The majestic horn sound resounded across the battlefield, and fighting spirit rose into the sky.
A group of soldiers and horses went to the place where the moat connected with Tang Lai Canal, and a group of soldiers and horses came straight to the city gate.
Chao Yong also arrived at the south gate city wall. Looking at the dense crowd of Bu Bazi coming under the city, he said: "It seems that the Xixia people are really going to attack the city this time."
Zhang Qing said worriedly: "Should we close the suspension bridge?"
Chao Yong looked at the fire mines that the soldiers behind him kept bringing up, and said with a smile: "No need, just blow up the suspension bridge when the situation is tight."
Two thousand kilograms of gunpowder were used to bomb the city, and two thousand kilograms of gunpowder were left. In the past two days, Chao Yong asked the craftsmen in the city to make many hollow iron balls, and bury the gunpowder and fuses into them to create fire thunder.
Soon Bubazi entered the range of the divine arm crossbow, and the archers in the city began to shoot non-stop. The densely packed crowd was immediately cleared out.
The commanding general shouted: "Go both ways."
The Xixia soldiers immediately moved to both sides, and no one charged from the middle. The archers inside the city gate immediately had no use for them.
Zhang Qing saw that the Xixia soldiers were almost rushing to the moat, and immediately shouted: "Explode."
With an order, dozens of fire thunders drew a parabola and fell on the Xixia team.
In the explosion, flesh and blood flew everywhere, screams continued, and the Xixia people's offensive was blocked.
Just one attack killed and injured hundreds of people.
The Xixia people who were moving forward bravely were immediately frightened and backed away when they saw such a tragic situation.
The general in charge originally wanted his soldiers to rush to the moat and then use archers to suppress the people at the top of the city, but he did not expect the power of the fire and thunder to be so powerful.
The Lingzhou guard looked behind with his brows twitching, but his intention was to consume the opponent's fire and thunder. If he retreated with only a few hundred casualties, he would feel shameless.
"Those who retreat will be killed."
The soldiers who fled back in embarrassment saw how tough their general was, so they had no choice but to stop.
The commanding general thought for a while and said: "There are not many Han people in the city. As long as we rush to the moat, we can suppress them with bows and arrows. Everyone disperses. The Han people must not have many firearms. I don't believe they are willing to blow up one."
people."
After some thought, the group of people thought it made sense, and formed a loose formation to press towards the moat.
Seeing this, Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I didn't expect the Xixia people to see the flaws in firearms so quickly. Just use bows and arrows."
Zhang Qingdao: "There are not many arrows left in the divine arm crossbow."
Chao Yong said: "Then use a bow and arrow."
After capturing Xingqing Mansion, Daliang soldiers and horses captured many weapons from Xixia, including countless ordinary swords, guns and arrows.
Although they had some advantages at the top of the city and the range was longer than shooting from above. However, seeing that the Han people no longer used firearms, the Xixia people became bolder. Although some people were shot down from time to time, the people behind them continued to advance, and soon
Then someone came to the moat, squatted on the ground and looked up at the people on the top of the city.
Although Sun Li, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong and others continued to shoot people below the city, they were no match for the large number of Xixia people. More and more arrows were shot from below the city, and people on the top of the city were hit by arrows one after another.
Chao Yong saw that the top of the city was gradually being suppressed. He said to Shi Yong beside him: "Deploy three hundred soldiers to defend the city."
Zhang Qing heard this and said hurriedly: "I still have five hundred people under my command to rest, let them go to the city."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "They still have to defend the city at night. My soldiers have been resting for many days. It's time for them to contribute."
Seeing that the archers on top of the city were suppressed, the Lingzhou garrison immediately sent another team of soldiers to capture the city.
The archers behind the city gate were blocked by the city tower, but they were not shot by bows and arrows, keeping their formation intact.
Although this group of soldiers carried leather shields, the leather shields were useless under the fire of the divine arm crossbow. They were shot dead as soon as they showed their heads.
The people rushing up saw that they could not get in. They couldn't help but hesitate, and ran to both sides of the suspension bridge and slowed down.
Zhang Qing saw many people crowded on both sides of the bridge and immediately ordered a fire and thunder attack.
Those who throw fire thunder are all chosen to have strong arms, and they don't need to stand against the outer wall. There is also a team of players in front to cover it, and they just throw it forward with all their strength.
All the fire thunders were thrown over the moat, and some of them were several feet beyond the moat. However, the shattered iron fragments were enough to kill and injure anyone within a few feet.
After a burst of explosions, no one was standing at the bridge again, and the archers closer to the river were all hit.
Chao Yong did not ask anyone to close the city gate. Once there were more archers under the city, he would attack with fire and thunder.
After three hundred soldiers arrived on the city, they all gathered on both sides of the city gate and quickly suppressed the archers below the city.
The Lingzhou garrison couldn't help but feel a little painful when he saw that the two thousand men and horses sent in front and behind were completely injured.
The guard general of Jingzhou said from the side: "The use of firearms by the Han people has been reduced a lot, and the only ones who use the divine arm crossbows are those under the city gate. If we send some more people, we will definitely be able to use the Han people's firearms and divine arm crossbows."
Yahaguang."
Renli nodded and said: "If we recapture Xingqing Mansion, the first step will be to defeat Lingzhou's troops."
The Lingzhou garrison also felt that the Han people did not seem to have many firearms, and it was still very possible to recapture Xingqing Mansion, so he gritted his teeth and sent another two thousand people.
One hundred men under Zhang Qing's command guarded the city gate, one hundred men guarded the gap created by the explosion, and the remaining three hundred men were at the top of the city, plus Chao Yong's three hundred personal soldiers. Six hundred men were distributed on both sides of the city gate, dozens of feet tall.
The head was well guarded. On the contrary, once the Xixia people under the city gathered together, they would be attacked by firearms. They could only squat under the city in a sparse formation and shoot upwards.
The Daliang soldiers and horses completely suppressed the Xixia people.
The bowstring in Liu Qi's hand turned into an afterimage, and he kept shooting sharp arrows, pinning the Xixia people to the city walls one by one.
Chao Yong also shot more than a hundred arrows. He did not use iron arrows, but captured Xixia white feather arrows. The God Arm Crossbow could only use special arrows due to agency restrictions, but Chao Yong's Overlord Bow was removed.
All mechanisms and any arrow can be used. Within a hundred steps, whether it is iron armor or leather armor, it will be easily shot through.
More than a hundred arrows were shot out, and Chao Yong's arms were numb. He turned around and saw that there were more than ten empty arrow pots placed at Liu Qi's feet. He couldn't help but ask: "How many people have been shot?"
Liu Qi said: "More than ninety people have been shot down, all at their vitals. However, it is difficult to estimate how many people were shot."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "With your shooting skills, there is no problem in hitting nine out of ten arrows. You killed more than 180 people in the past two days, and now there are 90 more people. As long as you shoot another 300 arrows, that's it."
Viscount."
Han Shizhong and others nearby heard what the prince said, and they had no objection in their hearts. Although the Xixia people under the city would dodge, Liu Qi's shot nine times out of ten can be considered a conservative estimate.
The two thousand people sent by Lingzhou were quickly destroyed, leaving corpses on the ground and retreating hastily. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!