I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 337 Tenses and Situations
"Liu Wu, you must remember to arrive at Niujiaping at Maoshi the next day after seeing the three fireworks."

"If there are rangers, put them into battle, keep them from returning to the main front, and kill them as much as possible."

Gu Cheng urged Liu Wu again.

"Commander Gu, once..."

Liu Wu and the others are infantry of the Western Army, and they focus more on defending the city than fighting against cavalry in the wilderness.

So, he was a little worried.

"Not once, the new army under our command will gather at Niujiaping, and then we will continue to fight side by side!"

Xiaoguan's western army retreated, Suining Fort's western army also retreated, and the entire central line of defense against Xixia, all the western army in the border villages retreated.

When the morning light once again illuminated Suining Fort, another siege by the Xixia people began.

"Elevation 35, Shen Laosan, blow me up Gou Ri's trebuchet!"

"This group of idiots bump into Ling Lang, knowing that they can't touch the side wall, they still jump up..."

"Military chief, why don't we shoot when we get closer? He threw gunpowder and ammunition, and didn't fire a single shot. It's boring. I want the feeling of smashing my head with the butt of the gun the most..."

"Get out! Don't you see that there are no bullets in all the substances? You know what His Royal Highness thinks!"

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There is still time to talk nonsense, because the Xixia people still did what they did a few days ago, building a trebuchet to throw stones at the side wall.

They fired it with gunpowder shells, and fired it at the trebuchet.

Every day.Seeing that Zhuang Linglang was approaching, he threw a wave of gunpowder directly, killing everyone, and then frightened the wave back.

It's a pity that Xixia people are getting harder and harder to kill. They all know how to look up at the firing trajectory of the gunpowder bombs, and know how to avoid them. There is no such thing as a gunpowder bomb going down at the beginning... It can scare a bunch of fools .

The intensity of the siege has not changed, and the intensity of the defense has not changed, except that there are more gunpowder bombs and less rolling wood and rocks after bumping into Linglang.

"What are they doing?"

"They are preparing to let the cavalry attack the city..."

The one who spoke was from the Western Army, so it was clear at a glance.

"Cavalry attacking the city?"

"Yes, use mounds of earth to form a gentle slope to the side wall, and then the cavalry will charge directly to the city!"

"We have gunpowder."

"In the past few days, I feel that the horses of the West Thieves seem not to be afraid of gunpowder..."

The Western Army has been withdrawn for five days, and the Xixia people seem to be really ready to invest in elite siege.

"what is that?"

If Zhao Xi was in Xiaoguan, he would definitely sigh...war is a seeding machine.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.Just look at the thing under Xiaoguan now, and you have to admit the role of war.

A thing like the roof of a house appeared, made of cowhide.It is also like an umbrella, with a raised center and gentle slopes on both sides, and then, like a big caterpillar, it approaches the side wall step by step...

"Elevation 25, kill it!"

"Boom...boom..."

The gunpowder bullet hit, but unfortunately, the umbrella-shaped caterpillar continued to crawl towards the side wall.

Gunpowder bombs are not the grenades of later generations. Even the soldiers of the guard battalion cannot accurately grasp the timing of the firing of gunpowder bombs, let alone the new army and launchers.

This caused that when the gunpowder bomb fell on the top of the umbrella-shaped caterpillar, if it could not explode, it would fall to the ground along the slope, still three feet away from the umbrella-shaped caterpillar.

But the explosion was too early, and it was of no use to the umbrella-shaped caterpillars below.

This is trouble.

"Shoot it in front of it, don't let it push it forward!"

Gu Cheng gave the order again.He originally thought that even without the Western Army, their new army of less than one thousand would be able to stop the Xixia people for a month.As a result, it was only six or seven days ago, and they were about to be attacked.

In fact, on the third day after the Western Army withdrew, he could withdraw from Xiaoguan.It's just that the headquarters issued a mobile order to the new army, and they could choose any time to retreat within ten days.

It's just that Gu Cheng didn't rush to withdraw. What he understood was that ten days after the Western Army withdrew, it was enough for them to arrive at the designated place, so he carried it for a few more days.

now...

"Commander, it stopped, but it looks like they're making a mound..."

Alas...~ have to withdraw.Gu Cheng looked at the Xixia people under the side wall and knew that he should withdraw.

The new army is a treasure, dozens of them have already been lost, and they cannot be lost any more.The point is, he didn't dare to lose it because of guarding Xiaoguan.

He also felt that Xiaoguan could be defended by cooperating with the Western Army. He didn't understand why the headquarters gave the order to retreat, but he knew he had to obey.

"Keep two launchers with wheels, switch positions to hit the cowhide caterpillar, and dismantle all the others. Let's withdraw tonight!"

No one has any objections, this is not fear of death, this is a military order, just obey.

"Your Highness, in the past half a month, eighteen camps have been withdrawn from the south of Xiaoguan."

"How about east and west?"

"Arrive at the designated place in three days."

Zhao Xi went to the edge of the sand table again, and compared the reports, one by one camp, and one by one the latent points.

"Wouldn't this speed of retreat arouse suspicion?"

Zhao Xi wasn't sure, he wasn't sure if such a compact retreat would stop the Xixia people.

In order to fulfill Han Qi's wish, in order to truly avenge the country's shame and courage, he presupposed the battlefield in Haoshuichuan.

Once the Xixia people see through it at this time, all the previous planning will be in vain.

Although it will not be a disastrous defeat, the possibility of achieving an overwhelming victory is gone.

"Your Highness, in the past when the western thieves attacked the country, the defeat and escape of the frontier defenders were basically the same as they are now."

In fact, the retreat time for this strategic goal was jointly formulated by the entire Qinzhou Frontline Command.

In order to confuse the Xixia people, the defenders from Xiaoguan to Haoshuichuan were withdrawn at different levels. The time was determined after comprehensive consideration based on previous battles, combined with the evidence of having firearms.

It is up to man to make things up to God, and he has tried his best to achieve the ultimate. Whether he can succeed in the end may really depend on God's will.

No way, this is not a later life, communication is purely based on legs, and the frontline battle report received by the headquarters was at least three days ago.

The frontline headquarters has moved forward, and it is now in Longqian City, where the Deshun Army is stationed, twenty miles to the north is Haoshuichuan.

Even so, the nearest frontline headquarters to the current frontline border village is three to five days away.

Zhao Xi knew that it was impossible for the Xixia people to concentrate all their soldiers in this canyon, and they definitely couldn't attack from east to west.

The frontline command is sticking to the orders of the east and west border villages, even if it mobilizes mobile forces to increase troops.

Anyway, I am not as famous as Guo Kui and Zhong Er, so it is reasonable to have a defeated battle.

Of course, the east and west roads have to show an eagerness to support the middle road...

As for the main force of the east and west routes, they were already on standby at the encirclement and suppression site.

(End of this chapter)