Chapter 852

In fact, Nan Yan was one of the important ministers who opposed Shao Fang and Feng Guo to join forces to fight against the two powerful states of Sichuan and Zhen. But now, his attitude has made a 180-degree turn. Any bloody general will listen. Everyone will be filled with indignation after what the two armies of Chuanchuan and Zhen have done, and Nanyan is no exception. TXT download.

This is the root of the disaster that Zhenjun planted in the first place, and now it has slowly begun to ferment...

The Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces remaining in Pingxiang seemed to have a lot of troops, with 70,000 to 80,000 people, but in fact, there were not many with real combat effectiveness.

Among the 70,000 to 80,000 people, there are 20,000 wounded soldiers and 30,000 to 40,000 reserve troops. The reserve army is composed of new recruits who have never been on the battlefield and have no combat experience. Their role is to be distributed to various corps to fill the vacancies left after casualties. In the corps, there are veterans who have led them and fought several battles. The battle has gradually become mature, but now there is no one to lead them. These many new recruits gather together and cannot exert much of their combat power.

The only ones with real combat effectiveness are the two regiments left behind by the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army, but their total number is only 20,000. It would be even harder to withstand the attacks of the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army with just this amount of troops. .

Three days later, when the Pingyuan Army and Sanshui Army suddenly appeared in Pingxiang's field of vision, the Sichuan Army and Zhen Army inside were dumbfounded. The soldiers quickly reported to Wang Zhong, the chief general stationed in Pingxiang. Wang Zhong was a general of the Zhen Kingdom. He didn't have much real talent and learning, but his qualifications were high enough. Nie Ze, the head coach of the Zhen Army, didn't like him very much either.

Wang Zhong was also startled when he heard that a large group of troops from the Feng Kingdom had been discovered outside the town. His face was ashen, and he stumbled out of his sleeping tent, and went to check with the soldiers who reported the news. When he climbed onto the earthen wall outside Pingxiang and looked outside, he was so frightened that he lost his mind.

Outside the earthen wall, the Feng Army formed a neat battle formation and was advancing towards Pingxiang step by step. A rough calculation showed that the Feng Army had at least more than 100,000 troops. The battle formation was spread out, overwhelming, with banners fluttering and spears and halberds like a forest. The formation was like an extremely huge black carpet, pressing towards them quickly.

After being stunned for a while, Wang Zhong came to his senses, hurriedly called a general, and said to him in a hurry: "You... quickly go to the Huben Army camp in Mo State and tell the Feng Army to come. We are attacking Pingxiang. Please send troops from Mo State’s Huben Army to reinforce us immediately!”

The general nodded repeatedly, and just as he was about to leave, he put his feet back again and asked, "General, what if the Huben Army doesn't reinforce us?"

"No reinforcements?" Wang Zhong's eyebrows stood up, his voice changed, and he screamed: "If the Tiger and Ben troops don't come to reinforce, they will be waiting to collect the corpses of thousands of Mo people in Pingxiang!"

The general's expression changed, and he hurriedly stepped in and said yes, then turned around and got off the earth wall, riding a fast horse straight to the Huben Army camp for rescue.

Nan Yan was not surprised that the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Army would send people to ask for help from their own army. He secretly smiled in his heart. The Feng Army was really fast, and it only took three days to reach Pingxiang. He did not shut out the other party, but ordered the generals sent by Wang Zhong to be brought into the tent.

Due to the ferocious force of the Feng Army and the large number of troops, the situation in Pingxiang was critical. After the meeting, the general said without any unnecessary nonsense: "General Nan, something bad is going on. The main force of the Feng Army attacked Pingxiang. Pingxiang is in danger now. My general Send the last general here to ask General Nan to send troops to rescue!"

Nan Yan sneered in his heart, but still had a serious expression on his face, and said: "What a coincidence, our Huben Army has been closed for training in the past few days. The training is not over yet, so we cannot reinforce Pingxiang."

"What?" Pian Jiang suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, and he didn't go to rescue Pingxiang just for practice? Which one is important? The general took a step forward subconsciously and said urgently: "General Nan, you can practice anytime, but there is only one Pingxiang. If it is captured by the Feng army, the losses will be immeasurable, and it will even affect..."

Before he could finish his words, Nan Yan waved his hand and interrupted impatiently: "No need to say any more. No one in our army can leave the camp until our army's training is over."

"Then...how long will your army continue to train?"

"Two more days."

"Ah?" Two days? I am afraid that our side may not even be able to withstand it for two hours, let alone two days. "General Nan, you...you can't just die without saving me!"

Nan Yan said: "This is not to ignore death, but our army has another mission! Okay, you don't need to say any more, go back and recover as soon as possible!" His face was expressionless when he spoke, but his fists were clenched tightly. , Nan Yan tried her best to suppress the resentment in her heart.

At this time, the commander also realized that what he was doing was just Nan Yan's excuse. He didn't want to rescue his own side at all. The general took heart and risked his life, saying loudly: "In the future, my general has told me that if your army does not come to the rescue, then all the people in Pingxiang Town will become the victims of our army!"

These words touched Nan Yan's bottom line. Not only did the Sichuan-Zhen coalition quietly massacre the people of their own country, but now they were even more unscrupulous and even threatened themselves with the lives of the people in front of themselves. His eyes were wide open, staring at the general, and said ferociously: "What did you say? Say it again!"

Seeing Nan Yan's terrifying appearance at this time, General Pian suddenly realized that what he just said was too much. Under Nan Yan's fierce eyes, General Pian instinctively took two steps back, then turned around and wanted to leave, but How could Nan Yan tolerate him leaving? The latter suddenly drew his sword and rushed to the back of the general with just one stride. Then, with a vicious sword thrust, he stabbed the opponent in the heart.

The lieutenant general was horrified. He dodged and covered himself with spiritual armor while explaining, "General Nan, don't make a mistake..." Before he finished speaking, Nan Yan's sword stabbed into the air and swept to the side. The lieutenant general was unable to dodge and was hit on the neck by the sword.

Fortunately, his spiritual armor covered him in time, and Nan Yan's sword was not spiritualized, so he finally withstood this fatal killing move. However, Nan Yan's sword was very powerful. Although he failed to kill the lieutenant general, he knocked him to the ground. When the lieutenant general wanted to get up, the surrounding guards rushed up and fell with chaotic blades. Their swords were spiritualized. With a series of crisp sounds, the lieutenant general was instantly chopped into several pieces and died tragically in the central army tent.

Nan Yan still did not get rid of his hatred, and shouted to the outside of the tent, "Come on, drag the body out to feed the dogs!"

The lieutenant general went to the Hu Ben army camp to ask for reinforcements, but he didn't get any reinforcements, and instead lost his life.

On the other side, the Chuanzhen coalition forces in Pingxiang had already engaged the Feng army.

In order to resist the enemy, Wang Zhong also pulled the reserve soldiers to the battlefield. Even if they were not strong in combat, they could at least support the scene and strengthen their momentum.

The Chuanzhen coalition forces had not yet set up their defense on the earth wall, and the Feng army's attack arrived. The first to come was the Feng army's arrow formation, and the black eagle feathers fell from the sky, as dense as raindrops.

Seeing such a large-scale arrow formation for the first time, many reserve recruits were stunned and frightened. They stood upright on the earth wall, forgetting to dodge and block, and were nailed alive like hedgehogs.

After a round of arrow formations, there was almost no place to stand on the earth wall. The ground was full of arrows, and hundreds of Chuanzhen soldiers were drowned in the sea of ​​arrows.

This was just the beginning. As soon as one round of arrow arrays passed, the second round, the third round, and the continuous arrow arrays of the Feng army were like a violent storm. Even though the soldiers of the Chuanzhen army held up their shields, some were pierced by stray arrows from time to time and fell off the earth wall with screams.

Under such an intense attack, even spiritual practitioners could hardly resist.

Wang Zhong did not dare to stay on the earth wall any longer. He hid under the wall early, raised his head, and remotely directed the soldiers on the earth wall from below.

The commander was afraid of death, so how could the soldiers below fight at the cost of their lives? Moreover, the city defense of Pingxiang was too poor. There was no city wall, only a ten-foot-high earth wall, and there was not even an arrow slit on it. People wanted to block the arrow array, so they could only use shields, but the earth wall was narrow and there was not enough space to set up a complete shield array. People held shields, blocking the top and exposing the bottom, blocking the bottom and exposing the top. The soldiers of the two armies standing on the earth wall became live targets of the Feng army, and the sound of arrows and screams came one after another, forming a whole.

Soon, the soldiers of the Chuan and Zhen armies tumbled and scrambled down the earthen wall and fled towards the center of the town.

Seeing this, Wang Zhong was very anxious. He raised his sword and chopped several deserters, shouting: "Go back! Go back and defend the city!"

At this time, the commander of the Zhen army ran up to Wang Zhong and said in a trembling voice: "General, the wall of Pingxiang is short and narrow, and our army can't defend it at all. General, while the brothers are not seriously injured, let's retreat quickly!"

Retreat? Wang Zhong also wanted to retreat, but people could run away, but could the baggage stored in Pingxiang run away? If he lost these baggage and food, he would not be able to save his head even if he had ten heads.

He grabbed the army commander's armor and shouted, "We can't retreat! The Hu Ben army of Mo country will come to reinforce soon. Even if you die on the battlefield, you have to hold the Feng army for me!"

Wang Zhong himself did not dare to go to the top of the city to command the battle, but he tried his best to let his soldiers go up. He was the main general. If he did not order a retreat, the Zhen army really did not dare to retreat.

The army commander had no choice but to lead his soldiers to climb the earth wall again.

Under the arrow formation of the Feng army, the Zhen army did not even have the opportunity to shoot back. A group of people went up and were shot and killed. The whole earth wall was almost covered with the corpses of the Zhen army.

Even if they knew that they would die if they continued to hold on, they could only grit their teeth and hold on. However, when the soldiers of the Feng army rushed to the front, the Zhen army could no longer hold on.

Shangguan Yuanrang rushed to the wooden door of the earth wall, and slashed down with his three-pointed double-edged sword. With a crisp sound, the wooden fences broke. Shangguan Yuanrang urged his horse and rushed directly into the town.

Seeing the enemy coming in, the few remaining Zhen soldiers rushed forward and wanted to pull Shangguan Yuanrang off their horses, but they came up quickly and fell down even faster. The spiritual chaos wind released by Shangguan Yuanrang blew over them mercilessly, and groups of Zhen soldiers were cut into pieces.

The head of the Zhen army went forward, but before he and Shangguan Yuanrang had fought for a round, he was cut off by the latter with a single blow.

The Zhen army has always been brave and fearless in battle, but seeing such a brave Shangguan Yuanrang, people still felt fear in their hearts and retreated involuntarily.

Shangguan Yuanrang looked around at the enemy troops around him, brandished his sword and shouted, "I am General Shangguan Yuanrang of Feng State. If you want to live, surrender immediately!"