Hearing the shouts, the Feng army led by Qi Heng all turned around and saw several fast horses galloping behind them. The one at the front was not a military commander, but a civil servant, Guo Jue.
Qi Heng knew Guo Jue. After all, there were not many Mo people in the Feng Army. It was difficult not to know him, but he had never had much contact with him before. When Guo Jue and his entourage approached, Qi Heng clapped his horse to greet him, smiling. Said: "Who am I? It turns out to be Mr. Guo!"
Guo Jue first cupped his hands, then pointed his finger at the soldiers at the door and asked, "What are you doing, General Qi?"
Qi Heng rolled his eyes and said, "I suspect there are enemy soldiers hiding in this house, so I want to go in and search..."
Before he could finish these excuses, Guo Jue said seriously: "Your Majesty has already issued an order. Anyone in the army who plunders people's money will be killed without mercy. If anyone kills innocent people indiscriminately, the nine tribes will be killed. I want General Qi to kill." Haven’t you heard that the king was severely punished for killing a commoner girl from the Mo Kingdom? He had his hair replaced by his head and had his hair cut off in public display. How does the identity and status of General Qi compare with that of the king?"
Guo Jue and Qi Heng were both Mo people, but he didn't really have a good impression of Qi Heng. He was a scholar and a literati, while Qi Heng was a bandit, a bandit leader who killed without blinking an eye. Guo Jue looked down on him from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for fear, Qi Heng was killing innocent people indiscriminately in the city and hurting the people, and he didn't bother to come to warn him.
After hearing what he said, Qi Heng was secretly surprised. He really didn't expect that the military discipline of the Feng Army was so strict. Even the king would be punished if he violated it, and the penalty was severe.
Seeing that he was deep in thought and silent, Guo Jue sighed and said: "General Qi, don't forget your situation in the Feng Army. You are still just a subordinate general, and you are far from gaining the king's trust. Moreover, the Feng people who don't like you still don't like you." I don’t know how many there are, but once he makes a mistake and is caught, General Qi may be in danger of everlasting destruction!”
These words made Qi Heng take a breath. Thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Guo Jue said was not unreasonable. As soon as he joined the Feng army, he stole the limelight and made meritorious deeds one after another. Who knows if those Feng people generals would be jealous! He pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned over and dismounted, bowed respectfully to Guo Jue, and said seriously: "What Mr. Guo Jue said is absolutely true, I will teach you!" After a pause, he said again: "I don't know Guo Jue. Sir, do you have time tonight to host me and have a few drinks together?"
Qi Heng is a smart man. After talking with Guo Jie, he immediately realized that he was alone in the Feng Kingdom. If he wanted to achieve great things, his own ability alone was not enough. He also needed someone to help him. He was also a Mo person and was extremely talented. Guo Jue is the best candidate.
Divided we are weak, united we are strong, this concept is the basis for the formation of clique factions.
When Guo Jue saw Qi Heng taking the initiative to invite him for a drink, how could he not understand Qi Heng's intentions? Now the Feng Kingdom's court is dominated by Feng Ren's family, and Ning Ren also has a place. Relatively speaking, there are too few officials and generals from Mo Ren. , it also seems that we are alone, and uniting together is not a bad thing.
Even though he didn't like Qi Heng in his heart, Guo Jue still nodded with a smile and said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
Qi Heng was overjoyed, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Mr. Guo Jue is a scholar, but I am just a reckless man. I hope Mr. Guo Jue can give me more advice in the future."
Guo Jue smiled and said: "General Qi is too polite."
Whether it was out of false love or forced by the times, in short, Guo Jie and Qi Heng, two men of both civil and military skills, came together, and their closeness became the prototype of the Mo Ren faction in the Feng Kingdom court.
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In the evening of that day, Tang Yin held a banquet in the palace of the city lord in Jin'an, and drank happily with his ministers and generals to celebrate the success of the first battle of the Battle of Surabaya.
In the city lord's palace, there were lamps, torches, bright pines, laughter, and changing cups. It was a lively scene. It was hard to imagine that just two hours ago, there were corpses everywhere here, and it was a mess that was washed with blood by the wind army.
Lingshuang was also invited to the banquet and sat side by side with Tang Yin. However, when she saw the blood stains on the ground that had not yet been wiped clean, and recalled the mutilated corpses hanging outside the door of the mansion, she was overwhelmed by the sumptuous dishes in front of her.
Loss of appetite.
In her opinion, the Feng Army was still too cruel and barbaric, which was very different from the Yu Army's style. However, it was undeniable that the Feng Army fought beautifully in the battle of Jin'an.
She and Xu Wenfeng had carefully studied the Feng Army's tactics. The reason why the Feng Army was able to break through the fortified Jin'an within half a day was that the extraordinary troops led by Qi Heng and Kong Yan played a crucial role.
The key to why Qi Heng and Kong Yan became extraordinary soldiers was that Tang Yin personally took action and controlled Jindong Town.
It can be said that in the Battle of Jin'an, the most inconspicuous and most important battle happened to Tang Yin. However, at the banquet, Tang Yin did not mention a word about his achievements and just kept praising his soldiers. He first praised Wu
Ying's style was rigid and fierce, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe. Later, he praised Qi Heng and Kong Yan for defeating more with less, and wiped out Mo's reinforcements, especially Qi Heng. He first killed Mo's national policy general Xia Qing, and then defeated Mo's national policy general Xia Qing.
The city also killed Shang Daoyuan, the lord of Jin'an City, and made extraordinary achievements in succession.
Tang Yin not only praised Qi Heng verbally, but also publicly consecrated him as a partial general at the banquet, temporarily attached to the direct army. During the war, soldiers were promoted fastest. As for Qi Heng, he was just a surrendered bandit.
In less than a month, he was promoted from captain of a thousand to regiment commander, and then to partial general. His official position was on par with those of generals such as Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan.
Looking at Tang Yin who was smiling broadly, praising his subordinates and rewarding them for their merits, Lingshuang on the side also nodded secretly. Among the Feng generals, there are many masters, and there are countless people with outstanding abilities. There are Feng people, Ning people, and Mo people.
, but everyone is willing to work for Tang Yin, not only because he is the Wind King, not only because the Feng Kingdom has a strong military, Tang Yin also has his unique personality charm.
Even if other monarchs do not participate in the war, they will compete with the generals below for credit after the battle is over, fearing that their subordinates will outdo their superiors and threaten their own status. However, Tang Yin is just the opposite. Not only does he not be greedy for credit, he also takes credit for his own achievements
All of them were distributed to his subordinates. From another aspect, we can also see Tang Yin's confidence in himself. He believed that he had the ability to suppress the talented generals of the Feng Army. This may also be the difference between a grassroots monarch and a hereditary monarch.
Lingshuang admires Tang Yin's approach. The more she gets in touch with Tang Yin, the more she can discover his advantages. Of course, these advantages are only for Feng Country and are threats to other countries. The deeper she understands Tang Yin, the more Lingshuang understands Tang Yin.
I became more and more afraid of him.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Tang Yin cleared his throat and said with a smile: "Taking Jin'an is just the beginning of the battle of Surabaya. Next, our army will march straight in, take Peicheng, take Tongchuan, and then
Capture the county town of Tongxia in one fell swoop and defeat the Mo army in Sishui County!"
Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan, who had not made any achievements in the battle of Jin'an, both stood up, stepped in and saluted, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general in the battle against Pei City is willing to be the vanguard!"
Before Tang Yin could speak, Qi Heng also stood up and intervened: "Your Majesty, the last general is also willing to be a vanguard!"
If it was Zhan Peng and Wei Xuan who asked for the tassel, the wind generals would have no objection. Seeing Qi Heng also stepped forward to ask for the tassel, the wind generals looked at each other, then stood up and said: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard!" "The last general is willing to be the vanguard!"
pioneer!"
Seeing that the generals' morale was high and they were rushing to take charge of the battle, Tang Yin laughed loudly, with a proud look on his face. He turned to Ling Shuang and said to Ling Shuang beside him: "The gale soldiers are all brave, even if there are strong enemies, they are not afraid of fighting. Jade King
What do you think, sister?"
When Tang Yin spoke, his eyes shone brightly and he smiled happily, like a child who deliberately showed off in front of others. He completely lost his usual sinister and cunning smiling tiger style. Lingshuang shook her head secretly and specially gave Tang Yin an exaggerated smile, saying "sincerely" praise
Said: "The warriors of the Wind Kingdom can defeat thousands of people from the Jade Kingdom!"
"Haha——" Tang Yin laughed again. Now he was indeed very proud, because the battle was going so smoothly. According to the current speed, he would be able to occupy the entire Surabaya County in less than a month, and the Feng Kingdom could devour the Mo Kingdom.
Another big step forward.
"I'm really looking forward to it!" Looking forward to the scene where he and Shao Fang faced off in Zhenjiang. Tang Yin sighed with a smile, and then asked Qiu Zhen, "When will the additional soldiers from our army arrive?" After continuous battles, the directly affiliated army eliminated casualties.
There are barely 70,000 soldiers available to fight, and new soldiers are needed to fill them.
Qiu Zhen said: "The additional troops have left Ba Pass, and it will take half a month to reach Jin'an at the earliest!"
Tang Yin shook his head and said: "Half a month? I can't wait that long." After saying that, he ordered: "Wuying listens to the order!"
"The end will be here!" Wuying handed over his hand.
"You lead 20,000 soldiers to capture Peicheng. Before attacking Peicheng, you can first fly multiple routes to wipe out the villages and towns around Peicheng and completely cut off Peicheng's foreign aid!"
"I will obey your orders!"
"Qi Heng, Kong Yan listens to the order!"
"The general is here!" Qi Heng and Kong Yan both came out.
"You two will lead 20,000 soldiers to capture Tongchuan. Before attacking Tongchuan, you must also wipe out the surrounding villages and towns to eliminate future troubles forever!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Later, Tang Yin assigned Zhan Peng, Wei Xuan, Ye Tang, Gao Yu and other generals to attack the major towns on their way south.
Tang Yin dispatched all his generals and 70,000 soldiers in one go, preparing to advance hand in hand in the next battle. Thousands of arrows were fired at the same time, so that the Mo army could not find the focus of its attack, thereby disrupting the Mo army's defense.
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General Feng and his advisers had no objections to his tactics, and Qiu Zhen and Cai Gui also thought it was feasible. The Feng army that had just captured Jin'an began to move again under Tang Yin's mobilization, actively preparing to continue the invasion south.
Tang Yin didn't know that the Battle of Jin'an was the last straw for the Mo Kingdom. After learning that Jin'an fell and the Feng Army fully invaded Surabaya, Shao Fang could no longer remain calm. Surabaya County was now the Mo Kingdom's.
If the lifeblood of the army is lost in Surabaya, all the 500,000 Momo troops fighting outside will become a lonely army. How can we still do it?
At this time, Shao Fang no longer cared about annexing the Jade Kingdom, nor did he care about the results achieved in the Jade Kingdom. He urgently sent an order to the army in front, ordering them all to withdraw and quickly assist Sishui County. Shao Fang reluctantly made this decision
This decision also became a turning point in the Fengmo War.