It's not that soldiers wearing fire armor can protect themselves from fire. The fire armor made by craftsmen in the Song Dynasty was not that advanced. The craftsmen sewed a thick layer of fire armor between the two layers of leather armor and leather boots. The key is the fire armor.
The output of cloth is extremely low, so it is impossible to make armor entirely from fire cloth. This kind of leather armor with fire cloth sandwiched between it is slightly more fire-resistant than ordinary armor. The rest mainly depends on experience.
During repeated tests, the Song Army found that the fire and smoke were not large near the outer battlements. This was because the kerosene tanks would not fall under the battlements, but would usually fall in the middle of the city head, or even closer to the inside.
Therefore, after the Huohuan Army entered the city, they would run to both sides along the city wall below the battlements, and shoot at both ends of the city wall with their bows and crossbows, buying precious time for the soldiers who put out the fire. They had practiced it countless times, and they cooperated very well.
The Huohuan soldiers rushed through the fire, raised their crossbows and fired at the enemy soldiers on both sides, shooting down all ten soldiers who were coming towards them. Then they gathered with shields and spears, forming a long and dense wall of contradictions. Tuoba
Jing Jing saw that the situation was not good, and the Song army actually went to the city. He shouted: "Charge over and annihilate them!"
Thousands of Xixia soldiers rushed up shouting and holding spears in their hands, and fought fiercely with the Song army. However, the large shield and spear formation formed by the Huohuan army soldiers of the Song army was very strong and difficult to break through.
At this time, two thousand soldiers had extinguished the fire on the top of the city. In addition to the towers still burning, the fire on the ground had been extinguished. They drew their swords and held shields in their hands, and rushed to take over the Huo Huan Army soldiers.
The Huan Army soldiers began to retreat down the city. In sharp contrast to them, 6,000 spear soldiers quickly came up to the city and joined in the fierce and fierce battle to capture the city.
More and more Song troops came to the top of the city, and they began to fight into the city. Tang Qian led 3,000 soldiers to fight fiercely with the 2,000 Xixia troops guarding the city gate. His mission was not to kill the enemy, but to open the south gate.
, Tang Qian ordered 300 soldiers to move the stones, and he led 2,700 soldiers to protect these 300 soldiers.
Three hundred soldiers tied the rocks with ropes and struggled to drag the boulders away. Xixia soldiers kept shooting arrows from a distance, or rushed to stop them, but they were intercepted by the protecting soldiers holding their shields high.
Seeing that the number of large stones blocking the door gradually decreased, when the last large stone was pulled out from the doorway, the city gate suddenly opened.
Chen Qing, who was fighting outside the city, raised his sword and shouted: "Come into the city!"
Thirty thousand cavalry suddenly launched into action and rushed into the city like lightning...
At dawn, the Song army finally broke through the south city gate, but the war had just begun. Chen Qing underestimated the Xixia army. No soldiers retreated. More than 28,000 Xixia troops fought to the death. They used the people familiar with the city to
The superiority began to engage in brutal street fighting with the Song Army. Some Xixia civilian men also attacked the Song Army soldiers in the dark. The casualties of the Song Army soldiers increased rapidly.
At this time, Chen Qing issued an indiscriminate order, and all Xixia people who appeared on the streets, whether soldiers or civilians, men, women, old or young, would be killed without mercy!
His reason is also very simple. Real civilians should hide in their homes or cellars instead of appearing on the streets.
Inside the government office, more than a thousand Xixia soldiers refused to defend themselves. They lay on the roof and fired arrows at the Song army from a high position.
Liu Cui immediately ordered: "Push up twenty heavy oil fire tank trucks and attack with fire!"
Twenty chariots approached the government office and sprayed fierce oil into the government office. Hundreds of gunpowder arrows were also shot into the government office. The government office began to burn rapidly. The heavy oil fire cabinet continued to add oil to the fire, making the fire more intense.
The Xixia soldiers inside finally couldn't bear the scorching fire and the smoke and began to break out. However, they had no chance to break out or surrender. When they rushed out, they were mercilessly shot by the Song army.
None of the more than 1,300 Xixia soldiers survived, and all were burned to death or shot in the official government office. The official government office was also completely burned and collapsed.
This brutal siege and street battle lasted until nightfall and finally ended. The Song army suffered heavy casualties, with casualties exceeding 10,000 for the first time. Almost all the 28,000 Xixia soldiers were killed, and nearly two ordinary Xixia civilians also died.
Thousands of people, the brutal siege was over.
Chen Qing ordered the city to be cleaned up and asked all surviving civilians in the city to gather outside the city. At the same time, he also promised not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they did not resist, they would not be killed.
Gu Yu
Xiping Mansion is an important city in Xixia, with a permanent population of nearly 100,000 people. In addition to the large number of Xixia people who retreated from the south, the city has nearly 200,000 people and a large number of slaves, more than 80,000 people.
Almost all the Xixia men who resisted and went out to fight were killed. The 2.89 million civilians supported the old and the young, women held their children, and the elderly led the children, and walked out of the city under the escort of the Song Army's cavalry.
Chen Qing stood on the city wall, expressionlessly watching the vast number of Xixia civilians leaving the city.
At this time, Gao Ding asked from the side: "How does the general plan to arrange them?"
Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "For the time being, they will not move them. The initial consideration is to wait until the war is over before redistributing them. Send them to Xihe Road and northern Shaanxi. It will take a generation to gradually Chineseize them and become them under my rule."
People."
"This is a good way to solve the problem of underpopulation in Xihe Road and northern Shaanxi, but what if they want to rebel?"
Chen Qing glanced at him and said calmly: "As long as ordinary people can live and work in peace and contentment, no one is willing to rebel. The rebels are all people with ulterior motives, such as the royal family, dignitaries, generals, ministers, wealthy families, nobles, etc. of Xixia. These people want to
Completely eliminate them and don’t give them any chance.”
"I suggest setting up an official office to deal with this matter!"
"I have already thought about it. Hu Yanlei's intelligence battalion will be responsible for this matter. This matter cannot be rushed. Let it simmer slowly and let them perish unknowingly."
Chen Qing immediately issued three orders:
First, clear the corpses and debris out of the city.
Second, go from house to house to search for enemy troops who have slipped through the net, but do not take the opportunity to steal or plunder people's property. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed.
Third, you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and you must not rape women. Those who disobey orders will be killed.
The cleaning and search of the whole city did not end until the fifth watch. A total of more than 15,000 people were found, 2,300 of whom were Xixia soldiers in hiding. More than 300 people resisted and were killed, and the rest all surrendered and became prisoners.
Except for the soldiers, the other more than 10,000 people were old, weak, women and children who did not want to leave the city.
Chen Qing immediately ordered the people outside the city to return to the city. More than 200,000 people outside the city were cold and hungry, shivering in the cold wind, but they were more afraid of being massacred by the Song army.
But there are also happy people among them, that is, more than 80,000 slaves, including men, women, old and young. Most of them are Han people, but there are also Qiang people, Tubo people, and even low-level party members who have gone bankrupt and sold themselves.
Most of these slaves are the domestic slaves of Xixia people. In ordinary Xixia families, basically every household has two or three slaves, who cook, wash, and do menial work. Large families have more slaves, and there are also servants in shops.
Oppressed prostitutes etc.
From the time the Song army entered the city, all their slave status was abolished. After dawn, these slaves would be sent by boat to Mingsha County for temporary resettlement. After the fall of Xixia, they would become the real owners of this land.
A group of Song Army cavalry rushed forward and shouted to the more than 200,000 civilians shivering in the cold wind: "The city search is over, everyone can go home!"
Hearing that they could go home, the more than 200,000 people were immediately relieved. Many people were so excited that they hid their faces and cried. Finally, they survived and were not massacred. The more than 200,000 people dispersed and everyone went into the city and returned to their homes.