Smoke billowed and fire rose with the wind, unstoppable, reaching into the sky.

After the thatched huts and wooden houses in the city were set on fire, the spread set fire to many houses in the surrounding area, and the entire inner city was ablaze.

Countless party soldiers came out of the houses, but they were stopped by the raging fire. There were fire men shouting and jumping wildly everywhere, and their tragic state made the Song army on the city wall unbearable to witness.

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the Song army no longer entangled, but withdrew from the inner city wall one after another, and began to concoct the same way on the northeast, west and west sides of the outer city, setting fires everywhere.

"Help!"

A party soldier staggered out of a house with his whole body on fire, screaming and staggering forward, tripped over the corpse in front of him, and twitched on the ground, until he finally lost his breath.

Fierce tongues of fire spread everywhere, mixed with billowing smoke, and countless party soldiers and civilians ran out of the houses, coughing and running, many of them fell to the ground as they ran, and the people behind them stepped on these people.

The raging fire made the Song army on the city wall feel extremely hot, and if they didn't leave, they were afraid that they would hurt the pond fish. Xu San and Liu Zhengyan gave orders, and the Song army withdrew from Pingxia City along the city wall.

From the outside of the city, a huge fire broke out above the city, billowing smoke enveloped the entire city, and there were constantly party soldiers running out of the gates of the city in panic, and people were constantly falling on the way out.

Many of the survivors were unkempt, discarded their armor, and many had no weapons in their hands, and their faces were terrified, and they had long since lost their will to fight.

When some of them escaped, they began to cry in the open space outside the city, completely devoid of the appearance of soldiers.

The people who escaped were sparse, and there was not one out of ten, and most of the party soldiers were buried in this sea of fire.

A fire of the Song army not only burned down the city of Pingxia, but also extinguished the courage of the party members to continue fighting.

The sergeants on both sides of the battle outside the city were stunned by the fire that rose into the sky in Pingxia City, and many party soldiers forgot about the battle and knelt down one after another, hanging their heads and crying.

"The land of Western Xia is inherent in my Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the land where my Yan and Huang ancestors cultivated and nomadic, how can it be occupied by barbarian tribes such as you!"

Liu Qi, the initiator of this fire, stood on the vast plain, between the mountains and rivers, looking at the fire that rose to the sky in front of him, but his eyes were gloomy.

"Where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han land. What kind of face do you have to live here for a long time, kill my people, enslave the Li people, and fight against the Celestial Empire, it is really your own fault, and your sin cannot be forgiven......"

The party's march was interrupted again and again, but it was still alive and well, sweeping forward.

Probably the soldiers also understood what the loss of Pingxia City meant to Western Xia. Even with heavy casualties, there is still no retreat.

The purpose of war is to destroy the other side to the greatest extent possible and make the other side lose its combat effectiveness. This military creed has been deeply engraved in the hearts of every officer since the first day he participated in the lecture hall.

"Pass the order down, let Liu Zhengyan and Xu San attack the Chinese army formation of the party members!"

Liu Qi gave the order categorically.

"Formation!"

Liu Zhengyan and Xu Sansan shouted, and the Song army formed a large formation, with the sword and shield men in front, the pikemen and grenadiers in the center, and the gunners pressed behind. Roll on.

They walked forward with neat steps, four or five thousand people were like one, the footsteps were neat and loud, although they were foot soldiers, they were domineering, like thousands of iron horses.

Brother Richard's heart was full of grief and indignation, the other party's four or five thousand foot soldiers dared to rush at his twenty or thirty thousand foot cavalry array, which was unbearable!

The nearly 10,000 foot soldiers in Pingxia City were almost swept away by a fire. The three thousand knights who did not hide the nobles, the two or three thousand foot soldiers lost in front, and the troops lost in Pingxia City have reached more than 10,000 people.

The "Iron Harrier" was wiped out, and of the tens of thousands of light cavalry, I am afraid that only half of them remained.

There are also these 30,000 foot soldiers, although they have not been counted, I am afraid they are also suffering heavy casualties.

When did the way of war become what it is now, in just a few hours, it was the casualties of thousands of troops and horses.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, withdraw!"

The officer next to him persuaded bitterly: "Pingxia City has been destroyed, and more than half of our army has suffered casualties. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid we will be wiped out!"

Brother Richard's face was like ashes, and he said in a dumb voice: "After returning from defeat, who can stop the Song army?" Who can stop the Song army?"

Although the Xia army suffered heavy casualties, there were at least 30,000 people. If you fight hard, success or failure is not yet known.

"King Jin, the Song army is up!"

The four or five thousand foot soldiers who rolled forward with a calm expression were like Mount Tai pressing on the top, and they were overwhelming, giving the party soldiers a great shock.

A group of party cavalry rushed out of the main formation and went straight to the Song army reinforcements.

Suddenly, a cannon rang out, and the large array of loyal and righteous troops in front of it fired countless iron ball shotguns. Like a wind sweeping away leaves, many party knights screamed in unison, and they all fell from their horses, and many knights were swept away, and the cavalry immediately thinned out.

The remaining knights quickened their horses and rushed forward in fear, trying to meet the Song army in front of them and avoid the artillery of the opposing party.

"Grenadiers come forward!"

The shouts of the officers rang out almost simultaneously.

The Jurchen knights are "not 50 steps without shooting", which also refers to those warriors who are good at riding and shooting, if they are ordinary soldiers, they are also within the step. The main role of cavalry is not to kill the opponent with arrows, but mainly to rely on the impact of cavalry.

For these party cavalry, they are at most "40 steps without shooting", and for the earth-shaking thunder that can smash fifty or sixty steps without caring about the results of killing, its long-range shooting will naturally fall behind.

As hundreds of smoking earth-shattering thunderbolts continued to be thrown, the position of the Song army forty or fifty paces in front of the large array was completely enveloped in billowing smoke.

Hundreds of party knights luckily crossed the line of fire, and in the blink of an eye, they were about to meet the Song army infantry of Xu San and Liu Zhengyan.

"Steady!"

Countless spears moved forward, forming a forest of cold and glistening spears. The heavily armored soldiers in the front row sat down, the end of their spears against the ground, and the tips of their spears aimed at the party knights in front of them.

The war horses were spiritual, and when they saw the shining steel jungle in front of them, they desperately neighed and ran to both sides, but there were also many war horses that directly crashed into the gun forest.

Hundreds of heavily armored soldiers were knocked out of the way, some vomited blood and fell to the ground, and some smashed over many comrades in the rear, making a mess.

The pikemen of the Song army swarmed up, and the fallen horses and the knights on the horses were stabbed to the ground one by one, letting out a cry of pain and sorrow. Soon, it was empty.

"O my warriors!"

Looking at the billowing plumes of smoke and the party knights who were constantly stabbed to the ground, the party generals were like ashes, and tears fell from their eyes.

"Array, forward!"

With artillery and earth-shattering thunder escorts, the Song army was even more high-spirited, they walked in neat steps, lined up in a neat phalanx, and headed towards the party infantry in front of them.

They shook the earth-shattering thunder all the way and moved forward. Soldiers were constantly falling to the ground with arrows, but they were still undaunted.

Finally, the two sides collided together, and as soon as they made contact, endless screams were heard.

Countless party foot soldiers pounced, roaring and roaring, venting their anger and grievances to the fullest.

After this war was fought, everyone was in a state of fire. From the very beginning of the battle, he was beaten by the opponent with his head in the water, and he suffered heavy casualties, and he could only be next to him.

finally fought in short quarters, and the party soldiers had blood-red eyes, angry and angry, and they were all crazy, wanting to fight well.

"Thorn!"

"Work in groups of three, pay attention to cooperation!"

After getting through the initial stagnation, the large array of Xu San and Liu Zhengyan began to move forward slowly.

endlessly

The scrambled party foot soldiers were stabbed to the ground, and no matter when, no matter how brave the party warriors, they had to deal with several spears stabbed by the other party at the same time. The Song army pressed forward step by step, the party infantry retreated step by step, and the dead bodies on the ground were one by one.

"Forward, cooperate with the front army!"

Li Yanxian saw that the flanks of the party's infantry formation had been shaken, and immediately gave the order to march.

On the battlefield on the left flank, Anhui was killed in battle, and the party knights were leaderless and slowly retreated. Song Yan and Zhang Hu's cavalry had already lost more than half, and they were powerless. On the right flank position, after Zhao Yun's cavalry and the party knights of the Renli Department hedged several times, they suffered heavy casualties, and they were all unable to fight again.

Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted and their fighting spirit had faded, Li Yanxian frowned and commanded the Chinese army to move forward.

"The cavalry guards the wings, the gunners prepare!"

Zhao Yun and Song Yan's cavalry retreated, and the two armies gathered less than 2,000. Just in this battle, more than 3,000 warriors have died in the battle of Pingxia City.

Li Yanxian was about to reproach the two, but when he saw that everyone was covered in blood and scarred, he swallowed the words back to his mouth.

"The gunner obeys the order, shoot all the shells, and not leave a single one, otherwise military law will be involved!"

Li Yanxian shouted loudly: "After the artillery bombardment, the cavalry will follow!" If anyone can't rush, retreat to the back!"

The generals' faces were all red. Song Yan shouted loudly.

"Xianggong, you just have to give the order, and the villain and the brothers will rush to kill!"

Zhao Yun also roared angrily: "It's all up to the minister!"

Li Yanxian nodded, pointing to the large array of the party in front of him, and his voice was high-pitched.

"Liu Hongjin, I aimed at the party cavalry in the middle, if they escape, bring your head to see you!"

Liu Hongjin came to the gun carriage in a gloomy manner and scolded him sharply.

"All the heavy artillery, aim at the cavalry formation in front of Lao Tzu, and shoot all the shells to Lao Tzu!"

He picked up the spear and shouted, "After the cannon, line up with Lao Tzu." Don't let others look down on us!"

"What is Song Dog going to do?"

Brother Richard and Renli looked at each other, and before the two of them could react, the cannon sound of "Pengpeng" rang out, and countless iron balls flew and went straight to the cavalry position of the party members.

Richard and Renli were shocked, and when they looked up, they saw that the iron balls had fallen into the cavalry formation, and everywhere they went, blood and flesh flew sideways, and the screams were repeated, causing a group of horses to neigh.

I thought it would be over with a round of shells. Who knew that the Song people's artillery roared continuously, overwhelming the world, endlessly smashing at the panicked party knights.

On the field, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the cavalry of the Song people, under the cover of artillery fire, swept towards the remnants of the party cavalry in front.

With the addition of the Song people's front army, the left and right armies formed a flanking trend, and the party soldiers retreated step by step, and some soldiers scattered and fled.

"King Jin, withdraw your troops."

The muscles on Renli's face were distorted, and his voice was weak.

Pingxia City is still burning, and Lingping Village, which is more than ten miles in the south, has not sent a single soldier from beginning to end, and I am afraid that it is already more auspicious.

Ambitious to dominate the industry, blood-stained battlefield, but now in exchange for a fiasco.

Richard's face was bitter, and he suddenly pulled out the short knife at his waist and slashed it at his neck.

The guards were quick and snatched his daggers. Richard's eyes were closed, and he couldn't cry.

"Such a loss of teachers and humiliation of the country, how can I face Your Majesty!"

Renli said in a deep voice: "I still have hundreds of thousands of elites in Great Xia, and the Jurchens also have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, three-legged, everything is still unknown, King Jin look away!"

"Order, the whole army retreats to Nanmuhui!"

Richard got on horseback, and the frightened party cavalry followed, heading northwest.

As for the tens of thousands of foot soldiers who are still fighting hard, they can only be sacrificed by the queen of the palace.