There was no need to continue the fight. Zhan Wudi already knew that he was no match for the enemy general in front of him and was expected to be unable to win. He hurriedly made two cuts and exited the circle. He took two deep breaths, then turned his head and shouted to his subordinates: "
Brothers, charge together and destroy the enemy!"
He had just finished shouting, but before Ning Bing's attack could start, chaos suddenly broke out in the rear of the camp. It turned out that Tang Yin, who led two thousand wind troops, had already caught up at this time and slashed and killed Ning's army behind them, killing them all in the rear.
The Ning army was beaten and fled in all directions, crying for their father and mother.
Zhan Wudi may be a brave general who is the best in the three armies, but he is by no means a good commander who is proficient in leading troops in battle. When he saw the enemy coming up from behind again, others didn't think anything of it, but he became anxious and ordered regardless of it: "
Retreat! Retreat immediately! The whole army returns to the camp!"
In fact, if he looked back carefully, he would definitely find that there were not many enemies, only about 2,000 people. Shangguan Yuanrang in front of him only had 3,000 people. If he was full of enemies before and after, he would only have 5,000 people. Zhan Invincible's subordinates
There were 80,000 soldiers. As long as we stabilized our position, it would be easy to eliminate these 5,000 enemy troops. However, at this time, his confidence was wiped out by Shangguan Yuanrang's sword. He also felt that his side was being flanked by enemies from both sides and was not suitable to continue.
As the battle continued, he didn't think much about it and ordered the entire army to retreat early.
If they fight head-on, the Ning army will naturally have a huge advantage, but once they choose to retreat, the soldiers will have no fighting spirit. Although they have a large number of troops, they are chased and beaten by the Feng army, which does not have many people. They are in a mess and are left behind to survive.
The Ning army who came down almost rolled back to their own camp.
Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanrang met at the same place. The latter laughed loudly, looked back at the Ning Army's North Camp, where the flames were blazing into the sky, and said excitedly: "Sir, how about we fight back and attack him again?"
Hearing this, Tang Yin smiled. Although he wanted to continue the pursuit, his reason suppressed the impulse in his body. The Ning army was defeated not because they could not defeat their own side, but because the camp was on fire and the army was mentally disturbed.
Enter the enemy's camp and continue fighting, forcing the Ning Army's troops to jump over the wall. In a last-ditch battle, you have to enter as many people as you want and pick up as many people as you want. Not to mention that if the Ning Army's North Camp catches fire, reinforcements from other camps will arrive soon. They will continue to fight and attack our own side.
It was a big disadvantage. Thinking of this, he waved his hand at Shangguan Yuanrang and said crisply: "Don't be reluctant to fight, retreat to the city!"
"Oh..." Shangguan Yuanrang was a little reluctant. He looked back at the chaotic North Camp of the Ning Army, and then at Tang Yin, who had a firm expression that could not be refused. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he murmured a few words, but he still obeyed Tang Yin's orders.
, led three thousand soldiers under his command and followed Tang Yin back to his own city.
They retreated, and the Ning soldiers who had slipped down from the city also wanted to return to their base camp. The two sides met and another killing spree was inevitable. The nearly 20,000 Ning soldiers who had originally attacked the city were killed in the city.
One group was killed on the way, and another group died during the retreat. Less than 10,000 people returned to the camp unharmed.
This siege battle ended hastily with Zhan Weudi hastily withdrawing his troops back to the camp to put out the fire. The fighting time between the two sides was not long, but there were many dead and wounded soldiers. The Feng Army lost thousands of troops, and
A regiment commander was also killed in the battle. The original 10,000 soldiers under Shen Zhichen and Bai Jie were reduced by more than half. The Ning army lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. The casualties on both sides were evenly matched, and no one took advantage.
However, the Ning Army was so large in number that tens of thousands of casualties did not affect their vitality. However, the Feng Army was not the same. The casualties of several thousand people were already considered a serious injury, especially the death of Bai Jie, which disrupted Tang Yin's original deployment and could not be used.
, we can only put Shaoyang against the northern city wall to strengthen the defense of the northern city.
It didn't take long for the fire in the North Camp of the Ning army to be controlled. At this time, Zhan Wudi's mood calmed down. He thought about the battle just now. The more he thought about it, the more frustrated and angry he became. He had already led the attack.
On the way to the top of the city, why didn't you seize the opportunity and was pushed back by the opponent?
After a hard-fought battle, he lost his troops but failed to achieve any results. How could he have the face to return to his elder brother? At this time, Zhan Wudi was also worried. It was only at this time that he remembered the advisers and generals under his command.
He gathered everyone together, looked at Jinhua City in the distance, and asked: "Generals and lords, do we want to continue attacking next?"
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts. Zhan Wudi was stubborn and could not listen to anyone except Zhan Wushuang. The situation was so good just now. He should have rushed into the city in one go, but he was worried about the rear camp.
A fire broke out and a good opportunity was missed. People were silent for a moment, and then said in unison: "Of course we must continue to attack! In the battle just now, although our casualties were heavy, the enemy's casualties were also heavy. The general should continue to exert pressure and not give the enemy in the city a chance.
A breather!”
"But..." At this time, Zhan Wudi's confidence was no longer enough, and he said with concern: "The enemy general is very powerful. If our army attacks by force, I'm afraid... we may not be able to take advantage..."
"Huh?" A counselor waved his hand and said: "General, don't worry, the enemy general is powerful, but after all, there is only one, and it is difficult for four hands to defeat him with two fists. If he can block so many generals in our army, besides, the general can use the spirit
Students from the Martial Arts Academy are sent to the battlefield and asked to charge into the battle. With these students from the Lingwu Academy leading the charge and disrupting the enemy soldiers, our army's siege will be smoother!"
"Ah!" After hearing this, the worried look on Zhan Wudi's face suddenly disappeared, and he thought to himself: Yes, why did I forget all those people from Lingwu Academy?! Instead of leaving them to eat in the army, why not
Bringing them to the battlefield, with their spiritual martial arts, will be of great help to our own side.
He nodded repeatedly, his tone became very polite, and he said with a smile: "Sir, what you said is absolutely true, I will do it according to your idea! Call my general and bring all the students from Lingwu Academy over and let them participate in the siege.
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"Yes! General!" The guards on the left and right agreed and flew away.
After waiting for about half an hour, the students from Lingwu Academy all received the order and rushed over. There were more than fifty Lingwu students accompanying the army this time, the oldest was twenty-three or four years old, and the youngest was only sixteen.
, seven, there are men and women, more than half of them are the children of Ningguo's powerful people, and the other half are spiritual martial arts talents selected from the common people.
Seeing that all the Lingwu students had arrived, Zhan Wudi led them to a high ground, pointed to Jinhua City in the distance, and said: "Our army will attack the city in a big way later. At that time, you will cooperate with the siege soldiers and be the first to attack the city.
To disrupt the enemy's defense and create favorable conditions for our soldiers, is there any problem?"
These Lingwu students are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers. After listening to Zhan Wudi's words, instead of showing fear, all of them were filled with excitement. The students said in unison: "General, don't worry, I will definitely kill the enemy when we go into battle."
No scraps of armor will be left in the army!"
"Yes!" Zhan Wudi liked to hear these words. He responded, laughed up to the sky, and said with his hands: "You are worthy of being a rising star in our Daning army! If you can succeed in the battle today, you will have made a great contribution, and we will return to the army." Liangzhou, I will ask your Majesty for your merits and rewards!"
"Thank you General, just wait and see!"
"If we can't win, I'll come back with a head start!"
The morale of the Lingwu students is high, and they all look confident. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to build an army, but it only takes a moment. They have been training hard in Lingwu Academy for several years, and have never been to the battlefield or participated in actual combat. On weekdays, He is about to be praised to the heavens, and now everyone wants to go into battle to kill the enemy and make contributions to show his face.
Zhan Wudi was overjoyed when he heard this. Without further delay, he sent the order and sent out the whole army to attack the city.
The more than 90,000 Ning troops did not have much time to rest. They rushed out of the camp again and charged towards the North City of Jinhua.
At this time, Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanrang, Shao Yang, and Shen Zhichen were all there, and the number of soldiers guarding the city had increased to 20,000. Seeing the Ningguo army coming again from a distance, Tang Yin squinted his eyes, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking. What? Shangguan Yuanrang turned around and raised his hands and said: "Sir, I will go out of the city to meet the enemy!"
Tang Yin waved his hand. There were too many enemy troops. Now was not a good time to face them. He said, "Rather than going out to fight, it is better to stay in the city and wait for work."
Before anyone else could speak, Shen Zhichen nodded repeatedly and responded: "What your Excellency said is absolutely true. General Yuan Rang must not attack hastily!" Bai Jie's death in battle was a painful lesson. It didn't matter if he died, thousands of people were injured. The soldiers died unexpectedly, making the initial battle to defend the city extremely passive, and the Feng army suffered a heavy loss.
With Tang Yin's obstruction, Shangguan Yuanrang could only suppress his warlike spirit and walked to the edge of the city wall. Holding a three-pointed two-edged sword in one hand and an arrow stack in the other, he raised his eyes and looked at the enemy's formation.
When Ning's army's square formation was less than a hundred meters away from Jinhua City, Tang Yin knew that Ning's army's arrow formation was coming soon. He turned around and passed on the order, first asking the soldiers to raise their shields to evade, in order to deal with the Ning's army coming later. Arrow shot.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for tens of thousands of arrows to rise from the top of the Ning army's formation. The eagle feathers were hung with strong winds, roaring up into the sky, and drawing beautiful arcs in the sky. The lines all flew down towards the top of the city.
Ding-ding-dang-dang-in an instant, the arrows hit the stone wall, and the crisp sound of the shields could not be heard. Such dense arrows were fired, and the wind army was suppressed to the point where they could not even show their heads.
It was not until the vanguard of the Ning army approached the city wall and set up ladders that the arrow firing from the Ning army's formation ceased, and what followed was the most brutal battle between the two sides.
The densely packed Ning Army set up ladders, swarmed up, or shot arrows to cover the ground. The Feng Army on the top of the city either returned arrows to block the attack, or smashed down rolling logs and stones. From time to time, both sides of the camp were attacked. There were soldiers who fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
The siege battle here had just begun, and the Lingwu students who were among Sergeant Ning's soldiers quietly sneaked to a place where there were relatively few Feng troops, covered themselves with Lingwu armor one by one, and then climbed up quickly. The cultivation levels of these students were all In the higher realm of transformation, more than fifty spiritual warriors with this level of cultivation suddenly appear on the battlefield. No matter who the opponent is, they will be killed by surprise.