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As the saying goes, a battle between two armies requires preparation. The Tianyuan Army had yet to completely pass through, so Tang Yin had already drawn up a plan to attack the Zhangyu first.

In these two days, dismissed the captive Peng Army and stubbornly executed them. Then, Tang Yin sent out several more troops to go take back the villages around the Zhangyu. After two days, his Pingyuan Army had passed through the entire army along with the supplies. Without further ado, Tang Yin commanded the troops to advance towards the Zhangyu.

Due to having received a lesson previously, in this expedition, the Tianyuan Army had been very careful. The spies who were in charge of spying on them had already been sent to places twenty miles away from the entire army, carefully inspecting all the important and dangerous areas they passed through along the way. Along the way, Tianyuan Army walked at a leisurely pace without any accidents, and after three days, they smoothly arrived at the Zhangyu City.

The Gaochuan County was everywhere within the mountains, and the only thing that could be seen was the Zhangyu City which was a large plain. As far as the eye could see, it was a flat plain, and if a large Provincial Capital was situated on top of the plains, it would also become exceptionally conspicuous.

's current injuries were most likely already fully healed. He rode his horse, and with his generals under his command, he walked over to a small mound of relatively high terrain, and gazed at the Zhangyu with raised eyes. The Zhangyu City was in all four directions, and the city walls were not considered high. At twenty-five meters, it was only close to eight meters, and to a city that did not belong to the border, the specifications of the city walls were not bad. Looking into the city, one could vaguely see tall buildings, and one could see that the Zhangyu City was still flourishing.

After watching for a while, Tang Yin turned his head and asked: "Now do you know how many enemies there are?"

Le Tian and Ai Jia both went forward and said: "Master, Zhangyu has already been in place for a few days, so we are unable to enter the city as scouts, so we currently do not know the exact number of enemy troops. However, from the situation of the surrounding villages and towns, we can see that Zhangyu has been increased by around twenty thousand people."

Hm! The Zhangyu itself had twenty thousand prefectural soldiers, adding the twenty thousand that had been drawn from other towns, the strength of the army had already reached forty thousand. If they were to capture and enlist strong men in the city, their total military strength should be around fifty thousand.

Tang Yin nodded, then said to Xiao Muqing and Zi Ying: "Set up camp two kilometers away from Zhangyu, take a day's rest, tomorrow morning, the entire army will attack the city!"

"Yes!" "My Lord!" Xiao Muqing and Zi Ying replied as they clasped their hands.

According to Tang Yin's orders, the Tianyuan Army should be camped two kilometers away from the base, and the one in charge of camping should be Zi Ying. Zi Ying was a regular general born into the army. His military philosophy was much stronger than Xiao Muqing's, and he was very knowledgeable about camping.

Zi Ying had set up camp around Zhangyu City, encircling the enemy city so that not even a drop of water could trickle through. On the other hand, it was easy for the enemy to break through if they wished to encircle the hundred and fifty thousand troops. On the other hand, Zi Ying's camp was made up of fake and real soldiers, so even though it looked like all the camps were the same on the surface, but in reality, his army was mainly concentrated on a few important points.

By the time Zi Ying finished setting up the camp, the sky was already dark. Tang Yin personally inspected the entire place and was very satisfied with Zi Ying's performance.

Let's talk about the Zhangyu City on the other side.

However, with such a large number of troops, the number of soldiers that could actually be used was not much, only the twenty thousand odd county soldiers, and the other twenty thousand were all reserve soldiers that had been recruited from the same region. In fact, the so-called reserve soldiers were all veterans that had long retired from the army, and there were already some who were forty to fifty years old who needed walking sticks, not to mention going to war, but the remaining twenty to thirty thousand people were all fit and sturdy. It was just that these soldiers had gathered together from the citizens of Zhangyu City at the last moment, and did not have any skills to fight on the battlefield.

With the current situation of the Zhangyu, the only thing that could make people feel at ease was that the city's defenses were complete and that there was sufficient food, which had also become the place where Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang, Xiao Shang and the rest had the greatest confidence to resist the Tianyuan Army.

That night, Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang and the rest gathered at the County Head Palace. Although there were a lot of people gathered in the hall, it was completely silent.

This was only the beginning, and there was still an endless stream of Tianyuan Army left to reinforce him. With just Zhangyu as a lone city, if they wanted to resist the Tianyuan Army, which had a large number of troops and a great morale, no one could be optimistic about it.

"Great King!" "My Lord!" Following the voice, one of the generals walked out from under Xiao Shang's command. He was dressed in silver helmet and armor, had a tall and sturdy build, was in his early thirties, had a white and black beard, had a majestic appearance, was valiant and majestic.

Ouch! Zhong Tian did not care about the generals under Xiao Shang's command the entire time. Seeing the general this time, his eyes lit up, thinking to himself, "This man is really spirited!" He looked at Xiao Shang with a puzzled expression and asked, "Shang Di, this is …"

"Oh!" Your Majesty, these are my younger brother's subordinates, called Hao Zhao. " With that, Xiao Shang turned to look at the general, and asked: "Hao Zhao, what do you want?"

"Master, this general thinks that tonight, our army will use a sneak attack on Enemy's Camp."

Oh? After hearing that, Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang, and the others all turned to look at Hao Zhao.

Xiao Shang secretly frowned, this Hao Zhao, what did he say was not good, why did he say he had to go out of the city to attack the enemy? He couldn't even dodge it, how could he leave the city to fight?! His face sank as he shouted, "Don't talk nonsense. Step down!"

"Master, your Tianyuan Army has come from afar, and you have set up a large camp outside of our city without stopping. The soldiers and soldiers must be extremely exhausted, if we attack during the night and catch the enemy off guard, we will definitely be able to win." Hao Zhao said with a serious expression.

Xiao Shang was currently unwilling to fight from the bottom of his heart, and no words would enter his mouth. After Hao Zhao finished speaking, his face became even more gloomy and cold, and he bellowed: War is not child's play, it's not as simple as you make it sound.

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Zhong Tian waved his hand and interrupted him, saying faintly, "This king thinks that the words of these generals are reasonable." While he was speaking, he looked at Zhan Wushuang and asked, "General Wushuang, what do you think?"

Zhan Wushuang thought for a while, then said: "Tang Yin is very cunning, and have many capable people as well. I'm afraid that the Tianyuan Army will not guard against our troops' sneak attacks at night!"

Hao Zhao stared and said to Xiao Shang: Master, when the enemy troops are setting up camp, they have also observed carefully, the enemy's camp is fake and solid, the place where there are many enemy troops looks to be empty and empty, but the place where there are many enemy troops looks like a weak place is filled with hidden danger, although on the surface, the enemy's camp's Central Army Tent seems to be heavily guarded, but the actual fact is that the main force of their Tianyuan Army is not here. Master, you only need to give me 3000 troops, I will sneak attack the enemy's Central Army Tent at night, and I will definitely be able to retrieve Tang Yin's head.

When Xiao Shang saw Hao Zhao, who had volunteered to be his disciple, not only did he not feel joy, but he also hated him so much that the roots of his teeth were itching. Ambushing the enemy Central Army Tent, taking Tang Yin's head, all seemed so easy, but how could it be so easy to kill him?

Pow!

Xiao Shang suddenly slammed the table, his eyes spewing fire, he glared at Hao Zhao and bellowed: "Hao Zhao, stop speaking nonsense, if you dare doubt my courage again, I will not let you off! "Retreat!"

Hao Zhao had originally wanted to continue with his speech, but at this time, a young, golden-armored warrior stepped forward, grabbed Hao Zhao's wrist and forcefully pulled him back into the line. At the same time, he said in a low voice: "Brother Hao, master is already unhappy with your words, let's not talk about it anymore."

"But …" But if we miss this great opportunity, our army will have no hope of winning! " Hao Zhao shook his head and sighed.

The young warrior dressed in golden armor looked deeply into Hao Zhao's eyes, and said faintly: "As long as you are as human as you can, you shall obey the heavens! There are many things that you and I cannot control. "

"Ai!" Hao Zhao sighed to the sky, and deliberately raised his voice: "If we do not fight now, I'm afraid that in the future, our army will not even have the chance to fight."

Xiao Shang snappily snorted. He didn't even look at Hao Zhao and pretended not to hear him. With regards to Xiao Shang's character, he could be considered relatively open-minded, and very gentle, no matter what abilities he had, he could still tolerate Generals who did not agree with him.

In fact, Zhan Wushuang was also considering whether Hao Zhao's plan was feasible or not. Undeniably, he was right, the Tianyuan Army had come from afar, and they had not stopped to set up camp for even a second, so exhaustion was inevitable. Tonight was also a good opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but how could they have imagined that Tang Yin and the other Generals would not think of doing so? If the other party were to guard against this and prepare in advance to launch a sneak attack, wouldn't that mean that the sheep would enter the tiger's den and cause more casualties?

After thinking about it, Zhan Wushuang felt that ambushing them at night. The risk was too high, it would be better to guard the city well, furthermore, they could not afford to lose as they were in a critical situation. In the end, Zhan Wushuang still did not make his position known, and used a silent attitude to reject Hao Zhao's suggestion.

This night, Tianyuan Army did not attack the city, nor did they make any probing harassment. As for Zhangyu, they were even more well-behaved.

Not long after, a profound formation of twenty thousand people surged out from the South Camp, and stabilized themselves at a place a mile away from the Zhangyu. Soon after, the soldiers in the front split apart, and a tall man walked out from the camp with a giant hammer in his hand, looking at the Zhangyu City's head, he shouted loudly: "Listen to me, the rebel soldiers in the city, I am Zhan Hu, who dares to go out of the city and fight with me?"