The struggle of the reborn prince

In the past few days, Woxin caught a cold and had a fever, which led to general weakness, dizziness and headache. It can be said that I have the intention to update, and I am unable to type. I am sorry everyone, sorry! ! !

Xixia stationed troops in various supervisory divisions in Henan to defend against the Song Dynasty, including 5 people in Hongzhou, Baibao, Anyanzhou, Luoluo, Tiandu, and Weijingshan, to prepare for the Song Dynasty's Huan, Qing, Zhenrong, Yuanzhou ; 5 people on Youzhou Road in the left chamber, in preparation for Fu, Yan, Lin, Fu and other states.During the Chage Eastern Expedition, [-] troops were drawn from it. Under the attack of the Hedong Army, almost all the troops were wiped out. The troops in Henan were unprecedentedly empty. After Xiazhou fell, there were no soldiers to send. the point. .

However, Xiazhou City, an important town in Henan, is also the land of Longxing of the Dangxiang clan, and it is also the southern gate of the Xingling area, so it has to be seized.Besides, the Eastern Expeditionary Army has repeatedly failed, and there are constant urgent letters asking for reinforcements and military resources. To send reinforcements to transport food and grass, it is necessary to open up the Wuding River Road. Wan, another [-] soldiers from Lingzhou were sent to Xiazhou to recapture Xiazhou City and serve as the main force of the Eastern Aid.

"Deputy Commander, we have been fighting for 20 days, and the prince hasn't arrived yet. Is it not going well?" Zhao Yong and Zhao Ren, who were also standing at the top of the city, were checking the enemy's movements. There were countless corpses piled up in front of the city. , because Xia Jun had no time to clean up, he was already naked, emitting a disgusting stench. Although everyone was covered with face towels soaked in wine, it was still difficult to resist.

"Now that the city is under siege, the news cannot come in. It is difficult for us to understand the external situation, but you have not found it. The Xia army's offensive has weakened significantly in the past two days. It seems that it is not working hard, but it seems to be perfunctory. There may be something wrong. Change!" Zhao Ren put down the binoculars.Pointing to the Xia Jun scouts who were lingering in the distance, he said.

"These boys are scared of being beaten by us, and they dare not move forward. They have suffered at least [-] casualties these days, but they haven't even touched the city wall. Now they have no fighting spirit. As long as we charge, they can destroy their defense line. Break down!" Zhao Yong said confidently.

"No, our casualties are small, but our casualties are close to a thousand. In addition, there are five hundred people who have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness due to the epidemic. Besides, the attack is not the leader of the Dragon Knight. This situation may be Xia Jun's intentional show of weakness. , lead us out of the city for a decisive battle. If there are more heavy casualties, there will be no soldiers to defend the huge city, wouldn't it be a waste of the prince's important event!" Zhao Ren refused.

"The deputy commander is right. Due to the frequent firing these days, some of our rapid-fire guns have cracks. They can no longer be used. In addition, the reserves of gunpowder and shells are decreasing day by day, making it difficult to carry out large-scale shelling; Failure. The consequences are disastrous!" Zhao Xiao said anxiously, in the beginning of the battle.The Xia army attacked desperately, and the artillery became the most powerful weapon.They are located high above the city, and can kill the enemy in a large area from a distance, so the daily firing rate of each gun exceeds the design limit. In addition, the weather is hot, the heat dissipation of the gun barrel is slow, and the wear and tear is even more serious. Some It is close to being scrapped and unusable.

"Well, not only cannons are seriously worn out, but our firearms are also a big problem. The barrels of machine guns have generally been replaced, and some renzhu guns have also replaced wearing parts, but spare parts are still in short supply. The craftsman team rushed to make them. One batch is not enough, and the bullet reserves are also tight, if the Xia army continues to carry out large-scale attacks, it will be difficult for us to deal with it!" Zhao Zhong is not optimistic about the future battle, the intensity of the battle here is something they have never experienced before Yes, and before they set off, they made the greatest estimate and carried as much ammunition as possible, but they are still stretched so far.

"The task assigned to us by the prince is to capture Xiazhou City, guard the passage, attract the Xia army, block the enemy's reinforcements, and establish a supply base. According to the plan, the prince should have completed the task of annihilating the Xia army in the east, and we will complete it." Most of the tasks have been completed, and the main task now should be to defend the city, protect the food and grass, and meet the prince's army. The situation is unknown now, the Xia army may be waiting for reinforcements to attack again, so don't take it lightly. In view of our situation, we Decided to shrink the line of defense, abandon the Yangma City outside the city gate, all withdraw into Xiazhou City, and rely on the strong city to defend!" Zhao Ren thought for a while and said.

"Brother Ren, don't, without the sheep and horse city outside the city, we guard the city wall without the depth of defense. It is difficult for artillery and machine guns to exert their power, and we lack defensive equipment. We can only fight against Xia Jun who climbed to the top of the city." Hand-to-hand combat, and our soldiers lack this kind of combat experience, I am afraid the loss will be even greater!" Zhao Yong became anxious when he heard that he was going to abandon Yangma City, and shouted at Zhao Ren, even saving the deputy commander, and directly changed it to Brother Ren.

Zhao Yong's worries were not superfluous. After they seized the city, they quickly established Yangma City a hundred steps outside Toudao City.It is said that it is Yangma City, but Zhao Tun just borrowed the name at that time, which is essentially different from the Yangma City at that time, it is better to say that it is a modern outer city fortification.The main body of the fortifications is two ditches surrounding the city. A parapet was piled up on the enemy side, and machine gun bunkers were set up at intervals of ten steps. In order to prevent damage caused by the enemy's bows and arrows, the trenches were also covered.In the first fifty steps to one hundred steps, defensive measures such as horse-repelling piles and pits were set up. In the next thirty steps, two defensive lines were set up, machine gun positions were arranged, high platforms were built behind the defense line, and artillery positions were arranged to form a complete set. The defense system maximized the power of firearms.

If once you abandon Yangma City and stick to the city, the city wall is no more than fifteen steps wide and the defense depth is narrow, the enemy will be right in front of you as soon as you climb the tower, but because the city wall is too high and built steeply, there are many shooting dead ends, the enemy only needs to attack. Close to the city wall, it is difficult for firearms to exert their power, especially the rapid-fire artillery, which cannot be fired at all. Its maximum angle of projection is placed there, and the cannon cannot be shot while standing upside down with its buttocks sticking out!The invincibility of the Zhongyong Army is largely based on well-trained and sharp firearms. Now that we give up the advantage of firepower and make such a bad plan, how can we not make Zhao Yong anxious.

"Zhao Yong, what you said is also reasonable, but we can still take advantage of firearms by guarding the city wall. Although the city wall is narrow, we can still set up war sheds. The city wall of Dahe Castle is much narrower than this. That's what the prince did back then. Repel, put the muzzle of the gun on the head and shoot it with one shot and one shot can save a lot of bullets; while there are horse faces and turrets all over the city wall, we can place machine guns on them to exert firepower and strike into dead ends The enemy; artillery positions can be set up on the crossbow platform and piers behind the city wall, so that we can properly reduce the charge of the artillery and reduce the wear and tear of the barrel, and when the enemy gathers under the city, the lethality of the artillery can be doubled, that is, the city wall Once we fall, we can retreat to the Urn City and set up a second blocking line, and the enemy will not be able to enter the city!" Zhao Ren smiled and said without blaming the old brother, pointing to the various defensive measures on the city wall.

"Brother Ren is also reasonable!" Zhao Xiao looked at the crossbow platform behind the city wall with the eyes of an artillery commander and nodded, "We can measure the shooting forces in advance, and set up observation posts on the corners to command the shooting, but quickly It is true that the shooting cannon is just like Brother Yong said, once the Xia army approaches the city, it will be difficult to exert its power, but the mortar is no problem, but the crossbow platform is a straight up and down patio, and you have to climb up and down with ropes, so it takes a lot of time to set up the cannon position If you have some strength, how do you think of hoisting the cannon up, the crossbow platform must be reinforced, otherwise the recoil force will be too strong, and the floor will leak!"

"Brother Yong, let me tell you something you don't like to hear. You were born with hussars, and you are not used to leading dragonriders. Brother Ren is right. You can use firearms on the city walls. If you are allowed to guard the hill You don't know how to fight yet!" Zhao Zhong sarcastically said, "What can the enemy do when he enters the city? He can't even draw his bow in time, so he has to be killed. Besides, the melee combat with saber is also the strong point of dragonriders. Hussars have practiced! Even if we can't defend the main city and retreat to the Wengcheng, the walls of the Wengcheng are the same height as the main city, and the terrain is not disadvantageous. Unless they jump from the top, otherwise we will block the passage, and they will still be trapped to death. On the city wall, climb up, get down!"

"Yes, yes...I can't say enough about you, you are all brothers, you can do whatever you say, I will listen to you!" Zhao Yong was speechless by everyone's words, thinking about it, he raised his hand and surrendered .

"Bang, bang, bang..." Suddenly there was a continuous muffled sound from the city, like the sound of muskets firing. Several people hurriedly stretched their heads to look down, but they were so smoked that they retched again and again. It turned out that they were killed in battle. Xia Jun's body was exposed to the sun, and the viscera in his stomach deteriorated, and he began to bloat. Finally, his stomach couldn't bear it, and it exploded, and a piece of intestines and stomachs flew out.

"Ouch, today's lunch was saved again, it's so fucking disgusting!" Zhao Xiao spat out sour water, touched his mouth with his sleeve and said.

"My lord, hurry up, old man, otherwise we will be smoked to death if we don't die in battle!" Zhao Yong howled miserably.

"We're going to have beef stew for lunch today. You two can't eat it anyway, so leave it to me!" Zhao Zhong said without changing his expression after vomiting.

"Don't talk about it, hurry up and prepare. Tonight we will quietly withdraw into the city and tell the health team to cook more anti-epidemic medicinal soup. If someone is infected with corpse poison, this will become a dead city!" Zhao Ren was the leader, his throat After agitating twice without vomiting, he frowned and said, calling everyone to go down to the city to prepare...

Zhao Ren may have been with the prince for a long time and gained a sixth sense. Xia Jun has quietly mobilized reinforcements these days but deliberately showed weakness, just to attract Song Jun to go out of the city to fight in the field.But Xia Jun couldn't wait at this time. Also due to the lag of communication, Xia Jun who was attacking the city had just learned that Brother Cha broke out at Zhuolunchuan, most of them were wiped out, and he was "retreating" to Mingtangchuan. The death order was given, and Xiazhou City must be captured within two days, the Wuding River Road would be opened up, and Brother Cha would be sent back home. So in the early hours of the morning, the Xia Army began to attack. This time not only dispatched hundreds of teams of cavalry, A new type of weapon was also used-a small cart full of sandbags, just like the Tuba Road made the Tutank...