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Hearing that Rencheng was attacked by the thief army, Duan Wencao felt very bad, not because he lacked self-confidence, but because he was full of worries about the future situation. It can be seen that the white thieves in the north and the thieves in the south are in close contact with Meng Haigong and Han Yao, and they are not fighting separately. The thieves huddled together and joined forces to fight against the official army, if Duan Wencao wanted to defeat them in the shortest possible time, it would be difficult to stabilize the situation in Luxi.

Duan Wencao thought for a long time and decided to ask Pengcheng Cui Deben for help again. Zhang Xutuo is gone, although the current battle situation is favorable to the Lu army, it is obviously difficult to defeat the thief army with the strength of the Lu army alone. Taking a step back, even if the plan to lure the enemy succeeded, all the thief armies went to Ningyang City to fight a decisive battle with the Lu army, and the Lu army also won, but the price paid must be very heavy. Duan Wencao was bent on preserving his strength, and he had no idea of doing his best at all at all at all costs, and if the Qilu people wanted to block the joint suppression of the Guanlong people and the Jiangzuo people in the current Qilu political situation and the future political situation in the eastern capital, and protect the vested interests of the group, they must also maintain sufficient strength. Strength is the basis of interests, and without strength, there will be no interests.

In his letter, Duan Wencao detailed the battle situation in Luxi, scolded Zhang Xutuo to the point of blood, and characterized Zhang Xutuo's departure at a critical moment as a conspiracy. Duan Wencao made a detailed analysis of this, thinking that the battle situation in Luxi after Zhang Xutuo left seemed to be beneficial to him, but in fact it was an illusion, with the current strength of the Lu army, he was unable to kill the thief army after joining forces. The chaotic situation in Luxi will inevitably affect the entire Qilu situation, so it will give the Guanlong people and Jiangzuo people an excuse to attack the Qilu people. The damage to the interests of the Qi people will inevitably affect the overall interests of the Shandong people, and the Cui family, as the first wealthy family in Shandong, must give strong support to the Qi people at this moment.

Duan Wencao's requirements are not high, he hopes that Cui Deben will send some more troops into Lu County, while ensuring the safety of Zou Cheng and Pingyang, he will protect Fubianqiu, and give the thief marshal Meng Haigong and Han Yao a deterrent, and play a part of the containment of Zuò, forcing them not to dare to attack Rencheng, so that the thieves will not be able to carry out a north-south flank attack on Ningyang, and the Lu army will be able to continue to control the initiative and look for a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

In order to persuade Cui Deben, Duan Wencao had to write the letter himself, racking his brains to work the wording.

In the big tent, Duan Wencao was engrossed in his attention, writing at the desk. Eagle Strike Lang stood Niu Jinda in front of the map with his arms crossed, contemplating. He did not approve of Duan Wencao's method, it was better to ask for others than for himself, at present, the Lu army has obvious advantages, as long as the decision is correct, it can completely defeat the traitor. Cui Deben was not a man of his word and monopolized power in Pengcheng, on the contrary, he was constrained by the local forces in Xuzhou in political affairs, and was even more constrained by Zuo Xiaoweifu and Wu Benlang general Liang Dezhong militarily. The reason why Duan Wencao's previous request for help was successful was not because Cui Deben kept his promise, nor because Cui Deben focused on the overall interests of the Shandong people, but because the Lanling Xiao clan was forced to consider the interests of themselves and the Xuzhou aristocratic group, and also needed the stability of the situation in southwest Lu, so they compromised with Cui Deben and led the army to support. At this moment, Duan Wencao asked Cui Deben for help again, and Cui Deben was unable to send troops even if he wanted to help.

Duan Wencao wrote the letter and did not seal it immediately, but sat there with his head bowed and pondered.

Niu Jinda turned around and looked at the letter placed on the desk, knowing that Duan Wencao was also not confident in asking for help, and was still hesitating, so he slowly walked to the side of the desk and sat down, and said in a low voice, "Envoy, the traitors have put on a posture of attacking from the north and the south, if we continue to besiege but not attack, Ningyang City will not be our bait, but the bait of the thieves." ”

Duan Wencao frowned slightly. Surround Ningyang City, besiege but not attack, use Ningyang as bait to lure thieves to come to a decisive battle, this is a simple and easy strategy, but the thieves are cunning and not fooled, and do the opposite, and also use Ningyang as bait to use Ningyang to contain the main force of the Lu army. If the Lu army does not react to this, continue to adhere to the established strategy, and continue to wait for the thieves to kill the decisive battle in Ningyang, then the thieves will send the main force to attack the towns around the flawed hill to loot grain, so the Lu army will fall into a passivity, dilemma.

Niu Jinda saw that Duan Wencao was silent, so he had to take the initiative to speak.

"Envoy, the thief's intentions are clear at a glance, if we want to firmly control the initiative, the top priority is to take Ningyang immediately." Niu Jinda said earnestly, "Taking Ningyang and annihilating the thief army in the city can not only deal a heavy blow to the thieves, but also free up your hands to calmly deal with the thieves' attack." ”

Duan Wencao hesitated, but still didn't speak.

Niu Jinda was a little anxious. In addition to a few county towns and important towns with garrisons, most of the small towns in the cities and towns around the city are guarded by local township regiments, and the main forces of these township regiments are now under the city of Ningyang. The army's heart is in chaos, and it will be even more difficult to fight Ningyang again, what should I do when I get to that time? The only way to do this is to abandon Ningyang, withdraw to the Defective Hill, and stabilize the situation around the Defective Hill. It's just that in this way, the thieves in Ningyang City successfully got out of trouble, the thieves did not lose much in their troops, and they grabbed food, their morale was high, and they would inevitably attack more fiercely, while the officers and troops suffered heavy setbacks and low morale, so they could only hold on to the city and defend passively. It is conceivable that if the situation reaches that point, not only will Lu County be in big trouble, but I am afraid that the entire situation in Qilu will further deteriorate, and Duan Wencao will be even more difficult to atone for his crimes.

"Envoy, the fighter plane is fleeting, don't hesitate." Niu Jinda strongly advised, "The thieves have surrounded Zou Cheng and Pingyang, and now they are attacking Rencheng, and our defensive forces on the southwest front line are very limited. The envoy, the thief's large-scale attack on the southern front, seems to encircle Wei to save Zhao, but in fact, there is a hidden killing intention, so you can't be careless. ”

Duan Wencao's view of the battle situation is different from that of Niu Jinda. After the first part of the thief army was besieged in Ningyang, the only real threat to the Lu army was the white thief's cangtou army. The thieves on the battlefield on the southern front, Meng Haigong and Han Yao, were obviously not strong, although they were fighting lively and active now, in fact, it was dry thunder and no rain, and the threat was very small, so there was nothing to worry about. As far as the current battle situation is concerned, whether the thieves are besieging Wei to save Zhao, or whether they are attacking from the north and south, there is only one purpose, that is, to take Ningyang City, so as to save the besieged army and obtain food. The thieves will grow stronger because of this, and on the contrary, the official army will be in trouble, and the situation in Luxi will deteriorate as a result. Therefore, Duan Wencao had no idea of forcibly attacking Ningyang City at all, he was now focusing all his attention on the direction of Gangcheng, and he had only one purpose, to find a way to defeat the Cangtou Army, and solve the Luxi crisis once and for all.

The two people have different judgments on the strength of the thief army, and as a result, their understanding and deduction of the current battle situation are also very different, and the countermeasures they come up with are also different. Niu Jinda couldn't convince Duan Wencao, and Duan Wencao was quite conceited and thought very highly of himself, so he wouldn't give any explanation to Niu Jinda at all.

Niu Jinda's exhortation had the opposite effect, but it made Duan Wencao more determined in his thoughts. He waved his hand at Niu Jinda, signaling him not to speak, he had his own decision.

Duan Wencao sealed the letter, handed it to his subordinates, and sent it to Pengcheng by the post station. Another handwritten letter to Xiao Hao, thanking him for sticking to the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang, and then briefly described the battle situation on the northern front, analyzed the possible impact of the latest exhibition of the war on the southern front on the northern front, and finally implored Xiao Hao to ensure the safety of Zou Cheng and Pingyang at the same time, looking for fighters to take the initiative to attack, as long as the thieves Meng Haigong and Han Yao were severely attacked, not only the situation on the southern front would be quickly reversed, but also help the Lu army make a breakthrough on the northern front battlefield.

Niu Jinda was very disappointed, but he had followed Duan Wencao for many years, admired Duan Wencao's strategy, and was quite confident in his own official. Duan Wencao used to be the tiger general of the Weifu Army, and to be able to sit in this position, although the background qualifications are important, military merits are indispensable. Duan Wencao has made many achievements to the rank and rank of a senior officer in the army, and his military talent is certainly extraordinary. Niu Jinda didn't dare to admonish him again, but the ominous thoughts in his heart haunted him like a nightmare, making him uneasy.

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Li Fengyun in Gangcheng was also anxious and couldn't sleep at night.

Duan Wencao is worthy of being a veteran in the army, very calm, no matter how the battle unfolds, he is always shocked, calm, always surround Ningyang City, neither attack the city, nor divide troops to rescue Rencheng that was attacked by the rebels, and let the thieves Meng Haigong and Han Yao attack the city on the battlefield on the southern front.

Meng Haigong's strength was limited, and Han Yao only had four regiments in his hands, and they had to encircle Zou Cheng and Pingyang, and attack Rencheng, and at the same time divide their troops to attack some small towns to plunder food to supplement the lack of military supplies. Once the opponent has figured out the truth and the truth, the "bluff" of the rebel army on the southern front will be unsustainable, and the slightest carelessness may be attacked by the opponent, so that "the original form will be exposed", and it will be difficult to make a difference.

"Duan Wencao is really an old traitor." In the tent of the Cangtou Army, Yuan An shook his head again and again while reading the secret report sent by the scout, and smiled bitterly, "He seems to have seen through our plan, and staying under Ningyang City is to stand still, if it continues, we will be forced by the food crisis to become more and more severe, and we can only kill Ningyang to fight a decisive battle with it." ”

"This battle cannot be delayed, it must be fought immediately." Li Fengyun's expression was grim, and he also shook his head again and again, "We have no food, continue to drag on, not to mention the decisive battle, there is no chance of a decisive battle." ”

Yuan An threw away the secret report in his hand and sighed bitterly, "Now we are at a loss, and there is nothing we can do." ”

"There is one solution, that is, it is more difficult to implement." Li Fengyun also sighed, "But the matter has come to this, and there is only one try." ”

"What's going to happen?" Yuan An asked in surprise.

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