The sky went from bright to dark to pitch black. The sparkling fires gradually lit up, and the light once again took over the earth beneath the sky.

The Western Xia army in front of Xiao Pass gradually gathered, and one after another camp tents were erected one after another, and the gods were hidden on the head of the city, frowning and looking in the direction of the Xia army's camp tent.

"It's endless......" Shen Qian spat and gritted his teeth.

Fang Yong nodded, and said with a worried face: "Since the cavalry came to Xiaoguan yesterday, there has been a steady stream of small groups of party troops. The raids organized before had few successes and had little effect.

At the moment, the number of thieves must have exceeded 20,000, the gunpowder is running out, and the number of incendiary bombs is very limited, so we have no advantage other than the abundance of arrows and the occupation of passes...... It's tricky......"

"You can't sit still." Shen Qian frowned and thought for a while, "How much gunpowder is there?" ”

"You ask me, how do I know, you have to ask Judge Zhang about this." Fang Yong replied.

So Shenqian went down to the city and ran to the logistics camp to find Zhang Jingming.

After Zhang Jingming heard Shenqian's question, he led Shenqian to a warehouse. Pointing to the two large boxes on the ground, he said, "Except for the ones that have been allocated to the soldiers, I have only so many left here."

Not enough points in one round, and the remaining bit can equip 4,000 people at best, and I'm ready to send it out after I've finished the account in a while. ”

"Damn......" Shenqian couldn't help but scold, this amount is indeed too little. He originally planned to take 200 cavalry out of the city to raid to see if he could find the opponent's Chinese army and throw gunpowder into it.

If you are lucky enough to injure the opposing commander and kill him, he will be able to delay for a long time.

Now it seems that with such a small amount, not to mention bombing the Chinese army, even the forward battalion that bombs other people can't be bombed.

Scratching his head, Shen Qian had no choice but to leave depressed. And he was not the only one who was depressed at this time, Tang Ning was also very depressed.

The information he got was more detailed than Shen Qian and Fang Yong's estimates, and the Western Xia army gathered outside the pass was at least more than 40,000. These troops were not far from Xiao Pass, and after receiving the dispatch, they set off immediately, and they had already arrived under Xiao Pass within a day.

Looking at the situation, after this night, there will be a big battle, and the gunpowder and incendiary bombs in the army are not enough.

This battle was different from what the Zhenjiang army had encountered before, although it was a little harder before, but fortunately, the gunpowder and other materials were quite sufficient, even if the enemy was stronger, as long as the gunpowder was used well, it could still be defeated.

But when gunpowder is insufficient, hand-to-hand combat is inevitable, and this is one of Tangning's biggest concerns.

In hand-to-hand combat, can the Zhenjiang army be the opponent of the Western Xia army? Moreover, the opponent's strength is still four times that of his own, and even if he sticks to the pass, the risk of being broken is still very high......

One night

Before sleeping, Tang Ning didn't come up with any good countermeasures. The only way to deal with the enemy at the moment is to fight a head-on battle.

The next morning, the sun had just risen in the east. With the light of the rising sun, the Western Xia army marched under Xiao Pass.

The Western Xia soldiers who played the trumpets and beat the gongs and drums were very hardworking. The soldiers holding the banner of Western Xia also waved the banner very mightily in the wind.

Not to be outdone, the Zhenjiang army planted the flag outside the arrow tower, representing the will of the Zhenjiang soldiers to fight.

Before the war, the Tanguts were cautious. did not attack at the first time, but sent people to persuade them to surrender.

Three thousand cavalry wandered around for a day, and after several temptations, they almost found out the strength of the Song army in Xiao Guan. The size will not exceed 20,000 people, and the infantry is the main component.

Renduo Baozhong sat in the rear, riding on a tall horse, looking coldly at the city wall of Xiaoguan.

There are indeed many talents in the Song army, and cutting off the supply line to contain their own troops is indeed a clever move, and after the front-line soldiers learned of this, it did cause a lot of panic.

It's a pity that the performance of the commander of this Song army unit ended here.

Even if it is not for the restoration of the supply route, it is necessary to plan for the retreat when the food and grass are exhausted. Xiaoguan was a strategic location, and Renduo Baozhong would not allow this place to fall into the hands of the Song army.

"What did he say?"

Tang Ning stood on the city wall and looked at the very hard-working Western Xia soldiers shouting below.

There was a soldier of the Zhenjiang Army beside him, named Kang Zhi, who was a native of Shaanxi. At the age of fifteen, he was taken captive to Western Xia, and at the age of nineteen, he found an opportunity and escaped with his younger brother. After that, the two brothers joined the border army and fought for 16 years.

His younger brother unfortunately died, and he was the only one left in the whole family.

Previously, when Zhang Qi replenished Tang Ning's troops, he was sent to the Zhenjiang Army as one of them. Tang Ning valued the fact that he could speak party dialect and asked him to work as a part-time translator.

Hearing Tang Ning's question, Kang Zhi replied: "He said that the thief commander Ren Duo Baozhong led an army of 50,000 to crusade against us, and he already knows that there are not many people to fight in our city.

On behalf of Renduo, he is loyal and hopes that we can surrender and not take chances and make useless resistance. Otherwise, when the level is cleared, we will all be killed. ”

"If you tell him, you can say that they are surrounded by us, and they are the ones who should lay down their weapons."

Kang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and Pei Xiantong, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but say, "When did it happen?" Really? ”

"Of course it's fake. But they don't have to pay taxes for bluffing, and they may be distracted when they hear it, so why not do this kind of thing? ”

"It's really yours, all the commanders!" Kang Zhi gave Tang Ning a thumbs up, and then craned his neck and shouted down.

"Stinky Dog Officer,

You know how to deceive people......"

“……”

Seeing that the Xixia soldiers heard Kang Zhi's shouting, they laughed. After that, he said very contemptuously: "You Song people still like to talk so much, within a radius of fifty miles, no wind and grass can escape the ears and eyes of my family's commanders."

Even if a fly flies in, my family commander will soon find out.

Surround us? It's a shame that you can say that! It's really yours, Song Dog! ”

Kang Zhi's face was very ugly and relayed this to Tang Ning, Tang Ning also sneered when he heard it, and poked his head out and shouted: "Be careful when you speak, you bald!"

Lao Tzu originally thought that if you party bald asses had a better attitude, it would not be unacceptable to lead your subordinates to surrender. But why are you scolding? Do you know how uncomfortable it will be for you to scold Lao Tzu? ”

"Huh?"

"Ahhhh That's you! Go back and tell your family what kind of bullshit unified army, Lao Tzu originally wanted to surrender, but you scolded Lao Tzu, it is impossible for Lao Tzu to surrender!

And what kind of thing are you, dare to persuade Lao Tzu to surrender? At least call your bullshit army, right? ”

The Western Xia soldiers could also understand Chinese, otherwise they would not have called him over to persuade him to surrender. After hearing that he was sweating like rain, he said in his heart that a good thing was messed up by himself?

At the same time, Ren Duo Baozhong in the rear rode on his horse and frowned at the Western Xia soldier who interacted with Tang Ning, and asked the entourage beside him, "Go and see what's going on, why hasn't it been fruitful for so long?" Is it a battle or a surrender, can it take so long? ”

The attendant immediately rode to the front to inquire about the situation, and then ran back again, and so on and so forth.

Ren Duobao loyally said that the commander of the Song army in front of him was indeed a talent. According to the investigation, this person was stationed in Tiandu Mountain with his troops before.

To be able to come out from such an important place as Tiandu Mountain and attack Xiao Pass requires not only courage, but also courage. Therefore, Rinda Baozhong listened to the meaning of his words, and if he went out himself, he would surrender.

So he thought about it and decided to go into battle himself.

Both the lieutenant and his retinue persuaded him to keep his loyalty, saying that it was too dangerous, and stopped him from doing so. But Renduo is loyal to this person, and he has read too much of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and feels that the bloodless blade of a soldier is the ultimate mystery of a soldier.

Therefore, he was determined to personally go out to recruit the enemy, but his followers could not resist him, so in the end he had to send ten men to guard him, holding shields, and firmly surround him in the middle.

Although Nido Baozhong did not like it, he could only accept it, and both sides took a step back, and the negotiations were always negotiated in this way.

Coming to the bottom of Xiao Pass, Ren Duo Baozhong looked at the face of the young man on the pass and said loudly: "Your Excellency is the commander? I am the commander of the Great White High Kingdom, and I have heard that Your Excellency intends to meet with me, so I have come to see Your Excellency in person! ”

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