As soon as the next day, the army of Zhong Shidao, who was confronting Yinchuan City, launched the first siege, and the deputy general Yao Zhongping led his troops to conduct a tentative attack. Although the battlefield could not be set in front of Yinchuan City, the Song army still invested the maximum 20,000 troops and more than 100 siege equipment.

Twenty thousand troops were arranged into five square formations, each of which was dozens of steps apart, and arranged side by side in the three-mile-wide open space, like five huge black carpets. A large flag was erected in front of each team, and in the middle was a yellow flag, which was the head coach's flag. The other three large flags were divided into blue, red, white, and black flags, representing the generals in all directions.

The Song army soldiers were full of morale and murderous aura. They were composed of spear infantry, sword and shield infantry and bow and crossbow army, and were wearing heavy armor. The armor of the Song army infantry weighed 62 kilograms and could resist enemy bows and arrows within fifty steps.

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The sound of war drums is like thunder, the trumpets are connected to the sky, the flags are covering the sky, the spears are like forests, and the shields are like mountains, and the black of death appears under the sunlight.

Deputy General Yao Zhongping was wearing iron armor and an eagle helmet. He rode on the war horse and pointed a sword at the city, "Attack!"

"Woo"

The sound of low trumpets resounded throughout the world, and more than a dozen wooden rushers were erected in the middle of each team. This was used to resist flying stones on the city. Accompanied by the huge sound of wooden skinned rushers and dozens of cloud ladders, the eight thousand troops of two square formations began to slowly fight towards the city wall.

Various siege weapons developed to the Song Dynasty. Although their appearance remained generally unchanged, they were completely different from the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Many important structures, such as spindles, shaft rings, etc., were made of steel. Especially after large-scale promotion of iron frying, the hardness of pig iron increased greatly, which was close to steel. It was also more handy to use cooked iron to build various equipment. The Song army's siege equipment was lighter and more sturdy and durable.

There was also a loud drum sound on the top of the city, and Li Liangfu sneered repeatedly. Twenty thousand people wanted to capture Yinchuan City. The Song army was simply delusional. He wanted to teach this arrogant Song army a lesson and make Guyuandao a gorge of white bones.

"Tell me my order and prepare the trencher!"

Twenty large catapults on the top of the south city were creakingly opened, two zhang high and eight zhang long. They could throw a hundred kilograms of huge rocks to three hundred steps away. Only fifty people could pull them. The black 20 catapults stood at the top of the city, like twenty sky-swalking monsters. The 100 kilograms were put into the bullet pocket, and the firing rod stuck the winch gear, waiting for the order to launch.

In the middle of the battlements, ten thousand Xixia soldiers held long bows and arrows, and four-foot-long thick arrows were already on the bowstrings. The bows and arrows used for defense were different from those used for flat combat. The arrows did not need to shoot far, but they had to be heavy, so that the arrows could penetrate the enemy's armor by their own gravity. Therefore, they were generally made of large arrows, with arrow shafts as thick as fingers, the sharp tips were streamlined, and there were bloodletting grooves on all sides. This was the advantage of the Central Plains army, but it had been passed to Liaoxia.

The Song army was not far ahead of Liao and Xia in technology, but it had a large population and a strong national strength. It was able to smelve a large amount of pig iron and make weapons, which was incomparable to Liao and Xia.

The Song army had gradually entered the range of the catapult. Li Liangfu issued a shooting order. He opened his throat and shouted: "Shoot!"

The drums were loud, twenty large trenchers were fired at the same time, and twenty huge rocks flew into the air and roared towards the city.

The cross-sized giant skinned buckets, twenty feet long and eight feet wide, are slowly moving. This is made of giant wood. They are covered with double layers of cowhide and are coated with thick grease on the surface. At the same time, the axis rotation is very flexible, which can effectively remove the impact of the boulders. Each skinned bucket evades hundreds of soldiers.

At this time, a strange howling sound came from above the head. Looking up from the city, twenty small black dots appeared in the sky, as if a group of geese passing through the sky, but the small black dots became larger and larger, instantly turning into huge rocks rolling in the sky, smashing down on their heads. The team shouted, and the soldiers rushed down and hid.

But there were still a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to hide. They shouted and dodged everywhere. The huge rocks hit, and there was a loud "bang!" and the dust was flying. Several soldiers could not dodge and were smashed into meat sauce by the huge rocks. The remaining strength of the huge rocks continued to roll forward, knocking over more than ten people in a row before stopping.

A huge rock hit a skinned rushing bucket in the middle with a loud bang. The cowhide flipped over and removed the fierce impact of the huge rock. The huge rock flew out, but the rushing bucket was intact.

However, the stone was bounced back by the fight, and bounced forward for more than twenty steps, rushing towards the crowd. The soldiers screamed and dodged.

.........

The second round of trenchers shot out again. At this time, a cloud ladder was hit. The upper part of the cloud ladder was suddenly broken, fragments flew everywhere, and the wood mixed with support columns collapsed. The huge impact force caused the cloud ladder to lose its center of gravity and fell backwards. More than a hundred soldiers under the cloud ladder were killed and injured...

The huge rocks hit the crowd, rolling and rushing on the ground. The Song soldiers kept dodging, and the ten giant skinned fighters stopped at 300 steps, creating a temporary hiding place for the Song soldiers, allowing the soldiers to quickly pass through the most dangerous areas, and greatly reducing the casualties of the soldiers.

Although the Song army actively defended, the large catapult of the Western Xia army still brought nearly 700 casualties to the Song army. However, these casualties could not stop the attack of the 20,000 army. As the drums urging war in the Song army camp accelerated, more than 7,000 soldiers ran and rushed towards the city overwhelmingly...

Yinchuan City is five miles long from east to west and three miles wide from north to south. It is a medium-sized city with a circumference of sixteen miles. The gourd water flows out from the southwest corner of the city, and after a detour, it flows into the ancient road along the edge of the canyon.

The Xixia Army also used gourd water to dig a simple moat, which was three meters wide, but in front of the extremely developed boat bridge of the Song army, this moat had no meaning.

More than 7,000 Song army crossbowmen who had already rushed through the Stonehenge blockade quickly gathered in the western section and shot arrows at the top of the city. The arrows shot at the top of the city like a storm, suppressing the shooting at the top of the Western Xia army.

Although he could not aim at archery, the three thousand Xixia soldiers guarding the city still used the method of shooting arrows to shoot down the city. The arrows on both sides were as dense as rain, and soldiers were constantly shot by the stray arrows and fell down screaming.

Hundreds of fortification soldiers quickly built a pontoon bridge in the rain of arrows. They used iron chains to buckle dozens of large wooden boxes together. The two iron wedges penetrated deep into the soil. They covered the large wooden boxes with wide wooden boards and nailed them with iron nails, thus building three pontoon bridges in a very short time.

Seven thousand crossbow soldiers were divided into two groups, and four thousand people still shot arrows under the city, while three thousand soldiers put away their crossbows, took off their shields, pulled out their battle swords, and transformed into swords and shields.

They carried more than 30 siege ladders and rushed over the floating bridge. They crossed the moat and ladged on the walls. Three thousand Song soldiers climbed up the ladder like ants, holding shields in the other hand, and climbed up with a fighting knife in their mouths. They rushed up the Xixia soldiers on the top of the city. Their arrows were like rain, and stones were rolling down like hail. The soldiers were hit and shot, and they screamed and fell down the city...

Yao Zhongping kept watching the movements on the city head from behind. He was also a veteran who had experienced many battles. He felt that the Western Xia army did not do its best to defend the city. At least Li Liangfu was not good at using fire. They could throw it with big fireballs, which would have greater lethality to the Song army.

‘Why did he keep room?’ Yao Zhongping thought to himself.

At this time, a cavalry rushed over and shouted: "General Yao, the commander will let you attack immediately!"

Yao Zhongping sighed secretly. Now the arrow has been in the string and he cannot stop shooting.

He then waved his knife and shouted: "The third and fourth phalanxes attack!"

"Woo" dozens of deer horns were blowing vigorously, and the low-key claim resounded through the earth again.

Another eight thousand soldiers launched an attack on the front of the city. The third formation was the sword and shield army, and the fourth formation was the spear army. They were all wearing heavy armor and were not afraid of arrows fifty steps away. The soldiers rushed towards the front of the city like waves, facing the huge rocks that had been smashed one after another.

Li Liangfu was waiting for the main force of the Song army to attack the city. When he saw the two enemy formations launch, he ordered coldly: "Set the turtle oil!"

The huge stone turned into a large jar of tincture oil. A jar was as big as a water tank, and it contained eighty kilograms of tincture oil. In addition, the weight of the jar was also as heavy as a hundred kilograms.

Large jars of tincture oil flew out and fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. Brown-black tincture oil flowed all over the ground. Soldiers hurriedly reported to Yao Zhongping.

Yao Zhongping also discovered the enemy's intentions, but the army had already launched, and he could no longer order the retreat. He had to bite the bullet and say, "Continue to charge!"

Eight thousand soldiers shouted and charged towards the city. At this time, Li Liangfu shouted loudly and said, "Set the fireball!"
Chapter completed!