Under Linxia City, the Xia army was led out by the military at this time more than a dozen Bactrian camels that were more than nine feet tall and up to one zhang long, and small stone throwers such as cyclone cannons loaded on the backs of these camels were also shooting towards the city head at this time!

The stone throwers of the light Xia army artillery units that were so convenient to march were usually hidden in the villages of the Qiang people in Hengshan, and it was also very convenient to be loaded by the craftsmen of the Poxi army, and they could enter and exit the mountains at any time to attack the city of the Song army. Fang Cai Xiao Tang was also fortunate to hide his entire body behind the city wall, if he was hit by the flying stone with his flesh and blood...... I'm afraid that I will be blown to pieces and killed on the spot!

Although the Song army at the head of the city stubbornly fought back at the siege soldiers of the Xia State below, after the rows of machines let out a palpitating sound of strings pulling and pulling, they shot sharp crossbows from the Xia army's Yipin bow and shot at the Song army on the city head like a swarm of devouring locusts. Accompanied by the amazing stone projectiles thrown by the whirlwind cannon of the Poxi Army, every flying stone smashed on the city wall, it will make a deafening loud noise, with bursts of turbid smoke and dust, I am afraid that it will not be long before the city wall in the west of Linxia City will be bombarded with holes!

There was another loud bang, and a Song soldier at the head of the city straightened up and shot his crossbow at the city, and a flying stone smashed into his chest, and the corpse of the Song army flew back a few feet away, and the flesh and blood were embedded in the arrow tower behind and turned into a blur. What's even worse is that another flying stone just hit a fierce fire oil tank placed on the city wall, accompanied by the friction of sparks, the flames were raging in an instant, and more than a dozen Song soldiers around were engulfed by the fierce fire, they immediately let out a heart-rending howl, and several desperately struggling fire men immediately fell from the top of the city!

Under the cover of crossbows and whirlwind cannons, the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom shouted in unison, carrying more than 20 wooden ladders and rushing towards the city wall in several teams. The arrows broke through the air, the screams of killing shook people's eardrums, and the soldiers of the Song army also went crazy and picked up a stone and smashed it desperately towards the city! And Xiao Tang didn't have time to bandage the wound on his forehead, he saw that the Xia army on three or four wooden ladders was attacking the city, and he hurriedly drew out the wolf's teeth and cold blades and rushed like a whirlwind!

A soldier of the Xia Kingdom who climbed to the head of the city just wiped the steel knife in his hand from the neck of a Song army soldier, Xiao Tang rushed to him like a wild wolf, and the blade of the exhalation was raised, Xiao Tang struck the momentum, and the chest of the Xia soldier bloomed with bright blood, and the Xia army stepped back a few steps, and then bent his waist and planted the city!

Xiao Tang immediately stepped and twisted his waist, and his body rose in the air like a Dapeng bird, but listened to "Tom tom!" "A series of muffled sounds, the legs of the Yuhuanbu mandarin duck split like a gale, and there were five or six Xia soldiers who had just climbed the city's cheeks, chest, and waist and ribs as if they had been hit several times under the blow of the storm, and those Xia soldiers who had just climbed the city tower and were ready to kill were not even able to fall to the ground and wail, with the click of broken bones, several sturdy bodies actually flew up alive, and then turned over on the city, and fell down the city!!

Xiao Tang's knife moves are fierce and fierce, and his leg skills are also fast and ruthless, seeing that there are several enemy troops coming out of the city, but before he can even see Xiao Tang's face, he was hit hard, and he fell on his back!

But just as Xiao Tang was taking a breather, he found that there were many Xia soldiers swarming up the wall more than ten feet away on the right. Wu Jue rushed to the edge of the city wall, he flew up and kicked a Xia general who had just climbed to the top of the city, and the steel knife in his hand was immediately slashed, and a series of sharp blades into the flesh were remembered, not only seven or eight Xia soldiers were captured by him, the wooden ladder on the city wall was cut off by him, and more than a dozen Xia soldiers who were still climbing on the wooden ladder also screamed and fell!

Although the arrows under the city were like rain, Wu Jue still stood at the head of the city and danced the steel knife in his hand impenetrable, he shot a strong crossbow and arrows in his face to block them all, and the soldiers of the Song army behind him also took the opportunity to swarm and put on a formation to hold the city!

.......... Nearly an hour later, the crossbowmen who were shooting in the lower city of Xia slowly retreated to the rear while firing crossbow arrows. Most of the soldiers of the Song army on the head of the Linxia city wall collapsed to the ground, and immediately the people in the city came up to clean up the blood stains and bandage the wounded soldiers. The head of the Linxia city wall raised its eyes to see the corpses pillowing each other, a mess, although the battle was extremely tragic, but it still resisted the first round of siege of the Western Xia army.

Xiao Tang also fought to the point of being a little out of strength, he sat on the ground and leaned on the wall of the arrow tower at the head of the wall, and hurriedly used some time to recover his strength. The steel knife in Wu Jue's hand had already been cut and curled, and he took off his blood-stained robe and went to return to Xiao Tang, and Pei Zhonggang, who was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, was pulled out of the sharp arrow by Lang Zhong in the city, although the flesh and blood were blurred, but he still acted like a nobody, and shouted loudly to order his soldiers to step up their defenses and prepare to resist the next round of siege by the Xia army.

At this time, Xiao Jiasui and Xu Guanzhong, who were originally dispatched by Xiao Tang to guard the other city gates in Linxia City, also came back to return to him. What surprised Xiao Tang was that the Xia army only focused on attacking the city gates on the west and south sides of Linxia City, but the east and north directions were peaceful, and they never saw a single enemy soldier.

"I'm afraid that the Xia army has already been carefully guarded by spies and knows that a large number of heavy grain and grass are hoarded in the city......"

Xu Guanzhong, who reacted very quickly, immediately reported to Xiao Tang: "Brother, it is inconvenient to carry grain and grass, because the Xia army deliberately wants to force us to abandon the city and flee, so that we can draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle and cut off the logistics supply of our army's eastern front!" ”

Xiao Jiasui, who was on the side, also had a gloomy face, nodded slowly, and said: "There are no heavy catapults in the city, but the Xia army has a whirlwind artillery cart and a strong crossbow...... Our army's rolling logs and stones are useless, and as long as the men concentrate their forces on the west and south gates and storm the city for another round or two, they are very likely to capture the city. Now there are only about 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the situation is indeed very critical. ”

Xiao Tang's expression was solemn, he also nodded, and said: "There are several military towns such as Kerong Village, Weirong City, and Suiping Village of our army around, but since the Xia army is prepared, I am afraid that they have already been prepared to encircle and send reinforcements...... The main force of our army is also very far away from Linxia City, and if we want to hold the grain and grass, I am afraid that we can only rely on the manpower of our current command. ”

"Sprinkle the family grass and the eighteenth generation of the summer dog! Now that we know that those pickled people are here for the supply of our army, of course it is impossible to fulfill their wishes! ”

Pei Zhong suddenly took a sip, and scolded loudly: "The body of the Sprinkle family is stacked here!" Killing one more summer dog is earning one more! Straight lady thief, the son of the Western Army naturally swears not to retreat, just fight here to make a city in the people, the city is broken! ”

When Wu Jue heard this, he also took advantage of his face to look up at Xiao Tang, and immediately nodded categorically, but Xiao Tang had also noticed that in addition to Pei Zhong, Wu Jue and other generals of the Western Army who were born in Jingyuan Road, the fear on the faces of the other forbidden army generals transferred from Bianjing and subordinate to the Dianqian Division became more and more obvious. At present, the armor defending the city is at a disadvantage, and the walls and gates of Linxia City are afraid that they will collapse if they are hit by a few more flying stones, and the three battalions have a total of 1,500 soldiers and horses of the Western Army, plus 4,000 forbidden troops in Bianjing...... In addition to the 20,000 Xia troops who attacked the city, in the deep valley of the Hengshan Mountain, there are still many enemy soldiers and horses in ambush in the surrounding arteries, and now the troops are also at an absolute disadvantage, can this Linxia City really hold it?

The situation will only become more dangerous if morale begins to falter again at such a critical time...... Xiao Tang thought it in his heart, but before he could stand up and arrange for the rest of the Song generals from the former division of the Bianjing Palace to transfer his troops to guard the city wall, he suddenly heard someone shouting in a sharp voice: "Since you can escape, why don't you leave!?" I am the chief supervisor appointed by the Holy Lord, and I order you to cover this officer as soon as possible and evacuate here! Otherwise, after returning to Bianjing, I will join your gang and teach you to be severely punished by the imperial court, and to govern and other crimes of failing to protect the officials!! ”