Tang Yin was silent for a long time, then Fang raised his head, smiled at Fan Ju, and said, "Mr. Fan has worked hard all the way. I'll have someone prepare your place first. You can rest in Tianguan for one night. I'll send someone to take you there tomorrow morning."
Shunzhou."
"Thank you, Mr. Tang!" Fan Ju stood up and bowed his hands in salute.
"You're welcome, Mr. Fan." Tang Yin smiled and said, "Just call me by my name from now on."
"Haha, okay, okay, I'll take my leave now!"
After Tang Yin sent Fan Ju away, he returned to the tent and saw that none of his generals had left. They were looking at him with big eyes and small eyes. He chuckled and asked, "What do you think I do?"
Qiu Zhen didn't have time to play riddles. He asked directly: "What do you mean, sir?"
"What do you mean?" Tang Yin pretended to be confused.
"Should we declare war on Zhong Tian?" Qiu Zhen stepped forward*.
Tang Yin knocked on his forehead and said, "Let me think about this again."
"My lord, don't think about it. Now Zhong Tian has not yet gained a stable foothold. It is the right time. When Zhong Tian's power is consolidated in the future, it will be even more difficult to overthrow him. Does your lord really intend to be a minister of subjugation and willing to live in this world?"
Is the traitor Zhong Tianxia?" Qiu Zhen's tone became urgent.
Tang Yin's face changed slightly, and his eyes suddenly shone, but in an instant he returned to normal. He smiled, looked around at everyone, and said, "I'm tired, everyone should go back and rest first!"
This time, everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous, and they all advocated taking action to defeat Zhong Tian and restore Feng Kingdom.
Not to mention them, even the soldiers and people below hated Zhong Tian deeply. It was treason to murder the emperor and establish himself as king. The most abominable thing is that Zhong Tian actually changed the name of the country. You know
The Feng people have been Feng people for generations, and they have regarded themselves as Feng people for thousands of years. There is no way they can change it. In the Feng people's view, Zhong Tian's actions are betraying his ancestors, and people and gods are angry.
But now that Tang Yin is the county governor, if he doesn't give the order, no one can do anything but wait for his decision.
Tang Yin was hesitant and undecided, but the spies sent by Tianyan and Diwang had continuously sent back information about Yancheng.
In order to win over Ning Guo and consolidate his throne, Zhong Tian not only ceded Tongmen and the two hundred miles of wind land west of Tongmen to Ning Guo, but also made the whole country a vassal to Ning Guo and paid tribute every year. This meant that Feng Guo would be a vassal state of Ning Guo from now on.
, must obey Ning Guo’s command.
In addition, in order to further win over the three dignitaries of Liang, Wu, and Ziyang families and gain their support, Zhong Tian also promised to continue to give high-ranking officials and generous salaries to the three family heads of Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun, as well as to grant them fiefdoms.
The dancer family plans to marry Wu Mei, the eldest daughter of Wu Yu, and make her a princess.
Hearing the previous news, Tang Yin didn't do anything. But when he heard the following news, Tang Yin was immediately furious. In the past, he only regarded Wu Mei as his confidante and didn't realize that he had other feelings for her, but now he heard that Wu Mei was his confidante.
When Zhong Tian wanted Li Wumei to be the princess, he immediately felt like the treasure he regarded as a treasure was being forcibly snatched away.
News from Yancheng was still coming back one after another. Through spies, Tang Yin learned that the Liang family, the Wu family, and the Ziyang family had all been placed under house arrest by Zhong Tian. It was a foregone conclusion that Zhong Tian would marry Wu Mei, and the wedding date was on the way.
Book at the end of next month.
The complete opposite of Tang Yin is Qiu Zhen.
When he heard that Zhong Tian was going to marry Wu Mei, Qiu Zhen was overjoyed and sighed in his heart, God is really helping me. At this time, he no longer persuaded Tang Yin, but kept talking in his ear about killing the king.
I can bear it, but I cannot bear the hatred of seizing my wife; what kind of man is he if he can't protect his own woman, and other irritating words like this?
If Tang Yin didn't regard Qiu Zhen as a friend and brother, he would have killed him long ago.
During this time, heroes from all over the Feng Kingdom also poured into Tianyuan County in large numbers.
In order to reinforce Yancheng, all the counties in the Feng Kingdom demobilized their troops. Now the only one with heavy troops is Tianyuan County. Tang Yin is sitting in Tianguan, with more than 200,000 troops under his command, and Tianguan and the natural barrier serve as a barrier. It can be said that at present, the Feng Kingdom
The only force within the territory that could compete with Zhong Tian belonged to Tang Yin's group. The knowledgeable people of Feng Country placed their hopes on him, so they naturally gathered towards him.
There are also outstanding talents among the Feng people who fled to Tianyuan County, and among them three people were most valued by Tang Yin.
One of them is named Peng Haochu. He was originally the deputy commander-in-chief of the troops in Hexi County of Feng State. Hexi County was also the county that was ceded to Ning State by Zhong Tian with a stroke of his pen. When the reinforcements were sent to Yancheng, he also followed the army to Yancheng City.
Outside, they fought with the Ning Army. Originally, the Feng State had the right time, location, and people. The Central Army plus the local army totaled 500,000 to 600,000 people. It was not a problem to defeat the 400,000 Ning Army who came from afar. However, after the battle, the Feng Army
After successive defeats, the Central Army lost troops and generals, especially the Central Army, which suffered heavy losses from the Ning Army. At this time, Peng Haochu realized that someone in the Wang court was obstructing him, and he accurately judged that it was Zhong Tian, one of the four powerful men. Unfortunately, he was in a Qingyan position.
Wei Wei, no one listened to him, and in turn warned him not to slander important officials in the royal court.
Later, Peng Haochu felt that the battle could not be fought, so he took the initiative to report his illness to the commander-in-chief of the Hexi County Army. The latter did not let him go home and only asked him to stay in Yancheng. When Zhong Tian rebelled, Peng Haochu immediately
Taking advantage of the chaos, he escaped from the city. Because his home had become a peaceful land, he did not dare to return home. After assessing the situation, he fled to Tianyuan County and sought refuge with Tang Yin.
Tang Yin admired Peng Haochu very much and took him for his own use, making him the deputy commander-in-chief of the army directly under the Tianyuan Army, cooperating with Gu Yue to take charge of these three corps.
Gu Yue was loyal to him, but lacked strategy, and Peng Haochu was very strategic, but he joined his army later, so his loyalty was difficult to guarantee. Let him be Gu Yue's deputy, which could complement each other.
The other two are both literati, one is named Zhang Zhe and the other is named Xuanwang.
Xuanwang could not make plans or lead troops in battles. The reason why Tang Yin valued him was because he brought Tang Yin one thing, a crossbow machine.
At that time, crossbows were not popular, and the only vassal state that used crossbows was Sichuan. The vassal states had great controversy over crossbows. Although they were easy to use and did not consume physical strength, their shortcomings were also fatal, that is, they were too powerful.
Small, the crossbow cannot shoot a parabola like a bow and arrow, and the range is naturally greatly shortened. The crossbow is a weapon with outstanding advantages and disadvantages, and it is precisely because of this that it has not been widely used.
The crossbow machine Xuanwang brought was improved by himself. It has three arrows on it. It can fire three arrows together or three arrows singly. It is also convenient and quick to replenish arrows. He once recommended the crossbow he made to the Feng King's court.
Crossbow machine, but the Feng Kingdom is not a country that attaches great importance to archery, let alone a crossbow machine, and no one pays much attention to it, so the matter is settled. Now Xuanwang comes to Tang Yin again and recommends his own to Tang Yin.
The crossbow machine, this time he finally got recognition. Tang Yin was not from this era, so he was no stranger to the crossbow machine. He knew the power of this weapon in close combat, so he immediately rewarded Xuan Wang with a lot of gold and silver.
He was also given an official position and asked to supervise the manufacture of more crossbows, which were first used in the three armies of Sky Eye, Earth Net and Dark Arrow.
As for Zhang Zhe, he was the one Tang Yin valued most among the three.
He suggested to Tang Yin that he should raise troops to attack Zhong Tian, but he was not just a suggestion, he also gave Tang Yin three reasons for victory.
First, Zhong Tian acted treasonously and killed the king. Tang Yin led the troops to attack him, which was justified. First of all, he was a righteous teacher in name.
Secondly, Zhong Tian betrayed the country for glory and tampered with the country's name, which was deeply hated by the people. Tang Yin's crusade was what the people wanted and he had the upper hand in the people's hearts.
Third, and the most important thing, although Zhong Tian's troops are large, they are all a mob. The local army of 200,000 is scattered and in vain. The central army of 300,000 is also lack of loyalty. Wang Ting's direct army is suppressed.
What he bought with a lot of money was naturally not loyal, and the corps of the Liang family, the Wu family, and the Ziyang family had to be controlled by Zhong Tian only because the heads of the three families were under house arrest by Zhong Tian. If the heads of the three families could be rescued,
Then these 200,000 troops will immediately defect. Those who are truly loyal to Zhong Tian are actually only the six regiments directly under him. As for Ning Guo's 400,000 troops, they are not a concern. They went on an expedition to Fengtu and supply lines.
If it is too long, once its supplies are cut off, the 400,000 Ning army will be in chaos without fighting. Moreover, they have been in Feng Kingdom for several months and have been fighting continuously. The soldiers are tired and homesick, and their combat power is far less powerful than when they first arrived.
Zhang Zhe proposed these three reasons for victory to Tang Yin, which made Tang Yin feel at ease. Qiu Zhen had also been proposing to him to raise troops to attack Zhong Tian, but Qiu Zhen did not tell him what the chances of winning were or how to do it specifically, so Tang Yin was worried
He was uncertain and hesitant, but after Zhang Zhe analyzed it, Tang Yin immediately gained confidence and realized that he had the possibility to compete with Zhong Tian.
At this time, Tang Yin still did not clearly express his intention to send troops to conquer. He only accepted all the talents and heroes who came over and brought them under his command first.
With the addition of these talents and heroes, the strength of the Tianyuan Army was greatly enhanced. There were gradually more generals who were able to conquer battles and far-sighted counselors. However, their primary purpose of seeking refuge with Tang Yin was to hope that Tang Yin could raise troops to restore the country, but he
Since he has not expressed his stance for a long time, people's emotions have begun to fluctuate a bit.
On this day, the day finally arrived when Tang Yin was forced to express his stance.
Zhong Tian's will was delivered to Tianguan.
The person who sent the edict was named Zhao Er, and he was originally Zhong Tian's disciple. As the saying goes, when a person ascends to heaven, chickens and dogs attain enlightenment, Zhong Tian established himself as king, and the disciples below also obtained official positions.
Zhao Er entered Tianguan arrogantly under the protection of the accompanying guards. After he came close, he looked around and saw the huge crowd of Tianyuan Army around him. He showed no fear on his face and asked loudly: "Who is Tang Yin? Come out and pick him up if you don't want to."
Purpose?"
Under the watchful eyes of many soldiers of the Tianyuan Army, Tang Yin slowly walked out of the tent with square steps.
When people saw him coming out, they held their breath.
Everyone knows what content Zhong Tian's decree contains. As soon as Tang Yin accepts this decree, it is tantamount to surrendering to Zhong Tian and the last hope of regaining Feng Kingdom will be shattered.
At this time, the entire square in front of the big tent was crowded with people and it was dark, but no one spoke. Time seemed to have stopped. It was eerily quiet. From the commander-in-chief to the ordinary soldiers, everyone raised their hearts.
In my throat, I was just waiting for Tang Yin's decision.