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The Western Xia garrisoned troops in Henan to defend against the Song Dynasty, including 50,000 people from Hongzhou, Baibao, Anyanzhou, Luoluo, Tiandu, and Weijingshan, in order to prepare for Huan, Qing, Zhenrong, and Yuanzhou of the Song Dynasty; There are 50,000 people on Youzhou Road in the left chamber to prepare for Dun, Yan, Lin, Fu and other prefectures. In this Chage Eastern Expedition, 70,000 troops were drawn from it, and under the blow of the Hedong Army, almost all the troops were wiped out, and the troops in Henan were unprecedentedly empty, resulting in the loss of Xiazhou to the point where there were no troops to send.

However, the important town of Henan, the city of Xiazhou, is also the land of Longxing of the Dangxiang clan, and it is also the south gate of the Xingling area, so it cannot but be taken. In addition, the Eastern Expeditionary Army has failed repeatedly, and the urgent letter of sending reinforcements and military funds is continuous, and if you want to send reinforcements to transport grain and grass, you must open up the Wuding River Road, so Li Qianshun, the lord of Xia, urgently ordered the right carriage of each supervising army to gather 20,000 troops, and send 30,000 Lingzhou soldiers to Xiazhou, recapture Xiazhou City to assist, and serve as the main force of Eastern Aid

"Deputy marshal, we've been fighting for twenty days, and the prince hasn't arrived yet, isn't it going well over there?" Zhao Yong and Zhao Ren, who were also standing at the head of the city, were checking the movements of the enemy army, and the front of the city was filled with countless corpses of men and horses.

"Now that the city is besieged, the news can't be transmitted, and it's hard for us to know the situation in the outside world, but you find out that it doesn't. In the past two days, the offensive of the summer army has weakened significantly, and some of the meaning of not working is to make any efforts, but it is like being perfunctory, and the situation may have changed! Zhao Ren put down the binoculars. Pointing to the scout of Xia Jun who was wandering in the distance, he said.

"These boys are scared by us, and they don't dare to move forward, these days they have suffered at least 30,000 casualties, but they haven't even touched the city wall, and now they have no fighting spirit, as long as we charge down, we can break down their defense line!" Zhao Yong said confidently.

"No, our casualties are small, but our casualties are close to a thousand. In addition, there are 500 people who have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness due to the epidemic, and the offensive operation is not the head of the dragoons, this situation may be that the Xia army deliberately showed weakness and led us out of the city for a decisive battle. If there are further heavy casualties, the huge city will have no soldiers to defend, wouldn't it be a big thing for the prince! Zhao Ren refused.

"The deputy marshal is right, these days our rapid-fire guns have cracks due to frequent firing. can no longer be used, in addition, the reserves of gunpowder, artillery shells are dwindling day by day, making it difficult to carry out large-scale shelling; If the sortie fails. The consequences are unimaginable! Zhao Xiao said worriedly, in the beginning of the battle. The Xia army attacked without death, and artillery became the most powerful weapon. They are high in the city, and they can carry out a wide range of damage to the enemy from a distance, so the daily firing volume of each cannon exceeds the design limit, coupled with the hot weather, the barrel heat dissipation is slow, and the wear and tear is even more serious, and some are close to scrapping and unusable.

"Well, now not only the loss of cannons is serious, but the wear and tear of our guns is also a big problem, the barrels of machine guns have been generally replaced, and some bead guns have also replaced wearing parts, but spare parts are still very short, and the craftsman team has not enough to make a batch, and the ammunition reserves are also tight, if the Xia army continues to carry out large-scale attacks, it will be difficult for us to deal with it!" Zhao Zhong was not optimistic about the future battle, the intensity of the battle here was something they had never experienced, and before setting off, they made the greatest estimate and carried as much ammunition as possible, but it was still overstretched.

"The task given to us by the prince is to attack Xiazhou City, hold the passage, attract the Xia army, block the enemy's reinforcements, and establish a supply base. Now the situation is unclear, the Xia army may be waiting for reinforcements to attack again, so don't take the battle lightly, in view of our situation, I decided to shrink the defensive line, abandon the sheep and horse city outside the city gate, and withdraw all into Xia Zhou City, with a strong city to defend! Zhao Ren thought for a while and said. …,

"Brother Ren, don't do it, there is no sheep and horse city outside the city, we are guarding the city wall, there is no defensive depth, artillery and machine guns are difficult to exert their power, and there is a lack of defensive equipment, we can only fight hand-to-hand with the Xia army who climbed to the top of the city, and our soldiers lack this kind of combat experience, I am afraid the loss will be greater!" Zhao Yong was anxious when he heard that he was going to give up Yangma City, and shouted at Zhao Ren, even the deputy marshal was saved, and he was directly changed to Brother Ren.

Zhao Yong's worries were not superfluous, and after they captured the city, they quickly established Yangma City in a hundred steps outside the first city. It is said that it is Yangma City, but Zhao Ta borrowed the name at that time, which is fundamentally different from Yangma City at that time, and it is better to say that it is a modern outer city fortification. The main body of the fortifications was two encircling moats, with breastworks piled up on the opposing side, machine-gun bunkers set up at intervals of ten paces, and trenches were also covered to prevent damage caused by enemy bows and arrows. The first 50 to 100 steps were set up with defensive measures such as horse rejection piles and pits, and the next 30 steps were set up with two defensive lines, machine gun positions were arranged, and high platforms were built behind the defense line and artillery positions were arranged, forming a complete set of defense system and bringing the power of firearms into full play.

If once you abandon the city of sheep and horses, according to the city to defend to the death, the city wall is not more than fifteen steps wide, the depth of defense is narrow, the enemy will be in front of him as soon as he goes up to the city tower, and because the city wall is too high, and it is steep and straight, there are many dead angles in shooting, as long as the enemy is close to the city wall, it is difficult for firearms to exert their power, especially rapid-fire artillery, which cannot be shot at all, and its maximum angle of depression is there, so you can't let the cannon shoot upside down with its buttocks! The invincibility of the loyal army in a hundred battles is largely based on well-trained and sharp firearms, and now give up the advantage of carrying forward firepower and make such a decision, how can Zhao Yong not be anxious.

"Zhao Yong, you have a point, but according to the city wall, we can still give full play to the advantages of firearms, although the city wall is narrow, but you can still set up a war shed, the city wall of Yamato Fort is much narrower than this, the prince did it back then, the same will Xia Jun repulsed, put the muzzle on the head to shoot that is a shot, a shot, a bullet can save a lot; The city walls are full of horse faces and corner towers, and we can arrange machine guns on them to also develop firepower and hit the enemy who enters the dead corner; Artillery positions can be set up on the crossbow platform and pier platform behind the city wall, so that we can appropriately reduce the charge of the artillery and reduce the wear and tear of the gun chamber, and the enemy gathers under the city, and the lethality of the artillery can also be multiplied, that is, once the city wall is lost, we can withdraw to the urn city and establish a second blocking line, and the enemy will not be able to enter the city! Zhao Ren smiled and didn't mean to blame the old brother, and pointed to the various defensive measures that were available on the city wall.

"Brother Ren has a point!" Zhao Xiao looked at the crossbow platform behind the city wall with the eyes of an artillery commander and nodded, "We can measure the shooting Zhuyuan in advance, and set up an observation post on the corner to direct the shooting, but the rapid-fire cannon is indeed as Brother Yong said, once the Xia army approaches the city, it will be difficult to exert its power, but the mortar is no problem, but the crossbow platform is a straight up and down patio, up and down have to rely on ropes to climb, it takes a little effort to set up the artillery position, how do you think about lifting the cannon up, the crossbow platform must also be reinforced, otherwise the recoil is too great, and the floor will be knocked out!" ”

"Brother Yong, say something you don't like to hear, you are born with a hussar, and you are not suitable for the commander of the dragoon, Brother Ren is right, you can also exert the power of firearms on the city wall, if you are asked to guard the mountain, you still don't know how to fight!" Zhao Zhong sarcastically said, "What can the enemy do when he goes to the city, he doesn't even have time to pull the bow, he has to be killed, and the hand-to-hand combat with the saber is also the strength of the dragoon, not only the hussars have practiced!" Even if we can't hold the main city, we retreat to the urn city, the wall of the urn city is the same height as the main city, and the terrain will not suffer, unless they jump down from above, otherwise we block the passage, they are still trapped on the city wall, climb up, roll down! ”…,

"Gotcha, gotcha... I can't talk about you, you are all brothers, you can do whatever you say, I will listen to you! Zhao Yong was speechless by everyone, and it was right to think about it, so he raised his hand and surrendered.

'Bang, bang, bang...' Suddenly there was a continuous muffled sound from the city, like the sound of muskets being fired, several people hurriedly stretched out their heads to look at the lower part of the city, but they were smoked and retched, it turned out that the corpse of the Xia Jun who died in battle was exposed to the sun, the internal organs in the stomach deteriorated, and began to flatulence, and the belly finally couldn't bear it, and exploded into flowers, and the intestines inside flew out of the stomach.

"Hey, I saved lunch again today, it's fucking disgusting!" Zhao Xiao spat out the sour water, touched his mouth with his sleeve and said.

"Lord Wang, come quickly, your old man, otherwise we will be smoked to death without dying in battle!" Zhao Yong let out a miserable howl.

"I'm going to eat beef stew at noon today, and you two can't eat it anyway, so leave it to me!" Zhao Zhong vomited, and said without changing his face.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and prepare, we will quietly withdraw into the city tonight, and inform the health team to boil more anti-epidemic medicinal soup, if someone is infected with corpse poison, this will become a dead city!" Zhao Ren is the leader, his throat stirred twice without spitting, and said with a frown, beckoning everyone to go down to the city and prepare...

Zhao Ren may have been with the prince for a long time and gained a sixth sense, but the Xia army has quietly mobilized reinforcements in the past few days but deliberately showed weakness, just to attract the Song army out of the city to fight in the field. But the Xia army couldn't wait at this time, also due to the lag in communications, the Xia army besieging the city had just learned that Brother Cha broke through in the turbidity wheel river, most of them were annihilated, and they were 'retreating' to the Mingtang River. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )