Volume 10 Chapter 182

Even though they knew that this ‘Captain of the Thousand’ was transformed from the Shadow Clone, Zhang Xiao, Li Tong and others still felt awkward after reading it.

As dark spiritual practitioners, they naturally knew the Shadow Clone Technique, one of the three great skills of the Shadow System. However, their Shadow Clone could only condense a clone that was exactly the same as themselves, and could not change the clone into someone else's appearance like Tang Yin did.

Tang Yin looked around the room, waved to everyone and said, “Pack up and get rid of the clothes of these rangers.”

Zhang Xiao asked, “My king, all the rangers are missing. What if Mo Bing asks about it?”

“That’s not easy. Just say they went to track down the assassin.” The Captain of the Thousand who was standing aside said, looking back.

Zhang Xiao thought about it and nodded, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."

The captain turned around and said, "Now you can notify all the brothers outside the town to come in and change into Mo Bing's military uniforms to facilitate work."

Zhang Xiao was stunned for a moment and did not respond. Instead, he turned his eyes to Tang Yin. Although the captain was Tang Yin's clone, Zhang Xiao was still not used to following his instructions.

The clone was condensed by Tang Yin based on the soul of the captain with his own aura. That is, he has Tang Yin's will and the will of the captain at the same time. Therefore, he can be said to be the second Tang Yin, or he can be said to be a separate individual, but he must rely on Tang Yin to exist.

Seeing Zhang Xiao staring at him blankly, Tang Yin smiled and said calmly, "Go and do it!"

"Yes! King!" After receiving Tang Yin's order, Zhang Xiao no longer hesitated and walked out with big strides.

Not long after he left, Captain Mo Bing, named Zhang Hai, ran in from outside in a panic. Seeing the captain standing in the room, he shuddered and couldn't help but look him up and down a few more times. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe that the captain was a fake, or even not a real person. He shook his head, rushed to Tang Yin, and asked timidly: "You...you have already killed the captain, and...what do you want to do here?"

Tang Yin looked at him with a smile and asked back: "Who said we will leave after killing people? It's you, now either pretend to know nothing, or leave here quickly, but I have to remind you of one thing, if you dare to leak the slightest wind, you will die, and your whole family will be buried with you!"

When he spoke, his eyes shot out a sinister light, and Captain Mo Bing was frightened and shuddered. He subconsciously took two steps back, and then turned around and ran out without saying anything.

Looking at his back, Tang Yin snorted and laughed, put his hands behind his back, and said in a calm tone: "Li Tong, go and solve this trouble, but I said I won't kill him."

Li Tong clasped his hands and saluted, saying: "I know what to do." After speaking, he disappeared, leaving only a few wisps of black fog that had not yet dissipated.

Tang Yin cleverly mixed into Jindong Town, first killed the captain of the defending army, and then eliminated the rangers in the town. Next, he used the shadow to transform into a captain and issued orders in Jindong Town unscrupulously, and also summoned Cheng Jin and others in the woods outside the town into the town.

Now, on the surface, Jindong Town is still under the control of the Mo Army, and it is indeed the Mo soldiers who defend Jindong Town, but the actual commander has quietly changed to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin used the excuse of searching for assassins to gather all the people and the garrison in the center of Jindong Town, and asked the garrison to check the people. No matter what the result was, no one was allowed to leave. If they were hungry, they could eat in the square. If they were tired, they could sleep in the square. If they wanted to go to the toilet, they had to leave with the accompaniment of soldiers.

When Jindong Town was still investigating the assassins with great fanfare, the 30,000 wind troops led by Generals Qi Heng and Kong Yan had quietly arrived.

The dark arrow personnel had already received Tang Yin's order to meet their own army. Under the guidance of the dark arrow personnel, the 30,000 wind troops entered Jindong Town unimpeded without moving a knife or firing an arrow.

When they suddenly appeared around the square, Mo Bing and the people were all confused, more surprised than panicked, and people didn't understand what was going on at all.

Qi Heng and Kong Yan laughed in their hearts. This battle was interesting. There were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jindong Town. They gathered in the square in the center of the town and waited for them to catch them in a trap. I really don't know how the king did it.

There was no fighting between the two sides. The appearance of 30,000 Feng troops made the defenders of less than a thousand people have no intention of resisting. Under the instruction of the thousand-man commander, they all surrendered.

If the defenders surrendered, how could the people resist? The Feng army's occupation of Jindong Town was extremely easy. It was taken in a short time, and there was no movement. Jin'an City didn't know that Jindong Town had been lost.

The occupation of Jindong Town was only the first step of the Feng army's overall plan. Qi Heng and Kong Yan did not stay in the town for long. After asking Tang Yin for instructions, they led the army to continue southward, resting during the day and traveling at night, quietly detouring to the southern part of Jin'an.

On the other side, the main force of the direct army led by Wu Ying began to attack Jinan City according to the original plan.

Although the defenders of Surabaya and the defenders of Anqiu are both from the local army of Mo State, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level. Sishui County is an important area of ​​the Mo Kingdom. The defenders are well-equipped and diligent in training. Their combat power is so strong that it is close to the Central Army of the Mo Kingdom. Jin'an's defenders only have more than 20,000 people, which is far behind the 60,000-strong Feng Kingdom's direct army. However, Jin'an's city defense is strong and well-prepared. There are a large number of city defense weapons stored in the city. In addition, a large number of rangers' Joining also greatly increased the strength of the defenders, making them more tenacious in their resistance.

The Directly Affiliated Army and the Jin'an garrison launched a difficult and cruel offensive battle in the north of the city. Both sides basically devoted all their troops. As soon as the battle started, the scene became extremely fierce. Arrows, crossbows, and stone bullets were constantly flying in the air. Outside the city, the screams of injured soldiers could be heard one after another.

The name of the city lord of Jin'an City is Shang Daoyuan. He is a civil servant, but his courage is no less than that of a military general. He is not afraid of life and death when facing a powerful enemy. He personally climbs the city wall to command the battle. Even if the city lord is like this, the morale of the soldiers and rangers participating in the battle is doubled. There are more than 20,000 people, and they are really evenly matched with the large number of direct troops.

The situation on the battlefield is that there is no winner between the two sides, but the Mo army also understands that this is only temporary. The Feng army has too many troops and is too powerful. As long as the battle lasts for two or three days, their own side will definitely not be able to withstand it at first.

A middle-aged man who was watching the battle with Shang Daoyuan said: "Sir Shang, the wind army is coming so fiercely that it may be difficult for our city to resist it with our own strength."

Shang Daoyuan frowned and asked, "What does Mr. Ling Yun mean..."

A middle-aged man named Ling Yun said: "In my opinion, we should quickly invite friendly forces from the Northern Camp to come for reinforcements!" The Northern Camp he was talking about was the Mo Army Camp in the south of Jin'an. Although Mo Camp is located in the south of Jin'an, it is As far as the entire Sishui County is concerned, it is still in the north, so it is called Beiying.

Shang Daoyuan knew how many troops the Beiying had and what their combat power was. Asking the Beiying to send troops might solve the urgent problem, but it was not a long-term solution.

Seeing his hesitation, Ling Yun said sternly: "Master Shang, don't think about anything else now. The most important thing is to be able to protect Jin'an. Once Jin'an is lost and Beiying loses its barrier, how can it survive? Together we are strong. If we divide, we will be weak! Lord Shang, give the order quickly!”

Ling Yun is not an official of the Mo Kingdom, he is also one of the many Mo Kingdom rangers who resisted the Feng Army. In terms of spiritual martial arts, he is outstanding, and in terms of strategy, he is second to none among the rangers.

Shang Daoyuan had heard about him for a long time. When he learned that he had come to Jin'an and wanted to help the defenders resist Feng Ren, he immediately treated him as a distinguished guest and placed him beside him to make suggestions for him.

If there were other ways, Shang Daoyuan really didn't want to ask Beiying to send troops for reinforcements, but Ling Yun was right. If Jin An was gone, Beiying would be finished. He took a deep breath, nodded hard, and said, "Okay! I'll send someone to Beiying immediately to ask for help!"

Ling Yun turned around and said: "Shen Lan, escort the brother who asked for help out of the city to Beiying!"

"Okay! Brother Ling!" A ranger in casual clothes nodded and agreed.

Among the rangers who participated in the war in Jin'an, Ling Yun was the most famous and prestigious, and the rangers were willing to respect him as their master and listen to his orders.

Now the Feng Army is mainly attacking the North City. No trace of the enemy has been found in the South City. But who can guarantee that the Feng Army will not quietly set up an ambush outside the South City? For safety reasons, Ling Yun had to be more cautious.

A ranger named Shen Lan escorted a Mo army general from Nancheng out of the city, rode a fast horse to Beiying, and asked Beiying to send troops for assistance.

The guard general of the Mo army's northern camp is named Xia Qing. He holds the title of General Ce and is led by General Feipeng. (General Ce is a military rank one level lower than Lieutenant General; ‘Feipeng’ is a miscellaneous title.) This man is considered a low-ranking general in Mo State, and his qualifications are mediocre. If he had not been born into a noble family, he would not have been able to become General Ce.

Xia Qing had already heard that the Feng army had begun to invade Surabaya and was now aggressively attacking Jin'an. He was also considering whether to send troops for reinforcements. If you don't send troops and let the Feng army capture Jin'an, then you don't have to ask. You will be the next unlucky one. But if you send troops to reinforce, I'm afraid it will be like hitting a stone with an egg.

Even though Beiying's camp is not small and stretches for more than ten miles, the available troops are only more than 10,000 at best, and most of them are old, young, sick and disabled. Their combat power is not much better than that of the local army. If he takes these 10,000 people to reinforce Jin'an, he is afraid that he will be defeated by the Feng army as soon as he enters the battlefield.

When he was sitting in the tent uneasy and undecided, soldiers came to report that a general from Jin'an Army asked to see him.

Xia Qing was shocked, and her first reaction was, had Jin'an fallen? He hurriedly ordered to invite the visitor in quickly.

After meeting each other and understanding the purpose of the other party's visit, Xia Qing breathed out. It turned out that he was just asking for help, not to report his funeral.