‘Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The powerful war drums of the Western Xia army echoed in the wide wilderness north of Shizhou City. Ten miles north of Shizhou City is the Wuding River. More than a dozen floating bridges have been built on the Wuding River. There are 100,000 troops distributed on the south and north of the floating bridge. The dark army is boundless and stretches for more than ten miles, and there are still tens of thousands of logistics troops in the distance.

At this time, amid the sound of thousands of golden drums striking at the same time, a cavalry of ten thousand people surrounded by golden helmets and golden armors, and appeared slowly. The golden light shone in the sun, which was particularly dazzling.

The soldiers of the Xixia army on both sides of the Wuding River suddenly burst into cheers, "Long live the Emperor!"

The earth-shaking cheers made the Song army at the head of Shizhou City change their faces, but the Song army at the head of the city was not afraid. They also had enough troops. The main force in Hedong guarding the city alone had more than 50,000 people, and there were also 100,000 troops. There were a total of 150,000 people in the city to compete with the Xixia army. The food and supplies were sufficient, enough for the army to spend a year.

The experienced Zhong Shidao was very considerate. In order to prevent the Xixia army from taking a detour to attack Hedong Road, he divided the 100,000 Hedong Army into two, and ordered his brother Zhong Shizhong to lead 50,000 Hedong Army to guard various dangerous passes on the border of Songxia, and he himself led 50,000 elite troops to defend Shizhou City.

Zhong Shidao knew that the Song army on the Western Front was defeated, and the defeat of this Western Xia battle was decided, but in order to prevent the Western Xia army from counterattacking the Song Dynasty, he had to hold back the main force of the Western Xia army in Shizhou and give the court time to redeploy the army.

Li Yanqing stood on the top of the city and stared at the boundless Xixia army, with a solemn look and a angular face that looked particularly firm. Zhong Shidao gave him enough trust, allowing him to lead 10,000 troops to defend the East City Wall.

This is the second time that Li Yanqing commanded more than 10,000 troops after leading 10,000 troops to ambush the Xixia army of the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army.

His deputy general was Liu Qi, the same young general. This was the pair of young generals valued by Zhong Shidao. Although both of them could stand alone, he still adhered to the principle that civil officials in the court were the chief and military generals were the deputy to match them.

Master Zhong tried his best to cultivate them, hoping that they could grow up as soon as possible, break the shackles of qualifications, and allow them to take on the heavy responsibility of protecting the northwest when they are over 20 years old.

This is also the helpless choice of Zhong Shidao. There was a gap in the command of the Northwest Army. For example, Zhong Shizhong, Liu Fa and the newly transferred Zong Ze are all over 60 years old, but there is no talent who can take on important responsibilities at the age of thirties or forties.

Although Yao Zhongping was his successor, his performance has always been mediocre. His promotion is more about family background than his own abilities. Although Qu Ke, Yang Keshi and others are brave, they lack the courage and ability to take on the overall situation, which disappoints Zhong Shidao very much.

Young people such as Li Yanqing, Liu Qi, Yang Zaixing, and Wang Gui performed well. He finally decided to use his last few years to cultivate cross-generation successors. Even if the court did not use them for qualifications and other reasons, in times of crisis, there were young people who could stand up and shoulder the important task of defending the country.

At this time, Wang Gui ran to Li Yanqing and said, "Report to the commander, all the catapults and artillery have been inspected and are not damaged!"

In addition to 10,000 soldiers on the eight-mile-long East City Wall, there were 10,000 auxiliary wing troops. They were responsible for the operation of more than 200 city-defense weapons. Li Yanqing handed over the important task of commanding more than 200 city-defense weapons and 10,000 wing troops to Wang Gui and Yang Zaixing. As a result, Wang Gui was so nervous that he didn't fall asleep all night.

Although Li Yanqing was the main general of the East City Wall, in order to facilitate flexible command, he divided the work with Liu Qi and subdivided the East City Wall into two sections. Li Yanqing was responsible for the command of the northern section of the entire project, and Liu Qi was responsible for the command of the southern section.

Wang Gui and Yang Zaixing also divided the work. Wang Gui followed Li Yanqing to be responsible for the city-defense weapons and the Five Thousand Chamber Army in the northern section, and Yang Zaixing was responsible for the city-defense weapons and the Five Thousand Chamber Army in the southern section.

In the past ten days, Li Yanqing and Wang Gui made fifty thunders, bringing the number of thunders in their hands to 62.

Li Yanqing nodded, "In addition to my orders, we should also pay attention to the commander's order to operate the weapons to defend the city. Those who dare to slack off will be killed immediately!"

"Abide by the order!"

Wang Gui looked back at the city. The six-meter-high viewing platform stood in the city, and the commander Zhong Shidao stood on the viewing platform to command the overall battle.

The north wall is commanded by veteran Zong Ze, the south wall is commanded by Yao Zhongping, the west wall is commanded by general Yang Keshi, and there is also a 10,000 reserve troops, commanded by general Zhang Miao.

Zhong Shidao had already rewarded the three armies before and made pre-war mobilization. The 150,000 soldiers in Shizhou City were in high spirits and were ready to fight against the enemy.

This time when attacking Shizhou City, Li Ganshun was afraid that Li Cha Ge would underestimate the enemy, so he resolutely invested 200,000 siege troops and hundreds of heavy siege weapons, including the Western Front Song army's siege weapons they seized, all of which became the capital of the Western Xia army to attack Shizhou City.

Richard was riding on a tall and majestic war horse, staring coldly at the Song army's Linhe Arrow Fort several miles away. The row of arrow forts built by Zhong Shidao to block the Xixia army's crossing the river. However, Zhong Shidao found that the enemy had dispatched 200,000 troops to attack the city, so he immediately withdrew 5,000 Song soldiers stationed in the Arrow Fort, and the Arrow Fort was also razed to the ground by the Xixia army.

Brother Richard looked at Shizhou City standing on a high place, and the situation of Shizhou City being captured appeared in his mind. The fires surged into the sky, and soldiers all over the ground knelt in front of his horse begging for mercy. His soldiers mercilessly cut off the heads of these Han people, and the heads of Zhong Shidao were tied to his war horse's neck.

This extremely tempting and longing scene was about to appear, and he could no longer wait. At this time, he was no longer just to prove his abilities to the emperor's brother. He wanted to flatten this city and make all the people of Xixia understand that the Western Xia army was not afraid of the powerful Song Dynasty. Give him another ten years to destroy the Song Dynasty.

The golden flag above his head fluttered in the wind, behind him was the veteran Sa Chen, and next to him was Li Binglie, one of the newly grown three tigers of the Western Xia.

This is a young royal family as fierce as a leopard. He is only eighteen years old this year. He is known for his courage in the Western Xia army.

He stared at the direction of Shizhou City with a cold leopard-like gaze and asked for battle sternly: "Please give me 10,000 troops and see how I attack Shizhou City!"

Brother Richard didn't like this nephew who had been trying to replace him and was strikingly. He nodded, "He is brave and virtuous, okay! I appointed you as the leader of the battle and led 30,000 troops to capture Shizhou City for me."

Li Ganshun handed over the golden arrows to Li Binglie. He looked at the direction of Shizhou City again and said lightly: "If you can't attack the city, come and see you!"

He turned his horse and left. The veteran Sa Chen wanted to persuade him, but finally he held back. They really needed someone to test the reality of the Song army first.

Li Binglie rode his horse and raised his golden arrow and neighed, "Shane's Seventh Army and the Eighth Army, the First Army of the Clash Lang Ling was dispatched and headed towards Shizhou City!"

Thirty thousand troops marched towards Shizhou City. Thousands of drums were beating on the north bank of Wuding River, and the drums were sounded like thunder. It could be heard dozens of miles away. Thirty thousand troops were murderous intent soaring into the sky. Following nearly a hundred ladders and catapults in the dense army, the soldiers of the Western Xia army pushed them forward and swept towards Shizhou City several miles away with an unstoppable murderous aura.

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Flags were waving on the north wall of Shizhou, and 20,000 Song troops stood in line at the top of the city wall. They were wearing iron armor, eagle and bronze helmets, and stair bows and military crossbows. They all had firm eyes. Two hundred huge catapults and artillery stood on the top of the city like fifty giants.

The veteran Zong Ze was responsible for the battle in the north city. At this time, Zong Ze was standing on the battlement and staring at the Xixia army slowly moving in the distance. An army of 30,000 people appeared on the south bank of Wuding River, and the sound of drums came from the army.

The marching speed of the Xixia army was not fast. The 30,000 troops were basically all Shanyou Army. They were mountain troops, and siege cities were considered their specialty, but their equipment was not outstanding. They all had leather armor, simple shields, and good spears. They were all standard spears of the Song Dynasty, and they were obviously equipped from the seized weapons.

Zong Ze knew in his heart that this was just a tentative attack from the enemy, but this attack was crucial and related to the morale of both sides.

"Play the drums and cheer me!"
Chapter completed!