Chapter 217: (Nanyang Guarding Battle)

"Hurry up, press up, block them..."

"Archer, release the arrows..."

"Splash the oil on the sassalo wood..."

"The enemy army goes to the city, and the enemy is resisted..."

The eastern, western, and northern battlefields of Nanyang City are engaged in a fierce siege battle, and both sides are now competing for the final strength, Dongcheng, the Han army Yancen military headquarters of 50,000 people; Beicheng, 50,000 people of the Han army Pitong; In Xicheng, the Han army Dai Juncheng and Du Yilong were 150,000 people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the entire Nanyang City, there are 30,000 regular defenders, 3,000 soldiers from the Yamen Mansion in Nanyang City, more than 3,700 firearms troops from the Shenji Battalion, more than 800 students from the first and second phases of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and about 60,000 strong men selected from the people in Nanyang City; made up a force of less than 100,000 people, in addition to the more than 30,000 regular soldiers and Shenji battalion firearms troops, the combat effectiveness of the rest of the people is not at the same level as the Han army, especially the team composed of more than 60,000 people, what they can do is to collect all the wood and arrows and put them on the city wall, and when the Han army attacks the city tower, pick up the spear and knife and fight with the regular soldiers to kill the Han army who attacked the city wall.

And these troops were evenly distributed in the east, west, and north to defend against the enemy, and the eastern city guards Murong Qi and Zhao Xin; Xicheng guards Han Chu and Su Tong; He Ying, the defender of the north city, and then the battle in the west city was the most intense, there were 150,000 Han troops of Dai Juncheng and Du Yilong in the west city, and Han Chu and Su Tong in order to defend the city of Nanyang, the two had been on the city tower to command the battle for four days without going down the city tower, and personally killed dozens of Han troops who attacked the city tower, which made the morale of the Xicheng defenders boiling.

However, among them, the most anxious is He Ying who is guarding the north city, he has not closed his eyes for three days, and has been guarding the city tower all night, his armor is full of arrow marks and traces of being stabbed by knives and guns, He Ying is guarding the city with his own mind, in order to just not surrender again, because he has received several letters of persuasion written to him by Yan Cen, and He Ying himself knows that he doesn't want to be Zhang Han, what he wants to do is to be worthy of the title of King of Xingyang given to him by Gongsun Long, Even now, the decrees of the Cheng Dynasty are all from Shangguan Yin Feng and Huangfu Nan; And he also knew very well that Shangguan Yin Feng and Huangfu Nan had not treated him badly, but entrusted him with important tasks, and did not cut off his military power, which made He Ying willing to work for the Cheng Dynasty, if he started from a deeper level, he was working for Shangguan Yin Feng.

Nanyang City, Changsha Wangxing Palace

Today's hall is full of civil and military officials of the Cheng Dynasty, and Huang Funan's white hair has suddenly increased a lot in the past few days, making him look very haggard, and after seeing Murong Guang enter the main hall, he asked anxiously: "Old general, how is the battle situation now?" ”

Murong Guang's armor was stained with a lot of blood, because he had just come back from the Xicheng side to support, Murong Guang, the Nanyang garrison, originally had 6,000 soldiers in Wancheng, since Yancen rebelled, Huangfu Nan dropped Murong Guang to Nanyang City for the safety of Nanyang, and his 6,000 personal soldiers also acted as the guards of the Changsha Wangxing Palace, except for more than 1,000 guards in the palace, 2,000 garrisons in the south city, the remaining 3,000 people were all taken by Murong Guang to run to the east, north, and west to support, not to mention that he Murong Guang is old, Even the soldiers under him can't stand it, and now after supporting Xicheng, let the soldiers rest quickly, and come here to tell Huangfu Nan about the situation: "Lord Huangfu, now the enemy is attacking very fiercely, Xicheng has been attacked by the Han army several times on the city tower, the old man took his men and horses to kill the enemy army with General Han and General Su, a drop in the bucket, standing on the city tower and looking out, the outside is full of Han troops, like ants." ”

In ancient times, a man could call himself an 'old man' when he was thirty, and Murong Guang was Murong Jin's younger brother, and now he is also seven out of forty, and his beard is much whiter, so it is reasonable to call himself an 'old man'.

Seeing that Huangfu Nan didn't speak, Murong Guang continued: "In my opinion, it is better to press all the remaining troops of the Shenji Battalion to reduce the offensive of Ximen. ”

The personnel of the Shenji Battalion who stayed in the camp were 20 Shenwu cannons, more than 400 operators, 1,000 musket teams, and 300 Shenji Battalion guards, and Murong Guang meant to transfer the Shenwu artillery and musket team to Xicheng and shell the Han army outside Xicheng.

Huangfu Nan's expression was solemn, the people of the Shenji Battalion were the last garrison force in Nanyang, and they were also the last killer weapon, and they could not be used until they had to: "The enemy army besieged the city for fifteen days and sieged the city for four days, and their food is estimated to be about to reach the limit, but our army's grain and grass can still last for a month, even if it is delayed, it can be dragged to death, and when there is no food, Liu Xuanzi will order the troops to retreat, and now I have to encourage the soldiers to continue to persevere..."

"Lord Huangfu..."Murong Guang didn't know the powerful relationship in this, but if he could hold out for a month, there would be 20,000 casualties in Nanyang City after four days of siege, and there would be less than 20,000 regular soldiers left to continue fighting, and the Han army would be able to consume all the resistance forces in Nanyang City within a few days even if they used wheel warfare: "If you don't use the Shenji Battalion anymore, you can't hold on, although Nanyang City is strong, but the enemy army is attacking the city every day and night for four days, and our soldiers have not had a good rest for four days, so go on, Ben General concluded that within three days, Nanyang City would be breached. ”

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, since Gongsun Ning ascended the throne and Shangguan Yin Feng was regent, the Cheng Dynasty learned from Zhu Yuanzhang, directly abolished the prime minister system, and instead delegated the power to the six ministries, and the local three divisions were the main political affairs, and the three positions of Da Situ, Da Sima, and Da Sikong were retained, and now in the hall, the highest civil official position is Huangfu Nan, the big Situ, and the highest position of the military attache is Murong Guang, the Nanyang garrison, of course, Murong Guang became the highest military attache official because of Shangguan Yin Feng; And if He Ying is in the main hall, it will naturally be a different matter.

The other civil and military officials in the main hall all looked at Huangfu Nan and Murong Guang, and their words about their conversation were also very clear, that is, they had not left here for four days, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all in the palace.

"Lord Situ, according to the words of Old General Murong, it is better to arrange for the Shenji Battalion to join the battle as soon as possible, the situation is not favorable to me, and we should prepare in advance." Zhang Biao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said that he was awarded the title after Gongsun Long succeeded to the throne, and his qualifications were older than most of the people present, so he was naturally qualified to speak, and he also held the important official position of the secretary of the Ministry of War.

"Master Zhang's words are reasonable..."Zhongshu Ling Li Qian echoed: "Now that the battle is fierce, and the garrison in the city is completely insufficient, if you don't take precautions in advance, I am afraid that you will have worries..."

Behind the main hall is the inner palace apse of Changsha Wangxing Palace, and it is also the residence of Shangguan Yin Feng's four wives, Li Qian's meaning is very clear, that is, the person who protects Shangguan Yin Feng is the key, and as soon as his words are finished, not only Huangfu Nan, but even Murong Guang looked at him with the same solemn face.