The Tianyuan Army attack had the defense of the city Xibai City, after three days of continuous attacks, they had not made any progress, but the number of casualties had risen exponentially. Within the Xibai City, the losses from Peng Army were not small, and more than half of the people had died. Furthermore, the Tianyuan Army was attacking during the day, harassing during the night, the defending troops were unable to calm down day and night.
At this time, Yu Jun walked towards Geng Qiang once again with the idea of abandoning the city and surrendering. If this battle were to continue, all the soldiers within the Xibai City would truly be annihilated, and it would also affect countless of commoners.
's mood had already reached its peak, and after hearing Yu Jun's persuasion for him to surrender, he felt so stifled that he had nowhere to vent his anger on. It made people drag Yu Jun out, gave him a heavy punishment of thirty military sticks, and pushed his official position all the way down to the bottom. At the same time, they even let out words that they were going to take Yu Jun's head once had forced him to retreat.
With regards to this kind of outcome, the other advisor, Qu Feng, naturally made him very happy. He suggested that Geng Qiang continue to make more men, making the citizens of the city the main force in defending against the Tianyuan Army, and with this, the losses of the troops would be reduced to the lowest, allowing hundreds of thousands of citizens in the city to be tied together with the Xibai City, making the siege of the Tianyuan Army even more difficult.
Accepting his suggestion, he became even more unscrupulous towards the citizens of the city. Even in broad daylight, the Personal Guard under Geng Qiang's command was capable of forcefully pulling people into the streets to serve their troops. From fourteen to fifteen years old, and from forty to fifty years old, no one was able to escape. The huge Xibai City had already been tormented by Geng Qiang into a desolate and desolate environment, and almost no one could be seen on the streets. Even if pedestrians occasionally passed by, their footsteps were hurried, as if they were on tenterhooks, afraid of encountering the officials and army.
If the Heaven's Desire was to be destroyed, it would make the other party go crazy first. These words perfectly suited the current Geng Qiang. Even though he had strengthened the defense of the city with his Xibai City, he had still planted the root of the disaster for his demise.
On top of the Xibai City city walls, one could see Peng Army soldiers dressed in red armor, all of them in disorderly and disorderly attire. They did not have any armor to protect themselves with, and all sorts of weapons were used.
In the evening, Tang Yin, Zhang Zhe and Zong Yuan, the three strategists went up to their stronghold's tower and looked at the walls of the Xibai City. Upon seeing this, Qiu Zhen frowned and said: "Master, it seems that Geng Qiang has brought even more citizens for troops.
Of course, Tang Yin knew that the situation was critical, he did not want to hear any more analysis, but wanted to think of a solution. He took a deep breath and looked at the city as he answered absent-mindedly.
Zong Yuan rubbed his chin, his eyes rolling around as he said faintly: "Pulling the citizens to participate in the defense of the city, is not the solution! "The civilians have never been trained, nor have they seen a battle between two armies. They are inexperienced, so when they fight, there will be heavy casualties!"
Zhang Zhe coldly snorted, and said: "Right now, Geng Qiang is like a dog jumping over a wall, he would not care about the lives of the citizens in the city, he only cares about himself, how can he defend Xibai City?"
Zong Yuan nodded his head, and said: "If that's the case, then we can understand two things. First, the citizens of the city definitely did not volunteer to participate in the defense of the city, and secondly, Geng Qiang does not have the hearts of the people."
Geng Qiang did not have many intentions for one or two days, ever since Zhong Tian took over the position, he had taken strict control of the Lehu County with a steel bowl, who would dare say that Zhong Tian was not at all, as long as he or the Subordinate knew about it, they would immediately capture him and execute him. With such a County Magistrate, the citizens would spontaneously defend the city, which would be weird.
Zhang Zhe rolled his eyes at Zong Yuan, but did not say a word.
Zong Yuan continued to speak to himself: "On these two points, our army can make great use of it. If a group of people were to sneak into the city and incite the citizens to revolt, Geng Qiang would definitely lose. Even if they had to retreat and ask for a secondary reason, they would be able to incite the citizens to open the gates for our army and force our troops to charge in.
Zhang Zhe sighed, wanting to infiltrate the city was easier said than done, it was not that they had never tried it before, the enemy was extremely cautious, every section of the city wall was guarded by General of Ning Country, using Arts of Clairvoyance, they couldn't even get close to Hidden Arrow Crew, what about the others? He shook his head and sighed, "Based on the current situation, wanting to sneak into the city is like ascending to the heavens."
The speaker had no intentions, the listener had any intentions, and Tang Yin's eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at the Xibai City, and said: "If I sneak into the city, it's not like there isn't a chance!"
Qiu Zhen, Zhang Zhe and Zong Yuan were all stunned for a moment when they heard him, and they all looked towards Tang Yin at the same time. The latter turned around and said seriously: "Mr. Zong Yuan is right, it is impossible for the citizens of Xibai City to participate in the defense of the city on their own, they must have been captured by Geng Qiang through forced means. For the past three days, our army has continuously attacked the city, and many people have suffered heavy casualties from the Peng Army, and the citizens that participated in the defense have suffered even greater casualties.
"Master wants to go personally?" Qiu Zhen had followed Tang Yin for the longest, so he naturally understood his personality. Just by looking at his shining eyes, he knew that Tang Yin was planning to take action again.
"That's right!" Indeed. Tang Yin nodded with a smile, and said: "Only if I go, will the chances of success be the greatest!"
"What does the lord want to do?" Qiu Zhen asked nervously.
Tang Yin laughed, then waved his hand and said: "Let's talk about it after returning the bill!"
They quickly went down the tower and returned to Tang Yin's Central Army Tent, summoning all of the high ranking Generals s there. When everyone was there, Tang Yin went straight to the point: "I'm going to the Xibai City!" His tone was calm, as if Xibai City were his own city, allowing him to enter as he pleased and to exit as he pleased.
Hearing that, all the generals were shocked, they looked at each other, and did not understand what Tang Yin meant. Xiao Muqing asked softly: "Master, you mean …."
Tang Yin explained Zong Yuan's analysis to everyone, then said: "Once I enter the city, I can disguise myself as a commoner and mix with the citizens guarding the city. If there is a chance, I will incite the citizens to rebel, and open the gates for our army!"
"Huh?" Everyone's heart tensed up, Xiao Muqing immediately asked: How many people does Master want to bring?
Tang Yin pointed to his own nose and laughed: "I alone am enough!"
"This... This is too dangerous! " Let alone Xiao Muqing, even Qiu Zhen shook his head, indicating that he did not think it was appropriate.
"If I go alone, I'll have nothing to do with it. Even if my identity is exposed, I can still fight and run. If I go with too many brothers, I'll just be a hindrance!" Tang Yin laughed and said.
Qiu Zhen sighed, and said faintly: "Even if Master wanted to go in, you cannot enter the city alone! Didn't General Jiang Mo already try once? As he spoke, he looked towards Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo quickly replied: That's right! Master, there is a General of the Peng Army releasing a Arts of Clairvoyance on the city walls, the moment we get close to the city, we will be discovered by the enemy, Master, please do not act rashly! "
"Haha — —" Tang Yin laughed, and said: "Merely a mere General, nothing to fear. With Le Tian assisting me, sneaking into the city is as easy as flipping my hand!"
Le Tian's face was at a loss when Tang Yin called out the name. He asked: "What does Master want me to do?"
Tang Yin said: "Shoot down the guards at the top of the city wall!"
Le Tian wrinkled his brows and thoughtfully nodded his head. He was confident in his archery skills. If the enemy was unprepared, it was possible for him to fire a cold arrow and kill the enemy. But the key problem was that if he could kill the enemy at the same time, it would attract the attention of the enemy.
Seeing his concerns, Tang Yin laughed, and said: "You only need to shoot and kill the enemy general, with my cultivation, before the enemy soldiers can sense me, I have already entered the city!"
Le Tian lowered his head and pondered. He did not say anything.
Jiang Mo then said: "I will follow Master into the city!"
Tang Yin waved his hand, Le Tian had shot General of Peng Country dead, in a flash, causing the surrounding Peng Soldier to become alert, he was confident that he would be able to enter the city in such a short amount of time, but with Jiang Mo and the rest's cultivation, he was afraid that they would not be able to do so. He said with a stern expression: "When I sneak into the city, I also need to contact the army outside the city. As for the communication, I also need the help of the Dark Arrows, so, Jiang Mo, you stay in the camp!"
Seeing that Tang Yin had planned everything, and really had the intention to enter the city alone, everyone panicked. Tang Yin was the commander, he snuck into the enemy city alone, what if something happened? What would happen to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on their side? Everyone looked at each other, then cupped their hands at the same time, advising Tang Yin not to face danger personally.
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, and said: "I have already made my decision, you all do not need to persuade me anymore. During my absence from the camp, all the affairs of the army will be handled by Master Qiu Qiu Zhen! Also, I will be entering the city tonight. Wu Guang, Yuanwu, Yuanbiao, the three of you will lead thirty thousand of your brothers to attack from three sides: the North of City, the west side of the city, and the South of City.
Tang Yin had always been a swift and decisive person, he would carry out the plan the moment he decided on it. Hearing that, everyone looked at each other, unable to stop him even if they wanted to. Everyone helplessly sighed, bowed and said, "Yes! "My Lord!"
According to Tang Yin's plan, the two brothers Wu Guang and Shangguan led 30,000 men to begin the night siege again.
The defending troops of Xibai City were used to the harassment at night, but this time, it was not harassment. Wu Guang, Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao had a total of ninety thousand strong army, whose attacks were not to be underestimated, and very quickly, the garrison inside the city realized that the enemy was approaching in full force, and was not pretending to attack, as a large number of Peng Army and commoners rushed to the top of the city walls to block the Tianyuan Army's attack.
As they were fighting, Tang Yin brought Le Tian and Jiang Mo along to South Camp. As he walked, he instructed Jiang Mo to spread his Hidden Arrow Crew around the area, and he could not tell when he would receive the news from the city, so he could make his Hidden Arrow Crew pay attention.