Four, the fire of war

14. Trapped in a siege

The army of the breeding family in Huanzhou was very sad. The whole army wore hemp and filial piety, set up a mourning hall for Zhong Shiheng, and prepared incense, candle paper, money and a memorial.

The eldest son, Zhong Gu, burst into tears and helped Zhong Shiheng into the coffin. The scene was very touching. It was seen that the twelve Xiao of the Zhong family army were worried and sad. These twelve people were originally the cronies of Zhong Shiheng when he was alive. They had a very close relationship with Zhong Gu. Before the funeral, these twelve people came to the front of Zhong Gu and knelt down and asked to go to war. They swore. We should kill Gui Dechuan to avenge the world and wash the Xixia army on the west bank of the river.

At this time, Zhong Gu lost his father, and he hated the Western Xia army even more. He immediately agreed to these twelve generals. At noon that day, he raised 20,000 troops and spread it on the east bank of Guidechuan. After the three drums, the twelve generals of the Zhongjia army divided their troops into twelve ways to cross Guidechuan, and the bloody battle began.

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The Huanzhou seed army crossed the Guide River like crazy, broke through the large array of the Xixia army three times, shot and killed Wenkai, the vanguard of Xixia, cut the pressure of the army, and forced the Xixia army back three miles.

On this good opportunity, the ancient rate of twelve Xiao generals crossed Guidechuan and personally led troops to chase and kill the defeated army in Xixia. In ancient times, those who killed ten enemies were rewarded with a thousand cents, those who killed a hundred enemies were rewarded with a hundred yuan, those who killed the enemy leader was promoted to the first level, and those who retreated!

The flame of revenge and attractive rewards made these long-standing soldiers more fanatical. They chased and killed the defeated army of Xixia and ran more than ten miles before they stopped.

In front of them are the mountains and Maolin. He Lin, one of the twelve vanguard generals of the family army, immediately stopped the whole army, and ordered the army to rectify the army and form a new battle to prevent the enemy from counterattack. Then, he came to the Chinese army to meet with the ancients to discuss countermeasures.

Almost at the same time, a fleet came straight down the north of the Guide River. The first ship was tall and strong. The flag of Xixia was hung on the sail, followed by more than a hundred large and small ships. The ship carried the murderous Xixia army and rushed straight to the east coast of Guidechuan.

A quarter of an hour later, the Xixia army that came along the way continued to land and occupied the beaches on both sides and killed the company camp of the Song army.

More than 2,000 troops guarding the company camp on the east bank of Guidechuan found the enemy, quickly ignited the wolf smoke and reported to the army chasing across the river. That is, in an instant, the Xixia army, which was several times more than its own, rushed into the company camp and annihilated more than 2,000 troops in the torrent.

Three quarters of an hour later, the east coast of Guidechuan was lost.

The Xixia army, which had been ready for a long time, erected six camps on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with the momentum of thunder. Countless pits and horses were dug around the camp. There were many long guns between the battalions and the battalions, and strong bows and hard crossbows were arranged for long-range shooting.

The leader of the Xixia army this time is Canglong's good brother, the head of the Hanhai Eleven Tribal Alliance.

According to Canglong's plan, he quickly occupied both sides of Guidechuan and laid out heavy troops, intending to trap the family army.

Before leaving, Canglong told the rock, "In this battle, I bet on the lives of all the elites of our Hanhai 11 tribes and introduce the family army to the battle. Either I die or he dies. Take care, brother!"

The rock patted his chest and told Canglong, "Don't worry, when the old man dies, their hands and feet are in chaos, and Huanzhou is at their fingertips!"

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15. Zhao Ze rescued the family army

There were a series of wars in the northwest of Huanzhou, and the war horses outside the fortress crossed Hengduan Mountain several times.

This time, Yuan Li Hao, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, ordered Canglong, the great hero of Hanhai, Canglong and the chief rock to attack Huanzhou. Yuan Hao's order was very simple. Either he attacked the Song army in Huanzhou and died, or he waited for the Song army to attack first, and Hanhai 11 parts died.

The eleven parts of Hanhai are just between Huanzhou and Xingqing Mansion, the king city of Xixia. There are eleven large tribes living in this vast desert like the sea.

These tribes are all slaves of Xixia. They are ordered by the chief rock of the alliance and the famous hero Canglong in World War I.

In order to survive, Hanhai 11 mobilized 50,000 strong men, just to break Huanzhou, defeat the Song army, and defend the old and young.

After a night's fight, Zhong Gu was covered with blood. Three of his brother-like twelve Xiao will die. Two of them disappeared, and the rest were injured. The most serious one was the vanguard He Lin. When he led the army to resist the shield array of Canglong, he was tricked and was bombarded down by the 3,000 Xixia musketeers hidden in the array in 30 steps. There were more than a thousand people, and he was also shot more than a dozen times. If it hadn't been for the poor penetration of Xixia's iron sand projectile, he would have died on the spot.

Even so, there are several iron bullets that penetrate the armor into the viscera, but I don't know how long he can last.

At dawn, the breeding army was forced to the point of exhaustion. Behind it was the trap set by the Xixia army. Yesterday, it should have been attacked dozens of times, with nearly 10,000 casualties.

If today's attack is strong, even if it is over, the pursuers in front of them will take the opportunity to cover up. At that time, how many of the Zhongjia army can survive, and Zhonggu is not sure.

For today's plan, there are only three ways to choose from. The first is to seize the battle on the west bank of Guidechuan. The second is to delay the time of the in-situ battle, hoping that the breeding army of Huanzhou Prefecture can come and relieve the siege. The third is to cross the mountains to the east and kill Baimachuan into Hongdezhai.

However, the Xixia army seemed to have expected it for a long time that it had put countless traps on the only way for the breeding army.

In the end, Zhonggu decided to delay the time of fighting in situ and consume the soldiers and horses of the Xixia army.

The breeding army is well-equipped and well-trained. There are eleven people in Hanhai, Xixia, and those barbarian soldiers are even more brave and not afraid of death. They exchanged their lives with their flesh and blood for their lives.

Within half a day, the Xixia army launched waves of attacks back and forth, with countless casualties. They not only shot all the iron sand projectiles, but also shot all the arrows. Ten thousand horses on the west coast were almost all killed, and the rock chief divided the 5,000 people stationed on the west bank to continue the attack.

Canglong led his army to face the enemy head-on and pushed forward step by step with a shield array of long guns, forcing the seed army to a flat valley.

As long as you attack two or three more times, no, to be precise, it should be two times, and all the 6,000 elites of the Huanzhou Seed Army will all die on the river bank.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, a huge mushroom-shaped black smoke rose from the Xixia army on the east coast. In an instant, the flying sand and stones shook a large area of the Xixia army.

At the same time, tens of thousands of troops poured out in the direction of Maling River, Ansaizhai and Huidingbao in Huanzhou, shouting for the east bank of Guide River.

Hanhai Eleven Alliance Chiefs Rock quickly gathered the remaining more than 5,000 people to meet the enemy. He has already planned to withstand the attack of those defenders in Huanzhou City. They must be. They are just archers and local soldiers who are not afraid.

However, the rock is wrong. These are not archers and soldiers in Huanzhou City at all. Those people are still in Huanzhou City. The tens of thousands of troops rolled like waves are all the soldiers and horses of Zhaoze in Dengzhou, more than 30,000.

The left army went north along the Maling River, led by Yang Wenguang, Zhe Xiaolan, Chao Fang, Guo Yushan and Zhang Hai, with 6,000 people and horses.

The Middle Route Army attacked head-on from the direction of Ansaizhai, led by Zhao Ze himself. However, there were Di Ning, Lu Jun, Sanmei, A Han, Li Tiegang, Ren Qian, stone traitors, and 10,000 people and horses.

The right army attacked from the direction of Huidingbao, led by Zhang Zai, but there were Mu Yunhan, Jiao Yan, Jiao Zhenhua, Lu Cheng, Chen Shun, Teng Xiong, Tang Lin, Wu Feng, Wu Lang, Wu Xia, and 5,000 people and horses.

Superintendent Fubi, Shi Jie and Sun Fu are responsible for suppressing the rear,

Huang Qi and Jia Yan are in charge of military weapons and military grain.

Shangguan Mei, Zhan Zhao, Ouyang Chun and other guards are in the middle to protect the Chinese army.

In Zhao Ze's middle army, there is a kind of earth cannon called a large barrel. It is shaped like a water tank. It is made of pure steel and is easy to carry. It can fire a basin-sized gunpowder bag within a hundred steps, causing a strong explosion after landing.

Zhao Ze used ten such cannons to attack the Xixia army head-on. For a moment, on the east coast of Guidechuan, the fire soared to the sky, and the sound of explosions came one after another. The Xixia army camp turned upside down, and the three huge camps were instantly fragmented.

Before the Xixia army, which was blown up, had not yet recovered, Zhao Ze's three-way army arrived at the door of his house and had a bloody attack. Zhao Ze's 300 commandos also arrived, holding a series of firearms, opened fire in the running, rushed to kill regardless of his body, and knocked down all the Xixia soldiers with high shields and killed them. Army.

As soon as the rock saw that the general trend was gone, the situation could not be controlled, so he hurriedly jumped into the boat with the children of more than a dozen clans and fled for their lives.

The 6,000 Xixia troops were slaughtered in half an hour, and few of them surrendered.

Subsequently, Zhao Ze's Middle Army shelled the west coast of Guidechuan, destroying the Xixia army camp there, and opening a way to escape for the breeding army.