Final Volume Chapter 86

Chapter 86 of the final volume

The report of Li Shu's battle with the Sichuan Army in Fantiao County was also quickly transmitted to the capital of Feng State. Piaotian Literature

After reading this battle report, Tang Yin was furious and used four words to describe Li Shu: fool, idiot.

The strengths of the Zhen Army are encounter battles and surprise attacks, while the strengths of the Sichuan Army are positional battles and corps battles. Li Shu used his own weaknesses to fight the strengths of the Sichuan Army. What else could he be but a fool?

What made Tang Yin angry was certainly not the more than 100,000 Zhen Army soldiers who died or were injured. No matter how many Zhen people died, he would not feel sorry. What he felt sorry for was the armaments lost by the Zhen Army in this battle. Those were all supported by Feng State, and they were considered investments by Feng State.

After this battle, Li Shu's forces were severely damaged. If the Sichuan Army could gather its forces in a short period of time and take advantage of the situation to attack, Li Shu's forces would be difficult to survive, and then the armaments and money and food that Feng State provided to them would be completely lost and wasted.

Another important point is that Tang Yin does not want Li Shu's forces to be wiped out by the Sichuan Army. The existence of Li Shu's forces can greatly restrain Sichuan and consume the national strength of Sichuan, which is very beneficial to Feng.

After receiving the battle report from Zhendi, Tang Yin immediately summoned the civil and military ministers of Feng to discuss how to make Li Shu's forces survive this difficult time and continue to survive in Zhendi.

The ministers of Feng were not optimistic about the situation in Zhendi. In the battle of Wangxi Plain, the Zhen Army fought too badly and lost most of its troops, while the Sichuan Army could at least gather the strength of two corps. The strength of the two sides was very different. If the Sichuan court sent reinforcements at this time, the gap between the two sides would be even greater. This could not be made up by relying on Feng's support of some military equipment and money and food.

Xiao Muqing frowned and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, no matter how much military equipment and money and food we give to Li Shu, it will probably be useless."

Tang Yin asked: "Muqing, what do you think?"

Xiao Muqing said seriously: "Send troops to reinforce!" He looked at everyone present and continued: "Li Shu now has less than 100,000 soldiers and generals, and the Sichuan army in Fantiao County and Jinggu County, which are close to him, has at least two corps. If the Sichuan army attacks at this time, the Zhen people will definitely be defeated. If we want the Zhen people to withstand the attack of the Sichuan army, our country can only send troops to reinforce directly. Of course, our reinforcements can first dress up as Zhen people, so as to avoid direct hostility with Sichuan."

Tang Yin rubbed his chin and remained silent. Qiu Zhen shook his head and said, "After all, we Feng people are not Zhen people. Even if we change our clothes, we can still be recognized by Chuan people at a glance. Let Chuan people know that our country has sent troops to reinforce Li Shu's forces, which is undoubtedly equivalent to declaring war on Chuan. At that time, our country may have to start a full-scale war with Chuan. This... is not a wise move!"

What Qiu Zhen said was exactly what Tang Yin was worried about. Now Feng Country is not ready for a full-scale war with Chuan. If it starts a war hastily, it is likely to follow the footsteps of the last disastrous defeat.

The last defeat led to the annihilation of the Feiyu Army. The previous lesson is still vivid in Tang Yin's mind. He dare not take such a risk again.

He nodded repeatedly, indicating that Qiu Zhen was right. Sending troops directly to Zhendi was a bad strategy. Xiao Muqing shook his head and said, "If our country cannot send troops directly to help, in my opinion, Li Shu and his party will surely perish!"

Tang Yin raised his hand, tapped his forehead lightly, and murmured, "Is there no other good plan besides sending troops directly to help?"

Liang Qi rolled his eyes and continued, "Since sending troops is not possible, our country can send generals."

"Oh? Tell me in detail." Tang Yin's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Liang Qi said, "The biggest problem facing Li Shu's forces now is not the lack of soldiers and generals, but the lack of a commander who can command the three armies and plan strategies. If our country can send a commander to Zhendi to take over the soldiers and generals under Li Shu, with the combat power of the Zhen people, even if facing the strong attack of the two legions of Chuan State, it may not be impossible to win."

Tang Yin nodded, thinking that Liang Qi's words were to the point. The commander of the rebels is Li Shu now, but can he fight? Perhaps he has a very high political talent, and is very good at winning people's hearts and boosting morale, but his ability to lead troops in battle is really too ordinary. Through this battle of Wangxi Plain, it can be seen that Li Shu has no strategic vision, and even does not have the self-knowledge of a qualified commander. Even if the Zhen people are a tiger and wolf army, if he is led by such a person, he can't fight a beautiful battle.

He said: "What Liang Qi said makes sense, but which general should we send to Zhendi to take over the Zhen army?"

Seeing Tang Yin looking at him eagerly, Liang Qi hurriedly lowered his head without saying a word. Seeing this, Tang Yin also understood that Liang Qi was unwilling to go to Zhendi.

He shook his head secretly. Since Liang Qi didn't want to go, he couldn't force it. Tang Yin turned his eyes and looked at Xiao Muqing, Ziying and other generals. No matter who he looked at, the other party either bowed his head or turned his eyes elsewhere, and didn't look at him.

Ha! Everyone really has a tacit understanding. They are unwilling to go to Zhendi. Tang Yin smiled bitterly in his heart.

Actually, it is not the fault of the generals of the Feng army to retreat. First of all, this battle is not easy to fight. It is not easy to defeat the majority with the minority and the strong with the weak. If it is not extremely difficult, no one is willing to fight such a battle.

Secondly, and most importantly, how can it be so easy to take over the military power of the rebels? Feng Guo has already sent a supervisory army, and he is also a veteran and experienced general like Tao Yuanfeng, but is his opinion listened to? If Zhenren was willing to listen, he would not have fought in the hopeless plain. If he went there by himself, what would be the point if he was pushed aside by Zhenren like Tao Yuanfeng?

Seeing that all the generals were speechless and avoiding his gaze, Tang Yin was angry and sighed. Of course, he could understand everyone's thoughts. After pondering for a while, he slowly said: "Well, since you don't If you are willing to take this trip, then let me go!”

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed and they almost said in unison: "No, Your Majesty!"

Tang Yin waved his hand and said: "Zhen people are unruly. If you go, let alone take over the military power of the rebels, I am afraid that even if you make suggestions, Li Shu may not listen to them. But it will be different if I go there in person. Li Shu There will still be some fear.”

"But Your Majesty, this trip is dangerous!" Everyone leaned forward involuntarily and said nervously.

"It's not that dangerous. I'm just worried that I may not be able to lead the Zhen people to defeat the Sichuan army, so..." As Tang Yin spoke, he turned to look at Qing Yu with a smile and said, "General Qing Yu will come with me. Go ahead!”

Anyway, the Feiyu Army has been wiped out in Kawachi and is now being reorganized. It will take a long time. Qingyu will remain in the country as a polished commander with nothing to do and an idler. Of course, Tang Yin was embarrassed to say the rest.

Tang Yin took the initiative to invite him, but Qing Yu really couldn't decide. After holding it in for a while, he reluctantly said: "Since the king has an order, I will obey it."

After learning the lesson last time, Qingyu sincerely did not want to fight with Tang Yin. It was true that Tang Yin was good at making strange moves in battles, but strange moves often coexisted with risks. This was not in line with Qingyu's calm style, but Tang Yin And it happened to be the king. If there was a dispute, Qingyu could only obey Tang Yin. The annihilation of Feiyu's army was a bloody example.

Hearing that Qingyu agreed reluctantly, Tang Yin also knew that he was still angry with him. He smiled dryly with embarrassment on his face and said: "Qingyu, when I go to Zhendi this time, I will listen to you. You are the master, and I am. auxiliary……"

Before he finished speaking, Qingyu couldn't wait to bend forward and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Tang Yin blinked. Qingyu's words didn't sound like he was praising himself.

After the Battle of Wangxi Plain, the Zhenren rebel forces headed by Li Shu were in danger. As a last resort, Tang Yin had no choice but to go to Bainan County in Zhenxi in person to relieve the rebels' urgent needs.

Tang Yin was quite self-aware and knew very well that he was only a handful. His ability to lead an army in battle was probably not much better than that of Li Shu, so he cleverly roped in Qing Yu, a genius commander. With Qing Yu here, he believed that even if There are only 70,000 to 80,000 people left in the Zhen army, which is enough to resist the 200,000 Sichuan army.

Worried about being recognized by the Sichuan army, Tang Yin did not bring too many guards. The number of people who followed him to Zhendi was less than 500, and among them were mainly elites such as Dark Arrow, Sky Eye, and Diwang.

In order to hide their identities, the group of them also changed into casual clothes and dressed up as a caravan.

Before departure, Fengguo sent a letter to Li Shu. It did not mention that Tang Yin would come to Zhendi. It only said that Qingyu would be sent to assist the Zhen army and asked Li Shu to arrange for men to go to the Fengchuan border to meet him.

To make a long story short, Tang Yin entrusted the affairs of the court to Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji, and he took Qingyu and his party to leave Shangjing and go to the junction of Fengchuan. There was no talking all the way. After arriving at the agreed place, I successfully met Zhen Ren who was waiting there.

Li Shu still attached great importance to Qingyu's arrival, and specially sent his general Meng Xiong to lead two thousand elite men to respond. Meng Xiong is a fierce general among the rebels. He is as famous as Raymond. They are both known for their strength and bravery in battle.

When Meng Xiong saw Qingyu, he was absolutely shocked. He had never seen such a beautiful man before. He had fair skin, was soft and frail, and was simply more delicate than a woman.

He had already been warned by Li Shu when he came. Meng Xiong was naturally very polite to Qingyu and treated him like a distinguished guest. In addition, Qingyu was tall and delicate, so Meng Xiong took even more care of him on the way.

Zhendi is relatively peaceful now, at least for the rebels. The Sichuan troops stationed in Zhendi have long been frightened by the rebels. Most of them are huddled in the towns and do not dare to go out easily. Meng Xiong escorts Tang Yin and his party As long as you don't stay in the city along the way, you will basically not encounter the Sichuan army.

From the border between Fengchuan and Fengchuan to Bainan County in Zhenxi, they traveled day and night, traveling at full speed, and still walked for more than half a month.