Yue Ze looked at the aggrieved Li Xin and said seriously: "No matter what, Sichuan and Mo have defeated the main force of the Zhen army. We must rush into Xitang before the Sichuan and Mo troops. Therefore, this battle must be fought quickly."
quick decision!"
No matter how poor Zhenguo is, Xitang is the capital after all, and a large amount of Zhenguo's wealth is stored in it. Whoever can break into Xitang first will undoubtedly take Zhenguo's wealth as his own, and Yue Ze doesn't want to bite the bullet.
The fat meat will be picked up by others again.
Tang Yin, Lingshuang, and Li Xin all had the same idea. Fortunately, they were now much closer to Xitang than the Sichuan-Mozambique army. There were only two obstacles left in front of them, Hua Ning and Tongcheng.
It is not impossible to capture the Western soup before arriving.
After everyone discussed the next tactics, they immediately took action. The five-nation coalition, with a force of one million, began to march towards Huaning.
Huaning is one of the acropolises of Xitang, but it is also a large city. There are more than 150,000 defenders inside, and the leader is Lieutenant General Zhao Huan of Zhen Kingdom.
Zhao Huan was a well-known general with outstanding achievements in the Zheng Kingdom. He was born in an ordinary family, but he was able to hold the position of lieutenant general in a court dominated by hereditary powerful men, which shows his extraordinary ability.
In most of the battles he commanded before, the weak defeated the strong with less. Li Hong arranged for him to be in Huaning, and his intention was very obvious. He hoped that he could create another miracle and help him withstand the westward advance of the coalition forces.
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Although the city defense of Huaning is not weak, and the general is a famous general of Zhenguo, but the Five-Nation Alliance has millions of people, how can they take a mere city in their eyes?
After the coalition forces arrived in Huaning, before the company camp was set up, Yue Ze and Li Xin couldn't wait to propose that the entire army launch a fierce attack on Huaning.
Tang Yin also wanted to test his opponent's strength, and Yue Ze and Li Xin took the rare initiative to ask for a fight. He let An's and Huan's armies take the lead, and Feng, Yu, and Zhen's armies were behind them.
Yue Ze and Li Xin didn't take Hua Ning seriously at all. Since Tang Yin arranged for them to be the vanguard, they did their part and accepted it happily.
Soon, under the mobilization of Yue and Li, the An and Huan armies launched an all-out attack on Huaning City.
Before advancing forward, the soldiers of the two armies used all the trebuchets in their respective armies. In order to hit the defenders and city defenses as much as possible, the Anhuan Army also borrowed more than a hundred city-breaking crossbows from the Feng Army.
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Under the continuous attack of trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows, Huaning's city walls were in bloom, and arrows that were smashed and shot through could be seen everywhere.
After a long period of fierce attacks, An and Huan's soldiers formed a neat square formation and began to advance towards Huaning City.
When the phalanx of An's army and Huan's army was less than 20 meters away from Huaning's city wall, the trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows in the rear stopped firing.
As soon as they stopped here, the Zhen soldiers who had already taken refuge under the city immediately rushed to the city wall and launched a fierce counterattack against the An and Huan armies who were close at hand outside the city.
The arrows of the Zhen army were extremely fierce. Round after round of arrows were fired, and the dense rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly. At the same time, the trebuchets deployed in the city had begun to launch, throwing huge stone projectiles one after another.
Smashed into the coalition camp.
The An and Huan armies also launched a counterattack. The archers fired arrows at the city wall, and the siege soldiers covering their own side set up ladders and climbed up to the city wall.
The exchange of fire between the two sides was fierce and cruel. The defenders were condescending and protected by arrow stacks, so they naturally had a huge advantage. The situation was different for the Anhuan Army outside the city. The soldiers were all exposed to the arrows of the Zhen Army and were hit by arrows.
The casualties were countless.
However, the Anhuan army that attacked the city this time was very tenacious, mainly because Yue Ze and Li Xin had issued a death order. The entire army could only move forward, not retreat. Anyone who violated the order would be dealt with according to military law.
Neither of them wanted their country's army to be seen as a mere show-off. If they couldn't seize the opportunity to show a certain level of combat effectiveness now, they might not have the chance to do so again in the future.
Driven by this mentality, the Anhuan and Huan armies used their full strength in the siege.
If the two armies had such a strong desire to win and will to fight from the beginning, they would have achieved many victories in the Battle of Defeat Zhen. Now they know their shame and act bravely, but they accidentally encounter the famous general Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan has made perfect arrangements for Huaning's city defense and is fully prepared. Under his command, the Zhen army resisted extremely tenaciously. The Zhen army prepared a large number of wooden planks and bamboo poles for the city wall in advance, and the coalition forces outside the city fired arrows.
At that time, the Zhen army used wooden boards to defend themselves, which not only minimized the damage, but also allowed them to use nearby materials to pull out the arrows nailed to the wooden boards and reflect them back to the enemy. When the coalition forces set up a ladder, the Zhen army used bamboo poles to push the ladder away.
They were not given a chance to climb up. At the same time, the rolling logs and rocks at the top of the city were rolling down like snow flakes, and the trebuchets set up in the city were also constantly hitting the Anhuan coalition's rear camp. These were all
It caused huge damage to the soldiers of both armies.
The siege started at noon and lasted until noon. Anhuan's army of more than 400,000 people was forced to stop outside the city by more than 100,000 defenders. Not only did they achieve nothing, but they suffered heavy casualties.
The battle has been going on so far, and Yue Ze and Li Xin who are watching the battle are a little anxious, and cold sweat is dripping from their foreheads. How can it be so difficult to fight for a mere Huaning City with only more than 100,000 defenders? Our own side has more than 40 people.
Why can't Wan's army attack?
The two of them were puzzled. Tang Yin looked at them sideways and saw that they had no intention of retreating and still wanted to attack like this. He nodded secretly and then shook his head.
He nodded because the two of them finally had the courage to lead an army into battle, but shook his head because they felt that they were too concerned about face and insisted on fighting even though they knew they couldn't win.
He pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Brother King Yue, Brother King Li?"
Yue Ze and Li Xin seemed not to have heard anything and were still staring at the battlefield ahead. Tang Yin had no choice but to increase his volume and call them again.
"Ah?" At this time, the two of them finally came to their senses. With a look of contentment on their faces, they both looked at Tang Yin and asked, "Brother Wang, what advice do you have?"
Tang Yin said seriously: "Don't fight anymore. Our army has come a long way and is exhausted. However, the enemy is waiting for work and is well prepared. If we continue to attack forcefully, I am afraid that not only will there be no gains, but the casualties of the soldiers will increase!"
Yue Ze and Li Xin had already thought of retreating, but they didn't want to. First, they couldn't get off the stage, and second, they felt unwilling to do so.
Li Xin frowned and said: "Brother Wang, we have been attacking for so long now, and the defenders have suffered heavy losses. Wouldn't retreating at this time give the enemy a chance to breathe? In my opinion, we should all go out into battle.
Let’s work together to capture Hua Ning!”
The enemy suffered heavy losses? Why didn't I see it? Tang Yin smiled secretly in his heart. He only saw that the Anhuan and Huan armies suffered heavy casualties during the siege. The corpses under the city wall were piled up almost one meter high.
"It's better to withdraw our troops first. After we have rested and recuperated, it won't be too late to attack again!"
Before Yue Ze and Li Xin could answer, Lingshuang said: "Brother Wang, since our army has been attacking for so long, it is a pity to withdraw our troops now. It is better to follow the wishes of the two brothers Yue and Li.
Formation, besiege Hua Ning from all sides, even if it is a copper wall and an iron wall, it cannot withstand our millions of troops!"
Tang Yin frowned. He had a lot of troops, but Hua Ning's city defense was not weak. What's more, he had traveled a long distance and the whole army was exhausted, while the Zhen Army was at its peak. It would not be right to attack with the whole army now.
Wisdom.
Thinking of this, Tang Yin glanced back again and smiled bitterly to himself. He hadn't even set up camp yet, so now he chose to attack with his entire army. It was more like a desperate attempt to break the boat.
Seeing that he was silent, Lingshuang said quietly: "Three of the four kings have decided to send out the whole army to fight. Could it be that Brother Wang intends to go his own way and has to temporarily withdraw his troops?"
After hearing this, Tang Yin immediately understood that Lingshuang was still angry with him.
Yue Ze and Li Xin also heard the smell of gunpowder in her mouth, and hurriedly smoothed things over: "Brother Wang's concerns are not unreasonable. If we wait until the whole army has rested before attacking, we will be sure of victory. However, our top priority is to rush in."
The armies of Sichuan and Mozambique captured Xitang before, so we shouldn't spend too long here in Huaning. Therefore, if we need to rest and regroup, we can wait until we capture Xitang before resting and regrouping. There will be plenty of time at that time."
After all, they still wanted to attack with all their troops now. Tang Yin smiled bitterly. Three of the four kings agreed. If he continued to block it, it would be too domineering and unpopular.
He no longer expressed any objection, smiled calmly, shrugged and said: "Since everyone thinks that the whole army should go out to fight now, then let's continue to fight. However, I must remind everyone that even if we can capture Hua Ning this time, we will still suffer casualties.
Not too small."
Yue Ze and Li Xin looked at each other and did not dare to answer. Ling Shuang snorted and said, "Brother Wang should also understand that casualties will inevitably occur in a war."
Tang Yin took a deep look at her, nodded, and stopped talking.
Under the insistence of Lingshuang, Yueze and Li Xin, the coalition forces changed from the initial attack of Anhuan and Huan armies to a fierce attack by the whole army.
An's army and Huan's army continued to attack the west, Feng's army mainly attacked the south, Zhen's army mainly attacked the east, and Jade's army mainly attacked the north. The five-nation allied forces used all their strength to launch a siege on Huaning City.
Just as Ling Shuang said, no matter how strong Huaning's city defense is, no matter how tenacious the defenders are, after all, their troops are limited, and their overall strength is qualitatively different from that of the coalition forces.
As soon as the coalition forces launched a siege on all sides, Hua Ning's defenders immediately showed the disadvantage of insufficient strength and overstretch.
Especially the two sides where the Feng Army and the Zhen Army were the main attackers, soldiers from the two armies broke through to the city wall from time to time. Although the defenders resisted desperately and repeatedly pushed the Feng Army and Zhen Army back to the city wall, they also paid the price of huge casualties.
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Seeing the all-out attack of the coalition forces as ferocious as wild beasts, Huaning's city defense became precarious. At the critical moment, Zhao Huan showed a decisive and calm side. He urgently recruited all the people in Huaning City to participate in the city defense and resist the coalition forces.