In the evening, when it was dark, Wang Jing led 7,000 cavalry to join the division, and when he saw that the battle of the main force had ended, he not only had no regrets, but was very happy, and took the initiative to lead his troops to assist Hou Zhang in cleaning up the battlefield. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info These old commanders don't want to make any more military exploits, Zhang Yue can also understand, naturally has no opinions, and held a military meeting that night to establish the strategic direction of the march to attack the four states of Xia Sui.

On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raises its head, which is the day when the dragon king in the sky who controls the rain raises his head, also known as the earth salivation. Because China has been a farming nation since ancient times, the amount of grain production depends on the weather, so the people attach great importance to this festival.

However, the army is outside, every idle day to consume a large amount of grain and grass, Zhang Yue can not care whether the festival or not, this morning still sent troops as planned, sent Wang Jingbu Li Shiwen, Xue Chucun to lead Shuo Fang's army 10,000 steps to the north to capture Baichi, after completing the combat mission, continue to the north, capture the three counties of Huaide, Yan'en, and Quy Nhon under the rule of Youzhou.

With Shi Yanchao and Li Duofu as the commanders and deputy commanders of the former army, Bian Ji and Dong Chenguang as the main and deputy capital Yu Hou, led 5,000 iron cavalry troops, 6,000 infantry of the Hexi Army, and 5,000 infantry of the Zhangwu Army, a total of 16,000 cavalry to attack Changze in Xiazhou, leaving Hou Zhang and Wang Jing to sit in Wuyuan to transfer grain and grass and medical wounded soldiers.

After walking for most of the day in the mountains and hills of the old Great Wall of Wuyuan, the road to the border of Xiazhou is easy to walk. Due to the hasty retreat of the Xia and Liao coalition forces before, a large number of cattle, sheep and horses were discarded along the way, and some carts carrying grain were piled up and burned, and there were pieces of wolves everywhere on the roadside.

Zhang Yue had to send troops to clean up, some of the unburned food bags were still available, it was a pity to waste them, not for military use but also for civilian use, so there was a lot of delay, and he camped on the way that day.

The next day, the rapid march, the front army arrived at the south of Changze City ten miles and stopped on the spot, it was noon. Shi Yanchao, Li Duofu, Bian Ji and other generals rushed to the city to observe, and saw that the severely weathered dilapidated city wall was not high, the city tower and arrow tower and other facilities were not complete, and there was no moat, but the party soldiers at the head of the city were densely arranged, and they were expected to carry out a siege battle.

"The city wall is more than two feet high, and their morale is also low, and the main force is more than 20 miles behind, I think we can take advantage of their panic and break the city before the main force arrives, so as not to set up camp." Bian Ji looked at it for a while, and then spoke.

"Very good! A certain person also thinks so, these miscellaneous rats are capricious at both ends, such as today, although they are big, there is no place for them. Shi Yanchao said approvingly.

"The Hexi army is willing to take the lead, and it will be the first to take a city!" Li Duofu hurriedly took the lead, speaking of which, he is also a person from the Yanzhou Zhangwu Army, and is very familiar with Dong Chenguang, Shi Yunlei and other officers, but he has not seen the upper and lower for many years, and each has its own subordinates.

Shi Yanchao has no opinion, his forbidden army soldiers had nearly 2,000 casualties in the first battle the day before yesterday, and only more than 3,000 horsemen actually went out again this time, so it is naturally not suitable to fight again. And the Hexi army was well-equipped, carrying heavy weapons, and the siege was appropriate. As for the Zhangwu Army, in Shi Yanchao's opinion, it is similar to the Jingnan Army, with poor combat readiness and average combat effectiveness, but the military discipline is good.

Shi Yanchao and a few people returned after reconnoitring around the city, and then ordered the transfer, and sent the horse army to march around the city for ten miles to be on guard, and Li Duofu led 6,000 troops to line up in front, and led the iron cavalry part of the army, plus 5,000 Zhangwu troops followed up, and slowly approached the city three miles below the city to start the siege.

First, twenty light trebuchets fired five volleys, so that the defenders could not raise their heads, looking for a hidden gap, and a thousand archers of the Changsong army arrived close to the city to shoot arrows to suppress, and then 4,000 people were divided into two teams, left and right, carrying hundreds of large wooden ladders to rush to the city, put on the wall and began to climb.

At the same time, a thousand soldiers pushed a rushing car that had been improvised and crashed directly into the city gate, and Li Duofu personally led 5,000 soldiers of the Zhangwu army behind, ready to support at any time. At the beginning of the battle, Xia Sui's army actually defended very tenaciously, rolling logs and stones were thrown continuously, and the hot horse urine and sewage were splashed downward, causing certain casualties to the besieging soldiers.

However, the power of the car was quickly reflected, and the city gate of Changze County was also dilapidated, and a large hole was broken under several rounds of violent impact, but it was blocked by a huge stone wall, and the car exited, and the soldiers still couldn't get in.

Li Duofu was greatly annoyed, and ordered his own soldiers to take off their heavy armor, put on a light and convenient ring armor, holding a large round shield and a short knife, and led his personal army to climb the ladder himself. The Lord will lead by example, and officers at all levels will have to follow suit, and the soldiers will be so affected that they will not hesitate to die.

Not long after, the rather brave general Wucheng Army Deputy Envoy Lun carefully ascended to the head of the city first, a standard chopping horse left and right, and there was no enemy under his command, and he firmly guarded the battlements of the city. Shen Nianban quickly followed Dengcheng, and while receiving the follow-up troops, he threw the armor-piercing cone to respond to the front, so that more and more soldiers were in the city.

On the other side, the Changsong army also went to the city, and after the increase in troops, the two armies began to line up and close, although the Xia Sui army resisted desperately, but due to backward equipment and lack of due tactical training in defending the city, it soon could not withstand it.

Half an hour later, the drums rumbled in the distance, and the main army arrived nearby, which undoubtedly gave Xia Suijun a great psychological deterrent, like the last straw that crushed the camel, Xia Suijun completely collapsed, and they snatched the war horses to find their way and escaped.

The Iron Cavalry Horse Corps wandered on the outskirts of the city as early as possible, and at this time they surrounded and pursued, and the stone wall behind the south gate was also demolished, the Zhou army attacked the city to clear up, and more than 10,000 Dangxiang Qiang people fled and had no way to escape, so they had to surrender, among which 5,000 young and strong miscellaneous soldiers were held separately and waited for processing.

Before the battle was over, Zhang Yue arrived, and he immediately watched from a distance, wanting to see the generals' operational command and ability to deal with the aftermath, but Li Duofu and others performed well, and the city was broken in less than an hour.

The city of Changze County is narrow, and the people who live there are all herdsmen from the party, and there are several small clans in the headquarters of the Li family and the Li family, with a total of more than 3,000 accounts and more than 20,000 people, but they have pulled out tens of thousands of soldiers to defend the city, which is the old and weak are all out of the war.

Li Duofu and Bian Ji discussed with Shi Yanchao what to do with these prisoners, Shi Yanchao glared at the bull's eye, and said angrily: "Those who fought stubbornly were pulled out and cut down, and keeping them was not only grateful, but a scourge." ”

"Zaqiang really shouldn't stay longer, once you sit down, you will reveal your jackal nature, and you will focus on plundering and harming others and benefiting yourself." Bian Ji nodded when he heard this, but he agreed with this.

"It's a little out of place, it's too much!" Li Duofu was a little disapproving, there were many Tibetan people under his command, the methods were too cruel, and the Tibetan people would feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, he was a little embarrassed, so he went to Zhang Yue to face him. (To be continued.) )