Tang Yin himself doesn't like being with the Sichuan and Mozambique armies. It will make him feel constrained and lose his dominant position. But he is very comfortable with Yujun. In most things, Lingshuang will do it with him.
opinions prevail.
After saying goodbye to Xiao Xuan and Shao Fang, Lingshuang expressed her dissatisfaction to Tang Yin and asked him why he agreed to Xiao Xuan so easily and continued to divide his troops to march westward. Xiao Xuan simply made it clear that Feng Yu and his army would fight against Zhenguo.
The Central Army faced off head-on.
Tang Yin smiled nonchalantly and said: "It's not a big deal if we encounter the Zhen Army. If we can fight, we will fight. If we can't fight, we will rescue. If no one comes to help, we will retreat. There is always a way! If we can really delay it, we will retreat.
It is not a bad thing for the Zhen Army to create convenience for the Sichuan and Mozambique armies to advance westward. After all, the Six-Nation Allied Forces are a whole. In this attack on Zhen, it is not the key to how many Zhen troops are killed. The key is to see whether they can go straight to Xitang.
, and wiped out the Zhenguo court in one fell swoop."
Lingshuang thought about it and felt that Tang Yin was right, but she still said: "If we really encounter the main force of the Zhen army during the westward march, my suggestion is to ask for help directly without fighting, Ruochuan, Mo, An, Huan
If none of the four armies comes to our aid, we will retreat immediately."
Tang Yin didn't want to argue with Lingshuang on this matter. He nodded and said, "I respect Sister Wang's opinion."
Under Xiao Xuan's suggestion, the Fengyu Allied Forces and the Sichuan-Mobile Allied Forces, which had just met in Juan City, quickly divided into two groups and continued to advance westward.
The Sichuan-Mozhi coalition forces advanced into Xinfeng County, while the Fengyu coalition forces advanced directly into Guping County.
Guping County can be called a loess plain. It is dry and hot. The rivers and water sources in the territory are extremely scarce. Looking around, there is a flat plain wherever you look. All you see is yellow and bare land, and you can't even see any green.
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Due to the harsh conditions, although Guping County is large in area, it has a sparse population and only a handful of towns within it. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a barren land.
The Fengyu Allied Forces often traveled for a day or two in Guping County, but could not even touch a village. Fortunately, the intelligence from Tianyan and Diwang was timely, and the army's own water sources were relatively sufficient. Otherwise, marching in Guping County would be thirsty.
It would also make people die of thirst.
During the march, Lingshuang was always on tenterhooks. Guping County was so flat that it was difficult to find a hill. Once he encountered the Zhen Army, he would not be able to find a safe place to retreat or defend.
Three days after the Fengyu Allied Forces entered Guping County, they finally saw the first city in the county, Donggu City.
According to the detection reports of Tianyan and Diwang, Donggu City has a population of less than 80,000 and a garrison of less than 10,000. Now that they are there, Fengyu and both armies are a little dumbfounded.
Donggu City is said to be a city, but in fact it is similar to a larger town. The outer city wall is not made of stones, but made of loess. The height is probably less than two feet. Such a city wall is estimated to be
Everyone can push it down with just one push.
There is almost no city defense in Donggu, but the defenders inside are unambiguous at all. They have neither surrendered nor fled. The Zhen army, less than ten thousand people, all stood on the earth wall, with arrows on strings and swords unsheathed, ready for battle.
After watching the situation in Donggu, both Tang Yin and Lingshuang were happy. For such a small and weak city, it was enough to send a regiment into battle.
Lingshuang took the initiative to propose to Tang Yin that the task of attacking Donggu City could be handed over to the Yu Army.
Tang Yin didn't argue with her and nodded in agreement on the spot. Without Feng Jun fighting alongside her, Lingshuang really didn't dare to be careless and sent five regiments to attack Donggu City from the front.
In terms of the ability of individual soldiers to fight, the Jade Army is far inferior to the Zhen Army, but at this time the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. The Jade Army of 50,000 people charged forward together, with the momentum to swallow up Donggu City in one breath.
Under the fierce attack of the Jade Army, the Zhen Army suffered heavy casualties. The city defense of thousands of people soon collapsed. At the same time, the Jade Army's charging vehicles also broke through the gate of Donggu City, and a large number of Jade Army soldiers rushed in.
Within the city.
I thought the battle was over here, but the jade army who entered the city quickly retreated in disgrace.
Just when Tang Yin and Lingshuang were watching the battle and were puzzled, they heard shouts in Donggu City, and countless people of the Zheng Kingdom armed with swords, guns and sticks came out of the city to fight back.
Among the people, there were men and women, old and young. Even the women held their daggers or daggers high, slashing and killing the Jade Soldiers.
The Jade Army had never seen such a tough people, and the number of people on the other side was so large that they were caught off guard for a moment, dizzy, and frightened, they rolled and crawled out of Donggu City.
Seeing this, Lingshuang could no longer lose face. He was the Central Military Army of a country, but he was beaten to pieces by unruly people in a small town. It was a great shame and humiliation.
She immediately ordered General Shi Xiao to lead five more regiments to go up and support the soldiers in front. No matter what, Donggu City must be captured.
Just as Shi Xiao was about to take the order and leave, Tang Yin stopped him and said to Lingshuang: "Sister Wang, it would be a pity to kill all the people with such fierce folk customs and such strong temperament?!"
Tang Yin knew very well that no matter how ferocious the people of Donggu were, they were not a regular army after all. It was possible to catch the Yu Army off guard, but if the Yu Army were forced to show their true abilities, none of these people would survive.
If Tang Yin hadn't arrested the people of Zhen Kingdom and escorted them back to Feng Kingdom, Lingshuang would have thought that he was standing and talking without pain. Even so, she still frowned and asked, "What? Brother Wang moved again?"
Thoughts of robbing people?"
Tang Yin chuckled, looked forward, and said: "The Zhen army in the city is almost dead. Wang Mei, please order the Yu army to retreat. Leave the rest of the matter to me."
Lingshuang stared at him for a moment, and finally nodded to the generals around her, instructing them to withdraw their troops with gold. Then, she asked: "How does Brother Wang plan to subdue these unruly people?"
Tang Yin was happy and said: "I'm not good at appeasing Zhenren, but there is someone who is much better than me!"
Lingshuang knew who the person he was talking about was Jiang Hao, who helped Feng State successfully conquer hundreds of thousands of people. She said, "I thought Brother Wang had killed this person long ago."
Tang Yin gave her a strange look and said, "The donkey was killed by removing the mill. The millstone is still spinning, how can we kill the donkey first?"
Lingshuang smiled noncommittally and said nothing.
Tang Yin first sent out the Feng Army and used sharp arrow formations to drive all the Zhenguo people who rushed out of the city back into the city. Then he repeated the same trick and sent Jiang Hao again to persuade the Zhenguo people to move to Fengguo.
When he thought about it, the conditions in Guping County were so bad and completely different from those in Feng Country. Jiang Hao's persuasion should have gone smoothly, but things turned out to be exactly the opposite. Jiang Hao entered the city under the protection of Feng Jun and spent all his energy.
My words failed to convince anyone.
In fact, it is easy to understand. The poorer and more isolated a place is, the narrower people's horizons are. Compared with the Zhen people in Canglin County, the people in Guping County have never seen the prosperity outside and do not know the prosperity of the world. Here
People have lived in their own one-third of an acre of land almost all their lives, with very little contact with the outside world. Now that they are asked to leave their hometowns and go to the distant and unknown Wind Country, people's fear is far greater than their yearning.
Jiang Hao's words were very colorful, but they could not arouse the resonance of people at all. He also used threats and inducements, but people were not moved at all. In the end, he had no choice but to withdraw from the city and return to Tang Yin.
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After hearing Jiang Hao's reply, Tang Yin's face immediately turned cold. First, he was angry at Jiang Hao for not doing things well, and secondly, he was angry at the people here for not knowing what they were doing.
In the past, he might have ordered the massacre of the city on the spot, but he would not do that now. If he massacred the city today, tomorrow all the people of Zhen Kingdom would hate Feng Jun to their bones. If he tried to persuade Zhen people to move to Feng Kingdom, it would be impossible.
It's impossible.
He suppressed his anger, waved to Jiang Hao, and said with a smile: "It's not Mr. Jiang Hao's fault that he failed to convince the people here. It's because they are short-sighted and don't know what's good or bad."
Seeing that the king did not blame him, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and left.
After he left, Tang Yin ordered the generals to enter the city immediately and impose martial law throughout the city. If there were any resisters, they would be dispersed and no killing would be allowed until absolutely necessary.
The generals of the wind took orders and led their armies to rush into the city like a whirlwind.
The Feng Army of 200,000 people filled up the small Donggu City almost in the blink of an eye. During the Feng Army's entry into the city, there were naturally some Zhenren people who resisted desperately, but their resistance was at the expense of the 200,000 people.
In front of the huge army, he seemed insignificant.
Soon, the fast-moving Feng Army took control of the whole city. The streets and alleys in the city were under martial law. The lord of Donggu City was also captured by the people with hidden arrows at home. Then, Tang Yin, Ling Shuang and two hundred thousand people
The Jade Army also entered the city.
All 400,000 Fengyu Allied Forces entered Donggu City. There were no streets visible in the city. Looking around, in addition to the mud houses where the common people lived, there were dense military tents in the city.
Tang Yin and Lingshuang went directly to the City Lord's Mansion. In Donggu City, the City Lord's Mansion was the most luxurious building, but even so, it was just a few larger mud houses built in a larger courtyard.
The interior of the City Lord's Mansion is not bad, at least all kinds of household furnishings are available. Tang Yin and Lingshuang sat down in the lobby of the main house. After sitting down, they shook their clothes in unison, dust was flying, and yellow gravel was in the air.
A circle fell around the body.
Tang Yin had long been accustomed to the hardships of marching and fighting, but Lingshuang, who had been pampered in the palace for many years, had reached the limit of her endurance.
She leaned towards Tang Yin and whispered: "Brother Wang, I have to go and cleanse myself now. You can take charge of the matters here first!"
Lingshuang hadn't taken a shower in the three days since she entered Guping County. Now she felt that her body was almost smelly and she couldn't stand it for another second.
Tang Yin asked with a smile: "Don't you see the Lord of Donggu City?"
"What's so good about it? One nose and two eyes?!" Ling Shuang rolled her eyes at him and stood up to leave.
At this time, Letian hurried in from outside, first saluted Tang Yin and Lingshuang, and then said to the former: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"