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Qiu Zhen and the others looked at each other, and asked in unison, "Great King, you mean …"

"Seize back the Hedong Region!" Tang Yin said with determination. It was close to the time of the harvest of autumn, and the crops of Hedong Region were almost ready to go, so Tang Yin was drooling over them.

The reason why he was in such a hurry to snatch the Hedong Region was mainly to create favourable conditions for his own army. He could not stand for letting Yin Rou marry the Crown Prince, but he also understood that if he wanted to stop this political marriage that had already been arranged, he could only use force. With the current strength of the Feng Country, forget about using force, even deterring others had no effect, and to achieve his goal, he would need to increase his troops at a large scale, and the amount of food produced by the Feng Country could only support an army of 1.2 million at most. However, if he obtained the Hedong Region, his military might be able to expand to reach a level of nearly two million.

Tang Yin looked around at the people, and said: "Before Autumn Harvest, no matter what, I must take down Hedong, Qiu Zhen, discuss it with the generals, draw up an attack strategy first, and show it to me."

Hearing that, Qiu Zhen, the other civil officials and general all frowned. Taking down Hedong Region was easier said than done. Ning Country was also something that they treated as a treasure, once their side dispatched their troops, their Ning Country would definitely push their side to the brink of a battle, how could a mere two to three months end of war?

Furthermore, Tang Yin had only just sat in the position of Feng King, his foundation was not stable yet and his Feng Country and national energy had not been restored. At this time and place, waging a national war against the Ning Country was not an intelligent move. Qiu Zhen did not reply for a long time. Just as Tang Yin was raising his eyebrows in dissatisfaction, Zhang Zhe stepped forward and cupped his hands while greeting: "Great King, from this humble subject's point of view, it is not appropriate to take action right now! Over two years ago, I sent out two hundred thousand soldiers to enter the Hedong Region, but in the end, I was completely surrounded by the Ning Army.

Tang Yin did not listen to them at all. He squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Zhe, then said indifferently: "Master Zhang, do not display the might of the enemy, destroy our army's own morale!"

If Tang Yin directly called Zhang Zhe by his name, it meant that he was not angry, but calling Zhang Zhe Master Zhang meant that he was truly angry. He arrogantly said: "How are Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, the four hundred thousand strong Ning Country's elites, were all annihilated by our army? This time, I must get out of Tong Gate, and seize the Hedong! "

"Great King!" Zhang Zhe said in a serious tone, "The reason why the King was able to defeat the Zhan Clan brothers earlier was not because our troops were stronger than them, but because the Ning army had made a long trek to other lands, fought in a foreign land, was exhausted, and did not have the will of the people. We did not have enough food and equipment, and thus suffered a crushing defeat.

"Pah!"

Just as Zhang Zhe's voice fell, Tang Yin had already slammed the table abruptly. He stood up straight and stared straight at Zhang Zhe who was standing below with his bright eyes, as he said faintly: "Master Zhang thinks that our forces will lose without a doubt in Hedong when we go out to battle?"

"That's right!" This was a matter of life and death for our country. At this critical moment, Zhang Zhe did not give in at all, and fearlessly looked Tang Yin in the eye and said: "Our nation's strength is inferior to the Ning Country, our military strength is inferior to the Ning Country, and we have traveled a long distance.

After Tang Yin heard this, his anger soared to the clouds, he almost wanted to flip the table and jump down to strangle Zhang Zhe to death. But Tang Yin was very tolerant of his own people, he took a few deep breaths and slowly suppressed his anger.

At this time, everyone broke out in cold sweat for Zhang Zhe. The King had just revealed the order to confer everyone here, and Zhang Zhe had already spoken, no matter how reasonable his words were, it did not seem appropriate. Seeing Tang Yin standing in front of the Throne and staring at Zhang Zhe without moving for a long time, the great hall was also silent, not a single sound could be heard, and even people could hear their own heartbeats.

Right at that moment, Zong Yuan walked out, chuckled, and said: "Great King wants to send out his Hedong, this subject feels that it's feasible."

Zong Yuan's words eased a lot of the anger in Tang Yin's heart, and his gaze finally moved away from Zhang Zhe. Looking at Zong Yuan, he slowly sat down, raised his head, and said: "Zong Yuan, tell me!"

Zhang Zhe frowned. Normally, Zong Yuan would listen to what Tang Yin said, but it was different now, the battle was preoccupied with the existence of Feng Country, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How could they continue to cater to Tang Yin? He reminded faintly: "As an important official of the imperial court, Master Zong must speak with caution!"

Zong Yuan laughed, he did not say anything, but Tang Yin raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction and said: "Zhang Zhe, I did not ask you, you can leave first."

No matter how hard Zhang Zhe's attitude was, Tang Yin was definitely a sovereign, and he would not dare to disobey Tang Yin's orders. Zhang Zhe lowered his head, and silently retreated back to his original position.

After he retreated back, Zong Yuan smiled slightly, and cupped his hands towards Zhang Zhe. He then said to Tang Yin: "My army will definitely win against Ning Jun in four aspects. Firstly, in terms of morale, our army has the advantage. The four hundred thousand soldiers of the Ning Army and the Zhan brothers were completely annihilated by our army in Feng Country. Our army sent out to fight, taking advantage of our victory.

Secondly, although the army strength of the Ning Army is known to be more than a million, it is not very strong, and the 400,000 strong elites have been wiped out, so it is impossible for the new recruits to form a fighting strength in a short period of time.

The soldiers were already familiar with the habits and characteristics of the Ning Army. Even if the Ning Army had the world-famous Arrow Formation as its base, the Army was not afraid of it and had its own way of breaking it. On the other hand, the Ning Army was not familiar with the characteristics of the war, and the King often said that if you knew yourself, you would not be defeated by a hundred battles. I know the enemy, but the enemy does not know me, so how can you not win?

One must know that there are a lot of Feng people living within the Hedong Region. Normally, they are bullied quite a bit by the Ning people, so naturally, they are filled with anger towards the Ning people. When our army goes to Hedong, we will definitely receive the support of the local Feng people, which is very beneficial for our army. "The above four points are our army's way of winning against the enemy!"

After Zong Yuan finished speaking, the Qi and blood of all the generals present boiled. They rubbed their fists, and were eager to give it a try, and their spirits were raised.

Tang Yin also nodded his head repeatedly. This was what he wanted to hear, what he wanted to hear. He turned to look at the generals on the left and asked, "What do you think of Zong Yuan's analysis, generals?"

"What Master Zong said is extremely true, and our analysis is thorough. Our army's battle with Ning is indeed better than the weak!" Without waiting for the others to speak, Xiao Muqing spoke first: "Also, the Ning Country is the first to turn against our country's injustice, we have sent troops to invade and harm our king, now our troops have sent troops to counterattack, to avenge the Former King, in terms of morality, our army has already seized the initiative, we are not afraid of being criticised by other countries!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded again, this was another good excuse to send troops.

"Great King, this general is willing to be the vanguard. We will use our Tong Gate to kill that thief Ning!" Shangguan Yuan lifted his robes and walked out of the squad, kneeling down on one knee and stepping in. Seeing that Shangguan Yuan had already taken the initiative to request a fight, Wu Guang, Jiang Fan and Zhan Hu, who were equally as famous as him, also stepped forward and volunteered themselves.

The matter of sending troops to the Hedong Region had not even been completely settled, and there was not even a plan for battle yet.

Seeing that everyone was so angry, Tang Yin was naturally very happy. He first gave Shangguan Yuan and the other generals a wave, signalling for them to stand up first, then he turned his head and looked at Zhang Zhe, and asked: "Zhang Zhe, do you still think that it's not appropriate for our army to go out to fight Hedong?"

No matter how dissatisfied he was with Zhang Zhe's opinion, Tang Yin still wanted to hear his opinion. Hearing that, Zhang Zhe laughed bitterly in his heart, what Zong Yuan said was reasonable and reasonable, but most of it were empty words, war was not child's play, if one was not completely confident, how could it be launched so easily? Furthermore, this was a national war that concerned life and death!

He looked at Tang Yin, then looked at the excited generals, sighed and said, "This humble subject still feels that participating in the battle now is too risky."

Shangguan Yuan rolled his eyes at Zhang Zhe and said: "I think it's because Master Zhang is too cautious and cowardly, right?!"

At this time, Tang Yin waved his hand at Shangguan Yuan, gesturing for him to not say anything more. He muttered to himself for a moment, then asked: "Zhang Zhe, if we allow Ning Army to fight on the second line, what do you think our odds are of victory?"

When he finished speaking, Zhang Zhe was not only shocked, the others were also shocked. How could they let the Ning army fight on the second string? We are not allied with the surrounding nations, who would help us to attack Ning Country together?

Seeing that everyone was confused, Tang Yin laughed and said: "Could it be that everyone has forgotten that when I went to Dookie to borrow a route, I made an agreement with the king of Dookie, Alden. One day, I, Windstorm, and the Dookie will join hands and fight against the Ning army.

Hearing Tang Yin's words, everyone finally remembered something, but no one mentioned it in such a long time, so everyone pretty much forgot about it.

Qiu Zhen was startled for a moment, then became spirited and asked: "Great King, so long has it been, will Dookie still be able to keep the agreement?"

Tang Yin smiled and said, "They will definitely. Alden Allen Ricky's prying eyes of Tia far surer of our desire for her Hedong, but, if our Ning Country is not defeated, our Dookie will not be able to move against her at all, so, they will definitely join hands with us. "

Qiu Zhen nodded his head, feeling that Tang Yin's analysis was reasonable, he muttered: "If we were to use Dookie against soldiers in the north, our military taking over the Hedong Region will half the effort!"

The other people nodded their heads in agreement, but at this time, Zhang Zhe's face changed, and anxiously said: "Great King, you cannot!"