Poor Family Chapter 970

  Chapter 970 The Battle to Destroy the Nation (24)

The firecrackers have gone through countless experiments, and they have strong confidence in piercing the heavy armor of the iron kite cavalry. Sure enough, when the first row of 500 firecrackers was fired, the iron kite cavalry 150 steps away suddenly turned their backs , Lead bullets pierced through the solid armor and shot into the bodies of cavalry and horses. Since the iron kite was bundled with horses and men, the fire gun army's targets were more concentrated on the enemy's horses.

  After firing a row of firecrackers, hundreds of iron kite cavalrymen in the first few rows were shot down, more than 130 people were shot down, and more than 50 people were shot, but they still hung on their horses and continued to run wildly.

After the first row fired, they immediately squatted down to charge the ammunition. At this time, the 500 soldiers in the second row had already lit the matchlocks, aimed at the heavy armored cavalry and fired together. A long row of gunshots sounded, and nearly 200 iron kite cavalrymen After being shot, the second row squatted down immediately, the third row started shooting, and then the first row had finished charging and started a new round of shooting.

   All of this happened about 500 steps away from the city wall. Under the bright moonlight, the defenders on the top of the city could see it very clearly. All the Xixia soldiers, including the emperor Li Ganshun and the coach Li Cha, were dumbfounded.

In their hearts, the iron kite cavalry, who were like gods in their hearts, was defeated by the Song army with a mysterious weapon. In just one round of shooting, the iron kite cavalry suffered more than 500 casualties. At this speed, the Song army would have to shoot at least three rounds. The casualties of the iron kite cavalry were more than half, and once the heavy armored cavalry was tripped, they couldn't get up at all. If there was no help, the cavalry would only wait to be captured or killed.

  Li Qianshun was extremely shocked, and asked in disbelief: "What kind of weapon is this?"

With Brother Li Cha's knowledge, he still didn't think it was a sorcery. He stared at it for a moment, then sighed and said, "This should be a new type of firearm of the Song army. In Xiazhou, we suffered heavy casualties with this kind of firearm. Everyone They all thought that there were sorcerers in the Song army practicing sorcery, which seriously affected the morale of the soldiers. If they had known that they were firearms, the iron kite cavalry should not have fought."

  Li Qianshun immediately said in a hurry: "Then quickly call back the cavalry!"

  Brother Li Cha shook his head, "Ordinary cavalry may be able to come back, but heavy armored cavalry will never retreat, they will not come back!"

   Li Qianshun seemed to have stepped on the ground and fell into an endless abyss. A kind of strong regret poured into his heart. The huge pressure of the past few days finally crushed him at this moment.

  Li Qianshun's body shook a few times, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out. The guards turned pale in shock, and hurriedly supported him and shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

  Brother Li Cha was also taken aback. The emperor fainted, which would have a huge adverse effect on the morale of the army. He hurriedly ordered the guards: "Help the emperor back to the palace immediately, and go!"

   All the guards anxiously carried Li Qianshun down the city and ran towards the palace. At this time, the news that the emperor had fainted at the top of the city had spread throughout Nancheng, and everyone felt pessimistic about the future of Xixia in their hearts.

Under the city, the firecrackers fired three rounds, fired 4,500 bullets, and knocked out the 3,000 iron kite cavalry, causing more than half of the casualties directly due to the bullets. In addition, more than 400 cavalry tripped. After fifty steps, there were only a thousand iron kite heavy armored cavalry left, and the ordinary cavalry behind them were ambushed three times by the Song army's **** arm crossbow army, causing extremely heavy casualties.

At this time, what the iron kite cavalry faced was not the soldiers of the firecracker army, but 3,000 heavy armored infantry holding swords in their hands. The 1,500 firecracker soldiers were quickly retreated by the cavalry guards like heroes. Miles away, they have finished their soldiers, and the rest of the battle has nothing to do with them.

Li Yanqing had already given the order to encircle. The 40,000 Song troops had already surrounded the remaining ordinary cavalry and the 1,000 iron kite cavalry regiments. The 3,000 heavy armored infantry changed their tactics and formed a semicircle. Maintaining a defensive state and constantly compressing the space of the iron kite cavalry, the thousand iron kite cavalry completely lost the advantage of running at high speed, just like a raptor trapped in a quagmire, which created opportunities for the outer **** arm crossbow troops .

Within 30 steps, the powerful crossbow can shoot through everything, including the armor of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, but when the cavalry reaches 30 steps, the crossbow soldiers have no chance to shoot, but the heavy infantry At this time, it was like a thick wall, which prevented the iron kite cavalry from running in the narrow space, and created opportunities for the **** arm crossbow soldiers to shoot within thirty steps.

The **** arm crossbow soldiers are the nightmare of the iron kite cavalry. They hide behind the heavy armored infantry and shoot the iron kite cavalry who are close at hand. They shoot horses but not people. The horse hissed and fell down, bringing the cavalry on it with it.

When the outer cavalry fell, the heavy armored infantry continued to shrink, falling, and shrinking. In just half an hour, there were less than two hundred of the thousand iron kite cavalry, and all the ordinary cavalry were killed. Two rounds of **** arm crossbow arrows were fired, and the iron kite cavalry all disappeared. The world-famous Xixia iron kite cavalry was finally wiped out on the eve of Xixia's demise, and disappeared in the long river of history.

  Li Yanqing received Wang Gui's report, and he immediately ordered, "The army resumes formation!"

  'Boom! Boom! Boom! ' The earth-shattering war drums sounded, and the 80,000 army began to quickly gather again, forming a black ocean that covered the sky again.

When the sound of the war drums stopped, the seven super giants began to creak and pull away. On the top of the city, Brother Li Cha suddenly realized something, and his face suddenly turned pale. The Song Army did not have siege weapons such as siege ladders. Then how they will attack the city is self-evident.

  Brother Li Cha understands that all his preparations for the past few days have been in vain, and a tragic street battle is about to break out.

  He suddenly stomped his feet and roared, "Follow me!"

   More than a thousand confidant soldiers followed him and rushed down the city. The soldiers at the top of the city looked at each other, wondering what happened?

  At this time, the tall trebuchets were launched at the same time, and seven huge black thunderbolts soared into the sky. The matchlocks sizzled and burned in mid-air, and the thunderbolts rolled and smashed towards the top of the city five hundred steps away.

The soldiers at the top of the city shouted and squatted down one after another. Seven thunderbolts exploded inside and outside the city wall one after another. A section of the city wall collapsed more than 20 feet, and hundreds of soldiers rolled down the city and were buried by a large amount of sand pouring out of the city wall.

But it was the South City Gate that really caused great destructive power. Two thunderbolts accurately hit the city tower and exploded on the top of the city. Yang Zhaofang was right at all. The city wall collapsed inward at the same time, and the entire city tower and city gate collapsed. When the black smoke cleared, the south tower and city wall had disappeared, leaving only a large pile of messy stone piles and broken logs.

A section of the city wall that was more than 200 steps long disappeared, but the Song army was not in a hurry to launch an attack. They continued to project shocking thunders. Five rounds of shocking thunders were fired in a row, and the entire southern city became riddled with holes, and the collapsed city walls amounted to as many as Thirteen places, more than 5,000 soldiers were killed or injured.

  The worst thing was at the South City Gate, where the rock pile was completely blown to pieces, and the situation in Xingqing City was completely presented in front of Song Jun.

Li Yanqing finally gave the order to attack, the drums were beating, and 80,000 soldiers bravely ran towards the city of Xingqing. The soldiers spread wooden boards one after another, and dozens of bridges were formed in an instant, turning the trench into a thoroughfare. The overwhelming number of soldiers rushed to the city.

  The street fighting in the city lasted until the early morning, and the more than 25,000 Tuoba troops who were stubbornly resisting in the corner were all wiped out. The great chief Tuoba Heita and his son Tuoba Wei all died in the rebellion.

The battles in the whole city have ended one after another, but the last battle is the Xixia Palace. The Xixia Palace covers an area of ​​500 mu. It is a castle-like building surrounded by walls. Made of blue bricks, it is extremely strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Brother Li Cha led 3,000 soldiers to guard the last glory of Xixia.

Surrounded by more than a thousand cavalry, Li Yanqing slowly came to the front of the palace. Wang Gui stepped forward to salute and said, "I want to report to Dutong, my brothers have been attacking for nearly three hours, with more than a thousand casualties, but they still haven't been able to take it down." Palace."

   "Is Zhentian useless?"

  Wang Gui shook his head, "The city wall is too strong, even using three thunderbolts has no effect!"

  Li Yanqing stared at the palace for a moment, then turned around and asked Yang Zhaofang, "How many buildings are there in the palace?"

  Yang Zhaofang hastily said: "Report to Dutong, there are more than 120 buildings of various kinds in the palace."

   "Are all wooden buildings?"

  "Basically all, but there is also an underground palace, which has a well and stores a lot of food."

  Li Yanqing nodded, and said to Wang Gui: "They are given an hour to come out and surrender, otherwise, I will attack with fire, burn the palace to nothingness, and wipe out Xixia completely!"

  (end of this chapter)

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