Chapter 1306: Attacking Western Xia

Chapter 13o6 Attack on Western Xia

Early the next morning, 500 Qilin blood troops, replacing light armor, putting on heavy armor, carrying heavy shields forward, slowly attacked the capital of Western Xia.

These heavy armors were originally used by cavalry, and ordinary infantry could not reach that kind of physical fitness at all, and only soldiers of the level of the Qilin Blood Army could control them.

After our hoplites slowly advanced, rows of ballistae appeared in the capital city and on the city walls in front of us.

This kind of ballista is actually similar to the "tricycle" of later generations, about the same size, equipped with brackets, and carrying arrows about one meter long.

When he saw our army appear, the ballista carts were lined up, and the general, who was standing on the city wall, waved his hand and immediately shot ten thousand arrows at us.

Seeing this, I shouted, "Raise your shield!"

With my shout, the heavily armored unicorn blood army in front of me raised the giant shield in their hands one after another and went forward to greet them.

The difference between a crossbow and an arrow is that the arrow is a projectile, and after going through a "parabola", it shoots downward, while the crossbow shoots flat.

Arrows have a long range, while crossbows have a strong penetrating power.

In particular, this ballista is even more powerful when it is wrenched by a machine.

These countless crossbow arrows were shot, and only the sound of "swish, swish, swish...", was heard endlessly, and the heavy shield soldiers in front of them were suddenly stunned.

The composition of the giant shield cannot be all steel, this ancient shield is very particular about the production, often the front is inlaid with dozens of centimeters of wood, and the back is iron.

This is done so that when dealing with long-range strikes such as arrows, the arrows are nailed to the wood.

At this time, those crossbow arrows were nailed to the top of the wood in front of the giant shield, and they were dozens of centimeters deep.

It is indeed very powerful, if it is used to deal with the cavalry of the White Horse Qiang tribe, as long as they dare to enter the range of the ballista, such crossbow arrows will definitely be able to shoot them down with men and horses.

However, although the power of this crossbow arrow is great, it is just right to be restrained by the giant shield soldiers.

The giant shield soldier carried the giant shield and walked slowly, allowing the crossbow arrows to shoot one by one, stopping them all.

In this way, by the time the ballista fired six arrows in a row, the giant shield soldiers had already reached the foot of the capital.

From such an angle, it is no longer possible for the ballista to attack from top to bottom, and it is basically useless.

At this time, the Qilin Blood Army, which was following behind the giant shield soldiers, began to attack the city.

Because of the problem of folk customs, in fact, the successive monarchs of the Western Xia Kingdom did not pay much attention to the city defense, and the capital of the Western Xia was not as unbreakable as the Central Plains City.

So soon, the Qilin Blood Army occupied a city head and started a street battle with the forbidden army inside.

But what I didn't expect was that the forbidden army in the Western Xia capital was not vulnerable at all, and it was quickly defeated under the battle with the Qilin Blood Army.

Soon, the Qilin Blood Army was like a fierce tiger and attacked the palace of Western Xia in one fell swoop.

All right.

I never imagined that it would go so smoothly.

Of course, the most fundamental reason for being able to attack the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom so easily is that because of the death of two generations of monarchs, the entire Western Xia Kingdom is in a situation of "no dragons".

After all, where there are people, there are "rivers and lakes", and the imperial court is essentially a river and lake.

Since they were all attacked, I simply occupied the palace, and then I didn't attack anymore, so I sent troops to defend the palace and the city that we had captured before, and then pretended to let Xia go to the envoys of Western Xia to negotiate with them.

This is naturally a delaying tactic, waiting for Lianhua to gather her men.

......

In this way, after we occupied the capital of Western Xia, and those forbidden troops, the entire capital of Western Xia was divided into two, one person and one half.

Those forbidden troops knew the strength of the Qilin Blood Army, and when they saw that the Qilin Blood Army did not take the initiative to attack, they were all happy not to fight, but just to cut off with us.

However, a few cities on the periphery actually sent some reinforcements.

In this regard, I was unceremonious, and let the Qilin Blood Army expel them all.

In the palace of Western Xia, the Taoist aunt of the previous carefree faction has disappeared, but those female princesses in the palace or something, when they saw me attacking the palace, they took the initiative to give me a "bed".

Lianhua once told me before that the rules of the Western Xia Kingdom were different from those of the Great Song Dynasty.

Once the Great Song Dynasty changed the emperor, then even the imperial concubines, palace maids, etc., all had to be replaced, and they all had to use the "new" ones.

However, the Western Xia Kingdom is in the form of "inheritance".

That is to say, when the original king dies, the new king can continue to enjoy the imperial concubines and palace maids he left behind, that is, "the soldiers of the iron camp tent and flowing water", no matter how the king changes, the concubines do not change.

Of course, the original king's heirs could not continue to stay in the palace.

To a large extent, this avoids "extravagance and waste" and saves resources.

Although in the eyes of the Song people, this is almost incomprehensible, but the whole country of the Western Xia Kingdom is accustomed to it.

I resolutely rejected the enthusiasm of these exotic girls, telling them that soon they would have a new king.

......

On the third day, the flower appeared.

There are not many soldiers and horses under her command, only about a few thousand, and it can be seen that the cavalry of the Baima Qiang tribe still can't trust her.

And Mercy Flower took the lead in the charge, taking the lead and rushing to the front.

It's time to give her some support.

I immediately marched my army to meet the battle, and then as soon as the two armies came into contact, the whole army fled.

In this way, for two days, I pretended to be "defeated and retreated", and in the end, I even had to withdraw from the Western Xia Palace.

Fortunately, the Qilin Blood Army completely obeyed my command and achieved "orders and prohibitions" in the true sense, so that they could win if they wanted to win and defeat if they wanted to.

Otherwise, if you come back and forth like this, you will probably lose.

And there are more and more soldiers and horses under Lianhua, not only those Baima Qiang cavalry who follow the trend, but even the forbidden army in the city before have joined her troops.

Sure enough, it's easier to drive the atmosphere with the same hatred.

After a few more days of fighting, the army under my command was completely driven out of the capital led by Lianhua, and Lianhua's men also gathered nearly 100,000 people.

The entire capital is almost in her hands.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I continued to lead the Qilin Blood Army to the nearby Yinzhou according to the original plan.

It is the territory of the Black Water Sand King, and it is also the biggest contender of the flowers.

Although the Black Water Sand King can't compete with the King of Qiang in terms of popularity, he can easily defeat the Mercy Flower, and in his hands, like the King of Qiang, there are 100,000 cavalry.

Therefore, we must defeat the Black Water Sand King in order to let Lianhua truly take charge of the Western Xia Kingdom.

Our strategy was simple: kill the Black Water Sand King directly, and then let Lianhua take over the 100,000 cavalry under the Sand King.

And at this time, there is one more point: building momentum.

(End of chapter)

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