Guo Cheng's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "I have already written to the cardinal minister, and the cardinal minister has authorized me to act cheaply, so there is no need to panic." ”

Only then did the brothers of the Yao family secretly breathe a sigh of relief, knelt on one knee in unison, and said in a deep voice: "The last general will take the order!" ”

The two of them turned and strode away.

Although the Xia people came suddenly, they were not completely unprepared, and now they were just urgently dispatched, and they were not too alarmed.

Guo Cheng stood at the head of the city, looking at the banner of the Xia people that was already clearly visible, his eyes were blazing, and his expression was firm.

The Xia people came very quickly, and the army walked around the city and surrounded Pingxia City!

The Yao brothers made emergency arrangements while delivering various news.

"Deputy Chief, I'm afraid that the Xia people are about to attack the city!" Yao Xiong watched Xia people assemble, his face condensed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Gu came over and said urgently: "Deputy Chief, there seems to be a team of people in ambush......

Guo Cheng was not in a hurry, but smiled and said: "What is difficult to guess, it is nothing more than attacking the city all the way and blocking reinforcements all the way." Let them attack the city, and tell all the soldiers that our Pingxia City has enough food and grass, and there is no problem in supporting it for half a year. ”

Half a year is already a long time for a war that broke out suddenly.

With an army of 300,000 and half a year's grain and grass, it is by no means easy for the Xia people to come.

The Yao brothers were suddenly relieved, and then full of confidence.

There are 20,000 troops in Pingxia City, and it is absolutely no problem to defend him for three months!

But soon, the Yao brothers' faith was put to the test.

The Xia people came quickly, the offensive was even more fierce, almost non-stop, surrounded Pingxia City, and determined that the Song army could not hold out, so they immediately launched a fierce attack.

The focus is on the West Gate, and the South Gate.

Under the south gate, the Xia army came like a tide, climbing the wall ladder one by one, and the city-breaking hammer advanced towards the gate.

The archers below, guarded by shield men, shoot arrows at the walls.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

Yao Xiong holding a knife? Drinking to and fro on the walls.

The Song army on the city wall? Maybe the field is not quite good? But defending the city is experienced.

Improved firearms of all kinds appear in the city? Whip arrows? That is, the arrows are tied with gunpowder? Keep shooting down? Although the power is not great relative to later generations? But they still exploded one after another, far beyond ordinary bows and arrows.

Are there even soldiers throwing balls? The official name is: Tribulus terrestris. Is this an improvised grenade? Once exploded, the poisonous smoke dispersed? More iron filings flying? The lethality is not small.

In a few city piers, there are more than a dozen large iron guys, called thunderbolts, and soldiers are filled with ammunition? Ignition launch.

The sound is like thunder, and the gunpowder shoots out? Landing and exploding, several people in a radius turned on their backs, dusty, and frightening.

The Song army used a large number of firearms, causing huge casualties in a short period of time.

The Xia army was in disorder for a while, and strict orders came from the rear, and the disordered Xia army came again, regardless of life and death.

Yao Xiong was worried at first, but as the time of a stick of incense passed, seeing that the Xia army really could not attack, he gradually stabilized his confidence and drank back and forth to prevent the Xia army from landing in the city.

Simon.

Yao Gu was more calm, commanding the defense of the city, while listening to all directions and collecting all kinds of news.

Half an hour later, seeing that the offensive of the Xia army was blocked and could not go to the city, Yao Gu explained and hurried back to the yamen in the city.

Yao Gu stood in front of Guo Cheng, looking at Guo Cheng, who was staring at the map with a calm face, and said with a deep face: "Deputy Chief, from the current point of view, there are more than 100,000 Xia troops near Pingxia City. In addition, the five cities near us may have fallen...... We're alone. ”

Guo Chengyu stared at the map and said, "Qinzhou should get the news, and there will be reinforcements soon." There is no doubt about the military strategy of the cardinal, don't worry too much, what we think about is how to cooperate. ”

Yao Gu was stunned and stunned, they are now besieged, and the 100,000 army is attacking the city, shouldn't they worry about themselves?

Once Pingxia City falls, the consequences are unimaginable!

Guo Cheng pointed to Jingyuan Road and said thoughtfully: "I hope they come later, it's too early to trouble." ”

Yao Gu became more and more puzzled, Jingyuan Road was the closest to them, and the rescue was the fastest, why did they come a little later?

Guo Cheng's ears were thundering, and with the shouts of fighting, he carefully scrutinized for a while, and said, "Drag them first." As long as Pingxia City is still there, they can't continue to go south. ”

Yao Gu didn't know what Guo Cheng was thinking, so he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Deputy Chief, don't forget, the official family is in Qinzhou." ”

Guo Cheng frowned, then let go, and said, "The official family has its own Zhang Xianggong, we don't need to worry." ”

With that, his fingers circled around Jingyuan Road, Qinfeng Road, Xihe Road, and Huanqing Road, and finally landed on Pingxia City.

His expression grew solemn, and his fingers tapped on it.

Yao Gu listened to the shouting and killing outside, and didn't care about anything else, so he said again, turned around and went to the city again.

In Pingxia City, the fighting became more and more intense.

The Xia people were determined to win the city of Pingxia, and the 100,000 army besieged the city, and the siege was at any cost.

Song Jun was not much happy, he was busy cleaning up the corpses and repairing the city walls, this was the first day, and tomorrow will be more intense.

The rear army of the Xia army is coming, and once more than 200,000 troops gather, the small Pingxia City may not be able to stop it for long.

The Great Song Dynasty naturally knew that the carrier pigeons flying out of Qinzhou had not stopped, and Zhang Kai was deploying the entire Shaanxi Sixth Road, and even Hedong Road.

At this time, Jingyuan Road, Baoshan City, the closest to Pingxia City, the deputy chief manager Chong Pu, the deputy general Guo Zude, and Fang Cheng have received the news and are discussing countermeasures.

Guo Zude is Guo Cheng's sworn brother, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Deputy Governor, Pingxia City is very important, and there is no room for failure. ”

Fang Cheng stretched out his head and said: "The last general also thinks that it should be rushed, if Pingxia City is lost, the thief Kou Tie rides a horse to Pingchuan, Jingyuan Road is not dangerous to defend, and you can bypass Huanqing Road and go straight to Qinfeng Road, the official family is there!" ”

At the mention of this, everyone's expressions were awe-inspiring.

Chong Pu glanced at the two of them, but said nothing.

Chong Pu, the son of Chong Ge, the grandson of Chong Shiheng, and the seed master Dao, the seed master is a cousin, and they are all grandchildren of the seed army.

Chong Pu didn't say anything, and glanced at the partial general beside him.

Wang Sunchen was stunned and said, "I don't know." ”

Chong Pu laughed and said, "It's not that you don't know. ”

, he looked at the house Cheng, Guo Zude, with a serious expression, and said: "The idea of this general is, don't save, don't worry, listen to me." First, the total strength of my Baoshan City is only 6,000, and most of them will go and not return, and it will not help. Second, the reason why Pingxia City held on was nothing more than that there were reinforcements, and if we were to be defeated, the confidence of the soldiers defending the city would inevitably be damaged. Third, who is General Guo? The cardinal minister once said: When it comes to knowing soldiers, he is not as good as him. With General Guo here, Pingxia City is categorically worry-free, at least for half a month, there will be no problem! ”

Guo Zude, house sincerity, Wang Sunchen listened, stunned and stunned.

Chong Pu's words sound very reasonable, but there is still a suspicion that he will not be saved!

Guo Zude was worried about his brother, hesitated again and again, and said: "If you are not the last general, Pingxia City is in danger, we will not move forward, and the court will investigate it afterwards, and I am afraid that we will not be able to escape." ”

Seeing that a few people did not insist, Chong Pu felt a little relieved and said, "So, we have to send troops, but we must be secretive." I'll write to Zhe Shuai later, go out day and night, close to Pingxia City, wait for reinforcements to go together, and choose the opportunity to fight! ”

The house is sincere, Guo Zude glanced at each other, even though he still felt awkward, he still got up and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "The last general will take the order." ”

Chong Pu smiled and looked up outside, it was already more than half of July, and the weather was probably going to get worse.

Guo Cheng of Pingxia City would never have thought that he was worried that the reinforcements would come too early, and Chong Pu felt that it was not appropriate to rush to help immediately.

Outside the west gate of Pingxia City.

The commander of the six roads, the big tent buried by the name.

Wei Ming's burying is tall, with a big beard and blazing eyes, and when he stands, he gives people a feeling like a mountain.

"Three days, within three days, Pingxia City must be attacked, this is my promise to the Queen Mother!" The deep voice of the famous man echoed in the big tent.

"Command!"

The Western Xia people will respond in horror.

As a result, the siege battle of Pingxia City was more intense than yesterday.