When the news came that a large amount of grain and grass in Yongle City had been burned by the Song army, Renduo Baozhong directly cut down the messenger and strictly blocked the news; At the same time, he launched a more fierce attack on Mizhi City, hoping to take this strategic fortress as soon as possible.

Zhang Cheng, who was stationed in Mizhi, was miserable, 10,000 soldiers fought 5,000, and the remaining 5,000 men and horses were also scarred and exhausted.

But the Xia army is like a storm crashing on the shore, wave after wave, and Mizhi City may be submerged by the waves of the Xia army at any time.

Fortunately, after Chongpu won the first battle of the Dali River, he took advantage of the mountainous terrain on both sides of the Dali River to contain a large part of the Xia army.

And after Liu An of Suide got the news of Chongpu's victory, he once again organized his army to the north and forced Mizhi.

The 4,000 troops of the Zhejia army in Fuzhou moved south along the Yellow River, and the 2,000 men and horses of the Jinning army converged, and they also approached Mizhi.

This made Renduo Baozhong have to divide his troops to meet the attack, thus relieving Zhang Cheng's pressure to a lesser extent.

The battle at Yanmen Pass on Hedong Road was also in full swing, and although the Song army had the advantage in strength, it was basically infantry and was destined to be in a defensive position.

The cavalry of Xijing of the Liao State stayed behind in Yelu Dan with a thousand people, and broke into the Hedong Road by small road, rushing and attacking everywhere, making the north of Taiyuan Mansion full of smoke.

In order to keep the grain route of Yanmen Pass, the Song army was fortified everywhere and passive everywhere, and a large number of troops were pinned down, so that they were unable to support Yan Yanlu at all.

At the same time, the news of the fall of Hebei Sanguan spread to Hedong Road, which greatly damaged morale, and if it were not for the steep Yanmen Pass, I am afraid it would have fallen.

Li Yingyuan was shocked by the pacification of Hedong Road, and even ordered the Pingding army to rush to Jingcheng Pass to prevent the Liao army from raiding from Zhending Mansion in Hebei.

Under the city of Huanzhou, the work of piling up the earth and building the wall has finally come to an end, and it turns out that Qing Niang's little head is by no means only able to come up with wonderful poems.

In addition to building a high wall, she also thought of building walls on both sides to divide this part of the wall.

In this way, even if the Xia army rushed up along the mound, it was also separated in a section of the city wall a few zhang wide, and could not spread along the city wall to both sides, and the Song army could come to catch turtles in an urn.

After building up the soil for a long time, she found that this trick did not work, and the Empress Dowager Liang was even more annoyed, and the Xia army once again carried the cloud ladder and surged towards the city wall of Huanzhou.

Huanzhou is too critical, if Huanzhou is broken, not only will the logistics line of the Xia army be opened, but also the morale of the Song army will be a catastrophic blow.

At that time, there were only 10,000 men and horses left in the entire Huanqing Road, and the Empress Dowager Liang didn't pay attention to it at all.

Huanzhou is over, Huanqing Road is over, Huanqing Road is over, and Yanyan Road will only end faster under the front and back attacks, and then the entire northwest will be over!

It is precisely because Huanzhou is so critical that Empress Dowager Liang is bound to win.

Dense ladders covered the entire city wall, and under the urging of the sound of horns, countless Xia soldiers climbed up with shouts, and from a distance, they looked like countless black bats attached to the mountain wall.

This kind of strong attack is extremely tragic, all of them are consumed by human life, although the Xia army on the ladder is holding a shield, but can not withstand the rolling stones and trees smashed from the city, the oil and water are heated outside, and a team of people fall down from the ladder, and the screams resounded through the four fields.

The archers of the Xia army also continued to shoot at the city, and the Song army in the city could be shot if they showed their bodies slightly, and they fell to the ground or fell directly to the city.

Patches of blood were sprinkled on the city walls, forming a shocking mottled pattern, and the corpses that had not been dragged away under the city were trampled back and forth, and they were no longer human.

In the face of huge attrition, the disadvantage of the lack of troops in Huanzhou City was revealed.

Those township soldiers often lacked organization and coordination on the city wall, and rushed over in a rush whenever there was an emergency.

As a result, more flaws are often revealed, resulting in the loss of one or the other, Yang Yi carries a knife and runs back and forth in the city to command, but how much can he take care of alone?

In this war, the lower-level officers such as the commander and the chief were more important, and after the soldiers were scattered on a large area of the city wall, they often relied on these lower-level officers to command the battle.

What was lacking among the township soldiers was qualified lower-level officers.

The simplest example is Mu Lanhua's two hundred men and horses, if they are under the unified command of Mu Lanhua in flat combat, their combat power is no less than that of the forbidden army; As soon as it was scattered on the city wall, Mu Lanhua could not take care of it all, and it became a plate of loose sand.

As a result, the defense of Huanzhou was in jeopardy, and the casualties increased exponentially.

The winch that Thirteen Niang had transformed before played a big role, and two people hid by the wall, so they could twist the smashed wood and reuse it, which was labor-saving and safe.

In the past, to pull the wood up, it took a few people to lean out and pull it hard, and the enemy army under the city could use them as live targets, resulting in a large number of casualties.

However, no matter how good the equipment is, it also offsets the lack of quality of the soldiers, under the attack of the Xia army, the city head is still full of dangers, Yang Yi, Xie Jingting, and Guo Cheng each take care of a city wall, and fight everywhere, and the situation is still getting more and more serious.

By noon, Yang Yi had to rush down the city with Ma Hanqing, and before retreating to the city, he asked Zhi Keshi for 2,000 cavalry, which was intended to be used at such a dangerous juncture.

Yang Yi had just formed a team in the urn city, and a peach blossom horse rushed over and went straight to Yang Yi's side.

"Mulan, what are you doing!"

"My lord, this is asking knowingly, the last general is coming, and he naturally wants to fight with you."

"Nonsense, do you know how dangerous it is to go out of the city, hurry up and ......"

"Do you look down on us women?" Hua Mulan was not very afraid of Yang Yi, probably because she saw Yang Yi's shameless side on the hill that day, so she lacked the awe she deserved.

The situation was urgent, Yang Yi couldn't talk about her, and shouted: "Open the door!" ”

As the north gate slowly opened, the war drums at the head of the city sounded in unison...... These two thousand cavalry have long been suffocated in the past two days, and the battle in the city has been thrilling, but nothing has happened to them, and those people who don't understand look at them with a little contempt, they have long asked to fight, but they have been pressed by Yang Yi.

Now with the finger of Yang Yi's spear, these suffocated cavalry roared and rushed out, and the north gate of Huanzhou was like an angry dragon rushing out.

The siege troops of the Xia army outside the city were overwhelming, like a vast ocean, and Yang Yi's two thousand men and horses were like flying dragons entering the sea, instantly stirring up layers of monstrous waves.

"To the east!"

Yang Yi shouted wildly, and the dragon immediately plowed all the way east along the city wall, and the Xia army under the city was rushing to the city, and was suddenly awakened by the thunderous sound of iron hooves.

"Stop! Stop! Shoot the arrows! The generals of the Xia army roared urgently, trying to organize the defense line.

More or less, a rain of arrows began to fly.

While constantly harvesting the lives of the Xia army, the Song army also continued to have people fall off their horses.

On the war horse that rushed to kill, Yang Yi shouted: "Mulan! "The Last Admiral!"

"In a fart! I'll let you shoot the generals of the Naxia Army! ”

"Oh!" Hua Mulan finally reacted, and hurriedly took a bow in her hand and shot arrows.

Just as she shot the Naxia generals down, a spear stabbed straight at her breastplate, and she retracted her bow and struck, but was picked off her horse because of the excessive momentum.

"Be careful!" Ma Hanqing hurriedly came over, grabbed her waist, and hugged her up.

"Thank you!" Hua Mulan was shocked, and suddenly jumped back to her war horse, and didn't look at Ma Hanqing much, looking very proud.

"Get behind us!" Yang Yi yelled at her while slapping away a spear that stabbed her, this girl really doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, Li Yizhong is used to cooperating with them, and when she releases the arrow, she usually shrinks a little behind, and is covered by the person in front.

This dead girl rushes to the front, and you can't block the arrow when you release it, and someone can pierce you with one shot.

There were too many Xia troops, although they were all siege infantry, but Yang Yi and the others also rushed very hard, rushing out one after another, and their comrades fell one by one; The war drums in the city sounded more urgently, and the sound was moving, and it was the comrades in the city who were beating the drums to cheer them on.

"Kill!" Yang Yi kept roaring and urging the war horse, he was at the top of the entire charging formation, if even he couldn't rush, the people and horses behind him would stop.

Hua Mulan gradually became proficient in cooperation, sandwiched between Yang Yi and Ma Hanqing, and constantly shot the targets in front of them.

Looking down from the city walls, their men and horses rolled forward like angry dragons, chopping and churning endlessly; The Xia army was cut down and killed, and was crushed by iron hooves many times more, and many people were knocked down by the war horses in front of them, and were immediately trampled into flesh by the hooves of the horses behind.

Yang Yi led this iron-blooded army, with a tortuous route, from the north gate to the south gate, and after plowing all the way of flesh and blood, he quickly collected his troops and returned to the city.

Empress Dowager Liang later learned that it was Yang Yi who led people out of the city to kill in person, and she was even more furious, and one by one the generals of the Xia Army were scolded bloody.

Although Yang Yi's morale plummeted, under the strong order of the Empress Dowager Liang, Xia Jun immediately launched a new round of strong attack on Huanzhou City, and she hated to immediately arrest Yang Yi and eat him alive.

The battle was in full swing in the city, and the people in the city were also busy, and the young and able-bodied women were organized to help carry arrows, stones, knives and guns to the city, and the weaker to help boil water, cook, and care for the wounded.

Two days after the battle, the city was already full of wounded soldiers, and mourning was everywhere.

Even the students of the Salesian Bureau Qing Niang, the slightly older ones followed behind Qing Niang, and after being taught some bandaging knowledge by Thirteen Niang, they helped to bandage the wounds together.

The children of the poor are in charge of the family at an early age, and their eldest is less than twelve years old, and they are no worse than adults.

Most of the soldiers suffered arrow wounds, the arrows had barbs, and the wounds had to be opened wide when taking the arrows, and a few slightly older students, encouraged by the wounded soldiers, dared to take arrows.

Knowledge changes fate, and courage makes the future.

Under normal circumstances, these children will either be sold into Qinglou or sold into slavery in the future.

After Yang Yi heard about this, he later taught many of them to become the first outstanding female military doctor, which led to the rapid development of surgical medicine in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and was deeply respected and loved by the military and people of the Great Song Dynasty.

(To be continued)