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In the next few days, Shao Fang was no longer as relaxed as before in his Feng Country. The Emperor's edict for retribution was already being drafted, and the matter of Feng Mo joining hands to attack Ning was extremely pressing at hand. Tang Yin and Shao Fang began to divide and coordinate the troops in detail according to the time and location as well as the general direction of attack.

Three days later, Shao Fang left the Feng Country, returned home, and made his preparations. Tang Yin was also prepared to head to the Hedong for his second convoy.

Batches after batches of newbies who had just finished their training went up on stage, being transferred to Hedong in a steady stream. Large amounts of supplies, equipment, and food were also transported along with the newbies, as the gears of the war machine started to speed up.

It wasn't until the day before his departure that Tang Yin finally went to the Imperial Palace to bid his farewell to Yin Rou.

Hearing that he was going to personally lead the Feng Army to battle, Yin Rou was both shocked and worried. She subconsciously grabbed onto Tang Yin's sleeves and asked nervously, "Didn't the two countries already reach an agreement? Why is there a war again? "

Tang Yin said with a relaxed expression: "The Ning Country has always been a watchful eye of a tiger, if the Ning Country does not die, the Feng Country will never have a peaceful day."

"Then... Must we fight? " She grabbed onto Tang Yin's sleeves even more tightly.

Tang Yin nodded his head, and said: "The arrow is on the bow, how can I not release it?" After pausing for a moment, he patted Yin Rou's small hand and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, this battle will be over soon. I'll take you to visit the Liangzhou of Peace City in half a year or at least three months!"

He said it easily, but Yin Rou couldn't relax at all. War was unpredictable, and anything unexpected could happen ? She shook her head, forcing herself not to think of the bad things. She whispered, "I... Can I come with you? "

Tang Yin laughed, raised his hand and caressed her cheeks, then said: "I am satisfied with Rou Er's kind heart. You just have to wait in the palace for news of my triumphant return. "

"Mm ?" Yin Rou also understood that on the battlefield, she was just a burden that couldn't be of any help at all. On the contrary, she still needed the protection of others. With a lonely expression, she said, "Yin, you ? "Be careful, I'll wait for you."

Tang Yin didn't say anything more and quietly embraced her, infatuating the faint yet enchanting fragrance on her body.

Half a month later, Yin Zhun released his report, denounced the disloyalty of his Ning Country, and had the intention to rebel, inviting all kings of the world to join him.

On the second day after the report was issued, before the Ning Country could react, Feng and Mo declared war on the Ning Country at the same time.

At this time, Tang Yin had already reached the Hedong Camp.

Right now, the number of people in the Hedong camp has exceeded four hundred thousand. Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Directly Subordinate Army, and Heavenly Eagle Army have all reached a force of over a hundred thousand.

In battles like this, the first goal of Feng Army was to cross over the Zhang River, overthrow the Ning Army's Hexi camp, and completely open the pathway to enter the Hexi County.

In the past, when Zhangsun Yuanhong guarded the river and river, Tang Yin had suffered twice, and lost close to a hundred thousand soldiers. Now that the commander in charge of the river and the west side had been replaced by Wei Zheng, Tang Yin did not want to lose to him again.

After discussing with his subordinates, Tang Yin finally came up with a plan for the battle. With Heavenly Eagle Army as the lead, we will attack the Hexi camp from the front, restraining the Ning Country warships. Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, and Directly Subordinate Army will make a detour to the side of the ship.

Although Feng Army had already been trained in water battles for quite a long period of time in the Hedong camp, due to the limitations of the vessels and equipment, water battles were still the Feng Army's weak point. The first battle of water crossing was also considered to be the hardest for Feng Army.

On the day that Tang Yin declared war on Ning Xuemo, in order to not give Ning Jun too much time to prepare, the Feng Army began attacking on that very morning.

Because Heavenly Eagle Army's mission was the most important, and also the most difficult, most of the wooden boats within the Feng Army were almost all distributed amongst the Heavenly Eagle Army. More than a hundred thousand troops, and nearly twenty thousand small boats, sailed out of the Hedong camp, straight towards the other shore.

Towards the sudden attack from the Feng Army, Ning Jun's side was also prepared. Wei Zheng's ability may not be as good as Zhangsun Yuanhong's, but he was still one of the great generals of the Ning Country. After Feng Ning had signed the peace treaty, he did not dare to let his guard down, and continuously sent out spies to monitor Feng Country's every move.

When the Son of Heaven invited the King Ning to be the face of the wind, Wei Zheng already knew that this was a trap. The King had gone, and there would be no return. If she did not go, it would be a waste of time. From this moment onwards, Wei Zheng began to prepare for battle even when he had not received the orders from the imperial government.

The result was exactly as he had expected, however, he had never expected that Mo Country would suddenly participate in a battle.

Hearing that there was some movement in the Wind Camp, and that over ten thousand ships were sailing towards their own camp, Wei Zheng sneered, and calmly gave the order, telling his side's warships to meet the enemy head-on.

Heavenly Eagle Army's ships neared twenty thousand, and Ning Jun Wu Yi only had a few hundred, but the difference in scale between the two sides was too great.

Moreover, the outside of the ship was wrapped in iron as well, so they were not afraid of collisions. What was even more frightening was that the Army-broking Crossbow that Feng Army had fallen into the hands of Ning Jun had been imitated by Wei Zheng and had been equipped with various warships. With such powerful weapons, the combat strength of the warships had clearly increased by another grade.

The two sides' ships had just begun battling.

Ning Jun stood on top of the big ship and shot out a giant crossbow arrow from above. The crossbow arrow struck the small boat and instantly smashed the boat into pieces. The Feng Soldier on top of the crossbow all fell into the water. On the other hand, there were Army-broking Crossbow s on the side of the Feng Army. However, when they shot at the battleships of the Ning Army, they did not seem to be in pain or itchy at all.

The number of people in Feng Army was more than the number of people in Ning Jun and the number of ships in Feng Army was several times that of Ning Jun.2

Zi Ying was very clear about the weakness of his side and the strength of his side. He kept on sending out orders, beating the drum, beating the drum, and beating the drum again as he charged towards the opponent with all his might. As long as his side could climb onto their ship successfully, the victor would be their side.

As the ships of both sides drew closer, the battle reached its climax.

The crossbow arrows from both sides flew back and forth across the river, and from time to time, the small boat on the side of the Feng Army would be struck by crossbow bolts, broken into pieces of wood, and countless soldiers would fall into the water. The people who were saved by luck were few, and the people who were drowned to death by the river.

On the other hand, Ning Jun's army was constantly being shot by crossbow bolts, especially at the front of the ship, where the huge ship was filled with crossbow bolts, and the water kept flowing through the cracks into the boat, and was poured out of the boat by the Ning Soldier, one after another. The soldiers in the cabin were also knocked into the air by the crossbow bolts, which pierced through their bodies from time to time, leaving them in a miserable state of death.

As the distance between the two parties got closer, the Ning army took the lead to launch their arrows.

At this time, the tall advantage of the ship was brought out once again. The powerful shooting from above allowed Ning Jun to shoot at the Feng Army, but the Feng Army was unable to reach Ning Jun. Even if arrows were to fly onto the warship, they would only be at the end of their strength, unable to injure anyone, not to mention that Ning Jun was still hiding in the cabin, with the hard body of the ship acting as a shield.

After the first wave of arrows, the small boat that was attacked was drowned by the Eagle Feather Arrow s, and the exterior of the boat was filled with countless arrows. Even with the protection of the shield, the Feng Soldier on the boat was still hit by the arrows one after another, and most of the Feng Soldier s were killed, turning into porcupines.

Wei Zheng who had personally come out to supervise the battle stood at the highest point of the handsome boat, he looked at the battlefield in front of him and revealed a confident smile. If Feng Army wanted to use the little wooden boat to defeat their own enormous warship, no matter how much troops they put in, it would only be suicidal. This was not a battle at all. It was a one-sided massacre.

The battle was still ongoing, Feng Army was still making suicidal attacks without a care for their lives, but the number of people killed had already soared to around twenty or thirty thousand.

Just as Wei Zheng thought that the situation was settled, suddenly, a deputy general behind him pointed to the north and shouted in shock, "General, it's bad, there's smoke coming from the north!"

Wei Zheng anxiously turned his head to look to the north. Right, at the western side of Zhang River in the north, various beacons had been ignited, black smoke billowed out, straight to the clouds.

It seemed that not only was the Feng Army attacking from this place, it was also investing its forces to the north.

He did not know if Feng Army was a feint or a real attack in the north, but Wei Zheng did not dare to send out too many warships.

He had just distributed fifty battleships when smoke erupted from the south. Wei Zheng did as he was told and distributed another fifty ships to the south to reinforce them.

However, Feng Army was not invested in the same army in the south, but the two armies, Pingyuan Army and Directly Subordinate Army.

Tang Yin commanded his Directly Subordinate Army and forcefully crossed the river 10 miles away from the western part of the Peace Army Camp. In order to express his determination in fighting by crossing the river and to make the soldiers give up on their thoughts of living or dying, Tang Yin personally led the army. Because the boats had all been given to Heavenly Eagle Army, Tang Yin didn't even have a small wooden boat.

The wooden raft he was on was in the lead, flying straight towards the other side. Since the Sovereign King was willing to sacrifice his life like this, how could the soldiers below have any thoughts of stealthily living? All of them held back their strength and rowed their wooden oars, closely following behind Tang Yin's wooden raft.

Twenty kilometers away from the southern part of Hexi Army Camp, which was the place where Feng Army had suffered two consecutive defeats, was the place where Pingyuan Army's main offense was.

Xiao Muqing still vividly remembered the last time his Pingyuan Army suffered a crushing defeat. This time, he was determined to wash away his shame, and even if he had to use his people to fill up and pile up his men, he would rush to the other side.

Ever since Pingyuan Army was established, it had never been defeated, and the only stain on it was Zhang River. This time, they were fighting at the same place again, the entire army's blood was boiling hot. While crossing the river, most of the soldiers shed off the armor they were wearing, walking forward bare-armed, one holding onto a shield while the other was slashing with a steel blade. Their bloodshot eyes were almost glowing red, staring straight at the other side, moving even faster than Tang Yin was moving on the river surface.

Wei Zheng's fifty warships from the Southern Sect did not encounter Pingyuan Army, but rather, encountered Directly Subordinate Army headed by Tang Yin.

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