On the winding road, Feng Ying was walking in front of the team. He looked up at the sun in the sky. The dazzling light made him dare not look at it again after just one glance.
"How long will it take to reach Anshang City?" Feng Ying asked the deputy general on the right, tilting his head slightly.
The deputy general looked around and replied: "General, this place is less than ten miles away from Anshang City. If nothing happens, we can reach it within an hour."
Feng Ying nodded and asked, "How is the situation at E Huan?"
"No news has been sent back yet, but the people we sent should be back soon."
As soon as the deputy general finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse hooves in front of him. Two knights appeared in everyone's field of vision. Seeing that they were their own sergeants and the flags on their backs, the surrounding barbarian soldiers were immediately relieved.
"Report, General, General E Huan has begun to besiege Anshang City on three sides, leaving only the southern wall without troops." The leader of the scout bowed on his horse and reported.
Hearing this, Feng Ying waved his hand to signal the scouts to retreat and return to the team, and said to the deputy general: "Okay, E Huan and the others did a good job. It's up to me to wait."
He paused and then said: "However, our army will be marching for a long time, so we cannot attack them rashly. We still have to take a rest to allow our troops to regain their strength."
"What the general said is true," the deputy general agreed.
"Let's do this. There is a forest ahead. Let's order the troops to rest there for a while." Feng Ying pointed forward with narrowed eyes and said.
"yes."
Mounted on the north city wall, Zhang Ni personally directed the archers to fight: "Second group of archers, come forward quickly."
As soon as E Huanfu launched the siege, the defenders on the city felt tremendous pressure. Most of the hundreds of barbarian archers were good at shooting. Under the cover of shields, their arrow skills were not only extremely accurate, but also very cunning and vicious. Any defender on the city who exposed his body would be severely bitten by them.
On the other hand, although the archers accounted for the majority of the defenders, apart from the group of archers with accurate archery skills, the remaining civilians had been trained for some time, but they were able to draw bows, nock arrows, and shoot. It is not easy to get to the enemy group, but there is no need to be too demanding about accuracy.
Seeing that his defenders at the top of the city were suppressed by the enemy forces below, Zhang Ni quickly took over the command of the crossbowmen and personally directed the sergeants to meet the enemy.
After all, Minzhuang was not a regular army officer. After a while, some of them were so exhausted that they could no longer pull their bows.
This was not going to work, so Zhang Yi quickly divided the crossbowmen into two groups and took turns killing the enemies, thus causing a constant rain of arrows on the city.
However, although the arrows never stopped, the number was reduced by half. The barbarian soldiers under the city noticed this change soon after, and E Huan repeatedly urged the soil-bearing soldiers to take this opportunity to fill the moat.
Although Zhang Ni was anxious when he saw this, he had no choice but to let the Yi soldiers act so recklessly.
Although the fighting in the east and west cities was not as fierce as that in the north, the defenders on these two sides were small in number and mostly civilians, so the chief of the army felt even more pressure.
Fortunately, there were only more than 500 barbarian soldiers on each side, and they were not the main attackers. Therefore, the two walls were relatively safe until the moat was filled.
Most of the crossbowmen on both sides were in the North City, so the battle on the east and west sides seemed a bit peaceful at the moment. Arrows on both sides were sparse, and so far the number of casualties was only in single digits on both sides.
After E Huan learned about the battle situation in the other two directions, he was not too worried, because he knew that as long as Feng Ying's reinforcements arrived, a north-south attack would be his real killer move, and he would be able to break the city within three days. , this is also the time limit agreed upon before the war.
However, seeing that the moat on the opposite side had been less than half filled and the performance of the army today, E Huan felt that it might not take three days. As long as Feng Ying arrived on time, his side could attack the city in two days.
While E Huan was still thinking about when his reinforcements would arrive, Feng Ying led his guards onto a low mound and looked at Anshang City two miles away.
"General, since our army has arrived, why not launch an attack?" The deputy general said anxiously, listening to the sound of fighting in the distance.
Feng Ying waved her hand and said calmly: "No hurry, no hurry, let them fight for a while."
The deputy general was a little puzzled and hesitantly said: "This... the last general... the last general is stupid. I hope the general can clarify his doubts."
Seeing his twitchy expression, Feng Ying knew that she had been misunderstood, and immediately pointed to the sky and said: "For no other reason than I am waiting for the sun to turn a little further. At that time, the eyes of the officers and soldiers on the south wall will face the sun directly. They The blocked line of sight will help us attack the city."
"I see, the general has learned a lesson." The deputy general bowed with sincerity, and then praised: "The general is a god in using his troops and is very resourceful."
Although the flattery was obvious, Feng Ying was quite happy to hear it. She stroked her beard and laughed: "It's nothing. It's just that I have accumulated a lot of experience after hunting in the mountains for a long time."
After saying that, his expression changed and he said resolutely: "Okay, it's almost done. Let's tell the boys that it's our turn."
In the north of the city, the Han and Yi sides were still fighting fiercely. The two armies had been fighting for an hour. It was when the fighting spirit and morale were at their strongest. The archers above and below the city were constantly pulling their bowstrings and firing sharp arrows.
With a whoosh, an iron arrow shot from the city hit a barbarian soldier who was about to throw a clod of soil into the moat.
Seeing that he had succeeded, Zhang Ni hurriedly hid behind the wall, took out the next arrow from the quiver on the ground, and prepared to look for the enemy and shoot again.
Suddenly, he heard an urgent sound of horns coming from the south. Of course Zhang Ni knew that this was a warning horn. Since it came from the south, it meant that the enemy's reinforcements had finally arrived.
However, his own side had already made a plan. He was just surprised for a moment and then immediately returned to normal. While continuing to draw his bow and arrows to kill the barbarian soldiers, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't panic. Our enemy in the south of the city has been prepared for a long time. We just need to If we hold on for another hour or two, reinforcements will arrive. Now, follow me and kill the enemy bravely, and the court will not hesitate to reward you."
"kill."
After that, Zhang Yi killed another Yi soldier with one arrow.
The surrounding county soldiers and civilians heard that reinforcements would arrive soon, and their morale was greatly boosted. Seeing that the general was so brave, they all came out of the parapet without fear of death, and kept shooting at the enemy troops below the city.
In the direction of the south city, Feng Ying stood in front of the formation on horseback, calmly commanding his troops to attack the two horn camps outside the city. These two camps were built on the original two hills, which just blocked the enemy's attack from the south. Road, if the Yi soldiers want to touch the southern city wall, they must break through these two camps.
If it were normal, the attacking party would have to spend a lot of effort to break through these two camps. But now the defenders in the city are insufficient. There are only 200 people in each of the two camps, and the Yi soldiers have a total of 3,000, and they are constantly attacking around the two camps. .
Fortunately, the camp was built on a high ground and was solidly built, and echoed the city walls on three sides, so the defenders were able to hold on for a short period of time.
Feng Ying was not in a hurry, and just urged his subordinates to come forward in turn. If the Han people could not withstand this kind of attack, An Shang City would have changed hands long ago.
Feng Ying had already made plans to attack the city for a long time. According to the plan before the war, he still had three days to attack the city. Therefore, even though it was difficult to attack the city at the moment, he remained unmoved and just kept urging. The crossbowmen advanced.
