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Zhang Qing also expressed his concern.
"Should we retract the suspension bridge?"
Zhao Yuan watched as his soldiers continuously carried fire bombs up from behind him.
"No need. We can just blow up the suspension bridge when the situation gets critical."
Two thousand catties of gunpowder were used to blow up the city.
There are still two thousand catties of gunpowder left.
These two days,
Zhao Yuan then ordered the city's craftsmen to forge many hollow iron balls.
Burying gunpowder and fuses inside creates a fire mine.
Chapter 1907 Another Siege
Soon, Bu Bazi entered the range of the Divine Arm Crossbow.
The archers in the city then began to fire continuously.
The densely packed crowd was quickly cleared, creating a space.
The commanding officer shouted, "Move to both sides!"
The Western Xia soldiers immediately moved to both sides.
No one charged from the middle anymore.
The archers inside the city gates immediately became useless.
Zhang Qing saw that the Western Xia soldiers were almost at the moat.
He immediately shouted, "Fry!"
Gave an order,
Dozens of fireballs traced an arc.
They landed in the Western Xia army.
Amid the explosion,
Blood and flesh flying everywhere
The screams continued,
The Western Xia offensive was thus halted.
Just one attack,
It killed and injured hundreds of people.
The Western Xia people, who had been bravely advancing, were shocked to see such a tragic scene.
He was so frightened that he backed away.
The commander originally intended for his soldiers to rush to the moat.
Then use archers to suppress the people on the city walls.
But I never expected the fire and thunder to be so powerful.
The garrison commander of Lingzhou, watching from behind, also had his brows twitching.
However, his intention was to deplete the opponent's fire and lightning.
If they retreat after suffering only a few hundred casualties,
He also felt ashamed.
"Those who retreat will be killed."
The soldiers, fleeing in disarray, saw their commander's resolute stance.
They had no choice but to stop.
The commanding officer thought for a moment.
"There aren't many Han Chinese on the city walls,"
"As long as we reach the moat,"
"We can suppress them with bows and arrows."
"Everyone, spread out. The Han people certainly don't have many firearms."
"I don't believe they'd be willing to blow up a single person."
The group of barbarians thought about it and agreed that it made sense.
They then advanced towards the moat in a loose formation.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuan shook his head and said,
"I didn't expect the Western Xia people to see the weakness of firearms so quickly. Let's use bows and arrows."
Zhang Qing said, "The Shenbi crossbows don't have many arrows left."
Zhao Yuan said, "Then let's use bows and arrows."
After capturing Xingqing Prefecture,
The Liang army, however, captured a large number of weapons from the Western Xia.
There were countless ordinary swords, spears, and arrows.
Although the city walls held some advantages
The range is also longer than when firing from below.
However, the Western Xia people noticed that the Han people no longer used firearms.
But they became bolder.
Although people were shot down from time to time,
But those behind continued to push forward.
Soon people arrived at the moat.
The people crouching on the ground shooting upwards at the city walls.
Sun Li, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong, and others continued to shoot and kill those below the city walls.
However, they were no match for the sheer number of Western Xia people.
More and more arrows were being shot up from below the city walls.
People on the city wall were being hit by arrows one after another.
Zhao Yuan watched as the enemy on the city wall was gradually being suppressed.
He said to Shi Yong beside him,
“Send three hundred personal guards to defend the city.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing hurriedly said,
"I still have five hundred men resting under my command,"
"Let them go up to the city."
Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "They still have to guard the city tonight."
"My personal guards have been resting for many days,"
"It's time for them to lend a hand."
The Lingzhou garrison commander saw that the archers on the city wall were being suppressed.
They immediately dispatched another troop to seize the city.
The archers behind the city gate were blocked by the city tower.
However, they were not hit by arrows.
The integrity of the queue was maintained.
Although this group of soldiers carried leather shields,
However, under the fire of the crossbow,
The leather shield, however, was completely useless.
He was shot dead as soon as he showed his face.
The people who rushed forward saw that they couldn't get through.
They couldn't help but hesitate.
They slowed down when they reached both sides of the suspension bridge.
Zhang Qing saw that there were many people crowded on both sides of the bridge.
He immediately ordered a fire and thunder attack.
Those chosen to throw the fire bombs were all people with strong arms.
There's no need to stand against the outer wall.
A team of players was also deployed in front to provide cover.
Just throw it forward with all your might.
All the fire bombs were thrown over the moat.
Some of them even extended several meters beyond the moat.
However, the shattered iron fragments were enough to kill people within several meters.
After a series of explosions,
There was no one standing at the bridgehead anymore.
The archers closer to the river also suffered.
Zhao Yuan did not order the city gates to be closed.
Once there are more archers below the city...
They then attacked with fire and lightning.
After the three hundred personal guards went up the city wall,
They were all concentrated on both sides of the city gate.
They quickly suppressed the archers below the city.
The Lingzhou garrison commander watched as his two thousand troops, sent from both the front and rear, were almost completely wiped out.
It was a bit of a financial pain.
The garrison commander of Jingzhou, however, said from the side,
"The Han people have used firearms much less frequently,"
"Only those people below the city gate are still using the crossbow."
“Send some more people,”
"We can definitely exhaust the Han people's firearms and crossbows."
Renli nodded and said, "If we can retake Xingqing Prefecture,"
"The greatest credit should go to the troops of Lingzhou."
The garrison commander of Lingzhou also felt that the Han people did not seem to have many firearms.
There is still a high chance of recapturing Xingqing Prefecture.
So he gritted his teeth and sent another two thousand men.