The Xixia army on the head of the city has already been alarmed, the alarm bell is full of bells, a group of soldiers rushed to the head of the city, and soon, 15,000 soldiers gathered on the head of the southern city, the city head is full of rolling wood and stones, and the soldiers are holding bows and crossbows, waiting for the battle.

Richard was wearing armor and commanded the deployment loudly at the head of the city, "There are not enough people in the west corner, and a thousand more soldiers will be added to guard it, where is General Batu?" ”

"Humble duty!" A general replied in a loud voice.

Richard shouted angrily: "Where is the trebuchet? Why don't you push it up! “

"Humble duty, this is the arrangement!"

The general's face was flushed, and he rushed to the city.

In the 100 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xingqing Mansion has never been threatened by the military, and its defense is very weak, and it has not considered leaving a place for trebuchets when it was built, and Richard has built a defense system almost from scratch.

In a short period of time, the Western Xia army built sixty simple small trebuchets, which could only be placed at the head of the city on wooden wheels.

At this time, someone shouted: "The Son of Heaven is here!" ”

Brother Richard looked back, only to see a large group of guards surrounding the Son of Heaven Li Qianshun also walked up to the city, Brother Richard hurriedly ran up, "Why is Your Majesty here?" ”

"I didn't feel at ease in the palace, so I came over to see in person, how could the Song army attack at night?"

"This is what Li Yanqing has always done, and he likes to launch offensives at night."

Li Qianshun stepped forward and looked down with the battlements, only to see a boundless army in the distance, and ten super-giant trebuchets stood on the field hundreds of steps away like ten monsters.

Li Qianshun gasped, "Oh my God! What is it? ”

"Should it be their trebuchet?" Richard replied with a gloomy look.

"Is there any way to destroy them?"

Li Qianshun turned around and asked Brother Richard, "Otherwise, we will send the Iron Harrier out of the city and destroy these ten trebuchets." “

Brother Richard replied calmly: "Your Majesty must think clearly, the Iron Harrier will probably not be able to come back if he is out of the city." ”

Iron Harrier is a heavy cavalry, the whole person is tied to the horse, mainly used to charge into battle, if you want to come back after killing into the enemy formation, there must be two ordinary cavalry guards next to it, this is why the Iron Harrier cavalry has 10,000 people, that is, 3,000 Iron Harrier cavalry plus 6,000 guard cavalry, and the other 1,000 soldiers are miscellaneous servants, responsible for armoring cavalry and war horses.

Li Qianshun looked at the ten super-giant trebuchets that terrified him, and he felt that these ten trebuchets could easily break through the city.

At this moment, Li Qianshun finally made up his mind, "Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a while, since the cavalry can't defend the city, then let them play their role!" ”

"Your Majesty has decided?" Richard confirmed.

Li Qianshun nodded slowly, "I've decided!" ”

Richard immediately walked to the female wall and shouted to the city: "Pass my order, the cavalry is ready to attack!" ”

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The 80,000 troops outside the city have been deployed, and ten super giant trebuchets are being debugged nervously, Li Yanqing came to the front line of the battlefield under the escort of 3,000 cavalry, Wang Gui stepped forward to report to him, "The trebuchet has been debugged, please give an order!" ”

Li Yanqing stared at this majestic city, the city walls looked tall and strong, and he was slightly shaken in his heart, was that Langzhong of the Western Xia Ministry of Industry opening his mouth?

He couldn't see that this city wall had decayed, and the city walls on both sides of the city gate, could it be the same as Lingzhou, also hollow?

"All the people, people have already brought."

Li Yanqing turned around and saw Yang Zhaofang of the Western Xia Wish Ministry Langzhong being brought up by several soldiers.

Li Yanqing pointed at the city wall with a horsewhip, "I have come to the city, it's time for you to tell the weakness of Xingzhou City." ”

Yang Zhaofang smiled slightly: "Lingzhou City is completely imitated Xingzhou City, and the city wall is exactly the same, all of them have already captured Lingzhou City, so you should know the weaknesses of Xingzhou City." ”

"Are you saying that the walls below the towers are hollow?"

Yang Zhaofang nodded, "This is because when Xingzhou City was built, I didn't learn the urn city of the Song Dynasty, in order to collect taxes conveniently, there is a small gate on both sides of the city gate hole leading directly to the city wall, and soldiers can run out of the city gate hole directly, so the city wall is empty, I went in once last year, and it was full of all kinds of garbage accumulated for decades, and there were swarms of rats." ”

"Haven't rebuilt?"

"If it is rebuilt, the bridge will not collapse, and I will not be dismissed.

At this moment, the soldiers suddenly shouted, "The gates are open!" ”

Li Yanqing turned his head sharply, only to see that the suspension bridge at the south gate was slowly lowering, and there was no moat in Xingqing Mansion, only a deep trench underneath, full of sharpened wooden piles.

Li Yanqing's heart moved, no, this is the enemy cavalry is about to kill, he immediately shouted: "Pile up obstacles for me and light a fire!" “

Thousands of soldiers immediately pushed the cart and threw it on the road after leaving the city, and began to pour fire oil on it, at this time the city gate began to roar, and a cavalry rumbled out of the city, Yang Zhaofang's face changed greatly, and he shouted loudly: "It's the Iron Harrier!" ”

Li Yanqing immediately woke up to the fact that the Iron Harrier must be coming for the super giant trebuchet, he immediately made a decision and ordered: "The soldiers retreat south, don't block them, and the earth-shaking thunder will also be withdrawn!" ”

A soldier immediately rushed to give the order, at this time, the soldier had already set the obstruction cart on fire, and suddenly the flames were blazing, blocking the charging route of the Western Xia cavalry, and the Western Xia cavalry had to turn around and rush west.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Fire battalion, heavy infantry ready!" ”

He quickly dispatched 10,000 crossbow troops and deployed them along the enemy's charge.

The Iron Harrier cavalry galloped all the way in the dark night, guarding six thousand ordinary cavalry, forming a long dragon and galloping wildly on the battlefield.

There were only three giant trebuchets on the west side of the battlefield, and under the onslaught of the Iron Harrier cavalry, they quickly collapsed, and they turned around and ran to the east, at which point the soldiers retreated south one after another, and the battlefield became empty.

10,000 Divine Arm Crossbow soldiers have been ambushed a hundred steps away from the south, when the Western Xia cavalry dragon swept towards the other seven trebuchets in the east, the sound of bangzi sounded, and 10,000 God Arm Crossbows were launched at the same time, and the dense rain of arrows shot towards the evil side of the Western Xia cavalry like a storm.

The iron harriers in the middle were covered in cold forging armor, maybe they could resist the shot of the Divine Arm crossbow arrows, but the other six thousand ordinary cavalry could not resist, especially the three thousand ordinary cavalry on the right, who were completely exposed to the fierce blows of the ten thousand Divine Arm crossbows.

The Western Xia cavalry on the right of the three thousand suddenly sounded a wail, the people turned on their horses, and with just one round of arrows, most of the three thousand cavalry were shot down, leaving only a few hundred people still on their horses, and even the escort cavalry on the left side of the Iron Harrier cavalry was also affected, and hundreds of people were shot down.

But the three thousand Iron Harrier cavalry still stood majestically, unaffected, and they picked up their speed and rushed towards the first giant trebuchet hundreds of paces away.

At this time, 1,500 musketeers were already lined up 300 paces away, and just a few days ago, the logistics army sent another 500 new muskets, and the Song army had trained 3,000 soldiers who could skillfully operate the muskets, and the newly sent 500 muskets were immediately formed.

1,500 firecracker soldiers lined up in three rows, holding firearms ready, and behind the 1,500 firecracker soldiers were 3,000 heavy armored infantry, once the Iron Harrier cavalry rushed in front of them, they were in battle, and in the southwest direction, 5,000 elite cavalry were also deployed, who were responsible for fierce battles with the ordinary cavalry of Western Xia.

The Iron Harrier cavalry is the most powerful cavalry in this era, it is a heavy armored cavalry with iron armor even with people and horses, a total of 3,000 people, they appeared in the era of Li Yuanhao, father and son from generation to generation, repeatedly defeated the Song army on the battlefield of Western Xia, and shocked the northwest.

The Iron Harrier cavalry is stronger than the armor and cavalry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they are firmly tied to the war horse, even if they die in battle, they will not fall off the war horse, their weapon is an iron spear as long as one zhang, swept in the wild run, will crush everything, invincible, invincible, is the most terrible enemy of the Song Army's crossbow arrow array.

At this time, they had rushed to three hundred paces away, the yellow dust was rolling, the murderous aura was soaring, like a stormy wave, swept towards the fire army three hundred steps away, their ranks began to gradually disperse, with a row of ten people into a row of hundreds, they had to rush across the Song army's position in the largest range.

The commander of the firecracker gave a long shout, and the first row of five hundred firecrackers raised their arquebuses and aimed at the heavy armored cavalry that was getting closer and closer.

The Iron Harrier cavalry had already rushed two hundred paces away, and the commander of the Fire Gun Army shouted: "Ignite! Ignition! ”

At the same time, 500 soldiers drew their fire folds and shook the fire, and then lit the fire rope.

At this time, the Iron Harrier cavalry had already rushed into one hundred and fifty paces, only to hear a loud shout, "Shoot!" ”

'Bang! Bang! Bang! The guns rang out, puffs of white smoke erupted from the barrels, and five hundred lead bullets were fired at the galloping Iron Harrier cavalry.