Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

At the foot of Pingxia City, hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops surrounded Pingxia City. There were many military flags standing in the air, and there was a solemn killing.

"Is this Pingxia City?"

When Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, supported by the Xixia generals, looked around Pingxia City, she couldn't help but frown.

Otherwise, it's just because Pingxia City is too strange. It looks like stars, with sharp corners protruding from the city wall. It is very different from all the Song Dynasty fortresses I have seen before.

"Queen Mother Qi, it is Pingxia City that was built with great effort by the Song Dynasty." Weiming Awu bowed and said.

"Who is the guard?" Liang Yibu, the Prime Minister of the country, frowned.

"Inform the Prime Minister. According to detailed reports, there is Zhong Pu in Pingxia City who leads a garrison of 20,000 people. The evil doctor Fan Zheng, the favorite minister of the Song Dynasty, is supervising the army!" Weiming Awu reported the information one by one.

"Twenty thousand defenders! Is the evil doctor Fan Zheng supervising the army?" Empress Dowager Xiao Liang frowned. Although she was the Empress Dowager Liang of Xixia, she was a pure Han Chinese and proficient in Confucianism. The classic poems of Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao were naturally spread to in her ears.

However, although she admired Fan Zheng's medical skills and literary talents, she scorned the evil doctor Fan Zheng as a supervisor.

"Pingxia City does not have the natural protection of Yongle City, and the city walls are built with all the bells and whistles. It is simply asking for death." Xixia Prime Minister Liang Yibu sneered.

"Wei Chen requested to be the vanguard and pacify this city in one battle."

The Xixia generals looked at the strange-looking Pingxia City and felt great contempt in their hearts, and they all immediately asked for orders.

"Queen Mother, don't be careless! The Song people spent so much energy building Pingxia City, it will definitely not be so simple!" Weiming Awu suggested.

"Two wastes! If you two are incompetent, why did the Song people succeed in building the city." Liang Yibu mercilessly scolded Wei Ming and A Wu.

The two of them suddenly looked embarrassed.

"The troops of the Jingsai Army are empty, and the Song people actually carry quite a lot of divine arm crossbows. If we don't check for a while, we will suffer heavy losses." Ren Duobao was still frightened by his loyalty.

The Song people had too many divine arm crossbows. As soon as they met, the Xixia army suffered heavy losses. If he hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, I'm afraid the Jingsai Army would have been wiped out long ago, and there would be no way for Empress Dowager Xiaoliang to return to the army.

"God's arm crossbow?" Queen Mother Xiaoliang's expression changed.

The divine arm crossbow was once a sacred weapon of Xixia, and its production was extremely difficult. However, it was presented to the Song Dynasty by the traitor Li Hongjin. With the strength of the Song Dynasty, it was manufactured on a large scale, but now it has become a nightmare for the Xixia people.

The large-scale presence of divine arm crossbows in Pingxia City proved that their previous intelligence was correct. The Song Dynasty indeed attached great importance to Pingxia City.

Liang Yibu said proudly: "The Empress Dowager does not need to worry. We also have many divine arm crossbows in the Xixia army. Moreover, the young emperor of the Song Dynasty was so arrogant that he sent his favorite evil doctor Fan Zheng to supervise the army to pacify Xia City. Such nonsense, trusting sycophants , how can there be any reason to be invincible?"

Listening to Liang Yibu's ulterior motives, Empress Dowager Xiao Liang nodded slightly. It was because of the young age of the throne that she took on the important task of protecting the Xixia Kingdom. If this time she led an army to destroy Pingxia City in one battle and capture Fan Zheng, the favorite minister of the Song Dynasty, Doesn't it prove that it was a mistake for the officials of the Song Dynasty to return to power, and it will definitely make the Xixia government and the public no longer question her about listening to politics behind the curtain.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang looked at her brother and the party generals, looked at Pingxia City in front of her and said coldly: "No matter what the Song people's plot is, the Ai family must not stay in Pingxia City. If anyone comes, attack immediately. I want Pingxia City to be destroyed." Become the second Yongle City.”

"As ordered!"

The Xixia generals responded one after another, gearing up one by one.

Although there were many conflicts between the Houdang and the Xixia nobles, they were surprisingly consistent in their stance on the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, they have been fighting against the Song Dynasty all year round, and they have long despised the cowardly Song army. Naturally, they do not care about the small Pingxia City in front of them.

"Boom boom boom!"

Under Pingxia City! War drums thunder! The Xixia army is slowly approaching Xia City, with dark clouds threatening to destroy it.

"hiss!"

Looking at the densely packed Xixia army, Zhong Pu Yang Weizhong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Although he had been prepared, his scalp was still numb when he saw hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops approaching the city.

In addition, the bastion structure of Pingxia City appeared for the first time, and they were not sure whether they could hold it.

Zhong Pu saw Fan Zheng on the side but his expression remained unchanged, and couldn't help but praise: "It's the first time that the supervisor has such courage when he comes to the battlefield in person. I really admire him."

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Who can remain indifferent when the Xixia army is approaching the city? However, Fan is more confident in designing Pingxia City himself. The Song Dynasty should be grateful that technology is in the hands of civilization."

Fan Zheng stepped on the fortress-structured Pingxia City, stroking the divine arm crossbow with his left hand, and holding a thunderbolt in his right hand. When he looked at the Xixia army, he no longer had any fear in his heart, only a high-spirited fighting spirit.

He believed that after this battle, Pingxia City would definitely become famous, and the bastions would become popular in the Song Dynasty, completely changing the situation of the Song Dynasty being passively attacked.

Zhong and Pu thought of the power of the divine arm crossbow and the sky-shattering thunder, and the fear in their hearts disappeared.

"Boom boom boom!"

In the Xixia army, the war drums are beating!

"The siege has begun!" Fan Zheng's heart moved.

I saw a large number of soldiers pouring out of the Xixia army. Under the cover of shields and high carts, they pushed ladders and swarmed up. It was likely that a battle would determine the posture of Pingxia City.

"God's arm crossbow! Cock it up!"

Upon seeing this, Zhong Pu immediately ordered.

When the Xixia soldiers stepped into the 400-step range of the Divine Arm Crossbow, Zhong Pu did not immediately give the order to fire. Although the Divine Arm Crossbow was powerful, its power was greatly reduced after 400 steps. The Xixia soldiers had shields to resist it, so there was no big threat. Lethality.

"Three hundred steps!"

"Two hundred and fifty steps!"

Zhongpu is still as stable as Mount Tai.

When the Xixia army reached the 200th step, Zhong Pu waved his flag and shouted coldly: "God's arm crossbow! Shoot!"

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the sound of the divine arm crossbow was heard, and a black cloud flew towards the Xixia soldiers.

"Defend!" Nendohozada roared.

In an instant, countless Xixia soldiers raised their shields and moved forward against the rain of arrows.

"what!"

Suddenly there were screams.

The power of the divine arm crossbow is unparalleled. Even if they were defended by shields and armor at a distance of 200 steps, many Xixia soldiers were still hit by arrows.

"Don't stop! Keep charging!" Nendo Baozhong roared.

Xixia soldiers have experienced hundreds of battles and naturally know that the power of crossbows is extremely powerful, but it takes time. They only need to withstand a few rounds of crossbow arrows and rush to the city. They can use their numerical advantage to conquer Pingxia City in one battle.

The divine arm crossbowmen of Xixia also fired in response to the Xixia siege soldiers.

The Song Dynasty's divine arm crossbows took advantage of the city wall and height, and continued to fight back, continuously suppressing the Xixia divine arm crossbows. However, the Xixia siege soldiers took the opportunity to rush to Pingxia City despite their casualties.

"it is good!"

Renduo Baozhong watched the Xixia soldiers easily attack the city, and scorned the bastion structure of Pingxia City. In his opinion, the bastion structure was just superfluous. Adding so many city walls would only make it easier for them to attack. city.

However, they did not know the special structure of the bastion. The closer the distance, the greater the lethality. When the Xixia soldiers poured into the oblique corner of the bastion, the special shape of the bastion immediately exerted its power. The Xixia soldiers' shields could only protect the front, leaving the sides and back exposed.

When the Xixia army rushed to the foot of Pingxia City with huge casualties, the city walls were erected one by one on ladders, and a large number of Xixia soldiers climbed up the ladders regardless of casualties.

Ant attack is the most commonly used tactic in Western Xia's siege. Yongle City and the previous Jinming Village were defeated by this move in Xixia.

However, the Xixia soldiers did not know that this was the beginning of their nightmare.

The closer the divine arm crossbow is, the more powerful it is. If you want to climb the ladder, you have to use your hands and feet. This exposes your back and sides, and you are like a living target under the terrifying attack of the divine arm crossbow.

"Shoot!" Zhong Pu urged.

The divine arm crossbow was extremely powerful, and each crossbow arrow penetrated the armor of the Xixia soldiers. The Xixia soldiers suffered heavy losses immediately. Attacks from two to three sides made the shields and armor almost lose their protective effect.

The Xixia soldiers were so defenseless that they fell from the ladder like dumplings, posing no threat to Pingxia City at all.

Fan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The bastion was indeed the strongest shield, and it did not disappoint him.

Although the bastions of later generations have been verified in countless actual battles, he only heard about them after all, and now he finally shines in the Song Dynasty.

The power of the Divine Arm Crossbow even made him overjoyed. The combination of the strongest shield and the strongest single weapon in the cold weapon era shocked Song Xia once it was unveiled.