Four hundred and fourteenth chapter benevolence to attack
After Li Kui left, Chao Yong took Sun Li and the other four to visit Zhang Shun. Zhang Shun woke up last night, but his internal organs were damaged and he needed to take care of him for several days.
When Chao Yong led Sun Li and the other four to the south gate, some bald heads appeared on the street.
Fortunately, it was June, otherwise many people would have a headache or fever.
Most families cannot be self-sufficient, and many things need to be purchased daily. Therefore, some restrictions have been lifted in the city, and you can move freely as long as you are not close to the city gate.
The city walls at the south gate did not all collapse, but there was a gap of more than meter, and there were more than ten feet of walls on both sides of the city walls twisted and deformed. If the Dangxiang people attacked, there was no doubt that the south was the easiest breakthrough.
One hundred feet away from the south gate, there was a wooden fence across the street, and a team of soldiers guarded it to prevent anyone from rushing into the city gate from inside.
When I saw the prince from afar, the guards moved the wooden fence away.
Chao Yong also had some impression of these old people in Liangshan, and stopped and smiled: "Are you used to the climate here?"
When the soldiers saw the prince ask, they said angrily: "Habit."
Chao Yong asked a few more questions before he came to the city gate.
Zhang Qing saw the prince coming to inspect the city, and he also beat the horse down the city.
There were many cavalry in Xixia, and the city wall corridor was built to allow war horses to go up directly.
More than a meter away, Zhang Qing bowed and said, "I have met the prince."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "No need to be polite, is there any movement among Dangxiang people?"
Zhang Qing reported: "There have been cavalry provos outside the city this morning. It seems that there will be Dangxiang people coming to attack the city today."
"I'm just giving everyone more military achievements, leave and go to the city to see."
Everyone was riding on the top of the city, and they could indeed see several Western Xia horsemen watching the rest outside the city.
Zhang Qing's command was divided into two shifts, with 500 guarding him and 500 resting. Some of them were on the streets and at the gaps under the city, and the guards on the city walls seemed very sparse.
However, everyone was not worried about being attacked by the Xixia people. The ten-square-wide moat built by the Xixia people themselves is now a chasm that they cannot cross. If the Xixia people want to attack the city, they must fill the moat. It will take at least one day to fill the moat. The defenders have enough time to dispatch troops.
Chao Yong and the other two looked at the south gate, then turned from the city to the east gate.
After chatting with Tao Zongwang at the east gate, and walking towards the north gate, he heard the sound of warning drums sounded from the south gate.
"Walk"
Chao Yong turned his horse's head and ran towards the south gate first.
Horses running on the three-meter-high city wall. Once a war horse is frightened, it may jump off the top of the city, which is quite dangerous as if walking on a tightrope on a cliff.
It was just a simple warning, and the soldiers along the way were still guarding their city and did not move.
When I arrived at the city wall on the south side, I saw dust rising several miles away, just like a large army coming to attack.
Chao Yong slowed down his horse. When he arrived at the south gate, there were already dense soldiers and horses appearing in the distance.
Chao Yong said to Zhang Qing who was approaching him: "Open the city gate"
Zhang Qing didn't ask much, and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall: "Open the city gate."
When the soldiers on the city wall heard this, they immediately began to turn the winch and slowly lowered the suspension bridge.
Chao Yong smiled and said, "The five of us will challenge the Xixia generals. If the Xixia army covers the door and robs the door, General Zhang waits for us to enter the city and block the city gate with fire thunder and divine arm crossbow."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing hurriedly said, "I was not satisfied yesterday. Leave the matter of blocking the city gate to Gong Wang, just Ding Desun."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "Okay, then you can arrange it and we will leave the city."
Zhang Qing thought for a while and said to Gong Wang Ding Desun, aside, "Gong Wang. If you bring some people to set up defenses under the city, if the Xixia army seizes the city, when we return to the city, we will use the divine arm crossbow to block the city gate. Ding Desun, you bring some people to the city. After we return to the city, you can use fire thunder to blew the Xixia people outside the moat. Don't blow up the suspension bridge unless you have to."
"Get order"
"Get order"
Chao Yong, Sun Li, Zhang Qing, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Yao Pingzhong left the city, lined up in one line.
Sun Li said: "Or the order of yesterday?"
Chao Yong smiled and said, "I'm going to be the first fight today. I saw you fighting each other yesterday, and I was a little itchy."
Yesterday, the generals of Daliang fought for three rounds, without any defeat, and they killed dozens of Western Xia generals.
Chao Yong was also very itchy when he saw that Xiao Heda had no strong generals, so he did not go to fight.
When Zhang Qing heard this, he smiled and said, "What kind of virtue is the generals of the Xixia family? How dare you help the prince to go into battle. Besides, the prince should not compete with us for the merits."
Sun Li also smiled and said, "That's right, the prince can see that we will make contributions."
Seeing that both of them said this, Chao Yong smiled helplessly and said, "Then I will remember the merits for you."
The soldiers and horses of the Western Xia who came were Huaizhou, Jingzhou and Shunzhou, and the leaders were Shu Wang Renli who escaped yesterday.
Yesterday, when Daliang attacked the city, Renli quickly got the news. After hearing the earth-shaking voice, Renli immediately ran away from the east gate and headed straight for Huaizhou.
However, the cities on the Yinchuan Plain are very concentrated. Huaizhou is only twenty miles away from Xingqing Prefecture, and Jingzhou is only thirty or forty miles.
After Ren Li fled to Huaizhou, he immediately informed Jingzhou and Shunzhou soldiers who were chasing Daliang soldiers.
The fast horses in Shunzhou can run through the fleet, but the army cannot surpass the fleet. Moreover, the generals of Shunzhou were not worried that Xingqing Prefecture would fall within one day. He led his troops to pursue it, but wanted to show his loyalty to the new king and gain some military achievements at the same time. In his opinion, the army and horses of Daliang went deep into the army and only wanted to destroy themselves, and would definitely be surrounded and suppressed by the Western Xia soldiers. What he had to do was to divide some military achievements from it.
If he pursued with all his might, the 100 miles from Shunzhou to Xingqing Prefecture would consume the soldiers' physical strength. Even if he rushed to the city, he would lose his combat power. At that time, he might even lose to the Daliang army, so he did not rush to march.
At the same time, he was also wary of Daliang's troops fighting east and west. After all, Xingqing Prefecture City is high and deep, and it is difficult to attack without a large army. He was also afraid that the Daliang army wanted to lead Shunzhou troops away and then return to attack Shunzhou. Therefore, he left Bu Bazi in Shunzhou to defend the city, but brought two thousand cavalry to pursue him.
Although they were all cavalrymen, when they set up camp that night, the troops in Shunzhou were still twenty miles away from the city, and they did not hear the earth-shaking loud noise.
It was only after camping that the people outside Xingqing Prefecture continued to flee, and they realized that Xingqing Prefecture had fallen. Later, they received a letter from Ren Li, and today the troops of the three states gathered together to attack the city.
However, the troops and horses of Huaizhou and Jingzhou were all in full swing, each dispatching 10,000 defenders, plus two thousand cavalry in Shunzhou, a total of 22,000 people.
The defeated troops who returned from Li Qianshun and Cha Ge were scattered to the Western Xia prefectures, with 20,000 people deployed on the border, 30,000 people deployed in Lingzhou, 10,000 people each, Shunzhou, Xingqing Prefecture, Huaizhou, Jingzhou and Dingzhou.
Lingzhou is the gateway to the south of Yinchuan Plain. When the Song Dynasty's army attacked Xixia, it also gathered at Lingzhou City to capture Lingzhou before it could attack the city behind. Of course, the Song Dynasty only attacked Lingzhou City and then was defeated. Therefore, they put heavy troops in Lilingzhou, but they did not expect that Daliang would jump into their encirclement through the waterway and directly attack Xingqing Prefecture.
Renli also sent people to transfer the troops from Lingzhou and Dingzhou, but the two states were more than 100 miles away from Xingqing Prefecture, but they were unable to arrive today.
Renli did not find out about Li Renai, because he was afraid that Daliang soldiers would capture Li Renai and then break through the water, so Renli brought troops to restrain Daliang soldiers. However, he did not dare to use 22,000 troops to capture Xingqing Mansion, which was high in the city and deep in the river. However, the 22,000 troops were enough to block the Tanglai Canal, so that Daliang soldiers could not retreat. If he took the land, he could even hold his troops all the way and wait for the army to encircle Daliang soldiers.
Renli had a good plan, but he did not expect that Daliang soldiers would open the city to fight. Looking at the six Daliang generals in front of the city gate, Renli couldn't help but consider the possibility of sending a cavalry to rush over and stealing the city gate.
Seeing that the Western Xia soldiers approached, Sun Li had already set off the battlefield and shouted, "Daliang Sun Li is here, who dares to fight me?"
Ren Li also knew that the generals of Daliang had repeatedly selected dozens of generals under Xiao Heda's command yesterday, but they did not make the matter public in order to avoid damaging morale. On the other hand, there were not many Xixia generals under Xiao Heda's command. There were many Xixia generals, but Li Qianshun and Cha Ge lost a lot. The generals who fled back were stationed in various places. There were not many handsome generals in Xingqing Mansion, and there were not many Xiao Heda's command.