Chapter 592
The five thousand Yue cavalry were unable to move in the canyon and were defeated by the Feng army's arrows, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and dead horses. Even the leading general was captured alive by Tang Yin.
Seeing that his own cavalry was let out by the wind army not long after entering the canyon, Hamel lost his dignity, and immediately prepared to dispatch more troops to continue the charge. At this time, Changsun Yuanhong stopped him, smiled leisurely, and said: "The canyon is narrow, the inside is uneven, and there are many rocks, so it is difficult for the cavalry to use it."
"The general means..."
"It's better to charge with infantry." Changsun Yuanhong said confidently.
"But... our troops are all cavalry and are used to fighting on horseback. If we dismount, I'm afraid..." Hamel said in embarrassment.
Changsun Yuanhong smiled, patted Hamel's arm, and said: "Hamel, you have done me a great favor this time by helping me put Tang Yin to death here. Next, it is my turn, Daning." The soldiers went into battle!"
When Hamel heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything more, so he bowed his hands in agreement.
Changsun Yuanhong and Hamel set up camp at the entrance of the valley. The camp of 100,000 cavalry blocked the entrance of the valley so tightly that not even a mouse, let alone a human being, could get out. After setting up camp, the Vietnamese army did not continue to attack, but waited quietly for the Ning army from behind to arrive.
Taking advantage of this rare gap, Feng Jun took a short rest in the valley to recharge his batteries for the upcoming battle.
Tang Yin did not rest, but walked slowly into the depths of the valley. After passing this long and narrow canyon, our eyes suddenly opened up. What came into view was a large round valley. This valley was several miles in circumference and had a huge area. However, there was not a single blade of grass growing in the huge space, and there was no grass on the ground. It is a bare stone. Surrounding the valley are towering cliffs as tall as clouds. The mountain walls are steep and smooth, with no points of strength. Unless they are advanced spiritual cultivators, ordinary people who want to climb up will feel as if they are climbing to the sky. As Tang Yin said, this is a place of death. Once you enter it, there is no way out.
Walking in the valley, Tang Yin unconsciously recalled the scene when he was trapped here. It was from that time that Ning Guo's arrow formation left a deep impression on him. He stretched out his hand and touched the stone wall of the cliff. The scene at this moment was so similar to before.
The last time he was trapped in this place, he had just come to a different world. He was unfamiliar with the place and had no spiritual martial arts skills. But at that time, he had no worries and no worries. But now he has become the king of a country, and He has an outstanding spiritual martial arts, but he still can't get out of trouble. Although the bare cliff in front of him can no longer stop him, he can't just leave because he can't leave Shangguan Yuanrang and Wuying alone.
"Alas!" Tang Yin sighed softly. The higher his status, the greater his power, and the more things he had to worry about.
The people following him heard his sigh and looked at each other. Wuying stepped forward and comforted softly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The canyon is narrow and the Yue cavalry can't get close at all. Besides, it won't take long for all armies to get it." If there is any news, they will come to rescue the king."
Tang Yin shook his head with a smile and said: "Changsun Yuanhong will not let us escape easily, and he will not give up this great opportunity to kill me easily." Tang Yin was not as optimistic as Wuying. Wu Gao is unpredictable, and he is a genius who is good at commanding troops to fight. If his own army confronts him head-on, it is not certain who will win!
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried over from the mouth of the valley. When he got close to Tang Yin, he intervened and saluted, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the enemy has begun to attack again, but... this time it is Ning's army who is attacking. !”
"Oh?" Tang Yin secretly thought, so fast. Ning's army was wearing steel armor and walking, but they arrived in such a short time. It seems that the Western Army under Chang Sun Yuanhong and the Central Army of Ning are indeed different. . He nodded and said, "I understand." As he spoke, he looked around, smiled relaxedly, and said, "The enemy is coming again. Come with me to fight!"
"yes!"
Wuying and others all followed Tang Yin and quickly headed towards the mouth of the valley.
When Tang Yin returned to his own camp, the Ning army outside the canyon had already begun to attack. I saw countless Ning troops lined up in neat square formations, pressing towards Feng Jun step by step. Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, turned his head and said, "Save your arrows and wait until the enemy is close before releasing them!"
Tang Yin was trapped in a desperate situation with no backup at all. Everything had to be calculated carefully, and Ning Jun had sufficient backup, so he had no worries. When the leading soldiers of Ning Jun were still a hundred steps away from the stone wall, Ning Jun The arrow array is here. With the sound of a bow string playing, countless arrows flew out from the Ning army's camp.
Feng Jun all lay down immediately, using stone walls as a barrier to avoid Ning Jun's arrow array.
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! The arrow hit the stone wall, crackling and sparks flying. Ning Jun's arrow array seemed to be endless, one after another, continuous. Under the continuous impact of the arrows, the previously solid stones began to loosen, and many huge stones rolled down.
Just when Ning's army had advanced less than fifty steps, Tang Yin suddenly shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Following his words, the Feng soldiers lying on the ground stood up one after another, raised their bows and fired back.
Fifty steps was too close. Even if the Ning army's steel helmets and armor were as hard as they could be, they could not withstand such a close shot. The Feng army only shot one round of arrows, and the Ning army soldiers who walked to the front became hedgehogs, with eagle feathers all over their bodies, screaming and falling to the ground. The Ning army also reacted quickly. The soldiers put down their bows and arrows, set up shields, and used shield formations to resist the Feng army's arrow formations.
During the march of the whole army, the shield formation was certainly not a solid iron plate. From time to time, arrows passed through the gaps between the shields and shot at the Ning army. However, the Ning army that was hit by arrows was a minority after all, and its overall camp was still advancing. The distance of fifty steps was just a blink of an eye. Soon, the Ning army had reached the stone wall.
This stone wall was the only barrier of the Feng army. If it was pushed down or turned over by the Ning army, the Feng army could only retreat to the valley. In such an open area, the Feng army of only more than 2,000 people might be swallowed up by the Ning army of 100,000 in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the Ning army was approaching, dozens of Feng army soldiers jumped onto the stone wall, holding swords, and slashed and stabbed the Ning soldiers below. The slashing from a high position was powerful and heavy. Dozens of Ning soldiers were split open by the swords and fell to the ground, but there were more Ning soldiers screaming and rushing forward, stabbing the Feng army on the stone wall continuously.
At this time, the two sides started a close-range hand-to-hand fight. The Ning army outside the stone wall was seen surging like ants. When one row died, another row was immediately filled. While the Feng army on the stone wall was slashing the enemy, they were stabbed to death and wounded by the Ning army from time to time, screaming and falling down. What's more deadly is that there are many sharpshooters in the Ning army. They are too threatening to the Feng army. Many Feng army soldiers were hit by cold arrows that suddenly flew from the crowd and died on the spot.
Seeing this, Tang Yin immediately asked his soldiers to put on heavy armor again, and everyone worked together to lift them up and put them on the stone wall. The heavy armored cavalry was originally meant to fight on horseback, but now Tang Yin used them flexibly and placed them on the stone wall. In this way, they could defend against the enemy's cold arrows and close-range assassinations.
This trick really worked. As the heavy armored cavalry climbed the stone wall, the sharpshooters in the Ning army immediately lost their threat. The arrows they shot were nailed on the three layers of thick armor of the heavy armored cavalry, and they couldn't even penetrate the first layer. With the crisp sound of ding-dong, the arrows broke and fell to the ground.
The heavy armored cavalry were all strong men. They held long spears and stabbed from top to bottom. They could often pierce two Ning soldiers with one shot. For a while, the Ning soldiers in front of the stone wall screamed continuously, and people fell to the ground one after another.
Seeing that his own morale had risen and the enemy's morale was gradually weakening, Tang Yin secretly said that it was a good opportunity. He used Shadow Drift to flash directly from inside the stone wall to outside the wall, dragging a black sickle and rushing into the Ning Army camp. Just as he swung his knife, three Ning soldiers fell to the ground. At the same time, he shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill--"
The monarch of his own side had already rushed out, so how could the soldiers below still have any fear? Wu Ying, the Shangguan brothers, Cheng Jin and other generals led the Feng Army soldiers, climbed over the stone wall and rushed to the Ning Army camp.
The Ning Army never thought that the Feng Army, which had only so many people, would dare to counterattack. The Ning Army was caught off guard. The soldiers in front could not resist at all. They were chopped to the ground by the Feng Army in batches. The Ning Army behind saw it clearly and felt chilled. They did not dare to fight again and turned around and ran back.
They wanted to retreat, but the Ning Army behind them could not see the situation in front clearly at all and continued to press forward. As a result, the retreat and advance collided with each other, making the Ning Army camp more chaotic. In the narrow canyon, there were nearly 20,000 Ning troops, which were out of touch with each other, clashing, crowding, and trampling, and it was already a mess.
This created convenient conditions for the Feng army to charge and kill. People all used their strength to fight bravely and slashed the enemies in front of them frantically. The battle between 2,000 people and 20,000 people formed a one-sided situation on the scene. 20,000 people were beaten by 2,000 people without any ability to fight back. Even the battle could not be seen on the battlefield, and only one-sided slaughter remained.
At this time, Changsun Yuanhong, who was watching the battle outside the canyon, could no longer bear it and ordered his subordinates to call back the troops. When the Ning army finally retreated from the canyon, Changsun Yuanhong immediately ordered people to tie up the generals who led the troops and wait for their fate. Then he selected another general and ordered him to take 20,000 soldiers into the canyon to annihilate the Feng army and capture Tang Yin.
The Ning army's attack was uninterrupted. The previous wave of troops had just retreated, and the next wave of attack was launched again.
The Feng army still repeated the same trick, placing the heavy armored cavalry on the stone wall, using the heavy armored cavalry as the main force to resist the enemy, and the others coordinated the attack behind the stone wall.
However, this time Tang Yin also kept his eyes open, dividing the 2,000 soldiers under his command into three waves, one wave went into battle, and two waves rested behind. When the soldiers in battle were tired, another wave was selected to replace them.