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Firstly, he had firmly controlled the center of the Zeping County, making it active within it. Secondly, the entire army's replenishment was guaranteed because Chang City was a Provincial Capital, and because the granary was sufficient, even if they could not raise the several hundred thousand strong army, with the People of Zhen Country's plundering abilities, starvation would not kill them. At the very most, they would only make the citizens of the Mo Country suffer hardships both inside and outside the Chang City.

When Battle-tested Army stopped to rest and recuperate, the main force of Mo Army that was stationed there could only be left to Pingyuan Army and Feilong Army to deal with. Originally, according to Tang Yin's meaning, Battle-tested Army was a vanguard troop, so the mission of contending with the main force of Mo Army naturally fell on the head of Battle-tested Army. In this way, the main force of Mo Army would be eliminated, and the strength of Battle-tested Army would also be greatly reduced, killing two birds with one stone.

Don't underestimate the fact that it was easy to open Panling back then, but now that it was Pingyuan Army and Feilong Army, the situation was no longer the same. But now, Panling had already become the only life-saving straw for Mo Army. Only by guarding Panling, would they be able to stop Battle-tested Army's reinforcement, and even the hope of victory, would they still be able to win. And once Panling was lost, their battle at Zeping County would also completely fail, and at that time, only death awaited them.

Therefore, in regards to Mo Army, a battle of Panling could only be won and not lost.

Without waiting for the Pingyuan Army and the Feilong Army to begin their attack, the commanders of the two armies, Xiao Muqing and Zuo Shuang had a premonition that the battle would be extremely difficult.

Zuo Shuang had done a detailed analysis of the current situation of the Mo Army, and came to the conclusion that the four hundred thousand Mo Army s would definitely defend the Panling with all their might, and that the sixteen camps set up within the Panling were all blessed by the heavens with excellent positions, making it difficult to defend and attack. As long as the Mo Army's fighting spirit was strong, even if the Feilong Army s and Feilong Army combined strength were to attack, it would still be difficult to breach.

Xiao Muqing did not agree with Zuo Shuang's conclusion. He also admitted that Panling was not easy to fight, but they couldn't just stop fighting because of the difficulty of Panling, right?

He said to Zuo Shuang, "If you put it in a thousand words, it would be better to put yourself in a position to personally take a look."

Zuo Shuang laughed bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that after seeing it, the General Xiao would lose all desire to attack."

"That may not be so!" Xiao Muqing laughed, and together with Zuo Shuang, he led the group of generals out of the camp and headed towards the first camp established by the Mo Army.

This encampment was built on a gentle slope. If one wanted to attack, they would have to attack from the bottom up. Just the terrain itself was enough to cause the attackers to be at a disadvantage.

Xiao Muqing, Zuo Shuang and the others did not dare to get too close, as the two of them were watching from a distance a hundred meters away from the Enemy's Camp. After watching for a while, Zuo Shuang turned to Xiao Muqing and asked: "What does General Xiao think?"

"Forcefully attacking isn't easy!" Xiao Muqing took a long while to speak, he frowned, his hand held up as he looked up to the sky, and muttered: "Why is the sky so hot!"

It was already the middle of summer and the surroundings didn't have any shade from the sun. Adding to the fact that the temperature of the Mo Country was higher than the Feng Country, Xiao Muqing was extremely not used to it. He had only stood there for a short while under the direct rays of the sun. His forehead was covered in a layer of sweat.

Zuo Shuang shot a glance at him but did not say a word. How could it not be hot in September? At this time, the General of Feng Country behind them urged their horses forward, and said in a low voice: "General, the sun is too poisonous, we should return back to the camp."

"No rush!" Xiao Muqing waved his hand and looked around, looking for a place where he could shade himself from the cold. Suddenly, he realised that the trees on the mountain slopes to his left and right were tall and sturdy, reaching straight into the sky. He asked Zuo Shuang: "General Zuo, what kind of trees are growing on the mountains?"

What tree? Zuo Shuang looked at him weirdly, and couldn't help but to underestimate him: Could it be that Xiao Muqing was completely muddled from the sun, and couldn't even recognize the pine tree? He took a deep breath and said, "They're all pine trees."

"Pine!" Xiao Muqing nodded, turned his horse and walked towards the shade of the tree. Reaching under the tree, he dismounted, touched the tree trunk, and looked at the Mo Army camp from the opposite side. The corner of his mouth raised, and laughed out loud, then said to the people behind him: "Tonight, we will sneak attack the enemy camp!"

A night attack? Zuo Shuang's face revealed a look of astonishment, the enemy's camp was extremely heavily guarded, it was not easy to attack during the day, but you think that you can just sneak attack us at night? Zuo Shuang's eyes turned as he asked, "Has General Xiao thought of a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Xiao Muqing smiled indifferently and said: "I don't dare to say it's a brilliant plan, but if everything goes smoothly, we can still take down three or four of its camps tonight without a problem."

Hearing this, Zuo Shuang had a question in his heart. Just a moment ago, he was still frowning, and had no confidence in breaching the enemy's camp. How did he become so confident in the blink of an eye? How is it possible to take three or four enemy strongholds in a row? Zuo Shuang could not come up with anything no matter how much he thought, he did not ask any further. In any case, when he went back to camp and was going to make the necessary tactical arrangements, Xiao Muqing would naturally tell him of the 'brilliant plan' that he had thought of.

After inspecting the Mo Army camp, on the way back to their own camp, Xiao Muqing asked the surrounding generals while walking: "How much Mo Country do we have left in our army?"

A general of Pingyuan Army replied: "Not much, just that when capturing the captives of Mo Army, we caught a few, but not more than ten thousand."

Wherever the Battle-tested Army passed, they killed almost all of the people there. The prisoners who were captured by the Pingyuan Army were only a few of them roaming about, and the number was pitifully few.

Xiao Muqing pondered for a moment, then said: "Although it's not as much, but it's more than enough."

The weather in the mountain was fickle. The sky was still cloudless during the day, but at night, it was overcast and it was too dark to see one's own fingers.

In this kind of weather, it was obviously beneficial for the party that wanted to take advantage of the night to ambush them. However, Xiao Muqing's face was gloomy and his eyebrows were furrowed, he was unsure if he should make a move tonight or not.

After much consideration, he decided to make a move tonight and try his luck.

Using the cover of the night, the Feng Army quietly pushed all the Trebuchet out of the army and brought them to the front of the Mo Army camp without a sound.

Trebuchet s and City-breaking Crossbow s had a range of two to three hundred steps, but Feng Army kept pushing them until they were only one hundred and fifty steps away from the Mo Army Camp.

At such a close distance, even the Feng Soldier who was transporting the Trebuchet could clearly see the flickering torches on the walls of the Enemy's Camp stronghold. The crowd subconsciously held their breaths and half squatted on the ground, not daring to move.0

In fact, if Mo Army could really see them from their side, even if they were not moving, it would be useless. After all, Trebuchet and City-breaking Crossbow's size were too big, they could not even hide if they wanted to, but tonight's visibility was too low. The Mo Army soldiers on the walls of the stronghold could at most see twenty steps or so away from them.

Just as Feng Soldier's heart was in his throat, Xiao Muqing suddenly issued an order from behind, ordering them to immediately attack.

A few Feng Soldier people carried oil barrels and walked out of the crowd, pouring the Pyretic Oil s into the ditch that they had dug beforehand. Following that, she blew the fire piston, igniting the Pyretic Oil in the ditch.

In a split-second, it was as if a fiery snake had drilled its way out of the ground, and a long trench was set ablaze. Feng Soldier who were already prepared used the fire in the ditch to light their torches, and used the torches to burn Trebuchet's stone bullets and City-breaking Crossbow's crossbow arrows.

The stone bullets and crossbow arrows had already been specially treated by the Feng Army. The crossbow arrows were dipped in Pyretic Oil, and the stone bullets were made from several pieces of broken stones. These shattered rocks were also soaked in the Pyretic Oil, and then were tied together with a hemp rope. The stone bullets and the crossbow arrows stuck to the flames, and at that time, the side of the Feng Army and the other side of the City-breaking Crossbow were burning with raging flames, shining brightly.

If there was no fire on their side, then how could the Mo Army soldiers not see this place? At this time, their side was covered in flames, how could the Mo Army soldiers not notice?

"What's going on over there? Why is there a fire all of a sudden? " One of the sharp-eyed Mo Soldier s was the first to notice the abnormality outside the camp and screamed loudly.

Other Mo Soldier s also looked on from the sidelines as they spoke out at the same time, "Could it be that a mountain fire has been ignited?" "That's not right, there was no thunder or lightning just now, where did the mountain fire come from!" Could it be ? Was it an enemy assault in the night? "

Just as the Mo Army Soldiers were still guessing what exactly was going on with the light outside the camp, all of a sudden, the light from the darkness quickly soared and shot into the sky. Following that, it drew a semicircle arc in the air and smashed towards the top of their heads.

"This is bad!" It was an enemy attack! "It was the enemy that took advantage of the night to sneak into the camp ?" It was only at this moment that the Mo Army soldiers realised that the flames outside the camp were not mountain fires, but rather ignited by the Feng Army.

However, at this time, the reaction was already over, and the flaming stone bullets fell down from the sky like heavenly fire, smashing into the walls of the stronghold, making a cracking sound. The impact destroyed the walls of the stronghold, but at the same time it also broke the hemp rope binding the stone bullets, the scattered stones flew everywhere, and the worst of it was that the stones were covered in flames, while the wall was covered in sticky fire, making it impossible to extinguish it even if one wanted to.

The camps set up by the Mo Army were all made from local materials and built using the Panling's pine trees. By doing this, he would be able to leave behind a bit of energy. Furthermore, pine trees were hard, sturdy, and tall. They were all common pine trees that were over thirty meters tall. They could be used to construct a defensive wall, which was just right for him. But one of its fatal weaknesses was that it was afraid of fire, especially in the middle of summer. Under the scorching sun, the pine trees would produce pine oil, and once the pine oil was used up, it would be very difficult to extinguish it.

During the day, when Xiao Muqing was on his patrol, he saw the pine trees whose Panling covered the entire sky. Only then did he realize that it was possible that the Mo Army's encampment was constructed from pine trees.

In fact, his prediction was right. The only thing he was worried about was that the weather would be cloudy tonight, and once it rained, the fire attack would definitely fail and it would attract the attention of the Mo Army. In the future, it would be difficult for it to work.

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