Liu Cui immediately ordered: "Push up twenty trucks with fuel tanks and attack with fire!"

Twenty chariots approached the official office and sprayed fierce oil into the official office together. Hundreds of gunpowder arrows also shot into the official office, and the official office began to burn rapidly.

The Xixia soldiers inside finally couldn't bear the scorching fire and the choking smoke, and began to break out, but they had no chance to break through or surrender, and they were shot and killed mercilessly by the Song army when they rushed out.

None of the more than [-] Xixia soldiers survived. They were all burned to death or shot in the government office, which was completely burned down and collapsed.

This tragic siege and street battle lasted until nightfall and finally ended. The Song army suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties exceeded [-] for the first time. Almost all [-] Xixia soldiers were killed in battle, and ordinary Xixia people also died nearly two times. Ten thousand people, the tragic siege battle is over.

Chen Qing ordered to clean up the whole city, and asked all the surviving civilians in the city to gather outside the city. At the same time, he also promised not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they did not resist, they would not be killed.

Xiping Mansion is a major city in Xixia, with a resident population of nearly [-]. In addition to the large number of Xixia people who retreated from the south, there are nearly [-] people in the city, and a large number of slaves, more than [-].

The Xixia men who stubbornly resisted and went out to join the war were basically killed. [-] civilians supported the old and the young, the women held the children, and the elderly led the children. They walked out of the city under the escort of the Song Army cavalry.

Chen Qing stood on the city wall, watching the mighty Xixia civilians leave the city expressionlessly.

At this time, Gao Ding asked from the side: "How does the general plan to arrange them?"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "For the time being, they will not move them for the time being. The initial consideration is to distribute them after the war is over, send them to Xihe Road and northern Shaanxi, and use a generation to gradually Sinicize them and become the people under my rule. people."

"This is a good way to solve the problem of underpopulation on Xihe Road and northern Shaanxi, but what if they want to rebel?"

Chen Qing glanced at him, and said calmly: "As long as ordinary people can live and work in peace and contentment, no one is willing to rebel. The rebels are people with ulterior motives, such as the royal family, dignitaries, generals, ministers, wealthy families, and noble families in Xixia. Wipe them out completely and don't give them a chance."

"The humble office suggests setting up a government office to deal with this matter!"

"I've already figured it out. Huyanlei's intelligence battalion will be in charge of this matter. There is no need to rush this matter. Let them simmer slowly and let them perish without knowing it."

Chen Qing immediately issued three orders:
First, clear the dead bodies and debris out of the city.

Second, go door-to-door to search for enemy troops who have slipped through the net, but do not take the opportunity to steal or plunder civilian property, and those who disobey the order will be executed.

Third, do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, do not rape women, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded.

The clean-up and search of the whole city did not end until the fifth watch. A total of more than [-] people were found, of which [-] were hiding Xixia soldiers. More than [-] people were killed for resisting. Except for the soldiers, more than [-] people were old and weak women and children who were unwilling to leave the city.

Chen Qing immediately ordered to let the people outside the city go back to the city. More than [-] people outside the city were cold and hungry, shivering in the cold wind, but they were more afraid, lest they would be massacred by the Song army.

But there are also those who rejoice here, that is, more than [-] slaves, men, women and children, most of them are Han Chinese, there are also Qiang people, Tubo people, and even low-level party members who have gone bankrupt and sold themselves.

Most of these slaves are domestic slaves of Xixia people. Generally, each household of Xixia people has two or three slaves, cooking, washing, and doing rough work. Oppressed whores and more.

Since the Song army entered the city, all their slave status was abolished. After dawn, these slaves will be sent to Mingsha County by boat for temporary resettlement. After Xixia is destroyed, they will become the real masters of this land.

A group of Song army cavalry galloped to know, and shouted to more than [-] civilians shivering in the cold wind: "The search of the city is over, everyone can go home separately!"

Hearing that they could go home, the more than [-] people were relieved immediately, and many of them covered their faces with excitement and wept. They finally survived and were not slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)