Chapter 2077 In a few days, the line of defense collapsed
Li Shifu, who could be said to be the most valiant and capable general at that time as the chief of several military supervisory departments in Xiaoguan, turned his back, causing the extremely important pass guarding the strategic location to fall into chaos. He could not use the dangerous terrain to stop the Qi army, but was instead
Being caught off guard, the remaining tens of thousands of Xia troops could no longer withstand the enemy's invasion and occupation of the city pass.
When the Xia army had no choice but to withdraw and flee, the elite cavalry of the Shaanxi Economic and Strategic Envoy led by Han Shizhong himself had also crashed into the gate, and they were about to pursue the victory. The torrent of steel rushed forward bravely, raising their long swords and cavalry spears, and rushed over.
All the sharp cavalry were covered in heavy armor, like moving steel fortresses. Wherever they passed, flesh and blood opened the way, and the charge was like wind and clouds. The Xia soldiers who were killed so hard that they had no time to escape could only turn their backs on their horses.
The minced meat seemed to be completely washed away
"Happy! So happy! When the Sa family joined the army, I don't know how many times I fought with those who were trying to imprison me! It seems that after more than two hundred years of trouble on the northwest frontier, it has never been so easy to seize the dangerous passes of Xia Kingdom. The thief Zhi Niang,
Now is the time to beat up a drowned dog and kill his mother with great pleasure!"
Han Shizhong triumphantly urged his horse to enter the gate of Xiaoguan. Fang proudly said this. Liang Hongyu, who was also dressed in military armor and had a long knife in his hand, rode forward on his horse, but complained: "As a soldier,
The commander-in-chief of the army is still as frivolous as Meng Lang. Now Zhi'er (Han Yanzhi, the son of Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu) is at the age of learning. You have also said that you want to raise Zhi'er to be capable of literature and martial arts, and hope that he can become a general in the future.
You are a great hero, so as a father, whether you are running the army or raising your children, you must set an example, but why do you still behave like a rogue?"
"I was born in the Sa family and became a manager. You thought I was a naughty person, but you still married me and became my mother-in-law? Zhi'er is from the Sa family, so what if you just follow me? So what?"
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However, although Han Shizhong retorted, he just muttered in a low voice. He didn't know whether he was unwilling or afraid to teach Liang Hongyu to listen clearly.
As Xiao Pass was breached, most of the Xia army soldiers who had no time to retreat were unable to withstand the surging attack of the Qi army that entered the pass. Li Shifu then led his troops to gallop around, shouting that the overall situation was settled, and advised the defeated troops not to die in vain.
Death. Until the desperate Xia army was defeated and the defeated soldiers were helpless and forced to abandon their swords and wait for their fate, the battle to capture Xiaoguan was basically settled.
The generals of the Qi Dynasty who led their troops to occupy Xiaoguan finally had a detailed discussion with Li Shifu. Since they were all heroes and warriors who had a fateful relationship with Xiaotang, they naturally had the same temperament with each other. In the following days, large quantities of food and supplies also continued to flow.
They were transported to the boundary of Xiaoguan. When Li Shifu heard that the general of the Qi army who was leading his troops to escort the grain was Zhang Qing, named Wu Yujian, he also hurriedly went to pay a visit.
Zhang Qing was also very happy to see Li Shifu, and he also expressed intimacy with him in his words. After chatting for a while, Zhang Qing said to Li Shifu: "My wife also said that when she and her mother-in-law were rescued by His Majesty,
, I was also a childhood playmate with General Li. Although now, with the great grace of His Majesty, my wife has been granted the title of adopted sister and the title of princess, but at the beginning I was just like a family gathered in Liangshan, and we were all sons and daughters of the world.
There are not so many taboos. When the war is over, I hope that Brother Shifu will come to our village to talk to each other, and we, husband and wife, will definitely be entertained."
Xiaoguan was quickly captured by the Qi Dynasty, and not only a gap was opened in Xia's border defense line. In the following days, Li Shifu personally led his troops out of the pass and marched northward, recruiting Bole, Mingsha, and Cutazhai under the control of Weizhou in the Xia Kingdom.
Waiting for several counties, villages and towns to surrender. However, Xiaoguan (later southeast of Guyuan, Ningxia) is only more than 600 miles away from Xingqingfu (later, Yinchuan, Ningxia), the capital of the Xia Kingdom. The Qi Dynasty brazenly invaded, and also taught the Xia Kingdom
The hall was in an uproar, and now Li Shifu defected to Qi, which made it easy for the Qi army to break through the dangerous area of Xiao Pass, and also plunged the Xia monarchs and ministers into a state of shock and panic.
The leader of the country, Li Renxiao, had no choice but to send people to summon Cha Ge, the king of Jin, who had been idle for a long time, to discuss the plan of resisting Qi as soon as possible. However, it rained continuously all night, and Xia Guoxi Pinggong appointed Lingzhou where he was in charge.
(later Lingwu County, Ningxia Province) Xiangqing Military Division was also located exactly in the middle area between Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, and Xiaoguan in the south.
Since Ren Dejing had planned to join the Qi Dynasty to overthrow the Xia Kingdom and realize his ambition to usurp and establish the country, he now took advantage of the opportunity to suppress Xiao Heda's rebellion and suppress the popular uprisings in Weizhou, Dingzhou and other places to control several places in the Xia Kingdom.
In order to supervise the power of the soldiers, Ren Dejing sent his cronies to instruct the partisans and cronies who led the army in Yinzhou, Shizhou, Xiazhou and other places to betray the Xia State before announcing his defection. In this way, not only the Qi Dynasty and the Xia State rebelled
The area controlled by the army is only more than 300 miles away from Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom. This also caused the Hengshan defense line, which could be said to be impregnable, to collapse immediately.
The defensive deployment between Xia's border pass and the capital city immediately fell into chaos. Weizhou, the headquarters of the Jingsai Supervisory Army near Xiaoguan, also suddenly fell into an isolated and helpless predicament. A large number of crossbows, trench bridges, ladders, and carriages,
Trebuchets and other siege equipment have also been transported through Xiaoguan one after another, escorted by military horses, and formed in front of Lingzhou City, which is only a hundred miles away from Xiaoguan.
As Han Shizhong, with a flamboyant smile on his face, raised his whip and pointed toward Weizhou City in the distance, the siege army that was ready to go immediately began to take action. Dense military formations marched neatly toward
The troops surged forward, and the shouts of all the soldiers were intertwined with the rumble of wheels. A large number of soldiers were also pushing various siege equipment forward.
All kinds of powerful bows and crossbows, such as the Divine Arm Bow, the Enemy-breaking Bow, etc., were all ready. When the archers and crossbowmen of all battalions were ready, under the orders of the generals of each department, they moved from the city wall to a position beyond the shooting range of the defenders.
The sharp arrows and crossbows were fired out, and the sky suddenly darkened. Countless arrows were like dark clouds, streaking across the sky, and soon turned into waterfalls and rained down towards the top of Weizhou City. There were other arrows.
The bed crossbows arrayed in front of the formation also let out fierce roars that could rupture one's eardrums. They ejected one-gun and three-sword crossbow arrows as thick as a gun shaft. The large crossbow arrows with extremely strong penetrating power penetrated deeply into the Weizhou city wall.
.Immediately, various trebuchets began to operate, and heavy and huge stones were thrown high into the sky. With the same terrifying whistling sound, they drew arcs and struck heavily.
On top of the city, not only were the bricks and stones on the wall bursting from the impact, but some rocks also fell sharply, causing blood and flesh to spatter on the ground.
As soon as the Qi Dynasty army led by Han Shizhong began to attack the city, they used siege equipment to carry out a suppressive attack on Weizhou Chengtou City. However, Xiaoguan fell too quickly, and Weizhou is now isolated and helpless.
, which also left the city defenders and the Xia army who retreated from Xiaoguan before they had time to make defensive arrangements.
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of wall stones collapsing and the screams and wailings of many soldiers, a large number of Xia army guards on the wall who were caught off guard were smashed to pieces with brains bursting, bones broken and tendons broken. The remaining people either fled in panic or ran around in panic.
They huddled under the arrows on the city wall. When the frightened soldiers looked out again, they still saw the rain of falling rocks and arrows pouring down towards the city head. They were even more frightened to death. And one side of the city wall in Weizhou was also shocked.
It was completely changed beyond recognition, and many places were smashed to pieces with broken bricks and rocks falling. Han Shizhong gave another order, and the fierce soldiers of the various battalions who attacked the city also took neat steps and advanced straight towards the direction of Weizhou City.
