Volume 10 Chapter 704
Chapter 704
"His Highness's cultivation has improved rapidly in the past few days, which is gratifying. TXT download!" Ren Xiao said with a smile.
In the past few days, Tang Yin not only sucked up all the prisoners in the cells of the Lieutenant's Mansion and Anjian, but also all the death row prisoners sent from the surrounding counties of Zhenjiang. Many of them were spiritual cultivators. His cultivation level Of course it's progressing by leaps and bounds.
He said with a smile: "When there is pressure, there will naturally be motivation."
"Pressure?" Ren Xiao looked at him puzzled.
Tang Yin pointed at Ren Xiao with a smile and said, "You are my pressure."
Seeing the surprise on his face, he continued: "When I see you, I feel like I am seeing the Divine Pond, and when I think of the Divine Pond, I will naturally think of the Huangfu Show Stage and the elders of the Divine Pond. This is pressure, and it is also mine. power."
Ren Xiao shook his head and smiled, and said: "It seems that His Highness still regards Shenchi as the future enemy of Feng Kingdom!"
Tang Yin said: "I don't think that when the world is unified, Shenchi will bow down obediently."
"Unify the world?" Ren Xiao asked in surprise, "Does Your Highness still want to go to war?"
"That's right! I have decided to send troops to attack Anguo in the near future." Tang Yin no longer concealed anything and said straightforwardly.
Ren Xiao took a breath of cold air and murmured: "Your Highness wants to use troops again, and the two countries of Feng'an will definitely be devastated!"
Tang Yin said: "The countries have been divided into one side. For thousands of years, there have been constant wars. There are countless civilians and soldiers killed and injured. If you want peace and stability in the future, you cannot have the kindness of women today. You must take the initiative to seek war and end the division." In this situation, someone needs to step forward, and I think I am that person!”
Ren Xiao was stunned for a while before bursting into laughter. He appreciated Tang Yin's ambition and ambition, but also admired his frankness. He asked with a smile: "I wonder when Your Highness plans to send troops?"
"Although the specific date has not been set yet, I believe it will not be too far away." Tang Yin asked with bright eyes: "How about it? Brother Ren, are you interested in joining me on the expedition to see the majesty on the battlefield?"
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. As His Highness's mentor and friend, I seem to have no reason to refuse." Ren Xiao said with a smile.
"What a good teacher and friend. Just for my words, you and I have to have fun and compare a few tricks tonight." Tang Yin put down the wine bottle in his hand and stood up.
Ren Xiao was free and easy. He stood up and said with a smile: "I hope His Highness will show mercy!"
As he spoke, Tang Yinzhou was covered with black spiritual armor. At the same time, Ren Xiao also released spiritual pressure to limit his shadow drift.
Even if it was just a point-and-click discussion, with both of them being in the spiritual realm, the momentum they created in the courtyard was extremely frightening. Under the balance and collision of spiritual pressure, it was like a hurricane blowing in the courtyard. , the flowers and plants on the ground were blown off one after another, and the leaves on the branches were blown off one after another. Looking inside the venue, you can only see grass foam and broken leaves spinning rapidly in the air, and Tang Yin and Ren Xiao can be seen nowhere. .
In the past two days, Ah San and Ah Si had become accustomed to this. The two of them retreated to the corner of the yard with great experience, and both used spiritual pressure to prevent the high-speed swirling flowers, plants and leaves from scratching them.
Feng, New Calendar, in September of the fifth year, Feng Wang Tang Yin suddenly issued an edict, condemning the Anguo monarch Yue Ze's father for robbing his son and wife and seizing the royal family. This was the shame of the kings of the Haotian Empire. Feng Wang was ashamed to associate with him. Officially Declared war on Anguo.
In the afternoon of the same day, Tang Yin issued a nationwide mobilization order and reiterated his determination to declare war on Anguo.
Just one day after the incident, the Fengguo Directly Affiliated Army and the Ninth Army stationed in Wacang County both went south and broke into Anguo's Chizhou and Gurao counties respectively. At this point, Fengguo's long-awaited war against An officially broke out.
While the frontline troops were attacking south, Tang Yin also left Zhenjiang, commanding a hundred thousand "student army" headed by Liu Zhang, Bai An, Yan Yan, Xu You, and Xiong Gu, and marched toward Anguo in a mighty manner.
Liu Zhang and others were temporarily recruited back to Zhenjiang by Tang Yin. Through the training of fighting in the western states such as Piar, these students of Lingwu Academy have become more mature.
Bai An, Yan Yan, and Xiong Gu's spiritual martial arts improved by leaps and bounds, and Liu Zhang showed his style as a general.
When leading his army southward, every time he took a break, Liu Zhang would personally lead the soldiers to set up camp, being orderly and meticulous, quite like Liang Qi, the commander of the Sanshui Army.
In terms of running the army, he is like Xiao Muqing, the commander of the Pingyuan Army. He is strict where he should be strict and loose where he should be. He can also mingle with the soldiers below and is good at boosting the morale of the entire army.
Tang Yin's hard work was not in vain. Liu Zhang learned too many skills and experiences through working with outstanding commanders such as Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi.
During the march, the battle reports from the front came back to Tang Yin like snowflakes.
Anguo was unprepared for Fengguo's sudden attack, and was caught off guard by the Directly Affiliated Army and the Ninth Army. The two armies marched straight in with overwhelming force. It only took five days for the Directly Affiliated Army to reach Meicheng, the county seat of Chizhou.
Bai Qing, the female general of An State, held back hundreds of thousands of Huan troops outside the city in Meicheng. The Huan troops could not attack for a long time, so they could only bypass the city and find other places. But now, a hundred thousand direct troops are less than 100,000 strong. In two days, Meicheng was captured in one fell swoop.
Rather than saying that Meicheng was captured by the Feng Army, it is better to say that the Anguo defenders took the initiative to surrender.
On the day the direct army arrived at Meicheng, they did not immediately launch an attack. Wuying ordered all the soldiers to camp outside the city, rest for one night, and fight again the next day. It was not until the next day that the direct army had a full meal of war food, and then they set out from the camp and advanced towards Meicheng.
Seeing the overwhelming Feng army outside the city, the An army guarding the city was so scared that their legs went weak before they even started fighting. The soldiers hid behind the arrow stacks and dared not even show their heads, let alone resist the attack of the Feng army.
When the Feng army advanced to the range of Meicheng, not even a single arrow was shot down from the top of the city. At this time, Wuying ordered the whole army to stop advancing.
She rode out of the main camp and shouted loudly towards the top of the city: "I am Wuying, the commander of the Feng Kingdom's direct army. Brothers of the An army in the city, listen, our army is going to attack the tyrant Yue Ze who *disrupted the royal family, not the brothers of the An army. Back then, we were all brothers and sisters who fought side by side and fought against powerful enemies. Today, Wuying does not want to fight with the brothers of the An army. As long as there are brothers who are willing to surrender to our army, I, Wuying, can guarantee his life. Those who are willing to stay in our army, I welcome them. Those who are unwilling to stay, I will not force them, give them money for the journey and let them go home!"
As the saying goes, attacking the city is inferior, and attacking the heart is superior. Wu Ying's words made the Anguo defenders hiding behind the arrow stacks stand up one after another. Looking at the extremely familiar figures and battle formations of the Feng army outside the city, people were also muttering in their hearts, yes, the Feng army is obviously their ally, and the reason why they are now hostile is because of the incompetent king of their country. The king's incompetence has turned the ally into an enemy country. Why should they bear such consequences and fight to the death with the Feng army?
Clang! I don't know who was the first to throw the weapon in his hand hard on the bricks of the city wall, and then the sound of iron hitting the ground is endless.
Even the chief general of the defenders drew out his sword and chopped it on the bricks with all his strength, breaking his sword and sighing to the sky: "Why should we fight?!"
In the end, none of the 20,000 or 30,000 Anguo defenders reported the determination to defend the country to death. They all surrendered and opened the city gates to let the direct army enter the city.
The direct army took over Meicheng without firing a single knife or gun, and without damaging a single brick or tile of Meicheng. It was a complete peaceful takeover. This is certainly related to the deterrence generated by the strong combat power of the Feng army, but the strategy implemented by Cai Gui in the early stage played a decisive factor.
The An army, who did not know "how to fight", had no combat power at all. Even if they were equipped with the most elite armor and weapons, they could not inspire their fighting spirit.
The direct army captured the entire Chizhou County in less than a month, and the progress was smoother than expected.
On the other hand, the Ninth Army, which was mainly attacking Gurao County, did not have the bloodless battle example of the direct army. Qi Heng also disdained to persuade the An army to surrender. The most important point was that he was now guilty and needed to make more military achievements to make up for his mistakes. The military achievements of the Feng Kingdom were calculated by the number of heads. The Ninth Army commanded by Qi Heng certainly fought desperately to kill the An army in order to make great achievements.
The Ninth Army was a heavy cavalry corps, and its combat power was far superior to that of the infantry. The An army facing the Ninth Army, regardless of whether its fighting spirit was strong or not, ended in a miserable defeat after a fierce battle. The Ninth Army's advance in Gurao County was not as rapid as that of the direct army, but it also won every battle, annihilated countless enemies, and suffered extremely few casualties.
When Tang Yin led the new army to the border between Feng and An, the direct army had successfully taken over the entire Chizhou County, and the Ninth Army also captured most of Gurao County, leaving only the two cities of Fenshui and Lishi in the south.
There were many swamps near Fenshui City, and Lishi City was located in the mountains. Both cities were not suitable for cavalry combat, and heavy cavalry could not be pushed up.
After Tang Yin understood the situation of his side, he ordered Wu Ying and Qi Heng to join forces and continue to advance southward. As for Fenshui and Lishi, they were handed over to Liu Zhang to lead the new army to attack, and Tang Yin himself watched with the army.
Liu Zhang understood that this was a test of the king for himself, and also to see if he had become a qualified commander.
In fact, there were not many defenders in Fenshui and Lishi. However, after being defeated by the Ninth Army, the defenders in the north all fled to these two cities, causing a surge in the number of defenders in the two cities. The worst thing was that the Ninth Army was brutal. They killed the An army who resisted and the An army who surrendered, which made the An army afraid and hateful. The defenders who fled to Fenshui and Lishi had made up their minds to fight to the death with the Feng army.
At present, there are more than 30,000 defenders in Fenshui City and about 20,000 defenders in Lishi City. The combined forces of the two cities are more than 50,000. Even if they do not defend the cities, they are still a force that cannot be underestimated.
After a careful analysis of the terrain of the two cities, Liu Zhang immediately decided to first capture Lishi City, which has relatively fewer defenders but is in a dangerous terrain, and then attack Fenshui, using the tactic of defeating them one by one.