“…… My lord, there are only a small number of herdsmen cavalry behind us, and they have been scattered before they can be assembled, and no shadow of the Western Xia reinforcements has been found yet. Jiang Erlang came at the right time to compare, he just heard Hong Tao's evaluation of himself, and then he was embarrassed, so he simply didn't hear it.

"It seems that there are not too many troops in Liangzhou City, and their main forces should all go to compete with Dong Yu. This official will give you another hundred people, and we can advance and retreat freely by guarding Wusheling Ridge, and we must not afford to lose. ”

Before coming, he made a rough analysis of the strength of Liangzhou City, and the result was that it would not exceed 20,000. The nearest reinforcements are in Jisang City, and judging from the intercepted Western Xia letters, it seems that the troops of Jisang City have also gone to support Zhuo Luo City, so there should not be a large number of Western Xia troops stationed within a hundred miles around here.

"It's better for adults to keep it, it's troublesome if there are more people in Wusheling. The last general left eighty men on it, and the rest of the troops were in a team of 100 people, all of whom were moving about ten miles on both sides of the post road. The vicinity of Liangzhou is still really rich, and there are thousands of good horses in the three tribal camps, and those who can be driven have been driven to the south of the Wusheling Pass, and those who can't be driven are killed as much as possible. Now the last general's subordinates have not killed much, but have become butchers, killing sheep, cattle and horses. ”

Jiang Erlang didn't plan to ask for these new army soldiers, even if they could ride horses. It's not that a system can't cooperate, but it becomes a burden to carry them.

"That's fine, hold on for a few more hours, this official will strive to take Liangzhou City before it is too dark, whether it is burned or guarded depends on whether Miao Kui's convoy can come in time." Hong Tao is not forced, Jiang Erlang is not the kind of person who wants to die to save face, he said that enough is enough.

"Wang Da, blow the trumpet and start the siege!" The biggest advantage of the new army is that it is effortless to fight, and there is no need to rest at all in such a short contact war, and there is no need for even time to eat.

Whoever is hungry has rations in his backpack and eats his own. Anyway, everyone has a ration, eat it all or go hungry, or get an extra amount after being punished.

Basically, no one will be punished for this, these rations contain a lot of oil, and you can usually eat five bowls of small rice and half a pot of boiled vegetables, but compressed biscuits and canned food are full for a while, and it is especially the best time.

How did the new army attack the city? It's very simple, it is to carry the battering crossbow to the moat. The head of the city is not afraid of archery, the siege crossbow comes with a crossbow shield in front of it, and the one-inch thick plank, the bow and crossbow of the Xia people cannot shoot through it at all.

But if the siege crossbow is within a range of 300 meters, the things thrown out are not something that shields and armor can resist.

The canisters of fire oil were thrown on the city gates, and another thunderbolt came, not to mention that the city gate was just wood reinforced with iron hoops, and even if it was iron, it would be softened by the mixed oil, and then crushed by its own weight. Don't plan to splash water to fight the fire, the mixed oil is not afraid of water, and the fire is not wrong.

When a fire broke out in the gate hole, the siege crossbow threw canisters of fire oil and thunderbolts onto the gate tower. A quarter of an hour later, the towers of the city had burned into torches from the bottom up, and the heat and smoke forced the defenders to move away from the nearby walls.

After the mechanism of the drawbridge was also burned out and the hula fell, the soldiers of the New Army unhurriedly pushed a box car with a box board on the roof across the moat. There are sporadic arrows that can be fired, and they will also be bounced off the box board.

The box truck was pushed all the way to the junction of the urn city and the main city, and the soldiers of the New Army hid under the box board and began their earthwork work. Chisels, hammers, hoes, and planing.

First, a small hole was carved out of the hard rock, and then a wrist-thick long cylinder was stuffed into it, and after lighting the medicine twist, he pushed the box cart and ran away, hiding on the side of the urn city.

Soon after, a cloud of smoke and dust erupted from under the walls, and with a dull sound, the nearby walls shook somewhat, and the small hole became a round hole the size of a water tank.

The enemy is digging the city! The Western Xia defenders knew it very well, but unfortunately they didn't have a way. It was basically impossible to use the city defense equipment to deal with this box car, and the nearby city heads and city walls were on fire, and some people rushed in soaked cowhides.

But this time the flames were different from usual, not only were they hot, but they were also adsorbent, and they caught fire wherever they sticked. The flames can be resisted for a short time, and there is also thick smoke in the flames, which can stun people after a few puffs, and they can't run away.

At this time, the soldiers of the New Army pushed the cart again, carried a large thunderbolt from the cart, stuffed it into the gap, and ignited the twist. This time, instead of hiding next to the urn city, they pushed the box cart and ran across the suspension bridge, as fast as they could.

This loud bang shook even the burning urn city tower, the rammed earth and gravel that were blown up flew all over the sky, and more than a dozen siege crossbows two hundred meters away were affected, if there was no helmet protection, the crossbowmen would probably have to be smashed into a bag.

"Chen Niang, write it down, sodium nitrate is too powerful, and the dosage can be reduced by one-third!"

It took almost a quarter of an hour for the dust to clear, and when I looked at the city wall, it had collapsed at least thirty meters, and half of the urn city had also fallen. However, the flames that were originally burning were covered with dust, and only a few places still emitted black smoke.

The large thunderbolt was not filled with ordinary black powder, but with a new powder that was prepared with sodium nitrate instead of potassium nitrate. This kind of gunpowder is susceptible to moisture and cannot be pre-installed too long in advance, except as an explosives bag, Hong Tao can't think of any other use.

The walls have collapsed, is it time to rush into the city and fight in the streets? Hong Tao's answer is that it's still early, and it's best not to work hard to solve problems that can be solved with money.

So, the siege crossbow continued to advance, and the foxholes were dug forward, and the position moved forward as a whole. Don't be reluctant to use them, the oil bombs and thunderbolts in these box trucks are used for siege cities, and they are not needed in field battles, so you can throw them into the city, throw them as far as you want, scatter them.

When the inside of the breach was determined to be no longer suitable for human life, the new soldiers climbed the walls on both sides of the city wall along the collapsed rubble, holding steel crossbows and resisting a swarm of bees.

If there are few enemies, they will use steel plate crossbows to greet them, and if there are many enemies, they will swarm them. After clearing the walls on both sides for some distance, the siege crossbows also went up.

I don't know if Liangzhou City is too important to be easily lost, or if the Xia people are really strong, and they started an offensive and defensive battle with the new army on the city wall.

It's a pity that on the relatively narrow city wall, the power of siege crossbows and rockets has directly doubled several times, and the Western Xia soldiers who have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and have to keep charging are knocked down one by one, one by one, and then rushed up layer by layer, and then were shot by dense crossbow arrows.

The new army also appeared injured at this time, basically they were injured by stray arrows and injured their arms and legs, and after being carried down, there would be a special person responsible for first aid to stop the bleeding, and then put it on the box car, and send it to Wusheling after two or three cars. Hong Tao's principle is not to take prisoners and not to bring wounded soldiers, even the enemy with his own people.

"Didi...... Di Di Di ...... Da ...... "Just as the two sides were fighting on the city wall, a sharp brass horn suddenly sounded from the box car array.

"What's going on! Could it be that the Liangzhou army over there in Qingtang has returned? Dong Yu wouldn't be so can't help fighting, he was also a strategic envoy of the imperial court. Hong Tao heard it, this was the alarm issued by the lookout after receiving the warning from the scout.

"My lord, a large number of cavalry have been found fifteen miles to the west, and the direction of movement is Liangzhou City, and I haven't seen the flag clearly!" The lookout looked at the telescope for a short time before answering the general's question clearly.

"Blow the trumpet, regroup!" The enemy still has reinforcements! This is not surprising to Hong Tao.

Liangzhou City is also the capital of a country, it is impossible to just take you to garrison the troops and horses, and it seems too easy to fight it down in the afternoon.

According to the plan, the time to attack Liangzhou City was five days, and beyond this period, no matter whether it could be defeated or not, it would be necessary to retreat to the front line of Wusheling for replenishment. Since the enemy reinforcements are coming, let's shrink into a turtle shell and see what other tricks the other party has.

The retreat from the city walls was relatively quick, and the defenders in the city did not know what was happening, and even if they had the opportunity to counterattack, they did not dare to act rashly. They have been blinded by rockets and siege crossbows, and they have never seen such a method of warfare, and they can be defeated without a single touch, and they are well-trained elite soldiers.