In ancient times, when there were no satellites, when large armies fought in mountain warfare, strength was part of the equation, but in many cases it also depended on luck.

The general's march route is a top priority in the war, and it is extremely difficult to detect in the high mountains.

During the Hundred Years' War between Song and Xia, both sides suffered losses in the mountainous areas.

The defensive battle has a relatively big weakness.

When the enemy attacks with highly mobile troops, the defender must take into account the protection of civilian forces, because these are non-renewable productivity in a short period of time.

This will inevitably bring a certain degree of organizational delay to the defenders.

From the Xixia raid on the back of the Song army to the capture of Funing Village and the troops' approach to Mizhi Village, these two points are confirmed.

It is also possible that the topographic map of this area has been lost, and the Song army's large number of scouts did not detect the Xixia people coming out of the remote mountain crevices.

However, the strategic defense adopted by the Song Army in this battle for Yinzhou was still Fan Zhongyan's "step by step" strategy.

That is the strategy of building a city.

After conquering Yinzhou, a large number of fortresses were built around Yinzhou and in the rear to connect Yinzhou with the rear.

This strategy has an extremely prominent advantage: it has a lot of room for flexibility.

The Xixia army can break through one or two city walls. As long as they penetrate deeply and cannot penetrate the Song army's defense in a short period of time, they may enter the Song army's encirclement.

Fei Tingrongju obviously knew this, so after his entire army captured Funing Village yesterday, he rushed to Mizhi Village without stopping and began to attack the city early in the morning.

It seemed that he had the initiative, but in fact he was forced to attack the city quickly.

However, to his surprise, the city walls of Mizhi Village were much stronger than those of the newly built Funing Village.

The city wall of Funing Village is only more than three meters high, but the height of the city wall of Mizhi Village has reached nearly six meters. The Song army also built turrets near the city tower, and built a large number of crossbow troops inside.

The height of the city wall like Funingzhai is considered the height of a normal small town. The height of the outer city of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was only a little over six meters.

Why not build Funing Village higher?

Time, people's power, and money are all restricted. There are four cities in the south of Yinzhou with Mizhi Village as the center, and each of them is equipped with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

It is almost impossible to build such a walled city in just over a month and to build it to a high height.

Only Mizhi Village was added on the original city wall, so it reached six meters.

The Xixia army was clad in iron armor, holding a small shield in one hand and a ladder in the other, slowly advancing towards the city wall of Mizhi Village.

"Fire the arrows!" the officer on the top of the city roared in a rough voice.

As soon as the order was given, thousands of arrows were fired, pressing down like a violent storm.

The Xixia forward troops immediately raised their shields.

The arrows hit the armor, making a "ding-ding" sound, just like iron rain hitting the steel plate, making countless dense metal collision sounds.

There may be some inferior armor, and some Xia soldiers screamed and fell to the ground after being shot.

But most of the bows and arrows were blocked by shields and armor.

The Xia army continued to move towards the city wall like a mass of iron men.

The Song army was shocked. When did the Xixia people have such a high armor rate?

"Use the Divine Arm Crossbow!"

The ordinary crossbowmen were immediately replaced and replaced with divine arm crossbows.

This time, the crossbow arrows erupted from the city wall pierced the air, and even made countless sharp whistling sounds.

The power of the divine arm crossbow is terrifying. It can directly penetrate the Xixia people's shields, or even penetrate their armor, and the sharp arrows can be nailed to the bones.

The Xia army's formation was partially in chaos, and screams suddenly rang out.

This divine arm crossbow was originally invented by the Xixia people. After it was obtained by the Song army during the war between Song and Xia, the weapons supervisor of the Song Dynasty began to frantically develop and mass-produce it.

This is also the reason why Zhao Ning has not launched strong gunpowder for a long time.

Because it can easily be taken away by the Jin Kingdom, and then buried under the walls of Tokyo City to cause another humiliation.

After the first wave of divine arm crossbows ends, the second wave and the third wave follow closely, switching back and forth.

As soon as the divine arm crossbow troops came out, they immediately disrupted the formation of Xixia's forward part.

However, the number of divine arm crossbows is limited, they must be stepped on with feet, and they consume a lot of energy.

After some confusion, the Xixia people continued to advance.

Moreover, there was a steady stream of troops from the rear. Countless Xia troops clad in iron armor filled the open space in front of Mizhi Village, as if a terrifying torrent of steel was rushing towards Mizhi Village.

The war drums of the Xixia people began to sound intensively to cheer up the siege troops, and the Xixia army burst out with earth-shattering shouts: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The voices of tens of thousands of people seemed to reach into the sky, trying to shake away the low-pressing stratus clouds.

Even the small animals within a radius of dozens of miles were so frightened that they hid.

Firearms have been prepared at the top of the city wall and in the turrets of the Song army.

Not long after, densely packed Xixia people came up with ladders.

Some were pushed down by the iron hook, and others were immediately replaced.

This most primitive type of ladder was piled up in dense numbers by the Xixia people.

Quantitative changes turned into qualitative changes, leaving the Song army at the top of the city overwhelmed.

"Fire the oil tank!"

"Shaking thunder!"

The divine arm crossbow troops at the top of the city were immediately replaced, and the fierce fire oil tanks were lifted up one by one and clamped on the battlements.

The people behind started to take out the Thunderbolt, lit the fuse and threw it down.

Following the loud noises, many Xia troops who had not yet climbed up the ladder were frightened into panic. Some even turned around and ran away, knocking down their own people and being pinned to the ground, screaming.

"Burst gun!"

Long iron pipes were dragged over. Although they were still relatively rough in manufacture, they were definitely usable.

As the gunpowder was ignited, flames and small pebble-like projectiles erupted from the musket, and more than twenty fire dragons suddenly appeared on the top of the city.

Xia Jun, who had just climbed more than half way up, suddenly let out a terrified scream and fell down.

Fei Tingrongju was shocked when he saw the flames on the top of the city.

Song Jun actually improved the fierce fire oil tank!

In the past, the fierce fire oil tank could spray fire from a very short distance, but now this kind of thing can be several meters long.

Strictly speaking, this is a combination of a conventional musket and a sudden musket. It is indeed several meters long. The soldiers stood at the top of the city, stretched the muzzle of the gun into the air, and flames spurted out.

The scene is like using a lighter to roast an ant colony.

People are afraid of fire. No matter how thick the armor you wear, it is impossible to overcome this psychological barrier in a short time.

As soon as the Song Army's sudden muskets came out, the Xia Army who climbed up the ladder began to fall down in batches, pressing on the Xia Army below, making countless screams, which was too miserable to watch.

Fei Tingrongju was furious when he saw it.

The Song Army actually had such a weapon!

If supplies are no longer available, the morale of Xixia's forward troops will soon be worn away.

Suddenly, the sky suddenly darkened, and streaks of lightning flashed across the sky.

Boom boom boom...

What followed was a series of deafening thunders.

The strong wind swept from the mountains and swept through the valleys and rivers.
Chapter completed!