Poor Family Chapter 858

  Chapter 858 Failed to attack the stronghold

  Time passed relentlessly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the evening of the next day. The battle against Tagouzhai was extremely fierce. The Xixia Army carried out four large-scale attacks in total, with nearly 5,000 casualties, but Tagouzhai still failed to capture it.

  However, the Xixia army did not gain nothing. At least the fortifications set up by the Song army on the mountainside were finally captured by them. The Song army suffered hundreds of casualties and was forced to withdraw to the village.

  The road up the mountain has been blown to pieces by the Thunderbolt, and there are **** corpses everywhere. Although the Xixia Army also has the Thunderbolt, they obviously will not easily use it on the mountain road. It will destroy the Xixia Army's way up the mountain.

Another important reason is that the Zhentian Lei of the Xixia Army is the same as the Zhentian Lei of the Kingdom of Jin. It is not stable. Five of the ten mines will appear dumb. In a confined space, there will be a phenomenon of flameout.

  Gao Tingyi was already in a bit of a hurry. Seeing that it was getting dark, if he didn't take down Tagouzhai and gave the Song army a chance to breathe, it would be even more difficult to attack tomorrow.

As for the night attack, Gao Tingyi didn't think much about it anymore. The night attack was extremely unfavorable to them. The Song army sprinkled a lot of poisonous thorns on the mountain road. They could walk carefully during the day, but it was easy to step on them at night, but they had no way to guard against them. .

   "Pass my order, the former army will attack again!"

  'Boom! Boom! Boom~' The fierce battle drums rang, and the three thousand Xixia soldiers ambushing on the mountainside had no choice but to fight their spirits and continue to attack the top of the mountain.

  The Song army sprinkled a large number of poisonous thorns on the mountain road,

However, the equipment of the Shanxi Army is backward, and most of them wear thin-soled old boots, which are easy to be pierced by thorns. Fortunately, the thorns are poisoned and reflect a blue color in the sun, which is easy to see. As long as you are careful, the general Will not step on.

   But if it gets dark and the thorns are no longer visible, it is really hard to say how much chance they have to go down the mountain alive if they are allowed to go up the mountain to attack the stronghold.

  Every Xixia soldier was filled with despair, but they had to go up the mountain under the pressure of the sound of war drums, and many of them were willing to go all out. Maybe they still had a glimmer of life when they captured Tagouzhai.

  After the Xixia army walked out of the area densely populated by thorns, they burst into a roar, "Kill—" They recklessly rushed to the gate of the village a hundred steps away.

In the Tagua village, two thousand Song soldiers were already waiting for their swords. The Song soldiers were divided into three rows, and the two thousand crossbows coldly aimed at the charging enemy troops. Guang Guang, he can attack the enemy army at a distance of 300 paces, but after a day of fierce fighting, he has become more and more confident in himself. He wants to make sure that none of the attacking army can escape and die in front of the gate of the village.

  The soldiers of the Xixia Army were getting closer and closer, and they were sixty steps away from the gate of the village. Under the afterglow, they could clearly see their ferocious faces.

  Zhang Shun finally gave the order, "Shoot!"

The eight hundred arrows in the first row shot at the approaching enemy army like a storm, followed by the second row, and soon the third row also shot out. The dense rain of arrows shot into the enemy group, and there was a sudden scream. In one piece, Xixia soldiers fell down one after another, and the corpses piled up quickly, causing heavy casualties.

At this time, dozens of thunderbolts flew down from the top of the side mountain, and exploded continuously above the heads of Xixia soldiers. The earth-shattering explosion sounded as if even the mountains were trembling. The soldiers of the Song Army covered their ears one after another. For a while, Gunpowder smoke filled the entire mountain.

  After the gunpowder smoke cleared, an extremely tragic scene appeared on the mountain road, with corpses lying everywhere, stumps and broken arms scattered all over the mountain road.

Almost all the more than a thousand people in the first half of the team were killed. Not only that, the mountain road completely collapsed after multiple explosions, forming a collapsed belt of more than 30 feet long. The mountain road disappeared, and the Xixia army could not attack the mountain. Forced to retreat, many soldiers stepped on thorns as they retreated in a panic, and there was a shrill scream on the mountain road...

Gao Tingyi personally led 5,000 soldiers to line up at the starting point of the mountain road, ready to go up the mountain at any time to support the attack on Tagou village. At this time, a series of explosions sounded from the mountain road. There was a bad feeling.

   Not long after, some soldiers fled back and reported that the mountain road had collapsed and could no longer attack. Gao Tingyi was stunned, Li Yunmi, the deputy general, stepped forward to persuade: "General, it is not good to attack the mountain, why not retreat to Luocheng first!"

  Gao Tingyi was really not reconciled. He turned his head and ordered to the two confidant soldiers: "Go up and see what's going on? How far has the mountain road collapsed? Let me check carefully."

   "Follow the order!"

  The two soldiers saluted and rushed up the mountain.

Although Gao Tingyi had thought in advance that he would be resisted by the Song army when attacking Tagouzhai, but with his 20,000 troops, he was able to capture the enemy's village in the end. Sharp, so that they have no chance.

This time their attack on Tagouzhai was a long-distance sneak attack. They did not carry food, grass, and supplies. The dry food they carried could only last three days. Now two days have passed. out of food.

  Gao Tingyi sighed secretly. Although he still had a sliver of hope, he also knew in his heart that the possibility of attacking Tajiao Village was very small after the mountain road was blown up.

   Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, two soldiers rushed back to report, "General Qi, the mountain road was indeed destroyed, at least 30 feet of the mountain road disappeared, and it is temporarily impossible to attack Taguai Village."

   "Maybe repair the mountain road?" Gao Tingyi asked unwillingly.

   "We can only build plank roads, but... it will take at least three or four days."

   "Three or four days?"

  Gao Tingyi was completely desperate. The army's food could only last for one day. How could he wait for three or four days? After a long while, he had to sigh and order: "Pack up your bags and retreat to Luocheng!"

  The soldiers of the Xixia Army had no fighting spirit for a long time. When they heard the order to withdraw the troops, the soldiers cheered up and quickly got up to line up.

  The 20,000 troops have fought for a day and a night, and have lost more than 6,000 people. Some of the lightly wounded soldiers have been cleaned up, and there are still about 15,000 people.

  After a quarter of an hour, the army had assembled. Gao Tingyi turned his horse and led the army to retreat towards Luocheng. When he came, he was aggressive, but now his morale was low. Everyone just wanted to leave quickly and return to Luocheng to take a good rest.

   Fortunately, Luocheng is not far away, only fifty miles away, and should be able to arrive at dawn tomorrow.

  The area from Tagouzhai to Luocheng belongs to a relatively complex basin, with low hills and deserts stretching for tens of miles. The only thing missing is forests and rivers. There are bare rocks and dry thorn bushes everywhere.

   Fifteen thousand Xixia soldiers marched in the vast wilderness. The towering mountains were faintly visible in the north. After crossing the mountains in the north, they entered the hinterland of Xixia, directly posing a threat to the core interests of Xixia.

   So far, only Liu Fa's army has entered the hinterland of Xixia, but in the end he also encountered a strong enemy and was defeated.

   This time the Song army passed two dangerous passes in a row, and reached the last one at the foot of Weicheng. No one dared to draw such a conclusion as to whether they could cross this mountain again.

  But Song Jun was ready.

Under the bright moonlight, Li Yanqing personally led 20,000 troops to ambush behind a low hill. About 60 steps in front of them was the official road through Luocheng. The so-called official road is actually a slightly smoother road. The ground is full of rocks, but for the troops in a hurry, this road makes the soles of their feet very comfortable, and no one wants to walk through the rough and uneven wasteland.

   Gradually, the Xixia Army team appeared like a long black dragon under the moonlight several miles away, and was quickly marching here.

   "Dutong, they didn't send any spies to investigate!" Cao Meng couldn't help shouting excitedly.

  Li Yanqing sneered, "They never thought that there would be an ambush in Xixia territory, otherwise they wouldn't have left only a thousand troops to guard Luocheng."

  Speaking of this, Li Yanqing turned back and ordered: "Go and inform General Wang, the cavalry is not allowed to move without my signal!"

  The 8,000 cavalry led by Wang Gui were hiding two miles away. The terrain in this area was complex, and the undulating slopes just blocked the Xixia army's sight, making it impossible for them to find the cavalry several miles away.

   "Send my order, the army is ready to shoot!"

   Li Yanqing gave an order, and five thousand crossbowmen raised their god-armed crossbows, waiting for the final order.

  The Xixia army was getting closer and closer, and had already entered the ambush circle of the Song army. Li Yanqing waited patiently for the opportunity. Due to the difference in physical strength of the soldiers, the marching team of the Xixia soldiers was very long, 15,000 people were ten miles long.

  For an ambush army, the best position is to hit the enemy's waist and cut the enemy in two.

  When the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Army appeared directly in front of the ambush, the time was finally ripe, and Li Yanqing suddenly issued an order: "Shoot!"

  'Bang! state! state! ' The crisp sound of clappers suddenly sounded, and five thousand crossbowmen fired at the same time, and five thousand crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy sixty steps ahead like a storm...

  (end of this chapter)

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