The thick arrows and huge stones gave the party army a huge threat, many soldiers were injured by bed crossbows and stones, the city was in chaos, the pressure of the huge chariot team plummeted, although it also faced the threat of gravel splashing, but at least it would not be shot by the bow and arrow, the biggest threat to the horses was the bow and arrow, just now, six or seven more war horses were shot dead, six or seven chariots overturned.

More than a dozen soldiers got up, looked at each other, and made an amazing and consistent move - they pulled up the chariot, charged the war horse, and roared towards the direction of the city gate, the existence of the war horse is for the soldiers who ignited the gunpowder bullet to escape, as long as the gunpowder bullet explodes, the rest will explode one after another, and in order to let these brave soldiers escape, Zhang Xian specially prepared dozens of good war horses for them to escape.

The soldiers who lost their horses lost their chances of escaping, but they still decided to move forward instead of hiding under their chariots and waiting for the army to come to their rescue.

It's their choice.

And at this moment, Rinduo Bao was so frightened that great fear hit his heart, his soldiers could not stop the advance of these chariots at all, and the siege equipment of the Song army beat them so that they could not raise their heads, and the chariots quickly followed the city gate, and finally, the first chariot arrived at the city gate, and the soldiers immediately got out of the car, untied the ropes on the horses, and then waited for the arrival of the other chariots.

Gradually, more and more chariots arrived, Zhang Xian built a total of forty chariots, more than 2,000 catties of gunpowder, Zhang Xian was determined to blow up the city gate, and soon, all thirty-three chariots dragged by war horses arrived. The chariot, which was not towed by a war horse, approached at full speed, and the soldiers who arrived at the city gate saw their comrades still running in the rubble strewn places. I can't help but worry.

Soon, the lead officer and several soldiers of the operation made up their minds. The leading officer shouted: "Not a single car can be lost!" Not a single brother can be left behind! Rush over with me, a few of you! Pull the chariot back! ”

"No!!" Six soldiers and leading officers rode out of the city gate cave on horseback, to help their comrades, and although the party army at the head of the city was suppressed by huge stones and thick arrows, it still had the spare strength to shoot the Song army under the city. At the same time, the rubble from the huge stones and bows hitting the city wall was not only a nightmare for the Dang Xiang army, but also for these brave Song soldiers.

"Ahh A soldier who was running wildly with a chariot was hit by an arrow in the arm, and just as he screamed in pain, an arrow was shot into his left leg, and he could still support the arm, but the leg was shot, and the soldier could not support it anymore, and fell to one knee. In addition, the comrades next to him also fell, and the chariot overturned again, and many party crossbowmen locked their targets, and arrows covered the place like a heavy rain.

Wait until the uninjured soldier opens his eyes. I was stunned to find that the injured comrade-in-arms just now was facing him, and he was already dead of anger, and countless arrows were densely inserted behind his back. It turned out that he was the one who blocked this mortal blow for himself, and the soldiers were heartbroken. Roar loudly and say it's too late. At that moment, a cavalryman rushed to him as if he were flying, raised his crossbow, and as soon as he turned around, he shot an arrow at the wall, three hundred paces away, right in the chest of one of the crossbowmen.

"Hurry up! Put the horse on! Come on! The cavalry shouted angrily, and the soldier also reacted, quickly put the war horse on the chariot, and then vigorously urged the war horse, and galloped forward frantically, at the same time, the rest of the cavalry also successfully put the war horse on the chariot, and began to urge the chariot to continue to move forward, not far away, and finally rushed to the city gate before the rain of arrows of the party came again, for which the lives of several soldiers were paid.

After the soldiers hid in the chariot, the party people shot at the war horse, in order to protect the war horse, several soldiers suddenly pounced on the war horse, blocked the design of the arrow for the war horse, and sacrificed their lives, fortunately, in the end, the chariot was pulled back, and a soldier ran to the leading officer and shouted: "Captain! The chariots are back! All the gunpowder shells are inside! Now what!? ”

"Now I order, let's light the fuse together, and then retreat quickly! No one is allowed to be left behind! Brothers who have died in battle must also carry their bodies back! Don't leave it behind! The leading centurion roared, and then took out the fire fold: "Three! Two! One! Ignition! ”

The long fuse was ignited, and the soldiers quickly got on their horses, two people on one horse, and three people on several horses, or the corpse of a soldier killed in battle, and they were slightly unable to move, but they still quickly left the gate hole.

Zhang Xian saw the soldiers quickly leave the city gate and go back, knowing that something was going to happen, he immediately ordered the army to prepare to attack the city, and ordered Han Shizhong to prepare to lead the cavalry into the city, Han Shizhong was overjoyed, and immediately gathered the cavalry to charge, but saw a dazzling fire in the distance, and there was a huge sense of shaking from the earth, and the explosion was deafening, even the Song army was so far away that it felt the impact of the scorching and violent air wave.

The war horses were frightened one after another, which brought a lot of trouble to the Song army, the army formation was chaotic for a while, and a number of soldiers were injured by the frightened war horses, and it took a while to stabilize, and the army array regrouped, and Han Shizhong could not hide his surprise when he looked at the gate of Lingzhou City - what kind of picture was that!

It's not that the Song army hasn't used gunpowder to blow up the city gate, but it is the first time to use so much gunpowder to blow up the city gate, Zhang Xian is obviously unprepared, and feels that if he is so far away, he doesn't need to plug the ears of the war horse anymore, but he was wrong, the oncoming heat wave made him feel that he had made a mistake, and he mistakenly underestimated the power of gunpowder.

His eyes at the gate of Lingzhou City gradually became extremely shocking, what kind of scene was that?

Thick black smoke rose from the explosion, covering the original appearance of that piece, and from time to time there were sporadic explosions, thinking that the gunpowder shells that still had not exploded continued to explode, and the party soldiers standing on the Lingzhou city gate could no longer be seen, and the banners were also crooked, this scene made Zhang Xian dare not order the cavalry to charge.

It wasn't until the Lingzhou city wall in their field of vision continued to collapse in a violent tremor, collapsing from the city gate upwards, that they came back to their senses, and the violent explosion of gunpowder had destroyed part of the Lingzhou city wall, and the tall and majestic seemingly inaccessible city wall had been breached.

"Han Shizhong! Give Ben to take Lingzhou City down!! If you can't take Lingzhou City in one day, you will have your head! Zhang Xian pulled out his sword and pointed at Lingzhou City fiercely.

"No!!" Han Shizhong lifted his spear, brandished, roared, and led the cavalry to rush towards Lingzhou City with an indomitable momentum.

On August 17 of the fourth year of Jingkang, the city of Lingzhou was broken, the important town of Xiping Mansion was broken, according to the statistics after the war, the whole city garrison 20,000 soldiers and 40,000 people were annihilated, the Song army beheaded more than 10,000, the rest all surrendered, no one slipped through the net, the incomplete body of the guard general of Xiping Mansion and the famous general of the party was found in the ruins of the city wall, and the civil and military officials of Xiping Mansion basically all died in the gunpowder bomb attack of the Song army, and only a few people escaped the net.

At this point, Zhang Xian's Southern Route Army completed more than half of its mission, ensured the stability of the southern part of the western section of the Great Wall, and recaptured half of the western section of the Great Wall, and the other half was under the attack of the Northern Route Army led by Yue Fei, and it was about to be taken, and Yue Fei's goal of recovering all the Great Wall was about to be realized.

On the day that Xiping Mansion was broken, Yue Fei's headquarters of the North Route Army also arrived at the barrier of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the party, within the jurisdiction of Jinghuai Erzhou, and saw the military fortresses and military facilities lined up, and couldn't help but nod, no matter how degenerate the combat effectiveness of the field battle was, the defense of the party members was well learned, the military strength between the two countries in the Song and Xia countries had changed, and the party members were no longer able to pose a huge threat to the Song army as they did in the era of Li Yuanhao.

If the current party people do not descend and the whole army is annihilated, they must retreat in the city, exactly the same as the Song army in the era of Huizong, the current Song army, especially the Northwest Corps, after experiencing the death battle with the Jurchens, the strength has risen sharply, and it is no longer the party people can confront it, and the outcome of several field battles is the defeat of the party people or the annihilation of the whole army, under such a premise, the party people were forced to carry out the tactics of shrinking.

This is also the strategy proposed by the Han people in the Western Xia government, they do not know that Xiping Mansion has been broken by the Song army, and the Renduo Baozhong, whom they have high hopes for, has returned to Tianfu, and they are still hoping that this set of steel defense lines can continue to be drunk and dream of death for them, and they do not want to fail and die.

The Han people had seized all the military, political, and financial power of the Dang Xiang people, and had already controlled almost all of the power of the Western Xia state, and the nature of the war had quietly changed.

Yue Fei didn't notice the changes in the central government of Western Xia, but he was very dissatisfied with the fact that most of the civil and military officials in the prefectures and counties he conquered along the way were Han Chinese, and he even began to have a sense of who he was fighting against, whether he was fighting with the Han people or with the Dangxiang people?

The military fortress of Jinghuai Erzhou brought some trouble to Yue Fei, but these troubles were not the main thing, heavy weapons such as trebuchets and bed crossbows could relieve his pressure very well, and a large number of spies scattered in the Western Xia by the Great Song Dynasty provided him with enough military information, and he could know the specific military situation of Jinghuai Erzhou now.

When he learned that the guards and civil officials of Jinghuai Erzhou were all Han Chinese, he was very surprised and frowned deeply. (To be continued.) )