Chapter 95: The bloody battle begins

Didn't hide the sea and went up to the wall early, so many years of comfortable life, so that this guy forgot that the Wa military village was at the forefront of the war, but today since he is facing the attack of the Song army, he must go all out, after all, if the military village is conquered, the entire tribe will suffer.

Two thousand Western Xia soldiers went up to the wall, one by one, as if they were facing a great enemy, with their bows and arrows wound, ready to go to war at any time. However, the wall was too narrow to place trebuchets, and it was destined to be beaten from the beginning, which put great pressure on the Western Xia soldiers to defend.

As a twenty or thirty-pound stone fell in front of the military gate, the trebuchet was ready to start, apparently just debugging the distance at first.

Thirty trebuchets were launched at the same time, and thirty large stones roared and smashed into the wall of the Wa military village, although the soldiers dodged early, but dozens of soldiers were still hit, but this is not too much pressure on the defending side, after all, this kind of attack will not last long, and if there are no siege soldiers to attack the wall, all the attacks are meaningless.

At the same time as the trebuchet attacked, the bed crossbow also began to exert its power, and this three-foot-long arrow brought the greatest psychological deterrent to the defending soldiers, and it was also a good encouragement for the attack.

The 1,000 Song army began to advance rapidly, and under the cover of siege engines, they soon advanced to a distance of two hundred paces from the wall, at which time the Western Xia soldiers under the city wall began to fire arrows. Attack, the bow attack of the defending side kicked off at the same time.

The archers of the Song army half-crouched on the ground under the cover of their shields, and threw them at a forty-five degree, and the arrows from the string flew towards the wall. This kind of projectile, when the arrow falls, the speed is accelerated, the penetration is very strong, and the method of dense coverage is adopted to suppress the Western Xia archers on the wall, to cooperate with the Song army to attack the city, and a group of Song troops carry the ladder to advance ahead.

The Western Xia soldiers were prepared early, and the archers continued to shoot arrows under the city, and dense arrows were overwhelming. Although most of the arrows were blown away by the shield, there were still many Song troops who were shot, and this kind of crossbow arrows were fired against each other, which was originally a huge casualty on the attacking side, and the pressure on the defending side was not great, as long as the attacking side did not attack the city, the pressure on the defending side was not great.

Just when the attacking and defending sides were shooting arrows at each other, a group of Song troops began to charge, the soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers in the back continued to move forward.

Although there was no specific siege goal, these soldiers did not know that the drums of the attack would not stop, and the pace of the attack would not slow down.

There is a saying in the Western Army, that is, if you are enough, you will die on the road of charging.

Soon Li Junke's younger brother Li Junwu led his brothers to rush to the bottom of the walled city, the soldiers pushed the ladder, this tall guy was the first to lead the way up, and soon he rushed to the top of the walled city, and when he saw a spear stabbing at him, this guy swung his knife to cut off the head of the gun, and then jumped on the wall.

Seeing that the Song army rushed to the wall, the Western Xia soldiers surrounded and killed them from all directions. Will be the courage of the soldiers, Li Junwu wielded a long knife desperately slashed and killed the Western Xia soldiers, and the Song army behind also began to counterattack, although there were only forty or fifty Song troops rushing to the wall, but it was like forty or fifty tigers, constantly impacting the Western Xia soldiers.

Once the two sides are engaged in hand-to-hand combat, it is a sign that the bow and arrow duel is over, and the trebuchet has also ended the attack, and now there is only a melee between the two sides.

Seeing that some soldiers rushed to the wall, Li Junke, who was below, ordered to step up the attack.

The Western Xia army on the walled wall was numerous and took the initiative at the beginning. However, Li Junwu and other Western troops fought bravely, although they were wounded, they were still desperate, but because the number was too small, in the end, all the forty or fifty Western troops who rushed to the wall were killed, especially Li Junwu's arms were cut off, and this guy bit off the neck of a Western Xia soldier with his teeth when he was dying, and was finally hacked to death by the Western Xia army.

Li Junke, who commanded the attack under the walled city, witnessed the tragic death of his younger brother, and he was like an enraged lion in the pain of losing his brother, loudly commanding his soldiers to sprint and sprint again.

With each sprint, countless soldiers fell, and the soldiers behind stepped on the corpses of the soldiers in front of them and continued to sprint.

The western army rushed up the wall again and again, and was killed again and again, and thus the first day of siege came to an end after losing 400 men.

The attack on the first day was not a failure, but it always didn't get any bargain, especially Li Junke, who was in charge of the main attack, lost his younger brother and was depressed.

Although the attack was fruitless, Liu Fa still found a problem, that is, the determination of the Western Xia army to defend the city was very resolute, and the soldiers defending the city had enough reserves.

In the end, Liu Fa came to the conclusion that the Western Xia army did not give up the plan of the Awa military village, and it seems that the Western Xia army was full of confidence this time, believing that even the field battle could be won. But where did the confidence of the Western Xia army come from?

Just when Liu Fa was puzzled, the scout battalion commander Song Jun came back to report that this guy had found the Western Xia army hidden behind Niutou Mountain, which numbered as many as twenty or thirty thousand.

Now, it makes sense, it is obvious that Richard personally led the army to come, and the reason why he did not give up the Wa military village was to nail the Song army to death in this small space in front of the cottage, so as to complete the encirclement of total annihilation.

Why! Why! Why was Richard able to complete the encirclement of total annihilation when the number of troops was not very different? At this time, Liu Fa felt that either Brother Richard was arrogant, or this guy had a careful plan.

Obviously, Brother Richard, who is known as the god of war in Western Xia, is definitely not arrogant, which means that there is a plan for total annihilation. At this time, Liu Fa suddenly realized that he might have been wrong from the beginning, this Wa military village was simply the bait thrown by Brother Richard, the purpose was to lure himself into the bait.

If their side takes the Wa military village, then the Western Xia army will complete the encirclement and finally trap the Western army in the Awa military village. On the other hand, if there is a stalemate here, then the Western Xia army will cover from behind, and at that time, the Western army will be in a dilemma, and will be stuck here. At this time, Liu Fa understood that when Tong Guan, a bastard, sent himself to send troops, the news reached Richard's ears through some channels.

Dilemma, it may be too late to withdraw now, but is it really too late? Liu Fa is not so stupid, the Western Xia army is all cavalry, once the Western army leaves the Wa military village, then if it encounters the Western Xia cavalry on the flat land, it will be a catastrophe.

In a dilemma, facing the situation of being annihilated by the enemy, Liu Fa had a very bold plan in his heart, since he was already in an embarrassing situation, it was better to gamble. If the bet is won, then the myth of Richard being undefeated can be broken, and maybe he will be able to take Shuozhou in one fell swoop, of course, this needs to take risks, because if the bet is lost, the 30,000 Western troops will be handed over here.

Liu Fa is also a ruthless character, and when he can't get out of the way, he decides to break the boat, so he calls the generals for a meeting.

This time, Liu Fa's speech was concise and to the point, that is, the attack will be launched at dawn tomorrow, and this attack is divided into three batches, and the troops will not be withdrawn if the military village is not broken, his cousin Liu Yi led a thousand Liu family soldiers, as the fourth echelon, in the case of not conquering the Wa military village before dark, the fourth echelon launched the final offensive.

During the Song Dynasty, most people suffered from night blindness, of course, there was always a group of people who did not have night blindness, and the Liu family's thousand soldiers were specially prepared for night battles, which was extremely rare in the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the same was true of the Western Xia, Liao, and even the later Jin State.

On the fifth watch, the Western Army began to cook, and when breakfast was finished, before dawn, the Western Army pushed out the trebuchet, siege engine, battering ram, nest car, and bucket cart, and put on a posture of fighting to the death.

Yesterday's battle to defend the city gave him a lot of confidence in not hiding the sea, and he now understands that in the Sloping place of the Wa military village, the Song army's siege of the city does not have any advantage, as long as he strictly guards the military village, then the Song army will definitely not be able to kill it.

The Western Xia army's defense of the city has not made any adjustments, and it is still exactly the same as yesterday. A little arrogant didn't hide the sea and didn't even appear in the city, the key is that he was squeezed dry by his little wife at night, and he was a little tired and didn't show up in the city to command the defense, this guy handed over the task of defense to his son and didn't hide Qiliang.

Wuzang Qiliang is a fierce general, extremely brave, but his head is less tendons, and he doesn't turn around. He presided over the whole army for the first time, and the whole person was excited, and he wanted to show himself well and prove it to his father.

Attack, attack, this attack, Liu Fa personally beat the drum and cheered.

The hatred of killing his brother completely angered Li Junke, and as soon as this guy came up, he ordered the trebuchet to beat out all the stones, and wanted to completely destroy the head of the Wa military wall.

The stones rolled and smashed into the wall of the Wa military village, the soldiers guarding the wall were very difficult to dodge, yesterday they dodged very well, today, the stones were too intensive, and it was a round after round, and they put on a desperate posture, which brought a lot of pressure to the Western Xia soldiers.

After the seventh round of trebuchet attacks, the fortifications on the walled wall were basically destroyed, and the Western Xia soldiers were in a state of inability to defend, almost all of them entered the range of the Western army's bow and arrows, and soldiers were constantly shot, and the defensive pressure was huge.