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"Stand up!" Tang Yin put down the book in his hand and casually waved it.

"Thank you, King." Zhang Xin got up and stood obediently by the side.

Tang Yin looked at Zhang Xin and waved: "What are you standing there for? Sit down and talk. "

"Yes sir!" Zhang Xin replied as he carefully sat down opposite of Tang Yin on the desk.

Seeing that he was extremely cautious and seated, Tang Yin could not help but laugh, and said: "Zhang Xin, you are my, Great Scholar Feng, so you do not have to be so restrained in front of me, right?"

It was not an easy feat to be called an official by Tang Yin. Zhang Xin's body trembled, and he hurriedly cupped his hands together, "Thank you, Great King for your kind treatment."

Tang Yin shook his head and laughed, he did not waste any more words, and asked straightforwardly: "Why did you enter the palace and receive me when I'm out of the city?"

Zhang Xin said seriously: "Ever since the King became the Feng King, she led a great wind and won many battles. First, it stabilized the troubles of the north, then, it recaptured the Hedong, and then, it annexed the eight counties of Ning Country, causing my great wind to dominate the north. My achievements are great and no one can compare to it.

Tang Yin nodded his head, and then asked with a smile: "Then why did you snatch the Heavenly Son's toast?"

Zhang Xin immediately left his seat and knelt down once again to kowtow: "Your majesty, please forgive me!"

Tang Yin raised his head and said: "Get up, I'm not blaming you."

Zhang Xin stood up and said: "I, the Son of Heaven, respectfully welcome the King, the Son of Heaven must be angry at the King, and bear a grudge in my heart, I am not sure if the Son of Heaven will poison the wine, and cannot directly warn the King, so I can only drink the Heavenly Son's toast first, in order to test if there is any poison in the wine."

So it was like that. Tang Yin had already roughly guessed Zhang Xin's intentions, so what he said wasn't surprising to Tang Yin. He asked with a smile: "Zhang Xin, have you never thought about it? "If there is any poison in the wine, you won't be able to live after drinking it."

Zhang Xin's face flushed red and he said emotionally: "There can be no subject for Feng Country, but there must not be a ruler. A king has the body of a thousand gold, and this subject's only a rotten life, if I can use my life to protect the king, even if I have to shatter my bones, I will not refuse."

His words of generosity moved Tang Yin deeply. Although it was said to be exaggerated, but Zhang Xin did not care about his personal safety and wanted to test the waters with his own body. How could such a person not be trusted and valued by Tang Yin?

Tang Yin sighed lightly, and said: "This time it's just your luck, don't take any more risks in the future. I am not afraid of mere poison, what I am afraid of is losing my right hand, do you understand Zhang Xin? "

Zhang Xin was willing to take such a huge risk in order to exchange for Tang Yin's words. He once again knelt on the ground, and choked with sobs, "What virtue and ability do I have to have received such love from the King ?"

Tang Yin reached out and pulled Zhang Xin up, and said: "I can see your loyalty and ability, and I see you as a pillar of the strong, so I hope that you can work even harder in the future."

"This humble subject is duty-bound!" Zhang Xin said without even thinking.

Tang Yin nodded his head, and then pulled Zhang Xin to sit on the crater. After muttering to himself for a moment, he said: "My country is about to send troops to Tia, tonight I will pass on a message to Tong Gate, transferring the Sanshui Army over to the west side of the Ning Country to enter the western side of the Ning Country."

Zhang Xin said, "Our country has already gotten married to Bessa, and there are no worries for our future. It is time to send out our troops, Tia."

"Your argument is the same as Qiu Zhen's." Tang Yin said: "When Sanshui Army goes to Tia to fight, Ning Country has to bear the burden of our army's logistics support, but Cai Song and Zhang Zhe have never been on good terms, so when they send letters back, they will be impeached against each other. The imperial government needs to send more people over there to reconcile and take charge of our army's logistics.

"As the King commands, this subject will do his best." Zhang Xin cupped his hands and said.

"Good!" This matter shall be left to you. " Saying that, Tang Yin took off his own sword, patted on the table, and pushed it in front of Zhang Xin, saying: "This time you are going to Ning Country to gather supplies, salaries, and supplies, if anyone dares to disrespect you, you can do it later!"

Ah? When Zhang Xin heard this, he could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. The authority to act first and play after was too great, it was too deterrent, just how much trust and care did he need to gain for the Sovereign King in order to give him such authority? Zhang Xin was stunned there, he stared blankly at the sword in front of him, and only after a long while did he regain his senses, his hands trembling as he tightly held onto the sword, kneeling on the ground, both hands holding the sword high up, he said with a trembling voice: "Great King, do not worry, your subject will use his head to guarantee the safety of our soldiers!"

Tang Yin patted his shoulder and said: "Alright, you go back and prepare. You need to leave as soon as possible."

"Yes!" "Great King!"

Zhang Xin bowed and left the study room. He almost floated all the way out of the palace, all the way until he reached his own home. He felt that his body was light and light, as if he was stepping on clouds. At this moment, he truly felt that today's adventure was worth it. Until now, the King had truly trusted and valued him.

Tang Yin sent a message to the Tong Gate s and assigned them to head west.

Having been stationed at Tongmen for such a long time, the Sanshui Army, led by Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan, was well-prepared. He had nothing to do during the day, so he trained every day. Although there were a large number of new recruits within the army, his fighting strength had increased by a lot after a period of intense practice.

After receiving Tang Yin's order, Liang Qi did not delay for even a moment, and immediately advanced westward with his army. In just half a month, he traversed majority of the Ning Country, and entered the former Ningdu Liangzhou. With the Ning Country gone, Liangzhou was no longer the capital of a nation. However, it still remained the largest and most important economic, cultural and political centre of the nation.0

Reaching Liangzhou, Liang Qi ordered the entire army to station outside the city to temporarily rest for a few days. After half a month of hasty march, his Sanshui Army was exhausted. If he did not rest soon, he would disperse before the battle.

Zhang Zhe and Cai Song who were in Liangzhou were naturally passionately entertaining, especially Cai Song. It was as if he was afraid that Zhang Zhe had snatched them away first, he directly brought Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan over to his own house, and then didn't let the two leave.

Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan found it hard to refuse their kindness, and Cai Song's hospitality was indeed thoughtful, so the two of them stayed at the Cai Mansion.

Originally, Liang Qi had planned to rest and recuperate at Liangzhou for a few days, but ever since he arrived at the Cai Residence, he had not stopped at all. Every day, he would come to meet with an endless stream of people. Liang Qi had become accustomed to this kind of situation since he was young, and also detested it. He only stayed in the Liangzhou for two days before he led his entire army to the west.

After passing the Liangzhou, Sanshui Army would no longer rush to march, but would unhurriedly head to the Western Territory to maintain the physical strength and combat strength of the entire army.

After marching for more than half a month, the Sanshui Army had reached the western border of the Ning Country, the wandering city.

The city was located at the border between the Ning Country and Tia, and ten kilometers west of the city was the territory of Tia. Because he was close to Tia, Xing City was deeply influenced by her. Even the city was built like a castle, and there were many towers inside the city. Compared to the other Ning Country cities, it was like a foreign land.

In the past, when the city was flourishing, there were many merchants in Tia City, and the residents of the city accounted for twenty to thirty percent of the city's population. Now that Tia's Ning Country had been devoured, and Tia had suffered from the invasion of Dookie, most of the Tia people in the city had returned to their home country, so the prosperity of the city immediately weakened a lot.

As the Sanshui Army settled in the city, Liang Qi began to actively prepare, create and find excuses to send troops.

On the other side, Zhang Xin arrived not long after Liangzhou had left.

After Zhang Xin arrived at the Liangzhou, he immediately ordered the various counties of the Ning Country to transport the food, gold, silver and supplies there. He set a target for the various counties, and ordered them to send the ones closest to the Liangzhou to him within ten days.

After that, grains, gold, silver, and supplies from various counties of Ning Country began to enter the Liangzhou in an unending stream. Ten days later, the closest counties all completed their missions as scheduled, but Zhang Xin did not give up. He drafted out a list of officials from each county and then used Tang Yin's sword to command the Heavenly Eagle Army guarding them to immediately capture these officials.

Zi Ying did not know what kind of mental state this Master Zhang was actually in, but with the King's sword in his hand, it was no different from when the King was present in person. Zi Ying still followed his orders and captured all the officials on the list, regardless of whether they were people from the county or town.

This time, they had caught even more officials than last time, with more than fifty people. After a month, the third batch of supplies had arrived, but Zhang Xin still had not let go of the officials from the counties, and had drawn up another list of over a hundred people.

After three arrests, the number of Ning Country officials captured by Zhang Xin had already neared two hundred. Without needing to go through them one by one, Zhang Xin closed his eyes and started setting the charges for the arrested officials.

Although none of these crimes had been investigated, each of them had to be accounted for. Cai Song, who was in charge of Ning Country, was in itself a greedy person. When others gave him gifts and bought him a position, he naturally turned into someone who was greedy and plundered the wealth he had given away ten times or a hundred times over.

All along the way, they only needed to look at the people's situation in the Ning Country to realize that the phenomenon of Ning Country's corruption and bribery had already seeped into his bones. He would not miss such an excellent opportunity to show off himself, so after arriving at Liangzhou, he grabbed nearly two hundred local officials of Ning Country in one go, and had even made them all subject to the death penalty for the crimes that he had casually committed.

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