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Tang Yin carefully studied Fan Shan's suggestion, and in the end, decided to accept. It wasn't because he thought that Fan Shan's strategies were brilliant, but because he couldn't think of any other way to counter the enemy right now. But Tang Yin did not go back on his words, and promoted Fan Shan's position as an attach? to become one with the army.

The rank of an official in the army was much higher than that of an attach? in the army, only second to that of a strategist in the army. One could directly speak to the King, and was also qualified to participate in large military meetings.

According to Fan Shan's views, Tang Yin would leave his Xijing Army at the Gaochuan County and would allow him to avoid the enemy's attacks. He would hide in the forest and pay attention to ambushing the enemy's troops.

For Tang Yin to be able to leave his Xijing Army, which was led by Zuo Shuang, in such a manner indicated his great trust in Zuo Shuang and the others, caused Zuo Shuang to be extremely excited and he made the resolution to follow Tang Yin even if his life depended on it. In the battle that followed, Xijing Army greatly restricted their Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country, becoming a thorn in their side. This also greatly reduced the pressure on Tang Yin.

On the other hand, on Tang Yin's side, he had sent out Chifeng Army s and Xijing Army respectively, and all that remained under his command were Directly Subordinate Army s and new troops. However, there were still hidden dangers within these two hundred thousand people, the combat power of the new army was a big problem that gave Tang Yin a headache.

Tang Yin did not linger much longer in the Gaochuan County, and kept on walking in the northeast direction, straight towards the Jinyang.

Five days later, Feng Army arrived at the Jinyang.

Reaching the Jinyang, even Tang Yin's heart was unable to describe what it felt like. The Jinyang was actually not small, but the problem was that it was small, with a radius of only a few kilometers. Outside of the city walls, there were many houses and streets.

Along with the increase in population, the city could not hold so many people. The commoners who had nowhere to live could only build houses on the outskirts of the city wall.

When Feng Army arrived at the Jinyang, they could not set up defenses, but first clear out the people inside and outside the city walls. Otherwise, when the battle began, both swords and spears would have no eyes. It was unknown how many civilians would be mistakenly killed!

Tang Yin also had Le Tian and Ai Jia send letters to the Mayor s in the three cities, namely Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng, instructing them to organize their troops and manpower so that they could prepare their defenses and the main forces of Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country could attack at any time. When the Mayor s of the three cities received Tang Yin's order, they did not dare delay any further, and quickly sent letters to the counties and counties, requesting for their soldiers to immediately reinforce them. At the same time, they gathered the soldiers of the three cities to strengthen the city's defenses and store up food and fodder.

It had only been one day since Feng Army had been used, and the citizens of the entire city almost ran out of Feng Army. In the end, only a few strong people were left who were willing to stay and work hard. The Mayor did not run, nor did they dare to run. They gathered the few officers and warriors in the city to coordinate with the Feng Army for defense.

Tang Yin was on top of the city walls inspecting the layout of his own troops. Looking at the empty houses one by one, he sighed in his heart, in this battle, no matter if the battles were going smoothly or not, the people of his own country would still suffer.

The Feng Army s outside the city walls did not waste any time as they began to set up trap after trap of traps. Although it was rough on the surface, killing the enemy soldiers would not be a problem. Inside the city, all of the Trebuchet s had gathered. Once the enemy ran into the house to avoid the arrows from their side, the stone bullets from the Trebuchet could destroy the house and kill the enemy.

Tang Yin had made preparations at the Jinyang s, and was only waiting for the Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country s to attack.

At this time, the Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country was still slowly advancing.

The terrain of the Gaochuan County was too complicated, there were many mountains and many forests, Ren Fang did not dare to advance, as he was afraid of being ambushed by the Feng Army, although the scouts had already reported him, and Tang Yin had led the troops into the city, he was still very careful. Also, the Chuan Army had too many supplies, so even if he wanted to walk quickly, it would not be possible.

Firstly, it could prevent the enemy from lying in ambush. Secondly, it gave Ren Fang more than enough time to think about the battle intent of Feng Army.

Nie Ze disapproved of Feng Army's retreat in defense, and according to the information sent by the scouts, the Jinyang was only a small town with low walls. From his point of view, Tang Yin was courting death.

He loathed the thought that Chuan Army was too slow, so he suggested to Ren Fang that he should lead the army of two hundred and fifty thousand and return to meet him after he broke through Jinyang and chopped off Tang Yin's head. From the way Nie Ze said it, it seemed like even if he led his troops and conquered Jinyang, it might not even be enough to reach the Jinyang.

After Ren Fang heard his words, he shook his head and laughed, "General Nie, Tang Yin is not an ignorant monarch. The reason he chose to guard the small city's Jinyang, could it be that you do not have any doubts in your heart?"

Nie Ze blinked his eyes and said unconcernedly: "He must have been chased by our troops until now, when he was desperate to find a path to take. That's why he chose to fight against us at Jinyang."

Ren Fang sighed, getting people to bring over the map, spread it on the ground, then looked at Nie Ze, and said: "General Nie, look at the arrangement around the Jinyang, it's really interesting. When it comes into contact with the three cities, its Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng is less than a hundred miles away, if our forces attack the Jinyang, once the three cities send reinforcements, they'll arrive in less than a day.

Nie Ze took a deep breath. He had really not carefully studied the surrounding terrain of the Jinyang before. He lowered his head and carefully looked at the map, discovering that Ren Fang was right. He subconsciously asked, "What are the strength levels of the Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng respectively?"

Ren Fang shook his head and said: "The scouts that have gone out to scout have not returned, the specific situation is still unclear. However, I presume that the forces in these three cities are not small, if not Tang Yin would never so confidently and boldly station his Jinyang."

Nie Ze was also a commander who was good at using soldiers. After listening to Ren Fang's analysis, he understood that it was reasonable, so he rubbed his chin and muttered: "This is rather troublesome." While speaking, he raised his head and asked Ren Fang: "General Ren, what are your plans?"

Ren Fang laughed and said: "I don't have a good idea for now either. General Nie, do you still want to fight in this formation? "

This time, Nie Ze was not in a rush to request a fight. He shook his head and said: "If it's just this Jinyang area, I have the confidence to fight my way down, but f * * k, there are still three cities supporting it.

"Therefore, we should still move forward slowly and think of a way to defeat the enemy as we go." Ren Fang laughed and said.

Although he said that he could not think of a solution, in reality, he had already made up his mind. Ren Fang was an expert in offense, and the cities that he had captured with his Chuan Country numbered at least a few dozen. In his view, breaking Jinyang was easy, and he could gather reinforcements. To put it bluntly, it was simply a feint of the Jinyang, to lure in Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng to send reinforcements.

In fact, the generals of the two armies were trying to figure out each other's thoughts. If their calculations were correct, they would be able to defeat the enemy one step at a time. If their calculations were wrong, the enemy would deal with them.1

Ren Fang thought that since Tang Yin dared to guard the Jinyang, the surrounding three cities would definitely have heavy soldiers. In actuality, the number of troops in the Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng wasn't much. Fan Shan's strategy was originally a dangerous move, but the reason why Tang Yin would accept it was because he had no other choice. Furthermore, he himself had an extremely adventurous spirit.

His Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country continued to advance slowly. He sent his horse to return and bring back batches of information to the army. The scouts from the three cities, Songqiu, and Ningding, had all returned one after another, and the information they gathered was far beyond Ren Fang's expectations. The result of their investigation was that the defending troops of the Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng were only around a thousand odd people, which was a far cry from Ren Fang's calculations.

If the investigation was true, then the three cities would only have a troop strength of less than 5000, and that would not be enough to reinforce the Jinyang. The Jinyang was not much different from a lone city, but the problem was, were the investigation reports true? Could it be that the enemy hid their main force?

The more adept a soldier was at leading the army, the more conceited he was. This was how Ren Fang felt, because the intelligence brought back by his spy had already gone against common sense.

A few days later, Chuan Army arrived. An army of more than six hundred thousand soldiers had effortlessly captured Mount Li.

Passing Pear Mountain, and then walking towards the north, was the Jinyang five hundred miles away. Ren Fang had left twenty thousand troops there to guard the Lishan City, using it as a base for the Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country, to stock up on food and supplies.

Three days later, the main force of Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country finally reached the borders of Jinyang.

Seeing this strange city called Jinyang, all of them were very surprised. Although there were examples of houses being built outside the city walls, they were all not very big, just a few. The Jinyang was good, but the number of houses being built outside the city walls were more than the number inside the city walls, and the area was also much larger.

Nie Ze who was watching from the sidelines could not close his mouth and scoffed, "How are the walls of the Jinyang built? Why did it have to be built into a house? The Mayor who built the city walls should have been cut into pieces! "

Ren Fang was amused, and said: "I think he has already been buried for hundreds of years!"

Nie Ze asked: "How about we send our troops out to scout out the true strength of the Feng Army?"

Ren Fang waved his hand and said: "There's no rush. Our army has travelled a long distance to come, and we will have to rest for a day."

Nie Ze didn't feel anything else when fighting with Ren Fang, but he had a very deep impression of him. Nie Ze had no objections, he nodded and replied, "Alright, I will listen to whatever General Ren says!"

Allied Army of Chuan Country And Zhen Country was set up camp two kilometers away from Jinyang. After that, Ren Fang picked out a group of elite soldiers that were born into hunters and told them to wait until it was dark before sneaking into the houses outside of Jinyang city walls to destroy the traps laid inside.

Nie Ze was surprised by his order. He could not help but ask: "General Ren, how did you know that there would be a trap in this house?"

Ren Fang laughed and said: "The Feng Army leaving so many houses outside the city is definitely not for my army to dodge arrows. If my guess is correct, there must be a trap hidden within."

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