Chapter Twenty-Four: The Soldiers Are Coming to the City

A hundred miles southeast of Suide City, a Western Xia army quietly approached in the direction of Suide City. This army consisted of about 3,000 men, led by a big man with a scumbag face.

The man was a burly man on a tall brown-haired horse, with a flowered hat on his head, armor, and long leather boots on his feet, which had a black smudge on them, like dried blood. There was a two-inch scar on his forehead, and from the shape of the scar, you could see how shocking the wound on his face was.

On another red horse parallel to the scar-faced man, a middle-aged man in a white shirt rode on a horse, this man was not wearing armor, like a scholar. A bronze scabbard wrapped in large red silk hung from his waist, and the scabbard clanged against the saddle. With such a match, it looks a bit nondescript.

If it was the general of the forbidden army stationed on the border of Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, he would definitely be surprised when he saw these two people. In the late spring three years ago, Western Xia and Song fought in Yanzhou, and the Xia soldiers defeated the Song army's forbidden army of 30,000 with 3,000 men, shocking the government and the opposition. And the leader of these three thousand Xia soldiers is this scar man and white-shirted scholar, in the past three years, as long as these two people lead the troops to fight with the Song soldiers, the Song soldiers have not won once.

Therefore, the scar man and the white-shirted man got a reputation - an undefeated combination, in which the scarred man's name was Li Yanyi, a military general, the commander of the imperial guard of the Western Xia Kingdom, and the white-shirted man was named Sun Wei, a bachelor of the Western Xia Land Pavilion.

"Master Sun, do you think King Rong's daughter is still in the city? Or...... Fled to Mizhi City. ”

Li Yiyi turned his head to look at Sun Wei, the military advisor who was parallel.

"What does the general think makes the difference between being there and not being there? Before the fall, whether it is Suide or Mizhi, it will become our territory of Great Xia. ”

A proud and indifferent smile appeared on the corner of Sun Wei's mouth.

"Haha, the military advisor is so courageous. It's been more than ten years, and the two cities of Suimi should indeed be returned to my Great Xia! However, if there are clouds rising in the southwest, will there be thunderstorms? ”

Li Yanyi's eyes inadvertently saw a few clouds appear in the southwest direction, and he was a little worried.

"The general is too worried, last night this army division watched the stars at night, and there will be no thunderstorms, even if there is, it will be after it falls."

Sun Wei glanced sideways at the southwest, and sure enough, he saw a huge cloud the size of a marshmallow. After hesitating, he spoke slowly.

"That's good, as long as it doesn't rain until we take Suidemi, it won't have an impact."

Li Yan pondered for a while and said.

Sun Wei frowned, looked at Suide City at the end of his vision, his face turned hideous, he pulled out the long sword at his waist with a bang, and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, prepare the siege equipment. The woman in Suide City is white and tender, and her appearance is very handsome, as long as the city is broken, you can spoil it as much as you want, haha...... Sortie! ”

……

Suide City, at the east gate, is neatly lined up with a team of people, and the team is lined up in a square. The first row of eighty soldiers, the middle fifty were archers, and the remaining thirty on either side were weak recruits with large bags in front of them and shovels in their hands. The second row of cavalry, more than fifty men, mounted either horses, mules, or donkeys. A hundred people in the third and fourth rows, wearing armor and holding swords and ropes in their hands, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth rows...... They were all the same people, that is, the recruits recruited by Zhao Wanqi in Baishuijing, these recruits wore raincoats (raincoats), and held hoes, shovels, pickaxes, iron rakes, iron rods and other farm tools in their hands, looking like farmers going to the fields.

Zhao Wanqi rode a big black horse, dressed in armor and holding a spear, heroic and sassy, so imposing. Ah Wu on the side was a little sad, because horses were scarce in the city, so he found an old woolless donkey to ride.

The donkey is also strong, and Ah Wu's body is almost two hundred pounds, and it can withstand it. However, under the leadership of the black horse next to him, as a donkey, his momentum is not much worse than that of a horse, and it is no wonder that there is an old man who is determined to say a thousand miles.

"County Lord, are you sure?"

Ah Wu asked Zhao Wanqi in a low voice.

"The soldiers are very fast, since the Xia soldiers are besieging this city, they will definitely take this city in one go. Ding Fatzi has been running this city for more than ten years, and it is impossible that he can't even withstand the first wave. As long as the first wave is resisted, the enemy's morale falls, and then the thunderstorm blows, and the morale falls again, and the third declines. Our morale was at its highest point. And then...... In Kaecheng, the county lord led these hundreds of male soldiers to attack strongly, and his hand rose and fell, killing him by surprise...... Hey...... The supreme honor of fame has been achieved...... Haha......"

The corners of Zhao Wanqi's mouth rippled with a "happy and sweet" smile.

"County Lord, what if it doesn't rain? Or what if it's late? You must know that on the battlefield, changes are instantaneous, and if you are not careful, you will be defeated. Besides, you don't have actual combat experience, how can you charge into battle? ”

Ah Wu still knows a thing or two about Zhao Wanqi, small things are nonsense, and big things are still very measured. If she wasn't sure, she wouldn't have tossed like this. This strategy itself is good, it is a combination of the right time and place, and I don't know which master gave it. However, in practice, it is not so easy. If that master is commanding here, even if the main force of the Xia soldiers attacks the city, it will definitely be able to defend it.

Could it be that King Rong had long known that Xia Bing was disturbing the border, and he secretly sent a master?

"There's so much, do you use your heart!"

Zhao Wanqi frowned, glared coldly at Ah Wu, and Ah Wu hurriedly lowered his head and said no more.

……

Ding Xianling stood on the city wall, his expression a little gloomy. Smoke and dust are billowing in the southeast, and at most a stick of incense, the Xia soldiers will come to the city. According to the report of the spies, there were about 3,000 Xia soldiers from the southeast, most of whom were cavalry. This is a bit of a puzzle for him, and logically speaking, it is very difficult to break through the city with only 3,000 soldiers and horses. Could it be that there is a large army behind him?

No matter what, no matter what means are used, no matter how much you pay, you must defend the city. The Ding family has been operating here for more than ten years, and once the city is breached, it will be destroyed.

At this time, the clouds in the southwest sky gradually rose, covering the entire southwest corner of the sky. The previous breeze stopped, and the sultry air became oppressive, giving people a sense of panic.

Four or five miles away from the east gate, a group of summer soldiers suddenly appeared, and the killing shouts suddenly rose and rushed towards the east gate. Ding Xian Ling on the city gate clasped his hands tightly, and his eyes stared motionlessly at the Xia soldiers who rushed in front of him.

"Archer prepare!"

The commander beside Ding Xianling said slowly.

The sound of killing shook the sky......

It was like an army of thousands of horses coming......

The dust that splashed shook the sky......

The banner with "Summer" written on it was hunting, mingling with the sound.

"Kill ......"

In the red dust, hundreds of Xia Soldier Pioneers rushed up in an instant, like a demon god killed in hell.

"Shoot!"

With a wave of his hand, Ding County's command waved, and on the city wall, dense bows and arrows fell like raindrops......

The Xia soldiers who rushed to the front raised their shields one after another, and all the bows and arrows were blocked, and only a few slow Xia soldiers were shot and fell off their horses.

……

The summit of Whitewater Mountain.

Under an old locust tree with a crooked neck, there stood a thin young man, who calmly looked in the direction of Suide City. This figure is She Yi. He walked along the rugged mountain road from below to the top of the mountain, where he could see the whole city of Suide.

took out the water bag, took a sip of water, supported his chin with his hand, and looked at the direction of Beimen Bay in the city. There was a small black mouth in the backyard where the timber had been stacked, and several domestic servants went in and out of it, apparently a hiding cellar.

He had been in Shefu for so long, and he knew that there was a mysterious cellar in Shefu, and Dingfu also had it. It's just that I don't know the exact location.

For example, at the back of his room there is a secret room of four or five square meters, in which some of his experiments are done.

Now Suide City is besieged by Xia soldiers, once the city is breached, all food and other things in the city will be looted, and the Ding clan should arrange for people to transfer food and valuables. It's just that I don't know if the cellar is safe, and whether it will be easily found by Xia Bing.

History has a trajectory of historical development, he should not change history, whether Suide City is broken or not, how it is interpreted in history, how it should be interpreted.

But this time...... For She Yu, as well as the county lord who looked very much like his wife, he helped a little and wrote a city defense strategy to the county lord Zhao Wanqi, as for the effect, it depends on Zhao Wanqi's ability to control it.

If he is replaced, with his ability to work hard in the business world in the future and his control over the overall situation, with the current resources of Suide City, as long as Mizhi City is not breached, and the West Gate is safe, at least three days will be held.

I heard that as long as Suide City holds on for two days, the Hedong Army and the Taiyuan Army can arrive here to relieve the siege. It's a pity that the Ding family wants to get rid of him, and they can't allow him to stay in the city for two more days. Otherwise, you must wait for reinforcements to relieve the siege.