Chapter 556: Night Attack on Ningcheng

"Let's go!"

Chang Wei gave the order at the east dock of Chrysanthemum Island.

After a day of preparation, the soldiers were ready to go to the battlefield.

After all the 60,000 royal soldiers boarded the ship, he ordered to go to Lian County in Ningzhou.

After half a day of sailing, the fleet arrived at the east sea of ​​Lian County.

At this time, the sun had not yet set, and the sunset dyed the sea red.

Standing on the side of the ship, Chang Wei looked at the Lian County beach through a telescope.

This location was not picked randomly by him, but was discovered by the Propaganda Department when it distributed leaflets to Ningjindusi last time.

Although Lian County has no dock, this beach is flat and suitable for soldiers to gather here.

"The real battle is finally about to start." Zhou Yi stood beside Chang Wei. He did not look through the telescope, but looked far away and took the entire coast in his sight.

He was born in Ningcheng and spent his entire childhood in Ningcheng.

Now he can still recall the Wuliang Temple in Ningcheng and the huge ginkgo tree in front of the gate.

Now, the royal army is about to launch an attack on Ningcheng.

He was naturally excited. After all, his family's house was in Ningcheng, and he wanted to go back and take a look.

Chang Wei looked calm, but his heart was in turmoil.

For more than ten years, no one in Dasong had expected to take back this homeland.

But now, under the leadership of King Yan, they will try to drive the Beidi people out of here for the first time.

"Yes." Chang Wei took a deep breath and exhaled, "When it gets dark, let the soldiers land on the beach."

After that, he turned to Qin Shan, Guan Tong, and other generals, "After the first batch of soldiers arrive at the beach, they will immediately march to Ningcheng. Don't delay. Gather 8,000 people and you can launch an attack on Ningcheng."

It will take a long time to wait for all the soldiers to land.

On the battlefield, speed is the most important thing, and this will undoubtedly delay time.

So, while the Beidi soldiers' attention is all attracted by Yanguan, they must attack quickly and take Ningcheng.

When they react, turn around and attack them.

Sixty thousand people are enough to reach Ningcheng.

"Yes, General!" Qin Shan, Guan Tong and others responded.

For them, this task is not difficult.

The hot air balloon soldiers of the royal army have been investigating Ningcheng.

According to them, there are only more than 10,000 people guarding Ningcheng at present.

Each city gate has less than 3,000 soldiers.

There are only 60 cannons on the four walls, and only 15 on each wall.

If the raid can be successful at night, these cannons will not pose a threat.

Moreover, they will also carry mortars and the lightest six-jin field artillery.

It is enough to suppress the Beidi artillery.

After giving the order, Chang Wei asked the generals to repeat the steps of the attack, and then let them go back to prepare.

He will not follow the army in this battle.

Because he will adjust the strategy according to the movements of the Beidi soldiers in Jincheng.

An hour later, it was completely dark.

At this time, the warship put two transport boats of different sizes into the sea.

The smaller ones were naturally used to transport troops, while the larger ones were used to transport artillery and mortars.

At the same time, some small merchant ships rowed directly to the beach.

Their boats were small and shallow, so there was no need to worry about being stranded.

When they arrived at the beach, the soldiers jumped directly from the merchant ships and stepped on the sea water that was not up to their knees to get ashore.

Under the leadership of the generals, they did not stop, and after gathering, they headed towards Ningcheng.

At this moment, there was only a narrow crescent moon in the sky, and the dim light made the darkness of the night a little lighter.

With the faint light, the soldiers found the direction and trotted.

Qin Shan followed the army.

In order to take Ningcheng as soon as possible, the first batch of soldiers heading to Ningcheng were all required to take off their armor and only carry guns, ammunition and dry food.

Perhaps this would cause them to suffer more casualties.

But if Ningcheng could not be taken on time, it would lead to the failure of the entire strategy.

At that time, the royal army would sacrifice more soldiers.

After marching for two and a half hours, at midnight, Qin Shan saw a huge black shadow hovering over the land.

There was a little light on the black shadow.

There was no doubt that they had arrived at the foot of Ningcheng.

Along the way, they did not encounter any Beidi soldiers.

Obviously, the Beidi people were still immersed in the fantasy that Yanzhou was destroyed by the plague, and firmly believed that Yanzhou was basically finished.

Therefore, they put all their energy into Yanguan and gave up the vigilance of the coastline.

Based on this, he believed that the Beidi soldiers in Ningcheng must be very relaxed at this moment.

"Have the artillery caught up?" Seeing that it was only four or five miles away from Ningcheng, Qin Shan asked breathlessly.

The soldiers were lightly equipped and walked fast.

But the artillerymen who dragged the artillery forward would not be so relaxed.

"Report to the general, they are at the end of the team." The general said.

This time, they were accompanied by twenty mortars and eight field guns.

The mortars were light, and soldiers could just carry them and run with them constantly.

But even a six-jin field artillery is as heavy as four people.

Although soldiers were sent to take turns pulling it, they stopped and waited several times before the artillery could barely keep up.

Otherwise, it would only take more than an hour for them to reach Ningcheng.

After all, the five-kilometer cross-country run is a training project that every soldier of the royal palace must pass.

Qin Shan nodded when he heard it.

He felt relieved that the artillery was at the end of the team.

In this way, when he was ready, the artillery would come.

Another quarter of an hour later, Qin Shan arrived outside Ningcheng.

As he expected, the Beidi soldiers patrolling Ningcheng were in twos and threes, and they were listless.

At this time, he ordered the soldiers to slow down and try to avoid making any noise.

He also asked the soldiers to put down the mortars and aim at the south gate of Ningcheng.

While waiting for the field artillery, he asked the soldiers to cut down trees and make ladders.

When the soldiers pulled the field artillery over, everything was basically ready.

"Put the artillery in front of the south gate." Qin Shan said to the artillerymen.

Then, he gave the order, the artillery sounded, and the mortars also bombarded the city wall.

Once the city gate was knocked down, one part of the soldiers rushed in from the city gate, and another part of the soldiers climbed up the city wall with ladders to occupy the commanding heights of Ningcheng.

In the night.

The Beidi soldiers knew nothing about what was happening in the dark.

They were too lazy to even look into the darkness.

In their minds, it was impossible for the Yanwang soldiers to have the spare energy to resist their attack and attack Ningcheng at the same time.

"Boom boom boom..." Suddenly a huge roar sounded.

They almost jumped up in fright, and after a brief moment of shock, they suddenly realized something.

The Beidi general shouted loudly on the city wall, ordering the Beidi soldiers to guard against enemy attacks.

But there was only a low roar, and a huge explosion sounded above their heads.

The Beidi soldiers fell down screaming.

"Kill!"

At this moment, the roar of the palace soldiers tore through the dead silence of the night.

The palace soldiers rushed towards the city gate that was knocked down by artillery with bayonet-mounted rifles.

The soldiers on both sides of the city gate carried ladders and rushed towards the city wall.