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Every county in the Feng Country respected Zhong Tian, and only Tang Yin, the leader of the Tianyuan County, was publicly opposing him, and even killed the official that he sent. Zhong Tian had always remembered this grudge, but he had just become king, so there were many things he needed to settle, and his Tianyuan County was in the distant north. His road was very far away, so he did not have the time to deal with Tang Yin.

Now that Tang Yin had snatched away his three most important trump cards, including his' wife 'whom he had not seen for a long time — Wu Mei, who had also issued a report to the Tianyuan County, Zhong Tian could no longer sit still. She immediately summoned her trusted aides, the Member, and discussed about the matter of exterminating Tang Yin's line.

At this time, a few of Zhong Tian's advisers stepped out to object. They were implying that the situation was not stable yet, and was not suitable for large scale use of soldiers, and their Tianyuan Army was too far away from the Yan City. After Zhong Tian heard these words, he shook his head like a rattle drum.

However, Tang Yin was just a mere two hundred thousand people, the difference in strength was huge. His army was able to flatten the entire Tianyuan County in a single go, so where did all his concerns come from?

Even if they could see through Zhong Tian's intentions, they would still go straight to the point. However, there was an advisor who was very good at guessing Zhong Tian's preferences, and was also good at following Zhong Tian's preferences and speaking words, his name was Zhou Shun, and he did not have any true talent in the first place, so he relied entirely on flattery to occupy a position amongst Zhong Tian's aides.

He looked at the others and laughed slyly: "I feel that what the various Masters said is not right. If we want to eliminate Tang Yin, we must do it quickly, and once the situation on our side stabilizes, Tang Yin's side will also increase in strength. At that time, relying on his Heaven Pass, even if we have an army of a million troops, we won't be able to defeat him."

Zhong Tian liked to hear these words. He nodded his head, showing that Zhou Shun's words were reasonable.

Seeing his happy expression, Zhou Shun felt even more confident, and continued to speak, "The King sent her troops, and Tang Yin's was a rebel. When Wang Shi sent to suppress the rebel army, how could there be no reason for him to not win? Furthermore, the King used the entire nation's power to fight against a small Tianyuan County, with the help of the Ning Country's great army, this battle is 90% certain. It is enough to eliminate Tang Yin in one go, and eliminate this threat in my heart! "

"Yes!" Zhong Tian praised: "Well said!" Wang Shishi was known for her ability to suppress the rebel army, after hearing Zhou Shun's words, Zhong Tian's confidence grew, as he became full of ambition, as if he would swallow down his Tianyuan County in one go.

But before his army had made its move, a matter suddenly occurred in Yan City that completely disrupted Zhong Tian's plans, and that was the occurrence of deserters within the various Legions.

But this time, it was different. Not only the soldiers, even the captain, captain, thousand-man commander and even the regiment commander took the lead and ran away. The phenomenon of desertion was like a torrent of beasts, unstoppable, spreading rapidly, and more and more people were running away. In the end, there was even the matter of the entire regiment's collective escape.

As a result, the order of the Central Squad under Zhong Tian's command was completely disrupted, causing everyone to panic and panic. Fortunately, the six divisions that were directly under Zhong Tian's command were relatively safe, in order to prevent the phenomenon of deserters, Zhong Tian ordered for them to once again seal the city off, and if they were to discover any deserters, regardless of their rank or rank, they would all be executed.

Afterwards, he had reorganized the original Liang, Wu, and Ziyang divisions, replacing the regiment commander and the thousand-man regiment commander without question and using his trusted aides and hanger-ons to fill in the gap. On the surface, his swift move might not seem like a problem, but in reality, it left behind a huge hidden danger.

Amongst the twenty regiments that directly belonged to Liang, Wu, and Ziyang, there were some who were regiment commanders and thousand-man commanders who were extremely loyal to their former masters. They could not forget, but upon receiving the letter, they sent their trusted aides, their Member, to flee to the Tianyuan County to seek refuge. However, there were still some who were indecisive or did not have any plans to go forth.

Their relationship was developed from fighting side by side and going through life and death together. Zhong Tian had replaced the Regiment Commander and the thousand-man commander, but the Company Leaders below were still loyal to their previous bosses. Even if they changed their Company Leaders, they couldn't change all of their soldiers and officers.

Instead of effectively stopping deserters, he intensified them, forcing them to join the old owners. Even though the city was sealed, many soldiers were still risking their lives to jump over the wall to escape. Some people were captured and executed, but there were even more who were not captured and managed to escape to the Tianyuan County.

Not long after, these twenty legions had become a complete mess. They were riddled with holes, unable to fight, and had no fighting capabilities to speak of.

This was not all, once Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun issued the report, it immediately caused a sensation and commotion in various parts of the Feng Country. Countless people of the Feng Country travelled all the way to the Tianyuan County to fill up the army, and the two hundred thousand local soldiers outside the city also received the news from their homes.

Just like what Zhang Zhe had analyzed to Tang Yin back then, although Zhong Tian had an army of over five hundred thousand under his command, the ones that were truly loyal to him were only the six legions that he directly belonged to.

Zhong Tian might be an outstanding statesman and schemer, but he was definitely not someone who knew how to conduct troops. At the moment, Zhong Tian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan when it came to the current situation, but the situation with Tianyuan County was the complete opposite.

When the three families, Liang, Wu, and Zi Yang, sent their Member, they immediately brought over a hundred thousand soldiers, and the citizens who came from all over the Feng Country were also about one hundred thousand. As a result, in an extremely short period of time, the number of people in the Tianyuan County increased by two fold.

Tang Yin treated all of the Central Army s that came to seek refuge with respect, and did not move an inch. Instead, he absorbed all of the citizens that came to order in different places into his Tianyuan Army and merged them into the direct legions of the county. Originally, there were only three of them that were directly under his command, but that number had expanded to thirteen in an instant.

Tang Yin took in all the citizens who had joined the army in front of him, which naturally caused Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun to be unhappy, and one after another came to ask him for permission, while Tang Yin used the excuse that the troops of the three families had not stabilized yet, and refused to distribute any of them to the three families.

At this time, the three families were already dissatisfied with Tang Yin.

The Tianyuan County had increased from two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand in an instant. Not only was it unable to support them financially, even the fodder was a problem.

At this time, Tang Yin thought of the from the Guannan County.

Tianyuan County could not sustain an army of four hundred thousand, but if Guannan County was added, that would be about it. He sent someone to send a letter to Zhao Hui, requesting him to reinforce Tianyuan County Army to pay up, so as to help suppress the traitor Zhong Tian. The contents of the letter were very polite, but it mentioned more than once that the Tianyuan Army had been expanded to four hundred thousand, which meant that the letter was threatening Zhao Hui in secret. If he did not give the materials and money, four hundred thousand Tianyuan Army s could attack his Guannan County at any time.

How could Zhao Hui not see the hidden meaning behind Tang Yin's words? He did not dare delay and immediately wrote a reply to Tang Yin, full of promises to support his Tianyuan County.

In fact, he really did it. The money and food in the county treasury wasn't his, so how could he possibly give it to Zhong Tian, give it to him or give it to him as a gift?

With the Guannan County's military resources, food rations continuously being sent to the Heaven Pass, the pressure on the Tianyuan County was immediately reduced by a lot. At this time, Tang Yin already had plans to send troops to suppress them.

On this day, Tang Yin gathered his subordinates for a meeting, of course Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun were also within the range of his invitation.

During the meeting, he first carried out a simple inquiry and analysis of the current situation, and then went back to the main topic, speaking in a serious tone: "Right now our army has a large number of troops and sufficient food, and we are able to send troops to Zhong Tian, what are your thoughts, everyone?"

When they heard that Tang Yin was finally going to send out their troops, Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and the others continued to say: "It's the right time to leave, our army is vigorous and Zhong Tian is weak, we will definitely win!"

Qiu Zhen cleared his throat, cupped his hands, and said: "Right now, our army still has hidden dangers, and we cannot go out to battle for the time being."

"What hidden trouble?" Everyone turned to look at Qiu Zhen, who said: "If Master Qiu has anything to say, please speak!"

Qiu Zhen laughed and said: "It's like this, although our army has four hundred thousand people, in reality, we are only worth three hundred thousand." Seeing the doubtful look on everyone's face, he continued to explain: "The Prime Minister Liang, Prime Minister Wu, and Great General Ziyang all have a hundred thousand subordinates, but they lack a unified command.

Although Liang Xing was the Left Premier and was in charge of military affairs, he was also in charge of civilian affairs in the army. He was not good at commanding people to fight, and Wu Yu was even a scholar, so he did not know a thing about this matter. After hearing what Qiu Zhen had to say, the two of them did not know how to react.

Ziyang Haochun asked: "Then what about Master Qiu?"

"In my opinion, why don't the three sirs hand over all the command to the Master Tang, and have the Master Tang take over the command? What do you think, the three sirs?"

"This …"

In this situation, who didn't want them to be armed? Hand over the regiment and it would be like handing over one's lifeblood. Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun all looked troubled, and remained silent.

Just as the atmosphere was turning tense, Tang Yin suddenly laughed out loud and said: "If you want to command and command them, then the three sirs do not need to hand over the military power to me."

"Oh?" These words caused the three old men's spirits to rise as they asked in unison, "What do you mean by Master Tang?"

Tang Yin laughed: "As long as you three sirs can elect one person capable of commanding all three families' armies."