In the last battle, the Western Xia army dispatched an army of 80,000. Brother Richard was in a very complicated mood. He looked up at the sky. The sky was particularly gloomy and dark clouds were drooping.

On the Wuding River north of Shizhou City, the Xixia army was ready to reorganize. Sixty-five thousand Xixia soldiers were distributed on the front line for a two-mile period, and there were 15,000 reserve troops on the other side of the river.

A wave of sand and stones were flying, and yellow dust filled the sky, and Shizhou City, which stood on the slope in the distance, became a little blurred.

Brother Richard rode on a majestic and shiny black mane horse, holding a sharp spear about 15 feet long in his hand, majestic. He stared coldly at the yellow flag representing the commander of the Song army in the city, and his face could not hide the expectation of fighting to the death with the Song army.

"Your Highness, the Song army seems to have seen through our deployment, and I heard the drums of their decisive battle," a general whispered to him.

Brother Richard looked at the city where the Song army began to deploy defense and said coldly: "This is not important! What matters is our own determination."

He looked back at the soldiers of Xixia and urged his horse to run in front of the team. He raised his gun and shouted loudly in Xixia language: "The Song Dynasty has an endless land, tens of millions of young women, and endless gold, silver and treasures. Your wealth can only be seized by yourself. Warriors, wealth belongs to you, land belongs to you, and women belong to you, kill into Shizhou City and kick off the last stumbling block to attack the Song Dynasty!"

"Get into Shizhou!"

The heartfelt jackal desire of the Xixia soldiers was ignited by Brother Richard. He held up his spear and shouted in unison. There seemed to be countless treasures and charming women in front of him.

"Kill" Tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers roared at Shizhou City together.

Brother Richard pointed his spear at Shizhou City, "The cavalry was dispatched!"

The offensive of the Xixia army was launched, and 65,000 soldiers had been deployed in advance. Five thousand troops were suppressed by military law. Sixty thousand troops were divided into three groups to attack Beicheng, Dongcheng and Xicheng respectively.

First of all, five thousand cavalrymen activate their war horses and rushed towards the East City of Shizhou. Dongcheng was still the top priority of the Western Xia army's attack. Brother Richard knew in his heart that after more than a dozen bloody battles of siege, the Song army in Dongcheng also suffered heavy casualties, and their catapults and fire cannons could not last long.

Five thousand cavalry swept towards the East City, shouting, roaring, and horse hooves rushing through the wilderness.

The head of the Song army was still quiet, but behind the battlements, ten thousand Song soldiers were ready. Four thousand Song soldiers held huge shields and spears to form a dense shield wall, and behind them were six thousand god-arm crossbowmen.

Dongcheng was the focus of the enemy's attack. Zhong Shidao assigned half of the divine arm crossbows in the city to Dongcheng. Six thousand crossbowmen were divided into three teams, and everyone held a powerful crossbow, with two feet long crossbow arrows pointing to the sky.

Behind the Divine Arm Crossbowman there were 120 fire cannons and large trenchers. Each fire cannon was operated by ten people, tightening the nest with beef tendons and gnash. In the pocket, there were thirty pound porcelain cannons. The thresh cannon itself had no significant damage effect, but it could shoot out hundreds of poison needles and terrestrial thorns in the porcelain cannons. Whether it was cavalry or infantry, it would be difficult to guard against and was stabbed by the poison needles and terrestrial thorns on the ground.

There are 100 kilograms of stones inside the catapult. Their targets are mainly enemy siege weapons, including ladders and enemy catapults, but they can also kill and injure the enemy in large quantities.

Crossbow arrows, catapults, and artillery formed two strike lines far and near, and the Song army was ready to fight.

Li Yanqing stood on the city wall, watching the rolling yellow dust sweeping in the distance. Five thousand Western Xia cavalry were like surging waves, rising and falling in the wilderness ten miles away, and a cold smile appeared in his eyes.

After more than a dozen siege battles, his experience has been accumulated continuously. Unlike the passive and nervousness he was when he defended the city on the first day, he has begun to subconsciously pay attention to the use of tactics and strategies.

The first time he encountered the Xixia army was to deal with the cavalry. He had gradually understood the combat characteristics of the Xixia cavalry. Not only did the Xixia people not only explode when attacking like mountain torrents, but they also had strong endurance and refused to give up until they achieved their goal. They had to leave some backup to fight with the cavalry.

A hundred steps away, Wang Gui seemed a little confused. This was the first time that the Western Xia army had encountered the tactic of using cavalry to attack the city. The city walls were so strong, what was the point of cavalry rushing up? It was not the target of the Song army's massacre.

At this time, an experienced veteran reminded Wang Gui: "General, beware of enemy cavalry attacking the city with rockets!"

Wang Gui suddenly woke up. He remembered that he had used rockets to ignite the tincture oil on the city. Although there is no tincture oil on the city now, there are a large number of thunder cannons and five thunders. Once ignited, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Wang Gui was anxious to tell Yang Zaixing to prevent enemy rockets, and he ordered the soldiers to use shields to closely protect the thousands of thunderbolt cannons placed on the city wall.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Western Xia cavalry was getting closer and closer, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps, six hundred steps, five hundred steps... It had gradually approached the range of the catapult. The Song army's catapult was the first to launch the catapult. A series of strong winds passed by, and eighty huge rocks rose into the air, forming a sparse rain of stones in the air, making a strange sound, roaring towards the heads of the Xixia cavalry.

The Xixia cavalry running in the front were overturned by a group of people and horses. The huge rock hit the soldiers. The head was instantly smashed away, and the flesh was blurred. The war horse was hit and fell down with a tragic neighing. The soldiers were crushed under his body. A stone rain killed and injured more than 400 cavalrymen, which made the crazy arrogance of the Xixia people. However, their attack did not stop and continued to fight towards Shizhou City.

The second wave came with the thunder cannon. The thunder cannon was installed in a porcelain cannon and could not land and explode again. The porcelain cannon would lose its effect if it broke. Forty thunder cannons exploded in the air, like black fireworks, black smoke soared into the air, and a large number of poisonous needles and caltrops burst out in all directions. Some hit the cavalry, and most of them fell to the ground, becoming a great threat to the cavalry.

In an instant, the war horses neighed and fell to the ground, throwing the horses and cavalry out horizontally. There were also people around them, but the number of poison needles and caltrops brought by forty thunderbolts was still too small to stop the cavalry front line that was several miles long.

The cavalry was fast and their vanguard troops were less than 150 steps away from the Shizhou city wall.

Li Yanqing stared at the cavalry with sharp eyes and gradually rushed into the 120-step line. He immediately ordered: "Shoot the crossbow arrow!"

The sound of clappers on the top of the city suddenly sounded, and the Song army's arrow formation was launched. Six thousand divine arm crossbows were fired in three sections. The first dense rain of arrows rose into the air, forming a long black cloud of arrows in the air, which instantly turned into black dots, covering the sky and shooting towards the Western Xia cavalry head-on.

The Western Xia cavalry raised their shields to greet each other, but the Song army's divine arm crossbow dominates the world. Not only does it have a long range, but it also has strong strength. Ordinary shields and leather armor cannot resist at all, making the Western Xia cavalry's shields and leather armor a decoration.

The powerful and heavy armor-transparent crossbow arrow pierced the cavalry's shield and shot through the leather armor. The cavalry were shot one after another and the wailing sounded everywhere. Then the second wave, the third wave of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, so dense that it was breathless.

The long arrow fell down, shot through the shield, and shot through the enemy's face and chest. These Western Xia cavalry seemed to be crops destroyed by storms, falling down one by one, blood splattering everywhere, and wailing one by one died tragically.

Not only the divine arm crossbow, but also the huge rocks that were smashed one after another. The thunderbolt cannon exploded in the air, and a large number of poisonous caltrops burst out in all directions. The morale of the enemy disappeared sharply. The five thousand Western Xia cavalry had lost more than three thousand people. They began to shake and flee in all directions, as if the strong wind blew into the foggy valley, and the fog dissipated in an instant.

The first attack of the Western Xia cavalry was disintegrated, and they were hit with a fatal blow before they could launch rockets. At this time, the Song army only fired three rounds of crossbow arrows.

Brother Richard, who was watching the battle behind, gasped. Although he had seen a divine arm crossbow, it was the first time he had seen an arrow formation composed of six thousand divine arm crossbows. Such a powerful and domineering crossbow arrow formation, the Xixia bow and arrow formation were far different from the Song army.

Although bows and arrows are not the strengths of Xixia, and the Xixia army is good at fire attacks, even the Liao people who are good at bows and arrows are far from comparable to the powerful Song army's divine arm crossbow arrow formation. Thinking of the Song army having even more powerful firearms, Richard couldn't help but fight a cold war.

Brother Richard's plan to use cavalry rockets to attack Dongcheng was defeated by the powerful divine arm crossbow. Not only did he not improve his morale, but he instead caused the spirit of the Western Xia army to die under the powerful crossbow arrows of the Song army. The slogans that were just shouted as loud as a mountain also disappeared. In the face of the cruel threat of death, the desire in everyone's heart began to fade.

Brother Richard knows the truth that if he doesn't advance, he will retreat. He doesn't want to give up so early, which is a great shame to him. Even if he fails, he will have to make his opponent pay a terrible price.

Brother Richard ordered: "The army attacked the entire line!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The Western Xia army drums were loud, and 55,000 soldiers began to launch a full-scale attack on Shizhou City. Brother Richard was ruthless. He invested 15,000 people in Dongcheng and Beicheng, and 25,000 people in Dongcheng. He must take the lead in defeating the defenders of Dongcheng.

The soldiers ran on the earth like dense ants, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, ladders and catapults slowly advanced under the pull of the cow, and the low sound of trumpets echoed between the sky and the earth, and the three armies rushed towards the city like three boiling black tides.

At this time, Master Zhong issued a counterattack order, and Beicheng, Dongcheng and Xicheng also began a full-scale counterattack. The huge rocks rolled in the sky and roared at the enemy under the city. The thunderbolt cannon exploded in the sky, releasing countless poisonous needles and caltrops. Occasionally, several earth-shaking explosions sounded, and thick smoke rose into the air. This was the first time that the defenders of Xicheng began to use the thunder.

‘Boom!’ A huge rock hit a forward cloud ladder. The cloud ladder broke, and the long ladder like an arm fell, causing the soldiers below to scream.

But it is impossible for every huge rock to hit the target. Hundreds of trenchers and artillery of the Western Xia Army also began to attack. These trenchers and artillery were exactly the same as those of the Song army on the city. They all came from the spoils of the victory on the Western Front, and more than a thousand were seized, while only half of the number of the Eastern Front. Tong Guan's selfishness finally helped the Western Xia Army.

However, the Xixia Army's siege weapon was to attack the city with a range of 30% shorter, and at most 200 steps. In desperation, the Xixia Army lightened the weight of the huge rocks. They projected fifty kilograms of large rocks and more than ten kilograms of tinder oil balls, and the range could reach 300 steps.

After more than ten days of fierce fighting, more than half of the Western Xia army's siege weapons were lost, and there were more than 400 left. Today, all of them were put into the battlefield, half of which were deployed in Dongcheng.

A big rock roared toward the east city head, and the defenders at the top of the city shouted, squatting down one after another, "Bang!" The big rock hit the battlement, and the gravel flew around. The big rock then bounced up and hit a catapult again. One of the bottom pillars of the catapult was broken and fell to the side, overwhelming more than a dozen soldiers who could not dodge.

Another big rock flew over, smashing several soldiers holding shields in front of the firearm and rolling out and rolling down the inner city. At this moment, more than a dozen burning fireballs flew towards the city, one of which happened to fall next to the firearm at the top of the city. Just now, several guard soldiers were knocked over by the big rock, and a gap appeared in the protection of the firearm. The fireball rolled around, like eyes, and plunged into the middle of three thunders against the wall.

One of the leads of the thunder that shook the sky was ignited by the fireball. Wang Gui and several soldiers were rushing to come, but they were one step late. The thunder that shook the sky was ignited, and Wang Gui's eyes suddenly turned red.
Chapter completed!