The arrival of Guan Yuanrang invisibly increased the strength of the Hengcheng defenders.

Originally, he wanted to go out of the city to meet the enemy the next day, but instead of waiting for the enemy, the barbarians began to pack their luggage and camp tents, and prepared to withdraw their troops.

Of course, the barbarians wanted to withdraw their troops, not because they were frightened away by the official Yuanrang, but because they received the will of the royal court.

Tang Yin led the crowd to attack the city of Besa, the battle was a great success, not only killed into the palace in one fell swoop, but also almost asked for the head of the king of Besa, the king of Besa was very afraid of Tang Yin, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, Tang Yin and the others just retreated, he found a herald to give instructions to Knys, who commanded the army, and the whole army immediately retreated, and must not fight with the wind army again.

That was a few days ago, and by the time the herald sent his order to the barbarian army camp in Pingyuan County, it had been five full days, and the barbarian army and the Pingyuan army had fought several fierce battles here in Hengcheng. At this time, Knis was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to fight or retreat, seeing the king's order, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, just borrowed the donkey, in accordance with the king's will, logically ordered the whole army to retreat.

Seeing that the barbarian army had withdrawn, the defenders of Hengcheng were naturally overjoyed and brought the news into the city as soon as possible.

Upon hearing the news, the people came out of their homes and poured into the streets, and the atmosphere of joy was like a festival.

Guan Yuanrang thought that he could still show his skills today, but he didn't expect that before he could fight, the barbarians retreated, and he was very disappointed, and then wanted to go out of the city to chase and kill the retreating barbarians, but was stopped by Guan Yuanji and Xiao Muqing and others.

The barbarian army retreated, the nervous mood was relieved, the soldiers of the plain army suddenly fell down, many vigorous soldiers heard the news of the barbarian army's retreat as if their strength had been sucked dry, and immediately fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, there was no muscle under the body that was not sore, and it was a miracle that the fierce battle that lasted for five days could last until now.

The barbarian army left, and when the plain army went to clean up the barbarian army's camp outside the city, they found Zhang Zhou's tattered helmet, as for the corpses and armor, there was nowhere to find them, in addition, a large number of corpses of the plain army were found, that was five thousand soldiers under Zhang Zhou, a full five thousand people, none of them survived, many corpses were mutilated, and the plain army collected the corpses one by one with blood and tears.

In this battle of Hengcheng, the direct attrition of the Plains Army amounted to 30,000 people, and the commander of the corps lost one person, and the commander of the thousand commanders killed ten people, even if they withstood the attack of the barbarian army, it could only be regarded as a miserable victory.

The next day, Tang Yin, who had an expedition to the capital of Besa, also led the people to return to Hengcheng safely, after a long journey, Tang Yin's group of people, their military appearance was worse than that of the defenders of Hengcheng, many soldiers had lost their armor, they were clothed in animal skins, there was nowhere to bathe, people's faces, black, white, red, dust, sweat, and blood stains were mixed together, and they all became big flower faces.

They looked more like barbarians than barbarians, and when the sentry in Hengcheng saw them, they were really startled, thinking that the barbarians had killed a horse pistol and attacked again.

Tang Yin did not directly participate in the defense of Hengcheng this time, but his strategy of sneaking up on the enemy's capital had a miraculous effect and far-reaching impact, which was equivalent to directly scaring off the barbarian army.

Seeing that Hengcheng was fine, Tang Yin, who was worried, also breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that his sneak attack was successful, and Hengcheng failed to hold it, then all his efforts would be in vain.

"Your Excellency: Congratulations, your Excellency, you have returned triumphantly!"

At this time, the generals of the Plains Army led by Qiu Zhen, Guan Yuanji, and Xiao Muqing and the officials of Hengcheng also came out, and when they saw Tang Yin, they all bowed and saluted. After saying hello, Xiao Muqing took another step forward, bowed to the ground, and said excitedly: "My lord, my subordinates have not dishonored their mission, and they have not lost Hengcheng!"

Tang Yin looked at Xiao Muqing at Ma Chui, and smiled leisurely, what Xiao Muqing said was to remind himself not to forget his original promise and give him the position of commander of the Plains Army. Tang Yin didn't feel uncomfortable in his heart, but liked Xiao Muqing's straightforwardness very much, he liked this kind of person who would fight for whatever he wanted.

He nodded and said with a smile: "General Xiao, thank you for your hard work." ”

Hearing that Tang Yin didn't call himself Xiao to join the army, Xiao Muqing was overjoyed at the moment, and said repeatedly: "Be loyal to the adults, serve the adults, and the subordinates are not afraid of hard work." ”

The surrounding officers and soldiers of the Plains Army were a little dumbfounded when they saw this, in front of Tang Yin, Xiao Muqing could be said to be extremely flattering, full of villains, how could he still have the slightest style of a general who was in danger on the battlefield and took the lead?

In fact, this is also very understandable, the commander who performs well on the battlefield may not be a decent gentleman in private.

Everyone likes to listen to nice words, and Tang Yin is no exception, he laughs at Mahaha.

At this time, a cold snort suddenly came from the crowd, Tang Yin was stunned, stopped laughing, and looked for prestige, only to see a dark and proud young man of medium stature standing behind Guan Yuanji, no one else had any weapons, only he was holding a three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand, standing in the crowd, squinting at himself.

Without waiting for Tang Yin to ask, the two brothers behind him exclaimed, "Second brother!" With the words, the two brothers both dismounted and hurriedly ran towards the black-faced youth.

Second brother? There is only one person who can be called the second brother by Guan Yuanwu and Guan Yuanbiao, and that is the second eldest brother of the official family, Guan Yuanrang.

Could it be that this person is Guan Yuanrang?

Tang Yin is no stranger to Guan Yuanrang's name, he has heard people mention it more than once, and the two official brothers often tell him how powerful his second brother is, and even if his two brothers are tied together, they are better than the second brother by a finger and so on.

Seeing that the two brothers had returned safely, Guan Yuanrang was naturally very happy, hugged the two brothers respectively, and then asked, "Did you two really go with Tang Yin to fight the capital of the barbarian state?"

"Yes!" the two brothers nodded again and again, and said in unison: "We have all entered the palace of the barbarian state, and we have robbed a lot of good things!" The two brothers opened their clothes and armor as if offering treasures, and showed the gold, silver, jewelry, and other trophies they had plundered to Guan Yuanrang and the people around them.

The capital of the barbarian state was really beaten into by Tang Yin! Guan Yuanrang couldn't help but look at Tang Yin with admiration.

He was looking at Tang Yin, and Tang Yin was also looking at him, and the eyes of the two collided in the air, and immediately flashed fire.

With the same young and promising and the same arrogant character, there can only be two kinds of relationship between the two of them, either fierce rivals or persistence.

Xiao Muqing felt that the two of them were unusual, and hurriedly stood up to play a round, and smiled at Tang Yin: "My lord, this is the second brother of Lord Guan, Guan Yuanrang!" Then he said to Guan Yuanrang: "This is Lord Tang Yin Tang!"

"Oh!" Guan Yuanrang nodded, his head raised high, and said to Tang Yin provocatively: "I have heard of you for a long time, and I have always heard that you are brave and good at fighting, I wonder if you dare to fight with you in the next battle?"

Flutter! Guan Yuanji and the people around him almost vomited blood after hearing this, they couldn't figure out what Guan Yuanrang was thinking in his head, why did he challenge Tang Yin as soon as he saw him?

"My lord......" was afraid that Tang Yin would blame his brother, Guan Yuanji hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed deeply to Tang Yin, and said: "My brother is used to wandering and doesn't understand the rules, I hope my lord won't be surprised......"

Tang Yin smiled at Guan Yuanji, and then looked at Guan Yuanrang, sitting upright Marvens did not move, and his smile made people unable to tell whether he was happy or angry, he asked leisurely: "Why are you challenging me? How many enemies can you deal with on the battlefield?"

Guan Yuanrang snorted and said, "I have the courage to be invincible?"

"So what? The world is so big, there are so many people, no matter how powerful you are, can you still defeat everyone? The courage of the horseman can only crisscross the land, but he can't conquer the world!"

It was the first time that Guan Yuanrang was said by others, he raised his eyebrows angrily and asked, "What about you?"

"I can!": Tang Yin's eyes lit up, and he said suddenly, "If I want to do this." ”

The sudden light in Tang Yin's eyes also shocked Guan Yuanrang's body, and he was slightly shocked in his heart, and after a pause, he snorted and said, "Boasting, who wouldn't?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Tang Yin retracted the light in his eyes and said with a smile: "If you think I'm just talking about it, then stay by my side and see if I can do it." ”

"Okay!" Guan Yuanrang didn't think about it, and blurted out, but as soon as the words came out, he realized that he had been, this Tang Yin was too cunning, and he used words to wrap himself in, and stayed by his side, wouldn't ......that be equivalent to taking refuge in him?

Before he could speak, Tang Yin had already preemptively said: "A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase, let's just say it!" After speaking, ignoring Guan Yuanrang's reaction, he waved his hand to everyone in front of him, and then urged the horse into the city, swaggering past Guan Yuanrang.

What do you mean It's settled, what did you promise him? Guan Yuanrang turned around angrily, looked at Tang Yin's back on the horse, and was about to shout, but was stopped by Guan Yuanji, who said earnestly: "Yuan Rang, honesty is the most important thing, and you can't go back on your word." Although the adults are young, they are capable and ambitious, and they have a bright future ahead of them. ”

He didn't persuade Guan Yuanrang to take refuge in Tang Yin, but felt that if he had a stiff relationship with Tang Yin with his temper, it would really not end well, so it was better to stabilize his brother for the time being, as for whether his brother really wanted to do things for Tang Yin in the future, those were secondary.

Hearing what the eldest brother said, Guan Yuanrang was like a deflated ball, and when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it back, and shook his head helplessly.

The first time he met Tang Yin, Guan Yuanrang was deeply impressed by Tang Yin's cunning or quick response.