Without waiting for Xiao Xin to finish speaking, Cheng Jin had already raised his leg and heavily kicked him in the back. With a kengchi sound, Xiao Xin's head swooped down and slid on the ground for a long distance, rolling all the way until he was right in front of Tang Yin. Cheng Jin caught up quickly and stepped on his back, then shouted: "Master, if Master wants to ask, then say it, no need for you to analyze it. If you dare speak any more nonsense, I will break your head!"
Xiao Xin was frightened and his body was in unbearable pain. His tears and mucus flowed even more as he screamed at Tang Yin, "Mercy, my lord! "Please spare my life!"
Tang Yin smiled slightly. Seeing that Xiao Xin's face was covered in dirt and dirt, he took out his handkerchief and handed it over to him happily. He said gently, "Wipe your face first." After he finished speaking, he then turned to Cheng Jin and said, "Since Xiao Xin is wholeheartedly committed to the imperial government, we are one of your people. You can't be so rude to us anymore."
Towards such a vile character, Tang Yin could pretend to be approachable, but Cheng Jin could not put on an act. He glared at Xiao Xin, but still cupped his hands and said: "Yes, Master!"
Allowing Xiao Xin to catch his breath, Tang Yin smiled as he looked at Xiao Xin who was kneeling in front of him, and asked: "You didn't finish your words just now, what else was there for you?"
"Oh …" Xiao Xin thought for a while before remembering what he wanted to say. He turned his head and looked at Cheng Jin in fear, only to see that Cheng Jin was also staring at him with a pair of eyes filled with killing intent. Xiao Xin was so scared that his face became pale, and he trembled as he said: "Also, Xiao Shang has two powerful generals under him. He was about to explain more when he suddenly remembered Cheng Jin's warning just now. He swallowed his saliva and swallowed his next words.
Tang Yin saw through his concerns and laughed: "You don't have to worry, just say whatever you want to say!"
He is the same as Master, he is also a Spirit Cultivator of Dark. Although he is young, and has not reached thirty years of age, since the moment he joined the army, he has not met an opponent.
"Humph!" Cheng Jin could not help but snort at the side, and said with a sneer: "What kind of experts can there be with such a small Gaochuan County? Since we haven't met an opponent there, it doesn't mean anything. If that Jiang Fan you mentioned was really that powerful, wouldn't Zhong Tian have already summoned him under his? "
laughed bitterly. He knew that the Gaochuan County was a far cry from the emperor, if the County Head did not take the initiative to recommend it, how would Zhong Tian know that there was such a person as Jiang Fan? But he was currently afraid of Cheng Jin from the bottom of his heart, so he did not dare explain any further. Nodding his head in agreement, he said: "Yes, yes, yes! General is right, this lowly one is short-sighted! "
Although Tang Yin listened carefully, he did not take it to heart. He and Cheng Jin had the same thought, their Gaochuan County was too small and too obstructing, he did not think that Xiao Shang could have any kind of outstanding general. He turned his head and beckoned towards Shangguan Yuanwu. The latter understood and took the Zhangyu map, passing it to Tang Yin.
He took it and looked at it for a bit, then placed it in front of Xiao Xin and said: "Give me the details on the situation regarding the defense of the Profound Handle. If everything is true, I will spare your life, and if you dare lie to me, hehe, then don't blame me for being merciless."
Xiao Xin was startled, he immediately took the map, and then, Shangguan Yuanbiao brought the brush and ink over. Xiao Xin raised his brush, looked at the map and thought for a moment. Then, he looked at Tang Yin with a troubled look and said: "Master, I have been here at Pan River for more than ten days, I am not sure how much have changed in these ten days either!"
Tang Yin raised his head and said: "You just need to mark out what you know in detail. As for the other things, you don't need to worry about them!"
"Yes!" "My Lord!"
Xiao Xin heaved a sigh of relief. He picked up the pen and started to tick and draw on the map, outlining all the important information: which part of the city's defenses were strong, which part of the city was weak, which part of the city was stocked with heavy soldiers, which part was lacking in strength, and which part was filled with city defense equipment.
When he finished writing, he picked up the map and looked through it again to confirm that there was nothing wrong. Only then did he nod his head in satisfaction, and said to Tang Yin with a smile: "Master, everything I know is already marked on it."
"Yes!" Tang Yin received the map and looked at it for a moment. He felt that it was reasonable and nodded in satisfaction, closing the map, then laughed and played with his nails and said: "Very good, looks like you are really my loyal servant."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lord, it is clear that this little one has always been loyal to Windy. " Xiao Xin immediately expressed his stand according to Tang Yin's words. At the same time, he caught a glimpse of Tang Yin's fingernails from the corner of his eye; clean, smooth and plump, with not even a speck of grime between the cracks.
"Since you are so loyal …" Tang Yin laughed and stretched out his hand. With a flip of his palm, his palm faced upwards and without any warning, a mass of black flames suddenly sprung up in his palm. A pure black fireball condensed on the palm of his hand without dispersing. It floated in the air and jumped, emitting a faint blue light.
"Then go and accompany Former King!" As he spoke, without waiting for Xiao Xin to react, he suddenly pressed his palm on Xiao Xin's head. Whoosh! The head of the Fire of Darkness burned Xiao Xin's entire body and it only let out a short scream before it slumped to the ground, motionless, and died on the spot. At the same time, a thick white mist rose from his body, and was completely absorbed into Tang Yin's body.
After absorbing all the spirit energy that Xiao Xin had created, Tang Yin exhaled slowly, closed his eyes, he was quiet for a moment, then nodded his head, confirming that what Xiao Xin had said on the map was not false, and then picked up the map again to look at it more carefully. Actually, he could obtain everything he wanted from Xiao Xin's Spirit Qi, but he did not have the patience to search's memories bit by bit.
Seeing Tang Yin looking at the map earnestly, and ignoring the corpse on the ground, Cheng Jin walked forward, grabbed onto the corpse's clothes, and dragged it out of the tent like a dead dog.
According to Xiao Xin's bets, the defenses of the Zhangyu are the west, south, east and north are weak, the defensive weapons of the city as well as the supplies from the army are mostly stored in the Western City and South City, if it's still the same right now, then we can easily achieve victory by attacking the east and north sides of the Zhangyu. Thinking about that, Tang Yin laughed, and gave the map to Yuanwu and Yuanbiao behind him, and asked: "You two take a look, what strategy should we use when attacking Zhangyu?"
Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao did not expect Tang Yin to suddenly ask for their opinion, the two of them hurried forward and took the map and looked at it. After looking carefully, Shangguan Yuanbiao grinned widely, and said: "Master, the defenses of the northern side of Zhangyu City is extremely weak, the defending armies on both sides together don't even have more than three thousand people, if our troops were to attack these two sides at full strength, a single round of attack would be enough to break the city."
Tang Yin listened and smiled as he nodded his head, he did not reply.
Shangguan Yuanwu shook his head and replied worriedly: "Even if what Xiao Xin said is true, the situation that he has grasped is still more than ten days ago. No one knows what kind of changes his Zhangyu will make in these ten days, Master should be careful, he cannot use this map to assign a strategy to attack the city."
"Yes!" Tang Yin withdrew his smile and said sternly: "Yuanwu is right. However, although the information that Xiao Xin provided may not necessarily be the case with the Zhangyu, it is still true that the enemy's granary and armory are located in the west side of the city. No matter how the enemy changed the arrangement of the defenses, it was impossible for them to suddenly move the granary and armory, so, the defense of the west side of the city and South of City are bound to be stronger than the East of City and North of City.
"Yes!" Shangguan Yuanwu thoughtfully nodded his head.
Shangguan Yuanbiao laughed: "I guess I was right!"
Tang Yin rolled his eyes as he muttered: "You got it right."
"Haha …" Shangguan Yuanbiao shrugged his shoulders and laughed dryly.
Tang Yin looked over the map again, and then called for the guards outside, ordering them to gather all of his subordinates, and discuss the strategy of attacking Zhangyu.
Not long after the guard left, the other officials, including the general, led by Zhan Hu, and the generals led by Xiao Muqing and Zi Ying arrived one after another.
Tang Yin passed the map to everyone, and after they finished looking at it, he asked: "General Xiao, how many more days before Pingyuan Army is enough to cross the river?"
"Milord." Xiao Muqing took a step forward, cupped his hands in a respectful salute, and said: "We still need two more days."
Tang Yin agreed: "Alright, in two days, once all of my Pingyuan Army have passed, my army will go straight to Zhangyu." Pausing for a moment, he then asked, "What do you guys think?"
Without waiting for others to reply, Xiao Muqing had already praised them before them, "Master, you have the right to see this clearly! It is now almost May, and the weather is getting hotter, especially in the mountains, where there is a lot of humidity and water. Our soldiers are not used to it, so it is best to finish the battle quickly. Master, your foresight is truly admirable! "
What he said was all true, but when Xiao Muqing said those words, no matter how they were heard, they felt that Xiao Muqing was someone who was good at flattering and fawning on others.
He paused for a moment, and said: "Everyone has looked at the map of Zhangyu, and the marked on it is the defensive situation of the city more than ten days ago. I have decided to wait until the army arrives at Zhangyu, then we will attack these two areas first.
Xiao Muqing did not dare to be careless, and took the map, and looked at it carefully. After a while, he kept the map, and praised: "Master is truly wise and wise, his intelligence is truly outstanding, the plan he has set is considered the best, this general has no objections."
Zi Ying sighed inwardly. Although Xiao Muqing's fawning on him was annoying, the two directions Tang Yin had pointed out to attack was also perfect. It couldn't really be said that Xiao Muqing's fawning on him was wrong.
Tang Yin looked at Zi Ying with a smile and asked: "General Zi Ying, what do you think?"
Zi Ying cupped his hands: "This general also thinks that it's feasible."
"Alright!" Tang Yin laughed and said: "Pingyuan Army will primarily attack north, Heavenly Eagle Army will follow me and attack east. If none of you have any objections, then this matter shall be settled!"
"Yes sir!" Everyone bowed to receive the order.