In the early morning of the next day, Gao Xuan led the main force of the Xia army, which was known as the 100,000 army, to Xia Pi City, originally the Xia army wanted to reach Xia Pi City to take a lot of twists and turns, because the entire Xia Pi City was surrounded by the river, but this time the Xia army was surprisingly smooth, and when crossing the river, there was no resistance from the Song army, because the Huaiyang army stationed in Xia Pi did not have the courage to fight with the Xia army, even if it was a group of rabble in the name of the Xia army.
"Big, big, big, the Xia army has already crossed the river."
The adjutant general beside Huo Chong said.
Huo Chong looked at the Xia Jun who couldn't see the end outside the city and said: "Go and gather the people of the whole city to defend the city, as long as you can kill a Xia army, the official will reward them with ten taels of silver, and tell them that if the Xia army enters the city, no one will survive." ” "Yes, my lord, I'll do it."
The lieutenant immediately took the order and left.
I have to say that Huo Chong is really a layman to lead the troops to fight, the Xia army is in the city, Xiapi City has not been mobilized, what do you want from the thunder stone rolling wood, the three-bow bed crossbow and the catapult have long been split as firewood, and there are no traps, horses, thistles outside the city, it is completely flat land, Huo Chong's only long-range weapon is five hundred crossbows, and many of the soldiers and knives of the Huaiyang Army are rusty, as for the city wall of Xiapi, although it has not been repaired for many years, the city wall is still very strong as a military town.
Gao Xuan saw the chaotic city defense of Xiapi City, and sneered and said: "Such a city defense is simply full of loopholes. ” "General, with such a city defense, our army will not be able to capture this city in a day."
The adjutant general said to Gao Xuan.
Gao Xuan said to the adjutant general: "Don't be so full of words, if the army under the command of this general is the elite of my Xia army, why should it only take an hour a day, but now the general is a rabble except for five thousand elites, how long will it take to capture this city, this battle will be handed over to you, the army is commanded by you, this general led five thousand elite cavalry overseers, without a military order, retreating without authorization, and there is no forgiveness for killing" "Yes, the last general commanded, thank you for the general's cultivation."
The adjutant general said happily.
For a deputy general, to have the opportunity to command tens of thousands of people to fight, that is simply a great luck, Gao Xuan left after handing over the command of the whole army to the deputy general, the Xia army's offensive method is very simple, and talking about cooperation with this gang of rabble is simply playing the piano to the cow, so nearly 60,000 people with knives, guns, sticks and sticks carrying the ladder directly attacked the city, part of the Xia army attacked from the four city gates, and the catapults were also divided into four sides to attack.
In order to boost morale, Gao Xuan ordered to slaughter the city for three days after entering the city, all the gold, silver, jewelry, women and soldiers in the city can take their own, and they will also be crowned officials if they have military merits, which is simply great news for this group of poor soil buns, although Xiapi is a military town, but there are many rich families in the city, and the Xia army sergeants will be able to make a lot of gains when they enter the city "Kill, kill, kill" attacked the Xia soldiers of Pi shouted slogans, drove the ladder to attack Picheng, the Xia army went all the way forward very smoothly, until they arrived at the city before they encountered the resistance of the Xia Pi defenders, but the resistance was particularly weak, in order to block the attack of the Xia army, the Xia Pi defenders demolished several houses near the city wall, as thunder stones and rolling wood, but even so the Xia army suffered limited losses.
Xia soldiers began to climb the city through the simple ladder, the Xiapi army defending the city pushed the ladder one by one, many people were thrown into the flesh, the two armies have been glued to the city wall for nearly an hour, the Xia army climbed the city wall, the bloody battle between the two sides also began, this is completely a melee, the two sides have no tactics, there is no coordinated operation, it is a bloody battle to the death, at noon the Xia army soldiers finally could not hold on to the Huaiyang army defending the city to drive down the city.
Gao Xuan saw the retreating Xia army, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he gave a military order: "The herald ordered the cavalry to press the foot soldiers up, and retreat to death without authorization."
"The general has an order, the cavalry attacked, retreated and died."
The herald shouted.
Therefore, the Xia army infantry who had just retreated was slashed by the cavalry, and all the soldiers who dared to retreat privately were all killed, and the Xia soldiers who wanted to escape could only move forward when they saw this scene, and they must die if they retreated, and there may be a way to live forward, and the Xia army infantry regrouped again to attack Picheng; Under such persecution, the Xia soldiers finally broke out of their wolf nature, with fists and teeth, as long as they could kill the enemy, the Xia soldiers used all the tricks they could use, and the two armies fell into a cruel battle based on the city wall.
The whole attack lasted from early morning to evening, the blood had already stained the head of Xiapi City, corpses were everywhere, and the entire Xiapi City had become a blood city, but even so the Xia army was not able to capture Xiapi, and seeing that it was getting late, Gao Xuan ordered: "Order, Mingjin will collect his troops and fight again tomorrow." ” "Bell, bell, bell" The sound of gold sounded, the Xia army retreated like a tide, and the people who saw the Xia army evacuate the entire Xiapi City fell into a cheer, Li De looked at Xiapi City and sneered, this is just the beginning, it is far from the end, and it is a must for Xia Pi City.
"General, today's results have been counted, our army has lost a total of more than 20,000 people, and the Xiapi defenders are more than three times that of our army, and the last general will guarantee that he will be able to capture Xiapi City tomorrow."
The adjutant general said to Gao Xuan.
"Of course, I will capture Xiapi City tomorrow, and General Ben has already planned for this, and ordered tonight to treat the warriors who are besieging the city."
Gao Xuan said with a smile.
"Yes, the last general will go and give the order here."
It's not easy to live in Xiapi City, the five thousand Huaiyang troops who defended the city in a battle during the day today have been wiped out, and now Xiapi City is completely defended by the people, and the people who participated in defending the city have lost tens of thousands in just one day, and the strong men in Xiapi City are basically dead, if the Xia army continues to attack like this tomorrow, Xiapi can only let the old and weak women and children come to guard.
In the command of the embassy in Xiapi City, a general reported to Huo Chongyu: "My lord, if it goes on like this, Xiapi will have to break the city if it can't hold it for three days." ” "What about our losses," Huo Chong asked with great concern.
"My lord, all the 5,000 soldiers and horses defending the city have been killed, tens of thousands of people have been killed or wounded, and the strong people in Xiapi City are basically dead."
The general said to Huo Chong.
As soon as Huo Chong heard the news, he sat on the ground and Huo Chong said in a panic: "Then is it too late for us to surrender now?"
The general shook his head and said: "My lord, there is still hope for holding on, if you surrender at this time, the Xia army will definitely slaughter the city after entering the city with such a big loss." ” "How can this be good?"
Late at night, Huo Chong wanted to escape from the city with his family, but he didn't expect to be blocked back as soon as he arrived at the city gate, and the five thousand Xia army iron cavalry who did not participate in the battle during the day had already seen that the water surrounded by Pi City was impassable, and when the first rays of sunlight hit the earth in the early morning, the Xia army began to act again, but the Xia army did not attack this time, but took a hoe and pickaxe to the river embankment outside the city, although it is now a dry period, but the river can still flood the city of Xiapi, after the river embankment was opened, The rolling flood submerged the entire city of Xiapi into a small island.
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