Volume 10 Chapter 175

Currently, the only army of the Feng Army that has not been fighting on the front line in the Fengmo War is the Feilong Army. Previously, the Feilong Army was responsible for supporting the Pingyuan Army and fought a large-scale border battle, with considerable losses. In addition, the towns occupied by the Feng Army also need to be reorganized, so the Feilong Army has been staying in the rear, resting and taking care of logistics. The reason why Qiu Zhen mentioned that the Feilong Army should not be mobilized is that he has judged that the battle of Sishui will be extremely difficult. With the strength of the direct army, it is not easy to capture the entire Sishui County. When the war enters a stalemate, Tang Yin will definitely think of transferring the Feilong Army to participate in the war. This is what Qiu Zhen is afraid of.

With the Feilong Army in the rear, it can not only stabilize the situation in the counties occupied by the side, but also serve as a strong backup for the front-line army. If the front-line army is unfortunately defeated, at least there are reinforcements to count on and a retreat to choose from. If the Feilong Army is also transferred to the front line, the Feng Army will have no back-up. Once it fails, it will be irreversible.

In a war between countries, there is no room for luck. If you make a mistake, you will lose everything. Qiu Zhen had to make the worst plan.

Tang Yin didn't think so much, or he didn't even consider that he would lose the war. When he heard Qiu Zhen say that the Flying Dragon Army should not be mobilized, he felt puzzled. Why should the Flying Dragon Army be mobilized? He had a tough Fengren Corps, so why should he mobilize the Ningren? He smiled leisurely and said, "Qiu Zhen, you think too much. To fight the Sishui County, the direct army is enough."

Qiu Zhen didn't dare to think that the war was as simple as Tang Yin thought, and said seriously, "The king only needs to agree to me."

Seeing his serious expression and solemn face, Tang Yin understood that if Qiu Zhen didn't agree to him when he showed this expression, he would definitely pester him. He smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, I will never dispatch the Flying Dragon Army to attack Sishui."

Qiu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then said, "In addition, the king needs to send a message to General Zuo Shuang, asking him to gather the surrendered Mo army from all over the country as soon as possible to meet the emergency needs."

Tang Yin was too lazy to discuss these trivial matters, and waved his hand and said, "You can arrange these."

"Yes! King!" Qiu Zhen responded seriously, bowed his hands to receive the order, and said no more.

Although Lingshuang's arrival shocked the Feng Army, no matter what, the differences within the Feng Army were temporarily resolved, and various opinions reached a unified consensus, that is, to attack Sishui first.

Finally, no objections were heard, Tang Yin felt a lot more relaxed, and began to prepare for the southward battle.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Tang Yin has a deep understanding of this point. For all the battles he personally commanded, the Feng Army attaches the most importance to intelligence.

Before the army started, Tang Yin first called Le Tian and Ai Jia to send out all the spies that could be deployed, and make sure to find out the situation in Sishui in the shortest possible time, including detailed information of each town and the distribution of the Mo army's forces.

At Tang Yin's order, the spies of the Sky Eye and the Ground Network were fully dispatched. In the next few days, the spies were like a revolving lantern, and all kinds of intelligence were continuously transmitted back to Tang Yin.

Sishui County is a large county with three counties under it. There are a total of ten cities and twenty-three villages and towns. The number of garrisons in each city varies, ranging from tens of thousands to thousands or hundreds. All together, there are about 100,000 people.

In Tang Yin's eyes, these troops are not to be feared. After all, they are local troops with limited combat power. No matter how many troops there are, they are just a mob on a large-scale battlefield. What he really cares about is the Mo Central Army stationed in Sishui County.

Sishui County is the base camp for the Mo army to invade Yu State. The logistical supplies of the 500,000 Mo army that went out to fight are stored in Sishui. There are four large camps covering an area of ​​more than ten miles, and a large number of Mo Central Army are stationed there. Of course, most of the Mo Central Army who failed to go to the battlefield are old, weak, sick and disabled, but there are still many soldiers.

Among the four major military camps of the Mo army, two of them are for receiving wounded soldiers. The tens of thousands of wounded soldiers produced in the Mo-Yu war were placed in these two military camps. How many of them are combat-capable and how many are not combat-capable is unclear. The other two military camps are for receiving new recruits. Their main functions are to store supplies and train new recruits and send them to Yu State to fill the gaps left by the Mo army in the war.

If the war breaks out in Sishui, both the wounded and the new recruits can go to the battlefield, which will instantly increase the strength of the Mo army.

Before the battle of Sishui began, Tang Yin did not think that Sishui was difficult to fight. Now, through the detailed intelligence sent back by the Sky Eye and the Ground Network, he realized that the Mo Army actually had so many troops in Sishui, which might be one, two or even more than the direct army. This battle was much more difficult than he thought. No wonder Qiu Zhen had judged that he would mobilize the Flying Dragon Army a few days ago. He underestimated the enemy. Tang Yin began to regret that he should not have agreed to Qiu Zhen's straightforward request. However, Tang Yin did not think that Sishui could not be defeated by relying on the direct army alone. It was true that he needed to think more.

nongAfter knowing the strength and distribution of Sishui's troops, Tang Yin did not waste any more time and sent an order to the entire army. Two days later, the entire army went south and entered Sishui County to defend Jin'an City in the north of Sishui.

Jin'an is the second largest city in Sishui and the northern gate of Sishui. If the Feng Army wants to enter Sishui, it must first conquer Jin'an, otherwise logistics supply will be a big problem.

According to previous intelligence sent back by Sky Eye and Diwang, Jin'an has about 20,000 troops. However, one of the four major military camps of the Mo army is located near Jin'an. If the Feng army attacks Jin'an, there is no guarantee that the Mo army will not come out to reinforce it. This is the most troublesome.

Before the army started, Tang Yin specially summoned the generals to discuss how to fight the battle of Jin'an.

The meeting had not yet begun, and Ling Shuang and Xu Wenfeng came uninvited. The two of them were just listening to see how Tang Yin planned it. After arriving, they sat at the end of the lobby automatically and consciously.

It was okay for Xu Wenfeng to sit at the end, but it seemed unsuitable for Lingshuang to sit there too. Under the frequent reminders with their eyes, Tang Yin sighed helplessly, moved his body to the side, and then faced Lingshuang. Shuang said with a smile: "Sister Wang, please come this way!"

Lingshuang did not reject Tang Yin's 'kindness'. She nodded with a smile, stood up, walked to Tang Yin's side, and sat down gracefully. Looking at the two people sitting side by side, Xu Wenfeng had an ugly face. He lowered his head and slowly clenched his fists.

During this period of time, Tang Yin did not forget to pay attention to Lingshuang's movements on his own side. In the Fengjun, she was unfamiliar with the place, so she should be very awkward. However, Lingshuang's adaptability was surprisingly strong. In just a few days, , and became very familiar with the ministers of Feng Kingdom.

There are two people she comes into contact with most, one is Qiu Zhen and the other is Guo Jue. Tang Yin understood what Lingshuang was thinking. Now she wanted to seek help from the Feng Kingdom. Not only did she have to hold herself as the monarch of the Feng Kingdom, but she also had to improve her relationship with the important ministers of the Feng Kingdom so that she could speak for her in front of him. He had too much trust in Qiu Zhen. No matter what methods Lingshuang used, even if it was a honey trap, it was impossible for Qiu Zhen to do anything that would be unworthy of him and Feng Guo. But that was not necessarily the case for Guo Jue.

Tang Yin didn't say anything or reveal anything, but in his heart he knew who was trustworthy and who might not be reliable around him.

When the ministers and generals all arrived, Tang Yin cleared his throat and spoke first: "Everyone should be clear by now. Our army's next target is Surabaya. To attack Surabaya, we must first attack Jin'an."

After a pause, he continued: "The battle of Jin'an is the first battle of our army in Surabaya. As the saying goes, if you win the first battle, you will win the battle! In this battle, our army will not only win, but also win beautifully, so that our army's Minimize losses. Please tell me what tactics you need to use in this battle."

Zhang Cheng took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to defeat Jin'an. The difficulty lies in the Mo army camp near Jin'an. Now we know very little about the situation of Mo camp. We only know that it is a camp for training new soldiers, but As for how many Mo country defenders are inside, how many new recruits there are, and how many of the new recruits have become combat effective, we don’t know anything about it.”

Kong Yan continued: "That's right! Once our army attacks Jin'an, Mo Ying will never sit idly by and ignore it. If we don't know the specific combat strength of the Mo army in the camp, it will be very detrimental to our army's deployment."

This is quite a problem! Everyone frowned and remained silent.

At this time, Cai Gui smiled, looked at Generals Zhang Cheng and Kong Yan, and said, "You two generals don't have to worry too much. As long as our army is properly deployed, it doesn't matter even if we don't know the strength of Mo Camp."

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng and Kong Yan raised their eyebrows in unison, and everyone else looked at Cai Gui in confusion, wondering why he said that.

Cai Gui said: "In fact, we can estimate the number of combatable soldiers in Mo camp. According to my judgment, it should not be more than the defenders of Jin'an."

Without waiting for others to ask questions, Cai Gui continued to explain: "It is easy to understand. If there is really a large number of troops hoarded in the Mo camp, then when our army attacks Anqiu, the Mo army in Surabaya will have already sent troops to reinforce it, instead of Sitting back and watching Anqiu fall, the reason why the Mo army did not go north to assist showed that they were not sure of victory. Our army only had less than 100,000 men and we were fighting in a remote place. Under such unfavorable circumstances, the Mo army in Surabaya did not dare to go north. The first battle shows that they can only protect themselves at best or even have no strength to protect themselves, and their military strength will never be too strong. "

While listening, everyone nodded their heads and raised their thumbs secretly. Cai Gui was indeed smart and quick-thinking, and his inferences were reasonable.

Tang Yin looked up and smiled, stroking his hands and saying, "Continue, how can our army defeat the enemy?"

Cai Gui said: "Your Majesty, our army can be divided into two groups, attack Jin'an all the way, and set up an ambush halfway between Jin'an and Moying. If the Jin'an defenders withdraw, the ambush troops can intercept and kill them. The Mo army in Moying can If reinforcements are sent, the ambush can stop and kill them."