After reading the letter, Yang Feng said to Hu Dahai: "You go down to rest, if you want to return, you can rest for one night and go back tomorrow, if you feel that it is too dangerous to go back alone, you can follow the army to act together." ”

Hu Dahai hesitated for a moment and asked: "Grandpa Guo, the villain is brave, I don't know if you can tell the villain when you can go to rescue Anqing Mansion?" ”

"Bold!"

Gou Xingma's face sank, and he immediately shouted, "You are just a hundred presidents, you dare to ask Grandpa Guo's marching plan, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

Hu Dahai was startled, and quickly knelt down on one knee again: "The villain doesn't dare, but now tens of thousands of thieves have surrounded Anqing City, and it is too dangerous to have only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, if there are no reinforcements, Anqing City is in danger!" ”

Yang Feng waved his hand: "Okay, you go down, this matter is free to decide!" ”

"Whoa!"

Although he was unwilling, Hu Dahai also knew that Yang Feng was giving himself face, otherwise if he followed the rules of the army, Yang Feng would be in line with the rules even if he was taken down immediately and questioned, and no one would dare to stand out for him afterwards.

After Hu Dahai retreated, Yang Feng casually handed the letter to Gou Xingma, "This is a letter of help from the prefect of Anqing, what do you think?" ”

After reading the letter, Gou Xingma said disdainfully: "Grandpa Guo, with all due respect, this Anqing prefect is probably uneasy and kind." ”

Yang Feng laughed: "Oh...... How so? ”

Gou Xingma pointed to the letter and said: "Just now, the Bai Zong named Hu Dahai also said that there are still 5,000 defenders and more than 3,000 young people in Anqing Mansion, but in fact, this is not entirely true. If it is the reason of the prefect of Anqing, with the population of more than 100,000 people in Anqing Mansion, he can recruit tens of thousands of young people at any time to help defend the city.

And the most important thing is that the east of Anqing Mansion is the real essence of Jiangnan, once Anqing Mansion has lost the rogue can drive straight into the realm of no one, if those officials in Jiangnan dare to let the thieves rush into Jiangnan, there is no need for the imperial court to take action, those Donglin Party and Jiangnan gentry are the first to spare them.

What's more, Anqing Mansion is backed by Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, not to mention other places in these two places, it should not be difficult to send five or six thousand troops to aid Anqing Mansion, even if the combat power of the Jiangnan soldiers is no longer enough, but it is still possible to defend the city, but why has no troops to rush to help them until now, is there really no inside story in this? ”

"Hahaha......"

Yang Feng laughed, only to see him pat Gou Xingma's shoulder with satisfaction.

"Not bad...... If you can think of this layer, it proves that you already have a very good view of the big picture, and my father is not wrong. ”

Gou Xingma's old face was slightly red when he was praised, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Grandpa Guo, do you also agree with the opinion of the last general?" ”

"Of course, as long as you make sense, why doesn't my father agree?"

Yang Feng said seriously.

"You have to remember that as long as you set a goal for a general, you must go firmly according to this goal, and those who are soft-eared or hesitant will not become a general. But you still have to work harder, and don't be complacent, so that your father can hand over a heavier burden to you. ”

"Whew...... The last general Xie Guo's grandfather taught. Yang Feng has said this, if he still doesn't understand what Yang Feng means by focusing on cultivating himself, then he is really a fool, and his eyes are red with excitement for a while.

Over the years, Yang Feng has been focusing on Fujian, watching Geng Bingyi and Chu Maoguang, the former robes, have been promoted one by one overseas, and the officers who stayed in Jinling want to say that they are not envious, it is a lie.

In all fairness, Gou Xingma has always believed that he is no worse than Geng Bingyi and Qiu Disheng, and he can follow the boss to make contributions outside, and he can only look after the family.

Now I finally have such an opportunity to follow my boss to suppress the bandits in person, and that is not to show the performance of milking. Now seeing Yang Feng's words that are almost equal to a promise, his heart is naturally happy.

Excited, Gou Xingma poured out all his thoughts.

"Grandpa Guo, the last general thinks. Even if there are only 5,000 officers and soldiers and thousands of young people defending the city in Anqing Mansion, as long as the food and grass in the city are sufficient, there is no problem at all in guarding the last month, there is no need to write this letter to you with an old face, there must be something unknown here. ”

"That's a good point."

The look on Yang Feng's face showed sarcasm.

"Those people, think that if you say a few kind words, we will be angry for them, are they too smart or are my father-in-law too stupid? In that case, let's play slowly. You immediately give the order, and the whole army will march towards Taihu County, let's go to Taihu County first and have a good fight with that thief. ”

"Whoa!"

With an order, tens of thousands of Jiangning troops began to pull out the camp and advance towards the county seat of Taihu Lake.

Although Ye Bushu was already doing his best to clear the surrounding outposts, the actions of tens of thousands of troops were too big, and it was pure fantasy to completely conceal the outposts that had been staring at them for a long time, and soon Yuan Datou knew the movements of the Ming army.

It's just that he knows, but the only thing he can do is to step up the supervision of the rogues under his command and the captured Qingzhuang to repair the city wall, carry the equipment to defend the city, as for going out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Jiangning army or something, he doesn't dream of doing this kind of thing.

In the study in the backyard of the Yamen of the prefect of Anqing Prefecture

The prefect Wang Jinguo was stunned with a letter, he had been in this position for a long time, and he didn't notice the sound of footsteps behind him.

"Master, it's getting dark, it's time to eat." As the voice sounded behind him, a middle-aged woman came behind him and spoke softly, followed by a maid carrying a food box.

"Oh...... Madame, why are you here? ”

Wang Jinguo turned his head, looked at the woman behind him, smiled badly, and casually put the letter in his hand on the table.

"The housekeeper told the concubine, you haven't eaten for a day, how can this work, the concubine is not at ease, come and take a look."

Wang Jinguo's wife complained while opening the food box in the maid's hand, took out a bowl of rice and a few dishes from it and put them on the table.

"I can't eat it for my husband."

Wang Jinguo sighed helplessly.

"I don't know what the governor thinks, do you really think that Xin Guogong is a hairy boy, with a letter and a few beautiful words, he can make people desperate to come to the rescue? This is too whimsical, not only that, Huizhou Mansion and Ning Guofu have not sent reinforcements yet, don't they understand that if Anqing Mansion fails, they will immediately become the next target of thieves? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jinguo hated and punched the table, shaking the dishes on the table with a bang.