Chapter 555: Perseverance

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Rested in Leting County for a night.

The next day, Chang Wei ordered the 60,000 royal soldiers stationed in Leting to board the warships and merchant ships and head to Chrysanthemum Island.

On the sea, the twelve warships were divided into two teams.

Each team had six warships, protecting the merchant ships transporting the royal soldiers in the middle.

More than a day later, the fleet arrived at Chrysanthemum Island.

"General."

At the dock on the east side of Chrysanthemum Island, Yang Zhen saluted Chang Wei.

In order to avoid being discovered, they did not land at the dock on the west side of Chrysanthemum Island.

After all, Chrysanthemum Island can be vaguely seen from Ningjindusi.

The dock on the east side was completely covered.

At the same time, the fleet deliberately chose the deep sea to hide its tracks when sailing.

Chang Wei smiled and returned the salute, "General Yang, the war is imminent, and it's time for your Ningjin Army to take revenge."

In fact, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between him and Yang Zhen.

Strictly speaking, the Ningjin Army and the Royal Guards are two different armies, but they are both under the command of the Prince of Yan.

At present, the Royal Guards are only assisting the Ningjin Army in training.

When the Ningjin Army can take charge, they will each perform their duties.

However, in this Ningjin battle, the Ningjin Army will listen to him.

"The soldiers have been looking forward to this day for a long time, General Chang, this time, just give us the most difficult battle, even if we die, we have to vent the anger that has been held for more than ten years." Yang Zhen looked in the direction of the Ningjin Dusi, and there seemed to be a flame of revenge burning in his eyes.

Chang Wei nodded, and he knew that Yang Zhen was determined to die in this battle.

With such a commander, the Ningjin Army can be of great use.

Then, his eyes passed Yang Zhen and looked at the three Ningjin Army generals behind him.

These three were all captains selected by Yang Zhen.

At this moment, their expressions were as resolute as Yang Zhen.

Chang Wei felt more at ease when he saw this.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Chang Wei and Yang Zhen went to the Ningjin Army camp.

Next, he would wait for news here and discuss the next move with Yang Zhen in detail.

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Yanguan.

After Chang Wei left, the fighting here not only did not ease, but became more intense.

The failure of the night attack trick made the Beidi army decide to adopt the bloodiest and most effective way of war, exchanging lives for lives.

Trying to use their huge numbers to consume the soldiers of Yanguan.

"Anda!"

Yanguan City.

Just after repelling the charge of the Beidi soldiers, another charge followed.

The Beidi soldiers came to the bottom of the city wall, picked up the ladders dropped by the soldiers in front and continued to attack.

At the same time, the archers mixed in the soldiers took the opportunity to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

Mo Yu looked at the battlefield, calm and composed.

The generals on the city wall were also very calm. This pattern of attack was repeated again and again, and they all knew it.

"Medical officer, save people!"

In addition to the dense gunfire and cannon fire on the city wall, the voices of generals calling for medical officers were heard from time to time.

These soldiers were basically injured by bows and arrows.

Mo Yu followed the sound and looked over, only to see a soldier gritting his teeth, his arm was shot by an arrow.

In addition to this soldier, the medical officer carried other injured soldiers from time to time.

When a stretcher passed by him, a soldier was shot in the neck and was bleeding.

"With such frequent attacks, if Yanguan only had 30,000 people, it really couldn't hold on." Mo Yu felt sorry for the soldiers, and a chill ran down his spine.

The Beidi attacked during the day and at night, not allowing them to rest for a while.

Thankfully, Chang Wei gave him 60,000 people. In this way, he could arrange 20,000 people on the top of the city, and he could let the soldiers rotate every four hours, so that they would not be too tired.

And 30,000 people, the rotation is not enough, and the soldiers will not be killed by then, but they will be exhausted by then.

Thinking of this, he continued to look at Yanguan.

Like the last charge, this charge was quickly defeated in less than an hour under the fierce attack of artillery, mortars and rifles.

Once again, a pile of corpses was left.

When the general told him the battle report of more than 300 casualties in this defense.

The next charge began again.

This back-and-forth lasted for half a month.

After Mo Yu estimated the casualties of Beidi in the past half month, he sent the battle report to Chrysanthemum Island.

In his opinion, the time to take Ningcheng has come.

At the same time, Beidi camp.

Compared with Mo Yu's calmness, Gurtu has not eaten or slept well for ten days.

After deciding on the strategy of attacking Yanguan, he ordered a fierce attack on Yanguan.

At the beginning, facing the huge casualties every day, he could still grit his teeth and persist.

But later, every time he heard the casualty figures, his heart was clenched.

Now, he is even afraid that his generals will report casualties to him.

In recent days, he even doubted whether his decision was wrong.

But apart from this, what else can he do?

Except for Gurtu, Korqin, Gule and Wuyan have also been in low spirits for several days and have become less and less talkative.

They fought during the day and at night, and only took a break at dawn to clean the battlefield and collect corpses.

Every time they saw the corpses of their soldiers, they would feel a chill from the soles of their feet.

The casualties were too heavy, and the gains were very small.

The Yan Pass not far away seemed to devour the lives of their soldiers like a giant beast from the abyss.

And their attack could not shake it in the slightest.

"Da Xing Zai, the Khan's order has arrived."

In the tent, four people sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was solemn and silent, when a cavalryman entered the tent.

"What do you mean?" Gultu stood up.

For half a month, he had sent intelligence back to Jinzhou every day.

Khan Mulehongzhen had no objection to his strong attack.

"Khan said that Yanguan must be at the end of its strength now, but it is struggling to hold on. It cannot slow down the offensive due to huge casualties. I hope you will not forget the word dare to die." The cavalry said.

Gultu nodded slowly after hearing this, and his confidence rose again.

Obviously, Khan Mulehongzhen firmly believed that Yanzhou was hit hard by the plague.

Yanguan must be short of soldiers and ammunition, and it can't hold on for too long.

Half of the soldiers have been sacrificed, and they can't give up halfway.

Otherwise, the previous soldiers will die in vain.

Korqin, Gule, and Wuyan looked at Gultu and nodded at the same time.

They are like gamblers. The more they lose, the more they don't want to stop this gamble.

Always expect to be able to turn the tables at the last moment.

In the next two days, they launched frequent attacks again.

Chang Wei's order also arrived at Yanguan.

"Continue to hold on for six days, and Ningcheng will be captured within six days. At that time, you can attack northwards and attack from the north and south with me." Mo Yu read Chang Wei's military order, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After half a month, the key battle of Ningjin is finally about to begin.

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Chrysanthemum Island.

The royal army and the Ningjin army are preparing for war.

Under the order of the general, the soldiers began to check the ammunition on their bodies and polished the rifles.

Finally, they filled their dry food bags.

Next, they will attack Ningcheng at night.