At this time, a few white sails appeared from the distance between the sea and the sky, but even if they were shown by soldiers, they would not make a fuss, because it was normal for a ship to move around on the sea. However, the appearance of the sail canopy is more and more, and it is constantly expanding, and when the soldiers who are being sentry are not right, we can clearly see the faces of the people on the ship, and the distinctive "Song" character on the flying flag.Chinese <

Soldiers finally appeared on the walls.

"It's Song Jun. The Song army is coming. Hurry up and deliver the letter. ”

"The Song army came from the sea. Light the wolf smoke, light the wolf smoke. ”

The soldiers were in a hurry, and everyone was panicked, only to see that the convoy of three huge and terrifying three-ship ships as the core had filled the sea at the south gate with a forest of masts and huge sails that were almost dying. When the wolf smoke was lit, the warships of the Great Song Dynasty also rushed to the edge of the city wall, and the first thing to greet them was arrows like raindrops. Immediately, countless Manichaean soldiers fell in the rain of arrows, and the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the arrows fled in all directions.

Then one by one, the warships rushed to the city wall, and countless Song soldiers jumped from the ships and stepped onto the city wall. Immediately chased the fleeing remnants. Some of the soldiers guarding the south gate were killed by random arrows, some were taken prisoner by the Song army, and only a small part fled back to the Nanenzhou Prefecture to report the news. The Song army completely captured the South Gate.

After solving the defenders on the city wall, Cao Xun immediately divided his troops into three routes, Xue Song led a road to seize the city gate, personally led a road to attack the state government, and ordered Zhang Yuan to lead a road to meet the two roads. Li Gongzuo and Meng Lanjun stayed on the ship.

This time, the Song army raided a total of more than 15,000 people, including more than 1,200 war horses, but because it was now a street battle in the city of Nanenzhou, the cavalry army was left to Zhang Yuan, who was responsible for the two roads, and the battle to seize the city gate and attack the state government was mainly completed by the infantry army. The infantry was also composed of swordmen, shieldmen, and crossbowmen, as well as a small number of pikemen, because the streets of the city were narrow, and it was difficult to deploy long weapons.

The general of Nanenzhou was called Wang Guan, who was originally an altar master in Manichaeism. There are more than 5,000 soldiers in the city, and because it is a state city in the rear, most of the soldiers are the old, weak, sick and disabled army that has been eliminated. And he didn't expect that Song Jun would suddenly come in from behind. When the soldiers told Wang Guan the news that the Song army had kicked 6 from the sea, Wang Guan was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, and his mind was immediately blank, leaving only the three words "what to do".

But the situation did not allow Wang Guan to think too much, because he heard the sound of shouting and killing outside in the state office. Wang Guan hurriedly ordered to gather soldiers to meet the Song army. However, due to the fact that the Song army came too suddenly, the defenders of Nanenzhou were defenseless, and now they were all scattered, and they could not be assembled at all for a while. Only the soldiers who stayed behind in the state government and some soldiers in the vicinity added up to less than 2,000 people. But the Song army's shouting and killing were getting louder and louder, and now it was approaching the state government, and in desperation, Wang Guan had no choice but to lead less than 2,000 soldiers to meet the Song army.

They killed out of the state government, and before they had taken more than a hundred steps, a team of Song troops met them. Wang Guan waved the big knife in his hand and said, "Brothers, rush." ”

The Manichaean army shouted and rushed towards the Song army.

Because the streets in the state city were narrow and the strength of the brigade could not be deployed, Cao Xun divided the Song army attacking the state government into three teams, which advanced to the state government from three different streets, and occasionally there were scattered Manichaean soldiers, who were either killed by the Song army or fled, and almost did not encounter any low resistance along the way. Just as he was about to approach the state office, a group of Manichaean troops came head-on, numbering about two thousand.

"This is probably the main force of the Manichaean army. It looks like it's going to be formally resisted. Cao Xun immediately said loudly: "Attention all armies, prepare for battle." ”

The Song army immediately stopped, and the shield bearers in the front row raised their shields in front of the line, and the school knife bearers and pikemen protected the shieldmen on both sides, and stood in battle. The other Song soldiers in the back row immediately took a ladder to help the crossbowmen climb onto the roofs of the houses on both sides of the street, and quickly occupied the favorable terrain. It didn't take long for the Song army to immediately complete the formation in the narrow streets.

The arrows pierced the air with a sharp whistle, and the first blow from the rooftops of the houses on both sides of the street fell on the heads of the Manichaean army, and immediately someone was hit by the arrow, and there was a terrible cry of pain. Immediately afterwards, the second round of blows from the Song army followed.

The second round of the Song army's attack was carried out by the infantry army, consisting of a shieldman, a school knife hand and a pikeman, forming a group of three people, attacking the Manichaean army, with the shield hand blocking the enemy's weapons, and the school knife men and pikemen on the left and right sides of the army at the same time, and the three of them cooperated with each other, only killing the soldiers of the Manichaean army to the ground one after another.

What is even more terrifying is that the Song army did not rush forward like a swarm, but followed a certain formation and kept a certain distance between each group, so that the Song army behind could take turns to plug in, and always maintain pressure on the Manichaean army.

The difference between a well-trained army and a straggler was fully manifested at this time, in the face of the Song army's strict formation, and there were rich layers of attacks, the Manichaean army could not resist at all, not to mention that there were constantly arrows flying down from the roofs of the houses on both sides, and the soldiers of the Manichaean army fell one after another, and could only keep retreating. The Song army was not too pressing, always maintaining a layered formation, and steadily advancing.

At this moment, the other two Song armies also killed from both sides, and the Manichaean army was attacked on the flank, and there was a great chaos. Wang Guan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he had nothing to do, so he had to lead the soldiers back to the state office. Close the gate and defend against the courtyard wall.

When Cao Xun saw the Manichaean army retreating into the state government, he immediately asked the crossbowmen to seize the high points around the state government and suppress the resistance of the Manichaean army. Then he commanded the Song army to surround the state yatuan. However, after besieging the state government, because they couldn't run, Cao Xun was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he first sent someone to find out what was going on on Xue Song's side, and then ordered someone to inform Zhang Yuan and ask him to drive all the men and horses into the city, so as to control the entire Nanenzhou City as soon as possible.