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In accordance to Tang Yin's orders, Le Tian and Ai Jia released all of their spies and searched for ambushing soldiers.

After a series of anxious and busy searches, the Sky Eye and Earth Web scouts found the ambush location of the enemy, but didn't see any of them.

Originally, when Zhan Wushuang saw Zui Fengjian returning with wounds, he knew that the matter was exposed. He did not delay any longer at the ambush site and immediately passed down the order. When the spies of the Sky Eye and the Earth Web found the hiding spot of Zhan Wushuang's group, the latter had already led his subordinates away for a long time.

Even though they did not manage to find the hidden soldiers in the end, there was definitely an existence of hidden soldiers. Adding to that, with Tang Yin being injured right now, his Tianyuan Army had become extremely cautious, not daring to have the slightest bit of carelessness. When they advanced, they were also moving forward step by step, and had even released a large number of spies to scout ahead of time.

After Tang Yin was injured, his Tianyuan Army advanced through the mountain ranges for three days. However, in these three days, his Tianyuan Army had only advanced one hundred kilometers, which was a far cry from the speed he had travelled here. Fortunately, the entire army was cautious on every aspect, and did not give the enemy any opportunities to get close.

Next, Tianyuan Army would face the Lishan City of the Gaochuan County.

The entire county only had two counties, three cities, and four towns, with a population of less than three hundred thousand. Because it was located in the mountains, it was relatively isolated, and the transportation was inconvenient.

The city was situated between two mountains and one water. The eastern side was Riko Mountain, and the Lishan City had gained its name because of this, while the western side was Li Shan. The northern side was located near the Pan River.

If the Tianyuan Army wanted to attack the Provincial Capital, it was necessary to first attack and occupy the Lishan City, and only by taking down the Lishan City, can the logistics and support of the Tianyuan Army be guaranteed. Right now, Tang Yin was wounded all over his body, so the entire army's affairs were basically managed by Zi Ying himself. He commanded the Tianyuan Army to set up camp in an open area five kilometers away from the Lishan City.

Zi Ying's camp was extremely sturdy, and he needed to look at everything in detail. Because there were so many forests in the Gaochuan County, the Tianyuan Army s used on the spot to cut down a large amount of wood to strengthen the walls of the fortress. No matter how strong the enemy was, whether or not they dared to launch a sneak attack on the Tianyuan Army s array, they couldn't be wrong to do a good defense system first.

With so many people and great strength, the Tianyuan Army was only built in half a day. The northern camp, eastern camp, western camp, and South Camp camp were guarding four different directions. In the middle was the central camp, and no matter which side was being attacked, there would be reinforcements from all four directions, as firm as a boulder.

Central Army's Great Stronghold, Central Army Tent.

Tang Yin, his subordinates Zi Ying, Shangguan Yuan Jean, Zhan Hu, Le Tian, Ai Jia and the rest of the generals were all gathered there. In the center of the Central Army Tent, there was a long and soft piece of paper. Tang Yin was draped with a coat, and half of him was lying on the ground, while the rest of them were standing on either side. In the middle, there was a large map on the ground, on which the inner and outer parts of the Lishan City were clearly outlined.

Right now, Tang Yin's injuries had mostly recovered, her face was also scarlet, but her body was still a little weak. Lying on the soft ground, with one hand on his chin and the other lightly tapping on the ground, he stared at the map on the ground. She looked around and asked casually, "Have the defenses of Lishan City been scouted?" "Yes, my lord." Ai Jia stood up, took a step forward, and cupped her hands as she said, "It's been reported that the defending troops of Mount Li are only a few hundred old, weak, and handicapped." Normally, Tang Yin would not sit on a chair when she saw it in her Central Army Tent, and all the generals were standing to discuss the major military matters, and would settle the matter in a few sentences. But now that Tang Yin was injured, and could only lie on the soft ground, it was not good for him to request for all the generals to stand, and furthermore, he did not like looking up at others.

"Hundreds of old and weak?" Tang Yin could not help but shake his head and laugh. He then looked at Zi Ying and asked, "General Zi Ying, didn't you say that Lishan City was an important place to the user? Why did Zhong Tian only arrange for a few hundred old, weak, and handicapped people to defend such an important place? " Zi Ying frowned, he pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Sir, Lishan City City is small, and its walls are rather low, and the ground on both sides is high, making it hard to defend, even if Zhong Tian were to place all his forces in the Lishan City, he might not even be able to withstand the first round of attacks, I think Zhong Tian would be retreating all his forces back to the Provincial Capital, preparing to defend the Provincial Capital with his life." "Oh!" Tang Yin thoughtfully nodded his head.

At this time, Shangguan Yuan furrowed his brows and asked, "General Zi Ying, since the defenses of our Lishan City are so weak, and we can easily obtain them, why do you need to put in so much effort to build such a fortress? How about we just attack Plough Mountain City and set up camp?" Zi Ying laughed and said: "I have said it before, Lishan City is easy to attack but hard to defend, and its position is extremely important, it affects the army's future logistics and safety. With this army, we can coordinate with the Lishan City, and when our troops go deeper into the heart of the Gaochuan County, we will not have to worry about the enemy's sneak attack on our Lishan City anymore!" "So that's how it is!" Shangguan Yuan thought for a moment, then nodded his head, he smiled at Zi Ying and cupped his hands: "General Zi Ying is truly scheming deeply!" "Hehe, you're too kind, General Yuan!" Zi Ying humbly cupped his hands in return.

Tang Yin also praised on the side, Zi Ying's ability needless to say, he could definitely be considered an outstanding commander. Smiling, he snapped his fingers, drawing everyone's attention back to him and asked, "Which general would be willing to take the lead in attacking Lishan City?" Just as he finished speaking, Zhan Hu flung his robe and strode forward. Taking two steps forward, he knelt on one knee and bowed deeply as he shouted, "My lord, I am willing to go!" Seeing that it was Zhan Hu who had volunteered, Tang Yin was overjoyed. He raised his head and said: "Alright! Zhan Hu, I will give you ten thousand brothers, and put down your Lishan City within four hours! " Yes! "I'll be right back. My lord, please wait here for the good news!" Zhan Hu stood up after he finished speaking, and with big strides, he walked out of the tent.

After Zhan Hu left, Tang Yin rolled his eyes and said to Zi Ying: "General Zi Ying, get the soldiers to prepare more logs! "I don't think Zhong Tian will leave us any boats to cross the river." Zi Ying smiled and replied, "My lord, I have already given my orders. The soldiers are already rushing to build the raft for crossing the river." Tang Yin's eyes lit up as he looked at Zi Ying. He felt that with him around, he no longer needed to worry about anything.

He laughed heartily and said casually, "General Zi Ying really thinks of everything in front of me. With General Zi Ying around, I seem to be a little unnecessary in the army." On the surface, these words sounded like praise, but Zi Ying suddenly shivered and immediately stood up from his chair, kneeling down and cupping his hands: "Sir, you have to kill this lowly general, this general absolutely does not dare!" What was General Zi Ying doing? "Get up." A strange expression appeared on Tang Yin's face as he quickly waved towards the kneeling Zi Ying.

Zi Ying let out a faint sigh of relief. Seeing Tang Yin wave at him over and over, he slowly got up and returned to his chair. His tassel was a loyal person, but definitely not a fool. Tang Yin's words just now had reminded him of the principle of protecting his master. Since ancient times, who knew how many generals within the country had died because of these four words. "At this point, he also grew wary.

When Zhan Hu led ten thousand soldiers to attack the city, the guards of Lishan City didn't even have time to put up a resistance before they raised the white flag and surrendered. The situation of Lishan City was similar to that of Sky Eye and Earth Web's scouting, where there were only seven hundred soldiers guarding the city. On the other hand, the citizens of the city welcomed Feng Army into the city. Not only were there no hostility in them, quite a few of them even brought food and drinks to the city.

Zhan Hu did not reject the citizens' good intentions and accepted all the items. He only secretly gave the order that the food and drinks sent by the citizens were not allowed to be eaten to prevent any poison from coming out. Zhan Hu was not a simple brute with well-developed limbs. First, let's not talk about whether the citizens' welcome was out of sincerity or pretense, if the enemies were to hide amongst the commoners, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After Zhan Hu led his men and entered the city, they went straight to County Magistrate Mansion, where there were already no people left. He left behind a large number of soldiers to control the capital, and then led a thousand or so soldiers to escort the captives back to their own camp to report to Tang Yin.

Towards these Peng Army s that had voluntarily surrendered, Tang Yin did not make things difficult for them. He paid a few hundred silver coins and directly dismissed the hundreds of elderly, weak, and handicapped people, then left ten thousand Feng Army to guard the camp and lead the other soldiers into the Lishan City.

Just as Zi Ying and Zi Ying had predicted, the ships inside the Lishan City had all been destroyed while the main force was retreating. If one wanted to pass through the Pan River, they had to create their own ships.

Although the raft was relatively easy to create, in order to transport sixty thousand Feng Army, along with the war horses, fodder, and supplies brought by the accompanying troops, there would have to be at least several hundred raft required. To create several hundred raft would not be a simple task for a short period of time, and Tianyuan Army was forced to be delayed here.

What was worth celebrating was that after the people of Lishan City found out that the Feng Army needed rafts to cross the river, they spontaneously organized themselves and contributed to the construction of the rafts. As a result, they helped Tang Yin a lot.

After working busily for an entire five days, Tang Yin had already created three hundred rafts. At this time, Tang Yin planned to send his troops across the river.

That night, Tang Yin sent someone to look for Zi Ying, asking him to come to the County Capital to discuss military matters with him.

Receiving Tang Yin's summons, Zi Ying rushed to the County Capital to meet Tang Yin in his bedroom.

When Zi Ying had finished bowing and stood up, he asked with a smile on his face, "General Zi Ying, do we already have three hundred wooden rafts?" Yes! "Master!" We have already delayed inside the Lishan City for five days, I do not want to delay any longer, look … Can we cross the river with these three hundred rafts? "