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Zhao Er glanced at Tang Yin from the corner of his eyes and asked sinisterly: "You are Tang Yin?"

Tang Yin sized Zhao Er up, then nodded and laughed: "Yes!"

"Tang Yin, receive the decree —" Zhao Er did not waste any more words, took out Zhong Tian's decree, and started singing loudly.

But after saying 'Tang Yin accepts the decree', and seeing that Tang Yin had only lowered his head and did not move, Zhao Er's face immediately became gloomy, stared at him strangely, raised his voice and spoke again: "Tang Yin accepts the decree!"

Hearing that, Tang Yin still did not move, he did not have the intention to kneel down and receive the decree.

Just then, the surrounding Tianyuan Army crowd started to become restless, as no one spoke, but the sounds of friction could be heard one after another, Zhu Nuo stood at the front of the group with his eyes wide open, he grabbed onto the sword hilt, he was about to pull out his sword, Bai Yong anxiously pressed on his wrist, and shook his head slightly, indicating that he should not be impulsive.

They were still unclear about Tang Yin's decision, how could they act rashly?

Only after being stopped by Bai Yong did Zhu Nuo slowly loosen his grip on the sword.

In the arena.

Seeing that Tang Yin had yet to move, Zhao Er became extremely furious. He pointed at Tang Yin and shouted, "Insolent Tang Yin, why are you not kneeling down to receive the decree yet? Are you trying to rebel?"

"Haha —" Tang Yin, who was originally standing with his head lowered, suddenly raised it's head. Its pair of eyes that were flickering with an evil light was about to shoot out a beam of light, which also startled Zhao Er. The latter was overwhelmed with shock as she stuttered, "Tang Yin, catch …"

"I'll pick your mom up!" Without any warning, the Scimitar appeared in Tang Yin's hands. With a wave of his arm, the Scimitar swept out from the bottom up. Following a crisp sound, half of Zhao Er's head was sliced off, and his brain flowed all over the ground.

Tang Yin strode forward, grabbed hold of the severed head of hair, and raised half of Zhao Er's head high into the air. He shouted towards the surrounding soldiers and generals, "This is my determination!"

The moment this saber was unleashed, the entire square was thrown into an uproar. Whether it was the soldiers or the generals, they all shouted in unison, "Sir, your majesty is mighty! We shall restore our nation! We shall restore our nation!"

The cheers continued without end for a very long time. The Generals, led by Qiu Zhen, finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

Tang Yin killing Zhao Er with a single slash showed his determination. This was also the first time he had officially declared war on Zhong Tian, and the battle that was about to begin between the two parties had also quietly begun.

Although Zhang Zhe had already given Tang Yin the three reasons to absolutely win, after all, they were currently outnumbered and couldn't be attacked rashly.

Understanding Tang Yin's decision, Shangguan Yuanji, Fan Min and her henchmen all rushed to the Heaven Pass.

After Shangguan Yuanji saw Tang Yin, the first sentence he said was very clear: "No matter how high the fight between the Lord and the rebel army is, as long as we do not wait for the final moment, we must not retreat to defend Heaven Pass and allow the army to leave from the gates."

"Huh?" He did not expect Shangguan Yuanji to suddenly ask this question for him. Tang Yin asked: "Why?"

Shangguan Yuanji seriously asked: "What is Master's foundation?"

Without waiting for Tang Yin to reply, he rushed to speak first: "It's just Tianyuan County, what does Master rely on to support an army of over two hundred thousand, it's just the prosperity of his Tianyuan County, once you let the enemy invade the city and block the Heaven Pass, it would be equivalent to sealing the Tianyuan County. At that time, when merchants flee, when the citizens flee, the Tianyuan County would become the Pingyuan County of the past.

Tang Yin thought about it again. Although he felt that Shangguan Yuanji's words were exaggerated, he was not unreasonable. Right now, the prosperity of Tianyuan County was caused by the merchants outside, and a large part of the financial resources came from them. If they were pushed down by the army, these merchants outside would definitely run away, and the damage to Tianyuan County was not to be underestimated.

In this way, if he wanted to fight with Zhong Tian, it would be best to fight from a place other than the Heaven Pass. In order to ensure that their own side's finances did not suffer any losses, they would have to abandon their defense and choose to attack instead. He nodded his head and said with a smile: "Yuanji, I understand."

In the evening, Tang Yin summoned his subordinates to discuss military matters.

Right now, Tianyuan Army was fully prepared, there were many civil and military officers, and when discussing military matters, just the commander of the regiment had more than twenty generals, while the vice commander was already unable to squeeze into the big tent.

Looking at the suppressed atmosphere in the tent, Tang Yin started to speak first: "Our army is about to engage in a war with the rebel army, who has a good plan, quickly say it!"

"My lord!" At this time, a civil servant named Praise said with his hands cupped together: "Zhong Tian has many soldiers under his command. My Lord, when you go out to war, you cannot advance recklessly, but must attack from every direction, one by one from every county, and then plot to advance to Yan City." He was one of the new talents who had defected to Tang Yin's side, and was accepted as his advisor.

What he had said did make sense, but it was not what Tang Yin wanted to hear.

At this time, Zhang Zhe shook his head repeatedly, expressing his disagreement with this praises, and said with a stern face: "Great Master, it is still too early to discuss strategy and strategy, and before we go out to rebel, we must first do one thing, and also the most important thing, and that is to rescue the three great officials Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun!"

Hearing that, Tang Yin's eyes lit up, he did not interrupt, and waited for him to continue.

Zhang Zhe said: "Only by saving them will Zhong Tian's troops be able to greatly reduce them. On the other hand, if we save these three ministers and their forces, the three families' forces would naturally come to our aid as well, which is an entire two hundred thousand Central Army. If they were to join us, the other party's military strength would be greatly reduced in terms of numbers."

"Makes sense!" This was the strategy that Tang Yin wanted to hear. He might not be a scheming person, but he was able to differentiate between a strategy that was beneficial to him and a strategy that was disadvantageous to him. The reason Tang Yin was able to reach his current stage, was definitely not because he was reckless and lucky.

He looked at Le Tian and Ai Jia, and asked: "How is the situation with the Yan City? Have you investigated the places where Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun are being held under house arrest? "

"Yes, my lord!" Ai Jia said: "The city is currently under the control of Zhong Tian's group, and the guards of the city gate and palace are also basically Zhong Tian's directly subordinate troops, investigating the people who enter the Yan City strictly. Furthermore, Liang Xing, Wu Yu and the rest of their families are currently being kept under house arrest, and are being escorted by Zhong Tian's fifteenth regiment. "

Hearing that, Tang Yin frowned.

Qiu Zhen said: "Master, we can arrange a group of people to sneak into the Yan City and look for an opportunity to save them!"

Tang Yin pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head. Right now, the Yan City was guarded by Zhong Tian's men, so entering the city without anyone noticing was extremely difficult, adding the fact that there was an entire group of people watching over the three families, it would be even more difficult to quietly rescue them without anyone noticing.

"This... I'm afraid it will be very difficult! "

"Master, at the end of next month, Old Thief Zhong Tian is going to marry Wu Family's eldest daughter, Wu Mei. Zhang Zhe said: "If this marriage is completed, it would be equivalent to Zhong Tian tying up his Wu Family, as it would force to stand on his side. If Wu Family is moved by his side, both his Liang Family and his Ziyang Family would most likely follow in order to protect himself.

Tang Yin raised his head and sighed softly. He wanted to save Wu Mei more than anyone else, but inside and outside of Yan City, the rebel army and army had increased by nearly a million. How could they safely rescue him?

"Before you save him, think of a way to enter the city!" Tang Yin looked at the crowd and said faintly.

Qiu Zhen and Zhang Zhe looked at each other, then lowered their heads, deep in thought.

Just as everyone was thinking of a good plan, Tang Yin's hanger-on, Lu Fang, suddenly spoke: "Master, I have a way to enter the city!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin and the rest of the people present were all shaken, and asked: "What method?"

Lu Fang said: "I have a travelling friend that lives in the Yan City." Saying that, he looked at Tang Yin with a troubled expression, and said: "Master also knows, when the travelling adventurers travel around the world, it is inevitable that they will come across a situation where they try to steal from us, and inevitably do things that they do to steal from us …"

Hearing his nonsense, Tang Yin couldn't help but roll his eyes. He cleared his throat and emphasized: "This is the Army Tent, a place to discuss military affairs. Brother Lu, please speak of the main points."

Lu Fang looked at the rest of the people, they were all the same as Tang Yin, their faces full of impatience. He secretly stuck out his tongue, and continued: "Frankly speaking, when my travelling friend was young, he was a bandit for a period of time, but after he had changed from bad to good, he also bought a house in Yan City, and settled down there …" Seeing the corners of Tang Yin's mouth twitching, and that there was impatience, he quickly continued, "He was afraid that the things he did when he was young would be exposed and be captured by the authorities, so he secretly dug a secret path in his house, leading directly to the outside of the city …"

Hearing that, Tang Yin's eyes flashed, he asked: "This secret pathway is still here?"

"This …" Lu Fang did not dare be sure either, and said: "This one does not know, I have not seen this friend for a long time, whether or not he still has this secret pathway, I am not sure either."

"Mm …" Tang Yin muttered to himself for a moment, then immediately said: "Brother Lu, you should go to Yan City now, you were once a ranger, and should not be questioned too much about your position, after seeing your friend, you should first ask about his position, then ask about the situation inside, and if there are no problems, immediately report back to him with a pigeon!"

"Yes, my lord!" Lu Fang cupped his hands in response, then asked: "Are you leaving now?"

"Right now! Immediately!" Tang Yin urged.

"Yes sir!" Lu Fang did not ask anymore, and immediately turned and walked out of the tent.

After Lu Fang left, Qiu Zhen said: "Master, if there is a secret passage that you can use, then this matter will be easy to handle. Even if you force yourself to save someone, you can use a secret passage to escape, and at that time, you only need to leave people at the exit to support them, I wonder, who you are planning to send, and how many people will be sent?"

Who should he send? Tang Yin laughed, no matter who he sent, he would not feel at ease. He continued: "This matter can only be handled by me, as for who I'll be bringing along," Pausing for a moment, he looked at Cheng Jin and said: "If you have hidden arrows, you can only follow me!"