Poor Family

  Chapter 364 The Final Battle (Part 2)

  The leader of the Xixia Army who was in charge of attacking Xicheng was Li Binglie, who lost the first battle. Just as Brother Li Cha repeatedly begged Li Qianshun for one last chance, Li Binglie also begged repeatedly, and finally got the chance to lead an army of 15,000 to attack Xicheng.

Li Binglie was full of anger early on, but he learned the previous lesson and delayed the siege of the soldiers as much as possible. Instead, he used long-range siege to attack the city, making full use of the power of trebuchets and artillery, as well as the abundant firepower of the Xixia Army. combat experience.

Li Binglie's strategy was undoubtedly successful. The mistake of the defending general of the Song Army created an opportunity for him. The long-range fire attack was a great success. Song Jun guarded.

   "Beat the drums and attack the city!" Li Binglie yelled, trembling with excitement.

  'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’ The earth-shattering war drum sounded rapidly.

Ten thousand Xixia soldiers launched an attack. They carried the siege ladder and pushed the huge ladder, galloping like a frenzy. Li Binglie took the lead and rushed to the city wall a hundred steps away, brandishing a sword. He wanted to be the first A Xixia warrior who attacked Shizhou City.

At this time, Brother Li Cha, the general of the Xixia Army, also saw the opportunity of the west city. The fire had engulfed the tower of the west city, and there were no soldiers above the city gate. The opportunity to attack the city gate came. Open the door!"

  Two hundred soldiers came out of the army carrying a giant six-foot-long battering ram, and walked slowly towards the city gate, guarded by more than a thousand soldiers holding shields on both sides.

  Although Yao Zhongwen was dismissed, the deputy general of Xicheng was still there. Seeing the critical situation, the general Zhang Jun shouted: "Shoot the arrow!"

  The Song army could not rush into the sea of ​​flames, so they could only shoot arrows at the Xixia soldiers rushing down the city from both sides.

  Although the fire was still raging on both sides, the fire in an area about 300 feet wide in the middle had weakened. However, the Song army was blocked by the raging fire and could not rush over. Zhang Jun was helpless and stomped his feet anxiously.

   A series of siege ladders began to be built on the top of the city. Thousands of Xixia soldiers bravely climbed up the siege ladders. Shizhou's defense was already in jeopardy.

At this moment, Li Yanqing led 300 elite soldiers from the Intelligence Battalion to rush forward. Zhang Jun hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, but Li Yanqing had no time to greet him. Angrily said: "The enemy army has already entered the city, why don't you go and kill the enemy?"

   "Join the army, please see!"

  Zhang Jun pointed at the fire and said urgently: "The road is blocked by the fire, we are very anxious but there is nothing we can do!"

  Li Yanqing swept his eyes and saw hundreds of barrels of water brought by soldiers on the corridor, so he raised his bow and arrow high and ordered: "Water me from the head!"

  Two soldiers took a bucket of water and poured it over Li Yanqing's head. Li Yanqing turned around and shouted: "Come with me, hold your breath!"

As soon as he jumped into the sea of ​​flames, he rushed towards the middle of the city head. The soldiers followed suit one after another. They drenched their bodies with water and jumped into the fire without hesitation. Zhang Jun was stunned and looked back at his soldiers. Immediately, his courage doubled, and he yelled: "Pour me over!"

Li Yanqing ran out of the sea of ​​flames, and three Xixia soldiers who were more than ten steps away from him spotted him and rushed towards him with their spears. It was less than two feet away from him, and the tip of the spear pierced through the door.

  In desperation, Li Yanqing threw away the broken bow, drew out the thick-backed dagger, turned around, avoided the sharp stab of the spear, and swung the dagger, 'Crack! ’ A huge head flew out, and he immediately rolled forward, dodged the other two spears, and slashed with a sword. One of the soldiers’ left feet was cut off by him, and the soldier fell down screaming.

  The third soldier took two steps back in fear, turned around and ran, Li Yanqing raised his hand, a throwing knife shot out, and shot into the Xixia soldier's head from behind, and the Xixia soldier fell to the ground.

  At this time, hundreds of Xixia soldiers on the top of the city found Li Yanqing, and shouted to kill him. Li Yanqing picked up the bronze spear on the ground, shouted, and killed him head-on.

  At the same time, 300 soldiers from the Intelligence Battalion rushed through the sea of ​​flames one after another. When they saw the general rushing towards the enemy alone, they also shouted and killed the enemy. Both fought fiercely on the top of the city.

The soldiers of the Song army fought very well. They divided their troops into two groups. Two hundred people went to fight fiercely with the enemy troops who had already entered the city. The other hundred people were divided into ten teams. , to prevent new enemy troops from going up to the city

Li Yanqing swung his spear to kill five people in a row. The last spear pierced the opponent's body, but the spear tip was caught by the opponent's armor. He simply threw away the spear, picked up a shield, and fought fiercely with the enemy with a thick-ridged dagger. Although short weapons are generally at a disadvantage, Li Yanqing's fierce and swift swordsmanship is more flexible and faster than spears.

At this time, a scream came from not far behind, and Li Yanqing heard the voice of Zhou Jie, the leader of the team. When he turned his head, he saw a Xixia general in heavy armor and a silver helmet standing on the city wall, slashing Chopped to death Zhou Jie, this man was very skilled in martial arts, he was surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers of the Song Army without losing the wind, and killed several soldiers of the Song Army in a row.

Li Yanqing also knew that his martial arts were no match for this Xixia general, and he would definitely die if he charged forward. He rolled over and had already caught a stone chess piece in his hand. The general is a little slow, and is easily dodged by the opponent.

  And his flying stones are faster and more accurate than flying knives, and more handy, almost hitting a hundred shots.

  Li Yanqing raised his hand in the dark, and the flying stone was shot out like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of General Xixia

This Xixia general is Li Binglie, the main general who attacked Xicheng. Li Binglie is the nephew of Li Qianshun, the king of Xixia. He is only 18 years old this year. Known as one of the three tigers of Xixia.

  Li Binglie's personality is as violent as his name, and he wants to be the first in everything. He wants to be the first to rush into Shizhou City, so he takes the lead and kills the city, but puts himself in danger.

  Li Binglie was on fire, when a flying stone blinked in front of him, and it was too late for him to hide, 'Crack! ’ With a sound, the flying stone hit him on the bridge of the nose, smashing the bridge of his nose immediately, and he said, ‘Ah! ’ A scream, the strong stimulation made him unable to open his eyes, and the sword in his hand was slightly slowed down. How could the soldiers of the Song Army who surrounded him miss this opportunity, and more than a dozen spears pierced his body at the same time.

   Li Binglie yelled and died tragically on the spot under the spears of the soldiers of the Song Army.

The fire was weaker, but Zhang Jun also led more than a thousand soldiers of the Song army to break through the flames and join the battle. Their arrival immediately reversed the evenly matched situation and killed hundreds of Xixia soldiers. Everywhere, less and less, annihilation is a foregone conclusion.

   At this moment, just listen to 'Boom! With a muffled sound, the whole city shook, and the soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

Li Yanqing suddenly realized something, hurriedly supported the city wall and looked towards the city gate. He saw hundreds of Xixia soldiers holding a huge battering ram and smashing into the gate, which looked like a gigantic centipede .

  Li Yanqing was in a hurry and shouted: "Throw stones down!"

But the top of the city gate is where the fire is burning the most. The Xixia army threw a lot of kerosene above the city gate, and the soldiers couldn't pass through at all. Li Yanqing grabbed a bow and shot an arrow at the enemy who hit the gate. , a soldier fell down.

Dozens of soldiers nearby followed suit, drawing their bows and shooting arrows, but the enemy army was too far away, and the arrows were useless. The Xixia soldiers rushed forward with a shout, and there was another earth-shattering muffled sound, the city wall shook violently again, and the city bricks and rubble fell rustling down. .

  Even Li Yanqing was in despair. He knew that if he came again, the city gate would be breached. The Xixia soldiers cheered in the distance. Brother Li Cha personally led 10,000 elite cavalry across the pontoon bridge and rushed towards the west city.

Just when Xixia soldiers were about to strike for the third time, an accident happened. A dense rain of arrows was shot down from the city. Everywhere, the battering ram couldn't hold on to it, and it landed with a bang, rolling down the hillside.

  The sudden accident made everyone stunned, and time on the battlefield seemed to freeze, only to hear Yang Zaixing shout: "Shoot again!"

The second round of powerful crossbow arrows was fired, and hundreds of soldiers who had just escaped for more than 30 steps were shot down by the dense arrow rain. Only less than a hundred of the more than a thousand battering ram soldiers fled back to the main formation, and the rest of the soldiers were all killed. Song Jun's divine arm and powerful crossbow shot and killed.

  Yang Zaixing and a thousand crossbowmen arrived in time to save Shizhou City at the most critical moment. Thousands of Song soldiers on the head of Xicheng immediately cheered, and the soldiers embraced tightly with excitement.

  In the distance, Li Ganshun, the king of Xixia, sighed deeply when he saw that his success was on the verge of defeat, and ordered: "Retreat!"

'when! when! when! '

  The Xixia Army’s retreat bell rang, and Brother Li Cha looked desperately at the majestic Shizhou City, and he said ‘Plop! ’ Kneeling on the ground, covering his face and crying bitterly.

   Tens of thousands of Song soldiers cheered together on the top of the city, cheering for this hard-won victory. Zhong Shidao was so excited that he burst into tears. He knew that the Xixia army would never be able to break through Shizhou City again.

  (end of this chapter)