The whistling north wind blew non-stop, and the sky that had been gloomy for several days finally fell fine snow particles, and then the snow particles turned into small snowflakes, and there was a tendency to further increase, but the earth was a killing atmosphere, the Song army lined up the camp with snowflakes, and the opposite Xingzhou city was also heavily guarded, and both sides knew that the moment of the decisive battle had finally arrived.

"Siege!" With Zhao Zhen's order, the soldiers of the three armies also shouted "kill, kill, kill" three times in unison, and then a team of soldiers rushed up along the slope of the iceberg with shields, and the archers on the iceberg were also raining arrows, using the advantage of the terrain to suppress the party archers at the head of the city.

However, the party members were not to be outdone, and the city walls on both sides still shot a lot of arrows, causing some soldiers to scream and hit the arrows, but most of the soldiers still successfully climbed to the top of the city through the slope, and at this time, the party people who had been prepared for a long time also immediately killed, but before they could kill closely, the Song army threw out a lot of smoking grenades, and with the loud sound of "boom~", it immediately brought a lot of casualties to the party members.

With the help of grenades to open the way, the Song army also immediately began to expand its territory at the head of the city, and the Song army behind it also continued to climb the city, which also made the surrounding party members retreat, and when the first batch of Song troops gained a firm foothold, the musket army also climbed to the top of the city, with the sharpness of the musket army, let the party fall row after row.

In fact, the defeat of the party is not unexpected, the party is originally based on cavalry, but although the city wall is wide, it is not enough for the cavalry to come up and kill, and the party without horses is almost a cripple, naturally not the opponent of the Great Song Dynasty foot soldiers.

However, the generals of the party seemed to be aware of this situation very quickly, so soon the party people gave up the battle for the head of the city and withdrew the city head one after another, and the space in the city was large, which allowed the cavalry of the party to exert their power.

As the city fell into the hands of the Song army, Zhao Zhen, who was the main general, also ventured to the city, you must know that the city head at this time is still very dangerous, and there are still remnants of the party people hidden in some places, and the party people under the city may be killed at any time, but Zhao Zhen did not avoid the danger and the soldiers were together, although this was very dangerous, but it greatly boosted morale, and for a time the morale of the Song army was like a rainbow, and the musket army opened the way and quickly entered the city.

Although the cavalry of the party resisted desperately, but in the face of sharp muskets, they were still defeated and retreated, especially the terrain in the city also had restrictions on the cavalry, and the party retreated again and again, and soon the Song army had occupied one-third of the territory in the city, which also allowed more Song troops to enter the city, if nothing else, the entire Xingzhou city fell into the hands of the Song army only a matter of time.

"Something is wrong!" Cao Ma suddenly became alert at this time, although he was young, he had been rolling in the army with his father since he was a child, and he could be said to be an experienced veteran, but now he found that this attack on Xingzhou City was too smooth, even if he encountered the stubborn resistance of the party members, but the resistance of the other party was much lower than he expected.

Thinking of this, Cao Ma also immediately ordered his soldiers to suspend their advance, focusing on stabilizing the current territory, and then he handed over the command to his deputy, so he rushed to the head of the city to meet Zhao Zhen as quickly as possible.

But what Cao Mata didn't expect was that not only did he feel that something was wrong, when he saw Zhao Zhen, he saw that Zhou Mei, who was a pioneer officer, also came at this time, and also expressed his suspicions, and he felt that the strength of the party people seemed to be a little insufficient, and in some places there was even only one line of defense, as long as they broke through, they never encountered resistance from the party people.

Zhao Zhen also showed a contemplative look after listening to the reports of the two right-hand men, if it was just one person who had such feelings, he might still have doubts, but now that Cao Ma and Zhou Meiquan all have such feelings, it is no coincidence.

"If your suspicions are true, then there are two scenarios, the first is that the party is showing weakness to the enemy, luring us into the city, and then setting up an ambush in the city, and the second is that they want to abandon the city and flee, the main force has withdrawn from the city, and the rest is only the chess pieces that attract us, which do you think is the most likely to be?" I saw Zhao Zhen pondering for a moment and said to Cao Yu and the others with a solemn face.

"The second type!" Zhou Mei and Cao Ma spoke almost at the same time, which also made both of them look at each other in surprise, with a bit of appreciation in their eyes.

"General, I don't think the party members seem to be pretending to be defeated, Li Yuanhao is extremely cunning, and extremely decisive, if I were him, I would never fight a war of attrition with us, so it is the best choice to avoid the edge!" Cao Yu spoke again at this time, his father Cao Wei praised Li Yuanhao many times, and he was still a little unconvinced at that time, but now he no longer dares to underestimate Li Yuanhao.

"What General Cao said is extremely true, Xingzhou City is very vast, and our army has always been stationed in the east of the city, if Li Yuanhao leads people to quietly withdraw from the city, it will be difficult for us to detect it." Zhou Mei also agreed very much at this time.

Zhao Zhen only brought 50,000 people this time, not that the Great Song Dynasty couldn't mobilize more troops, but the supply of logistics couldn't keep up, after all, they worked on an expedition, and it was already very difficult to transport 50,000 people of grain and grass materials, and these 50,000 people wanted to besiege Xingzhou City, which had 30,000 defenders, so Zhao Zhen had been concentrating his forces on attacking the East City Gate, and several other city gates only occasionally sent troops to harass them, and the other party could take advantage of the gap in their harassment to withdraw from the city.

"Pass my order, the whole army in the rear is on alert, don't enter the city if you don't enter the city, the team in the city will attack with all your might, and strive to control Xingzhou City in the shortest possible time!" Zhao Zhen immediately made a decision, since Li Yuanhao was out of the city, he also had to guard against the other party taking the opportunity to sneak attack their rear camp, although there were troops left behind in the camp, but the main force had come to attack the city, so the defense of the camp was also a little empty.

With Zhao Zhen's order, Cao Yu and Zhou Mei also took the order to go, Zhao Zhen could not leave at this time, so he ordered another general Guo Zun to return to the camp to guard, and he personally commanded the Song army in the city to attack the defense of the party people, as one street after another was overcome, the problem of insufficient party troops was also discovered by more people, in fact, the party people seemed to have arranged all the troops to the periphery, but the interior was very empty, which also made the Song army's attack more and more smooth.

When it was almost dark, the entire Xingzhou City finally fell into the hands of the Song army, and the camp outside the city did not encounter a sneak attack by the party members, but this made Zhao Zhen and the others feel a sink, because after the Xingzhou City was captured, no trace of Li Yuanhao was found, in other words, Li Yuanhao no longer knew where to flee?

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