Chapter 124

  Fan Min lived in Tang Yin's home for a long time. Normally, Tang Yin wouldn't look for Fan Min, and the latter also wouldn't come looking for him. The two got along peacefully without any issues.

  A few days later, Rakta and Aika, who had secretly infiltrated the city-state of Vessa to gather information about the Beast King's town, returned together.

  Upon learning of their return, Tang Yin was overjoyed and immediately summoned them.

  After meeting, Le Tian and Ai Jia had not yet seen the courtesy, Tang Yin asked eagerly: "Has the situation in Beast King Town been investigated clearly?"

  Lai Tian and Ai Jia had just returned to Heng City when they were summoned by Tang Yin. They didn't even have time to change their clothes, and were covered in dust and dirt. The two of them nodded simultaneously and said: "Sir, we've investigated everything clearly!"

  "Oh? What's the specific situation?"

  Ai Jia pulled out a sheepskin map from her bosom and handed it to Tang Yin, saying seriously: "Sir, this is the map of Beast King Town."

  Tang Yin hastily took over, unfolded and carefully examined it. The map was obviously drawn by Ai Jia in a hurry, the drawing was rough and simple, but still clear enough to understand.

  The Beast King Town is not far from the Wind Country border, only over a hundred miles away. If riding fast horses, it would take only half a day to arrive. As a major storage town for the Besa military supplies, the Beast King Town covers a considerable area, with simple city walls and defensive facilities on its outskirts. However, there are relatively few defending soldiers inside, possibly due to the devastating defeat of the Besa army in the Border City War, which also affected the number of defenders in the Beast King Town, currently only over three thousand people. Most importantly, the Wind Army has never entered the Besa territory before, so the vigilance of the Beast King Town is very weak, and the discipline of the troops inside is also very lax.

  Tang Yin looked at the map while Le Tian and Ai Jia gave him a detailed explanation.

  Although he didn't say a word, he memorized all the situations described by both of them in his mind, and his brain was also running at high speed.

  After the matter with Le Tian and Ai Jia was settled, Tang Yin asked: "Is there still a barbarian army base near Beast King Town?" This question is crucial. The garrison of Beast King Town has only more than 3,000 people, which can be easily dealt with, but if there are still barbarian bases nearby that can rush to reinforce at the first time, things will become troublesome.

  "I didn't expect Tang Yin to suddenly ask questions outside of Beast King Town, Ai Jia wasn't prepared, she furrowed her brow and said: 'This... subordinate hasn't investigated yet...'"

  Before his words had fallen, Yue Tian stepped forward and said: "In the northwest of Beast King Town, fifty miles away, there is another town. The specific situation is unclear, but the scale of the town is very large. I think there should be a considerable number of barbarian soldiers inside."

  Aika looked at Loke in surprise, she really didn't expect that Loke would send his subordinates to a place fifty miles away. She said discontentedly in a low voice: "So you knew all along that the adults would ask this, why didn't you remind me?"

  He smiled wryly, how could he possibly know that Tang Yin would ask this question. He said: "Although we have obtained a map of the Besa City-State now, it is too general and has not been verified, so I plan to draw a new map myself. Taking advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the Besa City-State, I will dispatch my subordinates to investigate the terrain, and did not deliberately check if there are any barbarian fortresses around the Beast King Town."

  Ai Jia was not satisfied and wanted to say more, but Tang Yin smiled and waved his hand to interrupt her. He said to Yue Tian: "This time, Yue Tian did a great job and was very meticulous, he should be rewarded!" Then he turned to Ai Jia, whose face was not looking good, and said: "I hope next time you can do as well as General Yue."

  In short, Aika didn't do a good job this time without Rakuten's help.

  Listening to Tang Yin's words, Ai Jia couldn't say anything more even if she didn't agree in her heart. The fact was right in front of them, and Le Tian's investigation this time was indeed better than hers. She secretly glared at Le Tian, then lowered her head and remained silent, but she had already made up her mind that next time, she would definitely surpass Le Tian.

  In terms of ability, Ai Jia is indeed not as good as Le Tian, but the former has that unyielding spirit and works extremely hard, which makes Tang Yin appreciate him very much. It's precisely because of this that he kept Ai Jia's intelligence organization going, without canceling it to save expenses.

  Tang Yin looked at the map of Beast King Town, pondered for a moment, and then raised his head to say to the attendants below: "Immediately summon all generals to come to my place to discuss military affairs!"

  "Yes!" The attendant hastily replied and quickly ran out.

  It wasn't long before Qiu Zhen, the commanders of various brigades, Cheng Jin, Xiao Muzheng and others arrived one after another.

  Now there are more and more capable people under Tang Yin's command, and the meeting is getting crowded, the hall is also packed.

  Tang Yin ordered his servants to remove all the chairs in the hall, and then placed two tables in the center. Everyone stood around, including himself. In Tang Yin's view, military meetings were not tea parties, there was no need to sit on chairs and chat slowly. If they were going to discuss something, they should get straight to the point and be clear and concise.

  He placed the map drawn by Ai Jia in the center of the table, looked around at everyone and said: "General Le and General Ai have just returned from the barbarian state. A hundred miles outside the border town, there is a military stronghold of the barbarian state - Beast King Town. Every time the barbarian army invades our territory, they first make supplies here. What do you think?"

  The old Yue clenched his fists and said seriously: "Sir, since this town is so important to the barbarian state, we should eliminate it as soon as possible to prevent future troubles."

  "Does General Gu mean for our army of the plains to invade the territory of the Man state and attack the Beast King's town?" Zhang Zhou asked.

  "That's right."

  "Inadvisable!" Zhang Zhou shook his head repeatedly and said, "This is too risky. Our Wind Army has never invaded the Barbarian State before. This time we're going to penetrate deep into their territory for a hundred miles to fight, it's too dangerous. If something goes wrong, our entire army will be annihilated." Zhang Zhou was an old man of the Pingyuan Army and his thinking was relatively conservative. In his view, invading the Barbarian State to fight was equivalent to seeking death.

  Gu Yue was a typical radical, and he said in a serious tone: "Last time in Biancheng, we defeated the barbarian army, and our lord led us to chase the enemy for dozens of miles without any problems. From this, it can be seen that the barbarian army is nothing to be afraid of, and our army can come and go freely in the territory of the barbarian state. Why does General Zhang give the enemy a chance to regain their morale, while destroying our own prestige?"

  "That's different!"

  "There's nothing different."

  The two of you, one word and one phrase, arguing endlessly, Tang Yin was so annoyed by the two that he got a headache. He supported Gu Yue, and the sneak attack on Beast King Town was also his plan from the start. However, he also understood that currently in the Ping Yuan army, there were not a few people like Zhang Zhou who held old ideas, if they couldn't convince him, it would likely cause divisions within the army.

  He gave a sidelong glance at the cheerful angel beside him.

  The latter nodded and said, "Beast King Town is only over a hundred miles away from our country, which is not far at all. Even if it's infantry, it won't take two days to arrive, and there are no barbarian checkpoints or fortresses on the road. Moreover, we have never launched an attack on the barbarian territory before, so the barbarians are completely unguarded. In addition, the garrison of Beast King Town is not large, with only about 3,000 people. If our army can carry out a surprise attack, we will definitely be able to kill the barbarians off guard and annihilate the entire garrison of Beast King Town!"

  Zhang Zhou heard this and curled his lips, saying: "But when our army advances on Beast King Town, what if we are detected by the enemy? Even if we aren't detected, even if we really succeed in a surprise attack on Beast King Town and annihilate all the barbarian soldiers there, how will we get back? Two days is enough time for the barbarians to gather a large army, pursue and intercept our army. Once we are surrounded by the enemy, our soldiers will be gone forever..."

  "This won't happen!" Before Zhang Zhou could finish his boastful talk, Tang Yin interrupted: "We will use cavalry riding Mo Guo war horses to launch a surprise attack on Beast King Town, and we can make it back in less than a day!"

  "What?!" Zhang Zhou's eyes widened in surprise. "Moguo warhorses?! How could we have Moguo warhorses on our side?"

  Tang Yin smiled slightly and said, "I have already ordered 4,000 war horses from the Mo Guo horse merchant. Within three days, these war horses will arrive in Heng City. At that time, our army will send out 4,000 cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack on Shou Wang Town. Not to mention that they won't be discovered by the barbarian scouts, even if they are discovered, their speed of reporting back won't be faster than our horses. What do you think, General Zhang?"

  "This...” Zhang Zhou rubbed his chin and muttered, "If we had the Mo Guo war horses, this battle might be feasible. However, with only 4,000 cavalry attacking more than 3,000 barbarian soldiers, even if we win, our losses won't be small!"

  "That's right!" Tang Yin nodded and continued along his words: "So, I will personally go to this battle."

  Plop! Zhang Zhou almost vomited blood upon hearing this. In the past, he had served as a county guard and could not even avoid the barbarian troops, whereas Tang Yin, this county guard, was just the opposite, and instead liked to go to places where the barbarian troops were numerous. The more dangerous it was, the more he wanted to experience it personally.

  "Your Excellency!" Zhang Zhou said seriously: "There are Mo Guo's war horses available, our army can consider launching a surprise attack on the Beast King Town of Manbang, but Your Excellency wants to go in person, this...this is too dangerous, and it's not necessary for Your Excellency to go personally!"

  Tang Yin shook his head and said, "As long as I'm here, the soldiers below won't be afraid of the barbarian army, they can fight bravely. Only in this way can we minimize our losses. The war horses of Mo Guo are hard to come by, and the lives of my Feng Jun soldiers are even more precious. If any general is confident that his ability is above mine, I can yield to him this time!"

  Zhang Zhou immediately shut up and didn't say another word. Tang Yin's words were indeed moving, but he was also using his words to suppress others. As the county guard, who among his subordinates had the guts to openly say they were more capable than him?

  He paused for only three seconds, taking advantage of the silence of the crowd, Tang Yin continued: "Since everyone has no objection, this matter is decided. I will lead 3,000 cavalry to attack Beast King Town. In addition, General Xiao Can will lead 1,000 cavalry to set up an ambush ten miles northwest of Beast King Town. Once the barbarian army flees in your direction, you must not show mercy and kill them all without exception!"

  Xiao Muqing didn't understand why Tang Yin wanted him to set up an ambush in the northwest of Beast King Town. He was very clever and had a lot of experience, so he turned his eyes around and asked suspiciously: "Is there still a barbarian army fortress in the northwest of Beast King Town?"

  Tang Yin smiled and secretly praised him as clever. He nodded in response: "There is no fort, but there are barbarian troops' towns!"

  Is there a barbarian town near Beast King Town? Upon hearing this, everyone's faces changed color.