The battle of Pingxia City had already been decided, and Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi led the cavalry dispatched by Zhang Ji to pursue the Xia army from behind to Tiandu Mountain.

Outside of Xiao Guan, Renduo Baozhong was not much surprised when he heard the news. The remnants of the army in front of him were defeated, and they lasted in this place for four days.

And not only in the face of the troops they brought, but behind them there were at least three Western Xia armies transporting grain and grass.

Thick dark brown blood flowed through the streets of this pass city, penetrating the earth of the city wall, and even dyeing the wall of Xiao Pass with a trace of blood.

The fighting that broke out here is no longer enough to describe the tragedy.

After paying the price of 17,000 soldiers' lives, Renduo Baozhong still failed to capture Xiao Pass. At this time, the news of their withdrawal came.

Pingxia City was defeated, and obsessing with Xiao Guan did not have much effect. But Ren Duo Baozhong held his breath in his heart, that hateful young Song man actually dared to fool himself like this.

If it weren't for the good eyes of myself and the sinister smile on his face, I am afraid that my body would have been gnawed by vultures now.

Just as Renduo was preparing to continue the attack, reinforcements from the Song army arrived at Xiao Pass.

Chong Pu led 5,000 elite cavalry, and heard the news that Xiao Pass and the Song army were holding on, so he hurried over to relieve the siege.

Renduo Baozhong had already suffered heavy losses before, Wei Muduli was beheaded by the Song army, the army's rations were exhausted, and the 50,000 soldiers brought with him were now killed and wounded.

Hearing the scout's report of the arrival of Song reinforcements, Renduo Baozhong had no choice but to lead his army out of here even if he was reluctant.

Chong Pu led the cavalry to stand on the hillside and watched Rinda Baozhong's troops go away, he did not dare to pursue, for fear that this was a trap set by Rinda Baozhong.

I didn't dare to enter Xiao Pass as soon as possible, if this was a deliberate act by Renduo Baozhong, wouldn't I be caught in someone's urn when I entered Xiao Guan?

So Chongpu waited on the hillside for a day and a night, and found no sign that Renduo Baozhong had gone and returned, and sent scouts to investigate, but he did not find an ambush, so he dared to go to Xiaoguan.

Just standing outside Xiao Pass, you can imagine what a tragic war has been experienced here. The dark red blood had seeped into the ground under his feet, and when he rubbed his toes, all that came out was dark red dirt.

Yesterday day, the defenders of the city had been busy clearing the battlefield. When I looked at the hillside yesterday, there were still dead bodies all over the city walls. Today came closer, except for some arrows and weapons that were not recovered, the rest of the corpses were cleaned up.

Some of the corpses of the Tangut were dumped in an open area outside the city, stripped of their clothes and disposed of by the two cleaners, the vulture and the wolf, while the other part was cremated.

The corpses of the Song people were buried on the spot, and an anonymous monument was erected.

When he entered the city, Chong Pu was surprised to find that these people were not dressed like the Western Army, and when he looked closely at the wooden plaque hanging around their necks, he suddenly realized, isn't this the Zhenjiang Army?

However, when Chong Pu saw Zhenjiang Army in the past, these people had smiles on their faces, and they always looked very confident. But now the snoring in the camp was thunderous, and their expressions were neither sad nor joyful.

Seeing Chong Pu and the reinforcements coming, he didn't even bother to say hello, and it was very polite to nod his head.

The same was true of the soldier in charge of the guard, who learned that Chongpu was coming, so he went to inform Tangning and led Chongpu in the direction of Tangning's big tent.

At this time, Tang Ning was sleeping, and most of the soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army were sleeping.

Although Nita did not attack at night, the archers did have to do at night. They are responsible for long-range fire suppression during the day, and they also have to climb the city wall to harass the Xia army at night, so they can be said to be the tool men among the tool people.

Finally, Renduo was loyal to the battle, and yesterday he was busy cleaning up the battlefield for another day. So I slept from late last night until now.

Tang Ning also specially ordered not to disturb the rest of the night last night, and not to disturb everyone's sleep. He said that if he was okay today, let the brothers sleep until they woke up naturally, and do not disturb them.

Xiaobing came to report that Tang Ning was sleeping when Chong Pu arrived, not to mention Chong Pu at this time, even if Zhao Xu came, he didn't want to see it.

While waving his hand vigorously, he said in a daze: "Let's go...... Tell him to go...... Lao Tzu is sleeping...... Nobody is seen! ”

The little soldier came out and looked at the embarrassed Chong Pu and said, "You also heard, my general said that he didn't see anyone." ”

"Understood." Chong Pu nodded: "That official and his subordinates will rest in Xiao Guan, and wait until your general wakes up and see him again, okay?" ”

"That's fine, as long as you can wait...... We haven't closed our eyes for three days. ”

"It doesn't matter." Chong Pu smiled: "You are also hard, and this official can understand you." ”

"In this case, the lord will come with me, there is a place in the city that is not yet inhabited, and the lord can bring his subordinates to live in it."

"I'm tired."

Kind of Pu arch arch hand.

Subsequently, after settling the 5,000 cavalry he brought, Chong Pu asked a soldier in the Zhenjiang army for questioning.

"When did you come to Xiao Guan?"

The little soldier didn't have any expression, looked at Chong Pu, continued to wipe his knife and armor, and replied, "About six days ago." ”

"So, you've been here in Xiaoguan for six days?" Chongpu said in surprise.

"Five days, when the first day arrived, I hadn't fought with the party members."

“…… That's not easy, either. Chongpu gave a thumbs up and asked, "How did you solve your supplies?" ”

"Before, the party would send supplies through here, but we stopped their supplies."

It's actually very boring to talk to such a person, and there is no excessive interaction between questions and answers.

But Chong Pu doesn't care about this, the Western Army has always spoken with strength. The nature of Xiaoguan and Pingxia City is different, and the materials in Pingxia City are sufficient, even after the siege of the thirteenth, there is still some gunpowder left.

Moreover, Pingxia City is very large, and the larger the city, the more the attacker has to disperse his forces to attack different positions.

Xiao Pass, as a pass, has nothing but a long city wall.

It's a small city inside, and it's not too big. Apart from the complex terrain, there are few other advantages.

The Zhenjiang army was able to hold here for six days, no matter what, it was worthy of the admiration of others.

"How many thieves are coming?"

"Commander Fang said that there should be at least 50,000."

"Fifty thousand? I remember that the total number of your Zhenjiang troops is only 20,000, right? ”

"That's right."

"And how many of you died?"

"......" The little soldier suddenly stopped talking, and after a while, he looked up at Chong Pu, his eyes were as red as rabbits.

"There are only 3,200 people left in the Zhenjiang army, and there are still more than 2,000 brothers lying in the wounded barracks......

“……”

Chong Pu was stunned, no wonder when he entered the city, he felt that the city was empty, and it didn't look like there was a large-scale garrison stationed here.

He didn't know what to say for a while, and the 20,000-strong troops were forced to fight only 3,002, although they defeated 15,000 people on the other side, but this kind of exchange, in any case, was a heavy loss.

However, it is not that more than 10,000 people died in vain, without them, the siege of Pingxia City might have lasted a few more days. After all, there was a lot of grain and grass transported from Xiaoguan to the front line, and this supply line was cut off, so that the Xia army fell into a panic due to the exhaustion of rations.

Not knowing what to say, he patted the soldier on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement. After that, he returned to the accommodation arranged for him to rest.

The adjutant stood at the door and glanced at the wounded barracks of the Zhenjiang army, and then said with great emotion: "The subordinates thought that this Zhenjiang army was in vain, and they used to think that they could only make meritorious contributions by relying on gunpowder.

Now it seems that the subordinates are too narrow-minded......"

Chong Pu nodded and said: "After this battle, this Zhenjiang army should be an army." There is nothing more condensed than fighting to the death and not retreating, and in time, the Western Army may be compared! ”

The adjutant smiled bitterly: "Our western army has 800,000 people, and the Zhenjiang army is only 50,000 people, they have few people, and they can't compare to us in this regard." ”

"Really?" Chong Pu smiled and said: "Don't forget, how many people are in this Zhenjiang army, it's not something you can say, and it's not something that he Tang Ning can say."

It all depends on the meaning of the officials, as long as the officials are happy, let alone 800,000, 1 million can be made. ”

“……”

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