The Xia people came quickly, and five days after Gao Yu returned, the Western Xia army arrived at Mawei City, with a number of about 10,000. They were mostly lightly armed infantry, with few horses and camel caravans, and no flocks.

But the preparations of the Xia people were very slow, or the pace of ancient warfare was very slow. Their vanguard troops cut down trees for one day, and the next day the main forces arrived and cut them again.

In addition to building a camp, the cut down trees also made a lot of siege equipment, such as ladders, battering rams and the like. It seems that they have realized that Liang Daochu is more than lucky, and they are ready to attack.

"My lord, Erlang has a message, fifty ......" The Western Xia army is not in a hurry, Hong Tao is naturally not in a hurry, it is slowly consumed, who is cold and who is hungry who knows.

But Jiang Dalang was not so calm, he slept for a short time every day, and spent most of his time in the city observing the enemy's movements, and by the way, he reported the news from the sentry to Lord Shuaisi.

As for what these numbers mean, he doesn't know what his brother and those special forces are doing, and no one in Mawei City knows about it, except for Lord Shuaisi.

"It's only fifty, Xia Ren's life is really good. Tell Erlang not to be in a hurry to start first, people can't withdraw their troops without doing anything when they come from afar, let them show their skills to their officials first. ”

Fifty means fifty percent, and Jiang Erlang is saying that half of the Xia army is located in the avalanche area. At the beginning, Hong Tao and his agreement was to do more than 70% again, but it seems that it is not enough at present.

Hong Tao didn't want to order Jiang Erlang to do it now, the sudden loss of nearly half of the manpower Xia people would definitely withdraw their troops, even if there were still a few avalanche areas waiting for them along the way, but it was impossible to annihilate them all, and the secret of the avalanche was not a secret.

Hong Tao also wants to see the Xia people's ability to attack tough positions and combat methods, knowing oneself and knowing the other can not be defeated in a hundred battles, and he will definitely lead his troops out of this big mountain in the future, and there will be no help from the big snow mountain at that time, so it will be of great help to know more about the details of the enemy in the future.

In addition, Hong Tao still has a little selfishness, that is, the cost problem. The propellant of the rocket is sealed in a bamboo tube with wax, but it is far from the level of sealing and waterproofing, and it is easy to fail due to moisture after a long time.

Weapons are made for use, and only when they are used are valuable, and keeping them in the warehouse is as meaningless as a backlog of goods. However, Jin Mingchi and Weiqiao Town have built rockets for more than a year, and they have never been used on a large scale on the battlefield, so it is difficult to say how effective the actual effect will be.

Without practical results, the emperor and courtiers could not be persuaded to purchase large-scale from the Ugin Bank by relying on exercises and performances alone, and the cost of this product would rise without scale, even if he was not short of money, he could not waste money, and what should be earned must be earned.

Mawei City is the testing ground for the name of the rocket, and the Western Xia army on the opposite side with good carpentry work is the test object. The more they die, the higher their Ugin Bank income.

As a qualified businessman, making money is the right business, and other things can be just piggybacking on other things, and you can't give up your roots.

This wait is two days, and when it gets dark the next day, the box guards who are in charge of the daytime duty have already changed shifts, and Lian'er and Chenniang are also tired of watching it, leaving only Hong Tao and Jiang Dalang still holding on to the city.

"My lord, this place can be guarded by the lieutenant general, you better go back to sleep for a while, and those children, they have also been busy all day." Jiang Dalang was also tired of waiting, and behaved very disrespectfully, so he actually wanted to go back to sleep, but he couldn't go if Hong Tao didn't leave.

"What should I do if the enemy attacks at night?" Hong Tao was a little annoyed, night attack, didn't it all say that in the commentary, he would steal camps and rob villages at every turn, how could he be a big deal.

"Night, night attack...... The last general at the border pass has never heard of the Xia people will attack at night. No one can see who is clear, how to distinguish between enemy and friendly forces, and there is no way to command. ”

Jiang Dalang made Hong Tao stunned, if it was someone else, he would have kicked it over, even a literati general who had never been on the battlefield would not ask such an idiotic question. But the one in front of him brought it up, and he didn't dare to kick it, who can always surprise the family, and he has a good trick this time.

"What about a torch?" Hong Tao has heard the rumors that the ancients' night vision is not very good, but there is a reflection of snow here, even if there is no moon, it will not be impossible to reach out and lose five fingers, and you can still see it when you walk slowly to see the road.

"Wouldn't that become a target for crossbowmen......" Jiang Dalang still didn't understand what question Lord Shuai Si wanted to ask, and he didn't dare to ask randomly, so he could only respond casually.

"That's right...... Go to sleep, and send someone to bring up the official's sleeping bag. Thinking left and right, Hong Tao didn't figure out how to attack at night, but he still didn't give up, and planned to lay on the ground on the city tower.

"The last general will ...... with adults" Jiang Dalang was very depressed, Shangguan definitely couldn't sleep if he didn't sleep, so let's stay with him. But the problem is that this Shangguan slept for most of the day, but he didn't close his eyes, which was too tricky.

“…… How far do you give me, how far can you go and you can still fall asleep with you? I don't know what I am snoring about? Get out, don't come up before dawn, let me see the military disposition! ”

Hong Tao sleeps very deeply, and it is easy to fall asleep, and he is not afraid of people snoring on weekdays. But today is different, it will definitely be difficult to fall asleep in this environment, and it is better not to sleep if there is a thunderous snoring next to it.

In fact, without Jiang Dalang's snoring, Hongtao still couldn't sleep, and every time he lay down, he would hear a sound outside the city wall, how could it sound like a person's movement. Then I had to get up and take a look, but there was no hair, only the biting north wind still didn't sleep.

The attendants in the city tower made this marshal master toss enough, and he didn't dare to close his eyes for a while. God knows what he's doing, and after a while, they will be together, probing their brains and looking around, making everyone nervous together.

Of course, there is also a positive effect, all the soldiers on duty at night did not dare to relax for a moment with their eyes open, and also took the initiative to patrol the city wall, for fear that the tendon of this Heavenly Evil Star was wrong, and then tomorrow there will be a few more rows of wooden poles hanging corpses outside the city.

"Damn, is there any mistake, what kind of breakfast is it that you don't hurry up and attack so far away!" Finally waited until dawn, Hong Tao was even more angry, and stayed up all night, and the enemy did not move, but now not only did he not attack, but also raised the smoke of the cooking.

"My lord, let's go eat some too, it's not too late to hear the horn and come up again. If it goes on like this, the Xia people have not yet withdrawn from the army, and the body of the adult may not be able to bear it first. ”

Jiang Dalang looked at Lord Shuaisi's panda eyes and didn't know what to say. This performance is too amateurish, and the siege battle is usually counted in months, and it is not impossible to do it for half a year and a year, so tense every day.

"That's right, let them blow the trumpet a little louder, and the official will go to sleep for a while." Hong Tao is really not nervous, but excited, just like when he was a child, he couldn't sleep on the eve of a spring outing.

This was the first time he had faced the Tangut people in a land battle, and a lot of questions were circling in his mind about how effective the actual battle of a swarm of bees and a hornet's nest was, whether the ice city could stop the enemy, and what tactics the enemy would use.

People who stayed up late didn't eat well, Hong Tao only drank two bowls of porridge, took off his armor and coat, and lay on the bed with his eyes closed and pondered again. He wasn't too worried about the fight, the focus was on later.

Capturing the city and beheading the enemy's generals in a row, this credit seems to be a bit big. At first, the emperor will be happy, because he can prove his talent to the courtiers, but what about later?

This is just the beginning, as the special forces gradually take shape, some members will enter the forbidden army to become middle and lower commanders, and soon a new army that adapts to new tactics and new equipment will be able to play, and then the victories will come one after another, will the emperor still be happy?

It's hard to say, didn't the ancients say it, the merit is high. When a subordinate does it, once the leader can't be rewarded, it's not too far from bad luck. It is not that the leader does not want his subordinates to have capable people, but that the forces of all parties need to be balanced, and no one can break this balance.

So, you have to pay attention to your own proportions and not be too ostentatious. But fighting a war doesn't mean that if you don't want to fight, you won't fight, especially on the attacking side. If you don't move, the enemy will find a way to regain the lost territory, and you can't deliberately lose the battle in order to hide it.

In fact, this method is the most suitable, find some troops that are not the main force and abandon them, and even abandon the officers who don't listen to greetings on weekdays, killing two birds with one stone.