"General, why has he gathered 10,000 troops and stationed them in Yuzhou and Luozhou, and has not yet attacked?
Niu Dejin, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, frowned and thought hard but couldn't find the answer.
"Could it be that the imperial court refuses to pay him military wages, or is he asking the imperial court for military wages?"
Another Heavenly King, Ma Zongming, thought about it and expressed his opinion, "Gathering troops without attacking is definitely waiting for a good price."
"Isn't this too arrogant?" Niu Dejin said angrily, "Doesn't he take our 30,000-man army seriously?"
"If our officers and soldiers underestimate the enemy, it will only benefit us, not harm us." Ma Zongming snorted coldly, "If they dare to come against us, we will definitely make sure they never return."
"Don't dwell on this!" Li Jingang saw that the two men were not getting the point, so he spoke up, "I've decided. While their morale is unstable, we'll take the initiative to attack and drive Tian Zun away. Then we can rest easy in Xiazhou."
Hearing that Li Jingang had decided to take the initiative, Ma Zongming hurriedly followed Li Jingang's pace and rhythm, and was the first to shout:
"The Marshal is right. The brothers have been thirsting for the swords in their hands for the past month. Since the Marshal wants to fight, then we will beat him to death."
"That's right. If we defeat Tian Zun, we can go all the way south and take Xijing directly! The general will ascend the throne and become the emperor, and those of us here will be the founding generals!" Seeing this, Niu Dejin was not willing to be outdone.
"Hit, hit, hit!" The others also started shouting.
"King Ma and King Niu, listen to my orders!" Seeing that everyone's emotions were aroused, Li Jingang also struck while the iron was hot and issued the order to go to war.
"Here!" Niu Dejin and Ma Zongming immediately responded loudly.
"You will each lead an army of 5,000 men on the left and right, and I will command a force of 20,000 in the center. Divide the troops into three groups and march out today!"
"King Hou Tian will lead the remaining 5,000 men to defend Xiazhou City and guard against a surprise attack from Du Wei of Yanzhou."
"Do you understand?"
Li Jingang stood up straight, emitting a domineering and bandit-like aura, and the wrinkled yellow costume seemed to become straight all of a sudden.
"Understood, Marshal!"
The crowd's voices were so loud that they threatened to blow the roof off.
After a while, everyone dispersed.
In Xiazhou City, the atmosphere soon became like boiling water or cooking porridge, with people shouting and horses neighing everywhere, and it was bustling with activity.
......
Yinzhou, Yinji and Zhou Yuan were wandering around the city, but they found that the soldiers in the martial arts field were no longer training today, but were marching out of the city in teams one after another!
Yinji saw Han Zhong, dressed in armor and with a serious expression, walking towards him from the side of the team. He hurriedly grabbed Han Zhong and asked, "Captain Han, what's going on? Where are you going today?"
"Oh, it's Captain Yin!" Han Zhong glanced at him, "The Tartar troops are attacking, we need to attack and kill them!"
"Go out and kill the enemy?" Yin Ji was shocked.
He came all the way from Jinyang, and several captains from the Zhechoufu came to curry favor with him.
During the conversation, they mentioned that if the Tartars attacked, they would first choose to defend with castles and beacon towers.
The last battle of Shuozhou left a shadow on them.
Therefore, even in Weizhou, the city was jointly defended, but Pei Lun was still in a passive position.
His battle strategy was to use defense to wear down King Zhelan, making him tired and retreat.
Therefore, the information Yin Ji obtained was that the Dayin border army was good at defense and did not dare to take the initiative to attack.
But now he heard that Zhao Muyun's Yinzhou Zhechoufu was actually going to take the initiative to attack, and he suddenly felt incredible.
"Are you crazy? Wouldn't it be better to have so many defensive fortifications and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out?" Yinji couldn't help but ask.
"Captain Yin, this is the decision of our army. If you have nothing to do, please feel free to do as you please!" Han Zhong bowed to Yin Ji, then strode away.
"That's outrageous! Do you even take a brave captain like you seriously?"
Zhou Yuan was furious.
"Needless to say, people don't take me, a dispensable captain, seriously at all!" Yinji said sourly.
"Sir, they can't do this! You are the Resolute Commandant of Yinzhou Prefecture appointed by the Emperor. Zhao Muyun's actions are tantamount to disobeying the Emperor's order."
Zhou Yuan didn't understand why Yinji suddenly lost his fighting spirit.
When they came, they wanted to investigate and expose Zhao Muyun's illegal salt production and force him to step down.
Bai Sheng is waiting to avenge his father, while Zhou Yuan is waiting to regain the salt market and take Bai Ruolan away.
But after Bai Sheng was captured by the Wuhuan people, Zhou Yuan and the others couldn't even understand the account books, let alone find out any problems.
After Zhao Muyun suffered setbacks one after another, could it be that this grandson of the emperor from the Prince of Jin's Mansion would just give in and become discouraged?
Now the soldiers of Yinzhou Prefecture obviously only listen to Zhao Muyun, and Yinji's Guoyi Duwei is useless and has no access to military power at all.
"You think I don't know?"
Yinji was furious when he heard Zhou Yuan's incessant chatter. "Can't you see? Pei Lun is on the same side as him. He doesn't take me, the emperor's grandson, seriously at all."
"But now the situation is stronger than us. We only have more than 20 people. How can we play against them?"
Zhou Yuan said, "You are the grandson of the current emperor, after all. Zhao Muyun is just a captain who was recently promoted for his military achievements. How can he compare with you?"
Yinji flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly: "What do you know?"
Zhou Yuan was stunned when he was suddenly scolded by Yinji.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from the street. Zhao Muyun, dressed in black armor, was leading the way, with the cold-faced Huan Naxue beside him, and behind him were three hundred Wuhuan cavalrymen wearing Tartar iron armor.
The momentum is extraordinary and the murderous aura reaches the sky.
The people on both sides of the street not only did not give way, but instead stood on the side of the road, waving and shouting, "Lord Zhao is mighty!"
This made Yinji feel envious and jealous.
Zhou Yuan's eyes were full of resentment.
In the past few days, the people in the city also knew that a royal family member had come to Yinzhou Prefecture to serve as the Commandant of Guoyi, but they did not take it seriously at all.
But his support for Zhao Muyun came from the heart.
I wonder which official of Dayin could rescue them from the whip of the Tartars like Zhao Muyun did and help them rebuild their homes.
At the same time, they were given land, houses and provided with food.
Whether it was the people of Yinzhou who were captured by the Tartars to build the city, or the refugees who were taken in from Xiazhou and Yanzhou.
Their current life is simply a paradise on earth.
Zhao Muyun, who was on horseback, saw Yinji from afar. When his horse came up to him, he did not dismount, nor did he even look at Zhou Yuan. Instead, he asked condescendingly:
"Captain Yin, why don't you go to the new recruits training?"
"The military instructor reported to me that you have been absent for three days! If you continue to be absent, please return to Jinyang!"
"Yinzhou Prefecture doesn't support idlers!"
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