The Song army divided into three routes to the north. The Xihe Road commander Liu Yu led 50,000 troops to the north and rushed into the Western Xia from Huizhou, echoing the rebellion of the Qiang and Uighurs. Liu Tie led 20,000 troops to the north from Hulushui Canyon, feinting attacks and repelling the Western Xia army, and restraining the Western Xia army.

However, the East Road was the main force. Li Yanqing personally led a 130,000 army to the north. He divided his troops into two groups. One was led by him personally led the 100,000 army to the north of the Hengshan Grand Canyon, focusing on attacking Xiazhou. The other was Wu Jie led 30,000 troops to pass through the Hengshan Grand Canyon, and immediately turned westward, swept Longzhou, Hongzhou and Yanzhou, and finally attacked Tiemen Pass, blocking the retreat of the troops supporting Xiazhou at Tiemen Pass.

Two days later, Li Yanqing personally led a 100,000 army to Bole City. Wu Lin went out of the city to bow to Li Yanqing and reported the battle situation of Qinggangxia military camp. Li Yanqing nodded in praise, "I don't think this battle is a brilliant thunder. I think you can lead the enemy up the mountain and gather and annihilate it. This is the most exciting part of this battle. It is a blessing for me to have a general who is both wise and brave, such a general!"

Wu Lin was excited and hurriedly said, "It is the commander who trusts the lowly position and lets the lowly position do whatever he wants. The commander's strategy for employing people is the key to the victory of this battle."

Li Yanqing smiled and took everyone into Bole City. Bole City was originally a supply city for materials and supplies. The city was wide and there were many warehouses. Because Yinzhou City was destroyed, the size of Bule City was large enough, and the terrain was also good, the Xixia army raised it and strengthened it to become a defensive city.

Li Yanqing walked around the city and asked again: "How far is this place from Xiazhou City?"

"You are the chief minister, forty miles away from Xiazhou City and thirty miles away from Shizhou City."

Li Yanqing of Shizhou City has no longer considered it. The valleys over there are blocked and the city is basically costly. Li Yanqing nodded, "Then we will decide that this place will attack Xiazhou's logistics important location."

The 100,000 troops only rested in Bole City for a long time, and then rushed towards Xiazhou City.

The Song army was well prepared and advanced quickly. After only six days of gathering in Yan'an Prefecture, they sent troops northward. When Li Yanqing's army arrived in Xiazhou, Brother Li had just led his army to leave Xingqing Prefecture.

Wars are often about seizing the initiative. Many years ago, Li Yanqing participated in the Battle of Xixia for the first time because of insufficient troops and failed to capture Xiazhou.

And this time, he led a hundred thousand troops to the city, but there were only four thousand guards in Xiazhou.

Sa Jin's face was pale. He stood on the towering city wall and looked at the boundless Song army in the distance. He was so nervous that he was about to stop beating. He attacked Qinggang Military Village and was defeated in a crushing manner. He lost Bole City overnight. If he lost Xiazhou again, his life would be difficult to save.

But he was facing nearly 100,000 Song troops, and there were only 4,000 weak troops in Xiazhou, how could he defend it?

Sa Jin felt very hatred. He received a message from King Li Cha of Jin yesterday afternoon, asking him to defend Xiazhou no matter what.

Of course, Sa Jin knew the importance of Xiazhou. Xiazhou was lost and there was no danger of being in danger when he went west five hundred miles.

Moreover, Xiazhou is the former capital of Xixia and has special political significance. Once the former capital is lost, it will have a huge blow to the people and morale of the entire Xixia.

How can such a heavy burden be upon me?

Sa Jin howled in his heart, but forgot how energetic and confident he was when he was appointed as the governor of Xiazhou.

"Governor, otherwise you should just capture the strong men from the city!" General Wang Jian suggested to him.

This is also the idea after Sa Jin failed to attack Qinggang Village. There were tens of thousands of residents in Xiazhou City, and at least tens of thousands of young and strong men. However, they had no spare money and no one paid attention to recruiting soldiers in the city.

"I'm afraid there's too late."

"It's time to arrest the strong men for only half a day. I'm willing to share the worries of the governor!"

Sa Jin knew in his heart that even if the strong men were arrested, it would be difficult for them to defend the city, but he had to do something to explain to Brother Richard!

Sa Jin gritted his teeth and ordered, "Yes, do it immediately!"

Thousands of soldiers rushed to the city immediately, and the city was suddenly filled with chaos and cries. The strong men wanted to catch them and rob their property. The Western Xia women would not let go. Seeing that the destruction was about to be destroyed, all the slave soldiers forgot their identities and began to vent their hatred in their hearts regardless of everything.

Outside the city, the Song army built a large camp. The camp stretched for ten miles without a camp, and only thousands of patrols were sent to set up controls around.

A large tent was erected, but in the middle of the barracks, nearly a hundred craftsmen were busy building two super giant catapults. There were only these two catapults heading north with the army. The remaining forty-eight catapults were still halfway north, and the 100,000 civilians were carrying them hard.

Li Yanqing stood in front of the thick pillar and looked up at the two giants. He was also full of expectations. Can the tactics of the super giant trencher achieve the effect he expected? Xiazhou became the best place to test.

Overnight, Sa Jin forced 8,000 young and strong men to wear armor and helmets, and held spears to guard the city. However, the people in the city were ravaged and cried constantly.

There were 12,000 people in his hand, and Sa Jin felt a little calm. He thought to himself that from Xingqing Prefecture to Xiazhou City, the cavalry can arrive at as fast as three days. As long as he can guard for three days, even if Brother Richard cannot arrive, he will have no responsibility.

On the top of the city, Sa Jin held a sword in his hand and stared at the Song army camp in the distance. It was dark in the night. He could not see the super giant catapult standing in the camp, but the sound of drums in the Song army camp was constantly blowing, and the murderous intent made him restless.

"Can the Governor understand Li Yanqing?" General Wang Jian walked to him and smiled.

Wang Jian was one of the few Han generals in the Western Xia army, but he was already the third generation of the Western Xia Han people and had no intention of his hometown towards the Song Dynasty. King Li Qianshun was the monarch he needed to serve, and Western Xia was his hometown.

More than ten years ago, Wang Jian was a general of the Xixia Captured Sword Army, who was responsible for leading his army into the Song Dynasty to capture civilians as slaves. Since he captured the most slaves, he was promoted all the way and is now the deputy governor of Xiazhou.

Sa Jin nodded, "I forgot exactly when, about ten years ago! At that time, I was the number one archer in Xixia. I followed Shangshu Jiao to Bianjing, but I was defeated by a young man who made his debut. Later I found out that the man was named Li Yanqing."

Wang Jian nodded, "So that's it. I remember that it seems that because of this incident, the governor was scolded by the King of Jin, which was delayed for several years."

Sa Jin smiled bitterly, "Later he knew that the person who defeated me was Li Yanqing, so he changed his prejudice against me. Unexpectedly, this time I met this person again, but he was a subordinate of the King of Jin again. It was really destined."

"Please don't be careful with the governor. We will definitely do our best tomorrow. With the dangers of Xiazhou City, the Song army may not be able to capture the city."

"This is what I'm looking forward to. The only thing I can rely on is the danger of Xiazhou City."

As the ancient capital of Western Xia, Xiazhou City is wide, with a circumference of more than 20 miles. At its peak, the city population had 200,000 people. Not only was the city wall tall and strong, but the entire city was built on a high place, backed by mountains, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It requires at least five times the strength of the defending army to have hope of capturing the city.

Sa Jin demolished all the houses near the city wall and obtained a large number of stones. These stones weighing dozens of kilograms were enough to make the siege of the Song army pay a heavy price.

The sky gradually became brighter, and Sa Jin, who had not been asleep for a night, finally saw clearly the huge figure outside the city. It turned out to be two catapults that were taller than the city wall. The soldiers on the city also began to stir up. They had never seen such a huge catapult before, just like a giant beast standing in front of them, and the soldiers on the city shouted.

Sa Jin also took a breath of air. He yelled calmly, "Don't panic, the enemy only has two catapults, so the impact is not great!"

The Song army did launch only two super giant catapults, standing five hundred steps away from the city. For the two catapults, Xiazhou City was just a flat throw, not a back shot, and they could throw five hundred steps away.

Thirty thousand Song troops had already assembled, including 20,000 Shields of the Infantry and 10,000 Cavalry, and dozens of siege ladders. When the Western Xia army completely collapsed in the explosion, they began to attack the city in large numbers.

Li Yanqing rode on the war horse and said coldly: "The catapult is ready to launch!"

Two super giant catapults were creaking and opened. Each catapult needed at least one hundred soldiers to push the huge winch, and an 80-pound city-thunder thunder was placed into the catapult.

"ignition!"

With a command, the two soldiers lit the fuse, which burned and was about to reach the mouth of the pot. The soldiers cut off the hook rope, and two thunders were shot high and roared towards the top of the city.
Chapter completed!