On the fifth day of September in the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, the Song Xia Biansai and Zhenrong City.

"Boom! Boom!"

A group of Song troops, under the cover of artillery, came to the city gate, a bundle of explosives was stacked up, the city gate collapsed, and the follow-up Song army poured in like a tide. The sound of killing in the city shook the sky, and the sound of earth-shattering thunder and explosions was endless, accompanied by screams and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood everywhere.

Several rounds of bombardment from hundreds of artillery pieces and indiscriminate bombardment by grenadiers, and in no hour, the Xia troops of the Zhenrong army suffered heavy casualties, either fled or surrendered, and the not fierce battle ended.

Everyone knows that the Zhenrong Army is just an appetizer, and how can these earthen walls and wooden doors resist the ravages of firearms. But no one expected that the battle would be so devastating, only in a moment.

The army broke through the city, leaving a city wall to repair and appease the people, while the army of the loyal army continued to the north and went straight to Pingxia City.

Pingxia City was the first real fortress targeted by the Song army.

In the valley of the Hulu River, on the official road full of fallen leaves, a group of remnants of the Western Xia army who were like lost dogs would go forward in despair. They were silent, and their faces were frightened, like frightened animals.

Along the river valley, the official road is full of corpses and blood of Western Xia soldiers, the corpses are horizontal and vertical, more or less, extending out for dozens of miles, bloodstained, shocking.

A group of cavalry of the Song army chased after him, and Liu Rui, who was wearing a helmet and armor, rode out, stretched out his bow and arrows, shot over a general of the Xia army who fled in panic, and said loudly: "Brothers, poor Kou Mo chase!"

Song Yan, the commander of the township soldiers, also shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't chase after you, wait for the army to come!"

The military order was issued, and the knights of the Song Army on the horse reluctantly reined in their horses. This is now under the command of the loyal army, no more free than they used to be, and do as they wanted.

They also had to wait for the army to move north, protect the flanks, and reconnoiter around. Eliminating a few of his defeated generals doesn't make much sense in the battle.

No one thought that overnight, the Zhenrong army would be wiped out, and the more than 9,000 Xia troops were almost wiped out. The prosperity of the Song army's appearance, the strength of firearms, the well-trained soldiers, and the fact that they regarded death as if they were at home not only made the Xia army's soul scattered, but also completely exceeded the expectations of these soldiers of the Western Army and the Righteous Army.

"Nine...... Liu Xianggong, the front is Lingping Village. ”

Liu Xi stammered when he spoke, and the horror and shock in his heart never passed. The stormy shelling, the raindrops of earth-shattering thunder and indiscriminate bombardment, the bloody corpses of men and horses, and the heart-rending screams made him happy and stunned.

It turns out that war is no longer the original way.

These people have become detached from today's war and outdated.

"Li Xianggong, how is the battle ahead arranged?"

"Liu Xianggong, with the intention of the next, the army continued to move forward, and 25,000 people from Deputy Commander Liu remained, with two battalions of grenadiers and 200 artillery pieces, to deal with the Xia army in Lingping Village and block the Xia reinforcements from the west."

Li Yanxian's face was solemn, and there was no joy of a small victory.

Liu Rui also nodded and said: "The two ministers, after Lingping Village, more than ten miles away is Pingxia City." Lingping Village is only a few thousand people, and our army is 50,000 people, if we don't take the initiative to attack, the enemy army is afraid that it will escape. ”

Lingping Village and Tongxia Village are one south and one north, sandwiching Pingxia City in the middle, each has more than ten miles away, and forms horns with each other. The morale of the loyal and righteous army has soared, and it is obvious that they want to connect the pot, and they must not let the other side have a chance to breathe and escape.

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Liu Qi looked at the eldest brother and hesitated: "Vice Marshal Liu, what do you think?"

"What the ministers said is very true."

Liu Xi said in a deep voice: "With these artillery and grenadiers, even if the Xia people have an army of 100,000, I am not afraid!"

Seeing the power of the firearms of the loyal army, Liu Xi is also full of confidence in the future occupation.

Liu Qi nodded, like

Thinking of something, he stepped forward and whispered a few words in Liu Xi's ear.

Liu Xi's face turned red and solemnly agreed.

Pingxia City, located at the mouth of the Shimenxia River in the Hulu River Valley, goes to Zhenrong Army 76 miles in the north, Lingping Village 12 miles in the south, and Tongxia Village 18 miles in the north, the terrain is dangerous, it is a big city that the Song army must cross in the north.

Pingxia city is rectangular, divided into inner and outer city, the inner city wall is about four miles long, the outer city wall is about seven miles long, all are about 8 meters high, rammed with loess. The outer city is surrounded by a ditch, about 30 meters wide and about 2 meters deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the first military town in the Hulu River Valley.

During the reign of Song Zhezong, Song Xia fought several battles around Pingxia City, which can be described as a fierce fight. In the second battle of Pingxia City, Empress Dowager Liang, the mother of the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, personally led hundreds of thousands of Xia soldiers to besiege Pingxia City, and the siege lasted for 14 days, but failed to capture it, and the Xia army retreated north. The Song soldiers chased after them, killing thousands of Xia soldiers and capturing tens of thousands.

The Song army planned to wave the army north to attack Xia, the Khitans used the policy of armed persuasion, the army patrolled in the Song Realm, the Song and Xia peace talks, and the battle of the Xia came to an abrupt end.

But at this point, the Hulu River Valley, the "place of singing and fun" of the Xixia people, was firmly occupied by the Han family.

Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, borrowed Pingxia City as a springboard, with Tong Guan as the main commander, and the famous general Dao as the deputy commander, attacked the Western Xia, defeated the Xia army, and captured the Hengshan that had been lost for hundreds of years.

It's a pity that the creation makes people, Zhao Jichao's order was changed overnight, and he promoted the "alliance on the sea", playing with fire and self-immolation, luring wolves into the house, the Jurchens went south, and the Great Song Dynasty almost destroyed the country. The recovery of Western Xia has also become a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.

In November of the first year of Jingkang (1126 AD), the Xia army took advantage of the Jurchens to invade the Song Dynasty, captured the Huaide army, killed its military Liu Quan, sentenced Du Yi, and reoccupied Pingxia City.

The Tangut people, who thought they could take advantage of the fire, finally found out that they had miscalculated.

Song Jun, it's back again!

Standing at the head of the city, the Western Xia fierce general and the younger brother of King Li Qianshun, King Li Chage, frowned at this time, worried.

The sergeant who fled from the Zhenrong army yesterday reported to him that the Zhenrong military city was broken by the Song army overnight, and he was still skeptical. For example, when he saw the Song army's rolling infantry and cavalry formation today, he understood that the Song army was strong and strong, and the comers were not good.

Although the party was strong in cavalry, and there were five or six thousand cavalry in the city, he still restrained the idea of going out of the city to meet the enemy and fight in the field. The Zhenrong army was broken overnight, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties, which made him suspicious in his heart, and he suffered from gains and losses.

Twelve years ago, in the battle of Tongwancheng, Richard broke the Song army, killed Liu Fa, a famous general of the Song people's Western Army, and led the troops to attack and burn all the way, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty and their husbands were killed.

Brother Richard, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, was stunned for a long time when he saw the large array of the Song army in front of him.

On the plain, the Song people had thousands of troops and horses, and the handwriting of the word "king" and "loyal and righteous army" on the banner was still faintly visible. The Song army pressed from the south like a black line, and then stopped moving, the formation was like a knife and axe, square and shocking.

"I didn't expect the Song people to have such a strong army!"

Brother Richard looked at the solemn scene of thousands of troops and horses in the distance, like a person, his face was solemn, and a chill rose in his heart.

Last month, the Western Xia had made an agreement with the Jin people to send troops together to invade the Song land together. Brother Richard, like his brother Li Qianshun, was full of ambition and pride at that time, fantasizing that the two brothers could expand their territory and show their ambitions.

Who knew that before he could send troops, the Song people made a comeback, and it seemed that they were going to burn the war in Western Xia.

After fighting with the Song army so many times, Brother Richard has never seen such a neat team. His intuition told him that this team was not trivial, and he was afraid that it was his lifelong rival.

However, with only tens of thousands of people, the Song army wanted to capture the impregnable Pingxia City, the same

Isn't it too child's play?

Under the great array of the Song army, Liu Qi held the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and carefully looked at the city and its surroundings.

The city is surrounded by flat land, and in the distance are low mounds, and the rammed walls of loess are especially towering against the moats. At the head of the city, the Xia army was waiting for it, and a middle-aged general with a silver armor and a gloomy face was standing on the city gate tower, looking carefully at the Song army's array.

Brother Richard!

Liu Qi's pupils contracted, and his eyes became fierce.

Pingxia City, today must be allowed to return to the Han dynasty and re-plant the banner of the Han army.

If it weren't for Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's stupidity and stupid tricks, how could the Great Song Dynasty lose the natural horse breeding land of Western Xia!

In Pingxia City, countless Song people threw their heads and spilled their blood here, staining the loess with blood, just to regain the lost homeland.

If it weren't for Zhao Jili's fainting wisdom and misleading the country, the Great Song Dynasty would have already recovered the Western Xia, and there would be the shame of the Jin people going south to wreak havoc, the Song family was full of ugliness, and the tail was wagging and begging for mercy!

Fortunately, if everything is not too late, the Great Song Dynasty can't count on it, and the loyal and righteous army can only barely make it difficult.

Wang Song's purpose for sending him to conquer the summer, he was naturally clear. Try to strike a blow to the Xia people to relieve the pressure of the Great War of the Two Rivers and wait for an opportunity to recover the Hexi Corridor.

Liu Qi has his own ambitions. If he can "swallow thousands of miles like a tiger" and fight and calm the summer, then he can not only become famous, but also bring unexpected surprises to Wang Song.

"Li Xianggong, the west of the city will be handed over to you."

Before leaving, Wang Song had already told him that in the loyal army, Yue Fei was the first in the field battle, and he bore the brunt of the battle, but when it came to defensive battles, Li Yanxian said that it was second, and no one dared to call it first.

"The last general obeys!"

Li Yanxian's face was solemn, and he accepted the order.

With 15,000 soldiers and 400 artillery pieces, there is no reason why he can't take Xicheng.

Liu Qi nodded and continued: "The east of the city is garrisoned by the commanders Song Yan and Yu Ping, 4,000 village soldiers, half of each infantry and cavalry, supplemented by a battalion of grenadiers, two battalions of gunners, and two hundred artillery pieces."

The generals listened to the order one after another, and Liu Qi said loudly: "All the armies are encamped and will attack the city early tomorrow morning."

This battle is probably going to go down in history and shine for a thousand years.

"In the Yanei, the Western Xia generals who wore bright armor on the head of the city and took the lead in watching were Li Chage, the king of the Western Xia Jin Dynasty, and the old Linggong died at his hands."

Among the ten thousand troops, Liu Zhengyan's general, Liu Bin, said softly in his ear.

Liu Zhengyan nodded slightly, looked carefully for a while, and then put down the clairvoyant mirror.

"If it weren't for Tong Guan's blind command, Brother Richard, a nameless rat, how could he do it to my father!"

His eyes became cold, and he said fiercely: "Brothers are in Jiangnan, and they should have died. To survive is for today. I'm going to ask for a fight, our brothers are the vanguards, and we will definitely take Pingxia City, swear to kill Brother Richard, the thief, and avenge Lao Linggong!"

"Don't worry!"

Another general, Liu Li, was also full of confidence, and his face was flushed.

"Brother Richard attacked the city in Shaanxi, burned, killed and looted, and the brothers and people of the Western Army who died at his hands were more than 100,000! Under the order of the Yanei, the villains gave up their lives to cut off Brother Richard's dog's head!"

"Liu Xianggong can rest assured! The little people want to see if these dog-day summer people can withstand our firearms!"

Liu Zhengyan nodded and let out a long sigh.

The Western Army and the Xia Army are a century-old feud that will never die. Above the Song and Xia borders, military households have been in the army for generations, and few soldiers of the Western Army can live past the age of thirty, and widow villages are everywhere.

As a descendant of the Western Army, the country hates the family hatred, the new hatred and the old hatred, naturally the enemy meets each other, and the eyes are very red, there is you without me.