After Jiang Fan shot an arrow, the scene fell into silence, which was so embarrassing. In the end, Tang Yin was the first to clapped his hands and praised: "Good! Jiang Fan's archery skills are indeed well-deserved, haha!" As he spoke, he picked up the bow and arrow again, imitating Jiang.
Fan's technique just now was to shoot an arrow diagonally into the sky. However, after he shot the arrow, it really flew into the sky, and the arrow did not change direction as it plummeted downwards. He shook his head with a wry smile and said,
He fired the second arrow and turned to Nie Ze and said, "Nie Ze, there must be something going on when you return to Beijing this time!"
Nie Ze came back to his senses, stepped forward quickly, nodded and said: "Exactly, Your Majesty, the general is returning to the capital this time to introduce someone to Your Majesty."
Tang Yin shot out the arrow again. Just like before, the arrow still flew straight into the sky. He took a deep breath and took another arrow from the guard. At the same time, he turned around, looked at Nie Ze and asked with a smile: "That's it."
The scholar who came with you?"
It turned out that the king had noticed Xun Xiu. Nie Ze hurriedly raised his hands and said, "It is this person." After a pause, he changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, this person is Li Shu's subordinate."
"Li Shu?" Tang Yin looked at Nie Ze in confusion.
Nie Ze explained: "Li Shu is the leader of the largest rebel army in Zhendi. He sent Xun Xiu to our country to discuss an alliance with our country."
"I've never heard of it." Tang Yin smiled indifferently, twirling his bow and arrow, and raised his head to the guard guarding the rabbit cage. The guard understood, opened a rabbit cage, and released the rabbit inside. Tang Yin suddenly loosened his fingers holding the arrow tail.
, the bowstring flicked, and with a snap, the arrow flew out, hitting the fleeing hare in the middle and knocking it to the ground. He said slowly: "A mere rebel army dares to come to negotiate an alliance with our country. They
Do you have this qualification?"
Seeing that Tang Yin had already discussed business with Nie Ze, Shangguan Yuanrang and Jiang Fan also put away their game mentality, handed their bows and arrows to the guards next to them, and stepped aside.
Nie Ze said seriously: "Li Shu's troops should not be underestimated." As he spoke, he took the arrow pot from the guard, pulled out an arrow, handed it to Tang Yin, and said: "Now, Li Shu's troops and horses
There are as many as 200,000, occupying nearly two counties in Zhendi. If Li Shu's troops continue to grow, they can at least help our country contain tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops. Even if they are defeated in the end,
It greatly consumed the combat power of the Sichuan Army."
Tang Yin squinted his eyes and did not answer immediately, but his thoughts were changing rapidly. If this was really the case, Li Shu, the leader of the Zhendi rebels, really should not be underestimated.
He set the arrow and didn't need to express his position. The guard had already consciously released the rabbit. A flash of green light flashed in his eyes. Then, he shot out an arrow and shot the rabbit that had escaped into the forest to the ground. "Go call that Xun Xiu."
come on!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Nie Ze was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and saluted, then turned sideways and waved to Xun Xiu behind him.
Xun Xiu was already impatient with waiting. Seeing Nie Ze finally summoning him, he was nervous and excited. He took a few deep breaths and walked forward quickly. Before he could reach Tang Yin, he was stopped by a nearby guard.
After he came down, a guard came up to him and searched him carefully to confirm that he was not carrying a weapon before letting him pass.
After walking to Nie Ze's side, Xun Xiu knelt down and kowtowed in a dignified manner, and said with a trembling voice: "Xun Xiu, the little man, pays homage to His Highness the Wind King."
"Yes!" Tang Yin just responded lightly, without even looking at him. He looked at the rabbit fleeing into the forest with deep affection and concentration, and shot the arrow in his hand. Whoosh! Pounce! With a precise arrow, the hare rolled over.
It stopped after going a few meters away.
"I heard that Li Shu sent you to see this king?"
"Exactly."
"The purpose of this trip is to form an alliance with our country?"
"Exactly."
"You only bring a mouth and want to form an alliance with our country. How insincere!" Tang Yin lowered his head and looked at Xun Xiu who was kneeling on the ground with a smile.
"Reporting to His Highness King Feng, I have brought the defense plan of the Sichuan Army in Zhendi to show the sincerity of our general."
As he spoke, Xun Xiu hurriedly opened the package and took out a parchment scroll. A guard came up, took the parchment scroll, looked through it carefully, and then handed it to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin took it and unfolded it. Inside was a detailed topographic map of Zhendi, and clearly marked where the Sichuan Army was, where the Sichuan Army's checkpoints were, the fortresses, camps, the number of the Sichuan Army, and even who the general was.
If this map is true, it is obvious that Li Shu spent a lot of effort in gathering intelligence. For Feng State, this intelligence map is also extremely precious. Tang Yin could not tell whether it was authentic or not, so he handed it to Nie Ze
, Nie Ze is much more familiar with the situation in Zhendi than he is.
It was also the first time for Nie Ze to see this map. After taking it, he lowered his head and carefully identified it. He was not very familiar with the inland situation of Zhendi, but he was familiar with the border situation of Zhendi, where was the Sichuan Army's station, and where
He basically knew the checkpoints of the Sichuan Army very well. Through the markings on the border situation of the Sichuan Army on this map, he could conclude that this picture should be real. After looking at it, he nodded slightly to Tang Yin, indicating that the picture was correct.
Tang Yin finally showed a smile on his face, waved to Xun Xiu and said, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Highness King Feng!" Xun Xiu let out a long sigh of relief and slowly stood up from the ground.
"Tell me," Tang Yin picked up his bow and arrow again and said slowly, "You are just a mere local rebel, and you only occupy a small area. Why should we, the Feng Kingdom, form an alliance with you?"
Xun Xiu's face straightened and he said: "Your Highness, King Feng, although our territory in Zhendi is still very small, the people of Zhendi support us, and this is our greatest asset." He paused for a moment.
, He added: "The Zhen people hate the Sichuan people, and they hate them unforgettable. However, the Zhen people have always lacked cohesion and cannot organize effective resistance. Now our general has raised the banner of reviving the Zhen country, and he has responded to every call in Zhen land.
People with lofty ideals came to vote one after another..."
Before he could finish his words, Tang Yin said quietly: "Back then, it was my Feng country who sent troops to destroy Zhen. I guess the people of Zhen hated me and the people of Feng also hated me unforgettable, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding guards raised their hands to grab the swords under their ribs, and Nie Ze's face changed slightly.
Xun Xiu hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Feng Wang does not know. Although the Feng army once invaded Zhendi, they came and left quickly and did not harm Zhenren. However, Sichuan Kingdom was different. They occupied Zhendi.
Zhendi, enslaves our Zhen people, kills innocent people indiscriminately, and treats our Zhen people as inferior to livestock. If Zhen people’s hatred is 100%, then their hatred towards Feng Country is less than 10%, while their hatred towards Sichuan Country is more than 90%
!”
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and smiled. Zhen was a recalcitrant person. At first, he did not advocate dividing the Zhen Kingdom, nor did he want an inch of Zhen Kingdom's land. Now it seems that his original decision was very wise.
"Then tell me, after forming an alliance, what can you help our country, and what kind of help do you need from our country?"
"Containing a large number of Sichuan troops for Feng State, so that Sichuan State has to be distracted and look to the west, this is our greatest help to Feng State." Xun Xiu said in one breath without thinking.
Well, that's right. Tang Yin asked again: "What do you want?"
"this……"
"Let's be honest, I think that what you want from me should not be too little." Tang Yin raised the corner of his mouth and shot out the arrow in his hand.
"As His Highness Feng Wang said, now we are in urgent need of armaments, food, grass and military pay. As long as we can get enough armaments, food, grass and military pay, our combat power will more than double, and we will definitely become the most powerful force in the Feng Kingdom.
Allies."
What Xun Xiu said is true. The only thing Li Shu is not lacking now is soldiers and horses. As for everything else, he is lacking almost everything. Arms are not something you can incite and incite the people and can make in three to five days. That requires
With the support of a strong industrial base, the production of weapons, armor, and ordnance, for an army, these all directly affect the combat effectiveness. As for money and food, that is even more important. It is the lifeline of the entire army.
But the current Li Shuyi does not have these at all.
Relying on the strength of one county alone, it is impossible to support an army of nearly 200,000 people. The lack of food alone is fatal.
If we can form an alliance with the Feng State and receive assistance from the Feng State, then all the difficulties currently encountered by Li Shu's First Division will no longer be a problem, and the speed of growth will also increase exponentially.
"Oh, it turns out we need money, food, and armaments." Tang Yin smiled, took out an arrow, played with it casually in his hand, and said slowly: "Of course our Feng Kingdom can make up for the shortage of money, food, and armaments. However, our Feng Kingdom
Money, food, and military equipment are not brought by strong winds, they must be put to good use. However, I don’t know if you are qualified to receive assistance from our Feng Country.”
"His Royal Highness Feng Wang means..."
Tang Yin threw the bow and arrow in his hand to Xun Xiu, and said with a smile: "Let's take a gamble. If you can shoot the rabbit that ran away, I can satisfy you with whatever you want. If you fail,
, I, Feng Country, will not help you with any money or food, and your head will also be kept."
Hearing this, all the surrounding generals laughed. Only Nie Ze frowned. Xun Xiu was a civil servant, not a military commander. He asked him to shoot arrows, and he still hit the target in the dark weather.
A running rabbit can't do it no matter what. It is really difficult for the king to impose such conditions.
He whispered: "Your Majesty..."
Tang Yin waved his hand to him, interrupted his next words, stared straight at Xun Xiu, and asked with a smile: "Why, Mr. Xun doesn't dare to gamble? If so, where did you come from and where are you going back?
I am not qualified to talk to this king anymore."
At this time, Xun Xiu was sweating like rain. He had never touched a bow and arrow before, but he wanted to shoot a rabbit in the dark. He could not do it no matter what. He was not even sure that he could shoot it.