The Song army marched north in three routes, the western route was Xihe Road, which led Liu Tao to lead 50,000 troops to the north, from Huizhou to Western Xia, echoing the rebellion of the Qiang and Uighurs, and the middle route was led by Liu Tie to lead 20,000 troops from the Hulushui Gorge to the north, feint to reward the pass, and contain the Western Xia army.

The east road is the main force, Li Yanqing personally led the 130,000 army to the north, he divided the troops into two routes, one route was he personally led the main force of the 100,000 army to the north through the Hengshan Grand Canyon, focusing on attacking Xiazhou, and the other route Wu Jie's 30,000 troops also passed through the Hengshan Grand Canyon, and immediately turned the road to the west, swept Longzhou, Hongzhou and Yanzhou, and finally attacked the Tiemen Pass, blocking the back road supporting the Xiazhou army at the Tiemen Pass.

Two days later, Li Yanqing personally led an army of 100,000 to arrive in Bole City, Wu Lan went out of the city to bow to Li Yanqing, and reported the battle situation of the Qinggangxia Military Village, Li Yanqing nodded approvingly, "I don't think this battle is a thunderstorm, I think you can lead the enemy army up the mountain, gather and annihilate it, this is the most exciting thing about this battle, there is a general like the general who is both wise and brave, it is my great Song Dynasty luck!" ”

Wu Luan was excited in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It is the Dutong who trusts the lowly position, lets go and lets the lowly job do as he pleases, and the Dutong's employment strategy is the key to the victory of this battle." ”

Li Yanqing smiled, and led everyone into Bole City, Bole City was the first supply city of materials and grain, the city was wide, there were many warehouses, due to the destruction of Yinzhou City, the volume of Shule City was large enough, and the terrain was also good, so the Western Xia army strengthened it and became a defensive city.

Li Yanqing walked around the city and asked, "How far is this from Xiazhou City?" ”

"Qiyu is unified, forty miles away from Xiazhou City, and thirty miles away from Shizhou City."

Li Yanqing of Shizhou City didn't think about it anymore, the valley over there was blocked, and the city was basically costly, Li Yanqing nodded, "Then this is the logistics important place for us to attack Xiazhou." ”

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The 100,000 army only rested for half a day in Bole City, and then marched towards Xiazhou City.

The Song army was well prepared and marched quickly, gathering in Yan'an Mansion for only six days before sending troops north, and when Li Yanqing's army arrived in Xiazhou, Li Chage had just led his army out of Xingqing Mansion.

War is often to seize the opportunity, many years ago Li Yanqing participated in the battle of Western Xia for the first time, because of the lack of troops, failed to capture Xiazhou.

And this time, he led 100,000 troops to the city, while Xiazhou only had 4,000 guards.

Sa Jin's face was pale, he stood on the towering city wall, looking at the boundless Song army in the distance, his heart was so nervous that he was about to stop beating, he attacked the Qinggang military village and failed miserably, and lost Bole City overnight, if he lost Xiazhou again, I am afraid that his life will be difficult to save.

But he was facing nearly 100,000 Song troops, and Xiazhou only had 4,000 weak troops, how could he hold it?

Sa Jin hated it in his heart, and he received a message from the Flying Eagle of Brother Richard, the King of Jin, yesterday afternoon, asking him to defend Xiazhou no matter what.

Of course, Sa Jin knew the importance of Xiazhou, Xiazhou was lost, and there was no danger for five hundred miles to the west.

Moreover, Xiazhou is the former capital of Western Xia, which has special political significance, and once the old capital is lost, it will be a huge blow to the people and morale of the entire Western Xia.

How can such a heavy burden weigh on me?

Sa Jin howled in his heart, but he forgot how high-spirited and ambitious he was when he was the governor of Xia Prefecture.

"Governor, or catch the strong man directly from the city!" General Wang Jian suggested to him.

This is also the idea after the failure of Sajin's attack on Qinggangzhai, there are tens of thousands of residents in Xiazhou City, at least tens of thousands of young and strong people can be recruited, how can they have no money left in their hands, and no one cares about recruiting soldiers in the city.

"I'm afraid it's too late."

"If it's too late, it will only take half a day to catch the strong man, and I am willing to share my worries for the governor!"

Sa Jin knew in his heart that even if he captured the strong men, it would still be difficult for them to hold the city, but he had to do something to explain to Brother Richard!

Sajin gritted his teeth and ordered: "Yes, do it immediately!" ”

Thousands of soldiers immediately rushed to the city, the city suddenly chickens and dogs jumped, the cry shook the sky, the strong men wanted to be arrested, the property was also robbed, and the women of Western Xia would not let go, seeing that the destruction was imminent, all the slave soldiers forgot their identities, and began to vent their inner hatred desperately.

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Outside the city, the Song army set up a large camp, which stretched for ten miles, without a camp fence, and only sent thousands of patrols to control it around.

A big tent was erected, but in the middle of the barracks, nearly a hundred craftsmen were busy building two super giant trebuchets, and there were only these two trebuchets on the north, and the remaining forty-eight trebuchets were still halfway north, carried by 100,000 people.

Li Yanqing stood in front of the stout pillar, looking up at the two behemoths, and his heart was also full of expectations, whether the tactics of the super giant trebuchet could play the effect he expected? Xiazhou has become the best place to experiment.

In one night, Sajin forcibly recruited 8,000 young men, forcing them to wear armor and helmets, and to defend the city with spears, but the people of the city were ravaged and cried incessantly.

There are 12,000 people in his hands, Sajin is a little settled in his heart, he secretly thinks in his heart, from Xingqing Mansion to Xiazhou City, the cavalry can arrive in three days at the earliest, as long as he can hold it for three days, even if Brother Richard can't arrive, he is not responsible.

At the head of the city, Sa Jin held a sword in his hand and looked at the Song army camp in the distance, the night was dark, he couldn't see the super giant trebuchet standing in the camp, but the drums in the Song army camp were continuous, and the killing machine was vigorous, which made him uneasy.

"Can the Governor know about Li Yanqing?" General Wang Jian walked up to him and smiled.

Wang Jian is a rare Han general in the Western Xia army, but he is the third generation of Western Xia Han people, and he has no heart for the Great Song Dynasty, and the king Li Qianshun is the monarch he needs to serve, and the Western Xia is his homeland.

More than ten years ago, Wang Jian was the general of the Western Xia Capture Army, and was responsible for leading the army into the Great Song Dynasty to capture civilians as slaves.

Sajin nodded, "I can't remember when it happened, about ten years ago!" At that time, I was still the first archer in Western Xia, and I followed Jiao Shangshu to Bianjing, but I lost at the hands of a newly debuted young man, and later I learned that that person was called Li Yanqing. ”

Wang Jian nodded, "I see, I remember that it seems that because of this incident, the governor was reprimanded by the King of Jin and delayed for several years." ”

Sa Jin smiled bitterly, "Later, he knew that the person who defeated me was Li Yanqing, so he changed his prejudice against me, but I didn't expect that this time I met this person again, but he was a subordinate of King Jin, it was really fate." ”

"Please don't be careful, tomorrow we will definitely go all out, with the danger of Xiazhou City, the Song army may not be able to capture the city."

"This is also what I am looking forward to, and the only thing I can rely on is the danger of Xiazhou City."

As the former capital of Western Xia, the city of Xiazhou is wide, the circumference of the city wall is more than 20 miles, at the highest peak, the population of the city had 200,000 people, not only the city wall is tall and strong, and the whole city is built in a high place, backed by the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it takes at least five times the strength of the defending army to hope to capture the city.

Sa Jin demolished all the houses near the city wall and obtained a large number of stones, which weighed dozens of catties enough to make the Song army besieging the city pay a heavy price.

As the day dawned, Sarkin, who had barely slept all night, finally saw the huge figure outside the city, which turned out to be two trebuchets higher than the city walls, and the soldiers in the city began to stir, they had never seen such a huge trebuchet, it was like a huge beast standing in front of them, and the soldiers at the head of the city shouted one after another.

Sajin also gasped, and he forced his composure and shouted: "Don't panic, the enemy army only has two trebuchets, and the impact is not great!" ”

The Song army did only launch two super giant trebuchets, standing five hundred steps away from the city, for the two trebuchets, Xiazhou City was only a flat project, not an upward projection, and they could throw a distance of five hundred steps.

The 30,000 Song army had been assembled, including 20,000 shield spear infantry and 10,000 cavalry, as well as dozens of siege ladders, and when the Western Xia army completely collapsed in the explosion, they began to attack the city in a big way.

Li Yanqing rode on his war horse and coldly ordered: "The trebuchet is ready to launch!" ”

Two super giant trebuchets creaked apart, each of which required at least a hundred soldiers to push the huge winch, and an eighty-pound blasting thunderbolt was placed in the throwing pocket.

"Ignition!"

At the sound of an order, two soldiers lit the fire rope, the fire rope snorted and burned, and when it was about to burn to the mouth of the pot, the soldiers cut the hook rope, and two earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown high, whistling towards the city.