Chapter 659: Go to War

I don't know where the self-confidence of the coalition army comes from, but since the troops have come to the city, they will definitely not return empty-handed. After some thought, Zhao Xu felt that the two coalition commanders must have chosen to attack with the purpose of surprise, and chose to attack when they were sure that the night army would not guess that they were going to attack.

Perhaps in terms of city defense, the night army has already been arranged, but psychologically, there may be many people from top to bottom who cannot accept the fact that the enemy army attacked the city in advance, so the surprise behavior of the coalition army did have a certain impact on the momentum of the night army.

In addition, the enemy army is pouring out today, and 500,000 troops are coming to the city, in Zhao Xu's opinion, the enemy will obviously not just test the night army's ability to defend the city, as for the extent to which the two sides will fight, Zhao Xu has no way to consider it for the time being.

When the general below pondered Zhao Xu's words, the array on the coalition side's side changed for a while, and it was soon completely divided into two sides. In the middle of the array, the two flags are embroidered with the word "Fei" and the word "Yang" inlaid with gold, the word "Fei" is written in red, and the word "Yang" is written in yellow. Next to those two banners are the two commanders of the coalition army, Shi Jiangchuan of Feiguo Tiexin and Yangguo.

Among the two commanders, Tiexin has a docile temperament, and Shi Jiangchuan has a strong blood, which can be said to be very different in personality, but the two have one thing in common, that is, they can both be described as wise and brave. Maybe a single ability can't be compared with Zhao Xu, but the two of them join forces to combine rigidity and softness, and they are not necessarily worse than Zhao Xu in terms of overall ability.

At the beginning, when the night army was only 150,000 troops in the windless city, the wing army had 300,000 troops, and now the night army is still 150,000 troops, but the coalition army has 500,000, and there were only a few recruits in the 150,000 night army at that time, but now there are half of the recruits in the 160,000 night army, it can be said that the overall strength of the night army is not as good as it was at the beginning.

However, what is a little better than the beginning is that the current coalition army does not have siege equipment, but they still have impregnable walls, and a fan pass provides them with a solid guarantee.

Even though he had already seen that the upcoming big battle would be difficult, Zhao Xu still firmly believed that they could hold Fancheng.

When the night army and the coalition forces confronted each other head-on, the situation in Fancheng was somewhat chaotic. Earlier, when news of the coalition invasion reached the city, many of the city's citizens gathered their belongings and prepared to flee at any time. Because the situation outside the city is unknown, today's Fancheng is naturally no longer as lively as the previous two days, and Ruan Sihai also rushed to the south of the city to understand the situation as soon as possible.

However, the situation in Chengguan is tense, and Zhao Xu has already explained to the people below that if the city lord of Fancheng comes over, he can directly let him go back with peace of mind. After realizing that it was not appropriate to disturb Zhao Xu at the moment, Ruan Sihai went back with the idea that Zhao Xu definitely did not want to be broken by the coalition forces. Since the bets have been placed on the night army, Ruan Sihai knows very well that there is no way out now, so after going back, Ruan Sihai no longer blindly waits for news, but sets out to appease the hearts of the people in the city.

If the war between the night army and the coalition army has not started, and most of the people in the city have fled first, it will be Ruan Sihai's disadvantage, so Ruan Sihai will not allow that situation to happen for the time being.

After Ruan Sihai personally came forward to preach that the night army would definitely be able to hold Fancheng, the chaotic situation in the city gradually stabilized, and there were no longer many people busy packing up their salutes and fleeing, but more people wanted to pay attention to the situation. All in all, regardless of the situation after the battle between the two armies, Nguyen Si Hai had fulfilled his duty to help the night army do a good job in the rear.

In fact, Zhao Xu didn't pay much attention to the current situation in the city, because during the previous discussion, Zhao Xu and the generals had already concluded that those with ill intentions in the city would not dare to take the opportunity to attack the night army. Of course, in case of emergency, Zhao Xu has made certain preparations in ensuring the safety of the rear, and now there are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding a specific place to prevent someone from attacking in the rear.

As for the city pass, the original battlefield was just a few hundred meters long city wall, with a limited area, even if it was fought from morning to night, the night army could not use 160,000 troops, which Zhao Xu and the generals knew very well, so in order to ensure that there was no danger behind him, Zhao Xu could put all his attention on the coalition army.

Not surprisingly, before the battle between the two armies, the two commanders of the coalition forces specially introduced themselves to Zhao Xu. "This time, our coalition army has a total of 500,000 troops, all of whom are elite soldiers of the two countries, and the strength of your night army is far less than half and half of us. Although you occupied Fancheng one step ahead of us, it is a pity that you do not have the strength to hold Fancheng. ”

"Marshal Zhao is wise and martial arts must not know that the outcome of the battle between you and me is doomed, if Marshal Zhao still has some self-knowledge, he also hopes to open the city and surrender as soon as possible, so as not to damage too many soldiers," the speaker is the marshal of the flying country, Tie Xin belongs to the kind of person who is more strategic, and has outstanding characteristics in the use of means, so before the war, Tie Xin deliberately said this remark. As the so-called siege of the city is the heart of the attack, the siege of the city is the bottom.

"Marshal Tie really has extraordinary knowledge, our night army does not have many troops, and most of them are recruits, but Marshal Tie doesn't know that whether it is a recruit or a veteran in our army, each has taken weapons, been on the battlefield, and killed foreign enemies, the military spirit is unified, and the morale is sharp, not that your coalition army can resist just by numbers," Since a war of words is inevitable, how could Zhao Xu lose to the other party in momentum.

"In the face of the 500,000 troops of our coalition army, Marshal Zhao actually told me about your side, which is a little ridiculous. Even if the morale of our coalition army is not high for the first time, I am afraid that your soldiers will also lose their morale after seeing our troops, so does Marshal Zhao still want to beat us with the morale you said?"

"It is true that the allied forces of your two countries are numerous, but each of my subordinates has the courage to take charge of the pass, and there is a heavy pass in Fancheng, even if you have a lot of people, what is the use? Do you think that this commander can occupy Fancheng first because there are many people?"

"What a brave man, presumably Marshal Zhao's self-confidence comes more from those generals than from the soldiers below, I wonder how the few generals under Marshal Zhao will compare with our generals?"

Shi Jiangchuan is a strong person, so naturally he will not have any fear of the night army because of the few words Zhao Xu said. No matter how strong the Night Army is, they will definitely break through today's difficulties.

"If the two marshals deliberately came to the marshal to argue, they should have brought some drinks, why do they need to bring all the people?" Shi Jiangchuan's tone of speech was obviously arrogant, if it wasn't that this person was brave or unscrupulous, then this person was brave and overwhelmed, in the face of such an enemy commander, Zhao Xu felt that it was better to be careful, so he planned to end the conversation with the two as soon as possible.

"What Marshal Zhao said is exact, but the two of us are a little verbose," nodding, Shi Jiangchuan and Tie Xin glanced at each other, and then the two rode back. Although both of them are leading coaches, they do not usually ride chariots like Zhao Xu, but ride horses like the people below, which increases their blood.

"Please also ask the marshal to forgive him, the last general was incompetent and failed to dampen the morale of the enemy before the marshal arrived, but implicated our army," When Shi Jiangchuan returned to the front of Yangguo's array, Qi Wei from before came over to ask Shi Jiangchuan for the first time.

"It's okay, although you have lost the first battle, but there is still a chance to make meritorious contributions, today's siege will be fought by our side alone, I hope that General Qi's performance will not disappoint Ben Shuai in the future," Shi Jiangchuan smiled faintly, the tone that was not salty and not light made it impossible to infer his inner emotions, but the undoubted meaning contained in that tone was extremely obvious.

"Yes," Qi Wei agreed respectfully, already understanding what Shi Jiangchuan meant. In their Yangguo army, they have always pursued the purpose of making meritorious service for their crimes, and no matter who commits any kind of mistakes, they can make up for their mistakes by obtaining corresponding credits, of course, the opportunities are limited. If the mistake is not remedied within the prescribed time, the offender will face twice the penalty compared to the previous one.

This opportunity to make amends may seem relatively lenient, but in fact it is extremely cruel. However, for Qi Wei now, the fault of failing to hit the morale of the night army is naturally not as serious as life and death, but whether Qi Wei can keep his position as the main general depends on his next performance.

The flag waved, the war drums sounded, and Qi Wei came directly to the front of the Yang army array after receiving Shi Jiangchuan's instructions, and behind him were columns of armor soldiers carrying ladders. Some of the ladders used to climb the city were made recently, and some were brought with the army before. Because of the simple construction, there are now enough ladders available for the Yang army.

Different from the ordinary ladder, the ladder used by the Yang army has a three-claw hook lock at the front, and when the soldiers in charge of the charge run to the bottom of the city wall, the stronger of them will throw the hook lock onto the city, which is used to attack the night army defending the city and stabilize the ladder itself. In addition, the other end of the ladder has also been modified to strengthen the stability of the ladder against the city wall.

The Yang army has made full arrangements for today's siege, and there are archers interspersed behind the armor soldiers in front, apparently to cover the arrival of their own personnel in the city. If the different arms of the army do not interfere with each other during the siege and perform their own duties, the Yang army can try to speed up their siege efficiency. In addition, the soldiers of Yangguo also have a characteristic, the personnel responsible for the charge are all uniformly equipped, a short weapon and a shield.

The formation of the Yang army was seen by Zhao Xu, after the other party beat the war drums, Zhao Xu also ordered his own people to beat the war drums, the time of battle is coming, on both sides of the city tower, the thousands of night troops on the hundreds of meters long battle line are ready to meet the enemy's attack.

"Kill," the screaming sound came from below the city, and immediately after, countless long teams carrying ladders in front of the Yang army array ran towards Fancheng, running from two hundred meters away to the range of the night army.