'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The majestic war drums of the Western Xia army echoed in the vast wilderness north of Shizhou City, ten miles away from the north of Shizhou City is the Wuding River, more than a dozen pontoon bridges have already been built on the Wuding River, there are 100,000 troops distributed in the south and north of the pontoon bridge, the army of black pressure is boundless, stretching for more than ten miles, and there are tens of thousands of logistics troops in the distance.

At this time, in the sound of thousands of golden drums beating at the same time, a cavalry phalanx of 10,000 people surrounded Li Qianshun, the Western Xia Emperor wearing golden helmets and golden armor, slowly appeared, shining golden in the sun, particularly dazzling.

The soldiers of the Western Xia Army on both sides of the Wuding River suddenly burst into cheers, 'Long live His Majesty the Emperor!' ’

The earth-shaking cheers made the Song army at the head of Shizhou City also change color, but the Song army at the head of the city was not afraid, they also had enough troops, there were more than 50,000 people in Hedong who guarded the city alone, and there were 100,000 Xiang troops, and there were a total of 150,000 people in the city to compete with the Western Xia army, and the food and materials were very sufficient, enough for the army to spend a year.

In order to prevent the Western Xia army from making a detour to attack Hedong Road, he divided the 100,000 Hedong army into two, and ordered his brother to lead 50,000 Hedong troops to defend the various dangerous passes on the Song-Xia border, and he himself led 50,000 elites to defend Shizhou City.

He knew that the Song army on the Western Front had been defeated, and the defeat of the Western Xia campaign was certain, but in order to prevent the Western Xia army from counterattacking the Song Dynasty, he had to hold back the main force of the Western Xia army in Shizhou and give the imperial court time to redeploy the army.

Li Yanqing stood at the head of the city and stared at the boundless Western Xia army, his eyes were solemn, his angular face looked particularly resolute, and the cultivation master Dao gave him enough trust to lead 10,000 troops to defend the eastern city wall.

This is the second time that Li Yanqing has commanded an army of more than 10,000 people after leading 10,000 troops to ambush the Western Xia Army of the Shenyong Army Division of the Left Chamber.

His lieutenant general is the same young general Liu Kuang, this is the most important pair of young generals in the way of the teacher, although both of them can be independent, but he still adheres to the principle that the civil officials of the imperial court are upright, and the military generals are deputy to match them.

The Seed Master Dao did his best to train them, hoping that they could grow up as soon as possible, break the shackles of seniority, and enable them to take on the heavy responsibility of defending the northwest when they were in their twenties.

This is also the helpless choice of the Seed Master, there is a fault line in the commanders of the Northwest Army, for example, he, the Seed Master, Liu Fa and the newly transferred Zong Ze are all over the age of six, and there are no talents who can take on heavy responsibilities at the age of thirty or forty.

Although Yao Zhongping is his successor, his performance has always been very mediocre, and his promotion is more based on his family background than his own ability, while Qu Ke, Yang Keshi and others are brave, but they lack the courage and ability to take on the overall situation, which makes the seed master very disappointed.

Li Yanqing, Liu Jian, Yang Zaixing, Wang Gui and other young people performed well, and he finally decided to use his last years to train cross-generational successors, even if the imperial court did not use them because of seniority and other reasons, but when the country was in danger, there were also young talents who stepped forward and took on the heavy responsibility of protecting the family and defending the country.

At this time, Wang Gui ran up to Li Yanqing and said, "Commander Qiqi, all trebuchets and cannons have been inspected and are not damaged!" ”

In addition to 10,000 soldiers on the eight-mile-long east city wall, there are also 10,000 auxiliary chamber troops, who are responsible for the operation of more than 200 siege weapons, Li Yanqing handed over the command of more than 200 siege weapons and 10,000 chamber troops to Wang Gui and Yang Zaixing, as a result, Wang Gui was so nervous that he did not sleep all night.

Although Li Yanqing was the chief general of the eastern city wall, in order to facilitate flexible command, he divided labor with Liu Kuang and subdivided the eastern city wall into two sections, north and south, with Li Yanqing in charge of the command of the northern section of the overall situation, and Liu Kuang in charge of the command of the southern section.

Wang Gui and Yang Zaixing also divided the labor, Wang Gui followed Li Yanqing to be responsible for the northern section of the city defense weapons and 5,000 Xiang Army, and Yang Zaixing was responsible for the southern section of the city defense weapons and 5,000 Xiang Army.

In the past ten days, Li Yanqing and Wang Gui made another fifty earth-shaking thunders, bringing the number of sky-shaking thunders in their hands to sixty-two.

Li Yanqing nodded, "In addition to my orders, you should also pay attention to the commander's order banner to operate the weapons to defend the city, and those who dare to slack off will be killed immediately!" ”

"Obey!"

Wang Gui looked back at the city, and the six-zhang high viewing platform stood in the middle of the city, and the commander Chongshi Dao stood on the viewing platform to command the overall battle.

The northern city wall is commanded by the veteran general Zong Ze, the southern city wall is commanded by Yao Zhongping, the west city wall is commanded by the general Yang Keshi, and there are 10,000 reserve troops under the command of the general Zhang Cong.

The 150,000 soldiers in Shizhou City were highly motivated, all of them were gearing up, waiting for a decisive battle with the enemy.

In this attack on Shizhou City, Li Qianshun was afraid that Li Chage would underestimate the enemy, so he resolutely invested 200,000 siege troops, as well as hundreds of heavy siege weapons, including the siege weapons of the Song army on the Western Front that they captured, all of which became the capital of the Western Xia army to attack Shizhou City.

Richard Brother rode on a tall horse, staring coldly at the Song Army's Linhe Arrow Fort that had been razed to the ground a few miles away in the distance, which was originally a row of arrow forts built by the Seed Master Road to block the Western Xia army from crossing the river, but the Seed Master Dao found that the enemy army had sent 200,000 troops to attack the city, so he immediately withdrew the 5,000 Song soldiers stationed in the Arrow Fort, and the Arrow Fort was also razed to the ground by the Western Xia army.

Brother Richard looked at the city of Shizhou standing on a high place, and the situation of the fall of Shizhou City appeared in his mind, the flames were soaring, and the soldiers all over the ground knelt in front of his horse and begged for mercy, and his soldiers cut off the heads of these Han people mercilessly, and the heads of the master were tied to the neck of his war horse.

This extremely tempting and longing scene is about to appear, he can't wait, at this time, he is not just to prove his ability to the imperial brother, he wants to level this city, to let all the Western Xia people understand that the Western Xia army is not afraid of the powerful Song Dynasty, give him another ten years, the Western Xia can destroy the Song Dynasty.

The golden banner above his head fluttered in the wind, and behind him was the veteran Sa Chen, and next to him was Li Binglie, one of the newly grown Three Tigers of Western Xia.

This is a young royal family as fierce as a leopard, only eighteen years old this year, and he is known for his bravery in the Western Xia army.

He stared at the direction of Shizhou City with a cold gaze like a leopard, and sharply asked for battle: "Please Uncle Huang give me 10,000 troops to see how I can break through Shizhou City!" ”

Richard didn't like this imposing nephew who had been trying to replace him, and he nodded, "Brave and commendable, okay! I appoint you as the commander of the first battle, and lead 30,000 troops to capture Shizhou City for me. ”

Li Qianshun handed over the golden arrow to Li Binglie, he glanced at the direction of Shizhou City again, and said lightly: "If you can't capture the city, bring someone to see you!" ”

He turned his horse's head and left, the veteran Sachen wanted to persuade him, but finally held back, they really needed someone to test the reality of the Song army first.

Li Binglie galloped on his horse, raised his golden arrow and shouted in a hissing voice, "The Seventh Army and the Eighth Army of the Mountain Gang have ordered the First Army to dispatch and march towards Shizhou City!" ”

The 30,000 army marched towards Shizhou City, on the north bank of the Wuding River, thousands of big drums beat, the drums sounded like thunder, dozens of miles away can be heard, the 30,000 army was murderous, the dense army followed by nearly 100 ladders and trebuchets, the soldiers of the Western Xia Army struggled to push them forward, and swept away to Shizhou City several miles away with an unstoppable murderous aura.

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The north wall of Shizhou is full of flags, 20,000 Song troops stand in line at the head of the city, they are dressed in iron armor, wearing eagle bronze helmets, holding foot bows and crossbows, all of them have resolute eyes, 200 huge trebuchets and fire cannons like 50 giants stand at the head of the city.

In charge of the battle in the north city is the veteran general Zong Ze, at this time Zong Ze stood on the battlements, staring at the distance is slowly driving the Western Xia army, an army of 30,000 people appeared on the south bank of the Wuding River, and the sound of drums came from the army.

The march speed of the Western Xia army is not fast, the 30,000 army is basically a mountain army, they are mountain troops, and siege is also their specialty, but their equipment is not outstanding, all the leather armor, the shield is simple, the spear is not bad, all of them are Song Dynasty standard spears, obviously equipped from the captured weapons.

Zong Ze knew in his heart that this was just a tentative attack by the enemy, but this attack was very important and related to the morale of both sides.

"Cheer me on!"

The drums of war suddenly sounded at the head of the northern city, rumbling and reverberating in the city, completely suppressing the enemy's drums.