While Lingzhou soldiers and horses stormed the city gate, Jingzhou soldiers and horses had cut off the water source of the moat. The water in the moat had gradually dried up, leaving only a few springs leaking water.
The moat that Jingzhou troops chose to fill was the section of city wall that was blown up. Dozens of trench-filling trucks kept going back and forth, and when they got to the moat, they pushed out the earth and rocks in the trucks.
At noon, the Xixia people withdrew their troops and rested.
The sun was already very hot at noon in June, and the soldiers on the city top who were constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows were sweating profusely.
Seeing the Xixia people retreating, they had time to wipe their sweat.
After firing for more than an hour, dozens of soldiers on the city were injured, and the moat at the break was filled in by more than three feet by the Xixia people.
Chao Yong asked people to find a large courtyard under the city, and gathered all the wounded there. The imperial doctor Liu Zheng and several army doctors were there to treat them.
Sun Lidao said: "General Zhang's men have been fighting for half a day. It is better to switch with the east gate and let Tao Zongwang guard it in the afternoon. The attack point of the Xixia people is at the south gate. The troops and horses of the four gates can take turns to defend it to ensure the attack of the south gate defenders.
force."
When Chao Yong heard this, he nodded and said: "I have been pulling the bow for half a day and my arms are numb. The soldiers must be the same. Then I will transfer Tao Zongwang's department to take over the defense."
Zhang Qing also knew that his soldiers could not draw their bows all the time, so he did not refuse immediately.
Except for the thousand men under Li Kui's command, all of whom were regiment players, the other four divisions were mostly archers.
After an hour's truce, the Xixia army came back again.
The Lingzhou garrison had suffered more than 3,000 casualties and no longer wanted to take on the task of consuming Daliang's firearms. However, Renli and the Jingzhou garrison forced him to attract firepower so that the Jingzhou troops could fill up the moat as quickly as possible.
However, the Daliang soldiers and horses did not hinder the Jingzhou soldiers and horses from filling the moat. They still put their main force at the city gate to shoot the Lingzhou soldiers and horses.
When the sun set over the west mountain, Jingzhou soldiers and horses had already filled in a road more than three feet wide in the moat, facing the gap in the city wall.
The beam did not fill the gap with earth and rocks, but only blocked the gap with wooden palisades. A wooden wall was added behind the skewed city wall, so that the guarding soldiers could stand on the wooden wall to attack the invading enemies outside.
When Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were about to fill up the city wall, Chao Yong ordered the suspension bridge to be closed, the south gate to be closed, and all the soldiers and horses to move to the gap.
After the Daliang soldiers and horses moved over, the Jingzhou soldiers and horses were greatly hindered. Although the Lingzhou soldiers and horses also moved here to cover. However, when a few fire mines fell, the trench-filling vehicle fell into pieces. In order to push away the people on the road,
Jingzhou soldiers and horses also suffered a lot of casualties due to the obstruction. The last ten feet or more distance was filled in with trench-filling trucks and human corpses.
Although there was not much water in the moat, the ditch that was ten feet wide and more than one foot deep still blocked the use of siege equipment. The Xixia people could only attack the city through filled-in roads.
In other words, the Xixia people were busy all day and created a road, but Daliang closed a road. In order to attract the firepower of Daliang soldiers and horses, Xixia paid nearly 10,000 casualties. In just one day, Lingzhou 20,000
More than half of the troops and horses were lost.
Daliang soldiers and horses suffered more than 100 casualties, and more than 500 fire and thunder were used.
The road was filled up. Lingzhou soldiers and horses tried to charge through the filled dirt road, but the result was the same as charging the pontoon bridge. After several rounds of volleys from the divine arm crossbows in the city, the soldiers and horses outside the gap were cleared. No one could
Rush in while leaning against the God's Arm Crossbow.
Seeing night fall, Renli had no choice but to retreat his troops.
At this time, the soldiers and horses guarding the city wall had been replaced by Ou Peng's men, but the afternoon was much longer. Tao Zongwang's men had been guarding for more than an hour. They could no longer draw their bows, so Chao Yong transferred Ou Peng's men.
Peng's subordinates took over.
Seeing the Xixia people retreating, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
In the evening defense, each department is still responsible for the original area. They are already familiar with their respective wall sections, so there is no need to mess around. However, during the day, the four gates take turns taking charge of the defense of the south gate.
After Xixia retreated, Zhang Qing's deputy general Gong Wang took over the guard of the south gate with 500 people. The focus of defense was naturally the breach.
Other places are blocked by moats and walls more than three feet high, and only a small number of soldiers are required to patrol. Even if the Xixia people make a surprise attack from other places, it will be difficult for them to get to the top of the city in a short time. As long as there are people on guard, they will have enough time to prepare.
Li Kui's thousand men were also stationed not far from the south gate. In the past two days, Li Kui had made all the men in the city bald. Apart from taking turns patrolling the streets, he spent most of his time recharging his strength and waiting for a hand-to-hand battle.
arrival.
Chao Yong and others spent a day shooting arrows, and after dinner, they took a rest.
After Renli and others returned to camp, they discussed the attack on the city all night.
Although he lost nearly ten thousand people, Renli was not unhappy at all. Although he had the highest official position, the Lingzhou garrison used to have the most troops under his command, so he did not take him seriously. Now he only has one man left under his command.
Ten thousand people are just like Jingzhou and Dingzhou, no matter how much they want to be domineering, they are not qualified.
In Renli's opinion, although ten thousand people were lost, it was worth it to eliminate the hidden dangers of the army.
When everyone arrived, the Lingzhou garrison said angrily: "In just one day of strong attack, my subordinates suffered nearly ten thousand casualties. I don't know how many more fire thunder and divine arm crossbows the Han people have, but it is your turn to attack tomorrow."
Already."
Renli, Jingzhou, and Dingzhou defenders each had ten thousand men under their command, so naturally they could not afford such consumption. However, they could not refuse directly, and no one came forward to answer.
Renli didn't dare to continue fighting like this, and said: "I watched in front of the formation for a long time today. I'm afraid it will be difficult to break into the city through a gap."
Hearing this, the Lingzhou garrison said: "It's not that difficult. As long as the Han people have firearms and divine arm crossbows, it's completely impossible. However, our previous plan was not to attack the city, but to consume the Han people's firearms and arrows."
.As long as the Han people have no firearms and divine arm crossbow arrows, we can rush in through the gap. I have used up a lot of their firearms and arrows today, don't you want to back down?"
Renli shook his head and said: "Xingqing Mansion is our capital in Great Xia, and the king is trapped in it. How can we retreat? However, the Han people have reduced their use of divine arm crossbows, for fear that they will not be able to use up their arrows for a while. I think there are still more urgent tasks.
Fill in some roads so that we can use siege equipment to attack the city."
The Lingzhou guard almost spat out blood and gritted his teeth and said: "King Shu, what you mean is that there is no need to attack by force, and we can all fill the river?"
Renli shook his head and said: "The army needs to recharge its batteries. We will recruit nearby people to fill in the river. If we recruit a hundred thousand people, I believe we can fill up the entire southern moat in half a day. Then the army will attack the city together. Today you will also
See, the Han people are stretched thin and unable to defend both places at the same time. If we attack from dozens of places at the same time, the Han people will definitely be unable to resist." (To be continued)