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"Could it have already fallen?"
"Secondly, the Han army's divine cannons, whose sound was like thunder,"
"A long stick that can shoot iron projectiles,"
Is it really as difficult to handle as the letter of appeal suggests?
Li Renyi resolutely blocked the railway.
"The Southern Army Command will certainly not fall,"
"Although the walls of the inner castle have collapsed,"
"But the walls of the mother city are extremely thick."
"No matter how powerful the Han soldiers' cannons are,"
"It's also impossible to blow down the thick city walls."
"Over the past few decades, how many times have the Han people attacked and attacked the Southern Army Commandery?"
"Three thousand soldiers can hold out for more than half a year."
"This time there are 20,000 soldiers,"
"If the inner city does not fall,"
"I don't even plan to send reinforcements,"
"Because the Han soldiers definitely cannot break through."
"hope so."
Zhang Yu always felt there was something wrong.
Ding Zhongyi, the prefect of Xiliang, said,
"Even if the Southern Army Commandery has already fallen,"
"We must send a large army to take it back!"
This statement is politically correct.
No one could refute it.
The status of Liangzhou (Wuwei) in Western Xia,
Similar to Luoyang's role in the Song Dynasty,
It was the legal secondary capital of the Western Xia Dynasty.
Once the Southern Army Command is gone,
The secondary capital of Western Xia was exposed to the Ming army's advance.
We must take back the city, even if it costs lives.
Zhao Yuan concentrated his forces to attack the Southern Army Commandery.
Strategically, this means attacking the enemy's most vulnerable point!
Two days later, the vanguard cavalry of Western Xia...
We successfully entered the Karo River Valley.
I saw gullies on both sides of the river valley.
They then sent more than ten riders in to scout ahead.
To prevent the Han army from setting up ambushes in the valleys.
It probably passed the Tianzhu County of later generations,
The two sides' scout cavalry met.
Small-scale cavalry battles broke out.
.....
Yang Zhi convened a meeting of his generals: "Enemy reinforcements will be arriving soon."
"I'll lead the attack!" Gong Xiu immediately shouted.
Yang Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, after lunch."
"Let the soldiers rest for a while before attacking the city."
Gong Xiu asked in surprise, "Isn't the attack supposed to be at night?"
"When did I say I would attack the city at night?" Yang Zhi asked with a smile.
"For more than a month, we've been beating drums and shouting every night,"
"Isn't this just a tactic to wear down the enemy?"
"Although I haven't read much, I still understand this principle,"
"It can keep the enemy inside the city awake at night, and it can also lull them into a false sense of security."
Gong Xiu said,
"When the enemy is exhausted and sleepy, and has become accustomed to the shouts at night,"
"They suddenly sent troops to attack!"
Yang Zhi laughed and said, "That's what I thought too."
"However, General Li said it would be better to send troops out during the day."
Li Yanxian said, "We've exhausted the enemy for over a month."
"The enemy commander will surely be on guard at night,"
"They didn't expect our army to attack during the day."
"That's one point. Now, let's talk about the second point."
"Many sections of the enemy's city walls have collapsed,"
"After being besieged and harassed for many days,"
"Morale is far from what it used to be,"
"There is absolutely no need for another night raid."
"Our army attacked the city during the day,"
"It can better utilize the strengths of military formations and firearms."
Gong Xiu nodded and said, "That's true."
The meeting ended quickly.
Gong Xiu went to make military deployments.
Today is Han Huaizhong's turn to guard the city.
He saw the Ming army mobilizing its troops.
They also organized the soldiers to defend in an orderly manner.
It's become a routine.
These two months,
It's the same every day.
The Ming army dispatched troops in shifts every morning.
They made it look like they were about to attack the city.
Then they simply bombarded the breach with artillery.
By the afternoon, the shelling had stopped.
Then they sounded a loud drumbeat to launch a feigned attack.
The Ming army advanced in formation for a distance.
They scared the city's garrison and then retreated.
Meanwhile, the Western Xia garrison...
After hearing the cannon fire and the drumbeats,
Then go and move the earth, wood, and stones.
Simply plug the breach that was blasted open.
Then it was evening again.
The Ming army was outside the city walls on three sides.
Each faction had three thousand men, each holding torches and shouting.
The drumming can last for a full hour.
The next day, the same routine was used again.
The Ming troops outside the city could take turns exhausting the enemy.
The Western Xia army inside the city, however, was having a hard time sleeping.
Because a feint attack could turn into a real attack at any time.
Chapter 1711 Mother City
One after another, the polished stone bullets,
Slightly smaller in diameter than standard iron bullets
It was also wrapped in a piece of cloth on the outside.
They were stuffed into the cannon barrels by the artillerymen.
Reduce the diameter and wrap the fabric.
All of these measures were taken to reduce the wear and tear on the gun barrel caused by rough stone projectiles.
They observed the movements of the Ming army's artillery from a distance.
The Western Xia soldiers left the city walls on their own.
Especially away from several gaps,
They are already very experienced.
"Boom boom boom!"
As the sound of cannon fire rang out...
One stone bullet after another flew out.
The makeshift fortifications with several gaps were smashed.
The iron and stone projectiles fired by the Ming army
They all provided fortification materials to the Western Xia army.
A large number of projectiles were piled up at the breach.
And the collapsed red clay city wall.
It was also smashed into small pieces.
They piled up the gaps to block them.
Because the stone projectile has a smaller diameter,
The power of the blast also decreases.
But as long as the makeshift fortifications are hit,
Those obstacles can be blasted away immediately.
There were even some carefree Western Xia soldiers.