Chapter 7: The Battle of Yancheng
Tens of thousands of elite horsemen rushed over and suddenly stopped in front of the Nangong clan's troops. Tens of thousands of cavalry went from movement to stillness, and it was completed in an instant, and they were truly well-trained elite soldiers. The banner in front was printed with big square characters, which was the reinforcement of Fang's troops to Yancheng.
The leader was a general with a tall figure, a handsome face, and full of masculinity, and he dismounted and asked, "Li Haobai, the general of the town army of the clan below, dare to ask which commander of the Nangong clan is ahead?"
Nangong Junyi stepped forward and arched his hand: "I have long admired the name of Li Haobai, the general of the Fang Clan! In Nangong Junyi of the Lower Nangong Clan, we have met several times before." ”
Li Haobai was surprised when he heard this: "It turned out to be the second son of the Nangong clan, yesterday our family master received a letter from the Nangong family master, and immediately ordered me to lead the army to Yancheng to help break through!"
Nangong Junyi said with a smile on his face: "What a coincidence, we were about to go to Ningcheng to ask you for help, but I didn't expect you to have already set off and met on the road." ”
Li Haobai nodded and said, "Yes, it's too coincidental! The battle situation in Yancheng is urgent, so the second son might as well walk and talk on the road." We must arrive at Yancheng before dawn. ”
Nangong Junyi nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, order the whole army to turn around, and let's go back to Yancheng!"
The early morning sun sprinkled the entire Yancheng, and the flag printed with the two big characters of Nangong fluttered in the wind!
The Shaw Clan troops blocking Yancheng on the outskirts of the city were adjusting their positions and forming a glaive array. At this time, Yancheng was surrounded by two layers of soldiers and horses, the inner layer was the 100,000 soldiers of the Shaw Clan's troops, and the outer layer was two groups of men and horses, one was the 50,000 elite soldiers led by General Li Haobai who came to the aid of the Ningcheng Fang clan, and the other was the 30,000 elite soldiers led by Nangong Shangqing, the eldest son of the Nangong clan, and thousands of elite soldiers led by Nangong Junyi!
The two reinforcements arrived at the same time at a great speed, changing the entire battle situation. Now the Shaw Brothers troops are under attack from the enemy, and they have to assume a defensive posture, as if they are facing a great enemy. According to the current situation, if all the soldiers and horses in Yancheng are dispatched, the Shaw Brothers troops will be like trapped beasts.
In the outermost camp of the Nangong Clan's troops, there were Nangong Shangqing, the eldest son of the Nangong clan, Nangong Junyi, the second son, Miao Tianxiao, the hussar general, Zhang Yulong, the general of the town army, Fang Qingsong, the commander of the left Xiaowei, Han Xinwang, the commander of the left Yulin Wei, Sun Bijian, the commander of the right Yulin Wei, Wang Yanxu, the captain of Yancheng, and several people who joined the army, Li Haobai, the general of the Fang clan's town army, Du Shilin, the commander of the left dragon Wuwei, Wei Qianli, the commander of the right dragon and several people who joined the army. How to rescue Yancheng is being discussed, led by Nangong Shangqing and Nangong Junyi, supplemented by Miao Tianxiao, Zhang Yulong and Li Haobai.
Nangong Shangqing said: "Thank you General Li Haobai for coming to support!
Li Haobai replied: "The eldest prince is polite, let's discuss how to rescue it immediately." At present, the Shaw Brothers troops are under attack, and we echo each other with the soldiers and horses of Yancheng, it should not be difficult to take them, and the only concern now is probably to break the military gate. ”
Nangong Shangqing nodded and said: "It is indeed tricky to break the military gate and intervene in the family struggle, but they are only a few commanders and elders of the outer courtyard present, we just try to avoid them, this time the main thing is to rescue and relieve the siege, not to destroy them, just control the advance and retreat!"
Nangong Junyi said with a smile: "Big brother, let's divide the troops into three ways, directly disperse them, attack from the west, east, and south, first attack the west to attract firepower, and then attack the south and east at the same time, as long as the west is in a scorching battle situation, the south and east will be defeated." In addition, we can send a fireworks signal to Yancheng at the same time as an internal response, and under the combination of internal and external attacks, we will definitely be able to break the siege!"
Li Haobai nodded and said: "I agree with the strategy of the second son, there are the most soldiers and horses in the west, leave it to me!"
Miao Tianxiao took over and said, "My subordinates are willing to lead the troops to attack the soldiers and horses in the south!"
Zhang Yulong said indifferently: "Since Brother Li and Brother Miao have been chosen, then the east will be handed over to me!"
Nangong Shangqing pondered for a moment when he heard this: "Just according to the second brother, Li Hao will immediately attack the Shaw Brothers troops outside the West Gate! Miao Tianxiao will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to immediately attack the Shaw Brothers troops in the south! Zhang Yulong will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to immediately attack the Shaw Brothers troops in the east! There must be no mistake!"
After speaking, he turned to Nangong Junyi and said, "Second brother, immediately send a fireworks signal to Yancheng!"
The three generals immediately surrendered their hands and replied: "Yes, the subordinates will set off immediately!"
Nangong Junyi replied: "Big brother, I'll do it immediately!"
All the generals rushed out of their tents and prepared for themselves.
In the commander's camp of the city tower in the east of Yancheng, Nangong Xuan was smiling when he saw the arrival of the reinforcements, and was planning with the army and others how to contact the reinforcements. Suddenly, the western sky flashed with Nangong clan's unique fireworks, flashing three times in a row.
Nangong Xuan immediately ordered: "Order Shen Yunfei, the captain of Yancheng, to lead 8,000 soldiers and horses to break through the siege at the West Gate, and set off immediately, there must be no mistakes!"
Shen Yunfei gave up his hand and hurried out.
Outside the west gate of Yancheng, war drums and horns sounded one after another, and the Shaw troops were hastily mobilizing troops and horses for defense. The large-scale cavalry attack in front of him was constantly shaking, and Teng Zhengda, the general of the Shaw Town Army, had to mobilize shield troops and spearmen to assume a defensive posture, and the archers in the rear were always ready.
Li Haobai led the 30,000 cavalry of the Fang family's troops, with Du Shilin, the commander of the left dragon guard, and Wei Qianli, the commander of the right dragon guard, as deputy generals. It was divided into three teams, Du Shilin, the commander of the left dragon guard, led 8,000 cavalry, Wei Qianli, the commander of the right dragon guard, led 8,000 cavalry, and Li Hao, the white collar of 14,000 cavalry.
Seeing that they were about to rush to the position of the Shaw Clan's troops, the bows and arrows in the sky rained down, and all of them fell on the heads of the Fang Clan's cavalry. The cavalry of the Fang clan was very experienced and used guns and shields to block a lot, but there were also about 100 people who fell to the ground with arrows.
The eight thousand cavalry of the Zuolong Wuwei were the first to rush into the enemy formation, like a huge wall to impact the defenders of the Shaw Brothers' troops, and in a blink of an eye, I saw that most of the shield soldiers in the front row were defeated, and the spearmen were also defeated a lot, and they immediately engaged the spearmen in the rear. Immediately after that, the eight thousand cavalry of the right dragon guard immediately rushed into the enemy formation, and the remaining shield soldiers in the front row were all defeated, and the spearmen were basically all crushed, and they rushed directly into the camp and fought fiercely with many Shaw troops.
The 14,000 cavalry led by Li Haobai rushed into the camp as if they were in a no-man's land at this time, and the groups of corps were scattered, and then they were killed one by one. Facing Li Haobai was Teng Zhengda, the general of the Shaw Clan Town Army, and the two of them fought fiercely. At the same time, 8,000 elite soldiers poured out of the west gate of Yancheng, it was the breakout soldiers and horses led by Shen Yunfei, who rushed to the battlefield outside the west gate in a short time, and the Shaw Brothers troops were being flanked from front and back at this moment, and they were already in trouble.
The defenders of the Shaw Clan troops in the south were about to come to the rescue, only to see Nangong Clan's unique fireworks flash in the sky outside the south gate, flashing twice in a row. At the same time, fireworks flashed in the sky outside the east gate at the same time, twice in a row.
In the blink of an eye, the defenders of the Shaw Brothers troops in the south ushered in 20,000 cavalry led by Miao Tianxiao, a round of fierce fighting and fighting, the south gate of Yancheng was opened, and Zhang Linghui, the captain of Yancheng, led 5,000 elite soldiers and also joined the battle.
The battle outside the east gate was similar to that at the south gate, with chaos everywhere and defeats.
Suddenly, Sun Bijian, the commander of the right Yu Lin Wei, led his troops to rush into a camp tent, and before he could make a move, he was directly chopped out of the camp tent by several knives, vomiting blood, life and death were unknown, and several soldiers behind him were directly killed.
In the blink of an eye, the camp tent was completely shattered by the sword, revealing several figures, and there were three people floating in the sky.
It turned out that this camp was broken, and the six commanders and the three elders all gathered here, seeing the defeat of the army, and because of the failure of this treasure capture, they all looked angry. For them, the entire Nangong clan may not be in their eyes, let alone a small leader.
It was also Sun Bijian, the commander of the right Yulin Guard, who had bad luck and actually rushed to the camp tent that broke the military gate.
Han Xinwang, the commander of Zuo Yu Lin Wei, and Sun Bijian have a very good relationship, and they have been friends for many years. At this moment, he was nearby, and suddenly saw that his good brother Sun Bijian was beaten to the point of unknown life and death, his eyes turned red in an instant, and he rushed up directly, using the strongest martial art to sweep the leaf sword with the wind!
Shi Xinyan smiled: "Since you want to die, then fulfill you!"
I saw Shi Xinyan use the magic knife technique, and in an instant, a red knife that was more than ten people big slashed downward, Han Xinwang was completely unable to resist, and was directly knocked into the ground, life and death were unknown, and the entire ground was cut out of a huge crack.
Zhang Yulong, the general of the Nangong clan's town army, saw such a big movement and knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly flew over to the round field, and said with a smile to the several commanders and elders of the Broken Army Gate: "All the seniors of the Broken Army Gate, please forgive me, I didn't manage my subordinates well and let them offend you!
Jia Yucai, the elder of the Broken Military Gate, snorted coldly and didn't answer, and with a wave of his backhand, three one-person swords slashed out, and this sword looked very real, as if it was finely crafted!
Zhang Yulong had to resist forcibly in a hurry, only to see the sword falling, Zhang Yulong's armor was shattered, three red blood marks were imprinted on his chest, kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath, and spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood in his mouth, he was already seriously injured.
Jia Yucai snorted dissatisfiedly: "Count your fate, this is just a lesson, let your Nangong clan have a longer memory!"