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Chapter 1908 Viscount

Zhang Qing had one hundred men guarding the city gate.

The breach created by the blasting of a hundred guards

The remaining three hundred men were on the city wall.

In addition, there were Zhao Yuan's three hundred personal guards.

Six hundred people were stationed on the city walls, which were several dozen feet high, on both sides of the city gate.

The security was extremely tight.

Conversely, once the Western Xia people gathered in large numbers below the city,

They would then be attacked by firearms.

They could only crouch in sparse formations below the city walls and shoot upwards.

The Liang army completely overwhelmed the Western Xia.

The bowstring in Liu Qi's hand became a blur of afterimages.

Arrows were continuously fired.

They nailed the Western Xia people to the city walls one by one.

Zhao Yuan also fired more than a hundred arrows.

He didn't use iron arrows either.

Instead, they were captured white-feathered arrows from the Western Xia dynasty.

Due to its mechanical limitations, the Divine Arm Crossbow can only use specially made arrows.

Zhao Yuan's Overlord Bow, however, had all its mechanisms removed.

Any arrow can be used.

Within a hundred paces,

Both iron and leather armor can be easily pierced.

More than a hundred arrows were shot out.

Zhao Yuan's arm was also sore and numb.

Turning his head, he saw that Liu Qi also had more than ten empty quivers at his feet, and couldn't help but say,

"How many people have been shot?"

Liu Qi said, "We've shot down more than ninety people."

"They were all aimed at vital points,"

"However, it is difficult to count how many people were shot."

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "With your archery skills,"

"Shooting nine out of ten arrows will definitely be a sure thing,"

"You shot and killed more than 180 people two days ago,"

"Now there are ninety people again."

"If you shoot another three hundred arrows, you will be a viscount."

When Han Shizhong and the others heard the king say this,

They had no objections.

Although the Western Xia people below the city would try to evade.

However, Liu Qi's accuracy of hitting the target nine out of ten times is a conservative estimate.

The two thousand men sent by Lingzhou were quickly wiped out again.

They fled in panic, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

...

While the Lingzhou troops were fiercely attacking the city gates...

The Jingzhou troops had already cut off the water supply to the moat.

The moat has gradually dried up.

Only a few springs are still gushing water.

The section of the city wall that the Jingzhou troops chose to fill in the moat was the one that had been breached.

Dozens of trench-filling vehicles kept going back and forth.

Arrived at the moat,

They then pushed the soil and stones out of the cart.

By noon,

The Western Xia troops withdrew to rest and recuperate.

The midday sun in June was already extremely strong.

The soldiers on the city wall, constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows, were also drenched in sweat.

Seeing the Western Xia troops retreat,

Only then did he have time to wipe his sweat.

They exchanged fire for more than an hour.

Dozens of soldiers on the city wall were also wounded.

The moat at the break point was also filled in by the Western Xia people, which was more than three zhang deep.

Zhao Yuan had a large courtyard house found near the city.

Gather all the wounded there.

He was treated by the imperial physician Liu Zheng, along with several doctors accompanying the army.

Sun Li said, "General Zhang's troops have been fighting for half a day."

"How about we switch places with the East Gate?"

"Tao Zongwang will be on guard this afternoon."

"The Western Xia's attack point is at the south gate,"

"It can be defended by four troops taking turns,"

"Ensure the attack capability of the guards at the south gate."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan nodded and said,

"My arms are still numb after drawing a bow for half a day,"

"The soldiers must feel the same way."

"Then we will transfer Tao Zongwang's troops to take over the defense."

Zhang Qing also knew that his soldiers couldn't keep drawing their bows forever.

I will not refuse at this time.

Apart from Li Kui's thousand men, all of whom were card players,

The other four units mainly consist of archers.

A one-hour truce

The Western Xia army then launched a counterattack.

The commander of Lingzhou suffered more than three thousand casualties.

They no longer wanted to bear the burden of consuming the Liang's firearms.

However, they were cornered by Renli and the garrison commander of Jingzhou.

Let him draw fire.

The troops in Jingzhou should fill in the moat as soon as possible.

The Liang troops did not hinder the Jingzhou troops from filling the moat.

They still focused their main force on shooting down Lingzhou soldiers at the city gate.

As the sun sets in the west,

The Jingzhou troops have already filled in a section of the moat that is more than three zhang wide, creating a road.

It faces the breach in the city wall.

The gap in the beam was not filled with earth and stones.

The gap was simply blocked with a wooden fence.

A wooden wall was added behind the crooked city wall.

This allows the defending soldiers to stand on the wooden city walls and attack invading enemies from outside.

When the Jingzhou troops were about to reach the city walls,

Zhao Yuan then ordered the drawbridge to be taken down.

Close the south gate.

All troops moved to the breach.

After the Liang troops were transferred here,

The troops from Jingzhou then faced significant obstacles.

Although the troops from Lingzhou also moved here to provide cover.

But after a few fireballs...

The moat-filling cart was torn to pieces.

In order to push aside the obstacles on the road,

The Jingzhou troops also suffered considerable casualties.

The last ten-odd meters were filled out by using trench-filling vehicles and human corpses.

Although there wasn't much water left in the moat.

However, the moat, which was ten zhang wide and more than one zhang deep, still prevented the use of siege equipment.

The Western Xia people could only attack the city by filling in the roads they had created.

Chapter 1909 Conscripting the People

In other words, the Western Xia people were busy all day.

A road was built.

However, Daliang closed one road.

In order to draw the firepower of the Liang army, the Western Xia...

However, it resulted in nearly 10,000 casualties.

Just one day,

More than half of the 20,000 troops in Lingzhou were lost.

The Liang army suffered over a hundred casualties.

More than 500 fire bombs were used.

Road leveling

The Lingzhou troops then attempted a charge along the filled-in dirt road.

The result was the same as when the pontoon bridge was attacked.