Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Siege of Zhehe City
When Huizong heard about this, his attitude towards Liao immediately changed from contempt to fear, and on June 12, Jihai Xuanfu Si arrived, and urgently summoned the army to return to the army.
In this way, the first expedition of the Great Song Dynasty was over, and the heavy losses were over, and basically no results were achieved.
In order to get rid of the pot, Tong Guan did not hesitate to put all the responsibility for the inability of the command to the seed master Dao and others, and demoted them to officials or officials.
The book on it: The master is easy to kill, he is in battle, he helps the thief to plan, he is frustrated with holy will, and he does not follow moderation, and begs for military law.
At this point, the Song army's first expedition to Liao was over!
The army suffered heavy losses, most of the elite of the Western Army lost most of it, countless money and food were consumed, and the corpses of the soldiers killed in the battle were piled up in the wilderness.
Haven't reaped the slightest benefit!
The monarchs of the Song Dynasty once again suffered from Liao's phobia.
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In Western Xia, outside the city of Zhehe, Chen Yan's army gathered under the city!
Preparations were made for the siege, several artillery pieces were lined up one after another, and the ladder siege vehicles were also ready.
In fact, Chen Yan planned to attack and break through Zhehe City, but when he was twenty miles outside the city, the Danglu Army and the Beggar Army were discovered by the scout sentry of the Western Xia Army.
Chen Yan was helpless, so he had to order a strong attack on Zhehe City!
But he didn't know that just a hundred miles away, the army of Western Xia was rushing all the way towards him.
Coincidentally, Western Xia has just prepared to mobilize a large army to exterminate the rampant army raging in Western Xia, and the mobilization of the army always needs grain and grass, right?
Therefore, outside the city of Zhehe, the assembly point set for the Western Xia army in the Western Xia court was set, and then, the Dang army came!
Get ready to storm Oriwa Castle!
The Dang captivity army was preparing to storm Zhehe City, and the border army of the Western Xia Army was also on its way.
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Chen Yan sat on his war horse, and the Dang Capture Army and the Beggar Army were slowly advancing towards the city wall, in fact, here in Chen Yan, what ladders, what siege vehicles, in fact, are all decorations.
He didn't plan to use these backward weapons in his eyes!
His plan is to blow up the city gate directly with a gunpowder bag and blow down the city wall, isn't it fragrant for him?!
After that, the elite of the Dang Captivity Army entered the city in one fell swoop, and the beggar army followed up to expand the results.
Suddenly, a sentry flew over and came to Chen Yan.
"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, a hundred miles to the east of our army, I found traces of the Western Xia army!"
Chen Yan frowned, looked at the sentinel and asked.
"How many are there?"
"40,000 people, including about 8,000 cavalry, look at the banner is the Western Xia Border Army, the army stationed on the Song-Xia border."
The Sentinel said.
It's just that before Chen Yan could make a decision, a horse came running again in the distance, and the sentry dismounted in front of Chen Yan and gave a military salute.
"Report to the Governor of Dadu, I found traces of a large number of Xixia troops one hundred and fifty miles west of our army, there are more than 10,000 people, including 1,000 Poxi troops, 2,000 iron harriers, more than 5,000 foot soldiers, and all the rest are cavalry."
"Look at the banner is led by the general of the Western Xia clan, Li Cha Geha, by the general Ren Dejing, and Ye Li Rongge is the deputy marshal."
"Got it, go down and rest."
Chen Yan said.
His good-looking eyebrows furrowed, knowing that this matter was a little difficult today, and he seemed to be surrounded by the Western Xia army.
"Report to the Governor!"
In the distance, a horse came running again and came to Chen Yan.
"Governor Dadu, the traces of the Western Xia army have been found seventy miles north of our army, there are 50,000 people, including nearly 10,000 cavalry."
Chen Yan's face suddenly became extremely ugly, 10,000 plus 40,000 plus 50,000, this is an army of 100,000.
Among them, there are 1,000 Poxi troops, 2,000 iron harriers, 5,000 foot soldiers, 20,000 cavalry, and 70,000 foot soldiers!
According to the national strength of Western Xia, it is basically hollowed out, as long as it can manage to eliminate the 100,000 army, Western Xia will be almost finished.
Looking at the city of Zhehe not far away, Chen Yan gritted his teeth and decided.
"Siege! The peak of the Western Xia army is about to arrive, and only by attacking Zhehe City can we have a way to live. ”
"The first colonel of the Dang Captive Army, the second colonel is the main attacker, use gunpowder packs, blow open the city gate as soon as possible, and then attack it for me."
Although there were tens of thousands of Western Xia troops in Zhehe City, Chen Yan was confident that he would quickly take Zhehe City, and most of the troops in Zhehe City were foot soldiers, and there were few cavalry.
Once the Raiders enter the city, the squad combat mode of the Raiders can sweep away the entire Zhehe City at the lowest cost and the fastest speed.
If you want to talk about street fighting, the squad of the Swinging Army cooperates with the combat mode, in this era, it is definitely an invincible existence!
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On the city of Zhehe, the guard of the city of Zhehe, Yeli Rongde, looked at the outside of the city like a wall with a solemn face, like a bright silver torrent of the army, his legs and feet were trembling.
The sudden attack of the Swinging Army was something he could never have imagined no matter what!
He never imagined that Zhehe City, an important city in Western Xia, would also have time to be brought down by the Song soldiers.
He's just a second-generation guy who eats and waits for death, and comes to fold his qualifications in the city!
Where have I seen such a scene, early in the morning when he heard that the Dang Capture Army was attacking, he almost lost his pants.
If it weren't for the fact that when he was ready, the city of Zhehe had already been surrounded by the Dang Army, there was no doubt that he would definitely turn around and be afraid.
Mom, Zhehe City is too dangerous, I want to go back to Xingqing Mansion!
"My lord, my lord, the enemy army is about to attack, what should I do, my lord?"
"My lord, you have an idea."
“……”
The generals around Yeli Rongde spoke one after another.
Yeli Rongde rubbed his head, his face couldn't help but turn pale, looking at the murderous army outside the city that was like a wall, he didn't have the slightest confidence that he could defend Zhehe City.
Although there are heavy troops in Zhehe City and there is plenty of food and grass, judging from the fact that he, a guard, is here to mix qualifications, you can imagine what the situation of the entire Zhehe City is.
The army does not drill once a month or two, and the generals deduct military salaries, fill their own pockets, eat empty salaries, and lack the amount of armaments......
Zhehe City is not on the border of Song and Xia, and has not experienced war for many years, coupled with the fact that a large number of materials are hoarded in this place, many important positions in the city have been divided among various powerful families in Western Xia.
Anyway, I'm here to mix qualifications to reap the benefits, and the ability can be imagined!
Although the degree of erosion of Zhehe City is not as good as that of Kaifeng City of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no battle for hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, it is not much better.
"Gather a large army to defend the city! What are you waiting for, go and gather your men and go up to the city to defend. ”
Yeli Rongde said very urgently.
"My lord, we have already been there, the army is being prepared, and many people are not in the barracks."
Someone said.
"Pull as much as you can to let people go up to the city wall!"
Yeli Rongde said, stomping his feet in a hurry.
"By the way, the stones, rolling wood, and gold juice are all prepared for Lao Tzu."
"There is also the city gate, go and plug the city gate hole for Lao Tzu."
It's just that before he could make any more arrangements, a loud bang suddenly exploded in his ears.
Bang......