Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

The soldiers of Xixia were all frightened.

"Report! General, the Song army is attacking our strong city wall with a huge trebuchet."

"Just repeat the old trick, I don't believe that the catapult can smash down the wall of my Shizhou City!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he vaguely heard a rumbling sound coming from outside.

Everyone looked towards the city gate.

"What was that sound just now?"

No one answered his words.

Soon, someone came to report: "General! It's not good! Our tower has collapsed!"

Ren Daxizhong said in shock: "This is impossible!"

"General, the Privy Council sent some documents before, which mentioned that Song and Jin may have new trebuchets that can break through the city wall." Staff officer Zhou Mi said.

"This matter has not been confirmed yet..." Ren Duo was obviously lacking in confidence.

"But now it appears to be true."

Ren Duoxizhong said decisively: "Call all the horses and go out of the city to fight the Song army!"

Chapter 1017 Conquering Stone State (Second Change)

Zhou Mi took the opportunity to inspire people, he said: "In the past few years, my Great Xia has continuously improved its military and strengthened its government. The Song Army thought we were stuck a few years ago, and today I want to show the Song Army how powerful we are!"

General Xixia immediately became excited.

As far as the current state of the Xixia people is concerned, it is indeed extraordinary.

Over the years, Li Qianshun has become rich, and has invested a lot in military and political affairs, smelting iron, preparing food, and training troops in the Hengshan area.

Let's just say that the Xixia people's armor rate has increased significantly.

Moreover, the worn-out weapons before have also been updated.

Otherwise, these Xixia generals would not be so inflated.

We all know that when a poor man becomes rich, one of the things he wishes to do most is to tell the world that he is rich.

Of course, the first thing to do is to tell his opponent: I am rich!I'm back for revenge!

At this time, Xia Jun at the east gate of Shizhou City had been shocked by the heavy artillery and his fighting spirit was weakened.

Song Jun's heavy artillery did not stop at all.

After a while, the city wall collapsed again, finally revealing a large gap.

The surrounding Xia Jun fled one after another.

Outside the city, the Song army's formation was in order, the forwards were all in armor, and the artillerymen were all ready.

Shouts came from the Song army: "Long live the Great Song! Long live the Great Song!"

Ren Duoxizhong and others came with the elite divisions in the city.

Liu Rui, who was on the main platform, saw that Xixia soldiers were all wearing iron armor, and there appeared armored infantry similar to infantry armor, although there were not many of them.

As the front line of Xixia's fight against Yinzhou in the Song Dynasty, Shizhou is naturally guarded by heavy troops, and there are naturally elites among the heavy troops.

However, in the past, the rate of wearing armor in Xixia was not high. Only the Central Guards of Xixia and some of the captured soldiers wore armor, and not many local troops wore armor.

Therefore, in the past, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty deployed [-]% of crossbowmen in the army, just to deal with the Xixia people who had a low armor rate.

However, the Xixia people, especially the Hengshan Qiang in the Hengshan area, are famous for their bravery in combat due to their harsh living environment.

This place is also more famous for Bubazi, which is very difficult to deal with as it comes and goes like the wind between the mountains.

Liu Rui paid special attention to the armament of these people.

He followed his elder brother Liu Kai and stayed in the Northwest for nearly 20 years, and he knew the Xixia people very well.

But before the start of the war, the Military and Political Council issued orders many times, emphasizing the need to attach importance to Xixia.

It is even more necessary to look at Xixia from a developmental perspective.

The Xixia at this moment is different from the Xixia in the past.

Do not underestimate the enemy.

Special attention should be paid to Xixia's armor rate.

Once the fierce Xixia people, like the Jin people, greatly increased the number of armors, the difficulty of the war would increase exponentially.

Liu Rui not only watched by himself, but also sent many scouts to observe the forward and report the situation at any time.

Ren Duo Xizhong raised his mace and shouted loudly: "Song Dog has bullied us many times, this time we must take revenge! I am willing to fight to the death with the kings!"

He shouted, and the surrounding Xixia soldiers also became excited, shouting loudly: "Kill the Song dog! Kill the Song dog!"

Behind the city wall, there are many Xixia soldiers, all wearing iron armor.

The Xixia soldiers on the top of the city, who were scared by the heavy artillery just now, were a little stunned.

After being shouted by the people in the city, the courage that was frightened just now bonded together again, and it was like drinking a few bowls of chicken blood.

To say that the strength of the Jin army lies in the strict military discipline and the bravery of the Jurchen officers.

And what about the Xixia people?

The military discipline of the Xixia people may not be very strict, but the Xixia people are indeed brave enough.

This group of Qiang people who lived in the Hengshan area all the year round, not to mention beating Song people, would hack each other a few times to vent their anger.

In short, there is no place to vent the savage energy.

At this time, he was aroused by the group and rushed out fiercely.

Those people at the top of the city also turned their heads and shot Song Jun with bows and arrows.

It's just that the forwards of the Song Army haven't acted yet, but the Artillery Battalion has acted.

Next, there was a continuous sound of artillery outside Shizhou City.

Dozens of iron balls rushed towards the big gap in the city wall, and smashed at the Xixia army together.

bang bang bang...

Every time an iron ball hits, there will be a muffled sound.

For those who were hit, not to mention the shattering of the iron armor, even the bones would be snapped instantly.

Someone's chest was even smashed, and the iron ball smashed into the internal organs, shaking the internal organs into a ball of rotten mud.

Those Xixia soldiers in iron armor were lifted up, and the impact formed backward knocked down the crowd behind them.

The army that was rushing forward, squeezed backwards, and more people were squeezed to the ground, making a mess and screaming again and again.

Song Jun's artillery did not stop, and fired waves one after another.

Some impacts partially collapsed on the edge of the gap in the city wall, making a rattling sound and dust everywhere.

Some rushed in and smashed into the crowd, one by one, smashing the armored Xixia soldiers flying around.

Some of them fell through the air, smashed into the city, hit something, and made muffled noises.

The huge sound of the tiger crouching cannon once again shocked the Xixia people who were full of chicken blood.

This is more intimidating than a heavy trebuchet.

After this round of artillery strikes was over, Liu Feng immediately led an elite infantry forward and rushed towards the big gap.

Liu Feng was extremely brave in battle. He was wearing infantry armor and walked over quickly, holding a mace in his hand and an ax at his waist.

I saw him climbing up to the gap in the city wall and smashing it with a mace. The Xixia soldier in front was smashed so that his helmet was deformed, his head was sunken, and he hit a Xixia soldier next to him, and both fell to the ground.

Liu Feng roared, his eyes filled with killing intent, and he walked forward without fear.

Seeing this, the people behind were all excited, and rushed up with iron bones, hammers, and axes.

The Xixia people, who were frightened by the artillery, were in a mess, and they couldn't stop the Song army's attack.

Not long after, the resistance at the tower was torn apart.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Ren Duoxizhong runs away.

After defeating the Xixia army at the city gate, Liu Feng rushed to the city in one go. The Xixia army was defeated and fled without armor.

In the afternoon, more Song troops entered the city and began to effectively control the city.

Ren Duoxizhong also came out of Xicheng to take off his armor, and ran out of the city gate sneakily.

But as soon as he arrived on the official road outside the west city, he was stopped by the Song army and caught straight.

The Battle of Shizhou really ended within a day.

When Liu Feng came to report for duty, his armor was already stained red with blood, and there were even shriveled flesh on his shoulders.

"Report to Manager Liu, the last general has defeated the Xixia people!"

"Good! You did a great job!" Liu Rui was overjoyed, "You are the first to attack the city, and you will be rewarded!"

"The last general dare not take credit for himself!"

"Go down and rest."

"Yes!"

Surrounded by the guards, Liu Rui entered the city, and he began to check the number of Xixia people's iron armor.

This is the most important thing, and it is even related to the next series of military strike tactics of the entire Song Dynasty against Xixia.

After all, the Battle of Shizhou was just asking for directions.

Chapter 1018 The imperial driver personally conquered Xixia (third change)

The news of the Song army's lightning raid on Shizhou has not yet spread, and even Xiazhou next door is still eating hot and spicy food as usual.

The overall changes in Jingkang's 11 years are still quietly going on.

On August 22, the second day after Shizhou was captured by the Song Army, Anbei City.

The morning glow gushes out from the east and sprinkles the sun all over the earth.

Yu Yunwen's face was pale and his figure was thin. He got up early in the morning. According to the usual practice, he came to patrol the street.

He has to be in front of everyone.

He raised his head to cover the glare of the morning sun, sighed, and said, "The sun is so warm."

The street was very quiet, and some people were sleeping on the side of the road.

When people saw Yu Yunwen appearing, they greeted him habitually, and some people asked, "Prefect Yu, has the Jin army retreated?"

"The imperial court will come soon." Yu Yunwen continued to speak with a smile on his face.

Seeing the tired figures of these people, he couldn't help feeling a burst of emotion in his heart.

"When will the court's reinforcements arrive?"

"It should be within a few days."

Someone said: "Prefect Yu, you are sick, you should rest at home, you don't need to come out to talk to us every day, we all know we should persevere."

"It's okay, it's a minor illness, it's just a minor illness."

Yu Yunwen walked to the gate of the city.

There are soldiers standing guard on the city tower, their postures are still upright, but the faces of each of them are full of exhaustion that cannot be concealed.

The blood-stained military flag on the top of the city is also fluttering in the morning breeze.

"Prefect Yu."

"Prefect Yu."

"..."

Everyone greeted Yu Yunwen.

"Boys, the imperial reinforcements will arrive in the next few days. The Jin army is now withdrawing to other places, so it must be that the imperial reinforcements have been detected."

Everyone listened carefully to what he said.

This isolated city has been defended until now under the siege of 10,000+ Jin troops.