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After listening to Shao Fang's analysis, the expression on Shao Ting's face did not change much, but his heart was churning up and down as well. At this time, he also realized that accepting Ning Country's request so easily was indeed too reckless, and did not think too much into it at first;

Right now, the battle between Ning and Ning was in full swing, the Mo Country s were on the other side of the river, relaxed and at ease. If he were to be caught up in it himself, the situation would not be as optimistic as it was now. He was really causing trouble! Shao Ting was a person who did not have any opinions in the first place, his ears were soft and he was capricious, but at this time, he was regretting his rash decision to agree to Yan Chu's request.

There was no medicine for regret in this world. Since he had already said those words, it was already too late for him to go back on his words.

What should he do? Shao Ting walked back to his throne and sat down, muttering, "This king has already agreed to the history officials of the Ning Country, could it be that you want this duke to go back on my word? Then, what will the prestige of my Mo Country be in the future?" That's right! "The King had already agreed to the name of the History of Ning Country. If he suddenly went back on his word, it would damage the prestige of the King as well as the reputation of the King." Zhang Rong could only grab onto this last straw of grass, hoping that the fight against Feng Zhenqi would be a foregone conclusion.

"In the face of life and death, my prestige and prestige are insignificant." Dong Sheng raised his voice and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Could it be that you want to do something just because of your false reputation? "Does Master Zhang want to push me into a perilous situation that I can never recover from?" Zhang Rong's face turned from red to white after being scolded by Dong Sheng, and his body trembled in anger. He was just about to retort when Shao Ting waved his hand impatiently and said in a deep voice, "Stop being so noisy!" After he finished, he turned to look at the Left Premier Guo Hui and Great General Li Jin, and asked: "My beloved deputy Guo, General Li, what do you think about the two of you?" If the Left Premier and the Great General were placed in the modern era, their positions would be equivalent to the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence. One would be in charge of military affairs and the other would be in charge of military power. The two of them belonged to the Central Faction in the Mo Country Court and did not participate in the battle for the position of Crown Prince. Even if they did not support Shao Fang, they did not support Shao Bo either.

Hearing Shao Ting's question, Li Jin did not immediately take action, but turned to look at the Left Premier Guo Hui.

The latter pondered for a moment, then said faintly, "Great King, this old official also feels that the current situation with the wind soldiers is too risky." He paused for a moment, then continued: "Even though the current Feng Country is only guarded by thirty thousand people, the general is Ying Bu, he has already been in the position for seven to eight years, and in the course of time that he has been in the Ba Pass, he has never made any mistakes. This shows that he is an experienced veteran, and his fighting strength is strong as well, and if we rely on Ba Pass for defense, it is difficult for our army to break through. and Shao Fang were against sending out their troops, and they were speaking empty words and empty words, but what Guo Hui said was a solid question. Gathering an army of eight hundred thousand was easier said than done, simply preparing the rations needed for an army of eight hundred thousand was not something that could be accomplished in a short period of time.

Gulp! He thought that his side only needed two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses to attack Ba Pass. Who would have thought that there would be an army of at least eight hundred thousand soldiers?

Shao Ting was dumbstruck and did not say anything for a long time. The ministers also looked at each other and were speechless. At this time, Li Jin opened his mouth and said: "Great King, this general has an idea, which is to prevent the Great King from breaking his promise and prevent us from fighting against the Feng Country." Oh? Great General, what idea is this? Quickly tell me! " Shao Ting's mind shook as he anxiously replied.

"The Great King can send out 200,000 troops to the border of Mo Feng to attack the Ba Pass, and then have our army defend the border without attacking. That way, we can deal with the Ning Country without encountering it." En … "Yes, yes, yes!" Shao Ting responded faintly. After some thought, he nodded his head and said, "Great General's words are reasonable, but what if the Ning Army comes to urge our troops to attack?" "Hehe!" "Li Jin laughed lightly and said:" There are a lot of excuses to delay, such as insufficient rations, rare equipment, difficulty in transporting the siege weapons, and so on. Any of these excuses can drag on for ten days to half a month, as long as it delays like this two or three times, I think Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi will no longer need to save him … " Oh? "Haha?" Shao Ting was startled at first, but after that, he couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh. "Good plan, what a good plan! "In my opinion, let's just follow Great General's plan!" As he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had not yet discussed the matter with the other ministers. He quickly looked around and asked, "Do the My beloved deputy feel that this plan is feasible?" Dong Sheng, Shao Fang and the rest naturally did not have any objections, even if Zhang Rong had any objections, he dared not speak out loud, and now that the Left Premier and the Great General were standing by Dong Sheng's side, if he spoke any more, not only would he offend the two, he might even attract the attention of Shao Ting and the other officials.

He had tried his best, but he couldn't change the general situation by himself. There was nothing he could do. Zhang Rong sighed quietly in his heart.

Under the advice of Dong Sheng, Shao Fang, Guo Hui and the rest of the Minister of Civil And Military Affairs, Shao Ting changed his plans to send out troops to attack the Ba Pass. At the same time, he sent out troops but they still did not attack, because the two hundred thousand soldiers of the Ning Army were gathered in front of the Ba Pass City, guarding it in place.

Very quickly, under the eyes of the Zhenjiang, Sky Eye transmitted the situation on the Mo Country Court back to Tang Yin. After Tang Yin had read through the reports from start to finish, he let out a long sigh.

This was definitely for the best, but Tang Yin did not dare be careless, this message was from Shao Fang, who knew if what he said was true. What if he said it on purpose, and actually attacked Ba Pass? Tang Yin did not transfer the Sanshui Army he had been assigned to to Ba Pass back because of this report. Instead, he allowed the Chifeng Army to continue moving toward the Zhangyu.

With over a hundred thousand Feng Army led by Tang Yin, they stayed outside of the Zhangyu City and did not attack. They were obviously waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

The Feng Army had reinforcements, but they were all alone and without help. Furthermore, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were currently unable to receive any information from the outside world, so they were not even sure if the pigeons that begged for help had flown back to the city. They did not dare to continue wasting time with Tang Yin.

Today, was the fifth day of Tang Yin's Zhangyu siege. Hao Zhao and Jiang Fan both came to Xiao Shang to ask for orders, and at night, the two of them led the troops to sneak attack the enemy camp during the night, and destroy the Feng Army outside the city in one go.

Of course, Xiao Shang did not agree, but Hao Zhao and Jiang Fan's attitudes were firm, and they could not settle the dispute with Xiao Shang.

Soon enough, Zhong Tian, Zhan Wushuang, Zhan Wudi and the rest all rushed over. Upon hearing that Hao Zhao and Jiang Fan were going to take the initiative to fight, Zhan Wudi stepped forward and said with a serious expression: "We will defend the city with our lives, and once the Feng Army reinforcements arrive, we will all die here. Rather than sit and wait for death, why don't we all gamble with each other, I am willing to accompany the two generals!" Hearing that Zhan Wudi was also going to fight, Xiao Shang was stunned, he did not know whether to continue stopping him or to agree.

Zhan Wushuang nodded his head, and said: "If we delay it, it will be extremely disadvantageous for us, and while the Feng Army reinforcements are not here, we still have a chance. If we can succeed in ambushing them and force them to retreat, then we can take advantage of the victory and pursue them, and even expel the Feng Army from our bodies." "This …" Xiao Shang did not have much hope for this, he looked troubled as he said, "The enemy forces outside the city have more than a hundred thousand people, with Tang Yin personally taking charge, how could they be easily defeated by our troops?" Hao Zhao smiled and said confidently: "Maybe the Feng Army and Lord are of the same mind. They are confident that our army won't dare to go out of the city to ambush them, and thus let our guard down. Enemy's Camp's central army is very weak, if we attack the enemy's central army directly, the chances of success are very high. Once we succeed, the enemy will certainly fall into chaos, and when we attack from the rear, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy! " Hearing Hao Zhao's bluster, Xiao Shang was still a little unsure. He was hesitant and did not dare to make a decision easily.

At this time, Zhan Wushuang said: "After observing for the past few days, I also realized that the enemy's central troops are insufficient." "Oh?" Xiao Shang was startled, he himself had also observed the Enemy's Camp, why did he feel that there were a lot of soldiers in the middle of the Enemy's Camp? Instead, he asked, "I wonder, where did this General Wushuang come from?" Zhan Wushuang shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's actually very simple, we only need to observe the stove set up by the Enemy's Camp to roughly determine the strength of the troops." There seemed to be many camps and camps in Enemy's Camp, with stoves arranged in rows. But in truth, there were only a few dozen smoke rising from the stoves at every meal time. From this, it could be determined that the number of people in Enemy's Camp would not exceed ten thousand. Aiya! Xiao Shang inhaled, he did not think that observing Enemy's Camp would allow him to say this. It could be used to judge one's actual combat strength through the smoke rising from the stove, he had never known this before. When the enemy had just set up the camp, Hao Zhao could already see that the enemy's central army was weak. Now that Zhan Wushuang had also seen this, he believed that the enemy was right.