Huge fires broke out in the surrounding villages of Fengxiang Prefecture, houses were burned, crops in the fields were destroyed, and even wells were blocked with stones.

The county guards and other imperial officials led people to wreak havoc everywhere and carry out the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

"Clean it thoroughly!" The county guard said to the others: "The Tangut people came to our empire hungry to steal things, so we want them to get nothing, not to mention food, and not even water for these beasts to drink......"

Fengxiang's security patrol force worked silently, thinking that these houses and fields were the hard work of the people of the empire for many years, and they were also gloomy when they set fire to the houses.

Just when Fengxiang's officials were busy turning this place into ruins, the Western Xia army led by Tuoba Ning finally came here in a menacing manner.

For the sake of the people who went to Jingzhao Mansion, Fengxiang's county guards and officials, as well as more than a thousand security patrol troops, did not leave, but stuck in this ancient city, ready to use their lives to delay the pace of the Western Xia army.

The Tangut people are really poor, and these Tangut soldiers who have rushed into the empire for thousands of miles are looking forward to grabbing enough food and supplies in Fengxiang Mansion, in addition to being able to eat themselves, they can also bring back some people who are in emergency to save them.

It's a pity that when the Tangut people came to Fengxiang Mansion, they saw the ruins of black smoke and the burned crops in the fields before they could grow.

The silver fox Tuoba Ning looked around on his horse, his heart was full of anger and fear, and the cavalry who were scouting around also returned one after another.

"Patriarch Qiyu, I didn't find anyone alive!"

"Report, there is no food in the direction we are going, not even water!"

As bad news came one after another, Tuoba Ning also learned of the current situation, there was no one to be found within a radius of dozens of miles in the entire Fengxiang Mansion, and there was no food and water!

A frowning Tuoba Ning was thinking about how to appease the hungry soldiers, and the last group of scout cavalry finally returned, and brought exciting good news.

There are still people in Fengxiang Mansion City!

Tuoba Ning, who was worried that he couldn't explain to the soldiers under his command, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the whole army to go straight to Fengxiang Mansion.

Although Tuoba Ning knew that Fengxiang City would not leave much food, but at this moment he was also on fire, if he could not let the army led by him vent the evil anger in his heart, he would have to bear these angers, so the defenders in Fengxiang Mansion were the best target.

"How many people are there in Fengxiang Mansion?" Tuoba Ning asked.

"From the outside, the number of people is not large, it is estimated to be around 1,000 people."

"Good!" Tuoba Ning pointed in the direction of Feng Xiang and said with a cruel smile: "Since the imperial people are playing with us the poisonous trick of clearing the wilderness, then let's attack Feng Xiang first, and fill the stomach with these imperial people first!" ”

With a strong killing intent, the 50,000 Western Xia army rushed towards the city of Fengxiang Mansion, and the cavalry marched quickly, and it didn't take an hour to come to the front of the city.

Just like the scout cavalry said, there are only a few imperial soldiers on the small Fengxiang City, and looking at the military uniforms on their bodies and the weapons in their hands, it is obvious that they are not the regular army of the empire.

The uniforms of the various armies of the Empire now have their own colors and norms, for example, the regular infantry regiments wear black uniforms, the navy wears white uniforms, and the royal guards armor is bright and noble red and gold, highlighting the difference.

As a local security patrol force, their military uniforms are blue, and there are veterans who have retired from the army to make up this force, but most of them are recruits who cannot participate in the regular army, so it can be said that the thousands of security troops in the city do not have much combat effectiveness at this moment.

Looking at the Western Xia army swarming in the distance, the powerful oppressive force directly attacked, which made the recruits of the security army tremble.

In fact, it was not only these recruits who were nervous and scared, but even those young county government officials were pinching their palms with their nails at this moment, using the pain to keep themselves from trembling.

"When the time comes, eat this thing, even if we die, we won't be able to let the Xixia people eat enough!"

The people at the head of the city took the medicine handed over by the veteran, and some people asked suspiciously, "What is this?" ”

"Rat poison!" The veteran who had retired from the Imperial Legion said calmly.

Looking at the paper bag containing rat poison in their hands, the others present quickly reacted and understood what this meant.

Although no one wanted to eat it, everyone still put the paper bag in their pockets, and they didn't want to be eaten by the Tangut people even more than to die of poisoning.

Stopping beyond the range of the Imperial Army's defensive artillery in front of the city, Tuoba Ning pointed at the small city in front of him with his horsewhip and asked, "There are only a thousand people in the city, who can take this city for me?" ”

"The last general is willing to serve the dogs and horses for the handsome!"

Tuoba Ning looked at the person who spoke and found that it was a Han general named Liu Liang who had taken the initiative to ask for battle.

This Liu Liang, like Ren Dejing, was once a partial general of the Song State stationed in Lintao Mansion, and later because of the Song-Jin War, the Western Xia army attacked everywhere, and he led the army to surrender.

Although he is also a general of the Han people, Liu Liang's fate is a little bad, because he does not have a daughter who has captivated the country and the city, so the fairy Ren Dejing became the national ruler and the prime minister, but he can only do things under the silver fox Tuoba Ning.

In the eyes of the party members, the Han people are naturally alien races, and the idea that non-our race must have different hearts can be said to be of any race, so Liu Liang and his Han army have always been rejected by the Tangut people, and the treatment when marching and fighting is slightly better than that of the prisoner army.

Liu Liang knew what his status was, and now he saw that Fengxiang Mansion was only defended by a thousand security forces with no combat effectiveness, so he took the initiative to ask for help, wanting to take this credit to change his status.

There are not many defenders in the city, but the Imperial Army's defensive ability is very strong, and the general city still has artillery fixed on the city wall, and some damage cannot be avoided when attacking.

Considering this, Tuoba Ning naturally didn't want his people to attack and die, and since Liu Liang's Han army was willing to do it for him, he immediately agreed.

"Give you two hours!" Tuoba Ning said to Liu Liang.

Liu Liang confidently assured: "It won't take two hours to deal with such a few people, one hour is enough!" ”

"Good!" Tuoba Ning smiled: "Then I will wait for you to capture this city, and when the time comes, I will personally roast a human leg for you to celebrate!" ”

After receiving Tuoba Ning's order, Liu Liang immediately led his 7,000 Han troops to rush to Fengxiang City.

Tuoba Ning's army was different from Li Zhizhong's troops marching on the steppe.

Because they had penetrated deep into the territory of the empire, the Tanguts did not grab any food and supplies along the way, but they could still encounter woods on the way, so in order to prepare for the siege, they made some wooden shields.