bookbashuk Page 1531
Page 1531
They were simply caught off guard.
Perhaps firearms reached the vicinity of the Liao emperor.
This frightened the Liao emperor away.
The soldiers of Western Xia, however, had seen many Song Dynasty firearms before.
What is there to fear?
The three armies annihilated the Zhong family army and the Liang army.
The remaining Western Army forces on Fuyan Road and Yongxing Road are no longer a concern.
Without the Sixth Route of Shaanxi,
The entire Central Plains was like a woman without clothes.
There is no more obstruction.
The Western Xia were unable to invade the Central Plains.
However, it could be done in a similar way to the Liao Dynasty's forceful seizure of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun.
First, they occupied the six routes of Shaanxi.
Then they would coerce the Liangshan outlaws in the Central Plains into paying tribute of gold and silver to help them expand their territory.
If we can capture the King of Liang alive,
Perhaps it's also possible to make the Great Liang a puppet state of the Western Xia.
Even if the main beam cannot be controlled
The Western Xia could also focus on its development.
With the large population of the Sixth Route of Shaanxi,
A Tangut man could marry ten Han Chinese women.
Twenty years later, the Tanguts will be able to build an even larger army.
Then we can conquer the Central Plains.
The schemes devised by Zhong Shidao and Cha Ge, who have been fighting for over a decade, are both quite large this time.
It all comes down to whose teeth are better.
The sunset was like blood.
The land beneath the city walls had long been soaked in blood.
It was so red it was almost black.
Some wild dogs lingered around the battlefield.
They would grab a severed limb and run away without warning.
Emperor Huizong of Zhao was born in the Year of the Dog.
Therefore, the nationwide slaughter of dogs is prohibited.
Excessive taxes and levies have become severe in recent years.
Ordinary people also cannot afford to keep many dogs.
This resulted in the creation of many stray dogs.
Stray dogs don't have it easy either.
Competing for food with wild animals in the mountains and forests is very difficult.
So they came attracted by the smell of blood.
Although after the start of the war,
Chage then ordered his soldiers to kill the stray dogs around the battlefield.
But there were always some hungry dogs with bloodshot eyes that refused to leave.
They seemed to understand guerrilla warfare better than the Western Xia people.
As soon as the cavalry arrived, the wild dogs darted into the mountains and forests.
As soon as the cavalry left, the wild dogs came out.
This was also a declaration of war from Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia.
They seized some of the wealth and people of the Song state by surprise.
The Song army is coming; if we can fight, we should fight.
If you can't fight, run away.
Now the wild dogs are using the same tricks as their ancestors.
They then realized just how shameless this tactic was.
Many Western Xia soldiers couldn't help but shout at the wild dogs.
If you've got the guts, then have a fair and square showdown.
But the stray dogs weren't related to them at all.
I can't understand what they're saying.
Or they understood.
But they also followed Li Yuanhao's example.
They shamelessly continued with their tactics.
At first, the Western Xia people were filled with righteous indignation.
They didn't want wild dogs to snatch away their comrades' limbs.
However, after more than ten days of siege...
Then no one had the strength to fight the wild dogs anymore.
After defeating the remaining 150,000 troops of Wilder,
Another 80,000 people were lost.
Some of them were injured.
It was sent to the rear.
The remaining men had long lost their fighting spirit.
I feel dizzy in my feet.
Who has the energy to fight wild dogs?
Everyone has climbed the ladder.
They are lucky.
It is also unfortunate.
They want to stand here.
Watching his comrades fall off the city walls one after another.
The fight has continued until now.
Many soldiers had complaints.
Since the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty,
No siege lasted more than twenty days.
The defending troops were unprepared.
They will be able to capture the city.
The defending troops were prepared and besieged the area for more than ten days.
Then reinforcements arrived.
They ran away with the loot.
But now, after more than twenty days of fierce attack,
No enemy reinforcements arrived.
But they couldn't capture the city either.
They could only watch as their tribesmen fell from the city walls every day.
If it weren't for Chage's promise that after capturing the city...
Let them plunder freely.
These soldiers will likely refuse to attack cities again.
Chage, accompanied by several of his generals, stood observing the battle from about a mile outside the city.
Watching wave after wave of soldiers charge forward,
They would become corpses, or fall to the ground below the city walls and wail in agony.
Then another group of soldiers continued their unfinished mission.
The sky was beginning to darken.
Whether we can breach the city depends on this wave of soldiers.
A barbarian general pointed to a section of the city wall and shouted,
"We've gone up!"
Chage looked over upon hearing the sound.
Sure enough, a soldier climbed up the city wall.
And in the blink of an eye, he cut down several people.
Well done, another person went up next.
That barbarian is very fierce.
No matter how many people come up behind you.
He was always on the front lines.
Without the obstruction of the Western Army,
Dozens of Western Xia soldiers quickly climbed up the siege ladder below the city.
They occupied a small section of the city wall.
Seeing that the city was about to be captured, Chage couldn't help but rejoice.
"Go and ask what the first person who came to the city was called?"
"A reward of 100 gold coins, 100 camels, and 1,000 sheep."
"Intensify the siege; we must breach the city today."
The guards ran silently toward the general who was directing the attack on the city.
"No, I'll take command myself."
No sooner had the personal guards left than Chage, who was usually unfazed by praise or criticism, changed his mind.
He strode down the city wall.
Several generals hurriedly followed.
Chapter 1840 Still Can't Beat the Bandits
Brother Cha had only taken a few steps when
Then a change appeared on the city wall.
A Western Army general brandished his sword to meet the leader of the barbarians.