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"Is there any latest military information on the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang?"

Duan Wencao slowly turned around, looked at Kong Zhongqing, whose breath was a little flat, and asked with a stern expression.

"I haven't received the latest secret letter from Master Xiao yet." Kong Zhongqing hesitated for a moment, and then said, "After the twilight, there were scouts who came back, saying that there were more and more thieves under Pingyang City. It is estimated that after the attack on Zou Cheng was blocked, the thieves changed their attack strategy and wanted to mobilize the main force to storm Pingyang. Zou Cheng is tall and strong, and there are many defenders, while Pingyang City is smaller, and the defenders are few, once the thieves besiege Zou Cheng and attack Binh Duong with the main force, Pingyang is in danger. ”

Pingyang is only fifty or sixty miles away from Pingqiu, and if the thief army conquers Pingyang, it will not only cut off the connection between Pingqiu and Zou Cheng, but also pose a serious threat to Pingqiu. The power of the thief army's attack from the north and south was increasingly revealed, which gave Duan Wencao a reason not to send troops until the last moment.

"Accurate message?" Duan Wencao asked.

"A certain has sent additional manpower to Pingyang overnight to investigate, and it is estimated that accurate news will come after the early morning."

Duan Wencao frowned, walked back and forth a few steps, looked at the map again, and was silent.

Niu Jinda had already guessed Duan Wencao's thoughts. Duan Wencao wanted Zhang Xutuo to attack first, and when Zhang Xutuo and the thief army were bloody, he would lead the army to attack, which could also achieve the goal of this battle. It's just that Zhang Xutuo deceived him like this, how could Zhang Xutuo be willing to give up? Niu Jinda sighed bitterly, and had to remind Duan Wencao, "Envoy, Chengcheng is still waiting for the envoy's reply." ”

Duan Wencao didn't give a clear reply to Zhang Xutuo, and if he didn't make a promise, Zhang Xutuo would definitely not enter the battlefield lightly, so as not to be calculated, but the problem was that once Duan Wencao replied and made a promise, but did not fulfill it, he deliberately deceived Zhang Xutuo, and the problem was strict. The two sides originally lacked trust, there were contradictions and conflicts, Duan Wencao calculated the other party like this, the consequences were unimaginable, once Zhang Xutuo retaliated under anger, with Duan Wencao's current situation and the bad shape of Lu County, it would definitely do more harm than good.

Duan Wencao is not a person who is lustful and short-sighted, but he is not up to others, at this moment of crisis, either he calculates Zhang Xutuo, or Zhang Xutuo calculates him. It is obvious that Zhang Xutuo wants to preserve his strength and return to Qi County to fight the rebellion, and the stability of Qi County and even the Ludong region is really related to Zhang Xutuo's vital interests, so how can Zhang Xutuo be willing to pay the price on the battlefield of Lu County? Zhang Xutuo is unwilling to pay the price, and the price of encircling and annihilating the thief army will inevitably be paid by Duan Wencao. As a result, Duan Wencao's strength was greatly damaged, and even if he didn't need to exhaust all his strength to suppress the thieves, he was unable to lead the Qilu people to resist the attack from the Guanlong people and the Jiangzuo people. And the interests of the Qilu people are the interests of Duan Wencao, Duan Wencao's interests are damaged and precarious, won't the Qilu people collapse and be defeated?

Duan Wencao paced back and forth, racking his brains to weigh the gains and losses repeatedly, and he couldn't make up his mind for a long time.

"The traitors over there in Yuancheng still haven't moved?"

Duan Wencao suddenly stopped, his gaze slowly swept over Niu Jinda's solemn and worried face, and then stopped on Kong Zhongqing's handsome and elegant face, revealing a trace of anticipation.

He knew that once he made the decision to preserve his strength, although Niu Jinda would not openly oppose it, he would definitely have a feeling of resistance in his heart, after all, from a military point of view, it was the right strategy to cooperate with Zhang Xutuo tacitly and attack together. However, why did he believe in Zhang Xutuo? Since he was already sure that Zhang Xutuo would not attack with all his might, why did he rush forward regardless of life or death? At this moment, he needs support, urgently needs, in order to strengthen his determination, and Kong Zhongqing from the Kong clan in Qufu represents the interests of the Qilu people very clearly, as long as Kong Zhongqing properly "cooperates", he can suppress the anxiety and guilt in his heart and make a decision.

Kong Zhongqing shook his head, "There is still no movement, the thief army is besieging but not attacking, its purpose is obvious, it is to prevent us from supporting Ningyang from the direction of the Blemish Hill, and then give the thief army attacking Ningyang more time." According to Xu Shiren's secret report, the thieves who surrounded Yuancheng included Han Jinluo, Zhen Baoche, Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan, while the thief army attacking Ningyang was the white thief's cangtou army. The Cangtou army had ten regiments of troops, equipped with heavy troops, and a large number of siege equipment. It is said that the Cangtou army has been intensively trained in Mengshan throughout the winter, and has repeatedly practiced the art of attacking the city, and from the recent sweep of the Cangtou army on both sides of the Wenshui town, its strength is very strong, it can be said that the attack is invincible, invincible. ”

Niu Jinda's face suddenly turned ugly, and a trace of annoyance and disdain flashed in his eyes, obviously very dissatisfied with Kong Zhongqing's deliberate exaggeration of the traitor's combat effectiveness. To say that traitors are invincible is not to scold the officials and soldiers for their incompetence?

Duan Wencao was expressionless, but he was happy in his heart. It was still Kong Zhongqing who was empathetic, and he scratched Duan Wencao's itch all of a sudden, which made him very satisfied.

"If you go out of the city to support Ningyang at this moment, you will first be blocked by Han Jinluo and other thieves, and secondly, the Cangtou army will storm Ningyang at any cost." Kong Zhongqing continued, "If our army is blocked outside the city of Bianqiu and cannot reach Ningyang for a long time, and Ningyang falls quickly under the onslaught of the thief army, then the situation of the battle will change. Although our army was still able to surround the thief army, the thief army held on to the city, and there was a large amount of food in the city, and the enemy and us would inevitably fall into a stalemate and stalemate, and our army would then fall into a big battle, not only with astonishing losses, but also with an indefinite delay in the battle. It is impossible for Zhang Juncheng and his Qi army to stay in Lu County for a long time, let alone attack the city with all their might, once he hastily withdraws, our army will attack the city alone, so that Jun will be in a dilemma. Continue to fight, the loss cannot be afforded; If you don't fight, let the thieves take it captive and leave, then the losses in the early stage will be wasted, and the later stage will be even more powerless to fight the chaos, how will the envoy explain to the eastern capital in the future? ”

Duan Wencao nodded again and again, his eyes full of appreciation. Who said that Kong's children can only read? The Kong Zhongqing in front of him is a talented person with both civil and military skills, and he is very clever, which is rare.

Niu Jinda's heart was a little cold. It can't be said that Duan Wencao and Kong Zhongqing are selfish and self-interested, but at this critical moment, for the sake of personal interests and group interests, the two of them deliberately ignore the irreparable drawbacks that may be caused by this decision, and only care about the immediate benefits, are they overconfident and overly optimistic? Once the gains and losses are out of balance, and the loss is more than the gain, the result is unimaginable.

"Reply to Zhang Juncheng." Duan Wencao resolutely decided, "A certain person immediately launched an attack on Yuancheng, and supported Ningyang, while containing the thief army outside Yuancheng, attracting the attention of the thief army attacking Ningyang, so as to respond to the Qi army crossing the river." At dawn the day after tomorrow, a certain general led the army and the Qi army to attack Ningyang, dealing a fatal blow to the traitor. ”

Niu Jinda hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't help but admonish, "Envoy Jun, just in case, a certain person is willing to lead three regiments of Eagle Yang Wei to attack the thieves outside Yuancheng City, so as to ensure that Envoy Jun firmly controls the Zhan of the battle situation." ”

The three regiments went out of the city to fight, in fact, the role was very limited, but at least it can be proved that Duan Wencao kept his promise and indeed launched an attack on Yuancheng according to the agreement, rather than purely deceiving Zhang Xutuo, so that in the future, even if Zhang Xutuo knew that he was calculated, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, so as not to tear his face with Duan Wencao.

Duan Wencao vetoed it. Lu County has four Yingyangfu sixteen regiments of Yingyangwei, some of them went to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, part of them were transferred to Donglai by Zhou Fashang, and the remaining six regiments of troops, one and a half regiments of Yingyangwei folded in the battle of Bian Cheng when attacking the Mengshan Righteous Army, and now there are only four and a half regiments left, nearly 1,000 troops. And this strength of nearly 1,000 people is too important to Duan Wencao, and he will never take it out until the most critical moment.

"Whether or not to go out of the city to fight does not actually change the situation in which our army and the thief army outside Yuancheng contain each other." In order to appease Niu Jinda, Duan Wencao still explained, "Besides, the white thieves and the Cangtou army are from Xuzhou, while Han Jinluo and the other thieves are Qi people, although they are forced to form a temporary alliance, they have no trust in each other, let alone work together to fight the enemy." This can be clearly inferred from the fact that the Cangtou army attacked Ningyang alone, while Han Jinluo and other thieves watched coldly from Yuancheng. It is certain that after the Qi army crossed the river and started a fierce battle with the thieves outside Ningyang City, Han Jinluo and other thieves concluded that the Cangtou army was going to be defeated and would definitely turn around and flee. Even if they don't flee for the time being, they still have to flee when they see our army fighting out of the flawed hill in a mighty way, and they still have to flee in panic and fear. ”

Duan Wencao's analysis sounded quite reasonable, but Niu Jinda shook his head secretly, this was purely taken for granted, and the traitors were all stupid fools. And that white thief is obviously not an idiot, since he dares to lead the army to kill outside the city of Bianqiu, he must be well prepared, how can he not see that Ningyang is a trap? At this time, the handsome must not be lucky, only by completing the encirclement of the thief army with absolute strength, Ningyang can become a real trap, otherwise it is all on paper, the so-called trap is also relative, and if you are not careful, you will dig your own grave and fall into the trap you dug yourself.

Niu Jinda knew that Duan Wencao had made up his mind, and at this time he couldn't listen to the objections at all, and in desperation, he had no choice but to obey the order, but he had a strong sense of foreboding in his heart, because whether it was Zhang Xutuo or the white thief, they were both brave and resourceful people, and Duan Wencao wanted to calculate them, which was too big. Once this strategy becomes a failure, Duan Wencao's trouble will be big.

Niu Jinda's ominous premonition soon became a reality. At dawn, he had been lying down for less than half an hour when he was woken up by his men. Bad news came from Ningyang, the city fell, and the defending officers and troops were all wiped out.

The battle situation changed suddenly, the Cangtou army captured Ningyang, and the white thief seized the initiative in this battle, if Duan Wencao still insisted on the established strategy unchanged and continued to deceive Zhang Xutuo, then the plan of the Qi army and the Lu army to join forces to attack Ningyang would inevitably evolve into the Qi army attacking alone, at that time, how could Zhang Xutuo swallow this evil breath?

Niu Jinda didn't care about personal gains and losses, and rushed to the county government again to persuade Duan Wencao, but the result made him very disappointed.

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