Tang Yin and Chang Feng fought at an even level. After the latter returned to Xiao Xiang, without saying a word, he held her waist with one hand, then jumped into the air and rushed straight outside the county capital_
His sudden move startled everyone present. Xiao Xiang also screamed instinctively and asked: "Mr. Chang, what are you doing?"
Chang Feng didn't reply. He rushed out like an arrow from a string, with an astonishing speed. When the other three middle-aged men saw this, their expressions also changed. They didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly chased after him.
As soon as they left, how could the more than twenty spiritual cultivators below dare to stay any longer? But now it was not that easy for them to escape.
Chang Feng and the three middle-aged men have advanced spiritual cultivation, can run fast, and can also release strong spiritual pressure. Even if it is difficult for Tang Yin to catch up with them, these spiritual cultivators below are not as profound as them.
Cultivation, when you are trapped in a tight siege, how easy is it to escape?
Soon, the escape route of the spiritual cultivators was blocked by hidden arrow personnel. The secret arrow personnel cooperated with a large number of guards to surround them, and the two sides immediately started a melee.
Tang Yin had sympathy for Chang Feng, but he would not be polite to Xiao Xiang's subordinates. He released the fire of darkness from his body, and at the same time drew out his sword, taking advantage of the situation to spiritualize him, and jumped into the opponent's crowd, attacking him.
These spiritual cultivators have committed a deadly attack
Under the siege of Tang Yin and many secret agents and Fengguo guards, Xiao Xiang's men did not last long. They were all destroyed in the county capital. After cleaning up these people, Tang Yin immediately ordered the whole city to search for Xiao Xiang and do their best.
Maybe capture her
Let's talk about Chang Feng. After rushing out of the county capital with Xiao Xiang, he ran back to their hiding place near the county capital until they climbed over the courtyard wall and jumped into the courtyard. Then he put Xiao Xiang down, held his hands and said: "Princess, I'm sorry.
I was just rude."
As soon as he finished speaking, three middle-aged men jumped into the courtyard one after another, staring at Chang Feng with six eyes, and three long swords pointed at his throat.
Xiao Xiang already understood what Chang Feng was thinking. She first waved to the three middle-aged men to signal them to sheath their swords, then saluted Chang Fengfu and said softly: "Thank you, Mr. Chang, for helping me break out of the siege."
Chang Feng said indifferently: "This is my reward for taking good care of the princess over the past few years."
When Xiao Xiang heard this, her heart suddenly tightened and she couldn't help but frown. It sounded like Chang Feng wanted to leave her. (She still wanted to ask questions, but she saw that Chang Feng had silently stepped aside.
, with no intention of speaking again, she pondered for a moment, and finally swallowed the words that were on her lips. She turned to the three middle-aged men and said: "If nothing goes wrong, Feng Ren will close the city soon and do something to us."
The whole city is being searched, we have to leave Yujing as soon as possible."
"It's the princess." The three middle-aged people responded in unison and said, "Fengren probably hasn't strengthened the city defense so quickly. We can take the princess and rush out first."
"Yes." Xiao Xiang nodded, rolled his eyes, then looked at Chang Feng, and said seriously: "It seems that whether I can get out of trouble this time, I have to rely more on Mr. Chang."
Chang Feng didn't answer, just nodded slightly. If you don't look carefully, you can hardly tell that his head is moving.
On the other side of the county capital, after cleaning up Xiao Xiang's men, Tang Yin took Ren Xiao back to the study, and then told him in detail about how he cast Shadow Phantom Prison on Chang Feng but the other party was not affected.
He asked: "Brother Ren, is there a time when the Shadow Prison will become ineffective?"
Ren Xiao took a breath and pondered for a while. He slowly shook his head and said, "I can't tell exactly what happened now, but one thing is for sure. The Shadow Prison must have had an influence on Brother Chang."
Tang Yin frowned and murmured: "It seems that I can only ask Chang Feng clearly when I see him again in the future." After a pause, he asked again: "I want to take Chang Feng as my own, Brother Ren,
Do you think this is possible?"
Ren smiled and asked: "Brother Chang is the eldest disciple of Elder Huangfu. Your Highness is not afraid that keeping him by your side is a hidden danger and a threat?"
Tang Yin shrugged and said, "Brother Ren said that Chang Feng, Huangfu Xiutai and his disciples are not from the same group. In this case, what should I be afraid of?"
Ren Xiao nodded with a smile, thought for a while, and said: "I don't know whether Brother Chang will accept His Highness's invitation, but I do think that His Highness and Brother Chang are similar in terms of their obsession with Lingwu.
, Brother Chang will definitely feel more comfortable staying with His Highness than staying with Xiao Xiang."
Although he didn't explain what he said, the implication was that he felt that Chang Feng was very likely to switch to Tang Yin's side. After listening to his words, Tang Yin showed a smile on his face. If he could really win Chang Feng to his side,
Undoubtedly, it will make our own side even more powerful.
Not long after, news came back from the Ninth Army station that the fire in the granary had been put out, but most of the Ninth Army's grain and grass had also been burned, causing heavy losses.
Not long after, Nancheng reported back the enemy information, saying that a group of spiritual cultivators with high spiritual martial arts had forcibly climbed over the city wall and fled outside the city. The defenders of Nancheng were now chasing them out of the city.
Tang Yin could guess without looking at the specific situation that the group of spiritual cultivators who escaped must be Xiao Xiang and her men, and Chang Feng was probably among them.
It's useless for our own soldiers to chase them. Let alone catch up with them, even if they catch up, they can't trap a spiritual martial arts master of Chang Feng's level.
He first sent an order to the Ninth Army to strengthen camp defenses and ensure that the enemy could no longer take advantage of the loopholes. Then he sent an order to Nancheng to give up pursuit of the escaping enemies.
In this confrontation between Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang, it can be said that Tang Yin lost, but Xiao Xiang could not say that he had won a complete victory. Xiao Xiang's main goal was not the food and fodder of the Ninth Army, but the military pay of the Feng Army.
Even if she can burn all the food and grass of the Ninth Army, the Ninth Army can still requisition food and grass from the granary in Yujing City to make up for the losses. Only by stealing all the military pay of the Feng Army will it be against the Feng Army.
Morale has a real impact, causing the Feng army to start civil strife without fighting
It's a pity that Tang Yin was only half fooled by the chain plan she designed this time. Tang Yin reacted when it came to the most critical step, which also made Xiao Xiang's chain plan fall short.
After this confrontation, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang both left a deep impression on each other.
Tang Yin knew that there was such a cunning and strategic princess in the Sichuan Kingdom. Similarly, Tang Yin's acumen was beyond Xiao Xiang's expectation. She originally thought that Tang Yin was just a foolhardy warrior.
Not long after, the Pingyuan Army and the Sky Eagle Army arrived at Yujing one after another. At this point, the Feng Army had merged into one place. The 400,000-strong army marched southward from Yujing to Guankou City in Kawaguchi County.
Six days later, the Feng army arrived at the pass and set up camp in the north of the pass.
Tang Yin personally went to the front of the army to observe that Sekikou Castle was not dangerous. It was located on the plain between Mt. Makino and Mt. Kuito. In all directions of the city, there was a vast expanse of plains. There were no dangers to guard, and it was very suitable for the attacking side to launch a large-scale attack.
After carefully surveying the terrain near Guankou City, Tang Yin secretly shook his head. He couldn't understand. The general of the An army gave up Yujing but insisted on holding on to such an isolated city without any danger. Did he have other support or a wrong vision?
He shook his head to the people around him and said, "Let's go forward."
Ah San and Ah Si hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, be careful."
"It's okay, we are still far away from the enemy city." As he spoke, he urged his horse forward. When he was only one mile away from the pass city, he reined in his horse and looked at the city ahead with concentration.
From a distance, you can't see any difference in Guankou City. When you get closer, you suddenly realize that Guankou City has double city walls. The outer city wall is three feet three feet tall, which is normal, while the inner city wall is four feet taller and taller than
The outer city wall is a little higher, which means that if you stand on the inner city wall, you can directly shoot the people on the outer city wall from a high position, while the people on the outer city wall don't even have a place to hide, and are completely exposed to the inner city wall.
under arrow
After watching for a while, Ziying said quietly: "Your Majesty, it seems that there is a reason why the remnants of the An army retreated to Guankou City. Although there is no moat outside Guankou City, the city's own defense is very complete, with two layers of inner and outer walls.
One is tall and the other is short, echoing each other from afar, this battle... I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight."
Xiao Muqing asked: "How many defenders are there in Guankou City?"
Lotte and Ai Jia both said: "At least more than 100,000."
Xiao Muqing nodded, stretched out his hand, compared the cities in front of him, and said: "Look at it, the pass is a small city. Even if there are no civilians in the city, it is all troops. It would be enough to station a hundred thousand troops."
It seems crowded. What I want to know is, where are the grains and fodders of these 100,000 troops stored? Since Anjun is going to fight a war of attrition, there will definitely be no shortage of grains and fodders. But how much grains can be hoarded in such a small town?
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Ai Jia subconsciously asked: "General Xiao thinks... the enemy's food and grass will be hoarded outside the city?"
Xiao Muqing immediately shook his head and said: "Of course that is impossible. Once a war breaks out, our army will surround the pass. If the enemy army hoards food and grass outside the city, there will be no chance of transporting it in again."
Ziying nodded and continued: "Yes, Guankou City is too small. It is already difficult to station an army of 100,000 people. Where can there be so many places to store large amounts of food and grass?"
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, glanced at the two of them, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Stop making random guesses. It's easy to figure out what's going on. I can tear open the city defense at the pass and lead our soldiers to
I will fight into the city."
Everyone's expressions became serious, and Xiao Muqing and Ziying asked in unison: "When will the king plan to attack the city?"
"We will camp and rest today. Early tomorrow morning, our army will attack the city with all its strength. What do you two think?"
"The general will obey the order." Xiao Muqing and Ziying had no objections and accepted the order at the same time.