Brother Weimingxiu said with a smile: "Now that the reinforcements have arrived, we can be sure to defend Wulahai City!" Zhang Jiang nodded in agreement, "The Yanyun army relied on cannons to attack the city. Although the cannons are powerful, we in Wulahai The city has been fortified a long time ago, so we are not afraid of his artillery bombardment! What is missing is the strength. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, it will definitely be no problem to defend Wulahai City!" Brother Xiu smiled and nodded. Seeing Wei Na Shouzhong staring into the distance with his eyes wide open, he couldn't help but ask: "Shou Zhong, what are you looking at?"
Weiming Shouzhong still stared into the distance and murmured with confusion: "It seems, something seems to be wrong!" Brother Xiu, Weiming, asked in confusion: "What's wrong?" Weiming Shouzhong did not answer. Just staring into the distance.
Brother Wei Mingxiu followed his gaze and looked into the distance. He still only saw reinforcements coming from a distance. He had no idea what exactly Wei Ming Shouzhong saw. He was so entranced. Weiming Shouzhong suddenly said: "Brother, the previous message said that the reinforcements were 10,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 civilian troops. Do you feel that the military appearance in front of you is a little too strong?"
Brother Wei Mingxiu's heart moved and he looked carefully. Although he was far away and could not see the details clearly, he could clearly feel the great momentum and majestic military appearance. Not to mention the civilian army, even it was an elite force. Not as good as that, which is really strange! Immediately, Brother Wei Mingxiu discovered another strange thing. The support troops were all combat cavalry. At this glance, there was no infantry. However, the previous communication said that there were 10,000 elites, 30,000 civilian troops, and civilian troops. It is absolutely impossible to have cavalry. Even if there are 10,000 elites, there are only 5,000 cavalry. But what I see in front of me is that they are all murderous war cavalry?
Zhang Jiang on the side said: "Perhaps His Majesty changed the plan temporarily and mobilized tens of thousands of elite cavalry!" Brother Xiu frowned and shook his head, "Absolutely impossible! When the herald came to deliver the order, the reinforcements had already set off. , the number of 10,000 elite and 30,000 civilian troops cannot be changed, not to mention that the messenger sent by the reinforcements a few days ago did not mention related matters."
Zhang Jiang asked doubtfully: "Then, what is going on right now?" Brother Wei Mingxiu was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "I have been worrying too much. It must be just like what you said. His Majesty must have changed his plan temporarily. Tens of thousands of fine cavalry have been mobilized. As for the tens of thousands of civilian troops, they may have been transferred back, or they may still be behind. After all, the marching speed of infantry cannot be compared with that of cavalry!" Zhang Jiang nodded in agreement, The little worry that had just arisen was put down.
At this time, everyone saw from a distance that a thousand war cavalry led by Weiming Huxiong had already greeted the reinforcements. Just when everyone thought that Weiming Huxiong and the others would lead the reinforcements, something unexpected happened, and only a loud shout was heard from afar. At the same time, the warriors under Weiming Huxiong suddenly fell down. , and immediately saw the "reinforcements" swarming to kill, while Weiming Huxiong and others ran away in panic. The rumble of horse hooves sounded loudly, from far to near, like thunder.
All the Xixia soldiers on the city wall were dumbfounded. Brother Wei Mingxiu's expression changed and he shouted urgently: "No, it's the enemy!!" Then he shouted to the soldiers who were still in a daze: "Get ready to fight! Get ready to fight!" The general reacted and started shouting. The anxious shouts quickly spread along the city wall. The Xixia soldiers hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows and prepared to fight. They all seemed to be in a dream: How could they be a good reinforcement, but suddenly they became the enemy? military?
After a while, Weiming Huxiong and others rushed to the city wall, only to see that only five or six hundred people with frightened expressions were left among the one thousand warriors who had gone out not long ago. Looking up and behind them, they saw surging iron hooves and dust covering the ground. The battle flag flying in the wind was embroidered with the two characters "Yan Yun" with claws and teeth. Everyone on the city wall was shocked.
Weiming Huxiong and others rushed into the city gate, and the city gate was immediately closed. The rolling wave gradually stopped and stopped two hundred steps outside the city. The smoke and dust gradually dispersed, revealing the true appearance of tens of thousands of warriors, with distinct armor and murderous intent. The two leading warriors were particularly eye-catching. When the Xixia Army officers saw such a scene, they couldn't help but swallowed their saliva and felt at a loss.
Weiming Huxiong panted and ran up the city wall, ran to brother Weiming Xiu, and said angrily: "Damn, it's not reinforcements at all, it's all Yanyun Army! Where did those idiots go?"
Brother Wei Mingxiu frowned and stared at Yan Yunjun outside the city. He had a very terrible thought in his heart, but he did not say it out loud. I saw a Yanyun officer running out of the military formation carrying a scarlet package and running straight this way. Everyone's eyes were on him. Officer Yanyun rushed to the city wall, used the speed of the horse to throw the package in his hand onto the city wall, then turned the horse's head and ran back.
The round package plopped down on the city wall near Brother Weimingxiu. War general Zhang Yuan picked up the package, ran to Brother Weimingxiu, and presented the package with both hands, "General, I don't know what this is. Something?" Brother Weimingxiu took it from his hand and felt it was heavy. At the same time, he smelled the smell of blood in his nose, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
They couldn't help but open the wrapping, and a human head suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Weiming Huxiong suddenly exclaimed: "It's General Li!!" Others also recognized it, and their expressions changed greatly. General Li, Li Fengzhong, Xixia general, was also the commander-in-chief of Xixia's 40,000 reinforcements. At this time, the head of the reinforcements commander was sent by the Yanyun army. The meaning is self-evident.
The generals looked at each other with fear in their hearts, and for a moment they didn't know what to say. Finally Brother Weimingxiu broke the silence: "It seems that the 40,000 reinforcements have been wiped out!" Zhang Yuan said in disbelief: "This, this is unbelievable! This is simply impossible!" Brother Weimingxiu said He said in a deep voice: "We were fooled! The enemy troops surrounded us and refused to attack us, not because of the reasons we thought before, but because they wanted to use us as bait to lure reinforcements over, and then annihilate them in a surprise attack! What a ruthless strategy. !”
Zhang Jiang frowned and said, "This is the siege of the city for reinforcements! Now that the reinforcements have been wiped out by them, it's our turn next!" As if in response to his words, waves of shouts suddenly came from outside the city. Everyone was startled and quickly looked outside the city. They saw tens of thousands of Yanyun warriors outside the city raising their weapons one after another and shouting loudly at the same time. The thunderous voice went straight into the sky, and a shocking murderous aura came towards their faces.
All the Xixia soldiers on the city wall changed their colors and were so frightened that they just wanted to drop their weapons and run for their lives. The soldiers and civilians in the city didn't know the situation outside the city yet, but they couldn't help but become frightened and uneasy when they heard the murderous shouts. , I just feel that this is definitely not a good thing.
Another Yanyun officer galloped to the foot of the city wall, reined in his horse, and shouted at the wall in Dangxiang dialect: "Your 40,000 reinforcements have been wiped out, and you are already isolated and helpless. It would be better to open the city and surrender early." Save your life, otherwise the city will be destroyed and everyone will be destroyed!!"
There was silence on the city wall, and there was a sudden choking sound, which was particularly harsh. Everyone followed the sound and saw that the weapon in the hand of a sergeant actually fell to the ground. Brother Wei Mingxiu frowned, grabbed the bow and arrow from the soldiers nearby, bent the bow and aimed the arrow at Officer Yanyun below the city, and there was a whoosh! Officer Yan Yun did not expect that his opponent would dare to fire an arrow. He was caught off guard and saw the arrow flying towards him. It was too late to avoid it. With a pop, the arrow hit his chest. The officer screamed and fell off his horse. Seeing this scene, the fear in the hearts of the Xixia Army officers and soldiers suddenly subsided by more than half, and many officers and soldiers couldn't help shouting.
The Kingdom of Zhanjin was very angry and raised his spear and waved it forward. Thousands of warriors immediately rushed out and launched an attack on the city wall. At the same time, the sound of cannons outside the city in the east was loud, and the main force of Yanyun in the east also attacked Wula. Haicheng launched a fierce attack.
Brother Weiming Xiu asked Weiming Shouzhong to be in charge of the west city gate, and he led the generals to the east city gate. He knew that although the Yanyun war cavalry outside the west city was fierce, they were cavalry after all, and they had no siege equipment. It is impossible to break through the city within a short period of time, but it is different on the east side. Yanyun's infantry and siege weapons are all on the east side. Once the city is attacked, it will be like a thunderous wave crashing on the shore. If you are not careful, you may be broken by the opponent. Defended the city.
Brother Wei Mingxiu and others rushed to the east city wall and saw that most of the troops had already descended the city wall and hid at the base of the wall. There was a loud noise outside the city, as if huge rocks were constantly hitting the city wall, and there were black rocks overhead from time to time. The object whizzed past and fell into a distant dwelling, making a big hole.
When General Li Qiyun saw Brother Wei Mingxiu coming, he hurriedly greeted him. Because the loud noise outside was deafening, he couldn't help but shout to Brother Wei Mingxiu: "General, the main force of the enemy army has begun to attack. The city!" At this moment, a cannonball whizzing over the city wall slammed into the wall stacks. A loud noise was heard, and countless broken bricks and rubble flew down. Li Qiyun and Wei Ming were below. Brother Xiu and others hurriedly evaded, everyone was staring at the city wall. Seeing that there was no more danger, they all withdrew their gaze. Brother Wei Mingxiu looked at the soldiers around him and saw fear on everyone's face, and couldn't help but worry in his heart.
Li Qiyun asked eagerly: "General, have the reinforcements arrived?" Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "Go and tell the soldiers that our reinforcements have arrived. Don't be afraid. Victory will definitely belong to us in Daxia!" Li Qiyun said Out of joy, he responded and ran down, shouting as he ran: "The reinforcements have arrived, the reinforcements have arrived!" The Xixia soldiers were very uneasy at first, but when they heard this, they couldn't help but feel relieved. They just felt that there was no need for reinforcements when they arrived. So worried! However, Brother Weimingxiu and others who knew the true situation were secretly worried.
Yang Peng looked at Wulahai City from a distance, and saw the whistling and flying artillery shells constantly hitting the city wall, flying stone fragments and making a loud noise. However, the city wall remained motionless, and even after being bombarded for so long, no cracks appeared. Yang Peng couldn't help but said to Yelu Hanyu next to him: "These city walls have been reinforced and thickened a lot now. Although the cannons are amazingly powerful, they are hard to shake!" Yelu Tri smiled and said: "This is all for us. !”
Yang Peng smiled and said to Wang Kai: "Stop the bombardment." Wang Kai responded and immediately sent secret guards down to deliver the order. The rumbling sound of cannons gradually stopped, and the world suddenly became extremely quiet.
Yang Peng raised his horse and waved it forward. The war drums immediately rumbled, and nearly 200,000 soldiers shouted in unison, which was earth-shattering. Immediately, 10,000 assault troops pushed toward the city wall pushing siege ladders and ramming vehicles that had been rushed over the past few days. After the assault troops, there were another 10,000 infantry troops, but these 10,000 infantry troops only carried three bows and crossbows. Everyone had their swords sheathed and held strong crossbows in their hands.
At the same time, there was only a surge of people on the city wall. The Xixia army discovered that Yan Yun's army was preparing to attack the city wall. They rushed to the city wall and organized defense. There was a noisy and busy scene above the city wall where no one had been seen before.
"Three-bow bed crossbow ready!!" Li Qiyun shouted at the top of his lungs. Many sergeants struggled to push the three-bow crossbow placed on the inside of the city wall that was not damaged by Yanyun's artillery fire to the outside, and then struggled to turn the winch, and a loud creaking sound resounded throughout the city wall. Load the bow string of the three-bow bed crossbow, and then load the huge spear and arrow specially designed for the three-bow bed crossbow. Then the operator adjusts the shooting angle, and sees the three-bow bed crossbows placed at the top of the city facing each other and rushing toward the city wall. Yan Yunjun.
Li Qiyun rushed to Brother Weimingxiu and asked for instructions: "General, the three-bow bed crossbow is ready!" Brother Weimingxiu said: "Concentrate the attack on the enemy's front army!" Li Qiyun agreed, turned around and shouted: "Attention Three-Gong Crossbow, focus on attacking the enemy's front troops, fire!" The operator heard the order and immediately pulled the trigger. The Three-Gong Crossbow trembled sharply and made a loud snap, and then countless black shadows were seen. Plunging into the Yanyun army, in an instant, many huge ripples were seen in the tide of soldiers, and often a single spear and arrow could take away the lives of several Yanyun soldiers. The charge speed of Yanyun's attacking troops couldn't help but speed up. The Xixia Army's three-bow crossbows only had time to launch two waves of attacks, and Yanyun's attacking troops had already arrived at the city! Due to the problem of shooting angle, the three-gong bed crossbow could not attack the Yanyun army that had arrived at the city, so it turned to attack the support troops behind the siege force, while the Yanyun support troops attacked the city head with the three-gong bed crossbow. For a moment, the arrows fired by the three-bowed crossbows on both sides were seen flying in the sky, making a huge whistling sound, and the scene was spectacular.
The two sides used three-bow crossbows to attack each other, causing losses to each other. At the same time, other troops from Yanyun's support force rushed behind the siege troops, raised their powerful crossbows and fired at the city wall, and saw arrows like locusts flying continuously. The city wall, the Xixia soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties. The Xixia crossbowmen on the city wall were originally attacking the Yan Yun army below the city. However, after being violently hit by Yan Yun's strong crossbows, they all changed their attack targets and counterattacked at the Yan Yun army holding strong crossbows in the distance. Arrows were flying. Falling down the city wall and falling into Yanyun's army, some Yanyun soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. However, other Yanyun soldiers seemed to have no feeling. They continued to load arrows and shoot step by step. They had been trained to become war machines. .
The Xixia Army saw Yanyun's siege troops setting up ladders one after another. Amid the hoarse roars of the generals, they quickly lifted up pots of boiling oil and water and dumped them toward the outside of the city. There were loud hisses and roars. With heartbreaking screams, Yanyun soldiers were seen rolling down the ladder one after another; at the same time, rolling stones and wood were thrown down without any consequences, causing the flesh and blood of Yanyun army to fly everywhere; gunpowder packets were also kept being thrown down, dull Amidst the explosions, clouds of fireworks rose. Although Yan Yun's army was brave and powerful, they were unable to climb the city wall for a while, and suffered heavy losses.
The Yanyun soldiers operating three-bow crossbows loaded special guns and arrows with gunpowder packets tied on them and fired towards the top of the city. At this point in the battle, the Xixia soldiers did not pay too much attention to the roaring guns and arrows, but subconsciously bent down to avoid them. Immediately, the officers and soldiers of the Xixia Army discovered that this wave of flying guns and arrows was obviously not as powerful, fast and sharp as the previous ones, and the shooting angle was obviously higher. Hundreds of guns and arrows flew near the city wall and fell down, most of them. It fell into the city on the inside of the city wall, and the smaller half fell onto the city wall.
A Xixia soldier saw a gun and arrow flying towards him. Without thinking, he rolled to the side of the wall to avoid the flying gun and arrow. Then he heard a snap and saw the gun and arrow landing where he had just been standing. The Xixia soldiers had just recovered from the shock and laughed. Then they saw a cloth bag tied to the gun and arrows, and there were sparks coming from the cloth bag. The Xixia army also used gunpowder bags. When the Xixia soldier saw this scene, his expression changed. Before he could take any measures, a ball of fire rose up in front of his eyes, and at the same time there was a loud roar. The Xixia soldier felt a huge force lift him up into the sky, and he flew lightly towards the distant horizon. Go, and then he fell heavily outside the city and died.
Dozens of fireballs rose up from the city wall. The Xixia army's losses were not great, but they were shocked by this sudden change and were thrown into chaos. Many people were running around, as confused as headless flies. The generals shouted at the top of their lungs. Shouting, but on this noisy battlefield, everyone's ears were temporarily deafened by the huge explosion. No matter how much the generals shouted, it had little effect.
The Yanyun siege troops took the opportunity to attack fiercely. Hundreds of Yanyun soldiers rushed to the top of the city and rushed into the middle of the enemy army. They roared and killed the enemy soldiers until their corpses were covered with blood. The Xixia army suddenly saw wolves and tigers. Yan Yun's army was on the wall, and he was horrified. The regular troops were okay. Although they were scared, they still mustered up the courage to go up. However, the common people who were forcibly recruited by Brother Weimingxiu to help defend the city behaved differently. When they saw the fierce Yan Yun army ascending the city wall, wielding knives and killing people, they were so frightened that they lost everything. They threw away their weapons, turned around and ran away. The scene was in chaos. In this way, they rushed to the top of the city to support them. The Xixia regular troops were blocked.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Brother Weimingxiu led his generals and soldiers to join the battle. Everyone fought back desperately and gradually stabilized the situation. However, no matter how hard they fought, they could not retake the city. These Yanyun troops were too powerful. You are brave, everyone is not afraid of death, and will fight with you as long as you still have breath. Brother Weimingxiu killed several Yanyun soldiers in a row, and suddenly he saw a Yanyun officer rushing towards him with a long sword, his eyes wide open and his face covered in blood, like a crazed tiger, he rushed in front of Brother Weimingxiu. , roared angrily, and struck down the head with the long knife in his hand, the attack was extremely fierce!
Brother Wei Mingxiu dodged sideways, and then slashed forward with the long knife in his hand, slashing into officer Yan Yun's abdomen. Brother Wei Mingxiu thought he had defeated the other party, but to his surprise, he hugged him, yelled crazily and pushed him towards the city wall. Brother Wei Mingxiu was shocked. At this time, the scimitar in his right hand was still in the opponent's abdomen, so he pulled hard and opened the opponent's abdomen. The white intestines flowed out of the body, but Yan Yun The officer seemed to be unconscious and still pushed Brother Wei completely out of the city wall with all his strength! Brother Wei Mingxiu couldn't help but feel fear in his heart!
At this critical moment, Weiming Huxiong arrived, yelled, and slashed off the Yanyun officer's head with a knife. Blood sprayed all over Weiming Xiu's head and face. Brother Weimingxiu tripped over the corpse, and he and the headless corpse of Officer Yanyun fell towards the outside of the city wall. Weiming Huxiong was startled, quickly threw away his weapon, flew up and grabbed Brother Weimingxiu's arm, while the body of officer Yanyun fell straight down and fell into the surging soldiers below. In the tide.
Weiming Huxiong struggled to drag Brother Weiming Xiu up. The two sat by the city wall and looked at each other, feeling lingering fear in their hearts. At this time, the sound of fierce fighting came, and the two people quickly followed the sound and saw more and more Yan Yun troops rushing towards the city wall, and they could no longer resist it. Weiming Huxiong opened his eyes and shouted, "Damn it! I'll fight them!" He was about to rush forward.
Brother Weiming Xiu grabbed Weiming Huxiong's arm and shouted: "Don't make unnecessary sacrifices! While the city has not yet been breached, quickly organize the army to retreat from the north gate and go to Langshan!" Weiminghu! Xiong was very unwilling, but he did not dare to disobey his eldest brother's order. He promised loudly, picked up Weiming Xiu brother, and the two of them led the soldiers and ran down the city wall, ignoring the people who were fighting Yan Yun's army on the wall. Soldiers, Brother Wei Mingxiu wants to use them to buy time for the troops to break out.
Soon after, Weiming Shouzhong and Li Qiyun each rushed to the city government office with thousands of troops to join Weiming Brother Xiu and Weiming Huxiong. At this time, the entire city was in chaos. The soldiers who had fled were defeated, and the people were running around like headless flies, turning the entire city into a pot of porridge.
Weiming Huxiong said to Brother Weimingxiu: "Brother, let's go!" Brother Weimingxiu nodded. Li Qiyun said hurriedly: "Generals Zhang Jiang and Zhang Yuan haven't come yet!" Weiming Huxiong said angrily: "Whatever those two Han people do!" Weiming Xiu said: "Time is running out now, don't leave any longer!" It's too late, let's go!" Then he ran towards the north gate first, and all the soldiers quickly followed.
Everyone rushed to the North City Gate. Unlike the east and west gates, the North City Gate looked very peaceful. However, there were many people gathered at the door who wanted to escape from the city, including Han Chinese, Dangxiang people, and other ethnic groups. people. Brother Wei Mingxiu and others were eager to escape, so he led his army to kill them, killing and wounding countless people, and the remaining people fled in all directions.
What happened after all? Let’s see the breakdown next time.
