Chapter 826 The Song General with the big gun is here
From the very beginning, the third siege was an extremely tragic situation.
As soon as the sky was bright, the whirlwind cannon of the Xia Kingdom Poxi Army began to roar and throw a large number of flying stones towards Linxia City again. Hundreds of Xia soldiers in the front line also carried shields under the cover of crossbowmen, quickly rushed to the base of the city wall, and set up five or six long ladders. Soon the dense crowd of soldiers rushed up the ladder, but the first soldiers who rushed up were almost all killed on the spot under the blow of the rolling logs and stones, but soon more soldiers trampled on the corpses of their colleagues and climbed the long ladder without fear of death.
Not far from the corpses and stones beneath the walls, rows of crossbowmen lined up in front of the moat, and they kept pulling their braces at the head of the city under the supervision of the generals. At present, the Song army's defending ordnance in the city was greatly damaged, and the fortifications could not be repaired as soon as possible under the enemy's compact onslaught, so the Song soldiers could only desperately use their spears to stab the enemy who was close to the city, or shoot their crossbows towards the Xia army surging on the long ladder. Even many of the men who served in the army used the castle to lift the hardwood and stones that had just been dismantled from the houses in the castle and threw them downward.
But Rao is like this, but there is still a steady stream of Xia Guojun rushing to the city. For the Song army, they have no way to retreat, and for the Xia army, they also know very well that if they can't cut off the enemy's supply here, the Song army Tong Guan, Chongshi Dao, Chongshizhong, Liu Fa and other generals will soon lead the troops to invade their homeland.
Originally, he left the city gates on the east and north sides unattacked, intending to coerce the enemy troops in the city to retreat without a fight, so that he could easily intercept the logistical supplies of the Song army on the eastern front. Now the important members of the Song court in Linxia City fled from the city with their troops, although it was somewhat unexpected...... However, since the effect of reducing the defenders in the city has been achieved, in order to break the city as soon as possible, Renduo Yili issued another military order, and ordered his troops to start a fierce attack on the east and north gates of Linxia City.
The soldiers and horses of the Xia State who attacked the city included 4,000 garrisons led by Renduo Yili and other troops (garrison troops guarding the capital and strategic places of the Xia Kingdom) 4,000 people, 2,000 captured troops, 4,000 foot trekkers and more than 10,000 people from the Hengshan Qiang tribes who were mobilized along the way. After the casualties of the first two rounds of bloody battles in Linxia City, another thousand soldiers and horses left the city, and now only the remaining regular forbidden army plus the Yong of the servant township is worth about 4,000 people, and the pressure can be imagined to defend the fierce attack of the enemy army from four directions.
A row of sharp crossbows mixed with the terrible sound of breaking wind shot towards the city, and dozens of Song soldiers who could not dodge were shot over and killed. However, from time to time, from the top of the city wall, clusters of arrows were shot at the gap between the helmets and armor of the Xia generals who were supervising the battle below the city walls, and in a short time, five or six low-ranking officers were of course killed under the resistance of the sharp arrows.
The officers under his command reported to Rindo Yili that there was a Song general with a face like a crown of jade hiding behind the battlements of the female wall of the city wall, and every time he poked his head out, he almost shot an arrow at a general who commanded the soldiers to attack the city under the city. The Song general's extravagant archery had already attracted the attention of the soldiers and horses of the Xia State under the city, and the rows of sharp crossbow arrows and flying stones shot out also beckoned in the direction where the Song army general was hiding.
Ren Duo Yili heard the words and thought for a moment, he remembered that he had just led the army out of the Hengshan Mountains, and launched a surprise attack on the Song army outside the city, from the city of Linxia, two Xiao generals led more than ten cavalry to lead the soldiers to flee back to the city, at that time, there was a Song army general who rode through Yang Shen's arm when galloping in a hundred steps caught his attention.
What interested Ren Duo Yili even more was another Song Army Tiger General who was holding a big chiseled gold spear and riding a red horse with a mane and a tail swinging in the morning glow.
Is that person a rising star in the Western Army of the Song Kingdom, or a general of the forbidden army who was transferred by the Song court to guard the important ministers? Is that person still defending in Linxia City, or has he already escorted the Song court minister to flee north?
At that time, Ren Duo Yili saw that the Song general killed his own army formation like a thorn and thorn, and uncontrollably covered the Song army soldiers to rush back to the city, of course, Ren Duo Yili also knew very well that there seemed to be such a character in such an enemy army, if he could kill it, he should be eliminated as soon as possible, but in addition to the martial arts shown by that person, he also had respect for him, and Ren Duo Yili, who had captured the flag as a member of the general and had killed dozens of Song army generals with his own hands, also seemed to feel that the blood of his martial arts was gradually boiling. It's a pity that now, as the main general who commands the troops and horses all the way, he rarely has the opportunity to fight against the enemy generals, and it is difficult for him to regain the feeling of being stirred up when he fought bloodily with the enemy on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Ren Duo Yili snorted lightly, thinking that now that he was responsible for commanding the army, how could he personally fight the enemy as easily as he did in the early days? That officer of the Song State is certainly a good general, but there are many warriors who can charge into battle, so why should he worry about a cavalry general in the enemy military region?
At this moment, suddenly a military official rushed to Renduo Yili and reported: "General Renduo, our army has captured the east of Linxia City!" ”
"Good!" A hideous smile bloomed on Renduo Yili's face, as long as he broke through Linxia City in one fell swoop and cut off the logistics supply of the Song army, the first victory of the Song Xia War was made by himself, and he also taught Renduo Yili to feel that this was the glory of the ancestor of the general!
"Pass the order, teach all the soldiers who are besieging the city to obey the order, and quickly enter the city from the east gate of Linxia City!"
Rindo Yili raised the big axe in his hand and gave a categorical order. But at this time, not only him, but also all the Xia soldiers did not notice that in the northeast, a man and a horse slowly appeared on the horizon, and behind him, many black shadows slowly wriggled and gathered in one place.
The leader of the warrior grabbed the horse's belly, and the red horse under his crotch immediately shook his head and snorted, and began to walk slowly with broken steps. The riders behind him galloped along with the general, and gradually, the rumbling hooves became louder and louder. With the smoke and dust rolling up, the cavalry general led by him shouted, and together with the rolling horses behind him, they also rushed to gallop, and in an instant, eight or nine hundred horses gathered into a torrent, and swept straight towards the rear of the Xia army that attacked Linxia City!
Smoke and dust rolling, hooves like thunder, in the Xia army formation finally found that there was a group of horsemen rushing towards the back, with a Xia army general in the army formation issued a hysterical warning, Ren Duo Yili was also shocked in his heart, he hurriedly rushed towards the side of the Biao people and horses to look over, but saw that among the riders stood a number of flying flags with the wind hunting, on which a huge "Song" word was embroidered with vermilion silk thread!
Although there are enemy troops swept towards their side like a stormy wave, but the strange soldiers who came to attack Linxia City are now according to the dispatch of Renduo Yili, and most of the troops are launched a fierce attack on the east side of the city gate, and the soldiers and horses of the guards around the main general are only about 1,000 people.