Under the city where the army arrived, the Xingqingfu suspension bridge had been raised.
The Xixia soldiers and horses on the city looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, and there were many trebuchets placed on the city wall. Although the range of trebuchets was generally not far, being condescending could increase the range a lot.
Chao Yong led several people to the nearby area on horseback to see what was going on in Xingqing Mansion.
Sun Li looked at the moat under the city, shook his head and said: "It seems that the moat is more than ten feet wide. I didn't expect the Xixia people to build it so steeply."
Liu Qi said: "It will probably take a day to fill up the moat."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I have already asked about the situation in Xingqing Mansion. This is easy. Just find a small boat to get close to the city wall and blow it open. Then use a big boat across the moat to act as a pontoon."
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.
Han Shizhong wondered: "Can a big ship enter the moat?"
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Just open the flood control gate between Tanglai Canal and the moat."
When everyone was checking where to blow up the city, dust suddenly rose from the east, and some dull sounds were heard.
Liu Qi said: "There is a cavalry attack."
"Return to the formation, the people guarding the city are not stupid."
Chao Yong turned his horse and walked back.
However, Daliang soldiers and horses were arrayed outside the south gate. If the Xixia people dared to open the south gate, Chao Yong would not hesitate to lead his troops to attack the south gate and storm in.
With the powerful penetrating power of the God's Arm Crossbow, as soon as the city gate is opened, no matter how many people are blocking it inside, God will kill God if he blocks it, and Buddha will kill Buddha if he blocks Buddha.
It's a pity that the Xixia people came from the east and gave Daliang no chance to grab the door.
Chao Yong and others had just returned to the formation when the Xixia cavalry came roaring towards them.
Xiao Heda took the lead. Seeing that the formation of the beam was not very tight, he immediately shouted to the deputy general: "You lead five hundred cavalry to attack the flank of the enemy's formation. Keep the distance wider and be careful with firearms."
"yes"
The deputy general was not afraid. He immediately led his cavalry to charge towards the Daliang military formation.
Chao Yong looked at the sparse Xixia cavalry and said with a smile: "It seems that they are preventing us from using fire thunder. Then we will let them see the magic arm crossbow. Everyone turn to the right."
After giving the order, all the soldiers turned to the right neatly and faced the oncoming cavalry.
Chao Yong also rode his horse and walked to the front of the formation.
Although the cavalry charged, the ground was shaking, but when the soldiers of Daliang saw the prince standing motionless in front of the battle, they immediately became more confident and did not panic at all.
Chao Yong, however, stared closely at the enemy general who was the first to charge. Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps.
"shoot"
A flash of black light flashed, and the enemy general's armor was penetrated, leaving a bloody hole in his chest.
"ah"
The soldiers behind saw an iron arrow shot from the back of their general, leaving a bloody hole, and were about to dodge. The iron arrow had already arrived. Although it consumed a lot of kinetic energy to penetrate the armor, the huge impact still hit the soldiers behind.
The cavalryman knocked off his horse.
At the same time, the divine arm crossbows in the hands of the first row of soldiers also came out of the string, and each sharp arrow instantly became a deadly weapon.
One by one, the knights were shot off their horses. At a distance of a hundred steps, the divine arm crossbow was enough to penetrate the armor, leaving bloody holes.
When a war horse is shot, a bloody hole will appear immediately, and it will scream and fall to the ground. When a war horse falls while galloping, most of the knights on the horse will be thrown out, breaking bones and tendons. There are also many broken necks.
A few who fell with the horses were crushed under the horses. Before they could struggle away, they were trampled by the horses behind them and died.
A distance of one hundred steps becomes a natural chasm. No living thing can enter a hundred steps in front of the Daliang military formation.
Daliang's soldiers fired in rows, knocking down all the creatures that rushed to the front of the formation.
Within a moment, all five hundred cavalrymen fell in a pool of blood.
Xiao Heda had also brought his army to the nearby area, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that all the troops and horses in the main beam were equipped with divine arm crossbows.
The Divine Arm Crossbow with a range of more than 300 steps has always been Xixia's nemesis. The last thing whether Tieyaozi or Bubazi wants to face is the Divine Arm Crossbow. Once they encounter the Divine Arm Crossbow, the Xixia soldiers and horses can only use human lives.
Go fill it in. Fortunately, the Western Army has never had many divine arm crossbows. Xiao Heda did not expect that these five thousand soldiers and horses would be equipped with so many divine arm crossbows.
From a distance, it seems that everyone has a divine arm crossbow.
With such a formation, once they set up their formation and take turns firing, the cavalry would not be able to rush past them.
Xiao Heda also knew that it was difficult to string the divine arm crossbow. Ordinary soldiers might not be able to draw the divine arm crossbow several times. However, he only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the city. Even if he used up these 5,000 soldiers and horses, he would not be able to use up all the soldiers.
strength.
If he was given 50,000 soldiers and horses, he would charge regardless of casualties. As long as the strength of the Daliang soldiers was exhausted and they were unable to draw the divine arm crossbow, the Daliang soldiers would become lambs to be slaughtered. But there were only ten thousand soldiers and horses left in the city.
However, he couldn't use this strategy anymore.
Xiao Heda stopped the charge of the army, opened up the formation, and shouted: "Who dares to fight?"
A general next to him ignored Xiao Heda, rode out of the battle, and shouted: "Is there any man who dares to come and die?"
Sun Li, Zhang Qing, Han Shizhong, and Liu Qi, four men with war horses, shouted almost at the same time: "The last general invites you to fight."
Chao Yong looked at the four of them and said with a smile: "You four will take turns to fight. General Sun will be first, Zhang Qing will be second, Han Shizhong will be third, and Liu Qi will be fourth. Regardless of victory or defeat, we will replace each other after a while."
"Get the order"
Sun Li leaped out of the battle and fought with General Fan.
Within ten minutes, Sun Li shouted loudly, shot the general off his horse, snatched his horse, and drove his horse back to the formation.
Zhang Qing saw Sun Li returning to the formation, so he also rode out of the formation and shouted: "Zhang Qing is here, who will die?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a general was already barking and calling to fetch Zhang Qing.
"Watch the fight"
The two horses were still several feet apart, so Zhang Qing raised his right hand, and a flying stone flew out of his hand, hitting the general's nose in the middle.
The general couldn't bear the pain, so he turned over and fell off his horse.
Zhang Qing rushed forward, stabbed Zaifan in the neck, grabbed the horse and returned to the formation.
Xiao Heda relied on the bravery of his party members, and the troops from Liang State were only a few thousand. He didn't believe how many generals there were among them. Seeing that he had lost two generals in a row, but Liang was replacing generals with another one, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Who is going?
Kill Han'er?"
The Dangxiang generals were also angry. Li Qianshun and Chage's army were defeated. It can be said that they were defeated by firearms. If the Dangxiang people were brave, they considered themselves to be much stronger than the Han people. Otherwise, Xixia would not be able to establish a country, let alone plunder for a long time.
The Song Dynasty was already humiliated by being driven straight into the capital by Liang's troops. However, they could not accept another defeat.
The two generals rushed out of the formation almost at the same time.
Han Shizhong didn't panic when he saw him. He rushed up to meet him and said with a smile: "Well done."
The two generals did not want to be embarrassed in front of their own capital, so they barked twice, and one of the generals reined in his horse.
Han Shizhong originally wanted to behead two levels, but when he saw that only one person came up, he couldn't help but feel angry, and he was even more merciless with the tiger-headed spear in his hand, but after five rounds, he dismounted the general. Unfortunately, he glanced at the general not far away and snatched it away.
The horse returns to the formation.
Fan Jiang, who was lucky enough to live for a moment longer, saw Han Shizhong shaking his head in regret, and couldn't help but became furious. He beat his horse and chased Han Shizhong.
When Han Shizhong heard that the generals were chasing after him, he couldn't help but consider whether to make a counterattack.
Liu Qi had already marched out of the battle. He drew his bow and shouted, "Look at the arrows."
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp arrow came out of the string and hit the general's throat.
Yao Pingzhong had already ridden the war horse that Sun Li had snatched back. Seeing that Liu Qi had also made a contribution, he rode out of the battle and shouted: "Yao Pingzhong is here. Who will die?"
Xiao Heda didn't need to say anything, but there were party generals rushing out to fight.
After fighting for more than ten rounds, Yao Pingzhong used a flaw to dodge the general's steel spear. He chopped off the general's head with a single blow.
When Li Kui saw Yao Pingzhong's achievements, he ignored him and ran out of the formation.
Chao Yong was too late to stop him, so he had to watch Li Kui go into battle.
Seeing Li Kuisheng's ugliness, Xiao Heda couldn't help shouting: "You bully me too much. Even the stupid people in the village come out to challenge me. I have no one to bully me in Xixia."
The Xixia generals behind him were also shouting angrily. Many generals looked at each other and were unwilling to fight Li Kui who was on foot.
Xiao Heda had no choice but to point out a private soldier to fight.
"I'm so angry."
Li Kui was not stupid. The generals who had just gone out to fight were all generals wearing iron armor. But when it was his turn, a man wearing leather armor came out, obviously a soldier.
When Chao Yong and others saw him in front of the formation, they couldn't help but laugh.
However, Xiao Heda's personal soldiers did not take Li Kui seriously and ran towards Li Kui with their horses.
With the speed of the war horses, once the collision is confirmed, Li Kui's life can be taken, so there is no point in taking action.
He looked at the horse and was about to hit Li Kui, but Li Kui suddenly took a step sideways and stepped aside.
The soldiers on the horse saw Li Kui get out of the way, and immediately slashed at Li Kui who was not on a firm footing with the steel knife in his hand.
"clang"
"go to hell"
Li Kui roared violently, chopped off the steel knife with one ax, and swung the other ax towards the horse's belly.
"ah"
"thump"
A gash was opened immediately in the horse's belly, and one of the cavalry's legs was cut off. Under the severe pain, he could no longer control his balance and fell off the horse.
The war horse was still running forward, but its internal organs kept spilling out of the opening in the horse's belly. After running only a few steps, it hissed sadly and fell to the ground.
"If you underestimate grandpa, I will let you underestimate grandpa again."
Li Kui turned around and walked to the knight who fell off his horse. The two axes began to rotate up and down. In the blink of an eye, a living person was cut into several pieces.
The Xixia people were shocked when they saw Li Kui's ferocious appearance. For a while, no one came out of the battle.
Li Kui was enjoying his chops when he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in front of his formation. He looked up and saw that it was Ou Peng coming out of the formation, and couldn't help but shout: "Go back first, the person I killed is not a general."
Moyun Golden Wing Ou Peng said with a smile: "The prince said that everyone should fight for a while, but this time it is my turn. Everyone is still waiting behind."
When Li Kui heard this, he struck the ax twice in anger and said, "It's so damn unlucky for me to kill a soldier."
Everyone in Xixia was relieved when they saw Li Kui returning to the battle. Regardless of his martial arts skills, his ferocity was frightening.
Ou Peng saw that no one came out of the battle, so he had to shout: "Ou Peng is here, who will die?"
The people in Xixia had only heard of the names of the generals of the Western Army, but not the names of the people in Liangshan. Naturally, they had no fear. Immediately, a general with a spear came out to fight.
Ou Peng used a large hob in infantry combat, which was also an iron spear.
Unable to defeat Wuhe, he dismounted the general with one shot.