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Tang Yin announced a new battle plan for his Military-political Hall. He did not let any of the generals discuss whether or not this plan was feasible, and directly discussed the details on how to implement the plan.

In order to create the illusion of a main retreat while secretly leaving an army as an ambush, there was no doubt that the remaining legion would bear the heavy responsibility. The main topic of discussion would be which legion they would leave behind.

First of all, everyone unanimously ruled out the Ninth Army. The Ninth Army had Cavalry Regiment, or Heavy Cavalry. It was fine to kill the enemy before the battle, but they still had to rely on infantry to attack the city. The remaining three legions of Pingyuan Army, Feilong Army, and Directly Subordinate Army could be considered as such.

The first one to step out and request taming was Xiao Muqing.

In terms of the infantry, Pingyuan Army was the strongest and most powerful, furthermore, the entire army, led by Xiao Muqing, was holding onto a grievance that they had not been able to endure for a long time, it seemed extremely reasonable for them to leave behind Pingyuan Army as an ambush.

But Tang Yin did not agree, the fame of Pingyuan Army was too great, and was too eye-catching. If the entire army were to retreat, without Pingyuan Army amongst them, it would be very easy for the spies of Mo Army to see through the flaw, and cause their schemes to fail. The Directly Subordinate Army was also not working, and the reason was the same.

His fame was far inferior to that of Pingyuan Army and Directly Subordinate Army. In addition, the total strength of his Feilong Army was one hundred and fifty thousand, leaving one hundred thousand, and there were still fifty thousand people to support himself, so no one would be suspicious.

After hearing Tang Yin's analysis, the rest of the generals nodded in agreement. Seeing that everyone was not opposed to it, Tang Yin slapped the table and said with a resonant voice: "This time, a hundred thousand soldiers will be drawn from the Feilong Army and set up an ambush at the Panling area. The left general and I will personally lead."

When everyone heard this, their faces all changed. Including Zuo Shuang, they all asked at the same time, "Your Majesty, you want to stay too?"

Tang Yin laughed and said: "This battle is related to the outcome of our battle with Mo. It is such an important battle, how can I not be there?" As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes, and faintly said with bright light in his eyes: "There's no problem with the Military-political Hall proposal. This time, I'm definitely going to take down the Panling and open this door to Mo Country!"

Seeing how determined he was, the rest of them did not try to persuade him anymore. In fact, the risk of this battle was not that high, as long as they were deceived in Mo Army, they could easily obtain Panling.

After a long discussion, Feng Army finalized the new plan for the battle. Main Force of Feng Army gave the false impression of retreating, while the one hundred thousand Feilong Army led by Tang Yin and Zuo Shuang were secretly lying in ambush near the Panling. As for the location of the ambush, it was too easy to find.

To make a long story short, three days later, the Mo Army Master suddenly received a report that the opposing Feng Army had retreated.

After Yuan Cheng heard it, he could not believe his own ears. A few days ago, his Feng Army had taken down his side's fourth camp, causing them heavy losses.

He didn't quite believe the Subordinate's report, so he personally brought people to the fifth camp, climbed to the wall, and looked across.

In the distance, they could see that the walls of the fourth camp were covered with flags of Feng Army and the gates of the fourth camp were also tightly shut, without any signs of retreat.

After he finished reading, he was furious. He had ordered for all the soldiers who had received the fake war report to be executed immediately.

At this time, the main general of the fifth camp anxiously stepped forward to stop Yuan Cheng, and said with certainty: "General, the Feng Army has indeed been withdrawn, I have just sent people to investigate, the camp is now empty, and not a single Feng Army is left."

If the following soldiers dared to falsify their combat reports, Yuan Cheng might think that it was possible, but since the Fifth Battalion general had also said so, he had no choice but to believe it.

However, he still sent out his own guards to go check out the Fourth Battalion camp and see if Feng Army was truly withdrawn or not.

Very quickly, the guards he sent back returned with the same news. The Fourth Battalion was truly empty, having become an empty camp. After Yuan Cheng finished listening, he was stunned on the spot. The Feng Army had actually retreated, when did they retreat? And why retreat? Right now, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried. He was stunned for a while before recovering his senses and loudly shouted to the surrounding generals, "What are you all doing here first? Hurry and send someone to scout, and see where all the Feng Army have retreated to! "

"Yes, yes!" "General!" All the generals rushed towards the walls of the stronghold, as they sent out their most capable subordinates to scout for information on Feng Army.

As for Yuan Cheng, under the protection of numerous guards and soldiers, he personally went to the Fourth Battalion to check.

Don't just look at the many Flag of Feng Country s on the walls of the stronghold, in truth, the inside of the camp was already empty.

Aiya! Yuan Cheng secretly stomped his feet. If he had known that Feng Army was going to retreat, he would have led his troops to chase them down instead. No matter what, the Feng Army had been withdrawn, and he had succeeded in preserving the Panling. Even if he had committed the crime of losing his Provincial Capital before, this time, he had finally made up for it. Yuan Cheng heaved a long sigh of relief in his heart as the pressure from the past few days disappeared. His entire being relaxed, as if he had become several years younger in an instant.

In total, the Feng Country, Directly Subordinate Army, Feilong Army, and Ninth Army had all withdrawn from the Zeping County. They were changing their direction and advancing towards the Sishui County, and from the looks of it, Feng Army had already given up on attacking the Zeping, and had switched to attacking the Sishui.

As long as Feng Army was not used, then it was none of his business. However, Yuan Cheng still pretended to be very worried and passed the news of his Feng Army onto Zhenjiang. In the book, he did not focus on describing how he had led the Member to fight bravely and successfully against the Feng Army. He only explained in an understatement that he had resisted the Feng Army for more than a month, and that the Feng Army that he had not been able to attack for a long period of time could only be forced to give up and change into the Sishui. He also requested the King to remind him that he had better prepare for battle as soon as possible.

To be able to hold back the Feng Army of hundreds of thousands of people for more than a month, to the point where there was nothing left for the Feng Army to do, and the only thing left to do was to retreat.

Looking at the current battle situation, he had done the right thing by deliberately releasing the Battle-tested Army to enter the center of the Zeping County. The current Battle-tested Army was like a turtle in a jar, tightly trapped in the Chang City.

The situation in the battlefield was ever-changing, yet it was also incredible. Yuan Cheng thought that he was facing a great calamity, and following the retreat of the Main Force of Feng Army, he suddenly became a prodigy that was "tasked with planning, and would definitely win by a thousand miles".

After Shao Fang received the battle report, he was also overjoyed, and even praised Yuan Cheng for his foresight, saying that he was a natural born handsome person. Tang Yin thought that Mo Country was something easy to bully, but what about this time, after bumping into the southern walls, and throwing the People of Zhen Country army that he had spent so much effort to obtain into the Mo Country, it could be said that he had lost both his husband and his army.1

On the same day that Yuan Cheng received the news, the overjoyed Shao Fang immediately welcomed him and rewarded him with a rank increase of one level. He bestowed him with the title of Count, and even conferred him the title of General of Luo Bei.

However, Yuan Cheng's Zeping had only thwarted the Feng Army and this battle of Mo Feng was far from over. According to the intelligence of the basic Yuan Cheng, Feng Army was moving towards the Sishui in order to attack it.

The ministers of the Mo Country all explained the importance of Sishui to Shao Fang. The moment Feng Army was used, not only would they lose the west gate, they would also open the door for the Yu Army, allowing them to enter the Mo Country. No matter what, the Sishui could not be lost.

Shao Fang agreed with their analysis, but it was a little too late to send reinforcements from the Zhenjiang s now.

The ministers also thought so too. To save Sishui, one still had to rely on Zeping, since their own great army of nearly a million people would be located at the Zeping. And since Zeping was so close to the Sishui, sending troops out from the Zeping was the most appropriate.

"But, the reason the great army is gathered at the Zeping is to deal with the Battle-tested Army that is in charge of the Chang City. Now that the great army is being mobilized to head for the Sishui, what about the Battle-tested Army?" Shao Fang frowned in worry.

"So, if we want to save Sishui, we have to take care of it as soon as possible." The Great King can let General Yuan, who is stationed in the Panling, lead the troops to the south, and join forces to attack the Battle-tested Army together. At that time, the army of close to a million will launch a fierce assault, no matter how fierce and fierce the People of Zhen Country is, it will still be difficult to be the opponent of our army! "

Shao Fang listened and nodded his head, but before he could say anything, Grand Preceptor Zhang Rong also stepped forward and said, "Minister Zuo is right. One more person makes an extra force, and General Yuan still has more than two hundred thousand soldiers under his command.

Great General Li Jin continued: "General Yuan using the remnants of his Main Force of Feng Army to defeat them, and participating in the Chang City battle, will definitely raise the morale of our soldiers, and destroy all of their Battle-tested Army, just around the corner!"

The three great officials of the Left Reverend, the Grand Preceptor and the Great General all agreed that sending Yuan Cheng to participate in the encirclement battle with Chang City was the most appropriate choice. Shao Fang no longer hesitated and nodded: "From the three great My beloved deputy's point of view, this king will pass on a letter to General Yuan right now!"

In fact, Guo Hui, Zhang Rong and Li Jin's suggestion was not wrong. Since the Main Force of Feng Army had retreated and changed to attack the Sishui, then it would be a waste for another two hundred thousand soldiers to be stationed at the Panling. Now that the Sishui was in a critical situation, for the Zeping to quickly come to an end, it was also reasonable for them to transfer the troops of the Panling to participate in the battle at the Battle-tested Army.

Who would have thought that Feng Army's retreat was just a pretense, to use the 'Obscure Trail' tactic?

Under Shao Fang's instructions, the Zhenjiang side ordered them to surround and attack the Chang City. After receiving the order, Yuan Cheng did not think much of it and immediately ordered twenty thousand soldiers to guard the Panling. The main force followed him down the mountain, returning to attack the Chang City.

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