Everyone didn’t quite understand what he meant by ‘easy to handle’. Lingshuang (clubbing) was the first to ask, “Brother Wang means…”
Tang Yin said: "Split your troops into multiple groups and attack each city, town, and village in Canglin County separately. Capture all the people in Canglin and imprison them near our military camp!"
Xiao Muqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he murmured while pondering: "Among the people in the county who are captured, there will definitely be the family members of the defender Huan. Knowing that his family has fallen into our hands, the morale of the defenders will be in chaos. At that time, even
There will be a large number of defenders coming out of the city to rescue, so I can wait for a while, come one, kill one, come a group, kill a group! Haha, Your Majesty, your Majesty, this is a wonderful plan!"
Ziying frowned and said: "Your Majesty, there are more than ten cities, more than twenty towns, and hundreds of villages in Canglin County, with a population of millions. Even if our army is deployed in full force, we may not be able to capture them.
Moreover, the whole army is out and the camp is empty. What will happen once the enemy troops leave the city and steal the camp? Furthermore, even if we successfully capture all the people in Canglin, how will our army be placed? How will we provide food and drink for these many people? "
In response to Ziying's series of questions, Tang Yin didn't think twice and said with a smile: "Huan's garrison only has 50,000 people. We are not afraid of them leaving the city to steal camp, but we are afraid that they will not be able to escape. When the people of Zhenguo are captured,
Just leave Yuan to guard the camp. As for how to resettle the captured people, you can build another camp next to our army's barracks specifically for the purpose of detaining people. The food and drink supply will be even simpler, as it will come from our army's food and grass.
, if you don’t have enough, ask the Anhuan Army in the rear for it. The more than 10,000 prisoners were not given to the Anhuan Army in vain!"
Ziying thought for a while and smiled. It seemed that the king made this decision after careful consideration and not on a whim, so he felt relieved.
He nodded and said: "The general thinks that the king's idea is very feasible. However, our army can first attack the villages and towns near Juan to see the effect. If there is any effect, it will not be too late for our army to expand the scope."
Tang Yin snapped his fingers and said, "As you can see." As he spoke, he looked at Ling Shuang beside him and asked, "What do you think, Sister Wang?"
Lingshuang came back to her senses and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The conversation between Tang Yin and his generals was too fast, and their thoughts were moving too fast. From the beginning to the end, the jade generals present could not get a word in. Now Tang Yin suddenly asked her for her opinion, Lingshuang shook her head with a wry smile and said: "Everything is due to
Brother Wang can just decide."
"Well, the matter is settled like this. The two armies of Fengyu will be divided into multiple groups and will take separate actions. We will start from the villages and towns around Huan first!" Tang Yin turned around and waved to Asan and Asi and said, "Get the map!
"
Soon, Ah San delivered the map of the Juan area. Tang Yin unfolded it and looked at it, then stood up, walked to the center of the tent, spread the map on the ground, and sat on the ground himself.
Upon seeing this, the generals of the Feng Army stood up with great experience and gathered around one after another. The generals of the Jade Army did not react and stood still.
Tang Yin raised his eyes and took a look, frowned and asked, "Can the brothers of Yujun stand so far away and see the map clearly?"
The jade generals looked at each other in disbelief. The monarch and his ministers were mixed together. What kind of behavior was this?
Lingshuang had fought with Feng Jun and knew the habits of Tang Yin and Feng Jun. When fighting abroad, Tang Yin did not have the airs of a monarch at all. Even if he dispatched troops and generals, he would often place himself at the forefront of the charge.
She took the initiative to walk to Tang Yin and sat side by side with him. At the same time, she waved to the jade generals and said softly: "Come here, all generals!"
The Jade Generals did not dare to disobey Lingshuang's words. Everyone stepped forward cautiously, and the Hefeng Generals stood together and surrounded Tang Yin and Lingshuang.
Tang Yin ignored others, lowered his head, looked at the map carefully, and kept drawing on it with his fingers. After pondering for a moment, he drew a circular trace on the map with his fingernail, and said: "This is the boundary.
, the villages and towns within this boundary should be attacked by infantry, and the villages and towns outside this boundary should be attacked by cavalry." After saying this, he asked Lingshuang: "Sister Wang, how many cavalry are there in the Jade Army?"
The cavalry is the most expensive unit, and there are not many in the Jade Kingdom. There are two legions, 200,000 people, and the cavalry does not exceed 20,000. She said: "If you put it together, there are almost 20,000 available."
"Well! Your army has 20,000, and our army also has 20,000, a total of 40,000..." He muttered while looking at the map, pointing to the eight villages and towns outside the traces, and said: "Eight villages and towns, the cavalry of Feng Yu's two armies
Attack four of them each. Our cavalry will attack these four, and your cavalry will attack these four."
Lingshuang gathered her thoughts, listened, watched, and pondered. When Tang Yin finished speaking, she nodded in agreement.
Later, Tang Yin distributed the villages and towns within the circular trace. For some towns with a large number of defenders and a large area, he assigned them to the Feng Army. Most of the villages and towns assigned to the Yu Army were weak and weak.
small town.
This was done to take care of the Jade Army, and secondly, the harder the battle, the more loot would be captured, and Tang Yin did not want to miss the opportunity to plunder. Lingshuang had no objection to his allocation, nodded repeatedly, and agreed to everything.
At Tang Yin's suggestion, the Fengyu coalition temporarily changed their tactics and gave up attacking Huan. Instead, they attacked the villages and towns around Huan. Killing was the second priority, and robbing talents was the primary goal.
After the two monarchs issued an order, the Fengyu Allied Forces moved up and down, and each legion was broken into pieces. With the legion as a unit, they attacked from all directions and launched a comprehensive attack on the villages and towns around Huan.
Even though Zhenguo adopted a system where all the people were soldiers, the number of defenders in each village and town was not large. The most was only more than a thousand people, and the least was only a dozen or even a few people. Even the defenders with thousands of people were completely
Unable to withstand the attack of a corps.
Under the attacks of the Fengyu coalition forces, the villages and towns around Juan were in a state of chaos. Everywhere the two armies passed was basically turned into a dead place. Not only were the valuable things in the villages and towns wiped out, but also the people.
Not a single one of the farm animals, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, etc. was left.
The Feng Army was very efficient. A camp was quickly built on the side and rear of the coalition military camp. Its area was roughly the same as that of the military camp. The walls of the camp were high and strong, and tents were set up inside. This camp was also specially used to accommodate escorts.
The people of Zhenguo who returned.
On the first day that the new camp was built, it was quiet and calm inside. On the second day, it started to become lively. Hundreds of Zhenguo people were forcibly detained in batches by the Fengyu coalition forces, and they were also accompanied by
, those livestock and beasts were also thrown in. These livestock and beasts were not snatched back by the Fengyu coalition forces, most of them were taken by the people of Zhen Kingdom who worked hard to keep them with them.
In an era when farming was prevalent, animals used to farm the land were more valuable than human lives. Even in ancient China, the life of a farming cow was worth several human lives. All farming cows had household registration, and even if they died, they had to report to the government.
Killing cattle privately is a capital crime, and eating beef is also a felony.
The next day, Tang Yin was bored in the camp. When he wandered outside, he happened to encounter Liu Quan, commander of the fifth corps of the Pingyuan Army, who was ordering troops. When he stepped forward and asked, he found out that Liu Quan was going to lead his army to attack Hu.
Luofang Town, north of An.
Tang Yin secretly laughed, it's better to come early than to come by chance! He said to Liu Quan: "That's just right, I will go with you."
Liu Quan was shocked. The king wanted to let him go. If there was an accident, he wouldn't be able to save his ten heads!
His head was shaking like a rattle, and when he was thinking about how to refuse without making the king angry, Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked: "What? General Liu thinks that this king will hold you back?"
"No, no, no! The general has no such intention!" Liu Quan was so frightened that he took two steps back and hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"Since it's not the case, there's no need to say anything else. General Liu, hurry up and order your troops!" Tang Yin put his hands behind his back, and the old god nuzzled at him from the ground.
Alas! No wonder his eyelids kept twitching when he woke up this morning. Liu Quan sighed inwardly, bit the bullet and continued to order troops.
Tang Yin wanted to accompany the army to the battle in person, so Asan and Asi naturally followed him. Cheng Jin and Jiang Fan also went with him.
After leaving the military camp and on the way to Luofang Town, Liu Quan explained the town's intelligence to Tang Yin in detail.
According to the investigation of Tianyan and Diwang, there are thousands of defenders in Luofang Town, and the population of the town is about 15,000, mostly the elderly, women and children. The adult men have either been recruited to Xitang or have joined in Huan
garrison.
At noon, the Feng army arrived at Luofang Town.
In terms of scale, Luofang Town is a large town, with numerous houses inside and defensive walls made of adobe outside, but they are intermittent. This thing can be used to prevent bandits, but it is not suitable for regular army regiments.
, in name only.
Apparently, the defenders of Luofang Town had also heard the news of the enemy's massive attack. Thousands of defenders had gathered behind the adobe wall, ready to attack.
Liu Quan stepped forward and watched for a while, then returned to Tang Yin and asked: "Your Majesty, can our army attack now?"
Tang Yin smiled and said: "General Liu, you are the commander-in-chief. It is up to you to decide how to direct the brothers to fight. You don't need to ask me anymore."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Hearing what he said, Liu Quan was relieved. He waved his hand and called a soldier under his command, asking him to go to the front and shout to Zhenjun, urging him to surrender.
The soldier agreed, ran out of the formation, came to a place about a hundred paces away from the adobe wall, and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Zhen Army, listen up, we are the fifth corps of the Fengguo Plain Army, as long as you are willing to put down
If you surrender your weapons, our army will never harm your lives. If you persist in resisting, you will be seeking your own death..."
Before he finished shouting, he suddenly heard the sound of the wind, and then, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky and headed straight for the Feng soldier.