Chapter 219

After listening to Tang Yin's words, the young people in Jinhua City knelt on one knee one after another and looked around. The crowd rushed into the field and everyone said in unison: "Don't worry, sir, we swear to fight Ning's army to the end and never retreat even half a step." Read the full text! ”

"Okay!" Tang Yin nodded, turned sideways and said to the several regiment commanders under his command: "You organize people to distribute military uniforms and weapons."

"Sir!" Shen Zhichen suppressed the excitement in his heart and said softly: "I'm afraid it may not be useful." There are at least thirty to forty thousand of these young and middle-aged men who have come forward to join the army, and their current armor and weapons are not fully equipped. How can it be used by so many people if it reaches 20,000 pairs?

Tang Yin pondered for a moment and said: "As many as there are, we will issue them. Those who have not been issued armor and weapons will serve as a reserve army. When the war starts, if there are casualties, we can replenish them as soon as possible!"

Shen Zhichen secretly praised the words and responded quickly: "Yes! My subordinates know it!"

He agreed and turned to leave. Tang Yin glanced at him, changed the subject, and suddenly said: "Today, General Shen was able to decisively issue an attack order regardless of the enemy in order to prevent the enemy general from entering the city. He did a good job."

Shen Zhichen's face straightened and he said hurriedly: "Thank you, sir." Although his order blocked Zhan Wudi from entering the city, hundreds of Feng soldiers died under his own arrows. He had been worried before that Tang Yin would blame him if he found out about this matter, but now after hearing what he said, he felt relieved.

It was not easy to get Tang Yin's praise, and he felt somewhat proud at the same time as he felt calm. After waiting for a while, seeing that Tang Yin didn't say anything for a long time, Shen Zhichen couldn't help but take a peek, and then suddenly realized that although the latter was praising him, there was no smile on his face. Instead, he was cold and frighteningly gloomy.

His heart trembled and he grinned secretly. He immediately realized that Tang Yin was praising him on the surface, but in fact he was blaming him. He hurriedly wanted to explain, but at this time, Tang Yin waved his hand to block what he wanted to say, and said quietly: "Although you do it That's right, but I don't want to see this happen again." After saying that, he turned and walked towards his barracks, leaving Shen Zhichen standing there with a bitter and embarrassed look on his face.

The soldiers who had fought hard all day could go back to their tents to sleep and rest, but Tang Yin did not dare. The battle was so fierce that no one could guarantee that Ning's army would not attack at night. After returning to the barracks, he took off his armor and put on clean clothes. Then without stopping for a moment, he walked out of the barracks, went up to the north city wall, and sat on the ground leaning on the arrow stack.

Tang Yin came from a difficult background, and the hardship he is experiencing now is nothing to him.

Not long after he sat down, Shangguan Yuanrang came up from the city, carrying a wine jar and a large bag of beef in his hands. When he saw Tang Yin, his eyes lit up, he walked over with a smile, put the wine jar and beef on the ground, and then sat next to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin glanced at Shangguan Yuanrang and asked with a smile, "Why don't you go and rest?"

"My lord, you didn't go to rest either!" Shangguan Yuanrang replied with a smile.

Shrugging, Tang Yin said, "I can almost recover my physical strength by sitting here for one night."

Shangguan Yuanrang nodded and said: "Me too." As he spoke, he picked up the wine jar, rubbed it with his fingers to seal it, and with a bang, he made a big hole in the jar seal. He tore off the seal paper and poured out the wine. The altar was handed to Tang Yin, and he said with a smile: "Sir, drink!"

Tang Yin was not polite. He took the wine jar and drank two big gulps. The wind wine was spicy, as if a ball of fire had flowed into his stomach. Tang Yin wiped his mouth carelessly and sighed softly. The cold wind at night was no longer so cold. He handed the wine jar back to Shangguan Yuanrang, who, like him, also held the wine jar and drank several sips.

"Sir, how long will we stay in Jinhua City?" Shangguan Yuanrang put down the wine jar, tore a piece of beef, and asked while eating.

"God knows." Tang Yin said slowly, "Maybe three or five days, maybe a month. It depends on how long it takes Master Qiu to eliminate Zhong Wen and the others." As he spoke, he mentioned the wine jar again, After taking a sip, he continued: "Now we are in the same situation as Zhong Wen. We are both surrounded by a heavy army. It depends on who can't hold it back first."

Shangguan Yuanrang responded and said worriedly: "Sir, what if Ning Jun feels that he cannot capture Jinhua City and is eager to rescue Zhong Wen, so he chooses to give up the attack and bypass the city?"

Tang Yin looked up and smiled and said with certainty: "They don't dare!"

Shangguan Yuanrang was puzzled and asked: "Why don't you dare?"

Tang Yin said: "Let's not mention that having worries about the future is a big taboo in marching and fighting. They can't stand the fact that we occupy Jinhua City and cut off the Ning army's logistics line. The 400,000 Ning army needs to eat and drink, so how much food will they need? Food, once the food and grass are cut off, the 400,000-strong Ning army will be vulnerable. I don’t think the commander of the Ning army dares to take this risk. "

"Oh!" Shangguan Yuanrang nodded. It's no wonder that Ning Jun could go around the city but kept his eyes on Jinhua City. It turned out to be concerns about food and grass supplies. He looked strangely at Tang Yin up and down and asked, "Sir, have you ever learned the art of war?"

Tang Yin was stunned, shook his head and said, "I haven't learned it yet."

"Then how do you know this, sir?"

"Before the troops and horses move, food and grass must go first; the people must not be without business for a while, and the army must not be without food for a day. This is common sense, isn't it?" What he said has become a proverb in modern times, and everyone knows it, but at that time How could ordinary people understand this in an era when people's wisdom was not yet developed?

Shangguan Yuanrang scratched his forehead and muttered, "Common sense? Why haven't I heard of it? Am I ignorant?" He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He picked up the wine jar and drank it.

Tang Yin glanced at him, shook his head and smiled. Shangguan Yuanrang's cultivation is indeed profound. Even an iron man can't stand fighting for a whole day, but he became lively and energetic after a short rest. It seems that people with the physique of "divine and spiritual unity" are indeed far from ordinary spiritual practitioners. Although he did not consume spiritual energy on the battlefield, but increased it a lot, it takes a long time to recover his physical strength.

The two of them sat on the top of the city, drinking and eating meat, and chatting casually. In the second half of the night, both of them fell asleep on the city wall. Because of their high cultivation, they are very vigilant even when they are sleeping, and the slightest movement can wake them up.

Tang Yin's worry was unnecessary. The Ning army did not launch a night attack that night. In fact, after a day of fierce fighting, the Feng army was exhausted, and the Ning army was also exhausted. They also needed to rest. It was calm at night and no fighting took place. The next morning, the Ning army's massive attack began again.

This time, the Ning army no longer attacked only the northern wall of Jinhua, but chose to attack from both the north and the south, mobilizing more than 200,000 manpower.

If the Feng army's troops were not replenished, they would not be able to withstand the fierce attack of the Ning army with only the remaining 30,000 soldiers. However, the timely joining of the young and strong men in Jinhua City injected vitality into the Feng army. Although these people had not received special training, did not know the skills of close combat, and could not shoot arrows, they all had the spirit of not wanting their lives, and they were full of fighting spirit and dared to fight. When they met the Ning soldiers on the battlefield, they did not lose the wind at all with their impetus.

One man fought desperately, and ten men were defeated. Tens of thousands of Feng troops fought desperately together, and they were on the defensive side. Not to mention that the Ning troops of more than 200,000 could not take down Jinhua City, even if they sent all the troops to the battlefield, they might not be able to gain an advantage.

This battle lasted only until noon, but the two sides fought fiercely, and there were countless casualties on the battlefield, blood flowed like a river, and corpses piled up like a mountain. The Ning army attacked for a whole morning, and found that the Feng army still had sufficient manpower and strong defense, and it was difficult for them to achieve results, so they retreated hastily.

After this battle, the Ning army had to re-evaluate and recognize the Feng army in Jinhua City, and completely dispelled the idea of ​​Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi to fight a quick battle. More importantly, the Ning army camp was in urgent need of food and grass, and could not sustain the Ning army to launch a large-scale attack again. At this point, the two sides began to enter a relatively calm confrontation stage.

The day after this battle, the gate of the Ning army camp opened, and a carriage came out from inside, with a white flag on it, slowly driving towards the south gate of Jinhua City.

When the carriage was about 100 meters away from the Jinhua city gate, an arrow suddenly flew down from the city. With a bang, the arrow was nailed to the ground in front of the carriage. At the same time, someone on the top of the city shouted: "Stop! If you move forward, you will be killed without mercy!"

The coachman hurriedly pulled the reins and stopped the carriage. Then, a middle-aged man in Ningguo official uniform walked out of the door. He took two steps forward and shouted at the top of the city: "I am the envoy of Ningguo. I want to see your general and discuss something!"

In front of the two armies, the envoys sent to the enemy army all raised white flags. It was precisely because of the white flag that the Feng army did not shoot the people, but only shot them to stop the battle.

Hearing this, there was silence on the top of the city for a moment, and then someone replied: "Wait a minute!"

The Ning army sent envoys, and the Feng army soldiers did not dare to delay. They hurried down the city wall to report to Tang Yin.

At this time, Tang Yin was resting in his tent, and Su Yelei was in the barracks with him.

She accepted Tang Yin's invitation, stayed by Tang Yin's side, and became his exclusive female medical officer. In addition, her father Su Mingyang also joined the Feng Army and became a military medical officer.

Su Yelei came to Tang Yin to change the dressing for his wound, but Tang Yin refused, saying that his wound had healed. Su Yelei didn't believe it. Although his wound was only a skin injury and not serious, it was a knife wound after all. How could it heal without recuperation for one or two months?

She frowned, looked at Tang Yin, and said, "Sir, you don't have to worry about the medicine. There are enough medicinal materials in the city now, and you are not the only one missing."

Tang Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Was he such a stingy person in her eyes? Even saving medicine for himself? ! He shook his head, simply took off his clothes, turned around, turned his back to Su Yelei, and pointed behind him, saying, "Look for yourself, do I have any wounds on my body?"