Chapter 319 Launching a General Attack on the Enemy Xijing
"Zhengchen, are you willing to help me recover the lost land of Lingzhou in the Song Dynasty?"
Wang Xun was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly replied:
"My humble minister, Wang Zhen, is very willing."
"Thanks to the great favor of the emperor, I will definitely obey the orders of the officials and go through fire and water without hesitation. I will definitely help me in the Song Dynasty and regain the lost land of Lingzhou!"
While Wang Zhen spoke his heartfelt words, he looked up at the tall Xijing City of Xia Kingdom in front of him with an angry look in his eyes.
The Xiping Mansion in the Xijing City of the Xia Kingdom was the Lingzhou that our Song Dynasty lost 119 years ago!
Zhao Ji patted Wang Zhen on the shoulder and said:
"That's good. After your troops have completed the handover of the gunpowder, weapons and ammunition that they escorted, you can lead your troops to the north of Xijing City to assist Liu Yanqing's and Yue Fei's troops in preparing for an ambush and annihilation battle."
"The king of Weichen obeys the decree." He asked with some doubts:
"The official, the humble minister Wang Zhen boldly asked, why did we go to the north of Xijing to set up an ambush when the enemy in Xia was holding on to the city?"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed and said:
"I predict that when the enemy's city is broken, they will flee from the north city gate. When I led my troops to attack Xijing City, I had already made a plan to 'besiege the city.'"
Wang Zhen was born into a noble family, and his family was the famous Langya Wang family. He was the twenty-seventh generation grandson of Wang Dao, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the seventh generation grandson of Wang Tuan, the prime minister of Tang Zhaozong.
Therefore, Wang Zhen not only practiced martial arts since childhood, but also read a lot.
As soon as he heard that the Zhao Guan family had already made plans with various generals to "besiege the city" before he came here, he immediately understood and accepted the order happily.
"I am a humble minister, please thank the Lord for your kindness."
He knew that since the Zhao Guan family promulgated a promotion system based on military merit last year, the promotion of officers was mainly based on military merit. And the Zhao Guan family could allow themselves to lead their troops to participate in the battle against Xia, which was a clear opportunity for themselves to achieve military merit.
Wang Zhen was naturally very grateful.
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The Zhao official family assigned Zongze to be responsible for receiving the batch of gunpowder weapons escorted by Wang Zhen and distributing them to various ministries...
Zongze distributed more than 200 cartloads of gunpowder weapons and ammunition to Zhongshidao, Zhongshizhong, Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, etc. according to the distribution amount determined by Zhao Guanjia in advance.
The king reported these eight armies.
The various departments of the Song Army received a large number of gunpowder weapons from the Zhao Guan family, and the Zhao Guan family assigned to their respective units elite schools and soldiers who were skilled in the use of gunpowder weapons. They all felt like a treasure and were delighted and encouraged, and the morale of the armies was high...
At this time, the twelve Xia Guoyi and envoys who were staying in a tent of the Song Army also heard the happy cheers of the Song Army's generals.
They originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet and walk out of the camp to take a peek at why the Song army's morale was so high.
However, just as they were about to open the tent, they were stopped from returning to camp by the soldiers sent by Zhang Jun, the imperial envoy of the Song Dynasty, to guard them.
They screamed that they couldn't hold it in any longer and wanted to go out to the toilet...
However, Zhang Jun was already prepared.
The Song soldiers sent by Zhang Jun to look after them brought twelve "tiger cubs" (i.e. toilets) into their camp.
The twelve Xia envoys looked at each other, dumbfounded.
The soldiers of the Song Army also smiled evilly and said: "There are twelve of you, one tiger for each person, which is enough. You can't go to the toilet outside the tent again..."
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After Zhao Ji returned to camp, he summoned the commanders of the Song armies who had besieged the Xijing City of Xia Kingdom, and agreed with them on the detailed plan for the siege and the time for the general attack...
At the same time, Zhao Ji ordered to strengthen the surveillance of the garrison of Xijing City in Xixia, and also sent out multiple scouts to scout in all directions to see if any Xia soldiers and horses came to rescue Xijing City...
The military information returned from reconnaissance is that the morale of the enemy's defenders in Xijing City is low...
In the far places outside Xijing City, no Xia troops seeking help from Xijing appeared...
Zhao Ji looked around at the various commanders of the Song army in the Chinese army's tent. His eyes were firm and he said leisurely:
"If God cannot take it, you will suffer the consequences; if you fail to do it at the right time, you will suffer the consequences."
"I see that the Xijing of the Xia Kingdom is the land of the Song Dynasty that God gave me. If I don't take it, I will be blamed for it!"
Zhong Shidao and other generals praised in unison: "The official sage..."
Zhao Ji and the various Song army commanders agreed that the time had come to launch a general attack on Xijing City in Xia Kingdom.
After two days of preparation, at around midnight on the second day of the ninth lunar month in the third year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji, wearing a helmet and armor, came to the army that was mainly attacking the enemy's east city to supervise the battle.
Zhao Ji gave an order: "The God-given opportunity has arrived to regain our Song Dynasty Lingzhou. Pass on my oracle: fire!"
Han Shizhong accepted the order excitedly and said: "I obey the order!"
He turned around to deliver the oral instructions from Zhao Guan's family:
"According to the official's decree, our artillery unit will fire at the enemy's east city!"
"Follow the order!"
"Follow the order!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillerymen of Han Shizhong's department fired at Xijingdongcheng of Xia Kingdom, and the sound of bombardment was deafening.
At the same time, this was also the signal agreed in advance by the Zhao Guan family and the commanders of the various Song armies attacking Xijing City to launch artillery attacks on the enemy.
After a delay of seven or eight breaths, the sound of fierce artillery fire from the Song Army against the enemy was also heard from the south and west of Xijing in Xia Kingdom...
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The East City, South City, and West City of Xiping Prefecture in Xijing, Xia Kingdom, suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of Song army artillery. The Xixia defenders in these three cities suffered heavy casualties...
Many soldiers and civilians in Xijing City woke up from their dreams...
They heard the thunderous sound of shelling, and they didn't know what was going on for a while. Only a strong sense of fear enveloped their bodies, making them all tremble...
Li Renzhong in Prince Pu's Mansion, after three days of rest and careful care by military doctors, his left eye, which was blinded by the Song army's gunfire, no longer hurts as much as before.
However, he still suffered from multiple gunshot wounds, many of which had penetrated into his bones and flesh, and have not yet been removed.
Li Renzhong, who was suffering from inflammation of the wound and a high fever, was suddenly awakened from his sleep by the earth-shattering series of artillery fire from the Song Army.
"Report! The Song Army triggered the 'Sky Thunder' and bombed the East City, South City, and West City of Xijing..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Renzhong, who was sleeping in his clothes, was so angry that after receiving the battle report, his face turned ferocious with anger.
He immediately ordered the guards to carry him on a stretcher, first put him on the carriage that had been prepared in the courtyard, and then ordered the coachman to hurry up and rush to the east city...
The reason why Li Renzhong chose to go to Dongcheng to supervise the battle was because he had seen Zhao Guan's family, who had personally led the expedition, appear outside Dongcheng.
He imagined that if, as King Pu of the Great Xia Kingdom, he went to the East City to supervise the battle and boost the morale of the Xia army, if the Great Xia defenders could defeat the Song army led by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, or even kill the Emperor of Song,
It will definitely frustrate the spirit of the Song army attacking the city and force them to retreat...
Li Renzhong lay in a carriage pulled by four fast horses, driven by a groom from Prince Pu's Mansion, and soon arrived at the east city.
Li Renzhong was once again escorted by his men, carried on a stretcher, and carried to the main city of Xijingdongcheng.
The soldiers guarding Dongcheng still vividly remembered the tragic scene of King Pu being shot and wounded earlier. They tried their best to dissuade Li Renzhong from going to the city to take command, lest he be injured again...
However, the bastard Li Renzhong, who was determined to eat the scales, said resolutely for the righteousness of his loyalty to the emperor and serving the country:
"I swear to live and die with Xijing City! Don't advise me. You should do your best to defend the city. If anyone shrinks and abandons the city and runs away, the supervising team will kill them without mercy!"
"Follow the order!"
"Follow orders..."
Li Renzhong, who was carried to the main city of Xijingdong City, not only refused to go down to the city, but was also determined not to lie down and command. He ordered his men to move the imperial chair from the carriage.
Li Renzhong endured the pain and high fever. He leaned on the chair of the imperial master and listened to the deafening rumbling of artillery fire from the Song army's position. His loyalty seemed to be cracked and shattered...
He endured the pain and high fever, stretched his neck with difficulty, and looked up at the night sky;
He saw rows of cannonballs trailing flaming tails from the Song Army's positions towards Xijingdongcheng and Wengcheng, like broom stars that were rapidly destroying Daxia's prosperous national destiny...
The rows of artillery shells fired by the Song Army were like batches of comets falling, causing bricks and stones on the city wall to fly, and smoke and dust billowing...
Many soldiers of the Xia army who were defending the city were blown to pieces with their flesh and blood flying everywhere, and they screamed one after another...
At this time, the Wengcheng guarding outside the main gate of the East City of Xijing, the defensive facilities on it, such as arrow towers, gates, and battlements (tooth walls, crenellated walls), had all been blown into ruins by the Song army's artillery shells, and were completely devastated.
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Many Xia Army soldiers and generals on Wengcheng were buried under the Song Army's bombs...
"Ahhhh..."
"Ahhhh..."
Many Xia army generals on the Wengcheng in the east city of Xijing had their limbs blown off. Blood spurted from their severed limbs. They were howling and screaming in pain. Accompanied by the pressure of the Song army's rumbling artillery, the scene seemed particularly tragic and frightening.
people……
Even though the Xia army guarding the city had prepared many arrows and rolling wood and thunder stones in advance under the orders of King Pu, they were unable to fight back against the Song army's long-distance firearm attacks.
This brought a heavy psychological blow to many surviving Xia army soldiers in Xijingdongcheng and Wengcheng, making them almost collapse...
In order not to be killed or disabled by the next round of artillery fire from the Song army, many Xia army soldiers who were guarding the city turned around and ran towards the city out of survival instinct.
Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, sent hundreds of war supervisors armed with swords and bows and arrows, and immediately shouted:
"If you, the generals guarding the city, flinch and abandon the city and run away, you will be killed without mercy!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Click..."
In front of the Xia army supervising the team were soldiers holding axes and swords. While shouting to stop the Xia army from abandoning the city and escaping, they raised their knives and slashed the deserters who ran in front of them without mercy...
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"Ahhhh..."
"Ahhhh..."
The front line of the Xia army that abandoned the city was chopped down by dozens of people by the swords and axes of the supervising team, and the screams could not be heard...
The archers in the back row of the supervising team also began to fire arrows at the Xia army deserters who had fled away after abandoning the city.
A flurry of arrows flew, killing and wounding hundreds of Xia army deserters...
Under the brutal and bloody suppression and coercion, many Xia troops who were halfway to the city defenders had to bite the bullet and re-enter the East City.
They had seen too many tragic deaths of Paoze under several rounds of shelling by the Song Army, and their experience had become richer. They either lay under the crenellations of the city wall, or huddled at the base of the city wall...
At this time, Li Renzhong, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the main city, looked at the miserable situation of the Xia army defending the city in front of him. He guessed that the South City and West City of Xijing should be like the East City where he was, right?
Those two cities should also be suffering a brutal blow from the Song Army's abnormal weapons that are as powerful as thunder, right?
At this time, although the Nancheng and Xicheng of Xijing in the Xia Kingdom did not have Pu Wang Li Renzhong personally supervising the battle like the current Dongcheng,
Even in Nancheng and Xicheng, there are hundreds of supervising teams sent by Li Renzhong to supervise the battle;
However, now the Xia troops who had abandoned the cities and fled from the two cities had also taken up arms and were engaged in a brutal battle with the hundreds of people who had stopped them from escaping from the city...
"Kill! Let me stay on the city and wait for death. Why don't your team go to the city and defend?"
"If the war supervisors don't let us live, we'll kill the damn war supervisors!"
"Kill!"
"kill……"
After the Song Army's seven or eight rounds of artillery bombardment, the entire defense line of Wengcheng, a small city outside the three large cities of Xia Kingdom's East City, South City, and West City, was quickly torn apart by the Song Army's artillery fire...