Chapter 916: Capture Nanyang (Final)
Nanyang West Gate, two miles away.
With his strong eyesight and the surrounding firelight, Sun Ning was able to see the collapse process of the entire wall more intuitively.
I saw that from the beginning of the city wall, the cracks spread and grew like life, spreading upwards and to the left and right.
Almost in the middle of a meal, the cracks spread across the entire wall, like a huge spider's web. And as time passed, the "spider silk" continued to grow in size and went deeper into the city walls.
Suddenly, a loud bang sounded, and the entire city wall of Nanyang Xicheng quickly collapsed like a sand sculpture built on the beach being invaded by the waves.
Hardly giving the soldiers and horses above it and nearby time to react, in the blink of an eye, a large section of the city wall five or six miles long collapsed, bringing thousands of people above into the abyss at the bottom.
The men didn't even have time to scream, or some of them screamed, but they were completely muffled by the rumbling of the collapse of the walls, and they couldn't be heard, and everyone was buried in all kinds of dirt and rubble.
Fortunately, before this, Sun Ning and other Vietnamese generals noticed the changes in the city wall, and decisively retreated, so that the soldiers and horses who had been desperately hitting the city wall could withdraw from the danger area. Otherwise, I am afraid that even more than half of the soldiers who fought bravely will be buried by earth and rocks.
But even so, when this scene really happened, the Vietnamese soldiers were still shocked by such a change in front of them, and everyone stared blankly at the ruins in front of them, looking at the smoke and dust that was constantly raised because of the collapse of the city wall, and they didn't know how to deal with it at all.
And with the complete collapse of the entire city wall, when most of the smoke and dust finally fell, the defenders in the city who also intended to concentrate on defending the city, but were still some distance away from the city wall, were also exposed to the Vietnamese army.
Their strength was two thousand, and they were the last strength that could be mustered in the city now.
But at this time, they looked too embarrassed, not only were they disgraced by the smoke and dust that spread from the attack, but everyone only felt that they had seen a ghost, or were in the most terrible nightmare, and they all stood on the spot, unable to do any action.
The Vietnamese troops outside the city were certainly shocked by such an unprecedented scene, and the defenders inside the city were ten times more affected by this.
The blow of the collapse of the wall was fatal to them, enough to destroy their already modest fighting spirit and courage.
Many of them had legs as soft as noodles, and their bodies were shaking like chaff, and they couldn't even hold on to their weapons, let alone pick them up to fight the enemy.
Their eyes were full of despair and fear, and everyone opened their mouths wide, but they couldn't make a sound.
At this time, the Vietnamese army outside the city moved.
Under Sun Ning's loud shout: "Nanyang City has been broken, and it is at this time to take the city!" Kill! "All the soldiers woke up like a dream, and they also burst out with an unprecedented strong fighting spirit.
For these soldiers, the collapse of the Nanyang city wall is certainly surprising, but it is more of a surprise.
No matter what caused it to collapse, it is in the best interest of itself, and if you don't kill the past and take the city at this time, when will you wait?
So, the sound of trumpets and shouts gathered in one place, and all the soldiers rushed straight forward like a large group of fierce tigers and cheetahs.
Stepping on the rubble and rubble and trails of tall ruins, they rushed towards the defenders in front of them.
At this time, not to mention the officers and generals of the defending army, even if they could still keep calm and convey orders for their subordinates to organize resistance, it was impossible for anyone to carry out this order.
With the morale and fighting spirit of the army gone, these soldiers were no different from the unarmed people, and they could not even raise their swords to resist.
Therefore, when more than 100 people in front of the Vietnamese army continuously cut down hundreds of people in the lead, those people in the back finally decisively abandoned their weapons and knelt down and begged to surrender amid the screams.
Just like a chain reaction, when the Vietnamese army continued to enter Nanyang from this undefended ruin, all the defenders in front of them let go of their hands, and obediently knelt on the ground in the sound of weapons falling to the ground, begging for their lives.
Without any resistance, the Vietnamese army had entered the west city of Nanyang, and the army was divided into several teams, running along the streets towards all parts of Nanyang City. As for the defenders who surrendered, they were naturally handed over to those who came behind.
Although there were still thousands of men and horses in other directions of the city to fight, in the face of the complete loss of the West City, and the loss of the defense under such an astonishing accident, the other generals naturally lost the determination to fight back.
Xuanhuai also wanted to lead the troops to burn down the nearby granary, but as soon as he turned around, he collided with the Vietnamese army rushing all the way.
Nie Long had already been instructed by Sun Ning, so he naturally wanted to do his best to prevent the defenders in the city from setting fire to the grain, and as soon as he saw the other party's current situation, he immediately led the team to kill. With a few rounds of slashing with the big knife in his hand, he killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers who were blocking the way forward, and rushed straight to Xuanhuai.
The two clashed several times, and Xuan Huai was slashed in the shoulder with a knife, and even the weapon in his hand fell to the ground, screaming and retreating.
And with his escape, the soldiers and horses under his command naturally had no desire to fight, and they also turned around and fled to the south gate with him.
Nie Long was only focused on ensuring food security in the city, but had no intention of chasing and killing the enemy, so when he saw this, he led his troops down the streets to a new target.
In the following period of time, on the main streets of the entire Nanyang City, I only saw a group of Dayue soldiers galloping on horseback, and they rushed to the granaries of great importance in a very orderly manner, guarding them and keeping them in their own hands.
There are a total of eight granaries in Nanyang City, only one of which was set on fire before the Vietnamese army arrived, but it only started a fire, and it was rushed by the Vietnamese army who followed the killing, killed the defenders who set the fire, and quickly extinguished the fire.
As for the remaining defenders, they either surrendered on the spot or were killed on the spot, and only a very small number of them were able to see the opportunity to flee while they were in chaos.
After the fourth watch, when Sun Ning led the rear army into Nanyang, the entire city had completely fallen into the control of the Vietnamese army.
Tens of thousands of people in the city also stayed in their respective homes very obediently at this time, and did not dare to take a step out of their homes, which also saved the Vietnamese army a lot of hands and feet.
In this way, it only took ten days for the Vietnamese army to capture Nanyang City, the granary of the Central Plains.
And more importantly, they also kept the granaries of the whole city, and at once obtained enough reserves for a large army for several months, so that the logistics problem of the whole army has been greatly improved.
Sun Ning believed that when this news was transmitted, it would inevitably bring about a fundamental change in the war in the entire Liangzhou territory......
Some people died, but not completely......