Chapter 206
Tang Yin made appropriate arrangements for his own manpower, and then asked everyone to go back to their residences to rest. He went up to the city wall and looked at the Ning Army camp.
The Ning Army camp was very quiet at this time, and there were occasional lights moving, which were patrolling Ning soldiers walking.
He was also wondering as he watched, why did the Ning Army not use large siege equipment in the siege this afternoon? If they didn't think of using it at the beginning, but the battle was extremely difficult later, why didn't they use it? Moreover, there was no siege equipment in the memory of the Ning soldiers he killed. The only explanation was that there were no large siege weapons in the Ning Army at present.
Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be that the Ning Army thought the siege equipment was too heavy and did not carry it with the army, and now it has fallen behind? If this is the case, if his side can intercept and kill the Ning Army's siege weapons halfway, it will be of great benefit to his defense of the city.
Tang Yin still remembers the catapult used by the Ning Army during the Tongmen battle. The stones it fired could even smash the arrow crenels. It was extremely powerful. If the Ning Army used this thing to attack the city, it would be too threatening to their side. But now the Ning Army has surrounded Jinhua City. It is impossible for him to send people out to intercept them halfway. The only one who can do this is himself.
He stood on the top of the city with his eyes turning, thinking for a moment, he made up his mind, turned around and waved to the guards behind him, quickly went down the city wall, and returned to his barracks. After coming in, he did not rest, but quickly took off his armor, put on casual clothes, and quietly left the barracks.
Without saying hello to anyone, he performed Shadow Drift, first flashed to the top of the city, and then without delaying for a moment, he performed Shadow Drift again, and his figure appeared outside the city wall.
In fact, if you want to get out of the Ning Army camp, the shadow clone is the most suitable, but Tang Yin's main purpose is not only to get out, but to intercept the Ning Army's baggage on the way. It is not known how far the journey is. He is worried that his clone will not be able to maintain such a long distance, so he went out in person.
At this time, outside Jinhua City, there were corpses of Ning Army soldiers who had not been taken away in time, lying all over the ground. Tang Yin closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his two dark eyes had turned into a dark green, which looked particularly strange in the night.
He looked around and confirmed that there were no lurking Ning Army sentries. Then he turned over the corpses, took off the armor that fit his body from the corpses, and quickly put it on. After putting on the armor, Tang Yin squinted his eyes and glanced at the Ning Army camp. He did not sneak over quietly, but used shadow drifting to flash from one dark place to another, and approached the wall of the Ning Army camp without anyone noticing.
He lay in the grass, motionless, while emitting dark spiritual energy, completely wrapping his body, condensing but not dispersing. From a distance, he looked like a huge stone. A patrolling Ning soldier walked directly in front of him not far away, without even a glance.
After the Ning soldier's patrol passed, Tang Yin recovered his spiritual energy, squatted on the ground, and instantly arrived in front of the camp wall. Without any delay, he flashed into the camp wall.
After entering the Ning army camp, Tang Yin no longer hid his tracks, but walked out openly. At the same time, he transformed into a shadow clone. The two wore the armor of the Ning soldiers and straddled the Ning soldiers' swords. One in front and one behind, they were interspersed between the camps like ordinary patrol soldiers.
Tang Yin and the clone were of the same mind and mind. There was no need for them to talk. The clone understood what Tang Yin wanted to do. The two were walking forward, and three patrolling Ning soldiers came in front of them. Tang Yin's eyes lit up, and the clone understood, and slowly put his hands behind his back.
When the two sides passed by and nodded to each other, Tang Yin suddenly stopped and asked with a smile: "Which corps are you three from?"
The three Ning soldiers stopped and replied with a smile: "We are from the Sixth Corps, what about you two?"
"The Eleventh Corps."
"Oh?" The three Ning soldiers looked at each other, grinned, surrounded him, and said: "You are the main force of the siege this afternoon. I heard that many brothers died."
"Yeah!" Tang Yin showed a sad look on his face, and said faintly: "Many brothers will never return to their hometowns."
"Brothers, don't be sad, General Zhan has said that tonight, at the latest tomorrow morning, the siege weapons will be transported to the army. When we attack the city, we will definitely beat the Feng Army to death and avenge the brothers who died in battle!" The three Ning soldiers did not doubt it and were still kindly persuading Tang Yin.
After hearing his words, Tang Yin's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Brother, you know a lot of things, which are very useful to me. Just give me everything you know!"
The Ning soldier didn't understand what he meant by this, and his eyes were full of doubts, but at the moment he was stunned, Tang Yin's wrist suddenly shook, and the scimitar appeared in his palm. Without any warning, he swung his arm outward violently, and with a pounce, the throat of the Ning soldier on his right was cut by the sharp blade, and blood spurted out. The Ning soldier didn't even make a sound, and collapsed on the spot.
Although Tang Yin no longer has spiritual energy, he still has good kung fu, and his moves are so fast that people can't defend against it.
The other two Ning soldiers were shocked and opened their mouths. Just when they were about to scream, Tang Yin's shadow clone had already approached them without knowing when. The two Ning soldiers opened their mouths wide, but could not say a word. They looked down and saw that the opponent's hands had turned into two black knives, which stabbed straight into their hearts. The blades were faintly covered with flickering blue flames.
Plop!
The clone drew his sword, and both bodies fell to the ground. The clone grinned at the bodies on the ground, raised his hand knife, licked the blood on it, and then shook his arms, covering it with the death burning of the dark fire, dissolving the bodies of the three Ning soldiers, picking up the remaining armor and clothes, and stuffing them behind the barracks next to him.
Through the memories of the three Ning soldiers, Tang Yin has confirmed that there are indeed no large siege weapons in the Ning Army camp, and these weapons are on the way. It is said that there are not many Ning soldiers escorting them, and the specific number is unknown. Tang Yin thought about it, put away the scimitar in his hand, turned around, and walked towards the horse pen.
With the memory of the Ning soldiers, although Tang Yin did not know the structure of the Ning Army camp well, he had a general understanding. He and the clone walked quickly, and it didn't take long before they approached the horse stalls of the Ning Army camp. Like the Feng Army, the Ning Army did not have a mature cavalry corps, and there were not many horses. Most of them were war horses of generals, and some were used by scouts.
Tang Yin and his clone came over, and several Ning soldiers in charge of the horses immediately stepped forward to stop them. While looking at them, they asked, "What's the matter?"
"We use horses!" Tang Yin said calmly with a smile.
"Are there any orders?"
"No!" Tang Yin answered straightforwardly.
"No? Are you making fun of us..."
Hearing this, several Ning soldiers were furious and surrounded Tang Yin, rolling up their sleeves, as if they would take action if Tang Yin didn't explain clearly. They didn't need to take action, the shadow clone had already taken action. The clone's hands turned into two long curved hand knives, and his figure was like a whirlwind, flashing past the side of several Ning soldiers.
In this walk and pass, several Ning soldiers disappeared without a sound, turning into smoke, leaving only armor and weapons scattered on the spot. The shadow clone looked up, absorbed the spiritual energy in the air, and then followed Tang Yin into the horse stall.
The two, or rather, one real and one clone, selected the two strongest war horses from the crowd, pulled out the horsemen, then both mounted their horses and ran straight to the back door of the South Camp.
Through Ning Bing's memory, Tang Yin knew that the two brothers Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were both powerful in Lingwu, especially the latter, who had a high level of cultivation and was one of the top three Lingwu masters in Ningguo. The other two were surrounded by a large number of generals, guards, and many students from the Lingwu Academy, who were not easy to deal with. To be cautious, they avoided the central army tent and took a detour.
Ningguo had a strong academy culture. Not only was there the Lingwu Academy, but there were also many academies and military academies, which provided talents for the military and political circles of Ningguo. This was also the basis for Ningguo's transformation from weak to strong.
Tang Yin and his clone rode straight to the southern back gate of the Ning Army camp. Both of them rode very fast. When they approached the gate, Tang Yin shouted loudly: "General, urgent military order, open the gate quickly!"
The Ning soldiers guarding the southern back gate didn't know what was going on, but seeing the speed of the two riders, they knew that the military situation was serious. They didn't dare to delay and hurriedly opened the gate to let Tang Yin and his clone pass.
Without stopping for a moment, Tang Yin and his clone urged their horses to pass through the gate and left.
After leaving the Ning Army camp, Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he take back his clone, ride a horse himself, and lead an empty horse as a backup, and galloped to the south.
The baggage of the Ning Army was in the logistics troops. After receiving the military order from Zhan Wushuang, the logistics troops accelerated their marching speed. At this time, they were not far from the Ning Army camp.
As he was walking forward, he suddenly saw two riders running in front of him, one with a rider and the other without. The riders were wearing the uniforms of the Ning Kingdom.
The general in charge of logistics urged his horse to come out, and when Tang Yin was approaching, he shouted, "Brother, stop! Are you sent by General Zhan to convey the general's orders?"
"Yes!" Tang Yin agreed, but he had no intention of reining in his horse. He rushed to the Ning general at lightning speed. Before the latter could see what was going on, Tang Yin had drawn out his two swords, put them together, and swung his arms. The edge of the sickle was heading straight for the Ning general's neck.
"Ah?" Ning general was shocked. He never dreamed that his own 'messenger' would suddenly attack him, and the move was so fast, just like lightning.
He instinctively yelled, ducked his head, and in a panic, reached out to touch the weapon on the saddle bridge.