The situation of the Deshun army was more tragic than that of the Zhenrong army, when Li Qianshun arrived at the city, his soldiers and horses only lost more than 10,000 people, and Li Qianshun had elite six classes and iron harriers around him.

The six classes in the imperial enclosure are all the children of the party nobles, and they were called the proton army at the earliest, because these people were all sent to Li Yuanhao as hostages by the party nobles. Later, he may also think that the Proton Army is not good, so he changed his name to the sixth class in the imperial siege.

There are 5,000 people in the whole army, all of whom are good at cavalry and archery, and they are the guards of the lord of the country on weekdays. Although he rarely participated in the war, he was called the two elites of Western Xia along with the Iron Harrier. The Iron Harrier is good at charging into battle, while the six squads in the imperial siege can rush to the rear and intercept reinforcements.

The Iron Harrier was the heavy cavalry of the Western Xia, all of whom were heavily armoured and connected together with hooks and locks, and even if they were killed in battle, the corpse would sit on the horse and continue to charge.

Of course, the Iron Harrier will not be used to attack the city, and it is precisely because there are few fortresses from Xi'an Prefecture to the Deshun Army that the Iron Harrier will go this way.

There was a threat of oil, and Li Qianshun could only use a simple ladder to attack the Deshun army. However, Li Qianshun's pile of earth and mountains is much higher than that of Chage, and he shoots arrows to suppress the six classes in the imperial enclosure at the head of the city

After Li Qianshun learned that the prince of Daliang led the troops to Weizhou, he personally supervised the formation, wanting to break through the Deshun army and cross Liupan Mountain. But every time you attack the city, you will be driven down by the Western Army, although the Western Army on the city wall has been sparse, but the big waves are sweeping the sand, and the rest are undoubtedly soldiers, so although the number is small, it can drive the Western Xia people down the city again and again.

The Deshun army can be captured tomorrow at the latest, although every wave of people will be defeated, but the western army at the head of the city is getting smaller and smaller. Although it took a lot of time and troops, Li Qianshun felt that it was still worth it. He killed and wounded more than 100,000 people along the way, plus the casualties of the Chage Division, the two armies suffered more than 200,000 casualties, including more than 100,000 Han Chinese, but he fought out the family army. There are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses left on the two roads, plus 200,000 soldiers and horses of Renzhong. More than 300,000 soldiers and horses are enough to annihilate the Western army without a seed army.

With more than 200,000 people in exchange for Shaanxi Sixth Road, in Li Qianshun's view, it is very worthwhile, his achievements surpass the founding lord Li Yuanhao, although Li Yuanhao laid more land, but the territory is more desert, far from being compared with Shaanxi Sixth Road.

Although it was almost dusk, Li Qianshun did not relax at all, and still let his soldiers and horses attack the Deshun army. Defeat the Deshun army.

The siege of the city is a war of attrition, although he also wants to defeat the Deshun army as soon as possible, but he is still not willing to let the elite under his command to attack the city, but let the men and horses of the Linglang and various tribes consume the western army in the city.

Seeing the soldiers who climbed the city keep falling, Li Qianshun couldn't help but sigh secretly.

If there was Hengshan Qiang, perhaps the Deshun army would have been defeated long ago. Hengshan Qiang is brave and good at fighting, and because he grew up in the steep terrain of Hengshan, he is good at climbing. After the founding of the country, it was the main infantry of Western Xia, but after being captured by Tong Guan in the Hengshan area these years. Western Xia also lost this important army. Otherwise, with the six classes in the imperial siege to suppress the archers at the head of the city, and climb the mountains and Qiang, I am afraid that the Deshun army has already been defeated.

But soon Hengshan Qiang was there again, and Renzhong recruited the Huanqing Road Envoy all the way. The soldiers and horses have crossed Hengshan and come to Jingyuan Road, and the general trend of the three-way encirclement has been formed.

Maybe without a three-way siege, Brother Cha will be able to defeat Daliang Caokou.

Li Qianshun is very confident in his brother. At the age of seventeen, he was able to govern himself, but the military power in the country was still controlled by the Empress Dowager Liang's henchmen. He has no one in his hands. Only the smaller Chago can be sent to lead the troops. The task he gave to Cha Ge was very difficult, not only to overthrow the henchmen of the Empress Dowager Liang to regain military power, but also to resist the invasion of the Northern Song Dynasty and keep the territory of Western Xia.

Brother Cha has done a good job, the Qingtang Qiang that has been crisscrossing the northwest for more than a hundred years has been destroyed, but the Western Xia is only missing the Hengshan area, and the Western Army has also paid a great price to capture Hengshan, and Liu Fa, who is powerful in the Western Xia, died in the Western Xia. The most important thing is that all the military power of Western Xia has been in the hands of the imperial family, and there is no one in the country who can restrain him.

When the time came, Western Xia would be able to regain everything he had lost. Even if the Song Dynasty did not fall suddenly, Li Qianshun believed that Chage would regain more land.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from behind, and soon they arrived, dismounted, and fell to their knees.

Seeing the panicked look on the guard beside Brother Cha, Li Qianshun couldn't help but flash a trace of ominous thoughts.

The guards came all the way from Sanchuan Village, still not getting rid of their fear, and said tremblingly: "It's a big deal, the prince of Liang is a god." ”

If it weren't for Li Qianshun's presence, the generals behind would have laughed, they had killed people and had never seen a ghost, and it was difficult to make them believe in God.

Li Qianshun said directly: "What about King Jin? ”

Remembering the terrible scene, the guard said with tears in his eyes: "The King of Jin was blown to pieces by the gods, and the iron armor was reduced to several pieces. ”

Li Qianshun's eyes darkened, his body shook before he stabilized, and said unwillingly: "You saw it with your own eyes?" ”

"Well, a piece of flesh fell in front of me, and the little one wanted to pick it up, but the soldiers in front of me squeezed me and I had to retreat."

Li Qianshun gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of weapon did the prince of Liang Guo use?" ”

The guard thought for a moment and said, "The iron ball with the size of a fist will suddenly burst open, and the sound will be as loud as a thunderbolt, and the people around it will either die or be injured, and the iron armor is useless." ”

Li Qianshun said: "Why aren't you injured?" ”

"When the King of Jin saw the Prince of Liang riding alone in front of the battle, he didn't let us follow, and went out to talk to the Prince of Liang, and then when the King of Jin came back, the Prince of Liang threw an iron ball at the King of Jin."

Saying that, the guard also remembered his responsibility, and hurriedly said: "The little one is still some distance away from the King of Jin, and he failed to protect the King of Jin, please forgive the lord of the country." ”

Liang Guozheng, who was next to him, offered Wang Wei's name An Hui and said: "It should be a newly invented firearm of the Han people, and the firearms of the Song people can occasionally explode the iron armor." ”

The name An Hui is also a member of the royal family, the surname of the Western Xia royal family is the name of Wei, and the surname Li is still his ancestor who made a contribution to quelling the Huangchao Uprising, and was given the surname Li by the Tang Dynasty. The official residence of the Western Xia privy envoy is also the royal clan that Li Qianshun relied on.

Li Qianshun frowned and said, "If their firearms can explode the iron armor, wouldn't they be invincible in the world?" ”

The guards looked at Li Qianshun and hurriedly said, "All the iron balls I saw exploded." ”

Ahui thought for a moment and said, "This firearm also needs to be lit, right?" ”

The guards thought about it, and indeed saw a fire fold in the left hand of the prince of Daliang, and nodded: "Yes." ”

Wei Ming Anhui said: "If you need to ignite it, you can only throw it, such a firearm is not stronger than a bow and arrow." As long as the two armies were engaged, this firearm would not be usable. As long as the soldiers have no fear of this kind of firearm, the two armies will fight, and it will be easy for our soldiers and horses to defeat a group of grass bandits. ”

When Li Qianshun heard this, he suddenly realized: "There is really nothing terrible about the cardinal minister saying this. The two armies fought against each other, and the bow and arrow could only shoot three rounds, and I am afraid that this firearm could not throw two. But how can you make the soldiers not afraid, the firearms that sound like thunderbolts still sound quite scary. ”

Wei Ming Anhui shook his head and said: "Now I can only tell the soldiers that Liang Guo has this kind of firearm, and after a few battles, the soldiers will not be afraid if they see too much." However, for the first time, only the six classes in the imperial siege and the iron harrier could be the front army, otherwise the rout of the front army was likely to cause the rout of the whole army. ”

Li Qianshun frowned and said: "Heavy armor can't defend against firearms, wouldn't it be a waste of a group of people to let them rush into battle." ”

A general said: "Otherwise, we will capture a group of Han people and let them rush into battle." ”

Wei Ming Anhui shook his head and said: "No, if we want to turn this land into our land, we can no longer use the Han people as slaves, and if the Han people also use firearms as divine thunder, wouldn't it be to shake the morale of the army again." The old minister thought that it was better to use the iron harrier as the front army, as long as they were indomitable, they could boost morale. Once the two armies fought, the soldiers would find that the Liang State was nothing more than a rabble. ”

Li Qianshun thought about it, and finally made up his mind, and said, "Okay, then let the Iron Harrier be the front army." Everyone instructed the matter of Liang Guo's firearms to let the soldiers be mentally prepared. ”

Asui suddenly looked at the guard and said, "Will the war horse be frightened?" ”

"War horses that are more than ten feet away will be frightened, and the explosion is louder than the sound of war drums."

Li Qianshun nodded and said, "Let the iron harrier plug the ears of the centaurs." ”

Li Qianshun is a person who is good at forbearance, and he is also a very patient person, although he got bad news, he still patiently watched the army attack the Deshun army.

A general thought that he had comprehended Li Qianshun's thoughts, and jumped out and said: "The last general is willing to lead his troops and horses to attack the Deshun army." ”

Li Qianshun shook his head and said: "It's not early, I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat the Deshun army today, and if you attack the city overnight, the casualties will be too great, and the gains outweigh the losses." There are not many western troops left in the city, and they can't afford to make any waves if they are left. Now our big enemy is the soldiers and horses of the Liang State, and when the soldiers and horses of the Liang State are defeated, it is not too late to turn back and take the Deshun army. ”

Wei Ming Anhui saw that Li Qianshun was very sensible, and he was also relieved. Without Brother Cha's help, it would be difficult for Li Qianshun to take back the military power from the hands of Empress Dowager Liang's henchmen, and he might die of depression like his father Huizong Li Bingchang.

The father and son can be said to have the same experience, they were both controlled by the queen mother, but Li Bingchang was unable to recruit in person for life, and died of depression at the age of 27. In order to maintain the family's control over the government, the Empress Dowager Liang married her niece to Li Bingchang, that is, the Empress Dowager Liang during the Li Qianshun period. The aunt and nephew controlled Western Xia for decades.

It was only when it was dark that Li Qianshun ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

When he returned to the camp, he came to the big tent of the lord of the country, and saw Li Qianshun sitting there with his head down, and persuaded: "When the national crisis is at the head, please cheer up the lord of the country." ”

Li Qianshun raised his head and said, "Don't you think we can't win?" ”

Wei Ming Anhui shook his head and said: "I don't know, it's five or five, but even if we win, I'm afraid it will be difficult to occupy the sixth road in Shaanxi." Liang Guo has such a powerful firearm, I believe it will not be long before he can dominate the Central Plains. At that time, with the national strength of the Central Plains and the power of firearms, it will be difficult for us to hold the Sixth Road in Shaanxi. ”

Li Qianshun smashed a punch on the Shuai case, and said unwillingly: "What the prime minister said is that no matter what, I will also avenge Brother Cha." (To be continued......)