Chapter 241

Zong Yuan said slowly: "In a battle between two armies, killing the enemy is the priority, and attacking the enemy's mind is the priority! If you want to annihilate the 400,000 Ning army at the minimum cost, you must first destabilize the army's morale."

Xiao Muqing waved his hands impatiently. Anyone who has read military books and tactics would say this, so there was no need for him to explain it. But before he could speak, Zong Yuan continued: "It's easy to destabilize Ning Jun's military morale, just cut off his retreat."

As he said that, he looked at Xiao Muqing and saw that the latter was interested. He said: "If the Tianyuan Army sends out a surprise force while fighting the Ning Army head-on, they will not take the official route, but only take the mountain road and quietly bypass Yancheng. A sneak attack on Tongmen, taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared, will definitely succeed. Once Tongmen is taken down, the 400,000 Ning troops will be isolated in the wind, unable to advance or retreat. If they don't attack, they will be in chaos! "

"Ah..." After hearing Zong Yuan's words, Xiao Muqing took a breath and launched a sneak attack on Tongmen. This strategy was novel and bold enough, but it was also a clever plan that caught everyone by surprise. At this time, he had to look at Zong Yuan with admiration and felt that this person was not just a boaster.

Xiao Muqing admired Zong Yuan's plan very much, so when he left Huaiyang, he took Zong Yuan with him when he took the initiative to surrender. If this person is really talented and can be reused by Tang Yin, he can be regarded as having made a great contribution.

After successfully capturing Huaiyang, the Pingyuan Army turned back and joined the main force of the Tianyuan Army led by Tang Yin.

At this time, the Ning army had already marched into Jinhua City and started a confrontation with the Tianyuan army of more than 300,000 people.

In terms of overall military strength, both sides have about the same military strength and similar combat power. There is no obvious gap. Such an evenly matched battle is undoubtedly the most difficult for both sides.

Now the Ning Army is about to start a tit-for-tat battle against Mai Mang on the plains. The atmosphere in the Tianyuan Army camp is also very tense. The soldiers are coming and going in a hurry, and the detectives from the Sky Eye and the Ground Network are like a revolving lantern. The situation is reported back to one's own camp.

Tang Yin was not idle either. He discussed strategies against the enemy with his generals all day long.

Qiu Zhen, Zhang Zhe and other counselors all believed that the war should not start now. After all, their most powerful Pingyuan Army was on their way back, and they should wait for the Pingyuan Army to return before confronting the Ning Army. However, they wanted to wait, but Ning Jun was unwilling to wait any longer. Since entering Jinhua City, Ning Jun had become arrogant and provoked repeatedly, asking Tianyuan Army to come out of camp to fight.

Shangguan Yuanrang had fought against Ning's army and knew that Ning's army was weak. When provoked by Ning's army, he was the first to become unable to sit still and asked Tang Yin to give him a force and go out to fight against Ning's army. Tang Yin was worried. When he was defending Jinhua City, there were city walls to rely on, so it was not a problem to fight with a small number of enemies. But now they are fighting on flat ground with no danger to rely on. If he wants to fight against a large number of Ning's troops with a small number of troops, it will be difficult. It's not that simple anymore.

In the end, Tang Yin did not agree to Shangguan Yuanrang's request to fight, and ordered the entire army to strictly guard the camp and not go out to fight.

As a result, Ning's army thought that Tianyuan's army was timid in fighting, became more arrogant, and became more diligent in attacking the enemy.

However, Tang Yin was determined to wait for the Pingyuan Army to return without fighting. The Ning Army finally couldn't bear it and launched a tentative attack, taking the initiative to attack the Tianyuan Army's camp.

The Tianyuan Army's camp is very strong and guarded by more than 300,000 troops. How can it be so easy to break through? The Ning army just sent out the front army to test it out. Seeing that the Tianyuan army's counterattack was very strong, they hastily withdrew, and then continued to call formation every day, hoping to draw the Tianyuan army out of the camp and fight again.

Three days later, the Pingyuan Army led by Xiao Muqing returned to the Tianyuan Army camp. With the return of the Pingyuan Army, the Tianyuan Army really began to designate detailed strategies for fighting the enemy.

Inside the Chinese military tent.

The generals of the Tianyuan Army and the generals of Besa's reinforcements gathered together, and the large Chinese military tent now seemed a bit small. Tang Yin ordered people to place a sand table in the center of the tent and prepare small black and white flags to be placed in the sand table to simulate a battle between the two sides.

Tang Yin looked around at the generals present and asked, "Who has a good strategy for fighting Ning's army? Please tell me quickly!"

Looking at the people on the left and right, Qiu Zhen took a step forward, walked to the sand table, and said: "I think the Pingyuan Army is the most powerful army in our army. It should be the main force in the battle and be used for head-on confrontation with the enemy. The Shui Army and the Chifeng Army form the left and right wings, and your Excellency will command the Directly Affiliated Army as the rear force! After the battle, the Pingyuan Army will advance from the center, and the Sanshui Army and the Chifeng Army on both wings will attack the Ning Army on both sides. If there is difficulty in advancing on either side, , Your Excellency can direct the direct army to support which side."

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded repeatedly after hearing this, feeling that Qiu Zhen's strategy was feasible.

At this time, Xiao Muqing added: "There is no problem for the Pingyuan Army to be the main force of the Chinese army. However, it is best to insert the Bessa Cavalry into our army's formation. When fighting with the Ning Army, our army can use the Bessa Cavalry as the main force. Vanguard, disrupt the enemy's formation, so that the next battle will be much easier."

"That makes sense!" Tang Yin looked up at Xiaona and Blanca and asked what they meant. Besa's translators immediately translated Xiao Muqing's words into Morpheus and told them to them. After listening, Blanca had no objection and nodded: "That's no problem."

The most powerful thing about Ning's army is the arrow formation, while the most powerful thing about the heavy armored cavalry is defense. Besa cavalry takes the lead, which can be said to be a direct victory over the enemy.

Tang Yin looked up and smiled. In his opinion, his chances of winning with this strategy were 60% to 70%.

At this time, another person stood beside the sand table, picked up a black flag, placed it in the center of the white flag, and said: "If our army can mobilize a light cavalry, quickly raid the center of the Ning army when the two armies are fighting, and insert it into the center of the Ning army, this will cause chaos in the enemy's center. In this way, the Ning army will not be able to take care of the front and back, and our army will fight more smoothly."

"Oh?" Hearing this, everyone present was shocked and turned their heads to look at the person who was speaking.

This man was less than 30 years old, short and short, not good-looking, and a little fat, but his two small eyes were shining, giving people a sense of wisdom. Everyone was stunned. They didn't know who this person was, and didn't know how he got into the central army tent. Tang Yin had never seen him before, and asked, "Who is this..."

Xiao Muqing hurriedly replied, "Sir, this is Master Zong Yuanzong. The reason why our army was able to capture Huaiyang without bloodshed this time is also thanks to Master Zong's advice to the county chief Master Yu, and Master Zong intends to surrender to you, so I brought him here, but I just forgot to introduce him to you, I hope you can forgive me!"

"Oh!" Tang Yin nodded. It can be seen that this Zong Yuan is also a counselor. Although he has many counselors and staff under his command, the more talents the better. Since he has come to surrender, there is no reason for him to push him away. He smiled and nodded at Zong Yuan, saying, "It turns out to be Mr. Zong Yuan. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Ah! My lord is polite!" Seeing that Tang Yin was very polite to him, Zong Yuan hurriedly bowed in return.

"Just now, Mr. Zong Yuan said to use a light cavalry to attack the center of the Ning army?"

"Yes, sir. Under your command is General Yuan Rang, who is the bravest of the three armies. If this light cavalry can be led by General Yuan Rang, it will be able to cause chaos in the center of the Ning army. The center is the foundation. Once the center is in chaos, the whole army will be in chaos. At that time, our army will follow the tactics of the two adults above and will definitely defeat the Ning army!"

Although Zong Yuan is Yu Tao's subordinate, he is also very familiar with the situation of the Tianyuan Army. At least he knows that there is a Shangguan Yuan Rang among them, who is very capable.

After hearing his words, Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't help laughing, his face full of pride. He bowed to Tang Yin and said, "Sir, leave the task of raiding the enemy's center to me! If there is a chance, I will take off Zhan Wushuang's head directly."

Tang Yin actually had a light cavalry under his command, and it was an extremely fast light cavalry. Its horses were all excellent war horses from the Mo Kingdom. In the past, he often used this cavalry to raid Besa's town, causing the latter a headache. Now that Besa has become an ally, this light cavalry has not been used.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then turned to ask Qiu Zhen: "How many war horses do we have left from the Mo Kingdom?"

Qiu Zhen replied calmly: "There are more than 10,000 horses now!"

Tang Yin rolled his eyes, looked at the sand table again, and said: "Yuan Rang, when the battle starts, you lead 5,000 light cavalry from south to north to raid the center of the Ning Army, and I lead another 5,000 light cavalry from north to south to raid the center of the Ning Army. You and I can attack from both sides, which can not only echo each other, but also completely cut off the Ning Army camp. What do you think?"

As long as there is a battle to fight, and it is an important battle, Shangguan Yuan Rang will have no objection. After listening, he bowed and said: "Just do as you wish!"

He has no objection, but others have.

Qiu Zhen grinned and said: "Your Excellency is going to fight in person again..."

Tang Yin waved his hand and smiled: "I know you are worried. This time I will fight with my clone."

Hearing what he said, everyone was relieved. Cheng Jin hurriedly approached and said, "In this case, we have already used our clones to go with you, sir!"

Tang Yin had no objection, nodded, and said, "Okay! General Cheng, you arrange some hidden arrow brothers to fight with me!"

"Yes! Sir!"

After the battle plan was finalized, Tang Yin and his generals breathed a sigh of relief. They were nervous and excited about tomorrow's battle, worried and looking forward to it. People all understood that whether they would have an advantage or disadvantage over the Ning army in the future would depend on the result of tomorrow's battle.

After the meeting, the generals returned to the camp to rest and replenish their spirits and physical strength to cope with tomorrow's battle. Tang Yin himself walked out of the tent, accompanied by several guards, and walked slowly in the camp.

He walked and pondered, not knowing how long it had been. When he came to his senses, he looked forward and saw a large tent in the shape of a mound in front of him. Compared with other military tents, it seemed out of place. He asked the guard beside him: "Whose tent is this?"

A guard hurriedly replied: "Sir, this... should be Princess Besa's tent."

Tang Yin responded lightly and walked over. No matter what his impression of Xiao Na was, she came all the way to reinforce him, so he should always come to visit her.