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Chapter 828 The Xingqing Warehouse with Rising Flames and Billowing Smoke (Second Change)
Chapter 837

"The last general obeys the order! Did you hear that? Why are you still standing there? Hurry up, get on my horse, prepare to attack, prepare to attack..."

In the dense forest, the cavalrymen of the Song army who had been waiting for a long time jumped up one after another, began to saddle their horses, wiped their swords, and formed a shock formation amidst the suppressed shouts of orders from the officers.

As for the defenders of Xingqingcang, their minds were all going away with the departure of the 500 troops at this moment, and they were all whispering, guessing the whereabouts of General Fangdang.

After all, such a major event as Xi Xia Wang Xia's attack is beyond the understanding of these little soldiers.However, under the restraint of those officers at all levels, of the five hundred defenders, one hundred soldiers were left outside the center of the town, and a hundred soldiers were sent to each city gate, and at the same time, all the gates of Xingqing warehouse were closed. .

However, the function of the Xingqing Warehouse is not for defense, but for storage, so the city walls are low and the gates are even thinner, perhaps not as thick as the gates of some big families in Xingqing Mansion.

Fang Dangshen left, and after a brief turmoil, Xingqing Cang returned to its former calm, but the defenders on the city didn't notice at all that the edge of the vast dense forest in the north was emerging. One by one, the murderous elite cavalrymen in bright red war robes...

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Fei Ting Maoye was terrified. The Song army actually appeared in the hinterland of Daxia, at the royal tomb only sixty or seventy miles away from Xingqing Mansion. Isn't this so weird?
Hearing that the Song Army was making trouble in the area of ​​the Xiangqing Military Division before, the whole country of Xixia was shaken, and the emperor was furious. Finally, he mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses and appointed old general Ah Wu as his commander to drive out the enemy.

Even the garrison of Wangling was mobilized by 1000 troops. On the contrary, here in Xingqingcang, only [-] cavalry were transferred, and [-] infantry were safe and sound.

As a result, up to now, there has not been any good news from Wei Ming's old general. On the contrary, Song Jun actually appeared here. What the hell... Thinking about it makes people feel hairy.

Could it be said that the tens of thousands of troops recruited by the famous old general A Wu have already been defeated?
At the moment when Fei Ting Maoye was anxious, suddenly, there was a rush of trumpets from the city, which directly shocked Fei Ting Maoye, and his expression changed suddenly.

It was an alarm of encountering the enemy's situation. Could it be that he is really a crow with a back, and Song Jun really came to this Xingqing warehouse?Fei Ting Maoye quickly rushed out of the room, leading the soldiers towards the city wall.

On the way of running, I heard countless hoofbeats, like thunderclaps, deafening, as if a thunderstorm had suddenly hit...

The defenders at the top of the city watched helplessly that the Song army led by a group of six cavalry was divided into two columns, and between them was a long and thick log with a pointed end.

Utilizing the speed of the war horse, even without the sharp point, the kinetic energy generated by the logs would definitely be able to easily destroy the simple and thin four doors of the Xingqing warehouse.

"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows quickly, stop them!" Xixia's generals roared loudly and set an example by shooting the arrows hard.

However, the horses who had reached the limit of their speed galloped like lightning, causing most of the arrows to miss, even if a small number of arrows hit, they were surprised to find out.These war horses pulling pointed logs are all wearing vests modified from leather armor.

Even if the arrows can penetrate the leather armor, they can only arouse the potential of the horses, and cannot pose a fatal hazard to them.

The Xixia defenders scattered across the four gates hadn't even been able to fully gather at the north gate, and the rain of arrows had only fallen for three rounds, accompanied by a huge roar.

The north gate of Xingqing warehouse, in front of the thick and heavy pointed log, was as fragile and thin as a piece of paper. It was directly smashed through a hole of about a foot, and the second pointed log had also arrived, and hit again superior.

Third, fourth, fifth.Song Jun only prepared five pointed logs in total, but the third pointed log had knocked over the dilapidated wooden gate and collapsed on the ground.

In an instant, countless cavalrymen of the Song Army waved their war horses, and the sound of victory almost completely covered up the sound of hooves.

It was only then that Fei Ting Maoye, who had just rushed to the top of the city, looked at the nearly thousand cavalry below the city, and also saw the iron cavalry of the Song army waving their war horses and entering the Xingqing warehouse along the broken north gate. It turned gray and white directly, holding on to the female wall, and sat softly on the city wall. "It's over..." At this moment, Fei Ting Maoye had only one thought in his heart.

It only took less than a stick of incense, and the Xingqing warehouse completely fell under the lightning strike of the Song army's iron cavalry.

Except for a few who died in battle, most of the five hundred soldiers were captured. Fei Tingmaoye, the deputy general who defended the city, led more than [-] soldiers to resist at the top of the city. In the end, they were all shot on the spot.

In Xingqing warehouse, there were not only soldiers, but also hundreds of trembling party members, who were all driven to the northeast corner of Xingqing warehouse for custody along with those Xixia soldiers.

Inside the Xingqing warehouse, there are densely packed high-rise granaries, but only about half of them have grain, and the rest are already empty.

Even so, the amount of food accumulated here is still astonishing, which makes Li Mao and other generals of the Song Army feel very relieved. I believe that burning this place will definitely make the people of Xixia feel a sense of what it means A fire in the summer, or feel the fire-like enthusiasm of the Song Dynasty.

"General Wu, you lead two hundred cavalry to search outside the Xingqing Warehouse. If you find anyone fleeing, you will be killed. General Chen, let the soldiers prepare all kinds of fire starters. I will give you two quarters of an hour to prepare them, and set them on fire after two quarters of an hour." Burn the warehouse, then withdraw from the Xingqing warehouse, and rush to the meeting place agreed with General Luo."

"Promise!" The two generals rode away after taking the order, and soon, the soldiers of the Song Army began to work hard in the Xingqing warehouse.

Gather the kerosene, gunpowder and bombs they brought, as well as the combustibles that can be collected in this Xingqing warehouse, under the granaries that still store grain.

Although the time of two quarters of an hour was not long, hundreds of Song troops fought together, coupled with sufficient preparations, and soon all the granaries with food were set ablaze, amidst the billowing smoke and the sound of explosions from time to time In the middle, the cavalry of the Song Army escorted the captured young men and soldiers, left Qingxing warehouse and continued northward.

It wasn't until ten miles away from Xingqing Cang that Li Mao ordered the release of these prisoners of war, and let these young and strong Xixia soldiers with their hands bound to fend for themselves, while they ran towards the mausoleum of the Xixia King .

The Western Xia Royal Mausoleum is about 50 or [-] miles away from Xingqing Mansion, and Xingqing Cang is located in the southeast of the Western Xia Royal Tomb, about [-] miles away from the Royal Tomb, and about [-] miles from the capital of Xingqing Mansion.

(End of this chapter)