Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Ziying have already complained about the actions of the Directly Affiliated Army, and have also talked to Gu Yue about the matter. However, Guyue is named the Commander-in-Chief of the Directly Affiliated Army, but in fact he is just a decoration, and the actual control of the Directly Affiliated Army has always been
It's all in Tang Yin's hands.
His answer to the three of them was very simple and helpless: "The king is conniving, what can I do?"
After hearing what Guyue said, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Ziying were speechless.
This time, the three of them felt uncomfortable when they heard that Tang Yin not only did not blame the direct troops for their actions, but also praised them greatly.
Xiao Muqing has always been tactful in front of Tang Yin, and is good at flattery. He will not easily say advice that goes against Tang Yin's wishes. Liang Qize is a low-key person, and due to his father's relationship, he is somewhat reserved in front of Tang Yin. Some should say
They were too embarrassed to say anything. When they wanted to give advice, their eyes fell on Ziying again.
Come on! This time it’s me who speaks again! Ziying has been with Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi for so long, how could he not understand what they mean?
He took a deep breath, took a step forward, raised his hands to Tang Yin and said, "Your Majesty, our army has occupied eight cities and three counties, and has controlled the entire Hexi County. However, the people in Hexi have moved westward seriously, and many towns have become inaccessible."
When Tang Yin heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Anyone who migrates to the west will be killed if caught."
Ziying nodded, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this is probably treating the symptoms rather than the root cause."
Tang Yin was stunned and asked: "What do you mean?"
Ziying said: "The reason why Ning people moved west in large numbers is not because they are unwilling to accept our strong wind control, but because our army's military discipline is lax. The soldiers are lawless outside, rob money privately, and kill innocent women indiscriminately. It is not uncommon for the people of Hexi to suffer."
The people are in dire straits. If things go on like this, all the people in Ningxi will run away sooner or later. Even if the king successfully joins forces with the Mo Kingdom to destroy Ning, and finally divides the eight counties in Ningbei, I am afraid that they will only be empty counties. All the people in Ning will flee to the Mo Kingdom.
Already..."
The more Tang Yin listened, the uglier his face became. Before Ziying could finish what he said, he slammed the table and shouted in a deep voice, "That's enough! Stop talking." He stood up and looked at Ziying.
, then looked at Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Guyue, and said in a cold voice: "You are the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, and your military discipline is lax. You will naturally not be able to escape the blame. How can you have the shame to speak these truths in front of me?"
The king has completely passed the blame! Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Guyue secretly grinned and lowered their heads, not daring to look into Tang Yin's sharp gaze.
Ziying's face was calm, and his expression did not change at all. In fact, he was secretly laughing in his heart. He raised his hands and said: "It is true what the king said, the military discipline is loose, and the ministers cannot escape the blame. Because of this
, I hereby swear to your Majesty that if anyone violates military discipline again, no matter how high his military rank or how strong his backing, I will definitely punish him severely. I wonder what your Majesty’s intention is?”
Tang Yin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Ziying's gourd. Hearing his righteous words, he snorted coldly and muttered: "It should have been like this!"
Ziying bowed his hands and shouted loudly: "My king is wise!" After speaking, he turned back to look at Cheng Jin among the generals and said: "General Cheng!"
Cheng Jin was startled, wondering what Ziying suddenly asked him to do? He bowed slightly, cupped his hands and said, "General Ziying?"
"Have you, General Cheng, understood your Majesty's wishes? If there are any further violations of military discipline, I hope General Cheng can coordinate and deal with them to uphold military discipline and law."
Cheng Jin was not very willing to "take work" for himself. He looked up at Tang Yin and saw that he did not make any statement. Cheng Jin sighed secretly and said helplessly: "This is natural. Cheng Jin will definitely assist all the generals."
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Ziying smiled and said: "Okay! With the help of General Cheng's hidden arrows, strict military discipline will become twice the result with half the effort."
Cheng Jin smiled bitterly and said, "General Ziying is too polite."
Tang Yin didn't want to waste any more time on such a trivial matter. He looked at Letian and Ai Jia and asked, "What's the current battle situation on Mo Jun's side?"
Ai Jia came out to tell Tang Yin in detail.
Shao Fang was not happy when he saw the battle report of the Battle of Zhanghe sent by Tang Yin, but he was not sad either. He just didn't think so. Four hundred thousand versus two hundred thousand, victory was natural, but it cost 150,000 casualties.
, the price was a bit too high, and he couldn't understand how Feng Jun fought this battle.
Just attacking the Hexi camp of Ning State, Feng Army suffered such heavy losses, Shao Fang did not have much hope for Tang Yin's side. Fortunately, Ning State was now empty of troops, and Feng Army was there to contain it. Shao Fang took advantage of this situation.
Taking the opportunity, the Mo army's 200,000 cavalry and 200,000 infantry soldiers were divided into two groups, marched together, and invaded the territory of Ning State.
There were not many troops in the south of Ning State, and Mo State's attack came too suddenly and too fast, so that the local armies in various parts of Ning State were caught off guard. They were often attacked as if falling from the sky before they could gather in one place.
Mo's cavalry were defeated one by one. It can be said that in the early stages of Mo's war against Ning, Mo's march north was overwhelming. In just five days, they captured fifteen cities in a row and successfully captured two counties.
The plundering of Mo's army was no worse than that of Feng's army. They also plundered whatever they saw. When Shao Fang declared war on Mo, he had already said that he would build a "Lingyun Palace" in this battle.
(Lingyun Palace is a palace built by the Sichuan Kingdom. In order to build this palace, the Sichuan Kingdom leveled half of a high mountain, used half of the mountain as a foundation, and built palaces and palaces in mid-air. It cost countless gold and silver.
, it cost more than hundreds of thousands of manpower and took as long as twenty years.)
Shao Fang's intention was to plunder enough wealth to build a Lingyun Palace in this war, so as to show that the national power of his Mo country could keep pace with Sichuan country.
Perhaps because of the close contact between the people of Ning and Mo, the Mo army was relatively polite to the Ning people. They did not kill innocent people indiscriminately and did not implicate the war on ordinary Ning people. However, the Ning people did not respond to the "benevolent government" of the Mo country.
Despite his gratitude, his hatred for Mo Guo has not weakened at all.
The Feng Army invaded the Ning State, and the Ning people were both afraid and hated it, but after all, the relationship between the two countries was already bad, and the Ning Army also invaded the Feng State. Now that the Feng State has come back, the Ning people have nothing to complain about, but the Mo State's
The invasion was different. Ning Mo had always maintained a friendly alliance. Mo's actions were undoubtedly treacherous, so the people of Ning hated Mo even more than they hated Feng.
After Mo Guo had conquered two counties at lightning speed, Ning Guo finally came to its senses. Local armies from all over the country gradually gathered and concentrated 80,000 troops each in Shanyang City and Shishui City in Jiashang County.
The posture of fighting to the death with Ning's army.
The two cities, like two door gods, blocked the Mo army's northward path.
The Mo army immediately launched a strong attack on the second city. The defenders of Ningcheng fought bloody battles and would rather die than retreat. The people in the city shared the same hatred of the enemy and joined the ranks of defending the city. Under such tenacious resistance, the Mo army's attack was blocked and they continued to attack.
In two days, they failed to capture the cities of Shanyang and Shishui. This is the current situation of the Mozambican army.
After listening to Ai Jia's story, Tang Yin touched his chin, thoughtfully, and after pondering for a moment, he asked: "What's going on over there in Liangzhou? Does the Ningguo court have any plans to send the eldest son Yuanhong?"
Letian replied: "Not yet. It seems that Yan Chu intends to leave the eldest son Yuanhong to guard the capital."
"Oh?" When Tang Yin heard this, he laughed and murmured: "In this case, Liangzhou will not be so easy to fight." After a moment of pause, he asked Qiu Zhen: "Qiu Zhen, now I
Should the army continue to stay in Hexi to rest and recuperate, or should it advance westward and directly attack Liangzhou?"
Qiu Zhen frowned and said: "If Changsun Yuanhong is guarding Liangzhou, this battle will be extremely difficult. It is best to let Mo's army attack Liangzhou first. When both sides are exhausted, our army can attack again."
Show up and clean up the mess.”
"Yes!" Tang Yin said with a smile: "But Mo Jun is not a fool. Maybe Shao Fang is thinking the same as you. He is waiting for us to attack Liangzhou first so that he can reap the benefits!"
This is quite possible. Qiu Zhen did not deny Tang Yin's speculation. He rolled his eyes and said quietly: "It would be best if Changsun Yuanhong could be transferred from Liangzhou to fight the Mo army in the south.
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Of course, if Changsun Yuanhong can fight against the Mo army, it will be very beneficial to Tang Yin. He can send his troops westward without any worries and capture the empty Liangzhou in one fell swoop. However, how can Yan Chu make Changsun
Where is Yuanhong transferred from Liangzhou?
Regarding this general strategic strategy, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, and Ziying were all reluctant to comment. Finally, Qiu Zhen said: "The king can now send two armies southward."
"Why is this?"
"First, pursue the First Division of Wei Zheng who fled into Wuqu County. If the First Division of Wei Zheng cannot be completely annihilated, it will be a serious problem for us. Both Hexi and Hedong counties may become the target of attack by the other party. Our army
There will never be peace in the home front."
Tang Yin and other generals all nodded their heads, feeling that what Qiu Zhen said was very reasonable.
Qiu Zhen continued: "Second, assist the Mo army in attacking Jiashang County and help the Mo army annihilate the Ning army hoarding in Jiashang County. In this way, Liangzhou will be strong in the south and weak in the east. Mo Qiang will be weak in the wind.
the illusion.”
"Yeah!" Tang Yin pondered while listening, raised his head and said, "Keep talking."
"In Xiaoling County to the west of Hexi County, it is reported that about 50,000 Ning troops have been assembled in an attempt to prevent our army from advancing westward. Your Majesty can send your army to attack. This battle can only be defeated, but not won. Then your Majesty will lead another
The army retreated to Hexi." Seeing the same change in everyone's faces, they all seemed hesitant to speak. Qiu Zhen smiled slightly and continued: "The reason why Yan Chu left the eldest son Yuanhong in Liangzhou was because Yan Chu had deep feelings in his heart.
I don't know whether it is better to send him to block our army or Mo's army. As long as the king makes the illusion that our army's westward advance is blocked, and Mo's army goes northward, I think that Yan Chu will definitely send his commander Sun Yuanhong to fight with Mo's army.