The west wind roared, the sand flew and the rocks were flying, and the weather in the northwest was so bad.

Before the unification of Wancheng, the two armies were still facing each other. Western Xia was ready to refuse, but everyone understood that the Song army must not have the patience for a long-term confrontation, so the war must be just around the corner.

Sure enough, as soon as breakfast passed, the Song army began to set up a formation.

The first to be pushed out of front were three newly built (chuáng) crossbows, which were ready to be launched with a creaking turn.

Li Jiqian led people to stand at the head of the city, and when he saw this (qíng) scene, he couldn't help but glance at Helian Jingying and said, "Wouldn't this be the (chuáng) crossbow that defeated the Liao army and returned?" ”

Helian Jingying has been active in Sichuan and is very clear about the (chuáng) crossbow. So he nodded and said: "It's a (chuáng) crossbow, but although the (chuáng) crossbow is powerful, it's not used to attack the city, right?" What does this woman want to do? ”

"Hehe, let's see how she plays." Li Jiqian smiled noncommittally.

At the same time, the first crossbow bolts had been sent out, but not towards the head of the city, but on the city walls.

"Dingding-ding-"

With three sounds, three stout crossbow arrows penetrated deeply into the city wall, and the thick city wall trembled slightly.

Li Jiqian and the others stood behind the battlements of the city wall with a puzzled expression, such a powerful weapon is not used for people, but for the city wall.

Do they want to bring down the walls (shè)?

(chuáng) sub-crossbow continues to send (shè), still (shè) towards the city wall. For two hours, a city wall was densely packed with countless crossbow arrows, like a huge hedgehog.

The more Helian Jingying looked at it, the more wrong it became, and he frowned and said, "King, they are going to attack the city under the cover of the crossbow arrows on the wall. ”

Li Jiqian also saw the problem, bent down and picked up a rolling log and threw it down, smashing the crossbow arrow on the wall.

The rolling log touched the crossbow arrows, and the thick crossbow arrows did not move, but the rolling logs had already slipped away and fell under the city walls.

Li Jiqian was shocked, picked up a huge stone and threw it down, only to hear a loud noise, a crossbow arrow was smashed by Qi Gen, and the stone was also broken into two pieces, falling under the city and falling into pieces.

This time, everyone's face changed dramatically, now it is winter, bows and arrows can not be used, and the defense of the city depends on rolling wood and stones, and now the rolling wood and stones have lost their effect, if the Song army borrows the crossbow

The arrows covered the climb upwards, and they had no way at all.

Zhao Mingyue saw Li Jiqian throw down the rolling wood and stone to test it, and said with a slight smile: "It seems that the effect is not bad, you can attack the city, beat the drum and attack." ”

At the sound of an order, the drums sounded, and the Song army swarmed up and rushed towards the city wall. In an instant, he had entered the forest of arrows, and climbed up with his crossbow arrows with both hands.

The Western Xia army fought back and threw the prepared rolling wood and stones downward.

But the effect of the Western Xia army's counterattack was just as they expected, and the rolling wood and stones stumbled in the forest of arrows, with no power to speak of.

Li Jiqian slapped the city wall and roared: "This woman is really cunning, Helian Jingying, don't you know how to break the (chuáng) crossbow?" ”

Helian Jingying hurriedly said: "I heard Situ Jianghua's people say, but Xixia doesn't have a large crystal, and there is no time to polish it, so it's too late to say anything now." ”

"Don't worry, even if you come up, they only have more than 30,000 people now, and we have more than 50,000, so let's fight with real knives and guns." Li Jiqian was ruthless, drew his big knife and stood by the wall, ready to take the lead in the battle.

Helian Jingying and Li Jixin also drew their respective blades and waited for the Song army to climb the wall.

However, at this time, Zhao Mingyue's second gift for the Western Xia people set off again.

These days, Zhao Mingyue noticed that a unique plant grows on the banks of the Wuding River - Salix. This is a shrub with fine branches and leaves, especially vigorous, suitable for growing in the desert. Along the way, Song Jun relied on using sand willow to make fires for cooking and keeping warm at night.

While Zhao Mingyue was making (chuáng) crossbows, she also ordered people to cut down a large number of sand willows and trap them into bundles with a thickness of two feet and a length of two feet.

Just when the Song army was about to climb to the top of the city, Zhao Mingyue gave an order, set the sand willow on fire, fixed it on the crossbow arrow, and headed the city (shè).

In an instant, large fireballs flew towards the city with a terrible sound of breaking the sky, rushing into the middle of the Western Xia army.

The Western Xia army was in a hurry and hurriedly fought the flames. However, there are more and more fireballs, and more and more things are ignited, and the fire is uncontrollable.

At this moment, the Western Xia army is waiting for a big battle with the Song army, and the city is almost crowded with people. Therefore, the fire is like a plague, and if one is lit, it will spread one piece.

What to do, if you don't retreat, you will be burned, retreat

will be lost. Li Jiqian and Helian Jingying gritted their teeth, but there was no way to crack it.

The fireballs of the Song army were still flying, and the (jìn) army hidden in the forest of arrows also began to attack the city. The Western Xia army was on fire behind it, and there was a Song army in front, and the enemy was attacked on the back of the abdomen, and there was a great chaos.

Li Jiqian saw that this battle was about to be lost again, and it would be too late if he didn't leave, so he decisively ordered to retreat immediately and withdraw from Baicheng.

However, this Western Xia retreat was completely different from the past.

Because this is their old nest, the families and wives and children of the dignitaries and officers of the Western Xia are all in the city, and if they want to retreat, they have to take them with them.

As a result, Li Jiqian could only divide his troops to resist the Song army while organizing the retreat of his family. He clearly knew that if these family members were in the hands of the Song army, his army would completely lose its combat effectiveness.

As a result, the party and the army were in turmoil, and suffered heavy losses, and after the family members were withdrawn, the Western Xia army blocking the Song army on the front line was almost lost.

A great battle finally came to an end, and the Tanguts fled into the desert with corpses and a ruined city.

Since then, this thousand-year-old city, which symbolizes the Xiongnu civilization, has never been returned, and it is now an unearthed ruin.

Zhao Mingyue counted the men, rewarded the three armies, and occupied Tongwan City for a short rest.

After Xu Zixuan settled the soldiers, he came to Zhao Mingyue for instructions: "(diàn), what should I do next, is it to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate the Western Xia in one fell swoop?" ”

Zhao Mingyue shook her head and said: "If the party members flee into the desert, it is equivalent to a fish entering the sea, not to mention fighting, even if you can't find it." However, after this battle, Li Jiqian will not slow down in a short period of time, let alone rush to help Jianmen Pass. Our mission has been accomplished, so let's prepare for the return of the class. ”

After resting for two days, the Song army returned to the court, went down the Wuding River, until it reached the Qingjian in Shaanxi, crossed the Yellow River, and returned to the capital in a few (rì).

After Zhao Heng learned of the situation, he led the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to greet him outside the city in person, and Zhao Mingyue finally became a female general on the stage.

After the Song army retreated, Li Jiqian drove lightly, only with a few cronies, and returned to Baicheng, seeing that the city was in ruins, he showed a cruel smile on his face: "Zhao Mingyue, this matter is not over, Lao Tzu has already recognized you." ”