Chapter 569
On the day Changsun Yuanhu died in the battle, Wei Zheng ordered the news to be sent back to Liangzhou as soon as possible and informed Yan Chu. He also wrote a secret letter saying that Changsun Yuanhong was the only son in the family, and Changsun Yuanhu was also the only son. Although he was not a blood brother of his compatriots, his relationship was better than that of a real brother. He asked Yan Chu not to come forward to ask eldest son Yuanhong to return to the capital, but to let eldest son Yuanhong's father Changsun Ce and Changsun Yuanhu's father Changsun Zhan. I'll invite two old brothers. As long as they go, Changsun Yuanhong will definitely return to the capital.
Yan Chu was smart. At this time, he already understood why Wei Zheng suggested leading Sun Yuanhu to go on the expedition. However, he did not point out the matter. According to Wei Zheng's opinion, he sent people to find Chang Sun Ce and Chang Sun Zhan. The general looked sad and angry. The story of Changsun Yuanhu's death on the battlefield was told.
Changsun Zhan had a son like Changsun Yuanhu. When he heard that his son died in front of the two armies, the old man almost fainted with grief on the spot. Changsun Ce was also wiping his tears, stamping his feet and beating his chest, shaking his head and lamenting. Yan Chu said with emotion: "The wind thief is coming fiercely, and there are so many fierce generals in the army. It is really difficult for our army to deal with it! If General Yuanhong still refuses to come out, I don't know how many people in Daning will die from the wind." In the hands of thieves!"
There was no need for Yan Chu to explain, but Changsun Ce had already said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I will go to the west immediately, even if I drag the dog, I will drag the dog back so that he can be loyal to the country and avenge his brother!"
After hearing this, Yan Chu was so excited that he almost jumped up. With Changsun Ce stepping forward, things would be easier to handle. No matter how stubborn Changsun Yuanhong was, he couldn't disobey his father, right? ! At this time, Changsun Zhan continued: "Brother, I will go with you. If my nephew refuses to return to the capital, I will kill him in front of him!"
Things developed exactly as Wei Zheng expected. When they learned that Changsun Yuanhu had died in the battle, Changsun Ce and Changsun Zhan could not sit still. They both went to the west of Ning State and decided to take Changsun Yuanhong back. All.
On the other side, the 500,000 Ning army commanded by Wei Zheng was still confronting the Feng army.
On the second day after Wu Guang went to battle, Tang Yin raised his account and issued an order for the entire army to attack.
He ordered the Pingyuan Army to be the front army and take the lead, the Sanshui Army and the Tianying Army to be the left and right armies to support the two wings, and the direct army to be the center army and the rear army to hold down the formation and reinforce it. In addition, he ordered two generals, Ye Quan and Gao Yi, to each lead 5,000 troops and ambush ten miles to the left and right of his own camp. Once they saw the Nanhai and Jianxing city troops coming to reinforce, they could be stopped and killed.
Tang Yin delivered the order like a barrage of fire, and then the entire Feng army went to battle, forming a fighting formation at the front of the Ning army's camp.
The Ning army led by Wei Zheng also went out to fight, but judging from their strength, it seemed that there were not 500,000 troops, but about 400,000. However, at that time, the troops sent out for the expedition were not real. In order to frighten the opponents, they would brag more. One hundred thousand people were promoted as two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand people were promoted as five hundred thousand, and six hundred thousand people were called one million. , this is a common thing.
Relying on their large numbers, Ning's army set up a crane-wing formation in front of the camp. The focus of the Crane Wing Formation is on the two wings, which emphasize outflanking and closing the siege.
Before the battle between the two armies, Wei Zheng first urged his horse to leave the Ning army's camp and called Tang Yin by name to speak out.
Hearing that Wei Zheng called him out, Tang Yin, who was in charge of the central army, sneered and muttered: "If you want to fight, fight. Where did all this nonsense come from?!" Even though he said that, Tang Yin still rode out on horseback. Brother Shangguan and Cheng Jin Others followed closely behind.
Arriving in front of the two armies' formations, Tang Yin looked across and saw a group of cavalry standing in front of the Ning army's camp. The leader was an old man with gray beard and hair. Although he was old, he was full of energy and dressed in a full body. He was in military uniform, with a handsome red cloak on his back, and his back was straight and straight, without any signs of senility.
Tang Yin nodded secretly. It seemed that this person was Wei Zheng, the famous general of Ning State! He raised his head and said proudly: "Wei Zheng, what do you want to say to me? Do you want to surrender to our army?"
While he was sizing up Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng was also sizing him up. Seeing Tang Yin's appearance clearly, Wei Zheng secretly sighed in his heart, what a young and promising monarch! Judging from appearance alone, Tang Yin is definitely handsome. He has eight-colored eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, red lips and white teeth, profound facial features, sharp edges and corners on his face, and a natural smile, which makes his resolute and handsome appearance reveal a kind and harmless self-confidence. Even if he is not the king of a country, but just an ordinary person, anyone who sees him can't help but take a few more glances.
Taking a deep breath, Wei Zheng was not moved by Tang Yin's words. He said with a smile: "King Feng, I am here to persuade you to stop your troops and return home. Your Feng country's national strength is not as strong as mine, Daning's, and your Feng army's military strength is not as strong as Daning's. Duo, you don’t have many generals under my command in Daning. In the short term, you can gain some advantage through sneak attacks, but if the war lasts for a long time, your Feng Kingdom will definitely not be my opponent in Daning. King Feng, if you are a smart man, It’s time to withdraw your troops and return home, otherwise, you and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under your command may not be able to go back. Not long ago, the entire army of 200,000 soldiers in Hedong was wiped out. "
"Haha--" Tang Yin heard this, raised his head and laughed, and said proudly: "Why don't you count how many troops you have lost in Hedong? Now my Dafeng soldiers are no longer what they used to be. They should retreat and give way. It is you who should leave the Hedong area. Otherwise, no matter how strong your Ningguo's national power is, it will be exhausted, no matter how many troops you have, they will all be killed, and no matter how many generals you have, they will only become a stepping stone for our soldiers to make contributions! "
"Wind, wind, wind——"
As soon as Tang Yin finished speaking, the soldiers of the Feng Army behind him raised their arms and shouted loudly. The shouting was earth-shaking and deafening. Tang Yin smiled, raised his arm slightly, stopped the shouting of the soldiers below, looked at Wei Zheng, and asked with a smile: "What do you think?"
Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "Good words can't persuade the damned ghosts. Since you want to die, I can only fulfill your wish. King Feng, I can make a bet with you that our army will win this battle!"
"Humph!" Tang Yin shrugged and snorted. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with Wei Zheng. He turned his horse's head back to the main camp, and waved his hand without looking back and said: "I will wait and see!"
The negotiations between the two main generals broke down, and the next step was a full-scale battle between the two armies.
Without waiting for the Feng Army's battle formation to press forward, the Ning Army took the initiative to advance fearlessly. The 400,000 Ning army, each wearing a steel helmet and armor, gleamed in the sun, and moved like a steel fortress, marching forward in unison, shaking the ground.
Tang Yin, who had retreated to the central army, saw the Ning army's battle formation approaching him. He sneered and shook his head and said, "Are the Ning army so eager to die?!" As he spoke, he turned his head and said to the messenger, "Notify Xiao Muqing of the front army and tell him to use all his strength to defeat the Ning army's front army first!"
"Yes! King!" The messenger agreed and urged his horse to gallop out.
Then Tang Yin also issued an order for the entire army to attack and press forward.
Boom, boom, boom - the Feng army beat their shields together as they advanced, using the sound of beating shields as the rhythm of the march. The four large square formations of the Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Tianying Army, and Direct Army began to advance together.
The Feng and Ning armies advanced head-on, and both sides soon entered the other side's range. The arrow arrays of the two armies were released almost at the same time.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a dark cloud rose above the front of the two armies, and the sky was full of arrows that covered the sky and blocked the sun, and flew into the air together. The two dark clouds met in the air, and the crackling sound of collision was endless. Countless broken feathers and broken arrows fell from the air, but there were still more arrows that passed through the opponent's arrow curtain, drew arcs in the air, and flew down to the top of the enemy's head.
Puff, puff, puff...
In the camps of the two armies, the sound of arrows hitting shields, breaking armor, being hit by arrows, and screaming sounded at the same time, and a large number of soldiers on both sides were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Wei Zheng, who was watching the battle in the middle army, was startled, and his body on the horse could not help but jump up. He didn't expect that the Feng army's arrow formation would become so strong. Not only could they shoot as far as his own, but their power was not inferior to his own. The Feng army was good at close combat, and now they had practiced archery so well, which was undoubtedly a tiger with wings. No wonder his soldiers couldn't resist and lost three cities in Hedong. The current Feng army's combat power was really strong, and it could be called a tiger and wolf army.
Wei Zheng took a deep breath and waved the small flag in his hand sideways. Seeing this, the Ning soldiers who were beating the drums with all their strength on the carriage immediately stopped their actions. In an instant, the drums in the Ning army stopped. Beat the drums to advance, sound the gongs to retreat, this is the simplest term on the battlefield. Stopping the drums means not to advance anymore.
The Ning army under Wei Zheng trained fast. As soon as the drums stopped beating, the whole army seemed to brake suddenly and stopped advancing. The soldiers below stood in place like nails. At the same time, the soldiers in front raised their long shields, and the soldiers in the back raised their shields above their heads. In the blink of an eye, the Ning army's moving steel chariot turned into a steel fortress as stable as Mount Tai.
Ding Ding Dang Dang - the arrows of the Feng army shot at the shields of the Ning army camp, crackling and sparks flying, but the lethality was greatly reduced. As soon as the arrow formation of the Feng army passed, the Ning army immediately put down the shield and shot the arrow formation back in the shortest time. The Feng army camp, which was marching forward, could not put up an iron plate and impeccable shield formation like the Ning army, which was standing still. When the rain of arrows from the Ning army flew close, there was another scream in the Feng army camp, and countless soldiers were shot to the ground.
The commander of the front army, Xiao Muqing, licked his dry lips and ordered his subordinates to use the Broken Army Crossbow to smash the shield formation of the Ning Army.
The Broken Army Crossbow is powerful, but not as large as the catapult and the city-breaking crossbow, which is very convenient to hide and carry in the army.
Hearing Xiao Muqing's order, the corps commanders and centurions immediately commanded their soldiers to make corresponding changes.
The front soldiers of the Feng Army dispersed to the left and right, and the soldiers behind quickly pushed out fifty Broken Army Crossbows, aimed at the shield formation of the Ning Army, and fired them together.