Time passed mercilessly, and in a blink of an eye, it was dusk the next day, and the battle to attack the village was extremely fierce, and the Western Xia army carried out a total of four large-scale attacks, with nearly 5,000 casualties, and the village was still not able to be captured.

However, the Western Xia army did not gain nothing, at least the Song army's fortifications set up in the middle of the mountain were finally captured by them, and the Song army suffered hundreds of casualties and was forced to withdraw to the village.

The road up the mountain has been blown to pieces by the earth-shaking thunder, and there are bloody corpses everywhere, although the Western Xia army also has earth-shaking thunder, they obviously will not be easily used on the mountain road, that will destroy the road of the Western Xia army up the mountain.

There is another important reason, that is, the earth-shaking thunder of the Western Xia army is the same as the earth-shaking thunder of the Jin Kingdom, the stability is not good, and there will be five dumb thunders out of ten mines, and the reason is the same, the formula of ignition gunpowder is not mastered, and in a confined space, there will be a phenomenon of flame-out.

Gao Tingyi was already a little anxious, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, if he didn't take the Ta Cutting Village, it would give the Song army a chance to breathe, and it would be even more difficult to attack tomorrow.

As for the night attack, Gao Tingyi didn't think much about it, the night attack was extremely unfavorable to them, the Song army sprinkled a lot of quenched tribulus thorns on the mountain road, and they could walk cautiously during the day, but it was easy to step on it at night, but they had no way to guard against it.

"Pass my order, the front army will attack again!"

'Boom! Boom! Knock~'The fierce war drums sounded, and the three thousand Western Xia soldiers who were ambushed in the middle of the mountain had no choice but to fight their spirits and continue to attack the top of the mountain.

The Song army sprinkled a large number of quenching tribulus thorns on the mountain road,

The equipment of the mountain army is backward, most of them wear thin-soled old boots, and it is easy to be pierced through the sole by the tribulus terrestris thorn, but fortunately, the tribulus terrestris thorn is quenched and poisonous, reflecting a blue color in the sun, which is easy to see, as long as you are careful, you will generally not step on it.

But if the tribulus thorns can't be seen when it gets dark, it's really hard to say how many chances they have to go down the mountain alive if they are allowed to go up the mountain to attack the village now.

Every Western Xia soldier was full of despair in his heart, but he had to go up the mountain under the pressure of the drums of war, and many people also let go.

After the Western Xia army walked out of the dense area of thistle thorns, they broke out into a loud roar, "Kill-" They desperately went to the gate of the village a hundred steps away.

Stepping on the village, two thousand Song troops have already been waiting for each other, the Song army is divided into three rows, two thousand crossbows are coldly aimed at the rushing enemy, Zhang Shun's face is sinking like water, his eyes are flashing with a cold light, he can fight the enemy three hundred steps away, but after a day of fierce fighting, he is more and more confident in himself, he wants to let this attacking army not escape back, all die in front of the walled gate.

The soldiers of the Western Xia Army were getting closer and closer, and they had reached sixty paces away from the Zhaimen, and their hideous faces could be clearly seen in the afterglow.

Zhang Shun finally gave the order, "Shoot!" ”

The 800 arrows of the first row shot like a storm towards the enemy who was rushing, followed by the second row, and soon the third row also shot out, and the dense arrow rain shot into the enemy group, and suddenly the screams rang out, and the Western Xia soldiers fell down one after another, and the corpses quickly piled up, and the casualties were very heavy.

At this time, dozens of earth-shattering thunderbolts flew down from the top of the mountain on the side, and exploded continuously above the heads of the Western Xia soldiers, and the earth-shattering explosion sound seemed to be trembling even the mountains, and the soldiers of the Song Army covered their ears one after another, and for a while, the smoke of gunpowder filled the entire mountain.

When the smoke cleared, there was an extremely tragic scene on the mountain road, with corpses everywhere and stumps and broken arms scattered all over the mountain road.

More than 1,000 people in the first half of the team were almost all killed, not only that, but the mountain road completely collapsed after many explosions, forming a collapsed depression zone more than 30 zhang long, the mountain road disappeared, and the Western Xia army could not attack the mountain, so they had to be forced to retreat.........

Gao Tingyi personally led 5,000 soldiers to line up at the starting point of the mountain road, ready to go up the mountain at any time to support the attack on Ta Che Village, at this time, a series of explosions came from the mountain road, the explosion was so violent, Gao Tingyi suddenly looked up at the black cloud of gunpowder on the mountain, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Not long after, a soldier fled back to report that the mountain road had collapsed and could no longer continue the attack, which shocked Gao Tingyi and stunned Gao Tingyi, and the deputy general Li Yunmi stepped forward to persuade: "General, it is not good to attack the mountain, it is better to withdraw to Luocheng first!" ”

Gao Tingyi was really unwilling in his heart, he turned back to the two henchmen and ordered: "You go up and see, what's going on?" To what extent has the mountain road collapsed? Check it out for me. ”

"Obey!"

The two soldiers saluted and galloped up the hill.

Although Gao Tingyi had thought in advance that the attack on Ta Che Zhai would be resisted by the Song army, with his army of 20,000 people, he could still capture the enemy village in the end, at most the cost was a little bigger, but he never expected that the Song army's resistance would be so sharp, so that they had no chance.

This time, they attacked the village of Ta Cut is a long-range sneak attack, did not carry grain and grass baggage, the dry food they carried can only support three days, now two days have passed, if they still can't attack the village of Ta Cut, they will retreat before dawn at the latest, otherwise the army will run out of food.

Gao Tingyi sighed secretly, although he still had a glimmer of hope, he also knew in his heart that the mountain road was blown up, and it was unlikely that he would attack the village.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, two of their own soldiers rushed back to report, "General Qiyu, the mountain road has indeed been blown up, and at least thirty zhang of the mountain road has disappeared, and it is no longer possible to attack Ta Cut Village for the time being." ”

"Possibly repairing the mountain road?" Gao Tingyi asked unwillingly.

"You can only build a plank road, but it will take at least three or four days to ......"

"Three or four days?"

Gao Tingyi was completely desperate, the army's food could only support one day, where could he wait for three or four days, for a long time, he had to give a long sigh and order: "Pack up and withdraw to Luocheng!" ”

The soldiers of the Western Xia Army had long lost their will to fight, and when they heard the order to withdraw the army, the soldiers cheered up one after another and quickly got up and lined up.

The 20,000 troops had fought for a day and a night, and had lost more than 6,000 men, and some of the lightly wounded soldiers were packed, and there were about 15,000 men.

A quarter of an hour later, the army had been assembled, Gao Tingyi turned his horse's head and led the army to retreat in the direction of Luocheng, which was fierce when it came, but now its morale was low, and everyone just wanted to leave quickly and return to Luocheng to rest and recuperate.

Fortunately, Luocheng is not far away, only fifty miles away, and it should be possible to reach it at dawn tomorrow.

The area from Ta Cut Village to Luocheng belongs to a basin with complex terrain, with gentle hills and deserts that stretch for dozens of miles, and the only thing missing is forests and rivers, full of bare rocks and dry thorn bushes.

Fifteen thousand Western Xia soldiers marched in the vast wasteland, and the towering mountains were faintly visible in the north, and after crossing the northern mountains, they entered the hinterland of Western Xia, directly posing a threat to the core interests of Western Xia.

So far, only Liu Fa's army has entered the hinterland of Western Xia, but in the end he was also defeated by a strong enemy.

This time, the Song army passed two dangerous passes in a row, and killed the last dangerous pass, at the foot of Weicheng, whether they can cross this mountain again, no one dares to draw this conclusion yet.

But the Song army was prepared.

Under the bright moonlight, Li Yanqing personally led 20,000 troops to lie in ambush behind a gentle hill, about sixty paces in front of them through the official road of Luocheng, the so-called official road is actually a slightly smoother road, the same stones are all over the ground, but for the army in a hurry, this road makes the soles of their feet very comfortable, and no one wants to walk on the bumpy wasteland.

Gradually, the ranks of the Western Xia army appeared like a long black dragon, appearing in the moonlight several miles away, and were rapidly marching towards this side.

"Dutong, they didn't send spies to investigate in front!" Cao Meng couldn't help but shout excitedly on the side.

Li Yanqing sneered, "They didn't expect that there would be ambushes in Western Xia at all, otherwise they wouldn't have left only a thousand troops to defend Luocheng." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing turned around and ordered: "Go and inform General Wang, without my signal, the cavalry is not allowed to move!" ”

The 8,000 cavalry led by Wang Gui were hidden two miles away, and the terrain in this area was complicated, and the undulating slopes of the earth just blocked the view of the Western Xia army, so that they could not spot the cavalry several miles away.

"Pass my orders, the army is ready to shoot!"

Li Yanqing gave an order, and the five thousand crossbowmen raised their divine arm crossbows, waiting for the final order.

The Western Xia army was getting closer and closer, and had already entered the ambush circle of the Song army, Li Yanqing patiently waited for the opportunity, due to the difference in the physical strength of the soldiers, the marching line of the Western Xia soldiers was very long, 15,000 people were full of ten miles.

For an ambushed army, the best position is to hit the enemy in the waist and cut the enemy in two.

When the handsome banner of the Western Xia army appeared in front of the ambush, the time was finally ripe, and Li Yanqing suddenly gave an order: "Shoot!" ”

'Bang! Nation! Nation! The crisp sound of bangs suddenly sounded, and five thousand crossbowmen fired at the same time, and five thousand crossbow arrows rained down like a storm on the enemy sixty paces ahead..........