Volume 10 Chapter 367
Chapter 367
Liang Feiyun sent a disciple to Mobei named Li Tang, who was in his early thirties. He was not only familiar with sacrifices and rituals, but also liked both literature and martial arts. He was a complete talent. Among Liang Feiyun's many disciples, he was the best and was deeply loved by Liang Feiyun. (_
When he was in Zhen State, Li Tang was already a Zong Bo, and he and Nie Ze were in the same palace, so they naturally knew each other. When Nie Ze learned that Li Tang came to his Baizhan Army and was assigned by Liang Feiyun, he was overjoyed and personally led the entire army to welcome him out of the camp.
Now that the war is imminent, the Baizhan Army has been appointed as the vanguard army, and Nie Ze is frowning all day long. He is not afraid of fighting, let alone the Mo Army. The only thing that worries him is that the morale of his own soldiers is too low. Zhen people are warlike, but that is also relative. For Zhen State, Zhen people are not afraid of any enemy. Now they have to fight for Feng State, and Zhen people have a sense of rejection in their hearts. At this critical moment, Li Tang, who was once a Zong Bo, came to the army, which can be said to have solved Nie Ze's urgent need.
After Li Tang was received into the military camp, Nie Ze had a conversation with his subordinates, After hearing his intention, Nie Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Li Tang really came to boost the morale of the soldiers in the army. This couldn't be better.
After Li Tang joined the Baizhan Army, he used Liang Feiyun's banner to spread the slogan that Feng and Zhen had become one family. They would rise and fall together. Fighting for Feng was like fighting for the Zhen people themselves. Now the Zhen people could only rely on Feng to have the hope of restoring their country in the future.
He might not have much reputation among the Zhen people, but his master Liang Feiyun had a very high prestige. In the minds of the Zhen people, Liang Feiyun was the person closest to the gods of the Zhen country. When he said that Feng and Zhen were one family, the Zhen people believed it from the bottom of their hearts.
With the arrival of Li Tang, the Baizhan Army really looked like a legion. The dead atmosphere before was swept away. The army was full of vitality. The generals and soldiers seemed to have suddenly come alive, and the whole army was full of vitality and fighting spirit.
This may be the power of faith.
The Hundred Battles Army was reborn, and Nie Ze became full of confidence. Not to mention facing hundreds of thousands of Mo troops, even if there were more and stronger enemies, he didn't take them seriously at all.
He sent someone to Yancheng to report that the Hundred Battles Army was ready to go to war at any time. As long as the court gave an order, the Hundred Battles Army could immediately break into Zeping County of Mo State.
Tang Yin was very happy to receive Nie Ze's high-spirited letter. In his reply to Nie Ze, he praised him highly, saying that as long as the Hundred Battles Army could win the first battle, all the soldiers in the army would be rewarded.
After sending the reply to Nie Ze, at the imperial court's morning court the next day, Tang Yin asked the emperor for permission to attack the rebellious country - Mo State.
Yin Zhun Without even thinking about it, he wrote an imperial edict on the spot, issued a manifesto to suppress rebellion, and ordered all countries to attack the "fake" Mo Kingdom. (He had issued an edict before, conferring Shao Jun as the King of Mo, so the Mo Kingdom headed by Shao Fang was naturally the fake Mo Kingdom in his eyes. Tang Yin likes to fight, so let him go, as long as he doesn't fight on his head. Besides, when Tang Yin is not in Yancheng, his life as a puppet emperor can be much easier, so why not do it?
With the emperor's will, Fengguo's troops are nominally a righteous army, not a barbaric invader.
Afterwards, Tang Yin ordered the three armies of the Hundred Battles Army, the Plain Army, and the Flying Dragon Army, totaling more than 600,000 people, to all go south and attack Zeping County of Mo Kingdom.
He personally led the two armies of the Direct Army and the Ninth Army to leave Yancheng and march south.
In Tang Yin's order, it was said that the three armies of Baizhan Army, Pingyuan Army and Feilong Army attacked Zeping County. In fact, Pingyuan Army and Feilong Army did not move for the time being, but Baizhan Army broke through the border first and entered Zeping as the vanguard.
At present, there are many troops stationed in Zeping by the Mo Kingdom. The central army has 400,000 troops, plus the local troops in various counties and cities, totaling no less than 600,000.
For the invasion of the Feng Army, the Mo Kingdom also took precautions. 80,000 soldiers were deployed in the border city of Baitu City. The city defense was strong, and there were a lot of food and supplies in the city.
Nie Ze's style of leading the army to fight was fierce. Once he issued an order to attack, he would never withdraw his troops unless he succeeded. If a corps of soldiers were exhausted, then the thousand-man captain and corps commander would take over. If a corps was exhausted, then the corps behind would make up. In short, it was to crush the opponent with the tactics of a single soldier mad dog and a group of wolves as a whole, and fight to the end.
Nie Ze had already announced that the White Earth City, which was guarded by the Mo Kingdom's jingbing, would be turned into a Red Earth City after this battle.
After the Baizhan Army arrived at Baitu City, they only took a short rest and did not even send out lobbyists to persuade them to surrender. Nie Ze ordered the entire army to attack the city.
The 400,000-man Baizhan Army surrounded the huge Baitu City tightly, and the large and small catapults and city-breaking crossbows were the first to start. For a moment, thousands of stone bullets and crossbow arrows flew up from the periphery of Baitu City, hitting the top of Baitu City like hail and raindrops.
As soon as the catapults and city-breaking crossbows were fired, Nie Ze ordered the deputy legion commander Guan Dai to lead his 100,000 soldiers to advance.
Guan Dai shivered with fear. His own catapults and city-breaking crossbows had not stopped yet. If he advanced at this time, he would easily be injured by mistake.
The trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows of that era were not mechanized, and were far from accurate. The stone bullets and crossbow arrows fired were either too powerful or too weak, and some only fell halfway after being fired. Some of them flew over their heads and fell into the city. A quarter of them that could really hit the city wall was considered good.
Seeing that Guan Dai had a pale face and had not accepted the order for a long time, Nie Ze's eyebrows immediately stood up and he asked in a serious voice: "What? Does General Guan want to disobey the order?" While speaking, he raised his palms and held his waist. The sword between.
On the battlefield, Nie Ze did not recognize his relatives. Regardless of whether the opponent was Fengren or Zhenren, and regardless of the purpose of the king sending him here or his special status, if he dared to disobey his orders, he could kill him with one sword. die.
Seeing Nie Ze's raised eyebrows and red eyes, as if he wanted to eat people, Guan Dai secretly complained, but in desperation, he had no choice but to raise his hands and said, "I don't dare!"
"Then quickly catch the command arrow!" As he spoke, Nie Zechou took out the command arrow and threw it directly in front of Guan Dai's chest. At the same time, he said: "Our soldiers can only move forward and are not allowed to retreat. All the brothers below are dead. Then Enter the corps commander. All the corps commanders are dead. Then you, the deputy corps commander, will enter. If you die too, I will personally go into battle. In short, before tonight, I must see the banner of our army. On the other side of the city!"
When Guan Dai heard this, his body was shaken and he secretly said, "What a courage!" He took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "I will obey your orders!"
In order to divide Nie Ze's power, Tang Yin appointed four deputy commanders in the Hundred War Army, each in charge of one hundred thousand soldiers. Now, the first person Nie Ze sent to the battlefield was Guan Dai, one of the four deputy commanders. This one.
The advance of 100,000 soldiers can be described as overwhelming. Looking at the dark side, as they advance, it really looks like a huge moving carpet, heading straight for Baitu City.
The Feng army led by Guan Dai was also in fear as they advanced. Listening to the whistling sounds above their heads, it would be a lie to say that they were not afraid, because maybe one of the stone bullets or crossbow arrows would suddenly strike. It fell from mid-air and hit itself on the head.
In fact, this is indeed the case. From time to time, stone bullets and crossbow arrows flying in the air are too weak or collide in the air, and fall down below. Screams can be heard in the Feng Army camp. From time to time, soldiers are hit by falling stone bullets and crossbow arrows. If hit directly, the person may be seriously injured, or the person who is serious may be killed on the spot.
But even so, not one of the hundred thousand soldiers showed signs of panic, and no one was afraid or ran away. Instead of stopping the advance, people rushed faster, rushing towards the stone bullets without fear. , the crossbow arrows fell more and more densely in front.
Seeing this, Guan Dai nodded secretly. He had often heard people say that Zhenren were brave and that they were all desperate. After seeing him today, it was indeed true. I am afraid that no matter how powerful the legion is, they would not want to run into an opponent like Zhenren. !
The predecessor of the Hundred War Army was the Zhenguo Central Army. The officers and men were well-trained and physically strong. When they approached a hundred steps in front of the city, they spontaneously and consciously changed from pushing to charging. Especially the soldiers in front, in order to speed up , many people threw off their armor and wore helmets, but they were shirtless, holding knives and running forward wildly, while also making roars like ghosts and gods.
Zhen people fight rough and ugly, just like savages, but they are also very intimidating. No matter who it is, seeing such an overwhelming group of madmen rushing towards them, they will unconsciously feel chills in their hearts and their morale will be low. Three points.
They ignored the accidental damage caused by stone bullets and crossbow arrows and charged forward. The Mo army in the city could no longer hide under the city wall. They could only bravely rush to the top of the city, facing the stone bullets and arrows that fell from time to time on their heads. Crossbows and arrows to resist the wind army outside the city.
Seeing that their own soldiers had rushed to the city, but Nie Ze had not ordered to stop firing the trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows, the other three deputy army commanders Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, and Zhang Cheng couldn't sit still and involuntarily When he came to Nie Ze, he raised his hands and said: "General, our army brothers have already arrived at the city. Shouldn't the trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows be used for a while..."
Before the three of them could finish speaking, Nie Ze waved his hand and said, "No! Trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows will cause damage to our soldiers, but they will cause greater damage to the enemy, so we must not stop!"
"But if this happens, our army's casualties will be huge..."
"If we fail to break the city and fight a stalemate, our army's casualties will be even greater!" Nie Ze glanced at the three of them coldly and said coldly: "There is no such thing as death in a war. The benevolence of a fugitive will be taken back by me." Use it at home, here in my place, there have always been soldiers wrapped in horse leather, and there have never been generals who were greedy for life and afraid of death!"