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Following the arrival of Tang Yin, the Tianyuan Army which had been resting for many days also began to reorganize itself, and began to advance towards the south.

At this time, Peng Haochu suggested to Tang Yin that their own four hundred thousand strong army might not be able to gather together, and there was no need for that. Currently, the number of defending Lehu County was not even fifty thousand, and their side could split into three groups to attack Lehu County from three different directions.

Tang Yin felt that Peng Haochu's suggestion was reasonable and immediately accepted it. The hundred thousand Pingyuan Army led by Xiao Muqing and the fifty thousand remaining Sanshui Army went all the way from the west, while the hundred fifty thousand Chifeng Army led by Li Wei and Peng Haochu went all the way from the east, while Tang Yin himself led the hundred thousand Directly Subordinate Army led by the commander of the group along with thirty thousand Bessite Heavy Armored Cavalry. This was the middle route of the attack.

Tianyuan Army strategists and Generals s did not have any objections towards Tang Yin's arrangements. The military order immediately took effect, and four hundred thousand Tianyuan Army s started to form line after line, all the way down, until they reached the Lehu County s.

The moment the Tianyuan Army was activated, Zhong Tian heard the news.

In this period of time,'s Tianyuan Army had been withdrawn to his Tianyuan County. Zhong Tian originally thought that he could be at ease for a while, and could even sleep peacefully for a while. When Zhong Tian found out about this, he immediately called over Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, the two brothers, to discuss how to deal with the enemy.

According to Zhan Wushuang's idea, with a Lehu County of less than fifty thousand people, there was no way for him to defend against the menacing Tianyuan Army. Rather than staying in the Lehu County and defending to the death, it would be better for him to give up on resisting, withdraw his Yan City, gather the manpower of his side, and begin the decisive battle between his Yan City and the Tianyuan Army. He thought that the Laughing Army should stay within the Lehu County, and rely on their advantage of location, they should wear down as much of the spirit of the Tianyuan Army as possible. In that way, even if the Tianyuan Army could reach beneath the city, it would become a teacher of exhaustion, and at that time, they would have a chance of winning by gathering their own forces and going out of the city to fight against the Tianyuan Army.

Zhong Tian didn't understand military strategy at all, at this moment, he felt that Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, the two brothers, had their reasons, and didn't know who he should listen to. However, most of the advisers under Zhong Tian's command supported Zhan Wushuang's suggestion, and hoped that Zhong Tian could send the Laughing Army back to the Yan City to strengthen the defense of the capital.

Zhong Tian did not listen to Zhan Wushuang's suggestion, but did not accept Zhan Wudi's suggestion either, and sent people to the Lehu County to ask County Magistrate Geng Qiang about his intentions. In Zhong Tian's opinion, no matter how much they discussed, they were, after all, standing at the back and could not fully grasp the situation.

He was not wrong, but that was if the commander in front of him was at least as handsome as he was. Geng Qiang was born a regiment commander, and because of his loyalty to Zhong Tian, he was promoted to the position of County Head. As a soldier, he was headstrong, arrogant and conceited, although he could only listen to orders, as a commander, he was still lacking.

After receiving Zhong Tian's orders, Geng Qiang was also considering whether he could endure Tianyuan Army, whether he should retreat or defend, or retreat after fighting a few battles. Moreover, their side was the owner of Lehu County. Even if their strength differed greatly from the enemy's, the advantage of the ground advantage would allow them to fend off against the enemy for a while. Furthermore, ever since he had raised his troops, he had always been strengthening the defense of the city, and attacking the Provincial Capital was far from easy.

Not only did he flatter Zhong Tian a little, he even scolded him till his Tianyuan Army was inferior to a dog's. In the end, he revealed his own determination and swore that he would not take half a step back in a battle to the death between Lehu County and Tianyuan Army.

After seeing Geng Qiang's performance, Zhong Tian could not help but nod his head, feeling extremely happy. He even passed it around to the other officials to let them see what it meant to be loyal, what it meant to be a pillar of talent, Geng Qiang was the perfect example!

On the contrary, he even gathered his Central Army and readied his energy for battle. He was prepared to send him to the Lehu County whenever there was a chance, to assist Geng Qiang in his bloody battle with the Tianyuan Army to the end.

The Lehu County's troops did not leave, but Geng Qiang started to gather strong men, regardless of whether or not people were willing to join the army, he first assembled them into the army, and gave out armor and weapons, and if anyone dared to escape, it would be done according to the rules of a deserter, and they would be killed without pardon.

Geng Qiang's ability to capture strong men was far superior to Zhong Tian's. In just a few days of time, thirty thousand Peng Army had expanded to eighty thousand, and at the same time, he had also ordered the entire city to be locked down. Without his orders, no one was allowed to enter, so at this time, Geng Qiang had already made the stance of defending the Xibai City to the death.

As for the Directly Subordinate Army that Tang Yin commanded. Even if the soldiers below had not joined the army for a long time, with these Generals, their fighting strength would be raised by a level imperceptibly. Furthermore, they would have the assistance of the shockingly powerful Basa Knights.

The first thing that Directly Subordinate Army had to do was to face the Upper North County with their Lehu County. The Lehu County was also considered a large county. There were three counties below it, the Upper North, the Qing Mountain, and the Bao Qing Prefecture.

The Directly Subordinate Army of the General Tang Yin arrived at the junction point between the Jinguang County and the Upper North County and were temporarily stationed there. Le Tian and Ai Jia reported all the information they had in the Upper Northern County to Tang Yin.

Because Geng Qiang had placed the majority of the army in the Western Hundred Provincial Capital, the forces of the Upper North County were relatively empty. However, there were around eight thousand people stationed in the county city with Peng Army.

After hearing the intel between Le Tian and Ai Jia, Tang Yin sneered and spoke arrogantly: "A mere eight thousand strong enemy dares to block our one hundred thousand strong army?" With that, he asked again, "Who is the head of the Upper North County?"

Ai Jia replied: "Sir, the county leader's name is Mao An, he was sent to Shang Bei County by Zhong Tian after usurping the throne, I think it must be Zhong Tian's confidence."

"Regardless of whether he is Zhong Tian's trusted aide or not, anyone who dares to stand in his way will be killed!" Tang Yin turned his head and said to Qiu Zhen: "Master Qiu, arrange for an envoy to head to the northern city and advise this Mao An to surrender. Otherwise, my army will kill him without a burial ground!"

"Yes!" "My Lord!" Qiu Zhen nodded.

According to Tang Yin's plan, Qiu Zhen would send a low ranking official to the northern city's Linqiao to advise Mao An to surrender.

It was only two days later that the Sky Eye Scout brought back the news. Originally, even though she had seen Mao An when the envoy arrived at Linqiao City, the latter not only did not accept his side's persuasion, he even killed the envoy. Right now, their heads were hanging right on top of the Linqiao's walls.

When Tang Yin heard this, his eyes widened from the depths of his heart all the way to his head. He raised his leg and kicked the table in front of him far away, gritting his teeth. With that, he passed down the order, and the entire army rose up from their camps, heading towards the Linqiao City.

Seeing that, Qiu Zhen anxiously stopped her, and said: "Master, do not be rash. Mao An knows that but he did so to anger our army. His goal was most likely to lead our troops to attack him, and maybe he had set up an ambush on the way there, so Master should not advance recklessly! "

"Ambush?" Tang Yin laughed, then asked: "The enemy only has a few thousand people, but our army has a hundred thousand, even if the enemy is lying in ambush, what can they do to me?"

After listening to his question, Qiu Zhen was unable to answer, that's right, the enemy only had a few thousand people, even if it was an ambush, the army that wanted to ambush over a hundred thousand would just use a random method.

Seeing Qiu Zhen frowning and not saying anything, Tang Yin asked Le Tian and Ai Jia: "Did the two of you detect any enemies ambushing along the way?"

Le Tian and Ai Jia looked at each other, shook their heads and said: "I didn't sense any ambushes!"

"Humph!" Tang Yin sneered. If there were no hidden troops even in Sky Eye and Earth Web, then there was no mistake. The enemy would definitely be hiding in the city. With a wave of his hand, he commanded, "Enter!"

With Tang Yin's order, the Directly Subordinate Army and the Beisa Cavalry soldiers started their journey and headed straight for the Linqiao s of the counties in the Upper North District.

Along the way, under Tang Yin's leadership, the Directly Subordinate Army broke through the bamboo, and continuously attacked and occupied several towns in the northern region.

Tang Yin wanted to charge into the city and capture Mao An so that he could eliminate the hatred in his heart. He ordered the entire army to hurry over, while he led the Shangguan brothers, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu the two generals and led the ten thousand light cavalry army to the front.

As Tang Yin charged forward hastily, the entire Directly Subordinate Army camp had already been expanded to the point where it was almost impossible to outrun the light cavalry soldiers. Usually, Tang Yin would lead light cavalry soldiers to attack a town, but there were still Directly Subordinate Army in the previous town, and between the two cities, the light cavalry soldiers could be seen rushing forward everywhere.

Under Tang Yin's rampage, the speed at which the Directly Subordinate Army advanced was indeed astonishingly fast. From the point where the two counties intersected, to reach the level of Linqiao City, only a short day had passed.

Linqiao City could already faintly be seen. Tang Yin, who was leading the light cavalry, sat on his horse and sneered. He tilted his head and asked: "Who is willing to be the first to attack Linqiao City?"

Tang Yin had just finished speaking, Shangguan Yuanbiao immediately rushed forward, raising his spear, he interjected and bowed, and said: "Master, your subordinate is willing to go!"

"Good!" Yuanbiao, I'll leave the leading to you, don't disappoint me! "

"Don't worry master, it's fine if the enemy doesn't come out. But if he dares to fight, I will kill him one after another. I will kill both of them!" Shangguan Yuanbiao shook his spear, and pulled out three lances that sparkled with a silvery light.

"Haha —" Tang Yin laughed, and nodded at Shangguan Yuanbiao.

Just as the latter was about to ride her horse and rush to the front of Linqiao City to curse at the enemy, she suddenly heard someone from behind shouting with a long voice, "Reporting, Sir! "This is bad …"