Chapter 119: Driving the Wolf and Devouring the Tiger
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Niu Jinda is Duan Wencao's old subordinate, Lu County Renchengren, the son of an official eunuch, and once followed Duan Wencao to fight in the Northwest Frontier, and he was brave and outstanding.
After Duan Lun went north to Liaodong for funeral, Niu Jinda took his place and gave advice to Duan Wencao.
In the face of the complicated situation in Lu County, Niu Jinda was calm and calm and kept a clear head. After all, he is not a county guard, nor is he a powerful and wealthy family, let alone the heavy pressure exerted by the opponents of the Eastern Capital Administration, he is just an ordinary officer of the Eagle Yang Mansion, and he does not have a thousand pounds of heavy burden on his shoulders, of course, he can have a clear judgment of the current situation militarily.
Lu County is now under attack on all sides.
There are Qizhou thieves in the north, although Zhang Xutuo of Qi County is struggling to encircle and suppress, and the Qizhou thieves will not threaten Lu County for the time being, but the lessons of the past are there, and Zhang Xutuo drove the Qizhou thieves into Lu County last year. Now that Duan Wenzhen has passed away, Duan Wencao's biggest backer is gone, what is Zhang Xutuo afraid of? It must be unscrupulous and unscrupulous. Once he drove the Qizhou thieves to Lu County again, what would Duan Wencao do? The old trick was repeated, and then forced Zhang Xutuo to "lead" the Qizhou thief back? No way.
To the northeast of Lu County is Jibei County. There are thieves Han Jinluo and Zhen Baoche in Jibei County, who are active on both sides of Jishui and are stationed in the area of Yushan. Yushan is less than 100 miles away from Lu County, only 300 miles away from Fubianqiu, and the middle is the Great Plains, the only obstacle is Wenshui, and both sides of Wenshui are full of large and small towns, and the officials and people are rich. There are surging rivers in Jibei County, and there are rushing waters, which were the hardest hit areas of last year's floods. It is not difficult to foresee that these hungry rebels will soon reach Wenshui, enter the territory of Lu County, and plunder on a large scale.
To the northwest of Lu County is Dongping County. There is a thief in Dongping County, Huo Xiaohan, who is a wealthy man near Juyeze and lives on the big lake. It stands to reason that as long as the big lake is there and there are fish in the lake, you can feed your stomach, so why rebel? It's all the Crusade that caused the trouble. Because of the needs of the Eastern Crusade, the government forcibly levied conscription and forced taxes. The strong men are gone, the old and weak, the women and children are struggling to make ends meet, where can they still afford to pay taxes? I can't live anymore, I can only rebel. This rebellion caused Lu County. Juyeze is close to Lu County, only 100 miles away from Fubianqiu. The fishermen along the coast of Junozawa include both Dongping and Lu people. Another thief in this rebellion, Shuai Rentai, is a native of Ping 6 County, Lu County, and his subordinates are all fishermen of Lu County, and they are now burning, killing, and plundering in the three counties of Ping 6, Bingqiu and Rencheng.
Duan Wencao originally wanted to send troops to kill him, but at this time, there were also people in Jiyin County in the southwest of Lu County. Meng Haigong, the handsome commander of Jiyin, raised troops in Zhouqiao, gathered tens of thousands of horses in just a few days, and then killed Ju Yeze directly, and joined the two thief armies of Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan. Three thieves will be in charge, tens of thousands of traitors, what will Duan Wencao fight? There is a more important question, these three thieves are from three different counties, and all three counties should send troops to kill them, why should Lu County bear the heavy responsibility of suppressing thieves alone?
However, Duan Wencao still sent an army to drive away the traitors in the territory and drive the traitors to Dongping and Jiyin.
Everyone sweeps the snow in front of his door, and he doesn't care about the frost on the tiles of his house. As long as my territory in Lu County is stable, even if you Dongping and Jiyin become a pot of porridge, what do you have to do with me? Thinking so, everyone has dirty thoughts, but Duan Wencao does have a hard time, because in the east of Lu County, there is also the biggest and strongest traitor, that is, the Xuzhou thieves stationed in Mengshan.
The Xuzhou thief did not come out in Mengshan for a winter, and then spring came, the spring flowers bloomed, and the Xuzhou thief did not come out. Duan Wencao was scared, put the main force on the front line of Surabaya, and resolutely blocked the way down the mountain of the Xuzhou thieves. Finally, the Xuzhou thief went down the mountain, and the result made Duan Wencao very happy, the Xuzhou thief went to plague Pengcheng and Xiapi, and did not infringe on Lu County.
It's just that he hasn't been happy for a few days, and the Xuzhou thieves suddenly turned around and entered Lu County with great momentum, and there is also a situation of attacking from the north and south. With the strength of the Xuzhou thief, there is no such thing as a two-way attack, so there must be one way that is virtual and one way that is real.
After the defeat of Bian Cheng, Duan Wencao put away his contempt and became very cautious, lest he repeat Dong Chun's mistakes, so he even sent someone to buy off the Mengshan Orion to investigate the movements in the mountains, although the effect was not great, but at least he heard that the Xuzhou thief was called Bai Shuai, and some people called him Cangtou Shuai. Then he sent people to Qian County to investigate, and learned about Han Yao, Chen Rui and other thief leaders. Finally, I finally heard the origin of Cangtou Shuai from Dongjun, it turned out that this thief was actually a Northeast thief who was escorted to the Eastern Capital by the order of Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, and escaped when passing through Baima.
What kind of thief would attract Yu Wenshu's attention? Do you want to travel thousands of miles to the Eastern Capital? Why did this thief get together with the Xuzhou thief? How was he pushed by the thieves in Xuzhou to be the leader and raise troops to rebel?
Duan Wencao originally wanted to figure out Guò's brother Duan Wenzhen to investigate this white thief, but the letter was sent, but it was the news of his brother's death. In addition to grief, Duan Wencao also knew that his backer had fallen, and he would never know the secrets of the center again, and he had to rely on himself, so he had to fight hard to deal with the Xuzhou thief.
At this moment, news came from Juping that the Mengshan thieves suddenly appeared on the front line of Wenshui, captured Liang's father and Yangguan, surrounded Juping, and directly threatened the safety of Fubianqiu.
Fooled. I thought that the Mengshan thieves were attacking from the north and south from the Surabaya line and the Zoushan line, but how do you know that these two roads are false, and the real direction of the Mengshan bandits' attack is the northern part of Lu County, which is the line of Liangfu and Juping. It's just that what puzzled Duan Wencao was why did the white thief go far and far, instead of directly hitting Qufu and Flawed Hill, but attacking Liang's father and Juping? What was his purpose in capturing Yangguan?
"The white thief plundered the heavy fleet, and the weapons in his hand are enough to equip five thousand eagles to defend them." Duan Wencao frowned and sighed, "After a winter of training, the thief has been reborn, and his combat effectiveness is not what it used to be, and his shape is getting worse and worse. He looked at Niu Jinda, who was standing on the side and staring at the map intently, and said, "Someone built yì and asked for help from Gong Chen (Zhou Fashang). ”
"How can the people of Jiangzuo extend a helping hand to the envoy?" Niu Jinda sneered, "The Donglai sailor is about to cross the sea, and if you tell the truth about the crisis in Lu County at this moment, you will definitely bring endless trouble to yourself." ”
Duan Wencao was silent.
"The Eastern Crusade will soon be over, and once the Eastern Crusade army returns, it will sweep away the leaves like the autumn wind and kill all the traitors." Niu Jinda continued, "As long as the envoy persists until winter, the shape will definitely be reversed. ”
Duan Wencao bowed slightly and asked, "Why did the white thief capture Yangguan?" Could it be that the Qizhou thief who fled into Mengshan last year is going to be killed again? ”
Niu Jinda looked at Duan Wencao, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. Since the death of his brother, he has been depressed, increasingly depressed, and often unable to sleep at night, so that his spirit is in a trance, his body and mind are withered, and he is physically and mentally exhausted.
"The purpose of the white thieves to capture Yangguan is obviously to cut off the connection between Qi and Lu in order to concentrate their forces on attacking Bianqiu. With the current strength of the white thief, it will be difficult to attack the flawed hill, and once it is blocked under the city, it will be attacked by our rescue army. Niu Jinda pointed to the map and said, "Those who have the ability to rescue Lu County are Zhang Xutuo of Qi County to the north, and Cui Deben of Pengcheng to the south. Pengcheng belongs to Xuzhou, and if Cui Deben wants to rescue Lu County, he not only has to play the eastern capital, but also has to obtain the consent of the Wei government, and he can't go north in a hurry, so Zhang Xutuo is the only person who can come to the rescue as quickly as possible in the shortest possible time. The white thief captured Yangguan and captured the front line of Liang's father and Juping, and its purpose was to block Zhang Xutuo's southward rescue road. ”
Duan Wencao pondered, pondered for a long time, and asked suspiciously, "With the treachery of the white thief, will he blindly attack the fortified city before it grows?" Isn't the price of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of oneself too heavy? Is it necessary for him to capture the Lu County Mansion and lose both sides of the battle with a certain one? ”
"The white thief is from Xuzhou, and his subordinates are all Chu people, so it is quite difficult to gain a foothold in Qilu." Niu Jinda explained, "If the white thief captures the flawed hill and shocks Qilu, it will bring him great prestige, and with this prestige, he will be able to win the respect of the Qilu thieves, and then lead the group, grow stronger, and take Lu County as the foundation, compete in the Central Plains, and try to dominate the industry." ”
"In a certain opinion, the white thief does not have the strength to conquer the flawed hill." Duan Wencao insisted on his opinion, "If he loses a fight with a certain person, the Qilu thieves will definitely swarm up, slaughter the Chu people, and eat them to feed his hungry stomach." ”
Niu Jinda smiled bitterly to himself, he couldn't refute it directly, so he could only say euphemistically, "Envoy, you are from Qi, but Zhang Xutuo is not, Jibei County is not, Dongping County is not, and Jiyin County is not." At present, Zhang Xutuo is the strongest, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his account, although he is now worried about internal and external troubles, the enemy on his back, and the situation is very difficult, but he has the ability to reverse the crisis, so the surrounding counties are asking him for help, just like the Duke of Chen (Zhou Fashang) and gave him the important task of fighting the chaos of Qilu, allowing him to cross the border to suppress the thieves, which gave Zhang Xutuo the opportunity to unite the counties to jointly suppress the thieves. ”
Duan Wencao's face suddenly became difficult to look at.
If Zhang Xutuo unites the surrounding counties and drives all the big and small thieves into Lu County, tens of thousands of thieves will all pour into Lu County, what to eat and drink? The thief who has no food, no drink, and red eyes still knows Duan Wencao? The king of heaven and Lao Tzu don't recognize it, let alone any Qi people and Chu people. At that time, if you have milk, you are a mother, as long as you give me food and drink, you are my king Lao Tzu, I will do whatever you want me to do, and I will kill Duan Wencao if you want me to kill Duan Wencao. The result can be imagined, the white thief must take the opportunity to make a move and become the thief among the thieves, and the flawed hill is under the crazy attack of tens of thousands of thieves, and there is a chance that he will be lost. Lu County was lost, Duan Wen was finished, the Duan clan was hit hard, and the Qilu aristocratic group immediately fell into chaos, with unimaginable consequences.
"Zhang Xutuo still dares to repeat his old tricks?" Duan Wencao asked in a cold voice.
"The Donglai sailors are about to cross the sea, and whether the situation in Qilu is stable or not is directly related to the sailors' expedition to cross the sea, so Gong Chen (Zhou Fashang) must exert heavy pressure on Zhang Xutuo, and if Zhang Xutuo wants to stabilize the situation in Qilu in such a short period of time, in addition to driving all kinds of thieves into Lu County, is there any better, faster and more effective way?"
Duan Wencao's expression was gloomy and he was silent for a long time.
"The white thief captured Yangguan, cut off the connection between Qi and Lu counties, and cut off the road for the Qi army to enter Lu, which just gave Zhang Xutuo an excellent excuse to implement the plan to drive away the wolf and the tiger." Niu Jinda said this, and lightly slapped the case, "The white thief's deduction of the situation is extremely accurate, and he seals his throat with a sword, and his strategy is amazing. Such an opponent is not in vain for the two old generals Dong Chun and Liang Dezhong to stumble in Xuzhou and plant a big heel. ”
"What's going to happen?" Duan Wencao asked.
"Ask Pengcheng Cui Deben for help." Niu Jinda said categorically, "I am also from Shandong, how can I stand by and watch when you are in danger?" ”
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