The first batch of 300 Xixia troops who went up the mountain were also very cautious, of course they also found the fortifications halfway up the mountain, they did not dare to assault, they could only go up the mountain slowly, and they did not dare to retreat, the only hope was to catch the Song army by surprise and seize the fortifications.

The fortifications of the Song army are divided into five sandbag walls, and there are two hundred soldiers hidden behind each sandbag wall, Zhang Hua squinted his eyes and stared at the Western Xia soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and they had already entered a hundred paces away, but Zhang Hua still did not give the order to shoot, the other party only had hundreds of people, and there would be no accidents if they shot at close range.

Ninety steps ....... eighty steps...... Seventy steps ....... fifty steps.........

The other party finally couldn't bear it anymore, and roared in a low voice, and the three hundred soldiers suddenly charged, and Zhang Hua also shouted: "Shoot!" ”

A thousand soldiers leaned out from behind the fortifications and fired crossbows at the Western Xia soldiers fifty paces away in five times, and for a while, the arrows rained down on the mountain road and shot intensively at the Western Xia soldiers on the mountain road.

This round of arrows caught the Western Xia soldiers off guard, and the soldiers screamed and rolled down the hillside.

The armor of the Western Xia soldiers was mainly leather armor, and even the most elite Iron Harrier cavalry could not make all the iron armor, and could only use iron pieces or heart guards to protect the vital parts.

The Shanlu army was the lowest level of soldiers in Western Xia, and the armor they wore was a single layer of armor, which was relatively rudimentary, and the shield was also a simple wooden shield, which could not block the powerful divine arm crossbow arrows at all.

The crossbow bolts pierced through the shields and armor, and for a time the snow and fog were filled, and the three hundred soldiers were shot and killed more than 150 people in the first round, and more than 100 were wounded, and the remaining 50 soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled

Zhang Hua didn't give them a chance, and ordered to throw giant trees, dozens of giant trees fell down, and a string of soldiers was smashed over, at this time, the soldiers of the first round of archery had been wound, and they leaned over to shoot at the last 20 or so enemy troops under the mountain road, and the soldiers of the Western Xia Army fell to the ground in response, and the last group of soldiers were all killed.

"Go up and grab a few wounded soldiers and come back!"

Dozens of soldiers rushed out and killed all the wounded soldiers who were not yet dead, leaving only three lightly wounded enemy soldiers to bring back.

"Immediately bring it down for interrogation, I want to know how many enemies are under the mountain."

"Obey!"

Several soldiers led the enemy soldiers down.

At this time, Zhang Shun rushed to the mid-mountain defense line when he heard the news, and Zhang Hua hurriedly stepped forward to report to the chief general about the enemy's first attack.

Zhang Shun frowned slightly, "Why are there only three hundred people attacking?" ”

"It is estimated that the enemy army wants to sneak attack, and it is easy to expose the target if there are too many troops, and if three hundred people can attack the front of the walled gate, many of our defensive measures will fail."

Zhang Shun nodded, "You have a point, but when it comes to defensive measures, why didn't the tribulus sting work?" ”

"Returning to the general, the enemy army went up the mountain along the edge of the mountain road, did not take the middle of the mountain road, and only launched an attack at the end, and the tribulus thorn actually played a role at that time, but we didn't pay much attention to it."

At this time, the interrogating soldier stepped forward and reported: "General Qiyu, the enemy soldiers have confessed, there are nearly 20,000 people under the mountain. ”

Zhang Shun laughed, "Sure enough, as expected, the army of Weizhou still wants to recapture Ta Cut Village, but it's a pity that they met me Zhang Shun!" ”

Zhang Hua straightened his waist and said, "General, I am confident that I will not let the enemy army cross my pass." ”

Zhang Shun smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "You can't just eat meat yourself, but also give other brothers some opportunities to drink soup, if the enemy attacks too tightly, it doesn't hurt to retreat." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

As soon as the words fell, the rumbling war drums were heard at the foot of the mountain, and Gao Tingyi threw in 3,000 soldiers and began the first large-scale attack.

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Luocheng is a small city, located fifty miles east of Weicheng, its strategic value is far less than Xia Cheng and Weicheng, the purpose of building it is also to add an auxiliary city to Weicheng, used to house the families of Weicheng's defenders, as well as to store grain and grass, Gao Tingyi led the army to attack and cut the village, and he left only a thousand defenders.

This is also Gao Tingyi's decision, no matter what, he must seize the Ta Cut Village, as for the life and death of Luo Cheng, he no longer cares.

In the night, Niu Gao led 3,000 soldiers were rushing to Luocheng, at five watches, only three miles away from Luocheng, Niu Gao ordered the whole army to rest on the spot, and several scouts rushed forward to investigate the enemy's situation.

Although it was already the fifth watch, Niu Gao was not in a hurry, he knew the truth of sharpening the knife and not cutting firewood, and he must make sufficient preparations for exploration before he could capture Luocheng in one fell swoop.

Half an hour later, the scouts rushed back and reported to Niu Gao what they had discovered.

Luocheng was completely unexpected by Niu Gao, it turned out to be a civilian city, not a military city, the city wall was only two zhang high, the entire city wall was built with mud tamping, the city gate was wooden, and there was no moat around it.

"General Qiyu, there are only more than 100 soldiers guarding the north and south gates, there are no defenders on the city wall, and there is not a single soldier on the east and west sides."

Niu Gao asked again: "Is the city wall newly built?" ”

The soldier shook his head, "It's been built for at least a few decades, and it's very dilapidated. ”

Niu Gao was a little disappointed in his heart, he also hoped that Luocheng would be a strong city, so that he would have a chance to fight, but he didn't expect Luocheng to be a dilapidated civilian city.

Several subordinate commanders understood the mood of their superiors, and they all laughed and said, "Otherwise, let's wait for a strong attack after dawn and directly crash open the city gate!" ”

Niu Gao shook his head, "We can't delay the plan of the capital, and we will break the city now!" ”

He immediately ordered more than 20 soldiers to take four earth-shattering thunderbolts and rush to Luocheng, and then ordered the other soldiers to set off in a formation and slowly drive towards Luocheng, which was three miles away.

Twenty soldiers were divided into two groups, they did not go to the north and south gates, but aimed at the east and west city walls, the rammed earth city wall itself is also very strong, but no matter how strong the city wall is, it can not withstand the erosion of time, the inside of the city wall has been very loose, so that the outer city has cracked a dozen large openings several feet wide.

Some mischievous children have been able to use their thin bodies to get in and out of the wide gaps, and the city gates no longer mean anything to them.

The ten Song soldiers on the east city wall had arrived at the city without a sound under the cover of night, and sure enough, as the scouts observed, there were no soldiers guarding the city.

"That's it!" The firemaster whispered, pointing to the cracks in the wall.

Several soldiers immediately rushed forward and placed two chain of earth-shattering thunderbolts in the gap, this chain of thunderbolts exploded almost together, but they were not necessarily that accurate, so they had to be placed in a confined space to avoid being blown up.

At this moment, someone on the city wall suddenly shouted: "There is an enemy under the city!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, only to hear someone in the city shouting, and the fire chief was taken aback, and immediately ordered: "Light the fire!" ”

The soldiers brushed the ground and shook the fire fold, lit the fire rope, and the ten soldiers turned around and ran, as long as they ran out of ten zhang away, crawling on the ground, they could generally avoid the shock wave of the earth-shaking thunder, but this time it was a bombing of the city, and they had to run to a hundred steps away to crawl so as not to be affected by the city wall.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers were already running towards the city, shouting and shouting, and they all released arrows into the darkness, and a Song soldier snorted and fell to the ground, he was shot in the thigh by an arrow.

The two soldiers hurriedly helped him up, stumbled and ran forward, only running more than seventy steps, when suddenly two earth-shattering explosions were heard behind him, and everyone fell to the ground, covering their heads and backs with shields.

After only a moment, dust and mud fell from the sky, and after a while, everyone slowly sat up, everyone was covered with a thick layer of dust, but they had no time to care, they all turned their heads to look at the city, only to see that the city wall was blown open a hole at least three zhang wide, and the city walls on both sides collapsed, affecting more than two hundred steps.

Suddenly, a violent explosion was heard again from the western wall, and a thick cloud of black smoke rose into the air, forming a mushroom cloud, but it quickly dissipated.

Niu Gao jumped up a mile away and roared, "Follow me into the city!" ”

"Kill!" Three thousand soldiers shouted and galloped towards Luo Cheng.

The 1,000 defenders of Luocheng could not resist the attack of the Song army, and after being completely annihilated by more than 700 people, the remnants of more than 200 people finally fled the city and evacuated to the east.