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- Han Shizhong and the others returned quickly after leaving.
When he arrived at the city, Yao Pingzhong couldn't help but said: "It's bad, the Xixia people are driving away the people."
Chao Yong smiled and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go up to the city and talk about it.¡±
The three of them raced their horses from the corridor to the top of the city. When they arrived, they turned over and dismounted.
Han Shizhong cupped his hands and said: "We walked seven or eight miles out of the city, and we saw many Xixia people coming towards Xingqing Mansion. We looked to the east and west, and there were Xixia people coming here everywhere."
Sun Li frowned and said, "Are they going to use ordinary people to attack the city?"
Ma Lin said in confusion: "Those people are also Xixia people. How dare they drive their own people to death?"
Han Shizhong shook his head and said: "They may not have been the ones who drove them away. Xixia people are tough by nature, and women often go into battle. It was not many years ago that all the people of the Dangxiang tribe were wiped out."
Chao Yong said: "Whether they come here voluntarily or driven, they are Xixia people, not our common people in Daliang. As long as they attack the city, we will attack. And I believe that the news that the father-in-law led an army to attack should also be spread Once opened, even if the Xixia soldiers and horses outside the city are not disintegrated, they will definitely not dare to stay under the city and wait for us to attack from both front and back. "
Sun Li nodded and said: "If Renzhong's army does not march in a hurry, the army led by the stallion will soon threaten Lingzhou, and the Xixia soldiers and horses outside the city will not be able to hold on for long."
Han Shizhong shook his head and said: "Hengshan is steep and difficult to navigate. Even if Renzhong marches urgently, it will be difficult to intercept the stallion's troops."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Don't think so much. Even if the stud soldiers and horses arrive a few days later, can't we and five thousand soldiers and horses still be able to defend Xingqing Mansion?"
Hearing this, Ma Lin immediately said: "I will follow the prince to the death."
"I will follow the prince to the death."
"I will follow the prince to the death."
All the soldiers immediately started shouting.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Don't make the situation seem so serious. Our army has magical weapons such as fire thunder and divine arm crossbows. I'm afraid the Xixia people's siege equipment is not enough. Send an order to the other three sects to allocate one from each. Hundreds of people came to the south gate."
Soon, a thousand archers were mobilized at the south gate to stand ready, and countless black spots appeared in the distance on the horizon.
"Woo woo woo"
Amid the powerful sound of trumpets, Xixia soldiers and horses advanced to the outside of the city and lined up in formation.
Behind them were countless Xixia people. Numerous siege equipment were actually driven by the common people.
Soon, several five-foot-high archery towers were pushed to the front of the formation.
The archery towers are all made of solid wooden boards and covered with cowhide to prevent fire. An arrow tower requires hundreds of people to pull and push it forward slowly.
It is not easy to manufacture siege equipment outside Xingqing Mansion. When Xixia was founded, Li Yuanhao also knew that Xixia was only a small area compared with the Song Dynasty, and the Yinchuan Plain was a rare place in the south of the Yangtze River. Fearing that the Song Dynasty would attack, he ordered to cut down all the thick trees between Guanglingzhou and Xingqingfu to prevent the Song army from attacking the city. Siege equipment can be made from local materials.
??The emperors of the Song Dynasty have always maintained the use of force against Xixia, so all the rulers of Xixia have also maintained this national policy. They only plant saplings outside the city and cut them down once they grow up.
This was supposed to prevent enemies, but now it has become a problem that troubles the Xixia people.
Renli used to make siege equipment by sending people across the Yellow River and then logging and transporting it from Helan Mountain. Therefore, in the past few days, he was afraid that the siege equipment would be destroyed by Daliang firearms.
Today, Renli moved out all the siege equipment produced in the camp.
¡°Hoo¡±
¡°Hoo¡±
¡°Hoo¡±
Amidst the chants of the Xixia people, several arrow towers got closer and closer to the city wall.
One hundred steps
Ninety steps
Eighty steps
Seventy steps
Sixty steps
"stop"
A general kept measuring the distance and arrived at sixty steps. Shout loudly.
Liu Qi looked at the place where the archery tower stood and said: "The bows and arrows of the Xixia people are lethal at about fifty steps. The archery tower is two feet higher than the city wall. They can attack the people on the wall from the archery tower. We use the bows and arrows of the Xixia people. If so, it will be difficult to shoot the people on the archery tower.¡±
Chao Yong smiled and said: "They are forcing us to use the Divine Arm Crossbow, so we will use the Divine Arm Crossbow to greet them. Ma Lin, use a hundred Divine Arm Crossbowmen to deal with the arrow tower."
"yes"
Ma Lin immediately replaced a hundred-man team with divine arm crossbows. Step on the hoop and wind the string with all your strength.
After the arrow tower outside the city stopped, groups of Xixia soldiers climbed up.
soon. Xixia bows can easily appear on the archery tower.Hands. But what was waiting for them was the divine arm crossbow. As soon as they showed their heads, sharp arrows shot through the air.
At a distance of sixty steps, the Divine Arm Crossbow is enough to penetrate iron armor, let alone the archer's leather armor.
As soon as a soldier stood up, he was hit in the chest by an arrow. The powerful arrow fell backwards and fell from the archery tower with a scream, knocking down several archers lined up below.
Under the fire of the divine arm crossbow, several archery towers had no effect at all, but the Xixia people kept climbing up, obviously determined to consume the arrows of the divine arm crossbow.
In the distance, the people of Xixia were digging soil and putting it in their pockets. Last night, Renli and others decided to fill the moat with people, so they sent people around to notify the nearby people that each household should prepare five bags, and at the same time, they selected people over the age of fifteen. of all people.
People in the nearby cities who were afraid of being implicated in the war had all fled, and the rest were fierce people from various tribes. Not many people fled because of this recruitment order.
Soon, the people under the city came to the moat carrying earth bags, and Renli also sent thousands of archers to cover them.
Although Chao Yong mobilized a thousand men, it was not enough to guard the entire city wall, so he only concentrated on strengthening the defense near the gap, leaving the further moats to be filled in by the Xixia people.
Like yesterday, the archers in Daliang completely suppressed the archers in the city.
Occasionally, when the archers became denser, several fire mines would be dropped on the city, killing the archers and civilians one by one.
Today, it is Dingzhou soldiers and horses who are responsible for protecting the people.
The general of Dingzhou watched his troops being suppressed. In less than half an hour, the casualties exceeded a thousand. He couldn't help but said anxiously: "It is better to leave the matter of consuming Han people's arrows to the common people. Everyone in my party can draw the bow." Shoot the arrows and let them fill in the moat, and then we attack the city. Otherwise, more than half of my men will be killed or wounded before the moat is filled in."
Renli was waiting for a person with a bad reputation, nodded and said: "Since the general said so, let the common people replace your ministry."
Renli was well versed in Sinology and knew the importance of people's hearts, so although he had known the result for a long time, he was still reluctant to bring it up.
The general of Dingzhou is a standard party member. In his opinion, the military power in his hands is the greatest capital. As long as he has soldiers in his hands, he can guarantee his own interests no matter how the situation changes.
Soon, all the archers under the city were replaced by ordinary people.
However, the endurance of the common people was obviously not as high as that of the soldiers. After discovering that this was a life-threatening job, many people began to wander outside the range of the archers at the top of the city. When the people responsible for filling in the moat saw this, they also went on strike.
In the end, Renli had to order soldiers and horses to force the people to come forward. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster! - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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