The rain is getting heavier and heavier, not only is the sheep intestine trail pouring down, but even the Zhuo Luo Nan Military Division is also shrouded in heavy rain. Rainy days are obviously not suitable for combat, because in such weather, the range of bows and arrows will be greatly reduced when wet, and not only that, but the physical exertion of soldiers will increase, which is not a good choice for both defense and offense.

The most frustrating thing is that it is difficult for large siege equipment to come in handy when it rains, because when pushing, the resistance will increase a lot, and more soldiers are needed to push.

Almost everyone thinks that there will be no war on such a rainy day, but Liu Qi, a young general who is three years younger than Liu Zhenglong, does not think so, he ordered an all-out siege of the city, the first batch of 3,000, led by the capital commander Liu Yong as the first echelon, the goal is to attack the city even if the task is completed, the second group of 4,000 people, led by Liu Qi's uncle Fan De, escorted the only largest chariot in the whole army to the city gate.

The chariot is generally used in siege warfare to guess the ability to play after entering the city gate, just like an armored car, for the enemy is a merciless killing, the crossbow archer inside will shoot the enemy with crossbow arrows.

This surprisingly large chariot was almost the size of half a city gate, and it was not a crossbow archer, but gunpowder and oil, which were pushed by more than three hundred soldiers, and there were two rows of thirty-six wheels below, even if a few were bad, they could still move forward.

The third team of 10,000 people, this is the real main attack, the goal is to kill into the city, Liu Qi pressed the formation, as long as the third team entered the city, he would follow behind. This time, Liu Qi did not follow his father's advice, and directly incorporated the 300 cavalry into the third team, with the goal of taking the initiative in the battle for the city gate as soon as possible.

The heavy rain was pouring down, and the Western Xia soldiers defending the city did not expect that Qin Feng's army would attack the city in this case, so they began to actively counterattack, there was no trebuchet, no fire oil, and the crossbow arrows were greatly discounted, so they could only use rolling wood and thunder stones to suppress those Western troops who attacked the city.

After the offensive began, everyone understood why the major general insisted on launching an attack in the heavy rain, the combat effectiveness of bows and arrows was greatly reduced, the trebuchet was inconvenient to use, and the long-range attack was equivalent to nothing.

The large siege equipment advanced very slowly in the rain and required a large number of soldiers, but because the defending Western Xia soldiers did not use stone throwers, bows and arrows were fired and floated in the air, so the ladder and nest car still crossed the moat logically.

After about a quarter of an hour, the first soldiers finally arrived under the city walls and began to attack the city with the help of ladders, and the fierce battle began at this moment.

Two or three Western Xia soldiers carried a piece of wood and smashed it down, and the Western soldiers who were hit by the wood died tragically on the spot, but the blood was quickly washed away by the heavy rain, and there was no blood in sight, only corpses scattered and vertical. Stones, big green bricks are defensive weapons, a Western Xia soldier can be raised high and then thrown down, after the Exi army on the ladder is smashed, it will fall down and be killed on the spot.

Batch after batch of soldiers died tragically in front of the battle, Liu Qi seemed to see nothing, he personally beat the drum to cheer, and announced that the first person to kill the head of the city will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, the gibbon Hou Jian, the head of the capital rushed to the forefront quickly under the stimulation of the bounty, this guy relied on his long arms, and quickly climbed up the city along the ladder, this guy rushed left and right with a double axe, and constantly slashed and killed the Western Xia army that surrounded him.

With the first, there will be a second, and more soldiers rushed to the city, and these Western troops seemed to be inspired by Hou Jian, and they took the lead one by one, constantly attacking the Western Xia army.

If the head of the city is a tug-of-war, then the attack under the city is simply the biggest nightmare of the Western Xia army, at the beginning, these Western Xia soldiers did not see the existence of the battering ram, and they ignored the defense of the city gate, plus the heavy rain, there was no way to use rockets to ignite the cart, nor could it be destroyed.

The Western Xia soldiers didn't know what the chariot was, but they knew that it was a siege facility, but it was bigger than the equipment they had usually seen.

The soldiers in the cart ignited the gunpowder and quickly evacuated, and the heavy rain could not drench the gunpowder and oil in the cart. With an earth-shattering blast, the gates were blown open. Groups of Western troops rushed into the city gate hole, they were greeted by dense crossbow arrows, row after row of soldiers fell, the crossbow arrows in the city gate hole were not affected by the rain, the lethality was huge, especially in the small space The crossbow arrows became the nightmare of the Western army.

The attack on the city gate cave was blocked, Fan De was furious, this guy ordered to light the fire oil tank and throw it at the Western Xia army, the Western Xia soldiers in the city gate cave were ignited and then ran around, more soldiers were ignited by the fire, and it was immediately a mess.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Western Xia soldiers were in flames, more Western troops poured in, and the two sides engaged in fierce and brutal street fighting.

The street fighting was brutal, at this time, the fierceness of the Western Xia soldiers was fully displayed, every inch of land was being held, and it can be said that the Western army could only step on the corpses of the Western Xia soldiers and advance slowly.

The Western Army has been at war with the Western Xia for many years, and it can be said that they have had a feud for a hundred years, and they not only hate each other but are also familiar with each other. To put it bluntly, which ancestor of the Western Army has not been killed by the Western Xia Army, and every Western Army has no hatred?

Either you die or I die, bloody street fighting, corpses everywhere, broken arms and stumps everywhere, it is really an inch of blood in rivers and mountains, the blood of the Western Xia soldiers will not fall if they are not finished, the knife of the Western army is cut off, with fists, the arm is cut off and bitten with teeth, in a word, the entire Zhuo Luo Nan Military Division has become a hell on earth.

This is the first time Liu Qi commanded such a siege battle, although there is no experience, but two hours of siege, into the city, this is a great encouragement for this young man, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, Liu Qi, who has been favored by God, completely disregards what is the taboo in the army, he ordered to attack the city with all his might, to kill the city at any cost, even if it is to slaughter the city, but also to occupy the Zhuo Luo Nan Military Division as soon as possible.

On the one hand, the Western Xia army, which was dying and struggling, was still fighting, desperately resisting in order to protect its homeland, and on the other hand, the Western army, which wanted to win at any cost, and the two deadly armies collided together, which was destined to be thunder and fire, and only blood and corpses could witness the final victory.

The rain became heavier and heavier, almost to the point where it blinded the eyes and made it impossible to see clearly, but the soldiers on both sides were still waving the weapons in their hands, desperately killing each other.

In this kind of desperate street fighting, there is no skill, no courage, nothing, in a word, there are many people over there, and they will definitely have the last laugh over there.

The more the Western Xia soldiers fought, the fewer and fewer the Western troops fought, but the Western army continued to pour into the city, the gap between the strength of the two sides became bigger and bigger, and the two sides of the dead soldiers were almost one to one, but the 30,000 Western Army fought against 5,000 Western Xia soldiers, and the final result was self-evident.

Although the city was not slaughtered in the end, the next day, when the fighting stopped, all the young men in the city were slaughtered, and all that was left was the old, weak, sick and disabled. The blood was washed away by the rain, but the smell of blood still permeated the air. There were severed arms and stumps everywhere, rolling heads everywhere, and corpses lying everywhere.

The Western army that stepped on the corpse into the city did not have any joy of the victors, did not loot and plunder the people in the city, but maintained order and continued to pursue the young Zhuang in the city, in this city, as long as it was the young and strong of the Western Xia, it must be executed, this is Liu Qi's death order.

One heavy rain, two wars, if the siege of the Zhuo Luo Nan Army Division was a one-sided killing battle, the Western army relied on outnumbering the other side to achieve victory. Then the blocking battle of the sheep intestine trail has become a melee battle for honor, the number of people on both sides is about the same, basically 25,000 to 26,000 In fact, there is no essential difference, but the number of the western army is slightly larger, and it is the first to ambush, so that it occupies the absolute initiative at the beginning, but due to the heavy rain from the sky, the bow and arrow have lost their former edge, and the two sides launched a bloody and barbaric hand-to-hand battle in the narrow sheep intestine trail, this battle is destined to have no victorious side, and there is no losing side, only the victorious general, There are no defeated soldiers.

When entering the sheep intestine path, Brother Richard hesitated, for fear of being ambushed by the Western army, so he sent scouts to check early, and only ordered the army to advance after confirming that there was no ambush, but when the narrowest section was passed and the soldiers needed to dismount, Brother Richard was timid and stopped for more than an hour before ordering to continue advancing. It was precisely because of this hour's delay that when the landslide was caused, the Western Xia soldiers and war horses were separated.

The cavalry without a war horse is like a toothless tiger, encountering the wolf-like tiger of the Western army, the two sides are playing with their lives as soon as they come up, killing in the heavy rain to the dark, except for the commander, almost all of them are engaged in battle.

Liu Fa wants to completely defeat Brother Richard in this battle, and let the first general of Western Xia lower his noble head, he gave a death order, and he will never stop the army until the last person is killed.

The Western Xia soldiers had no choice, the road behind them was blocked, the left and right sides were cliffs, and in front of them was the wolf-like Western army, and there was no choice but to charge, and then charge.

At this time, no one thinks about winning, everyone has only one thought, that is, kill, and kill.

Bao Xu, who has been incorporated into the Western Army, is like two tigers, desperately impacting each other, especially Bao Xu, the god of mourning, after being beaten by Liu Ruyan, he used killing to cover up the anger in his heart.

Gao Pet, the young hero, didn't think about it so much, he saw the golden helmet and golden armor of the Jin King Richard Brother from a distance, so he waved the Eight Treasures Dragon Spear to kill the front, it was really to see the gods to kill the gods, see the demons and destroy the demons, and the Western Xia soldiers couldn't stop the arrival of this murder at all.

Every time the Eight Treasures Dragon Spear attacked, the Western Xia soldiers fell, and the guns were bloody, and the moves were deadly.

Richard was not willing to accept the fate of defeat, and constantly organized soldiers to counterattack, he knew that the strength of the two sides was about the same, it depended on whose soldiers were more brave, and if he did not admit defeat, he could lose Shuofang City and lose 25,000 horses, but he must not be defeated in a situation of equal strength.

Brother Richard's nephew Wei Minghai is a fierce general, and when he saw a white-robed young general rushing towards his uncle, this guy swung his hammer and met him. In this way, the drum urn and the golden hammer fought against the Eight Treasures Dragon Spear, and these two tigers were inseparable.

When the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Liu Fa took the lead in calming down, he knew that as the commander-in-chief, if this battle was fought to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 self, it would definitely be a failed battle.

But now that the two sides have been fighting together, it seems unrealistic to withdraw troops and adjust tactics, and the only thing that can be done is not to increase troops, withdraw the army at the right time and then block the mountain pass to meet the attack of the Western Xia army.

There are cliffs on both sides, and the Western Xia army has absolutely no possibility of escaping, and the back has been blocked by the mudslide, and it has also retreated, and the charge has become the only possibility for the Western Xia army to survive, but the Western army has many better choices.

One inch long, one inch strong, the Eight Treasure Dragon Spear always takes the initiative when attacking, the spear flies up and down, and the gun does not leave the enemy's vital point. And Wei Minghai is infinitely powerful, the drum urn and golden hammer in this guy's hand are powerful and heavy, dancing with the wind, as long as it can hit the Eight Treasure Dragon Spear, it can definitely shake the spear away.

Gao Zhong is an immediate general, and the use of spears in foot combat is a loss, and now when he meets a fierce general like Wei Minghai, he really can't get a bargain. An hour passed, and seeing that this Western Xia general who used the drum urn and the golden hammer became more and more courageous, Gao Zhong was a little impatient, and he shouted loudly: "Bao Xu, you bastard, don't come to help Lao Tzu quickly, be careful that Lao Tzu will find you to play with your life after he goes back." ”

"General Gao, don't worry, I'm here."

Jiao Ting, a powerful guy who has long been eyeing Wei Minghai, after this guy heard the call of Gao Pet, he waved the iron rod and rushed over, this guy has no tricks in fighting, he just uses the iron rod to fight around, almost every time the stick is hit, there will be Xixia soldiers who are shocked away.

Jiao Ting and Wei Minghai, two powerful guys, collided together, so basically there was nothing else to do, it was purely a duel of strength, and the bad ones thought they were striking iron, which shocked the surrounding soldiers to dodge.

Gao Pet is not as rigid as Wei Minghai, this guy did not blindly chase Brother Richard but moved quickly in the direction where Bao Xu was, he said to this mourning god: "Jiao Ting against that Western Xia general, the two sides are evenly matched, if Jiao Ting makes a mistake, it is estimated that you will have nightmares in the next life, and you should not hurry up to the rescue." ”

"Two to one is not enough, man."

"Guys, your uncle, this is a war, not a fight, are you having something wrong with your head?"

Bao Xu was finally woken up by Gao Chong's scolding, and this guy swung the mountain axe and killed Wei Minghai.

Two tigers and one dragon, the battle situation could not last long, Wei Minghai was careless, the wine glass of his left arm was hit by Jiao Ting's iron rod, and with the crisp sound of fractures, a drum urn golden hammer smashed heavily to the ground.

Wei Minghai is not a generation of famous generals, and he can still support himself with a broken arm, but his two fists are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention that he only has one hand? This guy's right leg was cut off by the mountain axe without paying attention, and the whole person fell to the ground heavily, and before he could struggle, his head was cut off.

After killing Wei Minghai, Jiao Ting and Bao Xu, two death-like guys, joined forces and rushed in the direction where Brother Richard was.

When the war was carried out until dark, Liu Fa suddenly called in the gold to withdraw his troops, this decision made both warring sides uncomfortable, fighting in the rain for a whole day, both sides were unable to fight again, the Western army retreated, but the Western Xia army was unable to attack, and the two sides entered a temporary truce.

No one on the Western Army's side understood Liu Fa's intentions, and everyone hoped to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate the Western Xia Army until it was annihilated, but Richard knew the other party's intentions, that is, Liu Fa didn't want to win a lose-lose victory, but wanted to sacrifice the smallest in exchange for the biggest victory.

Escaped, Richard Brother led the Western Xia army began to look through the obstacles behind, wanting to escape, but the difficulty coefficient of climbing was too great, the speed was too slow, until dawn, only seven or eight hundred soldiers climbed out, but they were greeted by the three thousand sailors who were waiting for work outside, and the two sides continued to fight a fierce battle for two hours, and Richard Brother fled with less than 100 people in embarrassment.

The Western Xia army, which did not escape, was faced with the strong fire of the Western army's bow and crossbow, with countless casualties, and finally the entire army was annihilated. At the cost of more than 7,000 casualties, the Western Army annihilated nearly 25,000 Western Xia troops, and now everyone understands Liu Fa's good intentions.

If the battle didn't end last night, then it would be clear that night, and the result would still be the total annihilation of the Western Xia soldiers, then the casualties of the Western Army would definitely exceed 20,000, which would not be called a victory, at most a miserable victory, which was obviously not Liu Fa's style.

So far, the month-long war on the Western Front, starting from the bloody battle of the Wa military village, to the battle of Shuofang, the Zhuo Luo Nan Military Division, and then to the sheep intestine trail, the Western Xia army has lost a total of more than 55,000 people, and the actual loss of Qingzhuang is more than 90,000, while the cumulative casualties of the Western army are more than 20,000.

The tragedy of the battle could not hide the joy of victory, and in Qinzhou, Liu Zhenglong, Liu Fa, and Liu Zhongwu, the three military commanders surnamed Liu, finally sat together and drank and talked.

They are all brothers with different surnames, but the three of them have become three Jinlan brothers with the same surname. In any case, a small military alliance was established. At the beginning of the earliest days, among the oracles of the official family, the three-way defense envoy did not have a gold medal for transferring troops, to put it bluntly, Liu Zhongwu, if Liu Fa did not send troops, Liu Zhenglong had no temper at all.

The official's commendation has finally arrived, of course, these have nothing to do with Liu Zhenglong, because he only has no right to transfer troops as a defense envoy, in other words, this big victory is Liu Fa, Liu Zhongwu's meritorious service, and the three-way defense envoy has nothing to do with it.

There is no commendation, it does not mean that the official family did not say that there is a box of gold medals for troop transfer, one gold medal means that 10,000 soldiers can be mobilized, and 12 gold medals can mobilize 120,000 soldiers, which is nearly half of the strength of the entire Western Army, almost all of the old Western Army, after all, the new new army (Shengjie Army) is in the hands of Tong Guan.