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It's not that the battle is over, the battle is over, at least not here in the Jinwu Army.

After dinner, Cai still gathered the officers above the rank of captain and began to sum up the gains and losses of the battle.

This is also the tradition of the Jinwu Army, and when he was training in the past, Cai still had already begun to train the post-war summary of the Jinwu Army's soldiers.

Normally, Cai still takes the officers at all levels to summarize first, and then the officers at all levels summarize with the non-commissioned officers under their command, and Cai still personally goes to spot check to ensure that no one is fooled.

Don't take it seriously after the war, in the Jinwu Army, this is also one of the criteria for personal assessment and promotion.

After summing up, Niu Gao, Wang Sheng, Zhang Yu, and Wang De, who attacked later, only knew how many mistakes they had made, and even they already felt that fortunately the enemy was too weak, otherwise they might not be able to win this battle.

This was the first battle of the Jin Wu army, and it took a long time to summarize - it was not over until late at night, and then Cai still let these soldiers who were already very tired drag their heavy bodies to sleep.

Cai still didn't go to sleep, he walked from barracks to barracks, covered the quilts for the soldiers who kicked the quilts, went to visit the lightly wounded ones, and personally helped one of them change the dressing, and then went to see the soldiers standing guard and brought them some hot water.

After doing all this, Cai still returned to his tent and clothes to sleep.

After sleeping in a daze for more than an hour, Cai still heard footsteps walking towards his barracks.

Cai Yan's eyes opened instantly, and he immediately pressed the hilt of his saber.

Not long after, Cai still heard his own personal soldier outside the tent, Li Jian, the son of Li He, whispering: "General, Dong Youlin came back, and he said that he had something important to report to the general." ”

Dong Youlin was a chief of the capital, he was the first to rush to the position of the Song Jiang Righteous Army in this battle, and yesterday Cai still sent him to escort the prisoners and escort the seriously wounded back with several other combat heroes to report the victory.

Cai still said in his heart: "Why did he come back so soon?" ”

Cai still walked out of his tent with a saber, and then saw Dong Youlin standing outside the tent with a person.

Cai still asked, "What do you have to report?" ”

Dong Youlin pointed to the person he was holding and reported: "General, we went halfway, I accidentally found that many people were in awe of this guy, so I took him out and interrogated him, and it turned out that he was the brother-in-law of the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, and he took the initiative to tell me that he had important information to report to the general, so I brought him back." ”

Cai still turned his head and asked Yang Zhi's brother-in-law: "What information do you have to tell me?" ”

The man hurriedly knelt down for Cai and said, "Villain Li Wei, the villain's sister is Yang Zhi's concubine, but this is not voluntary by my family, it is actually Yang Zhi who covets my sister's beauty and forcibly snatches my sister ......over."

Yang Zhi, like Guan Sheng, is a famous general in history, and he is also the last best mixed one among the thirty-six people such as Song Jiang, he even participated in the battle to recover Yanyun, and also served as the selection of the front army under the command of the seed master Dao (old species), in addition, the seed division (small species) aided Taiyuan and died in the battle of Yuci, Yang Zhi also participated, but for Yang Zhi's performance in that battle, the records are not the same, some say that he is afraid of the battle, It is also said that he cleaned up the remnants of the army after the Yuci War, and made many military exploits in Guangding.

It can be seen from this that this Yang Zhi does have his merits, otherwise he would not be able to serve as a selection envoy for the seed master and the seed master.

However, according to the records in the history books, although Yang Zhi is not a small person, he is greedy for money and lustful, and he has many problems.

Therefore, Li Wei said that his sister was forcibly occupied by Yang Zhi, which may also be true.

But then again, what does it matter if Li Wei's words are true or false?

The important thing is, what is the information that Li Wei wants to say?

Therefore, Cai still interrupted Li Wei very decisively and said: "Let's talk about it, what is the information you want to say, don't worry, if the information you say is valuable, I will not only ensure that you will not be implicated, but also reward you heavily." ”

Li Wei heard this, immediately stopped seeking sympathy, and said, "That gang of traitors is about to run away." ”

"What?"

This is really something that Cai still didn't expect.

Li Wei continued: "In fact, long before the arrival of your officers and soldiers, they had already planned to evacuate, and their core personnel had already evacuated Linpu City yesterday morning, if you hadn't come too quickly, we, the people behind the palace, would have also withdrawn......"

With Li Wei's narration, Cai still learned that the main force of the Song Jiang Righteous Army had actually begun to evacuate, and the rest of the people behind the palace were all peripheral personnel and those who were unwilling to evacuate.

Cai still estimated that the idea of Song Jiang and his gang must be that these people can withdraw if they can, and if they can't, they will be given to Song Jun.

Cai still said in his heart: "This Song Jiang, it's so decisive!" While calling someone to call Zhang Xian and others over.

Soon, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, Wang Sheng, Zhang Yu, Wang De and others came to Cai Ying's Chinese army tent.

Cai still measured the map for a while, and said: "If what Li Wei said is correct, then I am afraid that there is less than one army left around Linpu, and there may only be two or three battalions of rebels left, and these rebels must all be peripheral personnel of Song Jiang and his gang, and may even be locals recruited by Song Jiang and his gang in Linpu." ”

Zhang Xian listened to Cai Ying's analysis and said, "In this way, our encirclement and suppression this time may be in vain?" ”

Niu Gao said: "We have used more than 30,000 people and horses in this battle, if we only exterminate this little bit of traitors, is it too much of a bag?" "——The Privy Council did transfer 30,000 horses to exterminate Song Jiang and his gang, but because all the armies were not satisfied, some were even only 23/10, and in fact the regular army mobilized was only 12,000 or 3, plus the men and horses of the Xinyang Army and the Guangji Army, it was only about 15,000, but at the same time as the army, each army brought a large number of people to escort materials, if these people were also added, then it would not be an exaggeration to say 30,000 even if 40,000.

Everyone thought so, and they were all a little unwilling.

Of course, there are also those who are secretly happy, because in this way, they should be able to recover Linpu easily, and then they can make war achievements without much effort.

Zhang Xian looked at the map and analyzed it for a while, and said: "If this group of rebels wants to escape from our encirclement and suppression, the only way to take Danian - Zuoying - Zhang Lu Road, and then force the blockade line of the Xinyang Army back to Liangshanluo, and then leave by water. ”

Zhang roared: "This group of rebels dares to fight a decisive battle with the Xinyang Army? ”

Niu Gao said: "There is nothing to dare, if they can't break through the blockade of the Xinyang army, it will be a dead end, besides, the Xinyang army does not have many people, at most, it is more than two thousand, plus the people or something, it should not exceed five thousand." ”

Wang Sheng continued: "The key is that they are not trying to annihilate the Xinyang army, but to break through the blockade of the Xinyang army, so that the difficulty is reduced a lot. ”

Zhang roared: "So, this gang of traitors can escape again?" ”

Wang De looked at the map carefully for a while, and said: "There are more than 10,000 people in this gang of rebels, excluding the one or two thousand people in Linpu, there should be nearly 10,000 people, so many people, the training is not enough, and there may even be old and weak women and children in the middle, the marching speed cannot be too fast, plus they have to fight with the Xinyang army, they should not be able to reach Jishan in three or two days, and with the marching speed of our Jinwu army, give up the excess baggage, take a shortcut, and be able to reach Jishan in one day, which is very likely to intercept them in Jishan." ”

If it is compared to others, the Jin Wu army does not dare to say that it is better than other armies, but compared to the speed of the march, then the other armies will definitely not be able to catch up with the Jin Wu army, otherwise, how do you think Cai still dares to go back halfway to steal Zhao Yuannu, is it not because the speed of the Jin Wu army's march is far faster than the imagination of people in this era, which can create a sufficient alibi for Cai Ying, so that people cannot suspect Cai still on the head of Cai Yi.

Wang Sheng said: "It's easy to intercept them, but the question is how can our Jinwu army have less than 500 men and horses to defeat nearly 10,000 rebels?" ”

Niu Gao said: "If you want to make a contribution in this battle, you have to rely on the army in the hands of Liang Jian Army, and the most unfortunate thing must be the cooperation of Wang Xuanfeng's Xuanfeng Army." ”

Zhang Yu said: "I am afraid it is not easy to want their cooperation, how can they let go of the great achievement of recovering Linpu City, and chase the main force of the rebels that seems to be impossible to catch up?" ”

Zhang Xiandao: "I have had contact with Ambassador Wang Xuanfeng, and others still have a great sense of the overall situation, so they may not be able to cooperate with us." ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, everyone looked at Cai Ying, waiting for Cai still to make a decision.

A person's success cannot be all a fluke.

Song Jiang and his gang, the uprising for more than a year, has not been wiped out by the Song army, on the contrary, it is getting stronger and stronger, of course, there are reasons for the inaction of the Song army, but there are also capable people in Song Jiang and the gang.

For example, this time, Song Jiang and his gang deliberately left the sweet and delicious bait of Linpu City to the Song army, and then retreated in advance, which was very clever.

As far as Cai still knows, even if Song Jiang and his gang have reached this point, most of the people in the bandit army don't care too much about Song Jiang and their gang, they more regard Song Jiang and his gang as giving them experience to help them upgrade, that is, there are more wolves and less meat, so they have to take this credit.

Therefore, grabbing merit has become the primary task in their hearts, rather than exterminating Song Jiang and his gang is the primary task in their hearts.

And among them, Liang Fangping, who is most eager for military merit and wants to take the road of Tongguan, is the most.

Therefore, Cai still guessed with his heels, and he could also guess that once Liang Fangping learned that there were only one or two thousand rebels left in Linpu City, he would definitely personally lead the army to recover Linpu City, as for Song Jiang and his gang, since they were already about to escape from the encirclement, then wait for the next opportunity, anyway, there is no time limit for suppressing bandits, what is the hurry, the important thing is to grab the military merit in hand first and promote the official first.

In history, Song Jiang and his gang should have escaped smoothly in this battle, and in the end, Zhang Shuye suppressed Song Jiang and his gang in Haizhou and suppressed the Song Jiang uprising.

But—

Just as Zhang Xian said, the selection of Wang Zongwei is still worth looking forward to.

Wang Zongwei in history was one of the few generals who held fast in the defense of Bianliang, and he was also one of the few generals who dared to lead the army to the city to fight with the Jin army.

It can be seen from this that Wang Zongmao should not be afraid of war.

The main problem is that Cai still doesn't know, will Wang Zongwei also be greedy for the recovery of Linpu City?

Therefore, Cai is still a little unsure whether to intercept Song Jiang and his gang?

On the battlefield, the most taboo thing is hesitation, because the fighter plane is fleeting.

"Isn't my purpose to change history, otherwise, I will go to the south to develop maritime trade and become a rich man, waiting for the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be more comfortable than now?"

Thinking of this, Cai still said: "Okay! Then let's compare the marching speed with Song Jiang's gang of rebels! ”

After making up his mind, Cai still immediately ordered someone to write a letter for help for him, and then asked Li Jian to take a team of cavalry to carry the letter for help and escort Li Wei to Wang Zongwei for help.

Soon after Li Jian and the others left, the Jin Wu army also gave up the extra baggage and opened up, and then began a rapid march in the direction of Keishan......

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