Chapter 758

Seeing that Tang Yin had assigned the tasks of attacking Ningyang in three directions, but before he could be ordered to do so, Shangguan Yuanrang became anxious and stepped out of the queue. He first stepped in and saluted, then returned and nodded his nose, saying : "Your Majesty, what about me?"

Tang Yin smiled at him and said: "Yuan Rang, you are next, you are the real focus of this battle!"

Hearing this, Shangguan Yuanrang's face suddenly lit up with joy.

Tang Yin asked: "How many soldiers do you have under your command?"

Shangguan Yuanrang thought for a while and hesitated without answering. Li Sheng, his deputy general, looked at Shangguan Yuan Rang and said, "Back to your Majesty, our unit suffered more than a thousand casualties when attacking Shanliu Town, which did not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shangguan Yuanrang immediately answered: "There are nearly 20,000 soldiers below, which is enough."

Tang Yin secretly shook his head. Shangguan Yuanrang's bravery was needless to say, but he was too careless to become the commander-in-chief of an army. Talents like Changsun Yuanhong, who are both brave and strategic in the world, are so rare that they can only be encountered but cannot be sought.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan Rang, I will give you another fifty thousand soldiers, and you and General Li Sheng will be the main ones to attack Nancheng. In addition..." As he spoke, he looked at Fu Tao, Lin Chao and Yu Zijing, and continued Said: "These three knights will help you."

When he first entered the big tent, Shangguan Yuanrang already disliked Fu Tao and the other two people in casual clothes. After knowing that they were all rangers, he didn't take it to heart at all. He asked: "Your Majesty, can they help?" Me what?"

Before Tang Yin could speak, Fu Tao had already said flatteringly: "We should cooperate inside and outside, and we will contribute our modest efforts to enable General Yuan Rang to successfully break through the city."

"Should we cooperate with each other? What do you mean?"

"We have already arranged more than a hundred subordinates in Ningyang City, all of whom are spiritual martial arts masters. When General Yuan Rang attacks the city, they will suddenly attack the defenders in the city and disrupt the defenders' defense!"

"So that's it." Shangguan Yuanrang smiled and said nothing more.

After Tang Yin finished arranging everything that should be arranged, he took a deep breath, waved his arm, and shouted: "The whole army attacks Ningyang!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

All the generals stepped in to salute one after another, and then took their orders and left.

Tang Yin was assisted by the guards and also put on steel armor. Because he was injured, he might not go to the battlefield, but having armor always added an extra layer of protection to prevent accidents.

While arranging the armor, he asked Cheng Jin: "Has my sword been finished?"

Since he lost his sword in Liangzhou last time, Tang Yin has still not had a suitable weapon. He has asked Cheng Jin to send someone to make one.

According to Tang Yin's request, Cheng Jin had already forged the double swords, but he did not dare to give them to Tang Yin. With Tang Yin's character, if he had a handy weapon, he would have to rush to the two armies to fight. Qiu Zhen had reminded him not to give the two swords to the king first, and Cheng Jin also thought it was reasonable.

He cupped his hands and said, "The king's sword is being made and it will be ready in a few days."

Tang Yin frowned and muttered: "Why so slow." After saying that, he looked at Letian again and said: "Letian, you sent some Sky Eye brothers to lurk near Jiqiao Villa. I'm worried that after Ningyang is conquered, Jiqiao Villa You will suffer the consequences of being a fish in a pond.”

Letian didn't understand why Tang Yin said that, and asked, "Who would cause trouble at Jiqiao Villa?"

Tang Yin shrugged and said, "I am a ranger from Ning State! Xia Yufu saved my life after all. The ranger from Ning State may not dare to come to our army camp to cause trouble, but he may bring his anger to Jiqiao Villa."

Letian snorted, nodded, and said, "I understand, I will send someone there right now."

It has been many days since the Feng army arrived at Ningyang City. Inside the city, tens of thousands of defenders led by Lin Han, the head of Xiaoling County, were already ready to fight. The city top was filled with rolling logs and stones, bundles of arrows and arrows. The kerosene was boiling, and the trebuchets were ready to go in the city. In addition, Lin Han also recruited many rangers from Ning in the city and asked them to help defend the city. Santangkou also dispatched a large number of them. His subordinates participated in the city defense of Ningyang.

Ningyang's current defense can be said to be monolithic, but Lin Han did not expect that there would be problems internally.

As the war drums of the Feng Army camp beat, tens of thousands of Feng Army troops poured out of the camp in neat phalanxes.

The first to attack was the east side of the city where Tang Yin was located. He sent the new army commanded by Guan Tang to the battlefield first, using the new army to test the opponent's strength.

The new army is basically all from Ning. They have not been trained for a long time. They have not even formed a queue yet, let alone have siege experience and fighting skills.

When the new army arrived about 500 meters outside Ningyang City, the hard archers in Ningyang City began to take the lead in attacking. At the same time, the trebuchets in the city also started operating. For a time, Ningyang City's Dense arrows flew from the sky, and there were also huge rocks hanging from the sky.

The arrows shot into the new army, almost all of them hit the target. The huge boulder smashed into the crowd, crushing two or three people the moment it fell, and then rolled away in the crowd, suffering from the impact. More casualties were affected.

The officers and soldiers of the new army were stunned by the sudden attack by the defenders in the city. In the camp, there were screams and screams, people shouting and horses neighing, it was very lively.

While the new army launched its attack, the three wind armies stationed in Beicheng, Xicheng and Nancheng also began to launch a strong attack.

The 20,000 direct troops headed by Nan Ye and Yang Mao mainly attacked the North City of Ningyang. Like the East City, they suffered a fierce counterattack from the defenders at the head of the city as soon as they approached Ningyang.

Tang Yin had told them to fight if they could, and to adopt a feint attack tactic if they couldn't. However, Nan Ye and Yang Mao were eager to make achievements, and immediately issued a death order after entering the battlefield. The whole army could only advance, not retreat. Those who were afraid of the enemy and did not advance would be killed, those who fled in battle would be killed, and those who did not save the dying would be killed.

With this three-kill order passed down, how could the Feng army dare not fight? When the defenders counterattacked, the 20,000 Feng army did not retreat but advanced, charging forward regardless of life and death. Nan Ye and Yang Mao were the first to rush to the front.

After finally passing through the arrow formation and falling rocks of the Ning army and rushing under the city wall, more arrows, rolling logs and stones, and kerosene flew down from their heads. However, at this point, the Feng army was able to shoot back at the city. The two sides went back and forth, and the eagle feathers shuttled back and forth in the air. The sound of armor breaking and screams after being hit by arrows rose and fell from the city.

The killing in the north city was fierce, but the west city was much more peaceful. The main attackers of the west city were Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan. They strictly followed Tang Yin's orders. Seeing that the counterattack of the Ning army in the city was too fierce, the two led the army outside the city, which was like thunder without rain. The shouts of 20,000 soldiers were overwhelming, but they did not move forward.

The offensive in the south city was more intense than that in the north city or even the east city. Shangguan Yuanrang and Li Sheng led 70,000 direct troops to launch a sharp and fierce attack on the south city of Ningyang.

Shangguan Yuanrang did not understand the art of command. He had only one principle: all the soldiers followed him to charge, charge, and charge again. When the enemy in front was completely defeated, the charge was over.

On the battlefield, Shangguan Yuanrang's bravery can indeed boost the morale of the whole army. He doesn't care about others at all, just rushing forward with all his strength. When rocks fall, he chops them with his sword. When arrows come, he releases Lingwu to break the arrows. Wherever he passes, broken arrows and broken stones are scattered all over the ground.

With such a brave and invincible commander charging in front, the fear of the soldiers behind him naturally decreases sharply, and they follow Shangguan Yuanrang with all their strength and press forward.

Shangguan Yuanrang was the first to attack Ningyang City. Since the soldiers behind him had not come up yet, he couldn't find the ladder, so he simply held the sword in one hand and climbed up the stone of the city wall.

However, he climbed fast and fell fast. Facing him, the only person climbing the wall, the firepower of the defenders was concentrated on him alone. There were rolling logs and stones above his head, and dense and continuous rain of arrows on both sides. Shangguan Yuanrang often couldn't even climb half of the city wall before he was smashed down alive.

He was protected by spiritual armor, so he was not afraid of falling. However, he was already screaming in anger at the city. He kept yelling at the soldiers who were still charging behind him, asking them to come up quickly.

People secretly complained, including Li Sheng.

Shangguan Yuanrang had profound cultivation and was not afraid of falling rocks and arrows, but others could not bear it. They ran all the way and suffered casualties. The 70,000 direct troops had lost thousands of people before they reached the city.

Under Shangguan Yuanrang's almost crazy urging, the direct troops led by Li Sheng finally came up.

When the large group of troops arrived, the siege of the city by the Feng army officially began.

Rows of cloud ladders were erected high, and the soldiers of the Feng army swarmed up. The soldiers who did not have time to climb up stood under the city, shooting arrows at the defenders on the top of the city, suppressing the opponent's counterattack, and covering their brothers who were climbing the cloud ladder.

While the Feng Army under the city shot and killed the Ning Army on the city wall, the Feng Army climbing the ladders were also shot down by the Ning Army from time to time. In critical moments, the top of the city often threw oil pans and kerosene together, and the affected Feng Army soldiers were all torn to pieces, and their condition was horrible.

Under the perfect city defense system and the tenacious resistance of the defenders, the Feng Army launched two full-scale attacks, but both failed at the critical moment and were killed and repelled by the defenders.

The battle did not last long. The corpses under the city wall were piled up like a mountain, and the corpses on the top of the city were everywhere. The casualties on both sides were not small. Of course, as the main attacking party, the Feng Army suffered much greater losses than the defenders.

After a long time of attack, Shangguan Yuanrang began to get anxious. After being knocked down again, he found Li Sheng in the crowd and yelled at him: "Gather your forces again and launch another attack!"

Since Li Sheng joined the army, he had never experienced such a tense and tragic battle. His mind was somewhat numb. After being yelled at by Shangguan Yuanrang, he completely woke up and responded hurriedly, commanding the entire army to launch another full-scale attack.

By now, the casualties of the Feng army have been very large, but the soldiers are fighting more and more bravely. As their companions fell one by one, people were completely bloodthirsty, completely abandoning life and death, and charging regardless of everything.

The third fierce attack of the Feng army was more fierce and sharp than the previous two.