The map drawn by Tang Yin brought great convenience to Guantang. Knowing the layout of the tunnels under the town, Guantang used all the methods at his disposal, either burning, smoking, or directly removing the tunnels from above.
Excavate and destroy. As for the buildings in Guxue Town, Guantang directly ordered them to be set on fire and burned down, leaving no one behind, rendering the tunnels that Ning Jun had deliberately dug useless.
Under Feng Jun's massive destruction, many Ning Jun who were hiding in the tunnel were brought out in disgrace, but as soon as they emerged, they were greeted by Feng Jun's broadswords and axes.
In the end, the Feng Army did not occupy Guxue Town, but directly burned the town to ashes. After the Feng Army passed by, the original town was gone, leaving only a piece of dilapidated rubble, and Guxue Town also disappeared.
The progress on Tang Yin's side was full of twists and turns, but the three groups of troops sent earlier returned good news one after another. Shangguan Yuanrang and Li Sheng who attacked Shanliu Town wiped out the defenders in the town and occupied it easily. Nanye and Yang Mao who attacked Jingyi Town
Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan, who attacked the Ning army's fortress, also won easily. The Ning army was defeated and returned to Ningyang without even putting up a decent resistance.
Except for the accidental injury of Tang Yin, it can be said that the Feng army easily overran Ningyang's outer defense line and attacked Ningyang City in one fell swoop.
Tang Yin did not recruit Shangguan Yuanrang, Nanye, and Zhanpeng back, but ordered them to station themselves in the north, south and west of Ningyang respectively, only to defend but not to attack. As long as the Ning people in the city were strictly prevented from escaping,
Can.
He personally commanded the army and stationed it outside the east city of Ningyang.
Ningyang is too big. Although the wind army has more than 200,000 people, it is impossible to surround Ningyang. It can only block Ningyang's main channel to the outside world.
Because he was injured, Tang Yin could not go to the battlefield in person, so he gave the command of the siege to Ziying, who was fully responsible for it.
Ziying made a tentative attack on the east side of the city, but was met with stubborn resistance from the city's defenders. Above the city, arrows rained down like rain, rolling logs and stones were as numerous as hail, and the trebuchets in the city kept ejecting.
Boulders came out, which caused huge damage to the attacking Feng army.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Ziying did not continue the offensive and ordered the entire army to retreat.
Ziying returned to the camp and reported his orders to Tang Yin.
Seeing that he came back so quickly, Tang Yin knew the result without asking.
Ziying said: "Your Majesty, the defense of Ningyang City is very strong. If our army attacks by force, it will not only be difficult to break through, but it will only increase casualties."
Tang Yin had expected this. He sat behind the desk, endured the severe pain in his shoulders, and said slowly: "Didn't we discuss it at the beginning? To attack Ningyang, we must use fire as the main weapon."
Lord, gather all our city-breaking crossbows and army-breaking crossbows, coat the crossbow arrows with tarred pine, and use rockets to burn the city."
"But... Ningyang is too big. If you want to burn the city with rockets, you should prepare a large number of arrows!"
"Then get ready!" Tang Yin frowned and said, "Xiaoling County is full of woodland. Are you still worried that there will be no arrows to use?"
"Yes! General Mo will arrange the manpower to make the crossbow arrows right now."
"kindness."
The Feng Army was temporarily stationed outside Ningyang City. A large number of Feng Army soldiers went to the forestland near Ningyang to cut down trees. They brought the felled towering trees back to the camp and made them into military-breaking crossbows and city-breaking crossbows.
of crossbow arrows.
The Feng army did not attack the city again, and the defenders in the city did not break out. It seemed that the Ning army had made the determination to live or die with Ningyang.
When the Feng army was actively preparing crossbows and arrows to launch a fire attack on Ningyang, early that morning, a guard reported to Tang Yin that three people dressed as rangers came outside the camp and asked to see Tang Yin.
Tang Yin had an arrow wound on his shoulder caused by falling dragon scales, which brought him great inconvenience. Even when he went to bed at night, he needed a military doctor to guard him and apply medicine to stop the bleeding. Of course, he stayed with him most often.
The person next to him is Su Yelei, whom he trusts the most.
When the guard came to report, Su Yelei was sitting next to the bed and had fallen asleep. The corners of Tang Yin's mouth were raised slightly. Su Yelei usually spoke coldly to him, but in fact, she still cared about him. During these days, she
She took care of herself day and night, and I never heard her say she was tired.
He first made a silent gesture to the guard, and then reached for his coat, but before his arm could be stretched out, he pulled at the arrow wound on his shoulder. The sharp pain caused Tang Yin's facial features to twist together.
The cold sweat that instantly flowed down soaked the clothes on his back.
Seeing this, the guard hurried forward, picked up Tang Yin's coat, and handed it to his hand respectfully. Tang Yin did not accept it, but instead nuzzled at Su Yelei beside him. The guard understood and carefully put the coat on her
on the body.
Tang Yin asked in a low voice: "Who is this person? Why do you want to see me?"
The guard hurriedly replied: "Go back to your Majesty..."
At the beginning of the conversation, seeing the displeasure on Tang Yin's face, the guard was stunned for a moment, then understood, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Go back to your Majesty, the person who came here only said that he is a ranger who travels all over the world, and he also claimed that he can help our army defeat the enemy."
I just want to meet the king once."
"Oh?" Tang Yin was doubtful. A few rangers could help his side break the city. Isn't this too bragging?! He snorted and confirmed: "There are only three people on the other side?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Okay! Let them come into the Chinese military tent and see me." Tang Yin said, supporting his body and slowly standing up. Since they came to the door with great assurance, they must have someone to rely on, so it doesn't hurt to meet them. The guard did not immediately
He left, but rushed forward to support him.
Tang Yin felt quite uncomfortable with his actions. When did he need others to take care of him like this? He waved his arms to push the guard away and said angrily: "No need to help me, I'm not even 70 or 80 years old!"
The guard was startled and hurriedly backed away.
As soon as the guards left, Tang Yin squatted down, holding on to the arrow wound on his shoulder, his body shivering in pain.
If a hard metal object is left in the human body for a long time, the wound will inevitably become inflamed and suppurative. As long as it is touched a little, heartbreaking pain will sweep over. That is to say, Tang Yin can still grit his teeth and endure it.
Others may have been lying on the bed dying.
"Since you know the pain, please stop trying to show off." Su Yelei, who was sitting on the bed and sleeping lightly, walked to Tang Yin's side at some point and put his coat on him.
Tang Yin did not raise his head. He knew that his expression must be extremely ugly at this time. He did not want or was not used to facing others with a sick look.
He squatted on the ground, panted for a while, and said, "Are you awake? I didn't want to disturb you."
Su Yelei felt warm in her heart, but her words were still ugly: "What? Are you complaining that I shouldn't have fallen asleep while taking care of you?"
Tang Yin raised his head, met her eyes, smiled bitterly and said, "You should understand that I didn't mean that."
His expression startled Su Yelei. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to support his waist and said, "Go to bed and rest for a while."
Tang Yin shook his head and said, "No, there are some rangers outside the camp who claim to be able to help me break the city. I have to go see them."
Su Yelei said seriously: "Can't we see you in the sleeping tent?"
Tang Yin said helplessly: "I am the king..."
"Your Majesty is also a human being. He is injured and needs rest."
Seeing Su Yelei's persistence, Tang Yin was silent for a moment, and finally compromised, nodded and said, "Okay, you go out and tell the guards outside, and take those three people to the sleeping tent."
"Okay." Su Yelei agreed simply this time. She first helped Tang Yin to the bed and helped him lie down. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something, took out a medicine bottle from her arms and said, "This is
It’s a very powerful painkiller. If the wound is really painful, you can take one to relieve the pain.”
Tang Yin was stunned, grinned, took the small medicine bottle, and said: "There is such a good thing, why didn't you give it to me earlier?"
Su Yelei was silent for a moment and said: "Painkillers will not help your injury at all. Without the pain effect, it will make you act more carelessly, leading to further deterioration of the injury."
Tang Yin was trying hard to unplug the bottle cork with one hand. After hearing Su Yelei's words, he put the medicine bottle down again and said, "Let's forget it. I can still bear the pain."
This pain? Su Yelei knew his arrow injury very well. Just looking at the worsening of the injury, she couldn't imagine the pain.
Seeing the worried look on her face, Tang Yin said with a smile: "I have been injured no matter how serious it is, and I have suffered pain no matter how painful it is. Don't worry about me, I can survive it."
"Who is worried about you?!" Su Yelei's delicate body trembled, she stood up straight, rolled her eyes at Tang Yin, turned and walked out of the tent.
Looking at her back, Tang Yin chuckled.
The origins of the three rangers who came to see Tang Yin were unknown, and Tang Yin was injured, so Feng Jun had to be careful.
Shangguan brothers, Ah San, Ah Si, Letian, Ai Jia, Cheng Jin and others gathered in Tang Yin's sleeping tent. Looking outside, there was a dense army of soldiers, less than ten thousand, who were about to sleep in the tent.
It was surrounded by three floors on the inside and three floors on the outside, making it impossible for water to pass through.
When the three rangers came over, they saw the Feng Army's formation as if facing a formidable enemy.
The three of them looked relaxed on the surface, but they were also secretly surprised in their hearts. They had seen strong winds and waves many times, but this was their first time being surrounded by thousands of troops.
Under the sharp gazes of the Feng Army officers, the three of them walked to the sleeping tent.
Before they could enter, several guards wearing black steel armor came forward and motioned to the three of them to hand over their weapons.
These three are all middle-aged men over fifty, with different looks and statures, but the same thing is that they are full of energy and bright eyes. Even without insight, you can tell that they are superb spiritual cultivators.
For a ranger, weapons cannot be left behind, but it is the minimum rule of all countries to see the king disarming his troops. The three of them pondered for a moment, then took out the weapons they carried and handed them to the Fengjun guards.
As soon as they took away their weapons, another guard came forward and began to search their bodies without any explanation. They carefully checked the three of them twice to confirm that there were no sharp weapons before retreating.
At this time, the captain of the guard looked inside through the curtain and said respectfully: "The knights who are paying homage to the king have arrived outside the tent."
"Let them come closer!" Tang Yin's indifferent voice came from inside the tent.