At this time, it was the end of September, and the mountains were golden, and through the morning mist, Gao Zhen looked at the gray city wall about 300 paces ahead. asked the entourage beside him: "Has Wu Xi set off?" ”

The entourage immediately replied: "Back to Chief Gao, the Wu Command set out with the scriptures an hour ago. In another hour, Da Yi will be able to get to the place. ”

Gao Zhen nodded, turned back to his subordinates and said, "Everyone, in today's battle, we are going to move seriously, and we must capture Xi'an Prefecture." ”

The generals promised in unison, looking confident. In fact, at this time, the Song army concentrated nearly 50,000 horses to attack Xi'an, and all kinds of siege weapons were also very complete. There were only five or six thousand soldiers in the city of Xi'an, and it was impossible to resist the attack of the Song army, but the Song army did not do its best in the siege battle a few days ago in order to draw out reinforcements from the Xishou Baotai Military Division. Now that he knows that the reinforcements of Western Xia have been dispatched, he will naturally not be polite anymore, and this time he will definitely go all out.

Gao Zhen was also very satisfied, and immediately ordered: "Lei Tonggang, Hong Liang listens to the order." ”

Lei Tonggang and Hong Liang immediately came out of the queue and said, "The last will be." ”

Gao Zhen said: "In the first formation, the Xiongwu Army will come to fight, and I must attack the city wall of Xi'an Prefecture." The infantry division Changning army covered the Xiongwu army with bows and arrows under the city. ”

Lei Tonggang and Hong Liang both enlisted in the army when Yang Yanping was in the south, and there were five of them at that time. Lei Tonggang is under the command of the Xiongwu Army of the Infantry Army, with a total of 6,000 troops, of which 2,000 are heavily armored and swordsmen, and it is an army that fights head-on and besieges the city. And Hong Liang is under the command of the Changning Army of the Infantry Division, and the whole army is also 5,000 people, but an army of all crossbowmen, the whole army has a total of 50 bed crossbows, each bed crossbow is operated by ten soldiers, 1,000 crossbowmen, 1,000 crossbowmen, and 2,500 archers. Generally, they do not fight alone, but cooperate with other armies to cover them.

Lei Tonggang laughed and said: "Manager Gao, please rest assured, if I can't attack the city wall of Xi'an Prefecture, I will never come back to see you." As he spoke, he waved the thick-backed machete in his hand and said loudly, "Brothers, go to war." ”

The war drums sounded like thunder, and in addition to the 2,000 heavily armored hemp swordsmen, the Xiongwu Army dispatched all 4,000 people, pushing ten tower carts and more than 50 ladders, approaching the city wall of Xi'an Prefecture. Lei Molybdenum Gang himself also personally stepped on a tower car and joined the siege team.

Hong Liang also quickly arranged archers and bed crossbows in front of the battlefield, and the bed crossbows were arranged two hundred steps away from the city, and then more than fifty bucket trucks were erected within a hundred steps of the city, each with four Song soldiers on each bucket, holding a series of crossbows, and the rest of the crossbowmen also occupied favorable terrain and prepared to cover the siege troops of Lei Tonggang.

The defender of Xi'an Prefecture is called Mu You, the original defenders in the city are more than 5,000 people, these days, although the Song army did not attack the city with all its might, but also scared him so much that he has been worried, looking forward to the reinforcements coming soon. And today at the head of the city, the momentum of the Song army's siege is very different from a few days ago, the city is overwhelming the Song army, as well as the tower car that is a lot higher than the city wall, and there are countless large and small vehicles that Mu You does not know at all, are slowly approaching the city wall, and I can't help but feel cold in my heart, knowing that today is probably more auspicious. I couldn't stop cursing Dong Mingzhao in my heart, why haven't we sent reinforcements until now.

But the Song army came with a scripture attack, and it couldn't help but fight, so Mu You had to stubbornly command the soldiers to defend the city. Seeing that the front-line troops of the Song army entered the range of bows and arrows, Mu You immediately ordered the archers in the city to release arrows.

At this time, Hong Liang also arranged the bow and crossbow under the city, and also began to fire bows and arrows at the city wall. All of a sudden, arrows whistled and rained back and forth across the battlefield.

The Song troops under the city were already prepared, and the tower carts had thick planks on all sides, not afraid of bows and arrows, and the Song soldiers on foot all raised their shields to block the arrows, and still steadily approached the city wall.

At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Song army under the city are also very brave, desperately firing feather arrows to the city, which is a bed crossbow, every time it is shot, it brings out a terrible whistling sound, and each bed crossbow is adjusted to an angle, which can ensure that the crossbow gun just reaches the highest point when it shoots near the city, and begins to fall, and will not fly over the city. Sometimes a ballista can penetrate the body of two or three people. The bucket cart could raise the soldiers to a height of about three zhang, almost level with the city wall, and the other crossbowmen distributed under the city fired together, which also killed a lot of archers in the city.

The number of archers in the city of Xi'an was originally small, although it was condescending, but after shooting at the Song army for a while, the bows and arrows in the city were completely suppressed by the Song army.

At this time, the siege troops of the Song army approached the city wall with the scriptures, and the crossbowmen and bed crossbows stopped shooting arrows with the scriptures, so as not to injure their own people by mistake. Only the Song soldiers on the bucket truck still have the enemy troops on the quasi-city and continue to fire.

Seeing this, Gao Zhen immediately ordered to blow the trumpet and recruit most of the crossbowmen, and then ordered that Guo Shixiong, the commander of the palace front Si Youyijun, lead the men and horses of the headquarters and approach the city wall to prevent the enemy from suddenly killing out of the city.

At this time, there was a tower car in the Song army formation close to the city wall, the soldiers in the tower car put down the flap and put it on the battlement, Lei Tong just danced the big knife, and the first one rushed out of the tower car, stepped on the flap, and rushed out of the city. The two Western Xia soldiers guarding the battlement hurriedly raised their guns to block, Lei Tongtian raised the knife port in his hand, and cut down the two Western Xia soldiers guarding the battlement to the ground, and then stepped on the battlement, jumped to the city, opened the big knife in his hand, and slashed the surrounding Western Xia soldiers.

Behind Lei Tonggang, the Song soldiers fought out of the tower cart one by one, followed the gap he rushed away, and killed on the city wall of Xi'an Prefecture, helping Lei Tonggang to meet the Western Xia soldiers. The other nine tower cars also leaned on the city wall one after another, put down the flap, and killed the Song soldiers.

The gaps in the city wall were washed away one by one, and more and more Song soldiers were killed from the tower cart to the city. The other Song soldiers also advanced to the city wall, set up a ladder, and climbed to the top of the city. And under the city, the Song soldiers pushed the crashing car to the city gate, and sixteen soldiers pushed the giant tree that one person could not hold, and slammed into the city gate.

Mu You never expected that the Song army's offensive at the beginning would be so fierce, and it couldn't be the same as a few days ago, and it attacked the wall all of a sudden. Moreover, the crashing car was violently banging on the city gate under the city tower, and every time it hit, there would be a deafening loud noise, as if the entire city tower was shaking.

Mu You pointed fingers on the city tower, commanded the Western Xia army to desperately resist the Song army that attacked the city, and tried to drive the Song army down from the city, and ordered people to push the boulder and big wood down on the city tower, smash the Song army's crashing car, and at the same time transferred all the reserves organized in the city to participate in the defense.

But at this time, the Song army that attacked the city head had two or three hundred people, and had already gained a firm foothold in the city, and was gradually expanding the battle line under the command of Lei Tonggang. The crash car itself has a canopy cover, which is supported by rough wood underneath, and the canopy is also covered with three layers of cooked cowhide, and generally dozens of catties of stones can't be smashed at all. The Song soldiers hiding under the canopy were also very safe, still pushing the giant tree hard, and slammed the city gate fiercely.

Gao Zhen saw very clearly in the formation, and knew that the Song army had the victory in his hands, so he immediately ordered the drum to be beaten.

The two hundred cowhide drums immediately "banged", making an earth-shattering sound that shook the entire battlefield. And the Song army had already gained the upper hand, and after hearing the cheers, the momentum was even stronger, and they desperately launched a fierce attack on the Western Xia army. On the city walls, under the walls were filled with countless corpses.

Lei Tonggang took a breath and wiped the blood and sweat on his face, and by now, he had killed more than a dozen Western Xia soldiers, with big knives, and his body was full of blood. At this time, he carefully observed the situation on the city wall, the Song army had opened more than a dozen gaps on the city wall, and seven or eight hundred people had killed the city wall, and occupied several stable battlefields, and the Western Xia army was evenly matched. However, the reserve men and horses of Western Xia were also put into the battle, and the city wall was almost squeezed to the ground, and both sides were almost stepping on the corpses to fight, and the follow-up Song soldiers and Ben had no place to intervene, so they could only stand on the tower cart and wait for the gap to be revealed.

After several years of conquest, Lei Tonggang is not a person who will only rely on courage to do brute force, seeing the situation, he immediately made adjustments, and ordered his two men to lead the troops to kill from the Yongdao, open the city gate, and let the army outside the city enter the city. And he himself also led a group of Song soldiers to kill along the city wall to the city tower, as long as the city tower was occupied, it can be said that it was determined by the overall situation.

After adjustment, the actions of the Song army immediately became orderly, two teams of Song troops killed the city, one team killed the city tower, and immediately left a large space on the city wall, so that the Song soldiers behind continued to climb the city tower. And Lei Tonggang also rotated the big sword, leading a team of Song soldiers to kill the city tower. The sword flashed, and one after another Western Xia troops fell beside him.

At this time, Mu You was also so anxious that he was sweating profusely on the city tower, running around, pointing fingers and directing the battle.

When he was in a hurry, a soldier suddenly came to report: "My lord, the Song soldiers on the city wall are gathering more and more, and we are afraid that we will not be able to resist it." ”

Mu You was stunned for a moment, and quickly ordered: "Send people to the other three gates to have a look, and draw two hundred people from each gate to come and support." ”

As soon as the soldier went down, another soldier came to report: "My lord, now there are two groups of Song troops along the Yongdao and are about to kill the city, what should I do?" ”

Mu You hurriedly came to the wall on the inner side of the city tower to look, and sure enough, he saw two teams of Song troops killing along the road, and the Western Xia army was defeated and retreated, only a few steps away from the city.

Mu You was so anxious that he shouted: "Resist, you must resist, reinforcements will come soon, come immediately......"

Before he could finish speaking, another soldier stumbled up to Mu You and said, "My lord, the city gate ...... The gates of the city are about to be slammed open, and we ......"

Before he could finish this, another soldier screamed, "My lord, the Song army is about to attack the city tower." We can't hold it. ”