Chapter 803

"Although the troops and horses of these three states are frequently mobilized, this is normal. After all, it is the new occupation. Wang Wushan is also a talented talent. He must have realized the key to these three states, so he attaches so much importance to Youzhou and is in charge of it."

"He really repaired this Youzhou like an iron barrel. However, with just one Yuzhou, does he really think he can stand firm and wait for help?" Yelu and Luwu had a gloomy face and sneered coldly.

Xiao Wu nodded with deep conscience, then looked at Po Chaoxinde and asked, "Pu Chao, what news is there with you, the king of Xixia?"

"Mr. Xiao, according to the news that my Secretary of Xia State Ling Renduo Zongbao has personally led a 100,000 troops south, aiming directly to Yanzhou, the westernmost part of these three states."

"He goes to take Yanzhou? Well, in this way, even if there is a large army on Shaanxi Road who wants to reinforce, they have to consider the distance, speed and speed first." Xiao Wuna was slightly surprised, and then he understood what Xixia was trying to do.

However, nowadays, the Liaoxia coalition is strong, and even if the 100,000 troops are squeezed over, it is not very useful. When they attack Yanzhou, this is a good choice. They can also restrain the reinforcements of the Song army for the main force of the Liaoxia army.

After the generals dispersed, Xiao Wuna, who had just stepped out of the central army's tent, turned back and spoke to Yelu and Luwu.

"Your Highness, I think we should strengthen our offensive. In any case, we strive to seize Youzhou in the shortest time. This is not only for the morale of our army, but more importantly, those weapons that can throw stone bullets weighing more than 100 kilograms out of dozens of feet away, our Daliao must be in the hands of..."

Yelu and Lu Wushen nodded in agreement and said in a deep voice. "Don't worry, your thoughts are also lonely. Such weapons are owned by Song State, and I must have them. Otherwise, once the balance between Liao and Song Dynasty is lost, then..."

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"I retreated. These Xixia dogs seem to be really life-threatening. Unfortunately, they are not good at fighting in the field but siege cities. As expected, they still can't be changed..." A general standing next to Zhong Shidao took off his helmet, wiped the sweat on his cheek and breathed a breath of vigor.

Under the city wall, the Xixia soldiers and horses siegeing the city once again retreated to the rear like a tide. Hundreds of corpses were thrown down below the city wall.

Even in the moat, there are still human bodies sinking and floating, but the water in the moat has been cut off by the Xixia people with sandbags.

Next, they will definitely continue to use bags filled with soil to completely block the moat, forming a flat pavement that can directly impact the foot of the city wall.

"Let them attack. With the city defense of this new Yanzhou, Zang really wants to see if they have the ability to break through this strong city." Master Zhong smiled and raised his hand to pull out a feather arrow inserted diagonally on the chess pole on the city top and threw it to his feet, and the young and strong people who were collecting the feather arrows shot by the Xixia people on the city top.

The regret is that there were crossbows in the Song Dynasty, while the people of Xixia only had bows and arrows. Therefore, after the crossbow arrows were shot down, they could be considered to have gone but not returned. The feather arrows are different. Both sides use bows, and feather arrows are common to both sides' bows.

However, the Yuanyou Crossbow's piercing power is comparable to that of the bow and arrow, and many Xixia officers fell under the strong arrow of the Yuanyou Crossbow.

Although it is difficult to cause fatal damage to the officers after passing through the iron armor, the continuous injury still caused frequent riots in the soldiers of Xixia because they lost the command of the officers, disrupting the order and efficiency of their attacks.

"Sir, should we go out to attack the camp at night? The cavalry brothers are so idle that they are almost rusted in the city." Another general asked at Shidao Zong.

"What a panic? The cavalry is not used for now. Since it can be defended, why bother brothers risking their lives to get out of the city?" Zhong Shidao flatly rejected the proposal of his generals without thinking.

"What we have to do now is to drag this Xixia army tightly under the city of New Yanzhou and buy more time for that guy Zhe Keshi."

"After that, he was really getting bigger and bigger. Ten thousand horsemen dared to go deep into the tiger's den. Alas..." Zhong Shidao was both envious and a little jealous.

After the guy Zhe Keshi decided to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to attack Xingqing Mansion, he sent someone to send news and told him that because of the arrival of the Xixia army, he had to stop the journey north to the Master Zhong, which was in line with Zhe Keshi's pace.

Mr. Zhong was almost ruthless by Zhe Keshi's bold behavior, but he was helpless. After all, this guy threatened to have a handwritten order from Wang Yang, the governor of the Three Prefectures, and also analyzed in detail the situation of Xingqing Prefecture.

Although he was angry, Master Zhong also understood that this was indeed a good opportunity that had never happened in a century. As long as you are careful enough, it is possible to stir the hinterland of Xixia into a pot of porridge.

Unfortunately, I was unable to escape and led 10,000 elite cavalry to help me. After all, Xin Yanzhou, which is guarded by a large army, cannot be lost. The old Yanzhou, which is less than a hundred miles behind me, is full of gangs maintaining order.

As long as Xin Yanzhou is present, the 100,000 Xixia army could not get around, and could only continue to attack like Yugong moving mountains.

What is important is that with these ten thousand elite cavalry in hand, even if the Xixia people heard the news that Xingqing Prefecture was attacked by the Song army and wanted to retreat, they had to be careful and slowly withdraw their troops in one step or three steps. Otherwise, the ten thousand elite Song cavalry in the hands of the first general of the Western Army would be ruthless to attack his chrysanthemums, which would be more than just sour and refreshing.

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A hundred miles east of Yaode City is a hilly area with plump water and grass. Countless cattle and sheep are slowly walking by the tender green lake, gnawing on the plump grass in big mouths.

The shepherds laughed and were running and chasing on their foals, while the shepherds were on high places in the hills, under the shade, or dozing lazyly, or barbecuing the hares they hunted, drinking the bad wine, and spending their time.

From time to time, a faint thunder sound came. It was supposed to be a thunderstorm that often occurs in summer on the prairie.

Finally, a shepherd stood up, shouted the children to pay attention, and hurried back to the camp. It was time for them to stop watching the cattle and sheep, so as not to be scared and separated by lightning when heavy rain came.

However, the continuous thunder continued for a long time, but no cloud floated from east to west. At this moment, an old man who was nearly fifty years old and only had his left arm stood on the hill and looked towards the east for a long time, and suddenly leaned down on the ground and listened quietly for a while.
Chapter completed!