The battle to besiege Pingxia City was carried out on the fourth day, and this year's winter in Shaanxi was maddeningly cold.

However, the Tanguts and Song people in Pingxia City did not think so, and the flames burning under the city walls even made the defenders on the city walls sweat on their foreheads.

After three nights, Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi shot the Tangut people with strong crossbows and bows and arrows in these three nights.

Although the results are not much, they can be regarded as gains. The anger of the Tangut people was unapplievable, and they worked extremely hard during the day when they attacked the city.

Zhe Keshi inserted a spear into the Western Xia soldier who came out of the tunnel, and then the Song army dragged out the pierced Xixia soldier with all hands and feet around and threw it on the pile of corpses on the side.

Subsequently, Zhi Keshi came to another tunnel entrance and stabbed a Western Xia soldier to death with a spear.

The game of whack-a-mole has always been fascinating.

And the Tangut people are also very happy to give away people's heads.

If the frontal offensive does not have an advantage, and then send soldiers to kill in from the tunnel, isn't it just to deliver food? The name of this person is not worthy of the name.

Zhe Keshi led a thousand troops around the city, looking for the tunnels dug by the Tangut people. Guo Cheng led the rest of the men on the city wall to defend against the attack of the Tanguts and counterattacked.

Both sides fought very resolutely in this battle, and the desire of the Tangut people to destroy Pingxia City was extremely strong, and Guo Cheng and Zhe Keshi naturally did not want to die in the hands of the Tangut people.

So in this case, the fighting during the day on the fourth day ended.

When night came, Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi sat at the head of the city, nibbling on flatbread with white water, while observing the movements in the camp of the Xia army.

"Lao Guo, how many days has the battle been fought?" Zhe Keshi took a sip of water, and after smoothing down the dry cake in his mouth, he asked softly.

Guo Cheng grabbed the cake, but didn't eat much. When he asked him, he replied, "It's been four days...... After surviving this night, it was the fifth day. ”

Zhi Keshi shook his head and said: "It seems that I have been dizzy in the past few days, and I thought that today was the sixth day." ”

Guo Cheng wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. He tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "If it were the sixth day, there would be fewer brothers than now." ”

Zhe Keshi looked at the brightly lit Xia army camp in the distance, and sparse voices kept coming from that direction. He ate the last bite of bread and chewed it as he took the bow and arrow from one of the soldiers beside him.

"Good bow!" Zhe Keshi tried to pull the bowstring, and then praised it. Looking at the soldier defending the city, with his hands wrapped around the blood-stained strips of cloth, he asked, "How many shots have you shot?" ”

"Five hundred and seventy-two rounds." The creep replied a little shyly.

"Good hands!" Zhi Keshi praised again, and then pulled out an arrow from behind the little soldier and placed it on the bowstring.

Take a deep breath and pull your bow to shoot.

"Three stones?" Zhi Keshi asked.

"This bow is handed down by my father, and it is a six-stone strong bow......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhe Keshi violently pull the bowstring apart completely. The upper and lower sides of the bow arms are even slightly bent.

The little soldier was speechless in astonishment, he had only seen his father have so much strength.

Then Zhi Keshi shot an arrow at the camp of the Xia army, and the bowstring bounced back into the distance, humming. And in the camp of the Xia Army, there was also a guy who had been stared at for a long time.

The little soldier immediately shouted: "The general is mighty! The general is mighty! ”

The rest of the Song army didn't know what was going on, but they still shouted: "The general is mighty! The general is mighty! ”

Song Jun was shouting might, but Xia Jun was cursing in his mouth. This kind of thing often happens at night these days, and the crossbow arrows of the Song people seem to be sent out without money.

After four days, the Eight Ox Crossbows and Tiger Squat Cannons did not stop from morning to night, and God knows how many Eight Ox Crossbow arrows and stones they had in reserve.

The Tanguts had already retreated their garrison five miles and placed a large shield in front of the camp, but the Song people's bows and arrows were still able to hurt them.

An iron harrier rushed out of the Xia army camp with a shield on his back and two shields in his arms, and shouted at the top of his voice when he ran to the city.

Zhi Keshi raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, turned his head and asked the entourage beside him, "What did he say?" ”

The entourage understands the party's language, so he translates it.

In fact, it didn't say anything big, to the effect that the Song people were all turtles, and they would only shrink into the turtle shell and not come out.

He asked the translator to reply, saying that there is no harm in being a turtle, the turtle still lives a long life, how can it be like you party bald donkeys, one by one they dance happily and die quickly.

The iron harrier was so angry that he couldn't jump to the city wall and strangle the bastard who talked to him.

Guo Cheng looked at Keshi, shook his head with a smile and said, "Keshi, you are really different from before now." I don't think of these words as words that can come out of your mouth. ”

Zhi Keshi laughed and said, "It's not that I've been with that kid from Tang Ning for a long time, and I've been polluted by him." ”

"Downing?" Guo Cheng was puzzled: "Is that the commander of the Zhenjiang Army and the Horse Infantry Army?" ”

"Yes, that's the kid. I have the opportunity to introduce him to you. That boy was a wonderful man, not very old, but very knowledgeable about the world, and interesting to speak, and often able to pop up a brilliant quote or two.

But if he is angry, he can also make his popularity half dead, and the prison army in his Zhenjiang army was so angry that he couldn't say a word, so he could only stare dryly, haha......"

Guo Cheng nodded with a smile and said, "The person who can be so admired by you must not be an ordinary man." If you have the opportunity, please remember to introduce me so that I can also see

Knowledge.

This Zhenjiang Army, I've only heard of their names, but I've never seen them. ”

Zhi Keshi smiled: "Don't worry, you will definitely not regret it when you see it." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, but the interpreter scolded the iron harrier. The two of them murmured to each other for a long time, but in the end, the soldier on the side couldn't stand it, and raised his hand to shoot an arrow.

The iron harrier was almost shot into the gap in his helmet by this arrow, and he was so frightened that he turned his horse and ran, causing the Song army in Pingxia City behind him to laugh wildly.

Zhe Keshi shook his head at the back of the iron harrier, handed the longbow back to the little soldier, and then sat back on his cushion, looked up at the moon in the sky, and was silent for a long time.

Guo Cheng didn't speak for a long time, and finally broke the tranquility with Zhi Keshi.

"Lao Guo, your military skills are above me. Can you tell me what you're most worried about right now? ”

"What am I most worried about?" Guo Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he pondered for a moment and replied, "If you mean this war, then what I am most worried about is that the reinforcements will come too quickly." ”

Zhe Keshi was pleasantly surprised: "You think so too?" ”

Guo Cheng nodded: "This is a fact.

You see, now our army has relied on the city to capture tens of thousands of thieves in four days. And the casualties of our army were only 2,800 people. Therefore, the morale of our army is strong, and it is not something that thieves can match.

If reinforcements arrive and relieve the siege of Pingxia City, the loss of the remaining walled forts will be inevitable. If the reinforcements do not come, and only contain them on the periphery, our army can rely on Pingxia City to eat more thieves, so that its strength will be strained, and the pressure on the rest of the walled forts will be relieved.

In this way, our army will be victorious, and the thieves will be defeated. ”

Zhe Keshi listened and nodded frequently. After Guo Cheng finished speaking, he directly hugged Guo Cheng's shoulders and said, "Guo Gongye, who knows me!" ”

At the same time, Chongpu had already led reinforcements to Jingyuan Road. Knowing that Pingxia City had been besieged for four days, Guo Cheng's brother-in-law Guo Zude, an officer under Chongpu, was worried.

Coupled with the fact that the situation is still unclear, the situation of Pingxia City is undoubtedly critical for them.

Therefore, Guo Zude proposed to relieve the siege of Pingxia City at all costs. The deputy capital deployed Wang En, and the generals Yao Xiong and Yao Gu all raised their hands and feet in favor, but Chong Pu categorically refused.

Facing Guo Zude's angry face redder than blood, Chong Pu patiently explained: "The soldiers fought against an enemy far outnumbered them in a lonely city, and it was our reinforcements who could make them firm in their faith.

Now that our forces are at a disadvantage, Meile Du is waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net, even if we win, we may not be able to relieve the siege of Pingxia City.

If we are unfortunately defeated, and the thieves show our corpses to the soldiers of the city, will not their faith be lost? Who will defend Pingxia City at that time?

Besides, with General Guo in Pingxia City, what is there to worry about in Pingxia City? ”

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