Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The [-] Western Xia defenders were prepared to defend for a long time in the face of the Chu army's attack.

As long as they hold this place, the Chu army will not be able to cross Weizhou with peace of mind and attack the hinterland of Xixia Kingdom northward.

It is precisely because of the importance of Weizhou City that Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, arranged for Mo Ning Keren to bring all the redeemed prisoners of war here, in order to strengthen Weizhou City's combat power.

Unexpectedly, Ximen Qing was superior and disrupted the defense deployment of Xixia Kingdom.

Chapter 28 Forced Landing in Weizhou

Facing the Chu army pouring in like a tide outside Weizhou City, the defenders in the city still had some courage and fighting spirit to stick to it.

Xixia people are not very good at building cities, and Weizhou City is even smaller than Pingxia City.

However, because of the small defensive area of ​​the city, many defenders were added to the city, which turned Weizhou City into a military fortress with tighter defenses.

The Xixia army had already hoarded military rations in the city for more than half a year, and made plans to stick to this place after the peace talks between the two countries failed.

When the Chu army approached the city, the Xixia army closed the city gate tightly, and the guard led the archers to the city wall, preparing for a battle with the Chu army.

There is a saying in the art of war, when a husband fights, attack ten times and encircle him five times.The generals of the Xixia army saw that the Chu army outside the city was only more than [-] people, and thought that the gap between the two sides was only five times, and it was really difficult for the Chu army to capture Weizhou City.

Next, the Chu army will besiege the city for a long time, and the two armies will compete for their willpower in the traditional tactics!

When the generals defending the city of the Xixia Army were still fantasizing about defending Weizhou City and making the Chu army run out of food, they saw several carts rolled out from the Chu army's formation. There seemed to be large copper and iron cylinders on the carts?

What is that?Could it be a strangely shaped siege cone?

The uninformed generals of the Xixia Army talked a lot, and some bold warriors even took off their pants on the city wall, facing several big iron cylinders of the Chu Army!

In the army formation of the Chu army, "General Shenhuo" Wei Dingguo gritted his teeth and looked at the Xixia soldiers who were urinating happily on the city wall, and ordered a group of Shenhuo soldiers beside him: "Aim at those thieves and birds, sir. It blows them to pieces!"

"fire!"

Following an order from the army, several heavy siege cannons facing the gate tower let out a terrifying roar.

Huge stone bullets flew out of the barrel of the siege cannon, and the electric shot arrived, piercing through the gate in the city gate hole, and instantly tore it into a pile of sawdust.

These stone bullets and the city gate sawdust had not finished their castration, and they crashed into the city gate, smashing hundreds of Xixia troops gathered behind the city gate to blood and blood.

Almost at the same time that the siege artillery was showing its power, the curved field artillery in Wei Dingguo's army also fired a salvo.

The warriors of the Xixia Army who hadn't pulled up their trousers on the city wall received special treatment, and a total of five shells exploded around them.

These few warriors who were urinating happily were blown into the air. They really wanted to be kind, and the birds flew away.

The guards of the Xixia army on the city gate tower also received key attention.After a round of shelling, gunpowder smoke filled the top of the city, the gate towers were all razed to the ground, and there was no bones left of the guard.

The Ximen Qing army did not take advantage of the opening of the city gate to enter the city, but carried out two more rounds of shelling.

Amidst the roar of cannons, the defenders of the Xixia Army on the top of the city were killed in sevens and eights, and there were not many left.

After three rounds of shelling, the attack of Ximen Qing's army stopped suddenly.

Nearly [-] troops just stood quietly under the city of Weizhou, completely silent.

Under the banner of the Chinese Army, Ximen Qing rode on a snow-treading black horse, looking at his army with great satisfaction.

After years of training and several battles, Ximenqing's main army finally has the demeanor of a powerful army in the world.

"Fast like the wind, slow like the forest, aggressive like fire, immovable like a mountain, difficult to know like shadow, moving like thunder."

The "Fenglin Volcano" in Sun Tzu's Art of War can be used to describe his army!

Isn't it just "immovable like a mountain, hard to know like a cloud"?

Sure enough, if the Chu army outside the city shouted to fight and kill, and took the opportunity to attack the city, the Xixia army inside the city would still understand.But the Chu army outside the city did not move at all, but the Xixia army in the city was baffled.

The first shelling by the Ximen Qing army probably killed 2000 Xixia soldiers who were in charge of defense on the front wall, but there were still more than 1 soldiers and horses in the city.

Under the urging of the generals in the city, the soldiers of the Xixia Army climbed up the city wall tremblingly.There were even warriors from the Xixia Army taking advantage of this weird gap to rush to repair and block the city gate!

After seeing people standing on the city wall, Ximen Qing gave an order, and "Shenhuo General" Wei Dingguo commanded his subordinates to carry out a second round of shelling.

The roar of the artillery was deafening, and the screams of the soldiers of the Xixia Army were also extremely shrill.

However, after the same three rounds of shelling, Wei Dingguo's army stopped attacking again, and the artillerymen developed from the "Shenhuo Soldiers" leisurely cleaned the barrels.

The cavalry and infantry of Ximen Qing's army did not receive the order, and remained in place without launching a surprise charge.

However, the will of the Xixia Army defenders has been completely broken.

Not long after, the magistrate of Weizhou City rode out of the city to beg for surrender, begging Ximen Qing to spare the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

When seeing Ximen Qing, the coach of the Chu Army, the terrified Weizhou Zhizhou asked for advice, why the Chu Army didn't send someone to surrender earlier.

Ximenqing pretended to be annoyed and said that the army was on an expedition, and it was not easy to transport the army food, and his army did not have any food left over to feed the prisoners of war, so his original intention was to blow up all the defenders in the city to make it clean and easy.

The magistrate of Weizhou City was terrified by Ximen Qing's intimidation, and hurriedly confessed to Ximen Qing, saying that the surplus food in the city was enough for an army of [-] for half a year.

Nazhizhou pleaded that there are only more than 1 Xixia troops in the city now, and they can't consume much food.I hope that the general will be merciful, and don't massacre the city because of food.

In order to show his sincerity in surrendering, Nazhizhou also recommended himself, willing to cooperate with the Chu army in Weizhou to collect military rations for Ximenqing's army to march north.

Ximenqing's intimidation achieved its goal, and he agreed to the Xixia army's surrender.

Therefore, the governor of Weizhou took the remaining defenders out of the city and surrendered, and dedicated Weizhou City to the Chu army.

Seeing the heavily guarded Weizhou City of the Xixia Kingdom being captured so easily, the cavalry general Shi Wengong couldn't help but lamented, and said to Su Ding, my personal bravery is almost useless!

Su Ding also nodded and sighed: "I've been waiting in Zengtou City all these years, I'm really ignorant and wasted my time.

To be able to invent such a terrifying weapon, the Duke of Dongping is really an unpredictable person!

Fortunately, my elder brother formed a deep friendship with the Duke of Dongping in the early years, and you and I are able to do great things with the Duke of Dongping today! "

When Shi Wengong heard the words, he also nodded in agreement.

Because the city of Weizhou was not big, Ximenqing only sent Hong Zhenjun to the city, but continued to station the army outside the city.

The military rations piled up in the city were also moved to the camps of the armies one after another.

With these rations, together with the rations that Ximen Qingjun brought from Pingxia City, it was enough to guarantee that Ximen Qingjun's consumption would last for three months.

If Weizhou Zhizhou's words are true and he can collect a lot of hidden food from the area under his jurisdiction, then Ximen Qing's army will have enough food for half a year.

This greatly eased the logistical pressure on Ximen Qing's army, and saved the use of many civilians for long-distance transportation.

Qin Hui, who is far away in Bianliang City, Tokyo, will be happy when he hears the news!