Volume 10 Chapter 701

Chapter 701

In the next few days, Shao Fang's life in Feng State was no longer so easy. The emperor's edict to suppress rebellion was being drafted, and Feng Mo's joint attack on Ning was imminent. Tang Yin and Shao Fang began to divide and coordinate the specific time, location and general direction of the attack.

Three days later, Shao Fang left Feng State and returned to China to make arrangements. Tang Yin also prepared to set off for Hedong to conduct the second personal expedition against Ning State.

Batches of Feng State recruits who had just completed training were deployed to Hedong continuously. A large number of supplies, weapons and food were also transported with the recruits, and the gears of the war machine began to accelerate.

Until the day before his departure, Tang Yin went to the palace to bid farewell to Yin Rou.

Hearing that he was going to personally lead the Feng army to fight against the Ning Kingdom, Yin Rou was surprised and worried. She subconsciously grabbed Tang Yin's sleeve and asked nervously: "Haven't the Feng and Ning countries already negotiated peace? Why are they going to fight again?"

Tang Yin said with a relaxed face: "Ning has always been eyeing Feng Kingdom. As long as Ning Kingdom is not destroyed, Feng Kingdom will never have peace."

"Then...must we fight?" She grabbed Tang Yin's sleeve tighter.

Tang Yin nodded and said: "The arrow is on the string, how can we not shoot it?" After a pause, he patted Yin Rou's little hand and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, this war will end soon, at most half a year, at least three months, I will take you to Ningdu Liangzhou for a trip!"

He said it easily, but Yin Rou was not relaxed at all. War is unpredictable, and any accidents may happen... She shook her head and forced herself not to think about the bad things. She whispered, "Can I... go with you?"

Tang Yin smiled, raised his hand and gently touched her cheek, saying, "I am satisfied that Rou'er has such a heart. You just wait for the news of my triumphant return in the palace."

"Well..." Yin Rou also understood that on the battlefield, she was a burden and could not help at all. Instead, she needed the protection of others. She said with a lonely look, "Yin, you... be careful, I'll wait for you."

Tang Yin didn't say anything more, silently embraced her in his arms, and sniffed the faint and charming fragrance on her body with fascination.

Half a month later, Yin Zhun issued a proclamation to fight against the rebellion, condemning Ningguo for its disloyalty and rebellious heart, and inviting all the kings in the world to fight against it together.

On the second day after the proclamation was issued, before Ningguo made any response, Feng and Mo countries simultaneously declared war on Ningguo.

At this time, Tang Yin had arrived at the Hedong camp, and with him came Qiu Zhen, Jiang Fan and the fifteen generals selected by the Nawu Order.

Now the Hedong camp of Fengguo has more than 400,000 troops. The strength of the four armies, Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Zhizu Army, and Tianying Army, all reached more than 100,000.

In the battle against Ning, the primary goal of Feng Army was to cross the Zhang River, defeat Ning Army's Hexi Camp, and completely open the passage to Hexi County.

When Changsun Yuanhong was guarding Hexi before, Tang Yin suffered two major losses, losing nearly 100,000 soldiers. Now the commander of Ningguo guarding Hexi has been replaced by Wei Zheng, and Tang Yin does not want to be defeated by Wei Zheng again.

After Tang Yin discussed with his generals, he finally formulated a battle plan. The Tianying Army took the lead and attacked the Hexi Camp head-on, pinning down the Ningguo warships, while the Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, and Zhizu Army went around to the flanks to force a crossing.

Although Feng Army had been training in water battles for quite a long time in Hedong Camp, water battles were still Feng Army's weak point due to the limitations of ships and equipment. This first battle of crossing the water was also the most difficult for Feng Army.

On the day when Tang Yin declared war on Ning, in order not to give the Ning army too much time to prepare, the Feng army launched an attack in the morning of that day.

Because the mission of the Sky Eagle Army was the most important and the most difficult, almost all the wooden boats in the Feng Army were assigned to the Sky Eagle Army. More than 100,000 troops and nearly 20,000 small boats sailed out of the Hedong camp and rowed straight to the other side.

For the sudden offensive launched by the Feng Army, the Ning Army was not unprepared. Wei Zheng's ability may not be as good as Changsun Yuanhong, but he is also a famous general of Ning State. After Feng Ning signed the peace treaty, he did not dare to take it lightly and constantly sent spies to monitor Feng State's every move.

When the emperor issued an imperial decree to invite King Ning to Feng to meet the emperor, Wei Zheng had already judged that this was a trap. If the king went, he would not return. If he did not go, he would be criticized. From this time on, Wei Zheng began to actively prepare for war without receiving orders from the court in order to meet with emergencies.

The result was really predicted by him, but he never expected the sudden participation of Mo State in the war.

Hearing that there was something unusual in Fengying, tens of thousands of ships were heading towards his camp. Wei Zheng sneered and calmly passed down the order to let his warships fight.

The Tianying Army had nearly 20,000 ships, while the Ning Army had only a few hundred ships, but the size of the two sides was too different.

The Ning Army's warships were huge, tall and long, and most of them were divided into three or four layers. Each layer had dense arrow shooting holes, and the hull was wrapped with iron sheets, so they were not afraid of collisions. What's more, the Feng Army's Broken Army Crossbow that fell into the hands of the Ning Army was imitated by Wei Zheng and equipped on various warships. With such a powerful weapon, the combat effectiveness of the warships was obviously improved to a higher level.

The ships of both sides just started fighting, and the difference was immediately clear.

The Ning Army was on the big ship, looking down from a high position, and first shot a giant crossbow arrow. The crossbow arrow hit the small wooden boat, instantly smashing the hull, and the Feng Army soldiers on it fell into the water one after another. The Feng Army also had the Pojun crossbow, but it had little effect on the Ning Army's warships. With such a large ship and a huge hull, it was hard to tell how many crossbow arrows it would take to sink.

The number of the Feng army was greater than that of the Ning army, and their ships were several times that of the Ning army, but their combat effectiveness was not proportional.

Ziying knew very well where his own shortcomings were and where the enemy's strengths were. He kept giving orders, beating drums, beating drums, and beating drums again. The whole army charged fiercely. They must get close to the opponent. As long as their own soldiers could go smoothly Climb onto the opponent's warship, and the winner will be your own side.

As the ships from both sides continued to approach, the water battle also heated up.

Crossbow arrows from both sides were constantly shuttled back and forth on the river. The boats on the Feng Army's side were hit by crossbow arrows from time to time and shattered into wooden planks. Countless soldiers fell into the water, but only a few were rescued by luck. Many people were drowned by the river. Above, there were layers of floating corpses, and screams and calls for help.

Looking back at the Ning Army, each warship was constantly being hit by crossbow arrows, especially the warship rushing in front. The huge hull was filled with crossbow arrows, and the river water continued to pour into the ship along the breach, and then was fired by the crossbow arrows. Ning's soldiers were poured out of the ship one barrel after another. From time to time, some of Ning's soldiers in the cabin were knocked away and penetrated by the crossbow arrows fired into the cabin. Their deaths were extremely miserable.

As the distance between the two sides got closer, Ning Jun took the lead in firing arrows.

At this time, the advantage of the tall hull came into play again, and the condescending shots allowed the Ning army to shoot at the Feng army, but the Feng army could not shoot at the Ning army. Even if there were arrows flying to the warship, they would only be at the end of the crossbow and difficult to damage. People, not to mention Ning Jun is still hiding in the cabin, with the hard hull as cover.

During the battle, the power of the Ning Army's arrow formation was fully demonstrated. After one round of arrow formation, the attacked boat was submerged by the eagle feathers. The inside and outside of the hull were filled with dense arrows. Even if the Feng soldiers on the boat had shields, Even when they were taking cover, they would inevitably be hit by arrows one after another. Often, no one in the boat would be spared, and they would all be shot into hedgehogs.

Wei Zheng, who personally went out to supervise the battle, stood at the highest point of the handsome ship, looking up at the battlefield ahead with a confident smile. The Feng army wanted to use small canoes to defeat their own giant warships. No matter how many troops they invested, they were just asking for death. This is not a battle at all, it is completely a one-sided massacre.

The fighting continues, and the Feng army is still making desperate suicidal charges, but the number of dead has soared to as many as 20,000 to 30,000.

Just when Wei Zheng felt that the overall situation was settled, suddenly, a general behind him pointed to the north and exclaimed: "General, no, there is smoke in the north!"

Wei Zheng hurriedly turned his head and looked north, right? On the west bank of the Zhang River in the north, beacon towers everywhere had been lit, and black smoke billowed straight into the sky.

It seems that the Feng Army not only attacked here, but also invested troops in the north.

Not knowing whether the Feng army was feigning an attack in the north or a real attack, Wei Zheng did not dare to send out too many warships. He turned back and ordered the herald to mobilize fifty warships to the north for reinforcements.

Fifty warships had just been separated from his side, and then the smoke rose again in the south. Wei Zheng followed suit and sent out fifty warships to reinforce the southern attack location.

However, the Feng Army invested not one army in the south, but two armies, the Pingyuan Army and the Directly Affiliated Army.

Tang Yin commanded the direct army and forcibly crossed the river ten miles south of the Hexi camp of the Ning army. In order to show his determination to cross the river this time and to make the soldiers abandon their worries about life and death, Tang Yin personally led the army into the battle. Because all the ships were given to the Sky Eagle Army, Tang Yin didn't even have a small canoe, but only rafts.

The raft he was on took the lead and rushed straight to the other side. The monarch could risk his own life and lead the troops in this way. The soldiers below had no idea of ​​​​escaping. People all exerted their strength and rowed. The wooden paddle followed Tang Yin's raft.

Twenty miles south of the Hexi camp, where the Feng army suffered two consecutive defeats, was the main attack site of the Pingyuan army.

The scene of the Pingyuan Army's disastrous defeat here was still vivid in Xiao Muqing's mind. This time he had made up his mind to avenge his shame. Even if it was filled with people and piled with people, he would rush to the other side.

The Pingyuan Army has never been defeated since its establishment. The only stain is the Zhang River. This time they were fighting at the same place again, and all the soldiers in the army were excited. When crossing the river, most of the soldiers threw off their armor and went into battle shirtless. They held a shield in one hand and a paddle in the other. They held steel knives in their mouths and their eyes were bloodshot. They almost emitted a red light, stared at the other side, and drove on the river faster than Tang Yin's direct army.

The fifty warships sent by Wei Zhengnan did not encounter the Pingyuan Army, but first encountered the direct army headed by Tang Yin. Caizi Pavilion