Although Shangguan Yuanji likes to relax, Tang Yin can entrust him with the management of the government affairs of the three counties, which shows the importance and trust he attaches to him. Shangguan Yuanji was very moved by Tang Yin's knowledge and said: "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will understand."
Try your best to create a solid backing for you!"
After hearing what he said, Tang Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, patted Shangguan Yuanji on the shoulder, and said: "Yuanji, after all, you have limited energy alone and cannot run back and forth among the three counties. You can trust me with the specific affairs of each county."
Let the people manage it, and you can just sit in Huaiyang and direct the overall situation."
Shangguan Yuanji nodded and said with a smile: "I understand."
Tang Yin thought for a moment and said: "The army's food and fodder are still in short supply now. We must hurry up in preparing food and fodder from the three counties, especially Jinguang County."
"Yes! Sir."
"Also, for the remaining three county guards of Jinguang County, you can use them if you can, and if you can't, kick them all away. There is no need to show any mercy, let alone any worries. Just go ahead and do it."
"clear."
"Jinguang County's taxes and expenditures may be a bad debt. I will send Master Zong Yuanzong to assist you. After all, he is familiar with the situation in Jinguang County."
"Yes! Thank you, sir."
After Tang Yin finished explaining all the problems he could think of, Zhao Hui was called in and told him that the army was preparing to go south to attack Lehu County recently, and ordered him to prepare more military pay and food for military expenses. Zhao Hui was not
Although Tang Yin rejected him, he still continued to serve as the county chief. He was naturally grateful in his heart and looked up to Tang Yin. He listened to Tang Yin's instructions and nodded in agreement.
On the fifth day after Tang Yin dismissed Zheng Tao, Princess Xiaona and several generals under her command also arrived in Huaiyang and brought Tang Yin a message. Xiaona's letter to Knis had been sent to Bessa City, and Knis agreed.
Come down and send a message to Alden Ehrenreich, the king of Duki, to inform him of the matter. As for the reaction from the city-state of Duki, it will be sent back soon.
After listening to Xiaona's words, Tang Yin was very happy. King Besa was willing to help, and the matter was almost likely to be successful.
Originally, it seemed to him, Xiaona and others that everything was a sure thing, but something went wrong. After receiving the message from King Kenis of Besa, Alden Ehrenreich, the king of the Duki city-state, did not agree.
But he did not refuse. Instead, he put forward a condition and asked Tang Yin to go to Duji City in person for a while.
Of course, Kniss was not satisfied with his answer, and sent people to Dukey City again to ask what he meant. This time, Alden Ehrenreich wrote a long letter to Kniss, explaining his
Difficulties.
Duji City State borders Feng Ning State. The area bordering Feng State is a desolate land with barren mountains and rivers and no human habitation. There is no contact between them. However, the area bordering Ning State is very wide. Although the two sides are not on good terms, they
There has not been any major conflict. Strictly speaking, Duji City State is still full of fear of the powerful Ning State. They borrowed roads for Tang Yin. This is not just a matter of borrowing. This is tantamount to offending Ning State.
What should Ning Guo do if he sends troops to retaliate one day later? As the king, Alden Ehrenreich must be concerned about this. So he put forward the conditions for meeting Tang Yin. First, he had to see Tang Yin to see if he was the right person.
It's really extraordinary. Secondly, we must also have a clear discussion with Tang Yin. It's okay to borrow a road, but if Ning Guo sends troops to retaliate in the future, will he send troops to assist.
After reading his letter, Kniss basically understood Alden Ehrenreich's concerns. He immediately replied, patting his chest and promising that if Ningguo attacked Dukei, Besa would definitely send troops to assist. But Alden Ehrenreich
Qi was determined to meet Tang Yin and proposed that he would consider borrowing the road only if Tang Yin came in person.
Unexpectedly, Alden Ehrenreich was so insistent on this 'little matter'. In the end, Kniss had no choice but to write a letter to Tang Yin explaining the matter. However, the correspondence between Kniss and Alden Ehrenreich was delayed.
It took almost a month, and when Kenis's letter to Tang Yin arrived in Huaiyang, it was already a month and a half later.
During this period of time, Tang Yin certainly would not sit idle. While he was reorganizing the three counties, he was also seizing the time to train his army. He eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the army, and then recruited strong young people from the three counties to join the army.
The combat effectiveness of the Tianyuan Army has been greatly improved.
At the same time, Tianyan and Diwang's detectives returned to Jinguang County from time to time to report the latest situation in Yancheng and Tongmen to Tang Yin.
The Ning army stationed in Tongmen is more or less, about fifty thousand. During this period, Tongmen has been reinforcing the city defense on the east side. It can be seen that the Ning army is also worried about the enemy coming from Fengdi.
In addition, the 200,000 Ning troops commanded by Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi have all retreated to Yancheng. Ning King Yan Chu did not send any reinforcements to them, but he also did not order them to return to Ning State. He just sent them to Yancheng.
He was placed in Yancheng and asked to supervise Zhong Tian nearby. He recruited young men from the Feng Kingdom to reorganize the Central Army as the main force to counter the Tianyuan Army.
Yan Chu can be regarded as a young and powerful king among the kings. Since he came to the throne, Ning State has developed rapidly and its national power has increased rapidly. Moreover, Yan Chu himself is also well-educated in both civil and military affairs. He is not only well-read in scriptures, but also born with supernatural powers and has a lot of training.
Outstanding spiritual martial arts.
In Yan Chu's view, the war between the Tianyuan Army led by Tang Yin and the new king led by Zhong Tian is a civil war in the Feng Kingdom, an internal strife in the Feng Kingdom. It is not easy for the Ning State to interfere too deeply. The main force to fight against the Tianyuan Army must be Feng Kingdom.
There is no need for Ning Jun to get involved and consume his own national power.
This battle outside Jinhua City was due to the overall strategic mistakes of Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi. They should not have fought the Tianyuan Army, but they were eager to eliminate the outsiders. As a result, the Ning Army lost as many as 200,000 troops. Yan Yan
Although I didn't blame them at first, I felt dissatisfied with them in my heart.
Yan Chu is a talented and aggressive king, but he also has a fatal flaw, that is, he is stubborn and cannot listen to the opinions of people around him. As long as he thinks it is right, no one can change it. He hopes that Zhong Tian will be the one to deal with it.
Tang Yin fought against Feng Ren and let Feng Ren fight against Feng Ren. No matter who lost or won, it would be a great internal friction for Feng State, seriously damaging its national power and making it difficult to compete with Ning State in the future. But one thing he ignored was that Zhong Tian, the new
The king is unpopular. Without the assistance of the Ningguo army, he alone cannot resist the Tianyuan Army's attack. Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi want to use 200,000 troops to block the 500,000 Tianyuan Army, but they are as strong as heaven.
.
After the defeats of Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, without any reinforcements from Ning Guo, 200,000 Ning troops, who were exhausted and eager to return home, all gathered in Yancheng. Their morale was low and they had no fighting spirit. Zhong Tian's situation was even worse.
, not only the second son Zhong Wen was killed in battle, but the Central Army was also destroyed. It was not easy to regroup the manpower and reorganize the Central Army in the current situation. The documents for recruiting new soldiers were posted, but no one from all over the Feng Kingdom came to join the army. In the end,
Zhong Tian could only issue a compulsory order. Every household must find one person to join the army. If he could not submit someone, he would have to pay money. If there was no one and no money, he would be punished for disobeying the order and the whole family would be executed.
This compulsory conscription order was conveyed to the local areas, causing complaints and anger from the people all over the Feng Kingdom. The voice against Zhong Tian was even louder. No one in the local area implemented Zhong Tian's order. The law is not heavy-handed. If a family disobeys the order
, local officials can still punish them according to the order, but if every household does not obey the order, can they still kill all the local people?
The local government did not send many troops to Yancheng because of Zhong Tian's compulsory conscription order, but the people in Yancheng were not spared. They were right under Zhong Tian's nose, and they couldn't hide even if they wanted to, whether it was coercion or intimidation.
In the end, Zhong Tian was able to gather more than 100,000 people, and he also gathered the slaves in Yancheng together, and finally managed to collect 150,000 people to fill up the Central Army's establishment.
It's just that the current Central Army is no longer the same as the previous Central Army. Not only do the soldiers have no combat experience, they also have no formal military training. What's even more ridiculous is that the entire army doesn't even have a decent general.
Chiefs and captains of thousands are basically served by Zhong Tian’s retainers.
Without good generals and without elite soldiers, one can only imagine the combat effectiveness of such a Central Army.
Tang Yin couldn't help but smile when he heard the news about the report from Sky Eye and Diwang. Zhong Tian was making a desperate struggle. The compulsory conscription order was undoubtedly like drinking poison to quench thirst. Not only was it ineffective, it would only arouse greater dissatisfaction among the people. Now
Although Zhong Tian reorganized the Central Army, it was actually only organized and vulnerable. Ning Guo did not send additional reinforcements to Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, which was even more stupid. It was tantamount to letting the two brothers of the Zhan family and the
The 200,000 Ning troops under his command are sitting there waiting for death. If they don't take the opportunity to attack southward, how long will they wait?
It happened that Kenis' letter was also delivered to Tang Yin at this time. After reading it, he immediately decided to go to Duji personally without thinking about it.
After hearing the news, Qiu Zhen, Shangguan Yuanji and others came to the door one after another, and Lotte and Ai Jia also followed.
After meeting Tang Yin, Qiu Zhen asked straight to the point: "I heard that your Excellency is going to Duji City State?"
"Yes!" Unexpectedly, so many people came at once. Tang Yin was very surprised. He nodded inexplicably, looked around everyone, grinned, and asked: "Is there any problem? You don't think that Du Ji would have any objection to me.
Malicious, right?"
"It's very possible!" Qiu Zhen said bluntly: "During this period, General Le and General Ai also collected a lot of information about Ning Guo. The relationship between Ning Guo and Du Ji has never been at odds, and they often have bad relations with each other.
There have been contacts, and the trade between the two sides is also very prosperous on the border. This time, the king of Duki insists on asking you to go to discuss it in person. I am afraid that he has ulterior motives and bad intentions!"
Tang Yin really hadn't considered this. After listening to Qiu Zhen's words, he frowned and remained silent.