Chapter 538

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Now Du Ji has officially started a battle with Ningguo, but Fengguo is still calm and there is no sign of sending troops. Du Ji's King Alden Ehrlich is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He knows that with Du Ji's national strength, it is more than enough to catch Ningguo off guard. Once he encounters the main central army of Ningguo, Du Ji's small force can be trampled by others. He summoned Zhang Fang, the envoy sent by Tang Yin, several times in a row to ask him when Fengguo will send troops to Ningguo.

Now Zhang Fang has no idea in his heart. He has already reported the agreed time to Tang Yin, but Tang Yin refuses to send troops. What can he do? He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say it that way. Zhang Fang's reply to Alden Ehrlich was that Fengguo was suffering from severe floods, and it was unknown when to send troops to Ningguo.

How could Alden Ehrlich be satisfied with this vague answer? At this time, there were also voices of dissatisfaction with the king's decision within the Du Ji court. Many ministers believed that Alden Ehrlich believed in Tang Yin's sweet words and rashly sent troops to Ningguo, which led to Du Ji's current situation of being caught in a dilemma. Now Du Ji would not give up even if he withdrew his troops from Ningguo. They could only bite the bullet and continue to fight. If the news of defeat was sent back from the front, Alden Ehrlich's throne would immediately become precarious.

On the eleventh day of the ninth month of the Feng calendar, Fengguo finally made a move. The central army of the Feng army launched a grand military review in Yancheng, the capital of Feng.

This military review can be called a grand occasion, unprecedented and unparalleled. It is unclear how many Fengjun soldiers participated. At that time, Yancheng was covered with a uniform wind flag. The soldiers participating in the military review entered Yancheng from the north gate, crossed the main road, and went straight to the palace. When they arrived at the north gate of the palace, the team changed direction, bypassed the palace, and walked through the main gate of the palace, which is the south gate.

The soldiers of the Feng Army who participated in the military parade were strong and powerful, and the cavalry was walking in the front. The cavalry of Feng Country has never been strong. Feng Country has many mountains and swamps, and it does not produce good horses. However, since Tang Yin took charge of the Tianyuan Army, he has been buying military horses on a large scale, and the gold and silver he has spent are countless. Now the war horses of the Feng Army are roughly divided into two categories. One is the war horses purchased from the Mo Country. Most of the people riding Mo horses are light cavalry, who are good at speed and good at close-range sneak attacks and charges. The other is the Pabu horses purchased from Besa. Most of the people riding Pabu horses are heavy knights, and the armor and weapons they carry are much heavier than those of light cavalry. Pabu horses do not have the speed of Mo horses, but they are strong and good at long-distance travel, suitable for use in long-distance battles.

Seeing the cavalry of the Feng Army marching slowly in a neat and uniform square formation, the people of Feng Country who came to watch shouted like a landslide and tsunami, and their emotions were excited and their blood was boiling. In the past, military parades were basically held in the military training grounds, which were only visible to the monarch and ministers, and had nothing to do with ordinary people. Now Tang Yin brought the military parade to the city, which was a precedent in the Haotian Empire.

At this time, Tang Yin, surrounded by the civil and military ministers, slowly walked to the palace wall of the palace, looked down, and saw the endless cavalry, which made him very proud. Looking further, he saw the endless civilians. Tang Yin roughly estimated that there were at least hundreds of thousands of people who came to watch the military parade. What he didn't know was that now there were countless people from Fengguo gathered on both sides of the main road outside the palace, which could be said to be a huge crowd.

After the cavalry column, there was the archer column. In fact, the current Feng army did not distinguish between archers and melee soldiers. Soldiers who picked up bows and arrows were archers, and those who changed to swords were melee soldiers. However, in order to make the military parade complete, Qiu Zhen still separated some soldiers as archers.

After the archers passed, the crossbow phalanx followed. In this era when crossbows were not popular, Tang Yin played a role in promoting crossbows. After he became king, he specially established the Arms Department for Xuan Wang, gave Xuan Wang a clear official position, and allocated him sufficient manpower, materials and venues for him to develop military equipment.

Now Fengguo's crossbows have begun mass production and are equipped in large quantities in the hands of soldiers of various armies.

Following the crossbowmen is the military equipment logistics army. This square formation is not dominated by people. It is full of large-scale attack equipment, including catapults, battering rams, thunderbolt chariots, city-breaking crossbows, army-breaking crossbows, etc. Many people have seen these things for the first time in their lives. Whenever a large machine passes by in front of them, people can't help but exclaim.

Walking at the end is also the finale of the military parade, the close-combat infantry. No matter how fast the warhorse is, how sharp the bows and crossbows are, and how domineering the large-scale military equipment is, the close-combat infantry will have to achieve a complete defeat of the opponent and full occupation in the end. Close-combat infantry is the protagonist of eternal inconvenience on the battlefield.

The melee infantry of the Feng Army is world-famous for its bravery in battle, and is also known as the Tiger and Wolf Division. Before the melee infantry phalanx arrived in front of the palace, the dull and heavy footsteps were heard from afar. The steps of the Feng Army soldiers were so neat that they almost made a sound when they moved forward, accompanied by the vibration of the ground.

Boom, boom, boom - at this time, the inside and outside of the palace suddenly became magically quiet, leaving only the footsteps of the infantry phalanx getting closer and closer. People subconsciously stretched their necks and looked towards the street. When the infantry phalanx finally appeared in people's sight, the field suddenly erupted with earth-shaking cheers.

Looking at the infantry formation, flags were waving, embroidered ribbons were fluttering, black armors were red tassels, and swords and spears were like forests. Looking up, it was all scarlet, and looking down, it was all black. Black and red met, this is the characteristic of the Feng Army.

"Wind, wind, strong wind, strong wind--"

The infantry walked through the main gate of the palace, and the soldiers shouted together. The shouts immediately spread to everyone present. The people outside the palace followed the shouts, and the guards and ministers inside the palace also shouted. At this time, people's excitement reached the climax of the military parade.

The news of the Feng Kingdom's military parade reached Du Ji, and the Du Ji royal court headed by Alden Ehrenreich was dumbfounded. People almost didn't dare to believe that this was true. They had invaded the territory of Ning Kingdom according to the original agreement, and the Feng Kingdom army that promised to join forces with them to fight Ning was still in Yancheng. Even if they sent troops immediately, they would have to wait for a month to reach Ningdi! At this time, even Alden Ehrenreich felt that he was indeed deceived by Tang Yin. The same news reached the court of Ning State. The rulers and ministers of Ning State, led by Yan Chu, all breathed a sigh of relief. The main force of Feng State was still in Yancheng. The eastern border of the country was safe. Now they could concentrate on dealing with the reckless Du Ji city-state in the north.

However, just three days after the incident, the court of Feng State suddenly posted a notice to suppress rebellion, saying that Ning State first occupied the Hedong area of ​​Feng State's territory, and then colluded with the traitor Zhong Tian in Feng State, killed the former king Zhan Hua, tampered with the name of Feng State, and attempted to make Feng State a vassal of Ning State. What they did was infuriating to both humans and gods. The current monarch Tang Yin formally declared war on Ning State to avenge the murder of the former king and the loss of land.

When this edict to suppress rebellion was announced, Feng State was in an uproar. People did not oppose the declaration of war on Ning, but felt that the incident came too suddenly and they had not heard any news in advance. Fengguo suddenly declared war on Ning, which also surprised the government and the people of Ningguo. I don’t know what the Fengwang Tang Yin took wrong. He dared to declare war on Ning when the country was suffering from disasters. Isn’t this courting death?

The ministers of Ningguo also made a joke about this matter, saying that after wiping out Du Ji, they would wait for the army to withdraw and then attack Fengdi to destroy Tang Yin’s arrogance.

On the second day after Fengguo issued the edict to suppress rebellion, 400,000 Feng troops had quietly left Tongmen and entered the Hedong area.

As early as the day when Fengguo’s military parade ended, Tang Yin quietly left Fengdu Yancheng and rode fast horses with his generals and counselors to Tongmen. Along the way, everyone slept in the open air and hardly stopped. It took only four days to get from Yancheng to Tongmen.

After arriving at Tongmen, Tang Yin and his people had a good rest for a night. In the early morning of the next day, Tang Yin summoned all the generals and discussed the specific details of the attack in detail. Then breakfast was served and the whole army went out to attack.

The first wave came out from the Sky Eagle Army led by Ziying. As the vanguard, the Sky Eagle Army neither attacked Xiaoxia nor Fengcheng, but slowly passed through the middle of the two cities and went deep into the hinterland of Hedong.

The reason why the Sky Eagle Army marched slowly was that Tang Yin deliberately arranged it. Its purpose was to attract the garrisons of Xiaoxia and Fengcheng to attack. There were 100,000 garrisons in each of these two cities. If they really defended the city, it would not be easy to take it down even with the Pingyuan Army and Sanshui Army. If these 200,000 people could be led out of the city and fight on the flat ground, it would be effortless for their side to win.

Tang Yin's calculations were very good, but Xiaoxia and Fengcheng were not fooled.

The commander of the 100,000 Ning Army stationed in Xiaoxia was Wu Huan, the general of Ningzhong. This man was famous for his cowardice and fear of Yan Chu. At the beginning, Yan Chu gave him the order to station in Xiaoxia and not lead the army out of the city without his will no matter what happened. The reason why Yan Chu issued such an order was mainly because he was afraid that the generals below would be eager for merit and rashly attack Tongmen. At present, there are 200,000 Feng troops guarding Tongmen, which is as solid as a copper wall and iron wall. If the army attacks, not only will it fail to take it down, but it will also increase casualties.

Wu Huan didn't know what Yan Chu's purpose was. He only remembered the king's order that he should stay in Xiaoxia and not leave the city. At this time, the scouts below reported that they suddenly found that a Feng army of about 100,000 people suddenly entered Hedong and was slowly passing between Xiaoxia and Fengcheng.

Upon hearing this news, the generals under Wu Huan were overjoyed. There were 100,000 people from Fengguo, and they were walking between Xiaoxia and Fengcheng. Isn't this a good opportunity to attack the Feng army from both sides and make extraordinary achievements? The generals immediately asked Wu Huan for a battle and asked him to notify the general Yan Ze stationed in Fengcheng to send troops from both sides to attack the Feng army.

Hearing the generals' requests, Wu Huan shook his head like a rattle and said quietly, "The king has ordered us to stay here and not go out. If I go out now, even if I can achieve great success, it will be disobeying orders and I may lose my head. If I don't go out now, I will be obeying the king's order. No matter where the Feng army goes, it has nothing to do with me."