The two Song cavalry armies were like no man's land in the dense army of Western Xia.

However, Wang Yuan had to order a retreat.

The Western Xia army was too numerous to penetrate. If there are only 20,000 or 30,000 horses, after this fire is burned, another impact will make the Western Xia army defeated and flee. But more than 100,000 people, although many people were killed, the number was never smaller. Seeing that the Song army did not overwhelm themselves, some generals calmed down and began to command the chaotic army to regroup.

At this time, continue to fight, and you can still get some cheap ones. Guan Jian is not exchanged, in the end, his subordinates are getting fewer and fewer, and he can't defeat the Western Xia people, who will defend the city?

When he saw that it was good, he took it and withdrew back.

Zhang Fangping personally greeted him at the gate of the city and was very pleased.

More than 200 soldiers were killed in the battle, and 3 or 400 were wounded. But compared to the enemy's losses, these casualties are really nothing. I don't know how many Tanguts were killed, and I don't know how many Tanguts died or were burned because of their trampling on each other. In this chaotic night, there were not 10,000 people, and at least three or four thousand Western Xia soldiers were killed. The key is the material. It is not known how much material was burned by a fire, but it would cause heavy losses in Western Xia.

After the war, Zheng Lang was still a little heartbroken, and the fire achieved results, but more than 50 mountains became Guangshan, and more than 70 mountains and forests were also affected. It wasn't until dawn that the wind calmed down and the fire subsided. Otherwise, more mountains and forests will be burned.

Yuan Hao was annoyed and angry, but this fire also made him judge that Zheng Lang was not in this city.

If in this city, there is a lot of bad luck just now, and I don't know how many Song troops will rush over, then I will be defeated and return.

But there are "high men" in the city.

It was really miserable to assemble the frightened army, at least a third of the food and grass were burned, and the tents, clothes and other supplies were all lost.

It was dawn, the fire had burned to the downwind, and it was absolutely safe to stay on those mountains this time. But Yuan Hao looked like he was lost and depressed, and his whole body trembled with anger. Angrily said: "Siege." ”

A lot of siege equipment was also burned.

gathered 20,000 people and forcibly attacked Pengyang City, daring to think of Pengyang City as Fengzhou to vent his anger.

However, Zheng Lang deliberately stayed in Pengyang, how could Pengyang suffer a fate like Fengzhou. There are so many people, not many, but there are other arrangements...... The dense army roared and there were many people, so Zhang Fangping ordered at the head of the city to throw gunpowder packs or stones together. But this time, the Tangut people were more or less on guard, and when they saw something falling in the sky, they hurriedly dodged.

They poured into the city one after another, and ushered in bows and arrows and rolling wooden stones on the city. But the victory lies in the large number of people, and the same is true for the capture of Fengzhou City at the beginning, although Fengzhou is heavily defended, and there are too few soldiers defending the city, and finally let the Western Xia people attack the city and take Fengzhou City.

This is a repetition of the old trick.

One put the ladder up, and was shot dead by the Song army one after another, but more ladders were erected.

Zhang Fangping held the drum with his hand and struck it three times.

The pole that Yuan Hao saw officially appeared.

Not a pole, but a pole trombone spear.

Zheng Lang used a pseudo-version of the Moon Array in Sanchuankou to come in handy. Later, when Pengyang City was arranged, I thought of this moon formation again. So this arrangement was made using the principle of the moon array and the pendulum. There are many holes in the top of the city wall, and spears are hidden in the holes. However, because of its length, it does not use much force to sprint out, and it often allows the enemy to cut off the spear. So I came up with a way to build a lot of fences in the old wall. Then build an earthen wall more than one zhang high to increase the thickness of the city wall. This is one of the functions, and there is another role.

Above the fence, there is a horizontal log, attached to the outer city wall, and Yuan Hao cannot see it from the top of the mountain. The rope is suspended on the crosswood, and the rope is wrapped around the spear, so that the spear is suspended in the air and reduces the resistance to impact out. There are no soldiers in the war, only ordinary people, even women. Using the protection of the outer walls, hit the inner end of the spear with an iron hammer. The spear can shoot out quickly. The pendulum principle, even if you stab an enemy, you can swing back quickly unless you clamp into the armor. One person catches the spear so that the tip of the spear is protected in the hole and does not allow the enemy to grasp it. Hit it with a hammer again.

You can't see the outside from behind the walls, but you can see part of it through the holes, and there are soldiers at the head of the city commanding them.

It's not without flaws, it's only suitable for earthen walls, and it's long and long, which is not good for the city wall, and if you want to crack it, there are still many strategies. But strictly speaking, this is the first time in history that someone has used this tactic, and it is also to bully the Tangut people who are not good at siege. If the Song army came, there were at least five ways to resolve it.

But it was enough to deal with the Tanguts.

Under the command of the soldiers at the head of the city, the sharp spears were shot out by the hammers. The end is powerful, and some people have great strength, and they can actually make the spear penetrate the body of the soldiers who climbed the ladder in Western Xia. The consequences were not very good, the spear could not be pulled back, the dead were abandoned, and some of the Tangut people were pierced by the spear, still alive, and they were painful and afraid to stick to the city wall and shout desperately. In the blink of an eye, Peng Yangcheng became a hedgehog full of thorns.

In just one wave of attacks, Western Xia dropped nearly a thousand corpses and was repulsed in disarray.

It will definitely be breached, but if it continues to be attacked like this, it will not be 10,000 people, and it will not be possible to take this city.

The subordinates retreated, and there were still people, those people were hanging on their spears, and the Song army didn't care, let them shout, Yuan Hao trembled with anger, and was ready to give the order to attack again.

Xu Minzong persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. ”

Can't play like this, needless to say that Zheng Lang is not in this city, there are still tens of thousands of troops on Jingyuan Road, if it is delayed, Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road can send at least 30,000 people and horses to help. This is not a big deal, no matter how it is sent, the three roads can only use ** million people, most of whom are infantry. Even if he can barely fight with himself, Western Xia has other arrangements.

Mainly on the Xiazhou side. Where is the nest of the Western Xia people, Pang has a conservative military policy, and the longer the war lasts, the more he can learn from Zheng Lang, come to a Xia Yin Erzhou, and add the icing on the cake to his achievements, or add the biggest peony flower.

Euphemistically admonished.

Yuan Hao asked, "Yang Qing, what do you say?" ”

"The earth city is broken, and Ge Huaimin's army is the mainstay."

"As you say."

began to camp again, this fire burned so that there would be no terrible gunpowder underground, and set up camp in front of Pengyang City with confidence. There are still too many people, and some of them are forced to stick to the back of the South Mountain again.

Yuan Hao ordered the soldiers to start picking soil to make mountains, at this time the soil was not frozen, and there were many people, so it was easy to pick up soil and mountains. And after a fire, Yuan Hao found an advantage, without the cover of mountains and forests, the scouts of the Song Dynasty no longer dared to approach their camp. Half of the army was wandering around.

The attack was on Pengyang City in the east of Zhenrong Village, but Yuan Hao's eyes were fixed on the first back city in the west.

As for the more than 2,000 Song troops in Pengyang City, Yuan Hao had long regarded them as dead people.

Pengyang City is also worried.

It's a clumsy way to pick up dirt, but it's more effective. Step by step, the earth mountain will be pressed to the bottom of Pengyang City, connected with Pengyang City, and directly ascend to the top of the city from the earth mountain, Pengyang City will be lost. Yuan Hao sent people to shout outside the city from time to time, surrendering without killing. It made some ordinary people in the city panic. Don't fully believe these ordinary people, they originally live in the cracks of several countries, survival is the most important thing to them, as for what is in the country, few people may not care.

Although Zhang Fangping told the story of Yuanhao Yak City, many people believed or doubted it.

Standing at the height of Zhang Fangping, he naturally will not be angry with the rats of these ordinary people, they are only living to survive, what else can they ask for? Yak City is too far away for them.

There was no way, so I called Brother Wang Zhi again.

The three of them tried to resolve this dirt mountain, and Wang asked directly: "What are the most successful stories of offensive and defensive warfare since ancient times?" ”

Zhang Fangping still understands history, so he said many battle examples, especially Guo Ziyi's battle in Taiyuan. Wang Yuan said: "We also dig tunnels. ”

"Digging tunnels?" Zhang Fangping asked suspiciously. Suddenly, there was a light in his eyes.

With the inspiration, the three of them discussed the specific implementation for most of the day.

At this time, Pengyang City lacked soldiers, but it was not short of supplies, not only food was sufficient, but also weapons, including gunpowder. Quietly sent people to dig tunnels, and Ming was in the middle of the city to build a tower. Build several towers and send soldiers to stand on them and condescendingly fire arrows at the dirt mountain.

The effect was not great, the Tanguts protected the earth mountain with shields, and the soldiers constantly picked up the earth, dumped it on the top of the mountain, and dumped it to the north, and the earth mountain became higher and higher, and it got closer and closer to the city wall. In three days, under the firing of various weapons of the Song Dynasty, the Western Xia sacrificed hundreds of soldiers, but the Tushan began to have the height of Pengyang City. The Tanguts stood on the top of the hill and fired at the Song army. For the time being, it did not get any benefits, but it accelerated the speed of the construction of the earth mountain.

The situation in Pengyang City was critical, so Yuan Hao sent people to the mountain to shout, surrender quickly, and those who did not surrender broke the city, which was the time to slaughter the city.

The city was even more panicked, and Zhang Fangping said, "Let it end tonight." ”

Wang Zhi was a little hesitant, if he wanted a good effect, it was best that in two more days, after Tushan and Pengyang City were connected, the Western Xia people launched a general attack on Pengyang City, and they could also kill some more enemies. In terms of the overall strategy, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for arrangements elsewhere. But considering the morale of the people in the city, he was also afraid of accidents, so he nodded.

The strategy is not complicated, only dig a tunnel, go straight to the bottom of the dirt mountain, the amount of work is not large, and then build some wooden frames under the dirt mountain. There are many enemies who pick up earth, and if you don't build a wooden frame, you will soon be trampled flat. Then dig into a hollow, concentrate the gunpowder, and bury it underneath. Then the enemy's plan will be declared a failure. Without the force of the earth and mountains, would the Western Xia people dare to storm Pengyang City?

It can be captured, but the price is that Yuan Hao can afford it?

After nightfall, Wang Yuan personally led 300 or so people into the tunnel and quietly transported the soil out. There is no way, the Xixia people are building the earth mountain at night, the top of the mountain is almost higher than the head of the city, standing on the top of the mountain, you can see part of the situation in the city.

By the dark night at the end of the month, the mud was carried along the corners of the wall to the inner wall, and it was purely used to raise the inner wall. Gradually, a hole was dug under the dirt mountain, a frame was built with wood, and the gunpowder bag was brought in. When Shimenchuan was arranged, Wang Yuan personally stood beside Zheng Lang and watched.

There was no such condition, but they bought their hides from the people, prepared some oiled paper, sealed them layer by layer, and introduced them into the city again by pipe. The tunnel was stuffed to death, and a group of mermaids came out.

What made Yuan Hao feel the most was the next day.

Zhang Fangping gathered the army in the city, and he could see it outside the city, and the scout reported the news to Yuan Hao. Yuan Hao's first reaction was to break through, and the theory worked. Although there were few troops in the city, all of them were cavalry. As long as you break through the encirclement, speed is not at a disadvantage. What about the rest of the people? Can't even keep the walled city, let alone the people?

The order was to be prepared not to allow a single soldier in the city to break out. A fire from Longshan burned him painfully.

Zhang Fangping in the city is doing mobilization work.

He is also an important minister of Jingyuan Road, and he seems to be very friendly with Zheng Lang, and he has an authoritative surname when he speaks. After some reinforcements, morale was lifted slightly. Leave the rest to Brother Wang Zhi, do you want me to fight in person? It is impossible, if he goes to war, he will scare Wang Zhi to death. Being on the front line has already played a morale-boosting role.

However, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the city is quite impressive, and most of them are composed of soldiers and generals.

After the reinforcement is completed, people plug earplugs, Masai Masai.

There is a difference with the layout of Shimenchuan, the sealing surname is not enough, but there are nearly 10,000 catties of gunpowder buried underneath, which should be powerful. This is another unexpected arrangement. However, after this explosion, there was no more gunpowder available in the city. Take it all out and put it under that dirt mountain.

But it was not Fengzhou City, and Fulin Road had been fighting hard for four or five months, and I couldn't see how many reinforcements the imperial court had sent. You don't have to stick to it for so many days, this is also a place where Zhang Fang's peace of mind is stable.

The sun is rising, and the red sun spreads a layer of warmth on the earth.

The Tangut people ate breakfast unhurriedly and began to come out again to pick up the dirt mountain. There is still some distance from the city wall, but at this pace, it is only a matter of two or three days. Some soldiers rushed into the city with a threatening sound.

Zhang Fangping climbed to the top of the city, looked at it, gave the order, and began to shoot arrows from the tower.

Thousands of arrows from the tower and the head of the city were fired at the same time, and as the earth mountain became higher and higher, not dominating, many Tangut people stood on the mountain and began to fight back. In a rain of arrows, there were casualties on both sides. Zhang Fangping pressed down the big flag in his hand. Wang Yuan carefully lit the gunpowder fuse.

It was the first time that Zhang Fangping had seen the power of a large amount of gunpowder gathered together. Although his ears were stuffed with cloth balls, he had heard some things about it, and his hands were tightly gripping the battlements, regardless of whether there were any arrows shooting outside.

A loud bang was heard.

The soil of the earth mountain exploded the nest of chickens, and threw it up like chicken feathers. Many soldiers standing on the dirt mountain were thrown several meters into the air, and some actually landed in Pengyang Village. Yuan Hao stood behind and watched, making this thunderclap-like sound tremble in his ears faintly, and he couldn't hear the sound of talking left and right for a long time.

With a single sound, the dirt mountain vanished, leaving only a deep pit in the ground. At least two or three hundred soldiers were killed alive, and those who were not killed were lying on the ground and did not dare to move. The loud noise caused a succession of evil consequences, and many horses were frightened, broke free from their ropes, and ran wild in the camp.

Zhang Fangping didn't fall well, two pieces of mud fell in a row, just hit his body, fortunately it was wet mud, not big, not seriously injured, holding his head full of mud and struggling to stand up, waved the red flag in his hand again, and the gate of the village opened. Wang Zhi and Wang Yuan led the army to kill, and there were still hundreds of steps to the camp of Western Xia, but there were many Western Xia soldiers in the middle area, almost unarmed. Some of them were blown up, and when they saw the Song army killed, they didn't know what to do, and they stood in a daze. Some of them were clever, and when they saw that it was not good, they turned their legs and ran to the rear camp.

This is the cover function of the military book.

His own men retreated in defeat and disrupted their own camp, but instead gave the enemy a chance to rush and kill.

Moreover, this explosion also frightened many Xixia people, and it happened to give Wang Zhi the biggest fighter.

Riding a horse and chasing all the way down to the Xixia camp, he attacked repeatedly, almost killing the middle camp, seeing that the enemy soldiers in the rear were getting thicker and thicker, Wang Yuan pulled his horse and said, "Withdraw." ”

calmly withdrew, and also took out hundreds of people who woke up halfway, and fled back to the Xixia people, and then calmly entered the city.

Yuan Hao lost his soul.

The 120,000-strong army was full of interest, attacking a Pengyang village, facing only more than 2,000 enemy soldiers, and the city wall has not moved at all, sacrificing five or six thousand soldiers and losing one-third of the supplies. Yuan Hao** burst into tears, looked at Peng Yangcheng, and said dejectedly: "Withdraw." ”

I don't want this stockade.

It's not that I'm afraid, there are also some factors, but the main thing is that a bigger battle is about to kick off, Xiangjiaxia! Why don't we play with you, will we?