Volume 10, Chapter 740

Chapter 740

No one expected that the An army, who had always been afraid of death, would use a tactic of burning everything together. They poured a lot of kerosene on the city wall in advance, burning the soldiers of both sides who were fighting desperately on the city wall to death. .

This fire burned from the top of the city wall to the bottom of the city wall, and even the Feng army outside the city was affected. Many people caught fire and rolled on the ground screaming. The Feng army that was not affected was also pushed back by the waves of heat coming towards them.

Looking at the city wall in front of them that had turned into a wall of fire, the soldiers of the Feng army were all stunned. They had experienced countless sieges, but this was the first time they encountered an enemy army that used such means to defend the city. Looking at the people struggling in the sea of ​​fire and listening to the heartbreaking screams, people felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

At this moment, a roar was heard from the city gate tower, and then a fire shadow rushed out from the city gate tower, falling rapidly from midair, and then a heavy muffled sound was heard, and the fire shadow fell heavily to the ground, and the flames were shaken far away.

People couldn't recognize who this person was at all. When they were hesitating whether to go forward to rescue, someone in the Feng Army suddenly shouted: "It's the king! Put out the fire! Brothers, help the king put out the fire!"

When they heard that the fire shadow was the king, the soldiers of the Feng Army all took a breath of cold air, surrounded him, or took off their outer cloaks, or tore off their battle robes, and slapped the flames on the fire shadow.

Soon, another Feng Army soldier took off his helmet, dug sand from the ground, and threw it on the fire shadow.

Under the rescue of many Feng soldiers, the fire on the fire shadow was finally extinguished. People looked again. At this time, who else could it be if it wasn't the king who was lying on the ground and almost buried in the sand?

Now, Tang Yin's spiritual armor has been burned red, hissing and emitting white smoke. He lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

"My king!" Ah San Ah Si, Jiang Fan, Cheng Jin and others rushed out of the crowd and pulled him out of the sand.

They were about to help Tang Yin up, but the latter suddenly shook his body, threw everyone away, and then jumped up. Even though he was in a very embarrassed state, he still held the spiritual sword tightly in his hand.

After getting up, he gritted his teeth and said in a concentrated voice: "An Ren is abominable, continue to attack the city!"

Everyone looked at each other. The wall of Yuzhen had been burned like this, and it was unknown when the fire would stop. How could they attack the city now?

Ah San Ah Si was about to speak, but when he looked carefully, he suddenly found that Tang Yin's eyes were tightly closed, and the area around his eye sockets was smoked red. Even with his eyes closed, tears kept flowing out.

It seemed that the king's eyes were burned! Ah San and Ah Si came forward, supported Tang Yin's arms, and said in a trembling voice: "My king, the fire on the city wall is burning fiercely, and it will not be extinguished for a while. The soldiers can't continue to hold on. Today... let's stop the siege today!"

The spiritual armor can protect Tang Yin's body from being burned, but the only place it can't protect is his eyes. At this time, his eyes heard what Ah San and Ah Si said. He clenched his fists hard, pondered for a long time, and squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "Withdraw troops for the time being, and fight again tomorrow!"

The North City, where Tang Yin was attacking, temporarily withdrew troops, and the Feng Army on the east, south, and west also chose to withdraw troops one after another. The whole day of siege finally ended with the active retreat of the Feng Army.

In this battle, both the attackers and defenders suffered a lot of casualties. The An Army suffered a loss of 30,000 people, and the Feng Army suffered a similar loss. The largest casualties were in the North City.

An entire wall was burned, and more than 20,000 soldiers from the Feng and An armies died in the sea of ​​fire. When the battlefield was cleaned up after the war, the scene was filled with a burnt smell, and deformed bodies that had been burned into a black mass could be seen everywhere.

Many bodies were several or dozens of people hugging each other, turning into a mass, and could not be separated. The armor and uniforms on the bodies were completely burned, and it was impossible to tell which were our brothers and which were the remains of the enemy.

The scene was so miserable that it seemed like hell was presented on earth, which made people feel terrified.

The corpse collection teams on both sides were unable to make detailed distinctions and confirmations of the bodies of the soldiers of both sides. They could only determine that the bodies on the wall were all An army, and the bodies under the wall were all Feng army. The personnel of both sides loaded the bodies onto trucks and transported them away.

On the first day of the siege, Anjun's North City commander, Lieutenant General Cheng Huaisong, died for his country, and six of his ten lieutenants were killed. However, Fengjun did not get any advantage, at least Tang Yin's eyes were burned, which made the Fengjun soldiers very worried.

Fortunately, Tang Yin was a dark spiritual practitioner with a strong recovery ability. With the careful treatment of Su Yelei and other medical officers, the burns on his eyes were quickly controlled, but it would take some time to recuperate and he could not see for the time being.

At night, Fengying, Central Army Tent.

Now, Tang Yin's eyes have been medicated and wrapped with a thick layer of gauze. He sits cross-legged in the middle of the central army tent, and the generals sit on both sides. Seeing Tang Yin's appearance, Ziying asked in a low voice with concern: "Is your eye injury okay?"

"It's just a minor injury." Tang Yin replied nonchalantly, then he clenched his fist and pounded the couch hard, saying in a deep voice: "An Ren is abominable, he actually poured kerosene on the city wall, wanting to die with our soldiers, who is this Cheng Huaisong?"

The generals looked at each other. In fact, Feng Jun had very limited information about Anguo, and they did not take Anguo seriously. There were very few Anguo generals they were familiar with and understood. Cheng Huaisong is just a lieutenant general and unknown, so who will pay attention to him!

"Perhaps, even Anguo's dead soldier, no matter what, he has been buried in the sea of ​​fire today, so the king no longer has to worry." Qi Heng comforted.

"Of course I won't worry about a dead person. What I want to know is how many people like Cheng Huaisong there are in Anguo, and how many generals are willing to die with our army!"

Tang Yin turned to face Qi Heng, even though he shrank his neck in fright, he quickly lowered his head, not daring to say anything more. Ziying answered: "There shouldn't be many people like Cheng Huaisong in Anguo, otherwise, Beicheng wouldn't be the only one being doused with flames."

Tang Yin nodded and said: "Tomorrow morning, our army will continue to attack the city. This time, no matter what, we must tear apart Anjun's city defense and break into Yuzhen!"

Liu Zhang bowed and cautiously raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, our army has consumed most of the stone bullets and crossbow arrows today. If we continue to attack tomorrow, I'm afraid the brothers below will suffer heavy casualties!"

His words resonated with many generals, and people nodded, saying that what Liu Zhang said was correct. Tang Yinze raised his eyebrows and asked, "Liu Zhang, what do you think?"

"Our army will rest for a few days, and it will not be too late to attack Yuzhen after we have prepared enough stone bullets and crossbow arrows."

"Our army is resting and recuperating, and An's army is also resting and recuperating. If the two armies are facing each other, how can we give the enemy a chance to breathe? It will be exhausted in one go, then weaken again, and exhaust three times. If it is delayed, it will be detrimental to our army. The war must start tomorrow, and we must not do it. Let Anjun think that our army is weak."

Tang Yin spoke categorically, with a firmness in his tone that could not be rejected. Xiao Muqing immediately nodded his head and responded: "What the king said is absolutely true. Our officers and soldiers are now in high morale. If we call a truce due to an unfavorable first battle, it will greatly damage the morale of our army."

"Tomorrow, the New Army will still focus on attacking the North City, the Pingyuan Army will take the initiative to attack the East City, the Sky Eagle Army will take the initiative to attack the West City, and the Directly Affiliated Army will take the initiative to attack the South City, and will continue to put pressure on the defenders of Yuzhen. Anren was weak in nature and started a war of attrition. Over time, There will be chaos within the An army.”

"Yes! I will obey the order!" The generals heard that the king was determined to fight, and they did not dare to mention the word truce again. People stepped in to accept the order.

After the accounts were settled, Tang Yin returned to his sleeping quarters with the support of Asan and Asi. Not long after he sat down, Ren Xiao came.

He said: "I went to see Medical Officer Su just now. I heard from Medical Officer Su that His Highness's eye injury can be cured in three to five days."

"It's no big deal now, it's just that it's still a little dry." Tang Yin shrugged with a smile.

At this time, Yin Lan also walked in from the outside, came to Tang Yin's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, this is the news I just got." As she spoke, she handed an origami letter to Tang Yin. When he didn't pick it up, she Then she suddenly remembered that the king was still unable to see. She opened the origami and said, "It is reported that many rangers from Ningdi, Modi, Huandi, Andi, and Zhendi are gathering at Kawaguchi County in Anguo."

"Kawakou County?" Tang Yin subconsciously held up the map on the table in front of him and muttered: "Kawakou County is not close to Yuzhen."

"Yes, Your Majesty, from Imperial Town to Kawakou County, we have to pass through Yihe and Baijin County." Yin Lan replied.

"Do you know the purpose of the rangers from all over the country coming to Kawaguchi County?"

"It's still unclear what their intentions are, but it's very likely that they are coming for our army." Yin Lan analyzed. Now Feng'an and Feng'an are at war. At this juncture, the rangers from all over Xiang'an and Tang Yin were stunned, then they looked up and smiled and said, "This is a good thing!"

Yin Lan and everyone on the side were stunned and didn't understand why Tang Yin said that.

Tang Yin sneered and said: "Anguo is now at the point of life and death. If our country annexes Anguo again, its national power will be stronger and its strength will be even greater. Presumably, this will make many people anxious and make many people who hate our country Feng have to Coming to the surface, this is a good opportunity for our country, a good opportunity to catch these people with ulterior motives!"

"The king means..."

"Ignore them, let them gather in Kawaguchi County. After we capture Yuzhen, we can then concentrate on encircling and suppressing these reckless rangers!" Tang Yin raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a bloodthirsty smile.