On the morning of the second day, I heard a desolate horn sound in the city of Huizhou, and then as if the torrent was activated, the flags were unfurled, the people shouted and the horses were neighing, the swords and guns were dazzling, and the Xixia soldiers of the brigade were killed outside the city.

Li Yanxian stood on top of the arrow tower, holding the telescope tube in both hands and looking into the distance, he didn't have this kind of clairvoyant eye object, it was Zhao Ta who lent him his own one.

There are more than a dozen arrow towers in the camp, all of which are fixed, and although this kind of arrow tower cannot be moved to avoid attacks, it can be built more firmly and widely.

The thickness of these dozen arrow towers is at least one zhang square, and the main tower in the middle is even nearly two zhang long and wide, thick and strong, and it looks more majestic than the real tower.

At the top of the tower is a tower, with four beams and eight columns, and it is covered, all of which are made of thick logs, and even if the flying cannon hits it, it will not be easily damaged.

Li Yanxian was standing on the top of the main tower at the moment, surrounded by spacious houses, covered by shield stakes in front, rows of soldiers holding bows and arrows staring at the outside of the camp, and two light ballistas were placed in the middle of the soldiers.

There are flag bearers behind him and on both sides, and even if they are on it, they can pass orders through the flag without misfortune.

At this time, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, although he had praised Haikou before, saying that he would definitely be able to block today's wave of attacks, but after all, there were few soldiers, Zhao Ta only gave him 1,500 people, 1,500 against tens of thousands, even if the front of the camp was densely fortified, he also felt huge pressure, and he still felt nervous in his heart.

At this time, the shouting and killing in front gradually approached, even if you don't use a telescope, you can see clearly, the dense Western Xia soldiers rushed over like ants, the cavalry at the head, the number of people was at least five or six thousand, and the rear was followed by the infantry, and the tail could not be seen, and it seemed endless.

The cavalry suddenly dispersed before they could step into the land, and the infantry rushed forward with their shield carts, followed by the daggers and shieldmen, and then the archers, broadswordsmen, and pikemen followed.

Li Yanxian's eyelids jumped when he saw this, and a trace of fierceness appeared on his face, although there were many people in Western Xia, there was no shortage of arrows and weapons on his side, as long as the offensive could keep up, it was not impossible to stop the other party.

Seeing that the shield chariot soldiers were about to reach the first trench, Li Yanxian stretched out his hand to take the flag and personally passed down the order, just to see the "whoosh" sound in the camp below, and countless arrows flew out, and the sky was almost half dark.

These arrows were so dense that they were not aimed at all when they came out of the camp, and they were shot almost indiscriminately, although the shield chariot soldiers in the heads could hide behind the carts, but the direct shots could dodge, and the projectiles had to be swung, especially the cavalry that turned into two wings, which were also covered in the range of the attack.

But this situation only lasted less than a quarter of an hour, the formation of the Western Xia army changed, the cavalry began to retreat, and the shield short sword soldiers made up for it, these soldiers did not need to push the vehicle, but kept approaching from both sides, Li Yanxian immediately gave a second order, flying artillery stones.

This cannon can't get close, the cannon has a lever that determines how far the stone flies, and there are no short-rod gun carts in the army, but everything that hits can get close to the arrow.

Just watch the bluestone flying in the sky, smashing it into the Western Xia army, but this wave is more than the rain of arrows just now, and suddenly the Western Xia soldiers fell down.

Western Xia also had artillery carts, but they were bet on the rear, because the artillery carts had to be made of stones, and the stones were heavy, and they needed to be pulled by the frame, so they could not walk in front, which suffered some losses.

But this is also a thing that can't be helped.,Normally, the cannon is only suitable for defending or besieging the city.,It's not suitable for mobile attacks.,The reason is that the stone is not easy to carry.,The artillery station attack is okay.,But it doesn't have the mobility of mobile raid.。

After the two waves of defense were over, Li Yanxian ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, and the Western Xia army took the opportunity to rush to the edge of the first trench.

This first trench was dug very wide, and the bottom was covered with wooden thorns, fallen piles, thistles, etc., and it was difficult for people and horses to fall.

The latter ones are narrow and wide, and irregular, which is designed to block the attack of the cavalry, not to allow the opponent to easily build planks, and not to allow some well-trained war horses to simply cross over.

The soldiers in the head of the Western Xia soldiers began to stop when they reached the trench, and the rear formation changed again, and the engineers began to carry the planks and stakes forward, and the artillery trucks also followed slowly at this time, intending to cover the sappers to build the bridge.

Seeing this, Li Yanxian raised his flag violently above the arrow tower, and suddenly countless flying locust flowstones were shot out again in the camp.

At this moment, the Western Xia side began to stop and officially attack, and the arrows also flew wildly, and the stones hit the camp.

At present, the camp is not simply surrounded by a wooden fence, and the soil from the trench is compacted along the fence, wrapping the camp like a small earthen city.

Behind the arrow tower of the big camp, there was even a small hill from the remaining soil of the trench, although it was not as high as the arrow tower, but the scene outside the camp could also be seen from this small earth hill.

Zhao Ta was sitting on top of the earth mountain at the moment, looking at the scene outside with an expressionless face.

The opponent's stone artillery had already smashed into the camp, several arrow towers were damaged, and the soldiers began to suffer casualties.

However, the counterattack commanded by Li Yanxian was even more violent, and almost in a short moment, the arrows, flying stones, and bed crossbows started to move together, and they were simply smashed out regardless of the loss.

Although the Western Xia had a large number of troops, there was no better strategy in this situation, after all, it was mainly necessary to destroy the fortifications in front of the camp, and it was impossible to fight back wholeheartedly, and the two sides fell into a long-range stalemate for a while.

Zhao Ta sat on the small earth mountain, with Bai Ba and Bai Zhan behind him, he took a sip of the tea bowl next to him, shook his head and said, "If you can't take Huizhou this time, you will lose a lot." ”

Bai Ba said: "Childe, didn't Zhang Xiaolang say that he can complete the formation training in one day today, and he will be able to break the enemy tomorrow?" ”

Zhao Ta sneered: "What he said is simple, I just give it a try, as for success or failure, it is only a matter of five or five." ”

Bai Zhan said: "Childe, I think it can be done." ”

Zhao Ta was puzzled: "Where can you see it?" ”

Bai Zhan scratched his head: "Gongzi has always had no last resort, if he is really not sure, he will not withdraw the army long ago, how can he delay here......"

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched, and he shook his head and said: "It may have been the case in the past, but this time it is not, after all, that formation is operated by Zhang Xian, and I don't know how powerful it is, but I just look at him and ask for it, and I think it is appropriate to give it a try, otherwise I will be cautious and honest everywhere, and my subordinates will not be able to exercise, so I will just gamble." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a bucket-sized stone fell under the small dirt mountain, making a loud "boom".

Bai Ba's face immediately changed: "Lord Wang, it's better to go to the rear camp tent to rest." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said, "Don't make a fuss, and watch it." ”

As time passed, the shouts of killing outside the camp continued, but they never approached.

There were still stones and even flying feathers that fell under the small dirt mountain, but that was the end of it, and no more progress was made.

By the afternoon, there was a wave of fierce attacks outside, about half an hour or so, but the other side did not cross the dozens of trenches and killed in front of the camp.

Until the evening, the Western Xia army had died down, slowly withdrew to the city of Huizhou, and attacked in one day without breaking the camp.

(End of chapter)