In the summer army camp! There was a dead silence.

One by one, they looked at the city of Pingxia in amazement, there were tens of thousands of Western Xia soldiers who participated in the attack this time, but less than 7,000 people were able to come back safely.

"This is a firearm?"

Liang Yikui couldn't believe it, it was not a secret that there were firearms in the Song army, and all along, the firearms of the Song army had at most some poisonous smoke or the like, or some noise, which was not useful at all.

And this time, the firearms in Pingxia City refreshed their understanding of firearms, with a huge sound and strong lethality, even the iron harriers wearing heavy armor were still vulnerable in front of firearms.

Empress Dowager Liang gritted her silver teeth and scolded angrily: "Five thousand people, in just two days, my Xixia boy has already killed and injured five thousand people!" ”

Because Pingxia City is located in the hinterland of Western Xia, it is impossible to catch the Song people as a strong man to die as usual, and the people who fill in the soil are all Western Xia soldiers, coupled with the damage of several consecutive battles in the city, especially the earth-shaking thunder that debuted, it is even more so that the unsuspecting Western Xia soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and this has just started the war, and the Xia army has already lost 5,000 people, which makes them extremely sad.

What made Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's heart even more bloody was that the most elite Iron Harrier in the Western Xia Army also suffered heavy casualties.

"The Queen Mother is angry! I waited for a while and didn't investigate, so that the Song army could succeed. Liang Yiqi shirked.

"First there are divine arm crossbows, and then there are firearms, and this time the Song army's construction of Pingxia City is full of weirdness." Rindo Baozhong, whose arm was bandaged, said bitterly.

The Great Song Dynasty physicians changed the law, and naturally it also spread to the Western Xia, and the concept of disinfection was also popular in the Western Xia.

"Offense instead of defense!" Wei Ming Ah Wu said solemnly.

The generals of Western Xia couldn't help nodding, whether it was the location of Pingxia City, or the divine arm crossbow and thunderous firearms, they were all amazingly lethal, so that the Xia army suffered heavy casualties, much higher than the previous siege of the city, and the various changes of the Song army obviously came from one person, that is, the overseer of Pingxia City-Evil Doctor Fan Zheng.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng!"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang gritted her teeth and said that she used to appreciate Fan Zheng's medical skills and poetry very much, and thought that after breaking the city, she would leave Fan Zheng's life and let him work for herself.

Now this idea has long since disappeared, replaced by a monstrous hatred for Fan Zheng.

"Pingxia City is no longer advisable, and the minister asks the Queen Mother to withdraw for the time being, and slowly try to do it." Wei Ming Ah Wu solemnly requested.

Liang Yiqi angrily reprimanded Wei Ming Ah Wu and said: "You dare to shake the heart of the army!" ”

Wei Ming Ah Wu smiled bitterly: "The prime minister knows how many firearms are like thunder in Pingxia City, and how many crossbow arrows are in Pingxia City, our army has only attacked for two days and lost 5,000 people. ”

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's face was embarrassed suddenly, five thousand in two days, if it was attacked for one or twenty days, wouldn't it be that the Xia army would lose forty or fifty thousand people, and there was no guarantee that it could be broken.

Liang Yikui angrily reprimanded: "What about retreating? Once we retreat, the Song army will invade the Jingsai Military Division, and the fertile fields under Tiandu Mountain will be under the threat of the Song army, and all of them will be barren. ”

The generals of the Western Xia were silent, and the Western Xia was born in the party and was prevalent in nomadism, and the food depended on the Jingsai military division in the south and the fertile fields of the Hetao Plain. Once Pingxia City is established, half of the grain-producing areas of Western Xia will be threatened, which is a pain that Western Xia cannot bear.

"You can't retreat!" Renduo Baozhong gritted his teeth and said.

"Ahh Wei Ming Ah Wu looked at Renduo Baozhong in disbelief, didn't he know how many Western Xia men needed to die to capture Pingxia City? ”

Ren Duo Baozhong looked at the wound on his arm and said bitterly: "Once we wait to retreat, the Great Song Dynasty will establish countless Pingxia cities on the border of Western Xia, will we have to withdraw next time?" ”

Ah Wu was silent for a moment.

Obviously! If the Western Xia can't find a way to crack the Pingxia City, I'm afraid that the Song army will use the Pingxia City one by one to completely besiege the Western Xia.

"Have you ever found Song army reinforcements!" Empress Dowager Xiao Liang frowned.

Liang Yikui shook his head and said, "For the time being, I haven't found the arrival of reinforcements from the Song army. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Pass the order, at any cost, before the Song army reinforcements arrive, Pingxia City must be captured." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said resolutely.

"Yes!"

The generals of the Western Xia glanced at each other and nodded heavily.

Everyone knows that Pingxia City is related to the national fortune of Western Xia, if Pingxia City cannot be pulled out, Western Xia will not only not be able to make the Great Song Dynasty succumb, but will switch the offensive and defensive momentum, and it will be the turn of Western Xia to be beaten passively.

Wei Ming Ah Wu nodded helplessly and said: "The minister has a plan, which can break the Xia City." ”

"Lord Awa, please speak!" The Empress Dowager Xiaoliang is as good as a runner.

"Pingxia City rammed earth to build the city, it took twenty days to build, its city walls must not be thick, if I and other soldiers wearing heavy armor to break into the city, holding a giant axe, under the strategy of the Poxi army and the god arm crossbow, we will definitely be able to chisel through the city wall to attack Pingxia City." Wei Ming Ah Wu gritted his teeth and said.

"Can you give it a try?" The eyes of the Western Xia generals lit up.

At that moment, the drums of war were beating, and the Western Xia army once again ignored the casualties and attacked the city.

With the previous experience of the Song army, the Divine Arm Crossbow once again exerted great power, causing huge casualties to the Western Xia army.

Suddenly, a small stream of Xixia iron harriers, holding giant axes and shields, went straight to the city wall of Pingxia City, directly facing the city wall of Pingxia City, and excavated.

"Not good!"

Yang Weizhong was hurriedly shocked when he saw this, he personally participated in the construction of Pingxia City, and naturally knew that the city walls of Pingxia City were not protected by city bricks, and they were all made of earth rammed.

"Use it quickly, Earthquake Thunder!"

At that moment, the earth-shattering thunder ignited and threw it on the head of the iron harrier that was digging the city wall.

However, the Iron Harrier had already prepared, and the huge shield formed sharp corners, and the earth-shattering thunder landed on the shield and was bounced far away.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Although the power of the earth-shattering thunder is extremely great, it is far away from the iron harrier that chiseled the wall, and it is blocked by the giant shield, so the lethality is extremely limited.

"Blocked!"

Seeing this, Wei Ming Ah Wu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they were given a short time to dig out a hole in the earthen wall to accommodate their bodies, then he would be sure to expand this hole bigger and bigger, until he chiseled through Pingxia City and rushed into the city.

"Hurry up and ask Lord Warden!" Chong Pu was shocked when he saw this, the earth-shaking thunder was created by the prison army, and now that the earth-shaking thunder was restrained, he naturally consulted the prison army Fan Zheng.

The herald immediately rushed to the city, and soon returned, holding a roll of iron wire with a strange face.

"What do you mean by that?" Chong Pu frowned and said, at such a critical juncture, Fan Zheng, as a supervisor, was not only indifferent, but instead sent a roll of iron wire.

The herald said truthfully: "The general only needs to tie the earth-shaking thunder to the iron wire and hang it above the head of the iron harrier who chisels the wall, and the crisis will be solved immediately." ”

"Wonderful!" The case is amazing.

The earth-shaking thunder is not insufficient, the iron harrier uses the shield to bounce away the earth-shaking thunder, so that the power of the earth-shaking thunder is greatly reduced, but the Western Xia wants to chisel through the city wall and break under the city wall, and the iron wire hangs the earth-shaking thunder, which can make the earth-shaking thunder explode above the iron harrier's head, so close to the distance, whether it is a thunderous sound or a shrapnel flying sideways with the impact, it is fatal.

With the sparks, one by one, the earth-shattering thunder hung down the city wall along the iron wire.

The iron harrier under the shield looked at the earth-shattering thunder above his head, and suddenly his soul was overwhelmed.

With a huge roar, a team of iron harriers who dug the earth wall suffered heavy casualties, and the danger of Pingxia City was immediately resolved.

(End of chapter)