Chapter 2088 Since you are a pioneer, how can you not fight first?
The three-state army and horses supporting Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, were almost wiped out. When he came back to his senses, Shi Jin, who had already been exhausted and weak, burst into tears and immediately collected Chen Da's remains. Then he counted the war dead.
When the news of the incident reached Daming Mansion again, Zhu Wu thought of Yang Chun, who had long since died, and Chen Da, the two brothers who had become sworn brothers who had planted incense in Shaohua Mountain, could not help but sigh and shed tears.
Chen Da, the jumping tiger, and his sworn brother Yang Chun, the white-flowered snake, were able to erect statues and erect monuments in the Martyrs' Ancestral Hall in Liangshan, Shuibo. Of course, their descendants were also generously rewarded by Xiao and Tang.
Enjoy wealth and happiness.
The battle to capture Xingqing Mansion is still going on. At this time, the catapult array arranged by Ling Zhen has been fully deployed. As each giant siege weapon starts to be launched under the operation of the gunners of the teams, countless people are seen.
The heavy and huge stones were thrown high into the sky, making a horrifying roar that made people's hearts palpitate. They then landed heavily on the top of the city of Xingqing Mansion, causing broken bricks and rocks to burst out everywhere they passed.
It was not unavoidable that it would be crushed to pieces of flesh and blood.
In the next round of bombardment, countless ignited shells and firearms were thrown into the air. Earth-shaking roars were heard frequently and violently, and the originally tall and solid front of Xingqingfu City inevitably shattered and collapsed in large areas.
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Looking from the perspective of the Qi army's formation, all the soldiers could also see the distant city walls bursting with fire, sweeping up many black spots and being thrown into the air. And those black spots were too late to reach the top of Xingqing Mansion City.
As the defenders dodged boulders and were bombarded by firearms, some of them had been blown into vague pieces of flesh, while others were swept up into the air by the airflow and could only let out heart-rending screams.
, and then fell hard from the sky again...
Although Chage, who commanded the defense of the capital city, suffered repeated defeats, he could not just sit back and wait for death. The smoke-filled city gate of Xingqing Mansion was slowly opened again. Against the bombardment of the enemy artillery array in the distance, hundreds of
The camel riding on the back of a double-humped camel carrying a cyclone cannon trebuchet was pulled out. In addition to Xia's unique Poxi army, there were also twenty or thirty crossbows under the control of a group of strong men.
are arranged.
For the current plan, we can only move as many artillery pieces in the city as possible and bring them within the shooting range of the Qi army's artillery array in the distance. There are also a large number of Xia army horses and infantry who will come out of the city to protect them, and then do their best.
Fight back with all your strength.
However, in addition to the huge trebuchets towering like a forest, the Qi army also had various other types of trebuchets, and the bed crossbow also looked at the Xia army...
The bed crossbows arranged in rows immediately fired thick crossbow arrows, making a shrill sound of breaking through the air, but in an instant they were shattered by falling rocks. Xia Jun, who came out of the city to challenge, made a desperate move, although he could
It caused a certain blow to the Qi army, but it also cost more heavy casualties. In particular, several thunderbolts were thrown into the camel formation of the Poxi army. Only a few loud bangs were heard, and the ground suddenly trembled.
, gunpowder smoke spread everywhere, and the camels shrouded in white light were immediately blown to pieces. Although those of the same kind around them could remain calm in the noisy battlefield in the past, such a terrifying explosion also caused other camels of the Poxi Army to scream.
They fled in all directions with a unique grunting sound. A group of gunners and sergeants could not stop them at all. Many people were knocked over and trampled by a large group of camels...
On the other hand, among the artillery formations of the Qi army, only two towering giant slingshots collapsed due to the stone bullets thrown by the Poxi army. The other siege weapons continued to throw out stone bullets and firearms slowly, and gradually
The city wall gates of Xingqing Mansion were destroyed one after another. When the Xia army soldiers who rushed out of the city saw this, the generals in charge of the army roared loudly and led the troops and cavalry equipped with jars filled with fierce fire oil to launch a charge.
Countless weapons were pointed straight ahead, trying to rush into the artillery array set up by the Qi army with a life-saving attack, trying to burn and destroy all the giant slinging artillery!
Observing the movements of the enemy troops on the opposite side, the rapid sound of war drums also sounded in the Qi army's formation. The soldiers of the battalions were interspersed among the slingshots and artillery, and the array was soon opened. Thousands of strong bows and crossbows were deployed at their bases.
At the general's command, the bowstring and crossbow were suddenly opened, and various crossbow strings were loaded with light arrows, heavy arrows, and crossbow bolts... The cold fronts shone brightly, and they were densely packed, and they were directed towards the Xia Kingdom who were rushing towards the opposite side.
The cavalry formation pointed towards the past.
A fierce horn sound suddenly sounded, and the vibration of the bowstring and the intensive vibration of the machine gun were connected together. Countless hands holding the bowstring suddenly released, countless machine guns were pulled and ejected, and thousands of guns were fired.
The feathered arrows and crossbow bolts roared out, attacking the Xia Army Cavalry in a straight shot and a projectile manner. The feathered arrows that crossed the sky and were about to fall were so dense that the sky couldn't help but darken!
Countless crossbow bolts shot out, swooping into the Xia army's cavalry formation like locusts, and countless feather arrows fell, falling like raindrops on the Xia army cavalry who were rushing forward.
Among the sounds of fierce metal collision and friction on the armor, there was also the muffled sound of sharp blades tearing flesh and blood. In an instant, the Xia Kingdom's cavalry array fell down one by one!
And many crossbow arrows with more powerful penetrating power roared into the dense formation of Xia Guo's cavalry, causing blood to splash, and screams followed. The soldiers who were several rows in front of the cavalry formation heard.
Almost all the knights were shot and fell from their horses, leaving behind layers of human and horse corpses on the ground. But even if there were many injured soldiers of the Xia Army knights who were shot by arrows, they fell and struggled in a pool of blood and mud. The fellow soldiers and horses who came soon would not
He tried to help them, but instead rushed his horses to trample over their bodies.
Because all the Xia army soldiers who were ordered to leave the city for a desperate fight knew very well that although the country's leader Li Renxiao had previously evacuated from Xingqing Mansion and moved westward with a group of important officials, whether the country's capital fell or not was still a matter of concern.
A battle of life and death for the country.
The Xiao and Tang Dynasties had already destroyed the Jin Dynasty and swallowed up the Song Dynasty, but they were still committed to opening up territory. Their intention was to determine and establish the unification of ethnic groups within the territory of China in later generations during this era, and to do their best to strengthen the centripetal force and belonging of all ethnic groups and tribes to the same country.
Feeling sorry, but in such times, for the Xia Kingdom, especially the soldiers and civilians who are mainly from the Dangxiang ethnic group, there are also brave soldiers who will risk their lives to defend the homeland established by their own nation and which has been established for more than a hundred years.
At this point, as long as there is a slight chance to resist the powerful enemy, we can only fight to the last moment!
However, although the Xia army's cavalry, who were not afraid of death, bravely advanced despite the rain of arrows, they were only a hundred steps away from the Qi army's sling artillery array and the strong bow and crossbowmen of the camps. The Qi army's company formation once again
A loud horn sound suddenly sounded, the first artillery array had thundering hoofbeats on both sides, and a large number of military cavalry rushed out from the left and right wings with overwhelming force.
Until the armored cavalry of both sides collided hard, the momentum of the Xia army's cavalry was immediately restrained. All kinds of weapons were flying and waving, and the soldiers on both sides roared and cursed. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cavalrymen on both sides fell off their horses.
, as the athletes from both armies continued to rush forward to fight, the crowds in the battle group became more and more crowded as the fierce fighting became more and more fierce.
Suo Chao, who led his troops from the left and crashed into the Xia army's cavalry formation, whirled around with his big ax in his hand, instantly chopping up more than ten enemy armored cavalry and knocking them off their horses. He, the vanguard, seemed to have held back for a long time.
He was eager to kill the enemy and make great achievements. He swung his ax in his hand and splashed blood all over the sky. Taking advantage of the situation, he continued to ride forward and went straight into the Xia army's cavalry formation to create a gap.
As a large number of powerful cavalry behind him roared to a halt, Suo Chao no longer had to worry about falling into the enemy's encirclement. He was making strange noises in his mouth, swinging his ax vigorously, and the beard under his chin was already covered with blood.
Drops of the enemy's blood stained by it slipped away. Suo Chao's eyes immediately moved forward, looking through the figures, and landed directly on the fashionably open Xingqing Mansion city gate...
