In the Zhongxing Mansion, the Xixia monarchs and ministers continued to receive news that the reinforcements had been defeated, and leaders of the reinforcements continued to enter the Zhongxing Mansion and persuade the Xixia Emperor to surrender.
But this Emperor of Xixia was much more tenacious than the original King of Goryeo. Even though he knew the news was conclusive and knew that the reinforcements from all walks of life were no match for the Liangshan cavalry, he still had no intention of surrendering.
As the sun set, he stood on the city wall. His body was covered with dust and his clothes were extremely messy. In the past, an emperor like him would never be so careless about his image. But at this moment, Xixia is about to perish.
At this moment, there is not much difference between him and ordinary Xixia people. At this moment, he only cares about whether Zhongxing Mansion can persist and whether Xixia can persist. His personal image has long been put aside.
"Two dear friends, how long do you think Xixia can hold on? Can I still stand in the northwest?" Xia Chongzong turned to look at Li Lingyuan and Meng Liang.
"Your Majesty, the enemy is coming on horseback, with only tens of thousands of people. As long as we hold Zhongxing Mansion, as time goes by, they will not have enough food and grass, and they will have to leave sooner or later." Li Lingyuan said.
"Meng Aiqing, tell me?" Xia Chongzong said.
"Your Majesty, they have occupied Lingzhou City. Lingzhou City was originally the barrier to the east of Zhongxing Mansion. We have a huge amount of food and grass stored there. If we want them to consume all the food and leave, I'm afraid they can't! But just now Li
Your Excellency is right, the enemy is coming with light cavalry, the number of soldiers and horses is limited, and
Our reinforcements are constantly coming, and there must be casualties in their battles with the reinforcements! By next spring, when they can no longer bear the damage, they will probably leave! Before that, as long as we hold on to Zhongxing Mansion, we will
Xixia can survive for a long time!" Meng Liang said.
Xia Chongzong nodded, and his brows seemed to have relaxed. However, at this moment, Li Lingde, who had returned from the southern border a few days ago, spoke, and said: "Your Majesty, you two adults, you have overlooked one thing.
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"Oh? I wonder what it is?" Meng Liang said.
"You two adults only consider the tens of thousands of cavalry under Zhongxing Mansion City. Have you ever thought about it. There are millions of troops in Liangshan. Wouldn't other armies attack us? Is it possible that only these tens of thousands of cavalry will attack us?" Li Lingde
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After hearing what Li Lingde said, Xia Chongzong, Li Lingyuan, Meng Liang and others all stayed there.
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In fact, more than a thousand miles away in the northwest, the two armies of Liangshan had already set off!
Yang Zhi's First Army set out from Zhongjing City, with a total strength of 100,000 people! Yang Xiong's Second Army set out from Shangjing City, with a total strength of 100,000 troops! A total of 200,000 troops from both sides marched towards Xixia in a mighty manner
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However, these two armies did not use tricks, but openly attacked the Xixia territory, hoping to conquer all the Xixia territory in one fell swoop! Xixia has experienced so many wars from autumn to now. At the beginning, countless troops gathered in
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On the southern border, Zhongxing Mansion was later besieged, and countless reinforcements headed towards Zhongxing Mansion. Now, there are not many troops stationed along the eastern border of Xixia! Liangshan's 200,000 troops entered Xixia territory without much resistance.
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The villages and small towns along the way were unable to withstand the attack of Liangshan's army. It was not until they reached Xiazhou City that Yang Xiong's 100,000-strong army stopped here!
"This is Xiazhou, a famous city in the world! During the Jin Dynasty, Helian Bobo built Tongwan City here. This Xiazhou was the Tongwan City back then!" Yang Xiong stood there, and a person next to Yang Xiong said.
This man is called Jin Yuan, and he is one of the important generals under Yang Xiong! He was originally from Korea, and he had joined the Korea Restoration Organization, but later he surrendered to Liangshan and helped Liangshan to encircle and suppress the Restoration Organization! Until now
, the Goryeo Restoration Organization has long been wiped out, and the entire Goryeo nation has almost been integrated into the Han nation. Yang Xiong naturally trusts him very much.
"Yes, this city is indeed a strong city in the northwest! Look at the thickness of the city, it can almost reach the level of Pyongyang City in Korea! Although we have 100,000 troops, if we attack this city by force, we will not lose much.
Small! Moreover, it will take a lot of time to attack this place by force! Come here, set up all the artillery for me!" Yang Xiong said.
As Yang Xiong's order was issued, the soldiers of the artillery battalion began to move forward at full speed! They set up artillery pieces there! Now these artillery pieces still weigh more than a thousand kilograms, but their power has increased countless times compared to before!
"Commander, a total of 200 artillery pieces have been set up!" In just a quarter of an hour, the artillery battalion completed the erection task.
"Blow me hard!" Yang Xiong said.
200 artillery pieces began to bombard, and an earth-shattering sound rang out. Countless artillery shells fell on the Xiazhou city wall in front! Some were cannonball-type solid shells, and some were grenades!
As the most important town in the east of Xixia, Xiazhou City still has a lot of troops stationed here! Even though many people went to the southern border or to Zhongxing Mansion, there were still 20,000 people! Moreover, Xiazhou City knew about Liangshan before
After the news of the invasion of the army, they had begun to organize
Min Yong, now, the number of Min Yong standing on the city wall has reached 50,000! When Liangshan set up artillery in the distance, they were very surprised and didn't understand what it was! But when the artillery
When the bombardment started, everyone's expressions changed!
The heaven and earth are shaking, and the entire Xiazhou City seems to have experienced a huge earthquake! This kind of power is more powerful than the power of the summer thunder!
Some people were blown to pieces without even letting out a scream. Someone just screamed, but the shells fell from the sky, and his whole body was covered with wounds. Soon he couldn't even scream! And
Some people were not killed on the spot, but these people retreated in horror! Faced with such an epoch-making weapon that surpassed the imagination of the Xixia people, everyone only had terror in their hearts. Faced with such a weapon, they had no idea at all
The desire to continue fighting is gone.
The city walls of Xiazhou City are collapsing piece by piece, and the houses around the city walls are constantly collapsing.
Yang Xiong stood there, his body motionless, but Jin Yuan beside him looked pale! Although Jin Yuan had seen the power of artillery many times, he still felt shocked every time the artillery was fired! This artillery
than in the legend
His Buddhist and Taoist supernatural powers are much more powerful. In front of such a sharp weapon, no city can resist it, and no army can attack forward with the artillery! This is the most powerful weapon in the world. He really doesn’t understand such a weapon.
Why do you appear in this world!
"In order to attack Xixia, our First Army and Second Army have set up special artillery battalions. Each army has 200 artillery! With such artillery, who can resist us?" Yang Xiong said with a smile.
Unfortunately, when the sound came out, he realized that the sound of the cannon was so loud that he couldn't hear his own voice at all, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
The artillery bombardment lasted for a full hour, and the entire Xiazhou city wall was completely damaged. There was no longer a living person standing on the wall!
Yang Xiong shouted, and he rushed towards Xiazhou City first. Behind him, a hundred thousand troops roared forward together. Soon, the whole Xiazhou City was filled with shouts of killing!
By that night, the north of Xiazhou City was captured! Yang Xiong's Second Army rested here for a while. After that, they left 5,000 people to guard here, and then he led the rest of the army to move forward!
A few days later, roaring artillery fire also sounded under Yanzhou City, but this time it was Yang Zhi who led the First Army here! Under the attack of 200 artillery pieces, Yanzhou City was also vulnerable.
The soldiers who were standing were either killed or fled.
The sound of the artillery gradually died down, and the 100,000 soldiers of the First Army began to charge inside, but Yang Xiong did not move. The expression on his face was extremely complicated.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Yang Xianzhong's voice came over.
"I am impressed by the power of artillery! With this artillery, future wars will undergo fundamental changes! Even resourcefulness is no longer important!" Yang Zhidao.
"Intelligence is no longer important? Uncle, this is impossible?" Yang Xianzhong shook his head.
"In the face of sharp weapons like artillery, any wisdom will be useless! This time, even if there is no Western army to invade Xixia from the south, even if there is no Yue Fei to lead troops to besiege Zhongxing Mansion, our 100,000-strong army can move forward with 200 artillery pieces.
The attack is invincible and the entire Xixia is captured at the minimum cost! Whether it is the Xixia city or the
The latter is the Xixia army. They have no choice but to be destroyed in front of artillery! This artillery has fundamentally changed the face of war. I once asked the governor and he said that in addition to artillery, Liangshan can also invent more powerful weapons in the future.
Come with powerful weapons! In the future, weapons will be more powerful than humans, don’t you think?" Yang Zhidao.
"This..." Yang Xianzhong also stayed there.
The Liangshan First Group Army and the Second Group Army continued to clash forward. Their two armies of 200,000 men headed west, and almost every day a city was captured by them.
However, every time they captured a city, they had to leave a certain number of soldiers and horses to guard the city! A month later, the two armies were not far from Lingzhou City! However, at this moment, they each had only 60,000 troops left.
The number is greatly reduced! However, the total strength of their two armies, plus Yue Fei's and Liu Guangshi's armies, can still reach 180,000!
On the evening of December 30, they met up with Yue Fei's army at the foot of Lingzhou City.