Chapter 57 falls short
After a long journey, the army of Jingyuan Road finally came to Lingzhou City, Mao Zheng looked at the towering city walls of Lingzhou City, and his heart couldn't help but surge. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info months of hard fighting is for this moment, victory is only one step away from him, can Mao Zheng not be excited?
"As long as Lingzhou City is captured, my trip to the northwest this time will be complete. As long as I can recover my hometown in northwest China, I will definitely be able to be personally received by the Holy One, and no one will be able to stumble me anymore at that time. I will definitely be able to go back to Jinling City in style. Mao Zheng thought in his heart, and there was a light in his eyes.
"Brother Mao, Lingzhou City is right in front of you. Shall we attack immediately, or will we prepare a little?" Liu Changzuo asked Mao Zheng, under Mao Zheng's planning, he had won one victory after another, and he now had complete trust in Mao Zheng.
"Of course, it was immediately attacked. Brother Liu, you see, the people in Lingzhou City are not at all defenseless. We can just go in one fell swoop. As long as Lingzhou City can be conquered, the Li clan will no longer be able to make any waves in the future. Mao Zheng replied.
"Then listen to you, and we will attack the city at once. The soldiers of the three armies listened to the order, Lingzhou City was in front of them, and after the capture of Lingzhou City, it was still a triple reward. Everybody rushed me. Liu Changzuo launched an order to attack, but this time with the persuasion of the generals, he did not rush to the front line.
After a few months of battlefield testing, Mao Zheng is no longer the weak scholar he was at the beginning, and now that victory is in sight, Mao Zheng can't help but lead people to rush over. Since Mao Zheng broke through the seal, although the sacrificial knife technique is still difficult to use, the magic technique has improved rapidly, and with the addition of divine power, Mao Zheng is not afraid of ordinary arrows and stones.
The Western Xia soldiers defending the city were all dazed and at a loss when they saw the crowd suddenly appearing in the distance. When they saw the Song army's banner clearly, they wanted to close the city gate in panic.
The vanguard of the Song army soon rushed to the city of Lingzhou, and when they saw that the enemy's gate had not been closed, they all rushed over desperately. The Western Xia soldiers at the gate of the city tried to stop it, but the morale of the Song army was victorious, so how could they stop it.
Mao Zheng also rushed in with the soldiers, he looked at the soldiers fighting on both sides, and then looked around, and immediately discovered the danger. It turned out that all the soldiers of the Song army who attacked the city gate were in the urn city, and if the Xixia people put down the jack gate, everyone would become a turtle in the urn.
"Don't be in love, let me rush to the city. It's not safe here, don't let the enemy put the jack gate down. Mao Zheng shouted, and led people to rush to the opposite gate. The other soldiers were reminded, and most of them rushed over with Mao Zheng.
Just when Mao Zheng rushed to the door, there was only a narrow gap left in the opposite door and was about to be closed, Mao Zheng immediately threw the steel knife in his hand and inserted it into the last gap.
"Pull out the mountains and rivers!" Mao Zheng concentrated all his divine power on his arms, rushed over and pushed at the city gate. After a pause in the closing of the gates, they were slowly opened little by little.
"Give me all the charges, as long as Lingzhou City is captured, the victory will be ours. Mao Zheng shouted.
The other soldiers also rushed over, picking up their spears and stabbing the enemy inside through the crack in the door, and on the other hand, like Mao Zheng, pushed the city gate to open it.
The Tangut people rushed to the battle, where could they be prepared for the Song army? With the efforts of the Song army's officers and men, the gate of the urn city was finally opened.
The streets of Lingzhou City were in front of him, and Mao Zheng's eyes were full of excitement. But just as he gave the order to launch the final charge, one person held Liu Changzuo's order flag and shouted loudly, "General Liu has an order, all go back." ”
Mao Zheng was also shocked when he heard this order, victory was just around the corner, why did he retreat? But seeing that everyone else had retreated according to the order, although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to leave Lingzhou City with him.
Mao Zheng saw that he was about to attack Lingzhou City, but he was called back like this, he was really unwilling, so he came to Liu Changzuo and wanted to explain.
"I only want Brother Mao to be unwilling to you, but I can't help it. I just received an order from Gao Zunyu, who told me not to attack the city immediately, but to wait for him to arrive before attacking the city together. Otherwise, you think I don't want to knock down Lingzhou City. Liu Changzuo explained.
"The purpose of the Holy Lord's dispatch this time is to win. As long as we capture Lingzhou City, this is a great achievement, and we will not blame the Holy Lord. Brother Liu, don't hesitate anymore, don't miss the opportunity, the time will not come again. You see that Lingzhou City is bare all around, if you miss this opportunity, we won't even be able to build siege equipment in the future. Mao Zheng persuaded.
"Brother Mao, don't you know, the so-called 'official level crushes people to death. If I disobey the military order to attack the city, he Gao Zunyu will be able to cut me down directly." Even if the saint doesn't blame me, he Gao Zunyu won't kill me, who knows if he will secretly frame me in the future?"
Mao Zheng persuaded a few more words, but Liu Changzuo had already made up his mind not to attack the city again. Mao Zheng looked at the gate of Lingzhou City and closed it little by little, and the Western Xia people guarding the city were also making a mocking voice to the Song army. Mao Zheng was so angry that he stomped his feet, dropped the weapon in his hand, and left without looking back.
"The erector is not enough and the plan!" Mao Zheng was angry when he left, and couldn't help but say.
Liu Changzuo listened to it in his ears, and his heart was also very unhappy.
"How dare he say this about me. How can I say that he is also the commander of the first army, how dare he!" Liu Changzuo heard it in his ears, and his heart was also very unhappy, but because Mao Zheng had made a lot of contributions for him, he did not have a seizure for a while.
Soon after, Gao Zunyu, who had been grinding hard, finally came to Lingzhou City, but there was a lack of wood around Lingzhou City, and it was difficult to build siege equipment. Even if the Song army had 100,000 troops besieging the city, it could not help the towering walls of Lingzhou City at all.
At this time, Gao Zunyu began to blame Liu Changzuo for not attacking the city in time and missing the opportunity. And Liu Changzuo couldn't help it this time, and accused Gao Zunyu in person of asking him not to attack the city. The two main generals fought with each other and almost moved their swords.
The siege of the city has been nearly half a month, and there has been no progress, and the grain and grass of the Song army have almost been consumed. The Tanguts, who had gained respite, began to counterattack, and the Song army, which had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Tangut, was also forced to retreat in full.
Mao Zheng retreated with the 100,000 army and glanced back at Lingzhou City, he was unwilling and helpless in his heart.
"The ancients said: Good birds choose trees to perch. If I had followed the general, how could such a thing have happened? Even if I have a full stomach now, I can only rot in my stomach. It really shouldn't! It really shouldn't!" Mao Zheng has also made suggestions these days to resolve the current embarrassing situation, but the two main generals are vindictive and leave everything behind. Mao Zheng was wronged, so he would have such complaints.