Chapter 209: The Comer Is Not Good
Whether it is Zhao Ren's clever calculation, or the mistake of the sun, when the Xia army pushed the cart up, everyone still broke out in a cold sweat, there are also capable people in the Xia army, in addition to artillery, whether it is a continuous gun or a machine gun, it is difficult to be helpless against the cart full of dirt bags, bullets can not penetrate the thick dirt bags, they will rely on this to gradually approach the trenches and the Song army to fight hand-to-hand, even the artillery did not dare to fire at that time, but now it is different, the Song army abandoned the sheep and horse city, and entered the city of Xiazhou, no one fought with them.
Xia Jun was frightened and advanced to the outside of Yangma City, but he didn't wait for the projectiles like rain, he only got an empty city with no people, but they couldn't let them breathe a sigh of relief, there was a strong city in front of them. The ancients attacked the city in no more than three ways, one is to storm the city, set up ladders, make siege vehicles, building vehicles, etc., and borrow various siege equipment to attack the city, which is the most stupid way and the choice with the greatest casualties; The second is flooding, but this is not applicable in Xiazhou City, their ancestors are too smart, the city base is more than ten feet higher than the Hongliu River, and the dam is built unless the Gezhou Dam is built; The third is to dig tunnels, Xia Jun wanted to cry when he heard this method, the party celebrity who built the city back then stipulated, 'Iron cone pierced an inch, that is, beheaded', the city wall is as hard as iron, how to dig it. There is only one way left, and you can only choose to attack.
The 'earth tank' was far away, although the artillery fire was fierce, but it was impossible for that thing to fall on it accurately, so it still moved forward quickly, covering the warriors who climbed the city to get close to the city, but they also dedicated their heads and backs to the Song army at the head of the city, under the fierce fire. The Xia army, who had just gathered under the city, was knocked to the ground before he had time to erect a ladder, and he quickly got under the car and dodged the bullets fired from above, but he could only watch his companion being shot.
The smart men in the Xia army were not intimidated by the heavy casualties. Immediately ordered the building car and siege vehicle to be modified, the roof and front of the car were piled with dirt bags, dozens of cars rumbled on the road again, and the machine guns and bead guns were silent, and there was nowhere to start. But this thing is not without weaknesses, its goal is too big, and the speed of advancement is slow. It soon became a live target for rapid-fire guns placed at the head of the city.
Against targets at close range, the artillery of the Loyal Warriors generally fired shotguns to kill a large area, but it was not very effective against this big guy, except for punching countless holes in the raw cowhide and wooden planks that were covered outside. became fragmented, scaring Xia Jun who was hiding inside into peeing his pants, which had little effect. However, this was difficult for Zhao Xiao, so he immediately adjusted the shooting steps, and first used live ammunition to disperse the dirt bags blocking the front. and then change into a shotgun to kill and injure the Xia army inside. The siege engines advanced with great difficulty, braving artillery fire, and although most of them did not make it to the rear, a few of them escaped the net and landed against the city walls. When they lower the gangplank, they push down the dirt bags that stand in front of them. I was surprised to see the kind of fire-breathing guy who had taken away their countless companions and put it on the door of his head, and it rang...
As the firepower shifted to the Xia army who landed in the city. More enemy soldiers poured into the city, threw hooks and ropes to the city, set up a ladder to climb the city, and for a time the wall was full of Xia soldiers climbing along the wall, like geckos foraging for food, but their efforts were destroyed again and again by the sound of guns, and blood trickled down the wall, dyeing the white city wall into a bewitching pink.
The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of gunshots, the screams of those who were shot, and the muffled sound of falling corpses from the city, made people feel inexplicable fear in their hearts, and the end of the Buddha world was just around the corner, and the loyal soldiers who were shooting at the head of the city rubbed their eyes that were smoked by the gunsmoke, and tried to aim at the exposed head in front of them, and pulled the trigger in the sharp whistle, loaded the bullet, shot, and mechanically repeated several actions, and when they finished shooting the bullets in the magazine, they immediately took two steps back, and someone immediately made up for it, repeating their actions until the whistle stopped. …,
"Molotov cocktails!" Zhao Xiao, who commanded on the corner tower, looked at the Xia soldiers gathered more and more under the city, and said calmly, the standard-bearer on the side shook the red flag in his hand twice, "Knock knock...", a series of explosions, the mortar cannon was continuously thrown, and hundreds of clay pots were shot out of the city, and the grease splashed in it was immediately ignited by sparks, raising an insurmountable burning fire belt, blocking the follow-up Xia army thirty steps away from the city wall. And more incendiary bombs fell from the air, gathered under the city to ascend the city, waiting for the city to ascend the Xia army immediately fell into bad luck, this black thing where to go, the rising flames are two or three feet high, the raging fire ignited the piled up under the city of the city of climbing cars, building cars, siege vehicles, those are made of wood, although covered with cowhide, but it is difficult to stop the spread of the fire, for a time the whole city became purgatory, countless ghosts in the fire got immortal...
"Deputy marshal, a group of Xia troops took advantage of our transfer to deal with the enemy besieging the city, rushed over from the main road, and there were about six or seven people in the banner!" The battle here slowed down a little, and the lookout post hurriedly ran over to report.
"Second master, I've done my best!" Zhao Ren looked at the dust and smoke that disappeared into the sky and muttered.
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On July 22, Zhao Ta led the army from Yincheng out of Jialu Village to the Shen Yong Military Division, in order to order the head of the Jie Ji and Yin Xin to surrender the Xia army and tribes of the military villages, at this time the Shen Yong Military Division has no fierce generals, and there are no elite soldiers, in addition to surrendering, it is to look at the wind and flee west into Yulin County to take refuge in Lei Mai, which is in line with Zhao Ta's intentions, and do not chase after them, let them all enter the city.
The Song army swept through the entire territory of the Shenyong Army Division on the third day, arrived at the city of Yulin, Lei Mai to the leaders of the 'Xiao Yi Yi', led the people to surrender the city, Zhao Ta good words to appease, issued a list of people, appointed Lei Mai temporarily on behalf of the Yulin County Shou, let them go back to the headquarters to produce with peace of mind, pay taxes according to the regulations, leave a forbidden army stationed in Yulin, and then lead the army to cross the Yulin River, occupy the Mingtang River Road, and enter the Xia Xiangyou Military Division.
Wu Li, who had just fled back, heard that Zhao Ta's army had arrived, and did not dare to engage in battle, so he led 3,000 remnants of his army to flee west to Longzhou and gave up Shizhou City. At this time, Zhao Ta only five days of soldiers without blood to get the land of the two states of Western Xia, more than 500 large and small tribes, more than 30,000 accounts of the people, only more than 100 miles away from Xiazhou, the scouts who came out of the front have seen the banner of the loyal and brave army at the head of the city, and the combined army is in the short term.
"Second master, Captain Tong is here to visit!" On the day after Zhao Ta led the army into Shizhou City, he suddenly saw Xi coming in to report.
"What is he doing when he comes to see me at this time?" Zhao Tan chuckled and said, this Tong Guan is a cat in front of the emperor, but he is a tiger in the northwest, Ren is an important minister of the court has to go to the northwest to worship his mountain, never took the initiative to go to see others, this time he condescended to chase Shizhou to see himself, I don't know whether Lu Dao is to ask guilt or show goodwill.
"Second master, can't you see him? This time, Tong Guanlai's attitude was very respectful, and he stuffed me with a big red envelope, not like there was malicious intent! Seeing Xi, he came up and said to the prince with a smile.
"Do you know how many soldiers he brought here, maybe he came to catch us!" Zhao Ta knocked a chestnut on Jianxi's head and said.
"Second master, I have already made people see it, he brought three thousand Jiesheng troops to come, but they were all stopped outside the city, I made Zhao Lian keep an eye on it, if he dares to make a move, he can scoop it down immediately, and I have already mobilized the guards to arrange a guard in the camp, he doesn't dare to make a mistake!" Jianxi patted his plump chest and said.
"Hehe, don't be so nervous, it's not time to turn his face yet, otherwise he won't throw himself into the net, remove the alert, just leave the internal guard, you and I will change clothes and open the door to greet you!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, seeing that Xi's toss was a bit of a fuss, so that Tong Guan didn't laugh when he saw it.
"Yes, Second Master!" Jianxi also replied a little embarrassed, feeling a little too much, after all, this is on his own territory, if this seems to be majestic, in fact, it will be lost for outsiders to see. …,
After a while, Zhao Ta finished cleaning up, the salute soldiers blew the welcome number, the main gate opened, two columns of guards saluted with guns, and Zhao Ta led people to welcome them out of the door, "Old slave see Prince Yan!" As soon as they met, he was still taken aback, Tong Guan, the old boy, did not wear the official uniform of the envoy, but was dressed as an internal servant, and saw Zhao Ta pay a big salute.
"How did the Taiwei personally move here, this king thought that when the war slowed down a little, he would visit the mansion again, but he didn't expect the Taiwei to come first!" Zhao Tan is not stupid, people can't throw it away if they give you face, don't wait for Tong Guan to bow down, hurriedly put his hands together, looked at his clothes and understood the truth after thinking about it.
This Tong Guan is really anxious, wrote a letter to invite himself to Yinzhou, but he sank into the sea, he had the heart to see himself and was afraid of falling into the majesty, making people talk nonsense, but the nature of wearing the clothes of the chamberlain was different, then he became a person who saw the royal family, he respected the emperor, and came here to express his condolences in the face of the emperor.
"Don't humiliate the old slave, the old slave has been fighting for the emperor in the northwest for more than ten years, which is not as good as the prince's one-year achievement, and he defeated Brother Cha in only one battle and won thousands of miles of land!" Tong Guan didn't see jealousy on his face, but he was full of panic, and he reached out and carefully dusted off the dust that didn't exist on his sleeve and said.
"Where, where, this king is just a fluke to win over Brother Cha, how can it compare to the Tai Lieutenant's collection of the river and the merit of Hengshan!" Zhao Ta couldn't figure out Tong Guan's path for a while, so he welcomed him into the hall with a smile, and sat down after seeing him again.
"The court wants to negotiate peace with the Western Xia, the prince may have heard of it, and the court has also made a conclusion about it, Cai University has been sent to the northwest to preside over this matter by Shengming, the old slave is also heartbroken when he learns about it, once the peace is negotiated, many years of hard work have been wasted, chilling the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Army, the old slave wanted to invite the prince to Yinzhou for a while, and wanted to discuss the matter with the prince, and jointly played to the saint, please suspend the peace, and it is not too late for us to scoop up Xingling and talk about it, the prince may have misunderstood the meaning of the old slave, and did not go, the old slave had to go to the door with a shy face!" Tong Guan said.
"Oh, Captain has that meaning?" Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, but he knew in his heart that he was not good, and he had to deal with it carefully. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )