Chapter Ninety-Four

Not long after Tang Yin returned to the border city, Qiu Zhen, Bai Yong, Zhu Nuo and other core military personnel also rushed to hear the news, and only Shangguan Yuanji was left in Hengcheng.

Obviously, everyone was very excited about the victory in this battle, and after seeing Tang Yin, they all stepped forward with joy on their faces to ask about the details of the battle. However, Tang Yin was not in such a good mood as them, and his face was a little solemn.

Seeing this, everyone was quite dazed, and they did not understand why he did not look the slightest happy when he had clearly defeated the attacking barbarians?

Seeing everyone's thoughts, Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Should we celebrate now?"

"Of course!" Juno was a straight man, and he didn't even think about it, so he blurted out: "Our army has not won a victory against a barbarian army for a long time, and this victory is very inspiring!"

"yes!" the others chimed in.

Tang Yin shook his head and said: "As far as I know, the revenge psychology of the barbarians has always been very strong, this time they suffered a big loss in Yuanwang Town, presumably it won't be long before they will lift heavy troops to counterattack, have you ever thought about how we should resist at that time?"

As soon as the words of "this ......" came out, Juno was speechless, and the excitement on his face was swept away, replaced by a solemn face. He is the commander of the Third Corps in Pingyuan County, so he naturally knows the surname of the barbarians very well, and of course he knows that Tang Yin's speculation is not alarmist, once the barbarians really attack in a big way, with his current manpower, it will be very difficult to resist.

Everyone else gasped and hung their heads in thought.

After a long time, Qiu Zhen asked, "If the barbarians really come back to retaliate, I don't know how many troops there will be?"

Without waiting for Tang Yin to speak, Zhang Zhou and Bai Yong both replied: "Since the barbarians have suffered losses, the number of troops attacking again will definitely not be less!" "It should be at least 50,000!"

"So many people!" Qiu Zhen secretly said. At present, although Pingyuan County has added two new corps, with a total of five corps, the manpower is far from reaching 50,000, and more than half of the army are inexperienced recruits, and the combat effectiveness is very low.

Bai Yong Zhengse said: "My lord, the target of the barbarians' revenge will be the border city, I suggest that two additional corps be transferred to the border city immediately, and the remaining two corps will guard the Hengcheng, as long as we ensure that these two places are not lost, the barbarians will not be able to hurt our vitality!"

"Well, what General Bai said is reasonable!" everyone nodded in agreement.

Tang Yin pondered for a moment and asked, "General Bai, which two corps do you think should be transferred to the border city?"

"Fourth and Fifth Corps!" Bai Yong didn't think about it.

"Recruit Corps?" Qiu Zhen frowned. The Fourth and Fifth Corps are both newly established recruit corps, and they are out-and-out recruit corps, and the transfer of these two corps to the most dangerous border cities will not allow these more than 10,000 soldiers to be sent to death? He said suspiciously: "There is something wrong with this, right?"

Bai Yong sighed and said: "Lord Qiu, this is also a last resort! Although the target of the brute army is likely to be the border city, we also have to prevent the other party from bypassing the border city to sneak attack Hengcheng, Hengcheng is the county seat, the most important thing, there is no room for the slightest loss, it is safer to stay behind two veteran regiments with rich combat experience, besides, although the fourth and fifth corps are new regiments, they always have to participate in the battle, otherwise they will always be new regiments, and they will not be of great use, and this is also a rare opportunity for military training!" After a pause, he hurriedly added: "Of course, I don't mean to be scared, if the adults think it is safer to arrange the Second Corps in the border city, I have nothing to say!"

He was the commander of the Second Corps, and he proposed that his corps stay in Hengcheng, and he was afraid that others, especially his colleagues in the Fourth and Fifth Corps, would misunderstand.

Qiu Zhen pondered his words carefully, although he felt that what Bai Yong said was also reasonable, but letting the two new regiments resist the enemy's heavy troops was really a bit of a duck on the shelf, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results, but instead try to increase his own casualties. It is too difficult to emblem soldiers in Pingyuan County, and for their own troops, their troops are very precious, how can they sacrifice in vain?

He shook his head and said to Tang Yin: "My lord, it's not appropriate to transfer the Fourth and Fifth Corps to the border city!"

At this time, Tang Yin was also a little dilemma, Bai Yong was right, Hengcheng is the top priority, if Hengcheng is broken, his county guard will be considered a complete failure, but if the two new regiments are transferred to the border city, when the barbarians come back, I don't know how many casualties will be killed. It's a tough choice.

Tang Yin used to be a simple and decisive person, he never hesitated when things came, and he would make a decision immediately, but now it is different, he is no longer alone, and his current decision will be related to the life and death of tens of thousands of defenders in Pingyuan County, and even the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Pingyuan County.

He bit his lip and didn't speak for a long time.

At this moment, a guard came running from outside, and when he came to Tang Yin's approach, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Report, my lord, the people of Yuanwang Town have gone outside the city and are waiting for resettlement!"

Hearing this, Tang Yin came back to his senses, and he said to the guards: "This matter is arranged by the city lord of the border city!"

"This ......," the guard grimaced.

Zhang Zhou continued: "My lord, there is no city lord in the border city!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin was stunned, if it weren't for Zhang Zhou's picking, he really almost forgot that he had been in the border city for so long, and he really hadn't seen the city lord of the border city. He asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Zhou smiled bitterly: "The border city has been broken by barbarians many times, and the city lord has also been killed several times in a row, and later, there are no people in the border city, and the city lord is naturally no longer needed, and now the border city is no different from a military fortress!"

"How is it!" Tang Yin sighed faintly, the huge Wind Country, the huge Plains County, was bullied by the barbarians to such an embarrassment, whose responsibility should it be?

He slowly clenched his fists, as if he was muttering to the people around him, and said in a deep voice word by word: "I don't care what Pingyuan County was like before, but during my tenure as the county guard of Pingyuan County, I will never allow any city in Pingyuan County to be breached by the enemy!"

He turned to Zhang Zhou and said, "General Zhang, you send people to settle the people who came!"

"Yes, my lord!" Zhang Zhou stood up, turned around and was about to walk out.

Tang Yin suddenly remembered something, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "By the way, there is a captain named Xiao Muqing among the defenders of the Yuanwang Array, you bring him to see me, now!"

"Xiao Muqing?" Zhang Zhou was stunned, it could be seen that Tang Yin's face was not good, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he answered and walked out quickly.

He is no stranger to the name Xiao Muqing, because this person's military experience is longer than him, but unfortunately he only has hard work and no credit, and he has never been promoted.

I don't know what Tang Yin is looking for Xiao Muqing, but he still honestly found Xiao Muqing according to Tang Yin's intentions and took him forward, and at the same time he arranged for several of his commanders to organize officers and soldiers to settle the people of Yuanwang Town who came to take refuge.

Since the border city has almost become an empty city, there are many uninhabited houses, and it is easy to accommodate the thousands of people in Yuanwang Town.

Let's talk about Zhang Zhou, leading Xiao Muqing to see Tang Yin.

Old men like Zhang Zhou, Bai Yong and Zhu Nuo, the defenders of Pingyuan County, all disagreed with Xiao Muqing, thinking that this person was cunning and timid, but Tang Yin was very polite to him, seeing Xiao Muqing coming, he owed slightly, smiled, waved his hand and said, "Captain Xiao, please take a seat!"

"Thank you, sir!" Xiao Muqing really didn't expect Tang Yin to find him, he was a little flattered, plus everyone in the hall was either the captain or the deputy commander, and he was just a small captain, incompatible with everyone's identity, and sitting on the chair was like sitting on pins and needles, cautious.

Tang Yin looked at Xiao Muqing again, the latter was not handsome, at best he was delicate, medium in stature, not fat or thin, it could be said to be plain, but a pair of eyes showed a brilliant brilliance from time to time between the rotation of the bones.

He smiled and asked, "Captain Xiao, do you think that the barbarians have suffered a loss in Yuanwang Town this time, and they will definitely come back to take revenge?"

"Yes, my lord!" Xiao Muqing straightened up and replied in a respectful whisper.

"The target is the border city?"

"The possible surname of the border city is the largest!"

"Then you say, if the brutes really come to attack the border city, how many defenders do you think should be left here?"

I didn't understand why Tang Yin would ask Xiao Muqing such an important question, and everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Muqing.

Listening to Tang Yin's question, Xiao Muqing's spirit was also shocked, and at the same time, he was surprised and immediately realized that the opportunity for his performance had come, he rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "20,000 people are enough!"

"What?"

The faces of everyone in the hall changed. Juno leaned forward and shouted in a deep voice, "Xiao Muqing, what are you talking about......?"

Tang Yin waved his hand to stop Juno, smiled, and asked Xiao Muqing softly: "Tell me, why is it enough for only 20,000 people?"

Xiao Muqing said: "In my speculation, the number of barbarians who will attack again will not exceed 60,000, but even so, the number of troops is still much more than ours, if we guard the city, even if we barely resist the enemy army in the end, the loss will definitely be not small, rather than being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to attack!"

"Isn't taking the initiative to meet the barbarians with 20,000 troops tantamount to killing yourself?" Bai Yong asked calmly.

Xiao Muqing smiled and said: "If it is hard, of course our side will not have an advantage, but if we send an ambush in advance, ambush near the border city, and wait for the barbarians to attack the city when they suddenly come out, and the brothers in the city should be combined with the outside, inside and outside, inside and outside, surprise, attack unprepared, enough to disrupt the barbarian camp, take it to the momentum!"

"It's just a joke!" Juno pouted and said: "Outside the border city, there is a flat river, only the mountains and forests in the east can hide ambushes, but the barbarian army has always been cunning, and it will not be unguarded, nor will it not be investigated, how can our ambushes hide?"