Chapter 317: The Fall of Xingqing Mansion
Chong Ji slowly entered the camp of the Song army, and his trembling hands proved that he was not calm at this time.
Next to him, watching Zhou Wenxiu coldly, he couldn't express anything at this time, he knew very well that this was the attitude of Liao, and at this time, any tendentious expression would arouse Xiao Hui's suspicions.
In this battle, he has done enough, he has crippled the Western Xia, and now, even if the Liao State is forced to delay a little time, Xingqing Mansion will inevitably be captured.
As a genius in strategy, coupled with the fact that he participated more in a series of activities between the two countries, Zhou Wenxiu knew very well that the purpose of the strategy was to achieve, who would take Xingqing Mansion, this is important, and even deep down, he hopes that Liao Guo will take it.
Accepting the education and growth of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even coming to this point, his feelings for the Northern Song Dynasty are complicated, but he does not agree with some of the ways to deal with it.
Benevolence and righteousness are the first thing to pay attention to, but to whom, if the war between the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty was replaced by the Liao State, it would definitely not be the way it is now, under the premise of several big victories, the Western Xia would have been slaughtered a long time ago.
Talent is the most important thing, not only the source of soldiers, but also the creator of wealth, Western Xia lost Lingzhou, the two states in the north can not be taken, now, there are almost seven or eight hundred thousand people concentrated in Xingqing Mansion, if it is slaughtered again, then even if Yuan Hao can escape, even if he has the ability to reach the sky, there is no way, no one, at most it is just a rogue, how long will it take to develop.
Xiao Hui didn't say much, at this moment, his heart was more occupied by the reason for the capture of Xingqing Mansion.
As the commander of the military, Xiao Hui knew very well that there were no gods and Buddhas in this world, or that gods and Buddhas had never appeared, so the Northern Song Dynasty must have mastered a special weapon, specifically aimed at the city wall attack.
If you think about it from this aspect, looking back, everything makes some sense, the previous 10-day actions of the Song army were quite suspicious, and there must be some kind of method to bury this destroyed thing under the city wall, which took so long.
What is this thing, how many restrictions are there on its use, how powerful it really is, and whether it can be prevented, this is the point.
Although the Liao State was not afraid of the Northern Song Dynasty attack, but with such a tool in hand, the Northern Song Dynasty may use a relatively fast time to forcibly break through the defense when there is a conflict between the two sides, which is the most terrifying, which means that the Liao State must consider the consequences when it presses the Northern Song Dynasty.
The slightest time of seriousness always passed very quickly, and soon, in the camp of the Song army, the sound of the horn alarmed Xiao Hui.
Xiao Hui looked over attentively, only to see that with the horn, the Song army's camp shrank significantly, retreated, and withdrew from the scope of the attack.
Xiao Hui showed a sneer on his face, and then ordered: "Now it's our turn, start attacking!" ”
The Liao army had been prepared before, and a large number of personnel were dispatched to press this side, but because the purpose of the Song army was unknown, they did not attack, and now, they rushed up.
The Northern Song Dynasty's army gradually retreated, allowing the Liao army to quickly take their place, compared to the Song army, the Liao army was more and easier to fill the gap, and soon, a battle began.
Because the offensive of the Northern Song Dynasty stopped, even if the handover time was less than 500 breaths, it gave the Western Xia army a respite, and they also formed a simple defense system, but the city wall was too badly damaged.
The destruction of the city wall is not only a field relationship, but also many obstacles, and even many shortcomings in the human heart, which combine to form the current situation, one-sided.
Seeing that the Liao State has gradually gained an advantage, the forces belonging to the Liao State are heading towards Xingqing Mansion, and even the first stage has been completely lost, and the fall of Xingqing Mansion is only a matter of time.
Tane Ji said a little unhappily: "This peach is really well picked!" ”
"You think it's peach picking?" Han Qi, who hadn't spoken much since the beginning, suddenly interjected, which surprised Chongji.
He was considered a general in a higher position in the military, but compared with Han Qi, there was still an unattainable distance, of course he didn't dare to be rude to Han Qi, and bowed down to Han Qi and said, "Don't you think Han Xiang?" ”
"Even if the Liao army doesn't come, I don't plan to attack it!" Han Qi suddenly said calmly.
"Why!"
Han Qi didn't answer his question, he smiled, and then stopped talking, he didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask more.
The Liao army entered the city, the Liao army with superior numbers, superior morale, and superior combat effectiveness was also superior, and it was impossible to fail, and soon, the city wall was completely occupied, and in several other aspects, the Liao army also passed through the city wall and entered the city, and the defeat of Western Xia was only a matter of time.
Yelu Chongyuan forged ahead, he did not make a huge contribution in this battle, which made him more ambitious, unacceptable, now, the opportunity has finally come, the Liao army besieged Xingqing Mansion for 40 days, with the help of the Northern Song Dynasty, took the city wall of Xingqing Mansion, Western Xia was captured almost at your fingertips, in this stall, if you can take Yuan Hao, it is a huge credit.
For this unimaginable achievement, Yelu Chongyuan even rushed into Xingqing Mansion at the expense of the first soldier to look for Yuan Hao's traces on the front line.
Their movements were not unpleasant, but they were still a little late, how smart Yuan Hao was, when the city wall was blasted, he already knew the result.
The biggest reliance of Xingqing Mansion is not the Iron Harrier, nor the huge army of Western Xia, but the city wall of Xingqing Mansion, it is this city wall, it is this strength of defense, that gives him the confidence to resist under the attack of 100,000 Liao troops, and on the premise of not paying a huge price, those victories.
When the Northern Song Dynasty arrived, Yuan Hao was a little flustered, this panic, not because the Northern Song Dynasty could capture his city, but because he thought that Lingzhou in the east had been occupied by the Northern Song Dynasty, which was one of the best lands in their Western Xia, and faced the Northern Song Dynasty, it had a huge geographical advantage.
But now this advantage no longer exists, after belonging to the Northern Song Dynasty, whether they can take it down, whether they can take it as soon as possible, this has become a problem, the most important thing is that this time, if it is longer, will have a great impact on Western Xia.
The subsequent development made Yuan Hao a little overwhelmed, the Northern Song Dynasty did not move for a few days, just when he thought that the Northern Song Dynasty was a foreign powerhouse, who knows, but it gave him such a big surprise.
Now, Xingqing Mansion can no longer be defended, and it is impossible for the Liao army and the Song army in all directions to break through.
The three caves of the cunning rabbit, the Western Xia was the beginning of the rebellion, although after several generations, it has become a country, but he has always retained the tradition.
When it was determined that something could not be done, Yuan Hao, without hesitation, immediately began to prepare to change his clothes and escape, in the midst of such a terrible defense of Xingqing Mansion, Yuan Hao still left a passage to escape, at that time just in case, now he thought of using it.
Yuan Hao immediately made a decision, and immediately left with 1,000 personal guards, and even the personal guards had horseback riding, because this secret passage was a single person, and it was impossible to leave a road for horses to pass.
Yuan Hao left in secret, his harem, his belongings, and even the army did not carry it at all, and he did not even sit down for the last orders.
Yuan Hao knew very well that he was not the only one who understood that Xingqing Mansion could no longer hold it, as long as he revealed that he wanted to leave, he really couldn't go.
Yuan Hao ran away, but because of this, the other armies of Western Xia will not be so lucky, and they will burn the jade together with this city.
The elites, including the Iron Harrier and the Poxi Army, the elite troops of the two countries who were fed, were all wiped out, and even Yuan Hao's harem, some large families, were the same, they were facing the attack and could only resist desperately.
Especially those troops who were loyal to Yuan Hao, they thought that Yuan Hao was in the royal city, so in order to defend the royal city and defend their homeland, they launched a desperate battle.
Where is the city wall, because of a large number of casualties, and after it was blown up, the situation of the city wall, Western Xia, who was originally familiar with the terrain, was in a very disadvantageous position.
However, after a short period of struggle, the Liao army gradually deepened, gradually occupied the city wall, and went inward, the geographical advantage once again showed an outstanding advantage.
After all, Xingqing Mansion is their territory, relatively familiar, when they don't know what is going on in the royal city, they stubbornly resisted, with the help of houses and terrain, began to resist the attack of the Liao army.
The initial progress made Liao Xingzong very satisfied, and took the city wall, which is already over for any siege operation, but the Liao State did not feel the slightest sign of the end, and the Western Xia not only resisted more and more strongly, but also seemed to have the possibility of oppressing the Liao army and going outward.
This made Liao Xingzong mad, from the beginning of the attack on Western Xia, everything did not go smoothly, from the first battle, to this battle, and even to the attack on Xingqing Mansion, it was not the Liao army that took Xingqing Mansion, but the Northern Song Dynasty, which has always looked down on it.
Even used not very moral methods and forced coercion to take the glory of occupying Xingqing Mansion from the Song army, and it was easy to occupy the city wall, but it was hindered internally.
What the hell is this, this battle of the royal conquest seems to be a joke from beginning to end.
Liao Xingzong's face was pale, and he loudly announced a series of orders, to Yelu Chongyuan, to Xiao Hui, and even to his Tielin Army and Pi Room Army, at all costs, to take Xingqing Mansion, and not let the Song Army, which had been ordered to stop, see the joke.
This order is cruel, and it also represents that the Liao army will take out all its capabilities to attack indiscriminately, when this order reached Yelu Chongyuan and Xiao Hui, Yelu Chongyuan laughed wildly and ordered an indiscriminate attack, Xiao Hui sighed, and in hesitation, issued the same fate, the two commanders were unified, and the result of Xingqing Mansion was doomed.