Volume 10 Chapter 453
Chapter 453
Hearing Ai Jia's words, Tang Yin frowned and said in a deep voice: "Why are Sun and Xu so timid? If the Zhenjiang navy keeps patrolling the river, they will never be able to get through? Will we be trapped to death in Moying?"
Ai Jia said hurriedly: "Generals Sun Bing and Xu Yan have stated in the letter that the Zhenjiang navy cannot block the river for a long time and will definitely dock to rest. By then, it will not be too late for our navy to take the opportunity to cross the river."
Tang Yin snorted coldly and asked back: "How long do we have to wait? Days, two days, or ten days or half a month? If they wait until the enemy's East China Sea navy comes, they will never cross the river again. What a useless bunch of trash! "
After a pause, he said, "Pass my order. Within two days, Sun Bing and Xu Yan must deliver reinforcements and supplies to me across the river. If they disobey my order, they will be executed without mercy."
Giving two days was Tang Yin's limit. There were hundreds of thousands of Mo troops outside, and there were only more than 30,000 people on his side. I don't know how difficult the next battle will be!
Woo, woo-woo-a long horn sounded outside the camp, and then the war drums in the Mo army camp sounded together, beating loudly. With the sound of the drums, the Mo army, which had already formed a battle formation, began to slowly advance forward.
Looking at the overwhelming Mo army outside advancing in a mighty manner, even the brave Zhen people's soldiers were solemn and subconsciously grasped their weapons.
Nie Ze personally commanded on the wall of the stockade. He shouted to his left and right: "Prepare to shoot arrows!" The messengers around him immediately passed on his order, and the long stockade wall was filled with shouts.
Because the camp of the Zhenjiang Navy was too large and the stockade wall was too long, almost all of the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army climbed up the stockade wall, leaving no reserve troops.
Now, for the Feng Army, the only thing to be thankful for is that the defense of the Zhenjiang Navy camp is very strong. The stockade wall is high, made of a mixture of mud, stones, and wooden piles. It is extremely strong and not afraid of fire. In addition, the camp has a huge amount of baggage stored, including not only a large number of arrows, rolling logs, pounding stones, etc., but also hundreds of catapults and countless stone bombs, which can be used as weapons to resist the Mo Army.
When the Mo Army advanced to the range of the Feng Army, Nie Ze ordered his own catapults to throw the stone bombs first.
Following his order, hundreds of catapults in the camp started up, and huge stones were thrown into the air, with a whistling sound of breaking wind, and smashed into the Mo army camp.
Shields are useless against stone bullets. Even if the soldiers hold up their shields, they can still be smashed into meat patties by the stone bullets falling from the sky.
Hundreds of stone bullets smashed into the Mo army camp, and it can be said that they bloomed everywhere, blood spurted, and people screamed and screamed.
Even Li Jin, who was far away from the battlefield and watching the battle from behind, subconsciously leaned back, as if the stone bullets in the Zhenjiang Navy camp could hit him.
After a wave of stone bullets were fired, the Mo army camp no longer looked so neat, and many square formations became loose. Nie Ze immediately ordered the whole army to shoot arrows, taking advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's disordered formation to kill as many enemies as possible.
The soldiers of the Baizhan Army drew their bows and put their arrows on them, looking down from above and shooting at the enemy outside the city. The arrow array fell into the Mo Army camp like a dark cloud, and groups of soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. Most of them never stood up again after falling to the ground.
In the past, the Zhen people's army was divided into melee soldiers and archers. Since they switched to Feng Country, the Zhen people began to train in the way of Feng Country. Regardless of melee soldiers or archers, they all practiced archery, horsemanship and close combat skills, so now there is no distinction between melee infantry and archers. People's archery skills may not be so proficient, let alone the level of shooting through the willows at a hundred steps, but one thing is that the soldiers have been trained to have strong arm strength.
In large-scale battles, as long as the force is enough and the general direction is correct, even if you shoot arrows with your eyes closed, you can kill the densely packed enemies.
Suffering the double blow of the Feng Army's catapults and arrow arrays, the Mo Army suffered heavy losses in the advance, and soldiers kept falling to the ground. Looking up, after the square formation passed, the ground was covered with corpses and wounded soldiers, and the blood dyed the yellow land black and red.
However, the attacking Mo army was not a mob, but the elite of the central army left behind in the capital. Even though the opponent's attack was so fierce, it did not slow down the advance of the Mo army at all. People were like machines without emotions, moving forward without fear of life and death.
The Mo army, regardless of casualties, finally pressed under the wall of the Zhenjiang Navy Camp. Then, ladders were set up, and the soldiers began to climb up like ants. Next, the head-on battle between the two sides officially began.
This was a battle with a huge difference in strength and a life-and-death struggle. The soldiers on both sides used all their strength and skills, desperately holding on to resist the enemy's strong attack, while desperately charging to break through the enemy's defense line.
The battle was so fierce that even generals like Guan Yuanrang and Cheng Jin, who were good at close combat, took up bows and arrows to shoot the enemies outside the city. As archers, Jiang Fan and Le Tian were even more willing to take the lead. They held a bow and arrows, and each of them placed a large bundle of arrows beside them, and shot arrows continuously. They were both skilled in archery, and every arrow they shot would cause fatal damage to the soldiers of the Mo army.
As a monarch, Tang Yin now led the way, stood at the forefront, and personally participated in the battle. On the battlefield, he held a sickle in one hand, slashing at the enemies climbing the wall, and held a long halberd in the other hand, leaning out from time to time to assassinate the enemies on the ladder.
Sometimes when the battle was critical and the weak points of his own side could no longer resist the enemy's attack, Tang Yin would directly use shadow drift to flash outside the village wall and engage in close combat with the huge crowds of Mo soldiers below.
Every time he appeared outside the camp, he would cause chaos in the Mo army. Under his sickle, groups of Mo soldiers turned into spiritual mist and were absorbed into his body. But at the same time, the fierce fighting was also rapidly consuming his physical strength. After less than an hour of fierce fighting, Tang Yin was exhausted and panting. But what was interesting was that the spiritual energy in his body not only did not decrease, but it became more and more, and his cultivation was constantly improved in the battle.
This bloody battle between the Feng and Mo armies seemed to never end. The attacking Mo army launched waves after waves, and the defending Feng army counterattacked waves stronger than waves. As the battle continued, the two sides had been fighting fiercely for a whole afternoon.
In just one afternoon, the Feng Army repelled five rounds of the Mo Army's strong attack. The Feng Army, with only more than 30,000 people, held the 200,000 Mo Army outside the camp. This can be called a miracle.
Of course, the reason why the Feng Army could hold on was related to the bloody battles of the soldiers regardless of life and death. At the same time, the Zhenjiang Navy Camp itself had a large number of supplies, which also played a decisive role, which also greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Feng Army.
Unfortunately, misfortunes never come alone. Just when the Feng Army was struggling to hold on and resist the strong attack of the Mo Army, the rear suddenly reported that the Zhenjiang Navy was coming quickly from the river to the rear of their camp, and seemed to be attacking from the rear.
Hearing this news, Tang Yin, who would not change his face even under the pressure of Mount Tai, was also trembling in his heart. It was very difficult for him to deal with the main force of the Mo army in front. If he was attacked from behind again and the Mo army formed a pincer attack on him, it would be terrible. If things went wrong, all the soldiers, including himself, would have to die in the Zhenjiang Navy Camp.
In just a moment, sweat appeared on Tang Yin's forehead. He looked around and shouted loudly: "Where is Cheng Jin?"
Hearing his shout, Cheng Jin, who had disappeared, didn't know where he got out of. He was covered in blood and the spirit knife in his hand had turned dark red. He hurried to Tang Yin and asked while panting: "What does the king want?"
"Call the dark arrow brothers immediately and follow me to the rear camp to meet the enemy!" Tang Yin said in a deep voice.
Go to the rear camp to meet the enemy? Could it be that the enemy is coming from the river again? Cheng Jin's face also changed, but he didn't dare to ask more, and hurried to call the dark arrow personnel scattered everywhere.
Soon, Cheng Jin gathered all the more than 100 secret arrows in one place. Seeing that most of them were gone, Tang Yin led the secret arrows and 2,000 soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army and rushed to the rear camp.
When they ran to the rear camp, the Mo army's fleet was less than 100 steps away from the dock of the Zhenjiang Navy Camp. Looking up, the river was full of enemy ships. There were more than 150 ships of all sizes, if not 200, and they were parallel to the river in layers, moving forward in unison, which was also very spectacular.
But at this time, Tang Yin and others had no intention of appreciating the magnificent scene in front of them. People's nerves were stretched to the extreme. There were more than 150 ships. Even if there were no infantry in them, the navy alone had to be more than 100,000. There were only 2,000 people on our side. How could this battle continue?
People instinctively looked at Tang Yin, who was as still as a mountain. Facing so many enemy ships, his facial expression did not change at all, but the light in his eyes was floating and jumping.
Tang Yin was thinking about how to fight back, but no matter how he thought, he felt that with only a few people on his side, he could not stop the attack of so many enemies. Instead of letting the enemy break into the camp by force, it would be better to...
Thinking of this, a sudden light flashed in his mind, and he said to his left and right: "Open the camp gate!"
"What?" Cheng Jin and others all doubted whether they had heard it wrong. With so many enemies, even if they fought to the death, they might not be able to defend it. Why did they take the initiative to open the camp gate to let the enemy in? Cheng Jin said anxiously: "My king..."
Tang Yin waved his hand to interrupt Cheng Jin's next words. He said indifferently: "The commander of the enemy navy is Gao Hang. Although he is arrogant, he is not reckless. He is well versed in military tactics and is good at scheming. The more abnormal our performance is, the more he will be worried. Even if the camp gate is wide open, he may not dare to advance."