The cavalry of Western Xia also had a special solution to deal with the rejection of horses.

When the more than 3,000 cavalry came to the rejection of the horse dozens of paces, one by one the ropes were thrown out, and the steel claws tied to the rope were firmly buckled on the rejection horse, and then these cavalry urged the horses to gallop backwards, intending to pull the rejection away.

If the Tanguts were facing an ordinary wooden rejection of horses, then their method would be very useful, but it was a pity that the imperial army was deployed under the city with steel rejection horses.

These steel horses were firmly nailed to the ground, and even if these Tanguts dragged them desperately with the help of horsepower, it was still difficult to pull them.

"Don't panic, aim and shoot, don't waste bullets!"

At this time, the three thousand Western Xia prisoners had already entered the range of the imperial soldiers on the city wall, and with the order of the general, the musket shot loudly, and the bullets like a torrential rain were also spilled over.

The main forces of both sides are now standing still, and the generals of both sides are coldly watching the battle under the city.

Four or five hundred corpses of men and horses were left behind on this grassland, and the rest of the Western Xia prisoners finally pulled the iron horse out of the dirt and dragged it away far away.

At this point, there was no other obstacle between the elite cavalry of Western Xia brought by Li Zhizhong and the city of Hohhot except for the tall city wall.

Li Zhizhong did not care about the life and death of those prisoners, but rode to the front of the military formation, pointed to the big city in front of him and said to the soldiers of the whole army: "See? That city has endless food and vegetables that all the tribes of Western Xia can't eat, countless military uniforms and powerful firearms, and if we want to get this, we need to kill all the imperial troops inside, rush in and take everything! ”

The soldiers and civilians of Western Xia have not eaten enough for a long time, and when they heard Li Zhizhong's demagogic words, they couldn't help but look at Hohhot City one by one, their eyes full of greed and hunger.

Seeing that the military heart was available, Li Zhizhong took the opportunity to shout: "Warriors of Western Xia, are you afraid of death? Will you bring back for your people the food that will keep them alive? ”

"Yes! Willing! Willing! ”

Li Zhizhong raised his horsewhip and swung it forward: "Warriors, what are you waiting for?" Come on! ”

Cities were indeed a problem for the cavalry, because they could not tear apart, divide, and surround the enemy's battle line with the mighty and unpretentious charging force of the cavalry as before, and in the current situation, the Tanguts had no other choice but to storm the city.

The cavalry of the Western Xia began to charge towards the city of Hohhot, and the black-pressed iron cavalry spread over like mercury.

Due to the lack of trenches and horses, the Western Xia cavalry could easily rush to the city, while the imperial army on the city wall kept firing, and one by one the Western Xia cavalry or the war horses under their crotch suddenly burst into blood, and then fell heavily to the ground.

As long as these unfortunate horses and knights fell, they would be very miserable and trampled into meat sauce by the iron horsemen behind, and few of them would survive.

However, in the process of this charge, no one cared about the life and death of others, and every Western Xia cavalry wanted to reach the city as soon as possible, so as to avoid the imperial defenders who were constantly shooting at the city.

In the face of the overwhelming attacks of the Tanguts, Shi En, the defender of Hohhot City and the commander of the Third Division of the Eighth Army Corps, had a cruel smile on his face.

"Shoot as much as you want, and be careful to have your grenades ready and throw them when the enemy starts climbing!"

Under Shi En's order, all the imperial soldiers were shooting as much as they could, of course, it was impossible to be undamaged on the battlefield, and when the Western Xia cavalry stared at the rain of bullets and approached the city wall, they all bent their bows and arrows, and shot countless urgent arrows at the head of the city.

In terms of the protection of soldiers, the Empire is considered to be the best and most perfect, such as the chain mail worn by the Imperial infantry in military uniforms, and the steel helmet on the head can effectively defend against bows and arrows and bullets.

However, there are no absolutes, and there are still some Imperial soldiers who have been shot in the throat, in the eye, or in places where the chain mail can't cover them.

Although there was a small injury, it did not have much impact on the Imperial defenders, and whenever a soldier was injured, a medical team guarding the side carried him away for treatment.

In this situation where bullets and arrows are flying on both sides, life becomes cheaper, and every minute and second of each side is damaged, but in different proportions.

Speaking of which, this is the first major war between the Tangut and the Imperial in these years.

The bravery and fearlessness shown by the imperial army made the Western Xia warriors who had faced the Song people in the past feel very surprised, because they were also Han people, and the Song people were really different from these imperial soldiers in front of them.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Western Xia cavalry finally arrived under the city, and due to the angle, it was no longer attacked by the muskets of the imperial soldiers on the city walls.

Each of the Tangut horses had a bundle of ropes, and the soldiers threw the ropes with hooks and claws up the city, and under the cover of the bows and arrows of the other Tangut soldiers, they began to climb up the ropes.

Because of the lack of tall trees in the steppes near Hohhot, it was difficult to improvise siege equipment and ladders, so Shi En had long expected that the Tanguts would use ropes to climb up.

A special group of Imperial soldiers quickly appeared on the city walls, they were all elites selected from the whole division, and in addition to not being afraid of death, their bodies were extremely strong, because only in this way could they wear the steel heavy armor that covered their whole bodies.

This group of heavily armored soldiers had only one task, and that was to cut the ropes on the hook claws by waving their sharp knives against the arrows fired from the city.

Every time these heavily armored soldiers cut a rope, the Tangut exclamations could be heard from the city, and the ordinary Imperial soldiers hiding behind the battlements would throw grenades down the base of the wall.

Under the well-prepared defense of the imperial army, bombardment from afar, musket fire from close range, and grenade throwing under the city, only more than 1,000 of these 5,000-strong Western Xia cavalry finally fled back.

Li Zhizhong, who was frustrated in his first attack, looked at the city in front of him, and ordered unwillingly: "I don't believe that this is an iron wall, and then rush me!" ”

Hearing Li Zhizhong's order, thousands of Western Xia iron horsemen rushed towards the city wall......

Just like the one not long ago, a few hours later, this group of Western Xia cavalry was beaten back by the imperial army.

The successive defeats finally exhausted Li Zhizhong's patience, and he had already seen the flaws in the imperial army, and immediately ordered the whole army to take action.

This time, Li Zhizhong did not let the army under his command make any tentative attacks, and the remaining more than 30,000 cavalry of Western Xia formed four black waves on the green prairie, attacking from all sides of Hohhot City like a tsunami.

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