"I personally think there are two reasons for Wei Mingcha to decide to withdraw his troops so quickly. The first is that the iron-hard defeated the morale of the pseudo-Xia bandit army, but our friendly forces are greatly boosted. As one goes up and down, it is not only meaningless to continue to attack Wang Dehou's camp, but on the contrary, it is destined to suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, Wei Mingcha decisively chose to withdraw his troops and no longer wastes the attacking forces in vain."

"The second reason is that Wei Mingcha Ge's traitor was to allow the pseudo-Xia thief army to preserve their physical strength and win the time to prepare for the night battle. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity that our army won today and the generals and soldiers would inevitably relax and paralyze. Suddenly, at night, the sneak attack on the Wang Dehou camp, which was close at hand, and used the camp robbery to capture Wang Dehou's camp, and reverse the entire battle situation in one fell swoop."

"The reason why I have this suspicion is that it is seen from the fact that Wei Ming Cha Ge refused to send troops to the Zangdihe City defenders out of the city to break out of the siege and escape. The pseudo-Xia bandit army has not yet come up with a way to break the pointed wooden donkey. It is almost certain that we can take Zangdihe City. Logically speaking, with the small population of the pseudo-Xia Kingdom, Wei Ming Cha Ge should have divided an army with sufficient time to respond and cover the pseudo-Xia bandit army in Zangdihe City to break out of the siege and minimize the losses of the army as much as possible."

"But Wei Mingcha did not do it? Why did he refuse to do this? The biggest possibility is that he should treat Zangdihe City as an abandoned son. It is of course the best to be able to defend today. It can consume our siege army and hold our main force. It doesn't matter if it can't be defended today. When the city is broken, the pseudo-Xia thief army breaks through on its own. How much can it escape? Then it can consume our siege army and a lot of our main force's physical strength, so that we can't take action to rescue Wang Dehou. In addition, it can make Wang Dehou even more convinced that he has won and is even more careless. In the end, Wei Mingcha thieves took the opportunity to send troops to attack, and it is very likely to break through Wang Dehou's camp in one fell swoop, turning defeat into victory and mastering the advantages of the entire battlefield!"

After Zhao Rong patiently explained his analysis and deduction, Liu Qi reluctantly agreed to send a personal soldier to take Zhao Rong's letters written in horse blood to the north, and rushed to the Song army's Wang Dehou's troops to send a letter to the police. Then Liu Qi and Zhao Rong, who were in charge of the cavalry, could no longer find anything else to do, so they calmed down and just raised their telescopes to observe the progress of the Song army's siege.

In view of the severe damage caused by the Iron Harrier Army in the last battle, the morale and morale of the army were greatly affected. This time, the Song army's partial division of the Song army attacked Zangdihe City at the North Gate had been replaced by Liu Yanqing's troops on Fuyan Road. Because the Song army on Fuyan Road was not strong enough, Liu Zhongwu transferred 3,000 people from the Song army on Qinfeng Road and temporarily handed over to Liu Yanqing's command, allowing the Song army on Qinfeng Road to undertake the task of covering the crossbow, and allowing the Song army on Fuyan Road to be responsible for the ant attack.

Liu Yanqing has few direct troops in his hands. Of course, Liu Qi and Zhao Rong are not very optimistic about the prospects of the Song army on Fuyan Road. They also believe in their hearts that this siege is most likely to be the main force's first success. However, the Song army of Fuyan Road used actual performance to swell the faces of Liu Qi and Zhao Rong, which made Liu Zhao both unable to help but look at the partial division of Fuyan Road with admiration.

During the fierce battle, relying on the cover of friendly crossbows, the high-spirited Song army soldiers of Fuyan Road continued to fight, using light flight ladders to launch strong and powerful attacks on the city head. In less than an hour, they made four successes. Although they were defeated by the defenders using their military strength to retreat, they greatly encouraged the morale and fighting spirit of the Song army soldiers, hit the morale of the defenders of Zangdihe City, and successfully forced the Xixia army, which had an absolutely weak force, to join the reserve team in advance, weakening the Xixia army's ability to defend the city.

Not only did the ants fight fiercely, the Song army soldiers on Fuyan Road who were digging the city under the city were even more crazy. After successfully digging deep pits on the loess city wall that could hide people, the Song army soldiers who were digging the city quickly digging to the left and right, quickly connecting the holes of the walls, so that more Song army soldiers could hide in the holes and speed up the city digging. No matter how the defenders on the city wall threw torches and grass bundles, they could not stop the Song army soldiers' determination to dig the city. Countless Song army soldiers were crazily digging the city wall in the sea of ​​fireworks, gradually advancing toward the inside of the city wall. It was definitely not a dream to dig the city wall directly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Xixia defenders not only prepared emergency door trolleys and large amounts of sandbags for blocking the gaps early, but also risked to send suicide squads out of the city to assault, trying to kill the Song army, who had already posed a huge threat to the city wall. However, they were immediately hit by the Song army soldiers on Fuyan Road. They were first shot by the dense crossbows and suffered heavy casualties, and then they were shot back by the Song army reserve team that quickly stepped forward and retreated in a mess.

Liu Yanqing, who commanded the Song army's partial division, also knew how to seize the opportunity. Seeing that the Western Xia army's suicide squad was killed and the enemy's morale was hit again, Liu Yanqing decisively invested his follow-up troops and increased his efforts to attack the city. The Song army soldiers who followed the charge also relied on the courage to be fearless and achieved two breakthroughs in one charge. Many warriors climbed two sections of the city respectively, and successfully protected a piece of the city's position, covering more Song army warriors to follow-up the city.

Seeing that the situation was critical, the Xixia defenders on the city wall had no choice but to rush towards the city occupied by the Song army like a tide, and expelled the Song army soldiers to the city at any cost. The Song army soldiers sacrificed their lives to fight hard, fighting with the Xixia defenders on the city wall, with flesh and blood rushing, and corpses all over the ground, extremely fierce.

At this time, the Song army soldiers who were digging the city under the city also made a breakthrough and worked hard to dig the city wall. The loess on the heads of the Song army soldiers suddenly fell in large quantities, and the city wall also became curved and deformed. The Song army soldiers were overjoyed and shouted while quickly escaping from the hole in the wall, "The city wall is about to collapse, run!"

Not long after dozens of Song soldiers quickly escaped from the hole in the wall, there was a loud bang, and a piece of the city wall collapsed as expected. The Song soldiers lined up outside the city also burst into cheers. Zhao Rong and Liu Qi also quickly looked at the collapse of the city wall in Zangdihe City through the telescope. However, what made Zhao Rong and Liu Qi feel extremely regretful was that perhaps because of insufficient experience, the Song soldiers of the city were running away too quickly in order not to be buried alive, but the city wall was less than one meter wide collapsed, leaving a gap on the city wall that could be blocked at any time.

"It's a pity that the gap is too small, so we may not be able to rush in!"

Liu Qi was very sorry and Zhao Rong also agreed. Amid the shouts, a group of Song soldiers had already rushed towards the narrow gap without hesitation. No matter how the enemy on the city wall fired arrows to block the gap, they were very fast. They rushed to the gap that had naturally formed a slope before the Xixia defenders used sandbags to block the gap. Then they jumped into the city without hesitation. The fierce shouts and killing sounds also sounded inside the city wall.

At this moment, Liu Qi clenched his fists, while Zhao Rong bit his thumb and nails tightly, hoping that the Song army would continue to enter the city continuously, but also worried that the Song army's subsequent troops would not be invested enough, which would ruin the Song army warriors who took the risk of breaking into the city in vain. Their hearts were so nervous that they almost stopped beating.

The Song army's partial division on the Fuyan Road once again made Zhao Rong and Liu Qi look at them with admiration. With the dense crossbow and feather arrows like raindrops, teams of Song army soldiers rushed up crazily on their companions' bodies, rushing into the city from the narrow gap one after another, and opening a bright road that broke into the city at the narrow gap. In a blink of an eye, no less than three hundred Song army warriors rushed into the city from the gap.

The Xixia defenders were not just for a good meal. With the sandbags prepared in advance, the Xixia defenders quickly blocked the gap with sandbags and burning bundles of grass, ignited a sky-high fire at the gap, temporarily blocking the Song army's road to enter the city. Then, while doing their best to stop the Song army soldiers from swarming into the city, they frantically suppressed the Song army warriors who had already rushed into the city, and fierce shouts filled the sky.

"It depends on whether our soldiers entering the city can open the city gate from the inside." Zhao Rong concluded in his heart, "If possible, Zangdihe City will be broken! If not, no one of our warriors entering the city will come back alive!"

The Song army soldiers on Fuyan Road once again brought surprises to Zhao Rong and other friendly troops outside the city. Amid the thunderous shouts of killing, the north gate of the enemy city that had been closed before was suddenly opened from the inside. A blood-stained Song army soldier appeared before the city gate. The Song army was fond of crying again, and more Song army soldiers could not wait to rush towards the city gate and rushed into the city one after another like a tide. After them, there were teams of heavy armored infantry of the Song army who were quickly forward.

"Broken!"

Liu Qi and Zhao Rong also cheered together, both showing joy. Then Zhao Rong quickly reminded: "Four Generals, be prepared. The pseudo-Xia thief army may break out of the city through the east and west gates!"

Liu Qi nodded vigorously and immediately ordered his Song cavalry to prepare for combat so that he could launch an assault at any time and intercept the Xixia army that had escaped from the city to escape. At this moment, the pointer of time had already pointed to the Shen Shichu in the afternoon.

At this time, another small episode happened. Liu Qi's personal soldiers who had gone north to deliver the letter back to Liu Qi and reported to him, saying that he had sent the letter to Wang Dehou according to the order. When Liu Qi asked Wang Dehou what his reaction was, the personal soldiers truthfully replied: "Report to the fourth general, the villain did not meet General Wang, but just went outside his tent and handed the letter to his personal soldiers, and then he was sent back."

"Didn't see him?" Liu Qi frowned slightly, but he was helpless, so he could only nod and said, "Okay, you go down and rest. I hope General Wang can pay attention to our warning."

"Wang Dehou, don't take our warning seriously, right?" Zhao Rong was also secretly worried, but he was also helpless.

In fact, Liu Qi and Zhao Rong didn't have much time to consider this issue. Seeing that the city gate of Beicheng had been broken through and failed to regain the city gate after several counterattacks, they saw the heavy armored soldiers of the Song army lined up into the city. The Xixia defenders of Zangdihe City had no choice but to quickly shrink to the east gate, which was relatively open and not under the enemy, and prepare to break out of the city and escape. They were also extremely stubborn. During the period of shrinking their troops, they set fire to ignite the armory and granary in the city wall.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Western Xia defenders shrinking their troops, the main force of the Song army also made a major breakthrough in the southern city. After the Ximen Gate, which was not under the enemy in Zangdihe City, suddenly opened wide. The Western Xia cavalry swarmed out and rushed northward with a whip. Liu Qi immediately led the Song army's light cavalry to rush forward to stop them. Zhao Rong also chased the reins of the horse with both hands, hiding among the crowd of the Song cavalry brigade, pretending to make contributions, not asking for any decisive achievements, but only asking for a layer of bright halo of charge and formation on his resume.

In fact, Zhao Rong didn't need to slash people with a knife. The number of Western Xia cavalry in Zangdihe City was only six or seven hundred, and he was eager to escape north. He just encountered the Song army's interception and then collapsed on his own. He had no intention of fighting and only wanted to escape. In addition, the main force of the Song army quickly sent cavalry to participate in the pursuit. Of course, Zhao Rong didn't need to do it himself, just hide in his own crowd and shouted loudly, "Kill! Kill! Kill all the pseudo-Xia thieves!"

The pursuit of the Western Xia cavalry lasted only half an hour before it was declared over. The Song cavalry was chasing with all their might in the rear. Wang Dehou urgently dispatched cavalry to intercept and pick them up. In the end, less than a hundred people left of the Western Xia cavalry who broke out of the city finally escaped back to their main camp. On the contrary, the Western Xia infantry who fled to the west after leaving the west gate escaped more, and forced the Song army to dispatch infantry to pursue the mountain and do their best to expand the results.

Even more, when Zhao Rong returned to Zangdihe City happily with the Song cavalry, the Song army infantry had already successfully captured the entire city, completely wiped out and captured all the remaining enemies in the city. Inside and outside the city of Zangdihe City, there were laughter and joy everywhere, and there were also excited Song soldiers everywhere.

At this time, Zhao Rong, who had been spoiled since childhood, was certainly exhausted and almost exhausted. Fortunately, Liu Zhongwu's order to retreat soon came, allowing all the Song army soldiers who participated in the war today to return to the camp to rest. The rotation of the new forces took over Zangdihe City and pursued the remaining enemies on the mountain. The Song army soldiers who were also tired enough also cheered again, quickly sorted out their own teams, and returned to the camp with the seized spoils and the cut enemy heads.

After returning to the Song army camp exhausted, Zhao Rong was not only warmly welcomed by his left-behind companions, but also when he returned to the Central Army camp, he met Gao Qiu, who was determined to hide in the camp and ready to escape at any time in every battle. Gao Qiu also smiled and patted Zhao Rong on the shoulder, saying, "I did a good job and made a plan to defeat the Iron Harrier. I will definitely remember a lot of money on the credit book. Are you exhausted? Go back and have a meal and rest, and I will talk about the rest tomorrow."

Zhao Rong, who was indeed exhausted, thanked and agreed. However, when he was about to leave, Zhao Rong remembered what had happened before and hurriedly told Gao Qiu about the warning he issued to Wang Dehou through Liu Qi, and then said: "Deputy Commander, the personal soldiers of the Fourth General did not see General Wang. I don't know whether General Wang attaches importance to our warnings. Can you please send someone in person? I would like to remind General Wang to set up a tight defense tonight and be careful to prevent the night attack of the counterfeit Xia thief army?"

"There is no need for that?" Gao Qiu said disapprovingly: "General Wang is an old military service, how could he ignore this issue? Besides, you and Liu Qi have written to warn him, and he will definitely be careful."

"Deputy Commander, be careful." Zhao Rong insisted: "You are the deputy commander of our Great Song Palace Front Office. If you say something, you must say a hundred words to General Wang."

"There is no need. General Wang is an old military service. We need to remind you again and again?" Gao Qiu still shook his head and urged: "Go and rest quickly. I will go and welcome Mr. Liu. I will talk about anything tomorrow."

Seeing Gao Qiu insisting, Zhao Rong had no choice but to bow down honestly, then get supper and go back to the bill to rest. Because he was so tired enough, he didn't even wash his face and soon fell asleep in the felt blanket.

However, Zhao Rong was unable to sleep until dawn. Not long after the sound of the fourth pm clapper, the drums in the Song army camp suddenly became loud. Zhao Rong, Zhao Xiaoyi, Wu Song and others were immediately awakened by the drums. They quickly put on their clothes and got out of the tent to check the situation. As a result, they just looked north and Zhao Rong's face turned pale. In the dark night sky, the clouds in the distance were already reflected by the flames. It was obvious that somewhere in the north had a huge fire ignited.

"It's a fire? It's a fire there? Why is the fire so big?" Zhao Xiaoyi also saw something wrong.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Wang Dehou's camp." Zhao Rong's voice was hoarse and said word by word: "I guessed that Brother Wei Mingcha's traitor withdrew his troops back to the camp at noon. It was indeed to paralyze Wang Dehou, so that Wang Dehou thought that the pseudo-Xia thief army had no morale to continue. Then he took the opportunity to let the soldiers hurry up and rest and prepare for the night attack. Taking advantage of our careless opportunity after we won today, he suddenly sent troops to attack Wang Dehou's camp."

"What should I do?" Wu Song asked quickly.

"What I said is not the final decision. It must be decided by General Liu." Zhao Rong's voice was filled with pain, and he said, "I just hope that Wang Dehou's losses can be smaller, and it is best to be able to defend the camp and withstand the impact of the pseudo-Xia thief army. Otherwise, once Wang Dehou was defeated, we would be at a disadvantage again."

Things in the world are so helpless. Although Zhao Rong repeatedly prayed for God's blessing, Liu Zhongwu also ventured to dispatch a new force to rescue the north in the middle of the night. However, when it was dawn, countless defeated Song troops fled from the north, which also brought shocking news to the Liu Zhongwu unit of the Song army, who had just won a big victory yesterday. Wang Dehou's camp was sneak attacked and attacked by the Xixia army. Wang Dehou's troops were defeated and fled south. The Xixia army not only seized countless military supplies, but also completely reversed the situation on the entire battlefield and gained an absolute power advantage on the battlefield in Zangdihe City!
Chapter completed!