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Under the siege of Tianyuan Army, the food in Zhong Wen's camp became increasingly empty. As time passed, the soldiers had started to strictly control their rations, from three meals a day to two meals a day, and then to one meal a day. Even if they only ate one meal a day, the food was still very limited.

Many soldiers who did not have enough to eat were starving. When night came, they rushed out of the living quarters in groups of three or five, using the stealthily killing military horses as food.

When Zhong Wen found out about this, he became extremely furious and immediately executed all the captured soldiers, but the hunger of the soldiers was not something that could be controlled through manpower. Although a few soldiers who stole food from the army were executed, there were still more soldiers who took the risk and went forward to give it a try, and gradually, Zhong Wen could no longer control them.

At this time, even the intelligent Zhong Wen, who was an expert in military strategy, was at a loss. Being trapped in the Tianyuan Army's encirclement, he did not understand the situation outside, but according to the time, the great army of Ning Country should have arrived long ago. So many days, even if they were crawling, they should have crawled over.

At this moment, he already had a premonition that Ning Jun's army would be obstructed on the way there, and he had two choices. He could either continue to wait until Ning Jun's army broke through the resistance and come to his aid, or lead his troops to break out of the encirclement.

But both options are highly risky.

What if Ning Jun didn't come in time? If they chose to break through, the four hundred thousand Tianyuan Army would have already established a stable camp with strong defenses. With one hundred thousand people against four hundred thousand people, they would be the side who attacked the enemy, and without a doubt, it would be like striking a rock with an egg. Even if they managed to break through the heavy encirclement, it was likely that not more than a few soldiers would be able to survive.

Right now, his decision not only involved the life and death of more than a hundred thousand Central Army s, it also concerned his own survival and whether his father would be able to stand firmly on his feet. His responsibilities were great, and he didn't dare to act rashly.

He could continue to exhaust himself, but the starving soldiers in the army could no longer hold on, because Zhong Wen had already tightly guarded the horses and soldiers. They took advantage of the darkness of the night to escape from the camp, over the walls of their camp, towards the Tianyuan Army. The entire army's situation was becoming more and more out of Zhong Wen's control.

Zhong Wen's side had been trapped for a few days, and Zhong Tian, who was in charge of the Yan City, had also received the news, causing the old man to become as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Once he knew that the food in Ning Jun's army was insufficient and that he was obstructed on his way, he immediately took out two hundred thousand stone worth of food from his Yan City. One stone weighed forty kilograms, and two hundred thousand stones was equivalent to eight million kilograms. However, such a large amount of food was only enough to feed the four hundred thousand soldiers of the Ning Army for six days. In addition, Zhong Tian ordered the County Head of Lehu County to prepare another two hundred thousand stones of rations and send it to the Ning Army Camp.

Zhong Tian and Lehu County's rations were delivered one after another, but by this time, the Ning army had already retreated to the border between Jinguang County and itself. Although the supplies had been replenished, the commanders of the Ning army, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wushuang, did not move from their original positions. The entire camp was so calm that there was no intent to advance at all.

How could Zhong Tian just sit there and wait? He sent people over several times to urge the Ning army to quickly advance, but they were all pushed back by the numerous excuses given by the enemies in the Jinhua City to block their way forward. At this moment, Zhong Tian finally understood that Ning Jun did not care about Zhong Wen's life or death, nor did he care about whether he could hold on to his own strength, they only cared about themselves.

After thinking about it, he still could not come up with a good idea. In the end, he could only send some people to County Head, who was in charge of the Jinguang County, to set up an army of a hundred thousand to attack the Tianyuan Army from the periphery, to save the trapped Zhong Wen.

After receiving Zhong Tian's orders, Yu Tao couldn't help but grin. The county soldiers of the Jinguang County had long been sent to the Yan City, and were then sent back to fight the Tianyuan County, but in the end, all of the soldiers surrendered to the Tianyuan Army right before the battle. Although the majority of the soldiers had been sent back by the Tianyuan County, if they wanted to gather these wandering soldiers to continue fighting against the Tianyuan Army, it would be extremely difficult, and no one would accept such a ridiculous thing.

Forget about gathering an army of one hundred thousand, even if he were to gather fifty thousand people to fight the Tianyuan Army right now, it would still be difficult.

However, Zhong Tian's orders had already arrived, so he had no choice but to obey. He could only bite the bullet and follow Zhong Tian's orders.

Yu Tao did his best to gather a troop of only around twenty thousand people, the majority of the members of this troop were homeless refugees, there were also a portion of Domestic Servant s and servants that came from large families in the county. As for the generals who were in charge, none of the generals of Jinguang County dared to step out, and these twenty thousand people could only be commanded by Yu Tao himself.

This army, even if they didn't have an elite soldier or a good general, they might not even be able to defeat the regular army, let alone fight with four hundred thousand Tianyuan Army. Yu Tao was not an idiot, he himself was clear of this point. He commanded the civil servants, military generals and an army of over twenty thousand soldiers, and headed towards the border between Jinguang County and the Guannan County.

He was only twenty kilometers away from the Tianyuan Army Battalion, so he did not dare to go any further, and he ordered the entire army to camp there. Yu Tao had done as he was instructed, but he did not have the strength nor the courage to fight with the Tianyuan Army. He only set up the army to deal with the situation, and it could be said that he did not have any assistance to the trapped Zhong Wen.

The Ning Country army that could save Zhong Wen could not move forward at all, and Yu Tao's group that had gone forward to rescue him was completely helpless. As the saying goes, fortune never comes in pairs, and misfortune never goes in pairs. Ten days after the siege of Zhong Wen's bloodline, another strong army had joined the Tianyuan Army, which consisted of thirty thousand Bessas Heavy Armored Cavalry led by Shauna von Proth.

Sanchez Von Pros was strongly against Tang Yin sending ambassadors to the Bessa City to borrow troops, but Blaine Lucas and the other families of the five young generals who had been mercifully let go by Tang Yin before had once again taken action, supporting the loan of troops to Tang Yin. Of course, they agreed to borrow troops not only for personal gain, but also to see stable Tianyuan County.

and Bessa City had signed a trade agreement, and this was a matter of mutual benefit. Bessa City, especially the Bessa City's nobles, quickly tasted the sweetness, and earned a huge amount of profit from the trade between the two sides. As a result, as the trade unfolded, their interests were already linked, and the stability of Tianyuan County also directly affected the profits of Bessa City's nobles.

This was the main reason why the important ministers of the Bessar Imperial Court supported borrowing troops from Tang Yin.

Sánchez von Pros was a royal family with a large territory, a large number of slaves, and a country to support him. As such, he did not care about or participate in the business dealings of Tianchuan County, and the stability and prosperity of Tianchuan County naturally had nothing to do with him. On the contrary, he felt that Tang Yin was a great potential threat to the Peshawar State, and that it would be best if he could eliminate him as soon as possible.

Sanchez's opposition did not garner much support, including his elder brother, King Bessa Knies von Pu Luo.

After many discussions, Knies finally decided to borrow thirty thousand elite soldiers from Tang Yin and send them to the border of Feng Country. Hearing that his father had agreed to help Tang Yin, Shauna was extremely happy. He took the initiative to volunteer and expressed his wish to be the commander of the thirty thousand strong cavalry and lead the troops into the Feng Country.

Shauna was Knies's favorite princess, and one of the top five successors to the position, it was possible for her to inherit Knies's position as the next leader. Afraid that Shauna was inexperienced, Knies even specially made him an old general with Bessa City who was also an old name, Branka Pottis. In addition, Blaine Lucas and the other five young generals also followed the army.

In the past, the reason why the great army of Bessa City entered the Pingyuan County was for the sake of fighting and plundering. But now, they had become a reinforcement for Tang Yin.

If Tang Yin had not figured out a way to crack the formation, his Feng Army would not even be able to contend against it. In the past, there had been a battle in the battlefield where an entire legion of Feng Army s were only defeated by a thousand Heavy Armored Cavalry s.

This group of Bessa Army had travelled thousands of miles, passed through the Tianyuan County and Guannan County of the Feng Country, and arrived at the border between the Guannan County and the Jinguang County, where they converged with the main force of the Tianyuan Army.

, the temporary commander of the Tianyuan Army, could not even close his mouth when he received the news that Bessar's Heavy Armored Cavalry had come to provide assistance. He personally led the entire army of civil and military Generals out to receive him.

Shauna did not know Qiu Zhen, nor did she know the other generals, and she was not really interested in these people either. She only wanted to see Tang Yin, but to her disappointment, Tang Yin was not here anymore, and went deeper into the Jinguang County to fight against the Ning Army.

According to Shauna's original intention, since Tang Yin was at the Jinhua City, she should also be leading the way, but she was stopped by Qiu Zhen. As the language was unspoken, a large group of translators gathered around during the conversation, so that the Generals on both sides could understand each other's intentions.

Qiu Zhen explained the current situation in detail to Shauna. After that, he said: "The reason why Master has penetrated deep into the Jinguang County and taken the risk to go up to the Jinhua City to defend against the Ning Country army is to eliminate the Zhong Wen branch in front of you. So, if you want to welcome Master again, Your Highness needs to stay here and assist our forces to eliminate the rebel army led by Zhong Wen as soon as possible."

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Besides, Her Highness the Princess has led the Your Country army over, the enemy is still unaware. We should make good use of this point and use it as a surprise attack to win, if we carelessly penetrate deep into the Jinguang County and expose our traces and fighting strength, and let the enemy be on guard, it might not be beneficial for future battles."

Shauna didn't want to listen to such logic and wanted to reject it, but as the Deputy Commander, Pottis spoke first: "Master Qiu is right, Your Highness, let us wait here for a while!"