Seeing that Tang Yin had assigned the tasks of attacking Ningyang in three directions, and before he was asked to do so, Shangguan Yuanrang became anxious and stepped out of the queue. He first stepped in to salute, then returned and nodded his nose, saying
: "Your Majesty, what about me?"
Tang Yin smiled at him and said: "Yuan Rang, you are next, you are the real main attacker in this battle!"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yuanrang's face suddenly lit up with joy.
Tang Yin asked: "How many soldiers do you have under your command?"
Shangguan Yuanrang thought for a while and hesitated without answering. As his deputy, Li Sheng looked at Shangguan Yuanrang and said, "Back to your Majesty, our troops suffered more than a thousand casualties when they attacked Shanliu Town. It does not matter.
The whole army’s combat power.”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Shangguan Yuanrang immediately responded: "There are nearly 20,000 soldiers below, which is enough."
Tang Yin secretly shook his head. Shangguan Yuanrang's bravery is needless to say, but he is too careless to become the commander of an army. Talents like Changsun Yuanhong, who are both brave in the world and outstanding in strategy, are so rare that they can only be encountered but cannot be sought.
He pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan Rang, I will give you another fifty thousand soldiers, and you and General Li Sheng will be the main ones to attack Nancheng. In addition..." As he spoke, he looked at Fu Tao, Lin Chao and Yu Zijing, and continued
Said: "These three knights will help you."
When he first entered the big tent, Shangguan Yuanrang already disliked Fu Tao and the other two people in casual clothes. After knowing that they were all rangers, he didn't take it to heart at all. He asked: "Your Majesty, can they help?"
Me what?"
Before Tang Yin could say anything, Fu Tao had already said flatteringly: "We should cooperate with each other inside and outside, so that we can contribute our small power to General Yuan Rang to successfully break through the city."
"Should we cooperate with each other? What do you mean?"
"We have already arranged more than a hundred subordinates in Ningyang City, all of whom are spiritual martial arts masters. When General Yuan Rang attacks the city, they will suddenly attack the defenders in the city and disrupt the defenders' defense!"
"So that's it." Shangguan Yuanrang smiled and said nothing more.
Tang Yin finished arranging everything that should be arranged, then took a deep breath, waved his arm, and shouted: "The whole army attacks Ningyang!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
All the generals stepped in to salute one after another, and then took their orders and left.
Tang Yin was assisted by the guards and also put on steel armor. Because he was injured, he might not go to the battlefield, but having armor on his body always provided an extra layer of protection to prevent accidents.
While arranging the armor, he asked Cheng Jin: "Has my sword been finished?"
Since he lost his sword in Liangzhou last time, Tang Yin has still not had a suitable weapon. He has asked Cheng Jin to send someone to make one.
According to Tang Yin's request, Cheng Jin had already forged the two swords, but he did not dare to give them to Tang Yin. With Tang Yin's character, if he had a handy weapon, he would have to rush to the two armies to fight. Qiu Zhen reminded him
I asked him not to give the two swords to the king first. Cheng Jin also thought it was reasonable.
He cupped his hands and said, "The king's sword is being made and it will be ready in a few days."
Tang Yin frowned and muttered: "Why are you so slow?" After saying that, he looked at Letian again and said: "Letian, you sent some Sky Eye brothers to lurk near Jiqiao Villa. I'm worried that after Ningyang is breached, Jiqiao Villa will be destroyed."
You will suffer the consequences of being a fish in a pond."
Letian didn't understand why Tang Yin said that, and asked: "Who would cause trouble at Jiqiao Villa?"
Tang Yin shrugged and said, "I am a ranger from Ning State! Xia Yufu saved my life after all. The ranger from Ning State may not dare to come to our army camp to cause trouble, but he may bring his anger to Jiqiao Villa."
Letian snorted, nodded, and said, "I understand, I will send someone there right now."
It has been many days since the Feng army arrived at Ningyang City. Inside the city, tens of thousands of defenders led by Lin Han, the head of Xiaoling County, were already ready for battle. The city top was filled with rolling logs and stones, bundles of arrows and arrows.
The kerosene was boiling, and the trebuchets were ready to go in the city. In addition, Lin Han also recruited many rangers from Ning in the city and asked them to help defend the city. A large number of them were also dispatched from Santangkou.
His subordinates participated in the city defense of Ningyang.
Ningyang's current defense can be said to be monolithic, but Lin Han did not expect that there would be problems internally.
As the war drums of the Feng Army camp beat, tens of thousands of Feng Army troops poured out of the camp in neat phalanxes.
The first to attack was the east of the city where Tang Yin was located. He sent the new army commanded by Guan Tang to the battlefield first, using the new army to test the opponent's strength.
The new army is basically composed of Ning people. They have not been trained for a long time. They have not even formed a queue yet, let alone have siege experience and fighting skills.
When the new army arrived about 500 meters outside Ningyang City, the hard archers in Ningyang City began to take the lead in attacking. At the same time, the trebuchets in the city also started operating. For a time, Ningyang City's
Dense arrows flew from the sky, and there were also huge rocks hanging in the air.
The arrows shot into the new army, almost all of them hit the target. The huge boulder smashed into the crowd, crushing two or three people the moment it fell, and then rolled away in the crowd, and was hit by it.
More casualties were affected.
The officers and soldiers of the new army were stunned by the sudden attack by the defenders in the city. In the camp, there were screams and screams, people yelled and horses neighed, and it was very lively.
While the new army launched its attack, the three wind armies stationed in North City, West City, and South City also began to launch a strong attack.
The 20,000 direct troops led by Nan Ye and Yang Mao mainly attacked the North City of Ningyang. Like the East City, they suffered a fierce counterattack from the defenders at the head of the city as soon as they approached Ningyang.
Tang Yin told them to fight if they could, and to resort to feint tactics if they couldn't. However, Nanye and Yang Mao were eager to do their best, and immediately issued a death order after entering the battlefield. The entire army could only advance, not retreat, because they were afraid of the enemy.
If not, kill him. If he escapes from the battle, kill him. If he refuses to save him, kill him.
After such a three-kill order was conveyed, how could the Feng Army soldiers dare not to fight tooth and nail? When the defenders counterattacked, the 20,000 Feng Army soldiers advanced instead of retreating, charging forward regardless of life and death. Nanye and Yang Mao were leading the charge.
At the front.
After finally getting through the arrow array and falling rocks of the Ning Army, they rushed under the city wall, and more arrows, rolling wood, rocks and kerosene flew down from their heads. But by now, the Feng Army was able to fire back at the city.
Fighting back, both sides went back and forth, eagle feathers shuttled back and forth in the air, and the sound of armor-piercing and screams after being hit by arrows echoed one after another above and below the city.
The killings in the north city were brutal, but the west city was much more peaceful. The main attackers in the west city were Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan. They strictly followed Tang Yin's orders. Seeing that the counterattack of the Ning army in the city was too fierce, the two led the army outside the city.
Thunder, no rain, the shouts of killing from the 20,000 soldiers were suppressed one after another, but no one even took a step forward.
The offensive on the Nancheng side was even more intense than that of the North City or even the Dongcheng. Shangguan Yuanrang and Li Sheng commanded a direct army of 70,000 people and launched a sharp attack on the Nancheng of Ningyang.
Shangguan Yuanrang didn't understand the art of command. He only had one principle: all the soldiers in the army should follow him to charge, charge, and charge again. When the enemy in front is completely defeated, the charge is over.
On the battlefield, Shangguan Yuanrang's bravery can indeed boost the morale of the entire army. He doesn't care about others at all, he just looks forward with all his strength. When the falling rocks come, he chops them with his sword and the arrow array comes to release the spiritual power.
Broken arrow array, broken arrows and broken stones were scattered all over the ground.
With such a brave and invincible general charging at the front, the fear of the soldiers behind was naturally reduced, and they tried their best to follow Shangguan Yuanrang and press forward.
Shangguan Yuanrang was the first to attack Ningyang City. Since the soldiers behind him had not yet come up, he could not find the ladder, so he simply held a knife in one hand and climbed up by grabbing the stones of the city wall.
However, he climbed quickly and fell quickly. Facing the only person climbing the wall, the defenders' firepower was concentrated on him alone. There were rolling logs and rocks above his head, and dense rain of arrows on both sides.
, Shangguan Yuanrang was often smashed down alive before he could even climb half of the city wall.
He was protected by spiritual armor, so he was not afraid of falling. However, he was getting angry and screaming strangely at the foot of the city. From time to time, he roared loudly at the soldiers who were still charging behind him, asking them to rush forward.
People secretly complained, including Li Sheng.
Shangguan Yuanrang's cultivation is so advanced that he is not afraid of falling rocks and arrow arrays, but others can't stand it. They charge all the way down, and there are many casualties and casualties. The 70,000-strong direct army has already lost thousands before they reached the city.
Public.
Under Shangguan Yuanrang's almost crazy urging, the direct army led by Li Sheng finally came forward.
As soon as the large group of troops arrived, the Feng Army's siege officially began.
Rows of ladders were erected high, and soldiers of the Feng Army swarmed up. The soldiers who had no time to climb up stood under the city, firing arrows at the defenders on the top of the city, suppressing the opponent's counterattack, and doing a good job for our brothers who climbed the ladders.
cover.
While Feng Jun below the city shot and killed Ning Jun on the city, Feng Jun who climbed the ladder was also shot down by Ning Jun from time to time. In critical moments, oil pans and kerosene were often thrown down from the top of the city, which affected the people.
All the soldiers of the Feng Army had their skin and flesh torn apart, and their appearance was too cruel to be seen.
Under the complete city defense system and the tenacious resistance of the defenders, the Feng army launched two full-force attacks, but both failed at the critical moment and were killed by the defenders and pushed back.
The battle did not last long. The corpses under the city wall had piled up like a mountain, and corpses on top of the city could be seen everywhere. The casualties on both sides were considerable. Of course, the Feng Army, as the main attacker, suffered much greater losses than the defenders.
After being unable to attack for a long time, Shangguan Yuanrang began to become anxious. After being knocked down again, he found Li Sheng from the crowd and shouted at him: "Regroup the troops and launch another attack!"
Li Sheng had never experienced such a tense and brutal battle since he joined the army, and his mind was somewhat numb. After being yelled at by Shangguan Yuanrang, he completely woke up, responded urgently, commanded the entire army, and launched another full-scale attack.
The army attacks together.
By now, the Feng Army had suffered heavy casualties, but the soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought. As their companions fell one by one, the people became completely red-eyed, completely abandoning life and death, and launched a desperate charge.
The Feng Army's third fierce attack was more ferocious and sharp than the previous two.