I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 335 Incomprehensible Military Order

It has been five days since Xiao Guan saw the Xixia people besieging the city, and it has been three days since he just repelled the Xixia people's siege.

After the first day of testing, the Xixia people began to attack the city.

"That's Poxi Army..."

When the Xixia cavalry opened a passage and saw pieces of siege equipment appearing, they knew that the Poxi army was coming.

"They are Han Chinese!"

Liu Wu emphasized this sentence.

"What about the Han people? Those who don't take their country and ancestors seriously are not even considered human, no matter who they are!"

"Fight for Xixia, be a Xixia soldier, then he is a Xixia thief!"

This is Zhao Xi's theory, and it is backed up by sages: When barbarians enter China, China will live; when China enters barbarians, barbarians will follow.

Zhao Xi found that in this era, people's identification with the nation is higher than the identification with the country.

This is also an extension of the clan concept.

Therefore, Zhao Xi vigorously promoted the concept of family and country in the guard camp, and also established a sense of identity with the country in the new army.

Therefore, for the guard battalion and even the new army, they don't care about race, they only consider whether they are from the imperial court.

Not to mention the Poxi army's siege ability, because the new army didn't give them a chance to fiddle with the siege.

Those catapults, ladders, and cowhide boxes that don’t know whether they work or not, at the moment of starting preparations, a pile of gunpowder bombs flew directly over... still want to attack the city?Well, fill in your life!
And then there was Zhuang Linglang...

"They are Han Chinese!"

"Fart Han people! They are attacking the city for the Western thieves! If Commander Liu delays the fighter plane, I don't mind enforcing battlefield discipline!"

Whether he dies or dies himself, this is not an embarrassing choice.

In the Western Army, perhaps they were affected by the pedantry of the civil servants. When they faced their own people, even if they were attacking the city for Xixia, they sometimes couldn't bear it.

And such thoughts often miss the most appropriate time to attack in hesitation.

He has already fought for Xixia. Could it be that you asked him to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors during the war?
The kingly way can only be implemented on the basis of hegemony.

"There are mountain people and villagers nearby!"

"Commander Liu, you...they are going to attack the city!"

Impressed!Because of this, it is really impossible to kill the chief officer Xiao Guan of the Western Army at this time.

"All of them! Elevation twenty...launch!"

After all, people are people, not beasts like war horses, nor heavy siege machines.

There is always time for the launcher to fire the gunpowder rounds before they hit the ground.

This allows those who may be forced to attack the city to make Lang Lang have a gap to dodge...

"Commander Liu..."

This time I was really angry.

It's really a waste of gunpowder to hit Ling Lang like this.But not within the range of the musket.

At this time, the original defense equipment of the Western Army was useful.

Liu Wu felt the anger of the commander of the guard battalion, and knew that if he hesitated like this, Xiao Guan would be broken, and many of his brothers would die...

Wars are always cruel, even with a new army, facing nearly [-] to [-] Xixia people, who continued to attack the city day and night for more than half a month, although Xiao Guan survived, the losses were quite heavy.

Xiaoguan is the first pass for the Western Army to defend Xixia, and it is also the most advanced pass.The soldiers of the Western Army here are the best among the entire Western Army.But now, nearly [-]% has been lost.

But Liu Wu is not too worried. With the firearms of the new army destroying the siege equipment of the Xixia people, and the continuous supply of gunpowder and ammunition, he thinks that Xiao Guan can continue to defend...

"Commander Liu, take advantage of the darkness tonight and lead the Western Army to retreat..."

Gu Cheng leaned behind the short stack and glanced at the Xixia people outside the wall...and defended another attack.It's a pity that the real elite of the Xixia people never attacked the city, and it was always the Zhusheng army and Zhuang Linglang who were fighting.

"Commander Gu, this is my Xiao Pass. If the pass is closed, the pass is broken and the pass is destroyed!"

Liu Wu also leaned against the short pile like Gu Cheng.The right arm was still wrapped in sackcloth.He didn't feel the need to retreat at this time. Tomorrow was still the time for logistics materials to be delivered.As long as the material arrives, Xiao Guan can't lose it.

Therefore, Liu Wu did not understand the order to retreat.

"Liu Wu, this is not the time to be heroic, this is a military order! Besides, Xiao Guan is the Xiao Guan of Song Dynasty, not your Xiao Guan of Liu Wu!"

"Can……"

"No but! This is a military order!"

There are always stones flying over the head. Although they have been blowing up the siege equipment of the Xixia people, the surrounding mountains and forests provide the Xixia people with raw materials for making siege equipment...

The point is that it is too wasteful to use gunpowder bombs to blow up siege equipment.

When the Xixia people felled trees, they could make do with catapults casually, but the cost of gunpowder plus transportation, even if one gunpowder bomb could blow up a catapult, it would be a waste.

"Liu Wu, you should know how many troops the Xixia people sent this time?"

"Nearly 20 fine cavalry, plus Zhuo Shengjun and Zhuang Linglang, it is said to be 50 troops!"

"The western thieves who attacked Xiaoguan were only [-] to [-], right?"

"Commander Gu, I know what you're going to say..."

"You don't know! All the western troops in the frontier village on the middle road must retreat tonight and arrive at the designated location within three days! This is a military order!"

It's true that in the past half a month, he has developed friendship, and he also knows that Liu Wu is a man, otherwise, he can kill Liu Wu just because he disobeyed the military order.

"All the border villages?"

"Yes! All border fortresses!"

why?Liu Wu didn't understand!

Xiaoguan is the first major pass to defend Xixia. Once it is released, the pass in the south, let alone the pass is not big, the key is that the south will become suitable for cavalry operations, stretching over the Baili Basin.

The central headquarters never sent any reinforcements. Liu Wu thought that the headquarters could assess the actual combat power, because there were gunpowder and ammunition, so it would be no problem for Xiao Guan's [-] soldiers to guard Yue'er for half a year.

At that time, the headquarters will definitely send reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, this was not a big deal, and they received an order to withdraw the troops and abandon Xiao Guan.

If this is the case, why not give up on Xiaoguan directly, why wait for more than 1000 brothers to die before giving up?
"Commander Gu, your new army should withdraw first, the Western Army is not a coward!"

Don't ask if you don't understand, Liu Wu admits it.

"What the fuck, what are you talking about? Bastard? Can you continue to fight after being fully equipped and traveling at a speed of [-] miles? Don't retreat, it's useless!"

Marching at extreme speed for [-] miles before fighting, the Western Army really can't do it, but...forget it!
Liu Wu also knew that arguing would not work.

Qinzhou
Zhao Xi kept pulling out flags and inserting flags on the sand table. The places where they were pulled out were all border villages, but the place where they were pulled out was very messy.

But if you step away from the large sand table, you can see clearly that these seemingly random flags have formed a circle around the entire Qinchuan.

It's just that this encircling circle is too big.

"Your Highness, tonight all the Western troops from the eight frontier villages including Xiaoguan, Suining Fort, Kelu Village, and Jingxi Village will evacuate to the designated location. The new army will also withdraw in three days..."

This is an order that no one understands.

In the three months since the start of the war, the east and west roads have advanced layer by layer, with frequent success stories.

All the frontier strongholds in the middle road were violently attacked, but they were all carried down without losing a single camp.

At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave the order to retreat.

(End of this chapter)