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In the blink of an eye, one of the General of Ning Country s died a violent death. The surrounding generals did not even have the chance to stop him.
As they looked at the corpses that were split into two pieces on the ground, everyone's faces became uglier and uglier. Many people clenched their fists so tightly that creaking sounds could be heard.
Tang Yin looked at the people around him, and said sternly: "Generals, you all only have two choices, one, surrender to Great Gale, two, what the result is, you all have already seen, where to go from, be loyal officials or be traitors, you all can choose!"
By saying this, he was giving these General of Ning Country no choice at all. No one was unafraid of death. If death was meaningful, then perhaps there would be people who would dare to try. But now, even if they died, they would still have to bear the notoriety of being disloyal to the Son of Heaven.
This was the additional effect that came from Tang Yin accepting the Son of Heaven into his Feng Country. No matter what he did, no matter how cruel or shameless his methods were, he would always stand at the pinnacle of morals, and could openly say that he was under the orders of the Son of Heaven. Behind him, there would forever be the golden signboard of the Son of Heaven as his backer.
All of the General of Ning Country s gasped for breath, their hearts were bunched up. Everyone looked at each other, even though they did not speak, but only exchanged glances, they had already reached an agreement. Everyone was silent for a moment, and then, all of them kneeled down, cupped their hands, and said: "This general is willing to submit to the Feng Country, to serve the Son of Heaven, to serve the King!"
"Alright!" Tang Yin was overjoyed upon hearing this, and heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. He was afraid that these generals would rather die than surrender, if he were to kill all of them, then the more than one hundred thousand Ning Country s in the city would become a huge problem, and could lose control at any time, bringing about great danger for his own side.
Tang Yin stood up excitedly, and said word by word: "Since you generals have pledged your allegiance to Great Gale, you will be brothers in the future. With my Feng Country, I have never recognized you as high or low, I only recognize the strength and weakness of a single person. This King wishes for all of you to do your best to not become the one to be eliminated. "
Ever since Tang Yin had become the Feng King, the noble and influential figure of Feng Country had already died in name, the rise to rank only depended on achievements, political achievements. This was the only thing worthy of being rejoiced about, to the General of Ning Country s that had submitted to him.
The next two days were exceptionally busy for Tang Yin.
Firstly, the resistance forces within the city had to be completely exterminated, and secondly, the people from the eight northern counties had to be informed about the situation.
The Liangzhou was too big, and as long as the people tried to conceal themselves, they would be able to pull them out. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and to most of the Ning people, these resistance forces were the heroes of Ning Country.
Compared to the eight counties in the north of Ning Country, it was relatively easier. According to the agreement between Tang Yin and Shao Fang, after the peace had been extinguished, the northern eight countries of Ning Country would return to the wind and the southern eight countries would belong to the Mo Clan. But the other five counties had never been attacked by the Feng Army. Fortunately, every county had very few local army, so Tang Yin ordered for Heavenly Eagle Army and new troops to go forward to surrender. With unstoppable force, wherever they passed, every county and county surrendered one after another, indicating their submission to the Feng Country.
The situation went smoothly, and Tang Yin also began to plan to return from his duty as a teacher to resist the four nations' alliance against his Feng Country.
When they were attacking Ning Country, Feng Army were to the west, west, and further west. They were to fight along the way, and it was not an easy task to evacuate right now. There were too many things to take care of.
Tang Yin first conferred the title of the overall Inspector of the Western Territory to Cai Song. If one said that Feng Country was in the west, then it meant that they were in the eight counties of Ning Bei. Right now, the eight northern counties of Ning were nominally part of the Feng Country, and since they were located in the western part of the Feng Country, it had become the western territory. Other than that, Tang Yin had also assigned a Vice Chief Inspector, who was Zhan Peng. Tang Yin's intention was clear, it was for Zhan Peng to supervise Cai Song.
In addition, Tang Yin even sent a message to Yan City, telling Zhang Zhe to take charge of the overall situation and stabilize the situation in the eight counties of Ning Bei.
As for Ning Country, Tang Yin planned to integrate them into the new army. However, the new army's strength neared a hundred and fifty thousand, and their Ning Country also numbered a hundred and fifty thousand. With the two armies added together, they numbered nearly two hundred and fifty thousand, which was already far more than the number of soldiers.
After careful consideration, Tang Yin decided to establish a new army under the same name. It would be called Xijing Army, and from top to bottom, it would be made up of Central Army.
The commander of the Xijing Army was Zuo Shuang, a middle-aged general in his forties. This person's background was humble, and he had slowly risen from the lowest ranking soldiers to become a general of the Ning Army. Back in the time of Hedong in the Feng Ning Country, he had also rendered several great meritorious deeds. The reason why Tang Yin reused him was not because he was loyal to the Feng Country, but because he completely valued his own abilities.
In Tang Yin's opinion, their side had enough cannon fodder armies like the new army, so there was no need for one more army. He hoped that Xijing Army could become an army with enough strength, then the position of commander would become extremely important.
Second, he had a deeper thought. If necessary, the Heavenly Eagle Army could be used to travel south, as a Elite Armament, to coordinate with the Feng Country on the battlefield to attack the allied armies of the four nations.
Leaving behind the Heavenly Eagle Army, Tang Yin took away the Xijing Army instead. With regards to archery, it was extremely suitable for use in defense. If Tang Yin wanted to fight against the alliance of four nations, he would need this army of over one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers.
Every decision required Tang Yin to put in all his effort to consider carefully and a single mistake could lead to unimaginable consequences. In these past few days, he had not slept more than four hours every day, and he looked like he had lost a lot of weight. To, dealing with matters after the war was much more tiring than fighting a war.
However, there was also good news coming in these days.
The first was that the Mo Country had not participated in the suppression alliance.
The reason why Shao Fang was able to withstand the pressure of the four great nations, was because he had to put up with the internal affairs of the people, and the reason why Lu She, the envoy from Feng Country, was able to do a great deal.
When Lu She arrived at Zhenjiang, the envoy sent by Chuan Country And Zhen Country just happened to have arrived as well. Shao Fang met Lu She first.
In fact, Lu She's eloquence was not good. He was stuttering when he spoke, but he had good judgement. After meeting with Shao Fang, he had directly made it clear to him that once Mo Country took part in Wind Slaying, no matter what the result would be, Mo Country would not bring him any benefits.
If they failed to cut down the wind, Chuan, Zhen Zhen, An and Huan would just leave. But since Mo Country were unable to leave, and since Mo Country and Feng Country were close neighbors, enmity was formed. In the future, there would be endless conflicts between the two nations, and there would be endless wars between them.
If the gale attack succeeded, Chuan, Zhen Zhen, An, Huan, and Mo Clans would divide the Feng Country, and in the end, the one with the worst luck would still be the Mo Country.1
It would be extremely difficult for the four nations to control the Feng Country, so much so that it could be said that it was impossible. At that time, the four nations would definitely no longer be able to tolerate the existence of the Mo Country, and after the end of the wind, there would definitely be no one left to support the Mo Country.
Because of his personal relationship with Tang Yin, Shao Fang had always been inclined to using Feng Country. Now that he had finished listening to Lu She's analysis, he felt even more that he could not help Chuan Feng. However, the ministers of the Mo Country didn't think so. They felt that it was all Lu She's guesses, or rather, his intimidating words, which were not worth mentioning.
He made a bet with everyone. When Shao Fang received the Chuan Country And Zhen Country envoys, he could ask them how to split the Feng Country after the Chuan Country And Zhen Country was extinguished. If the five nations divided it equally, how would the four nations Chuan, Zhen Zhen, An and Huan govern the Feng Country? He was certain that in order to win over Mo Country, the two nations of Chuan Country And Zhen Country would promise to give up their entire territory to Mo Country, and they would only welcome the Son of Heaven returning to Shang Jing. If the other party was so generous, then he must be harboring evil intentions, his goal was to win over Mo Country and then extinguish them.
Hearing this, all the ministers scoffed. How could an emissary of Chuan Country And Zhen Country make such a ridiculous promise? However, in the eyes of the audience, it was impossible. The Chuan Country And Zhen Country Envoys absolutely would not promise to give away all of their Feng Country to the Mo Country.
They were all wrong.
When it was the time for Shao Fang to receive the Chuan Country And Zhen Country, he would ask Lu She a question according to his words about how to split the Feng Country after extinguishing the wind.
The two countries' envoys did not even think about it before giving a straightforward answer, and it was almost exactly the same as Lu She's conjecture. The two countries' envoys said that the four countries did not border the Feng Country, so after extinguishing the wind, they were willing to give the Feng Country to the neighboring Mo Country. They only needed to bring the Son of Heaven back to Shang Jing.
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers present were dumbfounded. The entire imperial court fell silent.
He could not understand how his own side could come up with such generous conditions, but why the Sovereign of Mo Country and the ministers did not even have a smile on his face, and instead had an extremely terrified look on his face.
Shao Fang faintly sighed, looking at the ministers around him, their eyes unquestionably saying: "How is it? Now, you all should believe in Lu She's words right?
All the ministers of the Mo Country understood what Shao Fang meant, and all of them lowered their heads, speechless.
Shao Fang did not say much in front of the Chuan Country And Zhen Country envoy, he only said that he still needed to consider further, and let the two of them return first to report.
After sending the envoys of the two countries away, Shao Fang called for Lu She again.
After meeting Lu She again, Shao Fang made it clear that his Mo Country would never send out troops to take down the wind, and was willing to continue to ally with the Feng Country.
At this time, the ministers of the Mo Country stood out again to object. If they did not send out their troops to fend off the wind, their Mo Country would not be as hostile as the Chuan, Zhen Zhen, An and Huan Kingdoms, but if they sent out their troops to assist them in resisting the four nations' allied forces, then there would be no way for Mo Country to retreat.
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