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Seeing the King bowing to everyone, the Generals And Soldiers were startled, and following that, clattering sounds came out as everyone kneeled on the ground, their eyes shining with tears as they said, "We are incompetent!" The King has killed a villain! "
Looking at the black mass of Generals And Soldiers of Self Army kneeling on the ground, Tang Yin was filled with emotions. Right now, he did not hold any hope of advancing to the west to eliminate Ning, it seemed like accepting the Ning Country agreement was the only way out. Just as Tang Yin was pondering in his heart, a guard at the side cried out: "There's a boat! It's a ship of Ning Country! "
Hearing that, Tang Yin looked up the river, and realized that there were actually three huge warships floating above the Zhang River, filled with soldiers and General of Ning Country s, with lanterns, balls, torches, and loose oil, shining down on the three warships like fire ships. When the boat reached the heart of the river in front of Tang Yin, it slowly stopped. Tang Yin looked carefully, only to see that on the deck of the ship, a chair was placed, and a person was seated on it. This man had a gold helmet and wore a gold armor, with a red cape on his back.
This person was none other than the Zhangsun Yuanhong who was in 'critical danger'. At this moment, he looked to be in high spirits, and his face was filled with pride. Seeing Zhangsun Yuanhong clearly, Tang Yin's brain also buzzed. At this moment, he finally realised that he had been tricked.
"Haha ?" Zhangsun Yuanhong, who was on the warship, laughed heartily. He looked at the Feng Army Camp on the east shore and asked loudly, "Is Tang Yin here yet?"
Being called out by his surname, how could Tang Yin be willing to be a cowardly tortoise? He separated his party members, walked up to the river with large strides, straightened his back, put his hands behind his back, and replied with a loud voice: "I am here!"
Seeing that Tang Yin had come out, Zhangsun Yuanhong stood up and walked to the edge of the deck, laughing as he sized him up. Although he looked relaxed at the moment, and could stand, it was actually Zhangsun Yuanhong who was clenching his teeth and holding on. Although the injuries on his back were not fatal, they were also extremely severe, and to be able to stand up now, was entirely due to the support of the guards behind him.
Zhangsun Yuanhong looked at Tang Yin for a while, then laughed: Feng King, I never thought that you would present such a great gift to this marshal again so quickly. Last time, you did not gift more than 30,000 people, I wonder how many people you will send this time?
After hearing this, the nose of everyone in the Feng Army almost went crooked. Killing people was only a head on the ground, for Zhangsun Yuanhong to say such words and humiliate them, that was intolerable. If not for the fact that the warship was far from the shore, everyone would have already gone through the water to kill them. Tang Yin was not angry at all. At least, he did not look angry on the surface. Your Country gave me a million people at Hedong, so it's not a big deal to give ten thousand of you people now. "
"Humph!" Zhangsun Yuanhong's face darkened and he sneered: "Tang Yin, do you really think that I, Da Ning, would negotiate with you and the other Thief Feng? Stop dreaming, that's just the trick this marshal used to lure the enemy. Do you really think that all of your subordinates are loyal to you? To tell you the truth, every single one of your actions are within this marshal's grasp. Haha ? Tang Yin, if Your Army still wants to cross the river, you don't have to go through so much trouble to travel so far, why don't you just attack directly? " After he finished speaking, he did not wait for Tang Yin's reply and waved to his subordinates, shouting: "Return to camp!"
The three warships, with Tang Yin in the lead, turned around as if there was no one around them, and swaggered back to the Ning Army Camp.
Although Zhangsun Yuanhong's words seemed like he was showing off proudly, in reality, he had two intentions. Firstly, believed that both Shi Tinghan and Tan Yi were part of his own faction, and the matter of negotiation was fake, leading him to fall for it. If Tang Yin believed this to be true, Shi Tinghan and Tan Yi would definitely die, and their envoy would be killed. The second reason was to divide Tang Yin's internal power, and cause suspicion and distrust to arise within the Feng Army. Once suspicion and mistrust were created, then there would be no need to cooperate on the battlefield in the future.
This was Zhangsun Yuanhong's wishful thinking.
Seeing Zhangsun Yuanhong's warship leaving, the Generals And Soldiers of Feng Army hated him so much that the roots of his teeth itched, but he could do nothing to him. Gu Yue walked over to Tang Yin with a cold face and said solemnly: "If it wasn't for Shi Tinghan and our master, our army would not have been tricked. Your majesty, I shall return to the camp and behead the second thief!" Finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.
Tang Yin frowned, and shouted: "Stop!"
"Your Majesty?" Gu Yue looked at Tang Yin in puzzlement. The matter was already so obvious, why did the King stop him?
Tang Yin took a deep breath and said: "You think about it yourself. If Shi Tinghan and his brother were truly appointed by Zhangsun Yuanhong, would he be able to explain it? "His words are obviously meant to kill us!"
"Huh?" Gu Yue's body stiffened and he shook his head in confusion. He asked suspiciously, "Are Shi Tinghan and Tan Tan not ministers of the Ning Country? Why did Zhangsun Yuanhong want to kill the two of them? "
"Who knows." Tang Yin grumbled.
At this time, Liang Qi opened his mouth and said: "There is only one possibility, the imperial government of Ning Country really wants to negotiate, and Zhangsun Yuanhong did not think that as long as we can kill Shi Tinghan and the Tan Qin, then the negotiation would be over, and Zhangsun Yuanhong's goal would also be achieved. Furthermore, if my guess is not wrong, Shi Tinghan and Qing Tan should not know that Zhangsun Yuanhong was faking his illness, because Zhangsun Yuanhong wanted to use it to lure our army, so he lied about it.
After hearing Liang Qi's analysis, everyone came to a realization. Tang Yin asked: "Then how did Zhangsun Yuanhong know that our army would sneak over again? Is there really someone within our army who went to inform him? "
Liang Qi scoffed as he shook his head and said, "Your majesty, you must not listen to Zhangsun Yuanhong's words. Even though I am still unable to guess how he could have set this place up in advance, what he said just now was definitely something that would cause our soldiers to suspect each other. The stronger they were, the weaker they were! Once the generals of our army begin to distrust each other, and doubt each other, then our entire army's fighting strength will drop. This is naturally what Zhangsun Yuanhong wants to see the most. "
Tang Yin was not an idiot, after carefully thinking about what Liang Qi had said, he secretly nodded, and felt that what Liang Qi had said was extremely reasonable. He shushed his and replied faintly, "That's right! Zhangsun Yuanhong is really cunning, even I nearly fell for his tricks! "
Seeing that Tang Yin's gloomy face had recovered, Liang Qi knew that his words had worked, and cupped his hands towards Tang Yin: "Great King is wise!"
Tang Yin laughed bitterly and sighed, then said: "Pass down the order, the entire army is to return to the camp!"
Tang Yin was not in a rush to negotiate with Feng Ning, nor did he want to negotiate with him. But now, he had no choice but to reconsider this matter. With the Zhang River war having come to this point, their side no longer had ships and ships, and their morale was low, leaving behind only over a hundred thousand troops. On the other side of the river was a mysterious eldest grandson, Yuan Hong.
The other generals thought the same as Tang Yin.
It was not that they did not want to fight, it was just that they felt that the time was not ripe yet. With the strength of their nation, they could only support a short period of war, and once the war turned into a protracted one, the supply of their armies would be a huge problem, unless they could attack the Liangzhou in a single go and annihilate all of the ministers and King Ning. However, this possibility was slim.
Returning to the Feng Army Camp, the moment Tang Yin entered the Central Army Tent, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi and Zi Ying followed closely behind. Xiao Wen and Liang didn't say anything, they only indicated towards Zi Ying. Zi Ying understood, these two were bringing him closer to meet the King. He cupped his hands towards Tang Yin and said: "Great King."
"Eh?" Tang Yin turned around and glanced at the three of them. In the end, his gaze landed on Zi Ying and asked: "Zi Ying, what do you want?"
"Your Majesty, our army cannot continue to fight!" Zi Ying said in a serious tone: "When we recovered our Hedong, the total military strength of our army of four hundred thousand was only left with less than two hundred thousand, especially in the last two Zhang River battles, our army had suffered a great loss and our fighting strength plummeted. More importantly, our soldiers' morale had already been completely taken care of by the Ning army.0
Zi Ying did not finish his words, but the meaning was extremely clear.
After suffering two losses in a row, the arrogant air that Tang Yin had released was now extinguished. He walked to the side of the table and slowly sat down, then nodded and said: "Speak, according to you guys, what should the goal of our army be?"
"Accept the agreement from the Ning Country!" Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi and Zi Ying spoke out at the same time.
"No matter what, our army's goal is still to attack, and that is to take the initiative," Zi Ying said, "We will negotiate with the Ning Country, we will go up, and Ning Fang will go down, and the King will take this opportunity to ruthlessly extort Ning Country. As long as we have money, and the Hedong County will be used as fodder, our army will be able to recover our military strength, and at that time, it will not be too late for our army to regroup our troops, and we can discuss for the end of the stronghold!"
Zi Ying's words were more or less what Tang Yin was thinking. The latter raised his head, and faintly sighed: "Looks like that's the only way!"
The three of them looked at each other and nodded, then bowed deeply to Tang Yin and said, "Our King is enlightened!"
"Bullshit!" Tang Yin mumbled as he stood up straight and patted the dust off his butt. He said angrily, "If I was really smart, how could I have been ambushed by Lord Ning twice?"
was mocking him, and was also ridiculing them. As the commander of the three armies, none of them were able to see through Zhangsun Yuanhong's plan, and the three of them were feeling extremely ashamed in their hearts at the same time.
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