Chapter 585
Under the command of Changsun Yuanhong, the Ning army was divided into two groups. One group was commanded by Wei Zheng, who went out of the camp to form a formation and had a head-on confrontation with the main force of the Feng army. The other group was led by Changsun Yuanhong himself and ambush in the camp. Tang Yin can only read the full text in a sneak attack.
Wei Zheng had fought legion battles with the Feng Army and was well aware of the power of the Feng Army. This time he commanded 200,000 coalition troops to fight against more than 100,000 Feng Army. He did not dare to be careless. The entire army was ready for battle and was ready to fight. Wait for the Feng army to take the initiative to attack.
On the Feng Army's side, the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army did not merge together, but were divided into two parts, one from the left and one from the right, approaching the Ning Army's camp like an iron pliers.
A fierce battle between the two sides also began.
The Ning Army first suppressed the Feng Army with an arrow formation. The Feng Army had already prepared, and everyone held up their shields. Looking from a distance, the two advancing camps were covered with Yinhuahua shields. The Ning Army's arrows shot Ten out of ten were blocked by the shield. Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent's arrow formation stopped, Feng Jun fired back.
Both sides came and went, and arrows were fired constantly, but the Feng army's advance was not hindered in any way. Seeing that the Feng army's camp was less than a hundred steps away from his own, Wei Zheng waved his command flag and sent the Yue cavalry on both wings onto the battlefield.
These two Yue cavalry were so fast that they were surrounded by the Feng Army on both sides like a flood. The enemy sent out cavalry, and the Feng army responded immediately, taking down their shields and firing arrows at them. However, before the Feng Army's arrow array could be fired, the Yue Cavalry's arrow array arrived first. In just a moment, the soldiers on both sides of the Feng Army who were hit by arrows and fell fell together.
The cavalry was able to shoot arrow formations during the charge, which greatly surprised Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi. However, both of them were commanders who had experienced strong winds and waves and had strong adaptability. They immediately ordered the soldiers to re-arrange the shield formation and break through it. The military crossbow fired back at the opponent.
The lethality of the Army-breaking Crossbow against the cavalry should not be underestimated. When the crossbow arrows are fired, they can often penetrate the horse's body. The cavalry above them fall to the ground. Before they can get up, they are trampled to pieces by the Yue cavalry who follow behind. They used the army-breaking crossbows to disrupt the formation of the opponent's cavalry, and then the wind troops started firing arrows together.
Arrows were fired continuously from both sides, resulting in numerous casualties.
When the battle began, Tang Yin and the others could faintly hear the shouts of killing even twenty miles away. At this time, the soldiers' nerves became tense and they all focused their attention on Tang Yin. Tang Yin was quite peaceful, sitting on a stone with a straw stick in his mouth and looking leisurely into the sky.
"Your Majesty!" Wuying was the first one to be unable to sit still. She came to Tang Yin's side, stepped in to salute, and said softly: "It sounds like our army has fought with Ning's army. Your Majesty, should we... start setting off?"
"There's no rush." Tang Yin came back without turning his head and said slowly: "The weather is good today, it doesn't look like it will rain."
Unexpectedly, Tang Yin would say such an incomprehensible statement. Wuying was stunned and speechless. Tang Yin seemed to have said something innocuous, but in fact it was crucial to them whether it rained or not. They are all heavily armored cavalry. Once it rains, the horses will get stuck in the mud. In this way, let alone luring the enemy to the bait, they will not be able to escape even if they want to. The plan will fail before it can be launched.
Just when everyone was patiently waiting silently, Tang Yin, who was sitting on the stone, suddenly stood up. Everyone was refreshed, and they all stood up together, supporting each other. When Tang Yin saw this, he grinned and waved at everyone. Waving his hands, he said: "Everyone, sit down, I just want to stretch my muscles."
The morale that everyone had just raised was completely shattered by his words. Just as Tang Yin was walking slowly and stretching his muscles, a fast horse galloped over from the front. Before the other party could get closer, several guards around Tang Yin had already stepped forward to greet him, shouting: "Who is coming?"
"Eye of the Sky!" The visitor slowed down his horse, quickly took out the military badge from his arms, and handed it to the guards for inspection. After confirming that everything was correct, the guards stepped aside to make way for a passage. The spy with the eye of the sky rode his horse up to Tang Yin, dismounted, knelt down and saluted, and intervened: "Your Majesty, our army has clashed with the main force of the Ning army. General Xiao said that the Ning army has about 200,000 troops, and there are at least 100,000 left. Everyone is hiding in the camp, please be more careful!”
After hearing this, Tang Yin nodded and said, "I understand, please go back!"
"Your Majesty, my subordinates retire!" After saying this, the spy hurriedly mounted his horse and rushed back to the battlefield ahead.
After the spies left, Tang Yin took a deep breath, walked to his horse, flew astride it, and then waved to the people around him and said with a smile: "Brothers, now it's our turn to go into battle!"
Crash--following Tang Yin's words, everyone stood up one after another, and for a while there was a continuous sound of armor plates rubbing against each other. The heavy cavalry, assisted by Tang Yin's guards and hidden arrow personnel, mounted their horses one after another and formed a cavalry square formation. Tang Yin's troops were small. In addition to five thousand heavy cavalry, there were hundreds of guards.
The heavy cavalry were in front and the guards were behind, in a charging and attacking posture. Tang Yin looked at it and nodded. He shook his arms and pulled out a pair of purple scimitars.
This pair of scimitars was refined from Zhan Wudi's purple lightning ghost light sword. Even if it is not in the state of spiritual transformation of soldiers, it is still a pair of precious swords. If it is spiritualized again, it will be even sharper. Tang Yin looked at the two swords in his hand, and the corner of his mouth raised. It is interesting to use Ningren's sword to kill Ningren. He waved the two swords in his hand. As the two swords swung, the blades were shrouded in a layer of black mist. In just an instant, the two swords completed the spiritualization and turned into black and purple scimitars. Tang Yin put the two swords together and spiritualized them again, combining them into a narrow sickle. While completing the spiritualization of soldiers, he was also covered with a layer of black and scaly spiritual armor. He held the sword in one hand, his eyes flashed with dim light, and shouted loudly: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them in one moment! All brothers are the elite of our army. Follow me to attack the enemy camp today. We must wipe out the Ning thieves and strengthen our prestige! Kill——"
"Kill——"
The heavy cavalry and guards below shouted in unison, and the shouts went straight to the sky. Ruying, the horse under Tang Yin's crotch, was already an old horse that had been through many battles. He was experienced. He knew that he was going to fight when he heard the shouts of the crowd. Encouraged by them, he neighed long and thin, raised his front hooves high, and seemed to stand up.
Tang Yin held the reins with one hand and the knife with the other. He knocked his feet on the horse's belly. Ruying understood his master's intention and shot out like an arrow from a string. As soon as Tang Yin came out, the heavy cavalrymen behind him urged their horses and rushed out. Ruying's speed was too fast, and Tang Yin had to slow down the horse's speed by 60% to avoid leaving the heavy cavalrymen behind him.
This cavalry formation of thousands of people went straight to the Ning Army camp.
The speed of the Pabu horse was slow, but it was extremely stable. Even if it was carrying a heavy cavalry weighing nearly 300 kilograms, it ran at the same speed as usual, and it did not look overwhelmed at all. The strong physique and long endurance were the most prominent characteristics of the Pabu horse.
Since Tang Yin led his army into Hedong to fight, he had never used heavy cavalry. Naturally, the Ning army did not understand the characteristics of heavy cavalry. At this time, the Ning army ambushed in the camp saw from afar that the Feng army cavalry was slowly rushing towards their camp. People felt angry and amused. The Feng army was too arrogant. Since they were going to steal the camp, they should sprint with all their strength and arrive in the shortest time. Their current speed did not seem like they were coming to fight, but more like they were visiting the garden.
Even Changsun Yuanhong had such a feeling. He had always heard that Tang Yin was arrogant and looked down on others. Today, he saw that it was true. If he could succeed in stealing the camp even with such a leading force, then the general who led the troops should be beheaded.
When the Feng army had entered the range of the Ning army, Changsun Yuanhong issued an order that the entire army should not shoot arrows, and wait until the Feng army entered their camp, and then surround and annihilate them, especially not letting Tang Yin, the monarch of Feng, escape.
At this time, even Changsun Yuanhong, who had experienced many storms and was so calm and mature, couldn't help but get excited, his blood boiling. If Tang Yin could be captured alive, the court of Feng State would collapse instantly. Ning State would not only be able to recover the lost land in Hedong, but also annex Feng State in one go. By then, Ning State would dominate the entire north and become the real overlord of the north.
No matter how slow the Pabu horse is, it is still a horse, much faster than a person. It didn't take long for the heavy cavalry led by Tang Yin to approach the west gate of Ningying. Changsun Yuanhong didn't place guards here. He looked up and saw that the camp gate was wide open, and there was not even a shadow inside.
Tang Yin understood that this was the hole designed by Changsun Yuanhong for him. As long as he entered, the Ning army ambushed in the camp would seal the hole. Tang Yin pretended to be ignorant on the surface, and he shouted excitedly: "The enemy camp is empty, our soldiers, follow me to kill!"
When he shouted, he deliberately emphasized the word "my king" to let the Ning army ambushers in the camp hear clearly that he, Tang Yin, was really here to steal the camp.
Since they had received the order from Changsun Yuanhong, the Ning army ambushed in the dark did not move at all, and watched the wind cavalry rush into their own camp.
The Ning army camp was in a ring shape as a whole. Tang Yin ignored everything else and led his troops to rush forward. However, they had been in the Ning camp for a while, but still did not see an ambush. At this time, Tang Yin couldn't help frowning. If the Ning army didn't kill out, he would pass through the camp and head straight to Qingyuan City.
Thinking of this, he was shocked. Could it be that the Ning army deliberately let him enter Qingyuan City and then trapped him there? If so, his plan would have completely failed! He was thinking about it in his heart, and suddenly, he heard someone laughing beside him, saying, "Tang Yin, you've fallen into the trap! Since you've entered our army camp, don't even think about getting out. I'll take you back to Liangzhou to see my king! Haha——"