The beginning of July was a historic moment, and the Tangut people were completely blind in tears. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Relying on new materials and bearings, the heavy artillery comes with its own wheels and shock absorption system, and a horse can drag it all over the world, so the maneuvering and transportation are very simple, and the first phase of the ninety Shenwu run from Jiangzhou was officially delivered to Xiping Mansion.

After more than a dozen rounds of test firing adjustments, 90 125-millimeter Shenwu guns officially launched an attack on Xiping Mansion from 1,500 paces away.

Boom Boom

The Song army's position was only filled with endless fires and smoke, accompanied by the sound of running like a war cry again and again, which was deafening.

However, the Western Xia's cityhead position was in all kinds of chaos, which had subverted their perception, and the cannonballs seemed to be small, but they were not the kind of cumbersome trebuchet projectiles, which could also give the defenders judgment to dodge.

Those twenty-pound lead balls reached the city at such a rate of fire in the light of fire and roar, no matter where they hit, they could burst out with unprecedented energy, firelight, and sputtering, causing all kinds of panic and damage.

It was only the early days, and the damage caused by the ninety guns was only a deterrent and intimidation, mainly bombarding the various watchtowers and bed crossbows at the head of their city. But the real damage is limited.

But you can wait, under the goal of leveling the Liao State, Gao Fang is only poor. Li Gang said that the initial slowness was due to R&D, testing, adjustment, and other problems, but now that it has been successful and the production line is basically finalized, he will be given two months, and the next batch of products will be put into the battlefield not 90, but 180.

Their degree of obscenity has made Gao Fangping's head big, damn that can be so unrestrained and indulgent, now it's just to fight Western Xia, and it's not a war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, once the production line is invested, it can't be wasted, but at the moment when it is not needed, the Western Army and the imperial court really don't have so much money to raise the production line.

So even if it was the Great Demon King, after hearing the plans of the two madmen Shi Jingjie and Li Gang at that time, he hurriedly went to the eight hundred miles to expedite, so that they should not blindly expand the artillery production line, just keep the existing two production lines, and let the water flow for a long time, while manufacturing, while accumulating experience, and making technical reserves.

The real labor and capital still have to be tilted from the ship, because it is both military and civilian goods, and after the opening of the Age of Discovery, it is the lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty.

So after receiving the order, Jiangzhou gave up the plan to expand the production line, so only 180 doors will be sent in the next period, otherwise it will be 900 doors.

Every shell was a bloodletting of the Xiping Mansion of Western Xia. The artillerymen of the expeditionary force set off their cannons, they thought it was fireworks, but every time they gave out to Gao Fangping, it was money.

Of course, these costs are recoverable after winning the war. At the same time, spending this money can accelerate the fall of Xiping Mansion and protect the loss of life of the Song soldiers, which is earned anyway.

So he slammed the door like a big demon king, and he was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, but just issued an order: Xiping Mansion was not allowed to rest and recuperate, and the cannon was fired for twelve hours......

Li Qianshun's guilty edict is useless, at least not yet.

If he had listened to the suggestion to compromise before Gao Fangping's battle of the White Pond Grassland, it would have been a bit useful. Or let Brother Cha come out to slaughter the magnates of Xingqing Mansion at the earliest time, and then issue an edict to appease the people, it will really be useful.

But now he can only watch Xixia get close to death day by day in the mysterious words of the national teacher, and the morale is low, the soldiers are in chaos, and the grain and grass are exhausted, which is the situation under Xixia.

On the head of Xingqing Mansion, Brother Cha tearfully reported: With the exhaustion of grain and grass, with Gao Fangping's mysterious firearms continue to attack, Xiping Mansion has been completely chaotic, more and more Xixia soldiers died in the city, died in the artillery fire, not only more and more people are afraid of war, in this hot July day, if Xiping Mansion, which has cut off logistics, is not handled well, those rotten smells and corpses caused by the war, and the epidemics will eventually make everyone in Xiping Mansion die, and then Xingqing Mansion will be implicated.

Although he didn't know the real situation in Xiping Mansion, listening to Brother Cha's report, Li Qianshun could already imagine that the morale of the Song army was like a rainbow, but Xiping Mansion was already full of stench, and the wounds of those corpses and living people should have begun to fester.

In these regards, Li Qian's heart is like a knife. His previous sin was sincere, and it was not a political game.

"Is it really as the national teacher said, we are wrong. This is the punishment of Heaven's will, so that the people of Western Xia have suffered such a catastrophe! Li Qianshun muttered, "After we made a mistake, Providence felt that my Li family was not the master of this land?" Only when my Li family leaves, will this land return to tranquility? ”

Brother Cha said angrily: "Your Majesty! To this day, don't listen to that person's gossip to confuse the public, of course my Li family's policy is wrong, but this is not the time to give up on ourselves, we are the descendants of this land, born and raised in Si. This land is sick because we haven't done a good job. However, just like a crippled person, even if we have a physical disability, those painful parts are our own, our flesh and blood. We need to correct our mistakes, but the Li family will not leave this land, maybe we are not good enough, but we are the masters here! ”

These words were already very heavy, but in view of the current situation, Li Qianshun did not blame, and seemed to be woken up, so Li Qianshun smiled bitterly: "That's right, Brother Cha, don't be stubborn, you take our last strength, leave the central region, move west to north, and protect our clansmen and the last vitality of this land." I made too many mistakes earlier, this is a punishment for me and not for you, I will bear my sins, I will stay in this Xingqing Mansion, and fight to the death with the coming Gao Fangping. ”

Brother Cha almost fainted, but he was still not woken up, only half-awake.

So Brother Cha clenched his fists and admonished: "Your Majesty, don't be so pessimistic, the Song people have something to say about staying in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, we won't leave, this is our land, but it's not really unturned, and now we can still compromise and negotiate with Gao Fangping." Our ancestors attached themselves to Li Tang and fought for Li Tang, and their ancestors lived in Xiazhou, and they also gave the national surname Li at that time. That's our bloodline. Therefore, we also follow the example of Li Tang, who is as wise and martial as Li Shimin, who has also had humiliation and an alliance under the city. Your Majesty, you believe me, Gao Fangping's purpose is not to occupy or destroy the country, we can't misunderstand his strategic intentions, so as to really resist to the end of the country! ”

After a pause, Brother Cha said loudly: "With Gao Fangping's personality and temper, he has not suffered major casualties of the Song army since he entered our Western Xia, so he will accept negotiations." If he is really stubborn to the point that he paid the price of the Song army's blood and took Xiping Mansion, then according to his words, they have grievances and paid for the blood, why should they still negotiate. This is Gao Fangping's essentialism, and this is the essence of war. This is also the essence of this time. ”

"But if you want me to compromise with the Song Kingdom...... What do they think of me? Li Qianshun is still thinking about this.

Brother Cha said: "Wait any longer, they will no longer have an opinion of you, because everyone is dead, and those who are not dead will surrender to Gao Fangping after Gao Fangping breaks the city, thus forgetting the fact that you are the master of this land, war is like this, these things are not perfect, and they will not be transferred by the will of the weak." Your Majesty, you believe me, when Li Shimin compromised and signed the alliance under the city, of course the Tang Dynasty had opinions and complaints about him, but what about that? This time the death is a victory, and less loss is a win. ”

"Give me some more time to think about it."

Li Qianshun's tone is no longer so tough, and Brother Cha emphasized that Li Tang can be regarded as waking up Li Qianshun to a certain extent, and it may not be cold for someone else Li Qianshun to assume the status of emperor, but there is nothing wrong with letting him learn Li Shimin's words, it should be considered honorable......

After the excitement, the ruthless people of the Song army were not very interested in artillery fire, and the ninety Shenwu cannons were still not obscene enough, and the killing efficiency was very weak compared with the Shenjian crossbow cluster.

Therefore, their morale is now high, and they are instigating Gao Fangping to take advantage of this timid opportunity when Xiping Mansion has no morale.

In fact, Gao Fangping also panicked, they guys don't understand, such a continuous siege and attack is really cruel, with such July weather, the damage is magnified to a certain time, and if it continues, it will really kill everyone in Xiping Mansion through the epidemic.

That's really not Gao Fangping's purpose, Gao Fangping is not so cruel, but Li Qianshun is stunned if they don't surrender, what can they do?

In the face of such a tenacious Western Xia mallet, they still have more than 70,000 elites of the Right Wing Military Division to defend Xiping Mansion and Xingqing Mansion. In this case, it is a hard battle, and of course the door of Xiping Mansion can be blasted open with artillery, but the speed of such troops is still too low, even if it cooperates with Yunche to attack the city, the price of the Song army to defeat Xiping Mansion will be too heavy.

Now that he is holding the trump card, Gao Fangping will not accept this kind of casualty price, so although Gao Fangping can't bear it, he will either surrender to Xixia, or continue to attack with artillery fire, and everyone in Xiping Mansion will be engulfed by the plague. There is only such a way, and this is war.

Gao Fangping now understands better than ever what it means to be in charge of the army......

"Eight hundred miles expedited! Eight hundred miles expedited! ”

Outside Bianjing City in the middle of the night, there were fast horses galloping under the banner of the Northwest Transshipment Division, shouting while running: "Liu Jieshuai Xiazhou is victorious, Gao Fangping is close to Xiping Mansion!" ”

The soldiers defending the city in Bianjing let people in, and they didn't even need the formalities, because the national war lasted for more than a year, and there were only so many people who passed back and forth urgently, and they were all familiar with it. And at this time, these calves are particularly arrogant, and there is absolutely no military in the capital who likes to talk to these people.

The so-called eight-hundred-mile expedited is an explanation to the imperial court.

As a matter of fact, the news of the non-governmental war broke the news that the people entered Beijing three days earlier than the official one. So the folk of Bianjing have long been frying.

Bianjing is the city that never sleeps in this era, and the night market is not ordinary and lively, not only for the rich, but also for the angry young people who can't sleep, who will still wait all night in the military teahouse to wait for discussion.