Chapter 740

News of the disastrous defeat of the Western Army spread back to Liangzhou, and the Ningguo government and the public were shocked. The more than 100,000 Western Army, including its commander Wei Zheng, were completely wiped out by the Pingyuan Army. This outcome was unexpected by everyone, including Yan Chu and The latest chapter including Chang Sun Yuanhong.

The loss of the general Wei Zheng and the Western Army who were accustomed to fighting was a huge blow to Ning's army. Yan Chu, an ambitious young man who was so ambitious, couldn't help but feel that a disaster was coming. The Feng-Mo coalition was in turmoil in the south. After winning consecutive battles, the Feng army is eyeing the east and is ready to attack. How to deal with this?

At this time, Right Minister Zhang Zhihong took the opportunity to stand up and propose, asking Yan Chu to dispatch Sun Yuanhong, the commander-in-chief, to go south to solve the current urgent need.

Zhang Zhihong's proposal was supported by many Ningguo ministers. Even the ministers of the non-rightist faction believed that only Changsun Yuanhong could solve the crisis in the south.

However, Yan Chu was hesitant. Now Changsun Yuanhong is the last trump card in his hand, so he naturally has to stay to protect the capital. If he is sent to fight in the south, if something goes wrong or the Feng army from the east takes the opportunity to attack, it will be very bad.

After hearing Zhang Zhihong's proposal, Yan Chu did not express his position immediately, but asked Sun Yuanhong, "General Yuanhong, do you have any good ideas?"

From the bottom of his heart, Changsun Yuanhong wanted to go to the south. His impression of Wei Zheng was not good, but definitely not bad. However, the Western Army was the son-in-law he brought out with his own hands. Now it is completely destroyed by the Pingyuan Army. Annihilation, Zhang Sun Yuanhong's heart was bleeding. It would be an absolute lie to say that he did not want to go south to avenge the blood feud.

However, his reason did not allow him to do this. After all, there was still a large number of Fengjun hoarding in the east, and the Fengjun's behavior was very abnormal. It seemed that they had no intention of rushing westward. With Tang Yin's character, he must be plotting secretly. What, he didn't dare to leave the capital rashly.

He pondered for a long time, then Fang sneered, cupped his hands and said, "I have no good strategy, I just want to stay in the capital!" While speaking, eldest son Yuanhong didn't even look at Yan Chu.

He had some complaints and even resentment towards Yan Chu. Either you don't use yourself. Since you use yourself, you don't trust him. If he didn't transfer him back to the capital from the Hexi camp, how could the Feng army have been so successful? After attacking across the Zhanghe River, how could the Western Army be completely wiped out under the command of Wei Zheng? It can be said that the Western Army did not die at the hands of the Pingyuan Army, but at the hands of Yan Chu.

Yan Chu didn't know what Changsun Yuanhong was thinking, but seeing his arrogant attitude, the hand placed under the table slowly clenched into a fist. From Yan Chu's point of view, Changsun Yuanhong must have thought that he had no one to rely on now and could only rely on him, so he dared to act unscrupulously in front of him and not take him seriously at all.

Yan Chu and Changsun Yuanhong, a pair of monarchs and ministers, never thought of going together when they were thinking about the problem, but neither one was willing to speak out what was in their heart. As a result, neither one trusted the other, and the conflicts between them became deeper and deeper.

Changsun Yuanhong's arrogance made Yan Chuhen's teeth itch, but he was helpless. He really had no one available now and could only rely on Changsun Yuanhong. He sighed secretly, turned to Zhang Zhihong and said: "Prime Minister Zhang, what General Yuan Hong said makes sense. I think it is most appropriate for General Yuan Hong to stay in the capital."

Zhang Zhihong frowned and said sternly: "Now the main force of the Feng-Mo coalition is in the south. If there are no generals to counter it, I am afraid that it won't be long before the main force of the Feng-Mo coalition reaches Liangzhou. When the troops arrive at the city, the king will regret it. ah!"

"But……"

Yan Chu hesitated and was about to speak when Changsun Yuanhong interrupted: "But what if I go south and the Feng Army in the east suddenly attacks? Hexi is far from Liangzhou, and it only takes half a month for a quick march to arrive. Once the Feng Army comes, , who in the capital can resist the wind army?"

Yan Chu was even more upset when his words were interrupted by him, but he had to admit that what he said made sense, and that was exactly his concern.

Zhang Zhihong smiled slightly and said to the eldest son, Yuanhong: "Does General Yuanhong think that we have no one in Daning? Don't forget, just a few months ago, Lin Han, the head of Xiaoling County, defeated the Feng Army in Daiyun City. , completely annihilated the Feng Army's Sky Eagle Army, which was a whole legion. Now the Feng Army in the east has been severely weakened and is too frightened to move forward. Let alone Liangzhou, even Xiaoling County and the others cannot be defeated. Woolen cloth!"

Changsun Yuanhong wanted to call Zhang Zhihong a pig brain, but he suppressed his anger and said coldly: "As far as I know, the defeat of the Sky Eagle Army was due to the change of generals on the spot, not the strategy and tactics of Commander Lin. Gao Ming. Now that Tang Yin has reactivated Ziying and the Sky Eagle Army has been rebuilt, does Prime Minister Zhang think Commander Lin can still hold on?"

What he said was true, but his tone was too tough and arrogant, and he was completely arrogant, as if there was no one in Ningguo who could fight except his eldest grandson Yuanhong. After hearing this, all the ministers looked at each other with anger, even Yan Chu frowned and looked at the eldest grandson Yuanhong coldly.

I don't know whether he was pretending or was really angry at Changsun Yuanhong's words. Zhang Zhihong trembled, pointed at Changsun Yuanhong, and shouted angrily: "General Yuanhong said this... I don't think it is too... too contemptuous of me, Daning." Talented man, has he destroyed his own prestige by overestimating his enemy's ambition?"

snort! Changsun Yuanhong chuckled, raised his head, looked around at the ministers, and said slowly: "Prime Minister Zhang, there is no need to be angry, I am telling the truth."

"you……"

"Stop arguing."

Yan Chu stood up from the table, looked at Zhang Zhihong, and then at the eldest son Yuanhong, pacing back and forth in front of the king's chair distractedly.

He really couldn't make up his mind whether to send Changsun Yuanhong to the south. If he didn't send him, the war in the south would be tense, and the local army gathered in Jiashang County would definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Fengmo coalition. If he sent him out, he would be too empty around him. If the Feng army in the east suddenly exerted its strength and quickly broke through Xiaoling County, the capital would be in danger.

Alas! Finally, Yan Chu sighed and said, "This matter needs to be carefully considered by the king. I will discuss it later. I will leave the court!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and turned away.

Zhang Zhihong's proposal was not accepted by Yan Chu because of Changsun Yuanhong's obstruction. Of course, he would not stop there. Whether Changsun Yuanhong could be separated from the capital would be related to whether he could sit on the throne of Ningguo in the future.

As Tang Yin said, under the trend of lust and greed, people's eyes are often blinded. So shrewd Zhang Zhihong did not see Fengmo's intention to swallow Ning, and regarded it as a crusade under the order of the emperor. This is also an incredible thing.

When he returned home, he immediately found the Sky Eye personnel who lived in his house and asked him to quickly send a message to Tang Yin in Hexi, asking the Feng Army in Hexi to attack Xiaoling County again and then lose again. Only in this way can he have a strong excuse to let Yan Chu transfer Changsun Yuanhong to the south.

According to his intention, the Sky Eye spy sent a pigeon to Hexi to explain Zhang Zhihong's intention.

Soon, the letter arrived in Hexi and was finally handed over to Tang Yin.

During this period, Tang Yin had been waiting for news from Liangzhou. Now he finally received the letter from Zhang Zhihong. He read the content carefully, then closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, smiled lightly, and murmured: "Very good, it seems that Zhang Zhihong is really working for me."

Zhang Zhihong let himself suffer another defeat, obviously to confuse Liangzhou. The reason for doing this must be that his advice was obstructed.

I am not afraid of him making requests, but I am afraid that he will not make requests silently.

Now, the troops of the Hexi Camp have been greatly supplemented. First, the second batch of reinforcements from Fengguo arrived, which restored the troops of the Sky Eagle Army and the direct army to 100,000. Second, the new army was rebuilt.

Originally, the Sky Eagle Army was a cannon fodder army in the Feng Army. Now the new army has replaced the Sky Eagle Army and become the new cannon fodder army in the Feng Army. The troops that make up the new army are basically Ning people, from soldiers to centurions and even corps commanders, all Ning people. Only the corps commander is a Feng person, who was also appointed by Tang Yin himself, and is still Guan Tang as before.

Last time, all the new army was lost in Zhanghe. Now, after reconstruction, about 50,000 Ning people have been recruited, and Guan Tang is the corps commander. In fact, the new army is far from the establishment of a corps, and Guan Tang's title of corps commander is far from that of Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, Ziying and others. In fact, his military rank is only slightly higher than that of the corps commander.

The rank of his commander-in-chief can also show the current status of the new army in the Feng Army.

After receiving the letter, Tang Yin immediately ordered the Sky Eagle Army and the New Army to attack Xiaoling County together, with Ziying as the main force and Guan Tang as the auxiliary. Just like the last time, this battle is only allowed to lose, not win. But how to make it look like a big defeat but not a big loss in fact depends on Ziying's ability.

After receiving the order, Ziying and Guan Tang gathered together to discuss the battle plan.

Guan Tang was very self-aware and understood the role of the new army. He smiled at Ziying and said, "General Ziying, this time my new army will take the lead, and it will definitely be completely defeated, a complete defeat."

Ziying couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and shook his head and said, "The new army is all Ning people. Let you take the lead and let you lose a big defeat. Then our intentions are too clear, aren't they?"

Guan Tang scratched his hair and smiled embarrassedly, "General Ziying, what do you say?"

Before Ziying replied, someone outside the tent said, "Uncle Ziying, can you take me with you this time?"

As the voice sounded, Han Zhan walked in from outside.

After Tang Yin brought Han Ning and Han Zhan back to the barracks, he wanted to send them directly back to Feng Country, but Han Zhan insisted on staying, so Tang Yin didn't insist much and agreed after a little consideration.

He could keep Han Zhan, but not Han Ning. After all, Han Ning was a woman and had not joined the army. It would be inconvenient for her to stay in the barracks. In addition, the Feng Army was rectifying military discipline. As a monarch, Tang Yin naturally couldn't break the law, not to mention that Ziying, the 'law enforcement pioneer', was watching him.

In the end, he kept Han Zhan, sent someone to send Han Ning back to Yancheng, and patted his chest to assure her that he would never let Han Zhan get hurt.