On the sixth day of the eighth month, in the morning, Wu Benlang commanded six thousand Xiaoguo from the Yin World Division. Goujinkou forcibly crossed the Laishui River and launched a fierce attack on the rebels on the opposite bank.

At the same time, Duan Da, who was left behind in Zhuo County, also crossed the Juma River with his army and launched an attack on the enemy army on the south bank.

The two battlefields were fought at the same time, and the attacks were unusually smooth, and the rebels were far from being as powerful as they were rumored, and they were basically all crushed at the touch of a button, and the wolves fled suddenly, and they were not vulnerable at all.

Duan Da was very cautious, and did not order to take advantage of the victory to pursue, nor did he order all the troops on the north bank to cross the river, but ordered to hold on to Jinkou, and sent several teams of scouts to inquire about the military situation.

Duan Da is cautious by nature, to put it nicely, it is called steady, but if it is ugly, it must be that he is not capable enough, but he has done porcelain work without diamonds, what should I do? I had to "not seek merit, but no fault". The subordinates are already familiar with Duan Da's style of acting, they are accustomed to it, they are not strange, even if they have different ideas, they will keep it in their hearts, and they will never be smart and rash, so as not to fall into the suspicion of "questioning" and cause Duan Da's unhappiness.

Excessive caution in officialdom, constant judgment, and looking ahead and backward is "inaction and lack of progress", and once serious consequences are caused, it will inevitably affect the career of the official. Last year, Duan Da was ordered to go to Hebei to fight the rebellion, because he was too cautious, worried about this and that, he was afraid of wolves and tigers, and as a result, he was not effective in suppressing thieves, and the traitors were more and more, and finally ended up with a tragic end of resignation, but fortunately, the holy lord still trusted him, although he was dismissed from the post of general Zuo Yiwei, but he was soon used again, appointed him as the guard of Zhuo County, and entrusted him with the important task of commander of the rear base camp of the Eastern Expedition.

This position is very suitable for Duan Da, as long as the Second Eastern Crusade is victorious, the credit is at your fingertips, and then you can use this credit to return to the center, and then return to the Holy Lord, but unfortunately Duan Da "back" the word head, very bad luck, in early June, Yang Xuangan's rebellion led to the interruption of the Grand Canal, and the Second Eastern Crusade fell short, although this was not directly related to him, but it indefinitely delayed his return to the center.

Because of this, Duan Da is more cautious, he doesn't want to capsize in the gutter, he doesn't want to be framed by the political enemies hiding around, and he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past and be robbed by those sinister villains. Now he is in a very bad environment, like walking on thin ice like facing the abyss, every step must be extremely careful, no mistakes can be tolerated, once a mistake is made, it will never be lost, and more importantly, if because of his reasons, it affects the future decision-making of the Holy Lord and the center, and damages the interests of Middle-earth and the country, then it will not be atonement for his sins.

At this moment, Duan Da neither wanted to rob King Qi of the merits, nor did he want to grudge with the white-haired thief, let alone be killed by the wealthy families of Jibei and Youyan, so he had no will and motivation to attack, if it wasn't for Feng Deyi's repeated urging, he wouldn't even make a tentative attack.

The reason why Feng Deyi urged him to attack south was mainly because the Holy Lord and the center had already had the intention of letting the King of Qi go north to the border, and the white-haired thief's "attack" had already taken effect, and then "accept it when it was good", stop it in moderation, don't be too troubled, once Gaoyang Palace was captured and even attacked Zhuojun to threaten the Holy Lord and the center, causing the situation to get out of control, it would be contrary to the original intention and counterproductive, so Duan Da must launch an attack to deter the white-haired thief by force and ensure that the situation is within a controllable range.

The scouts quickly reported that they had found traces of the rebels five or six miles from Jinkou, and it seemed that the rebels had gathered up and regrouped because the Weifu army had not taken advantage of the victory to pursue them, and the rebels had gathered up and regrouped. Then there was an urgent report from scouts, and a large number of rebels were found outside the city of Yucheng, on the south bank of Yishui, more than ten miles away, with a clear banner and ready to fight, and on the other side of the river, a rebel team was also found, ready to attack.

Duan Da stood on the embankment, looking at the direction of Yishui from afar, standing with his hands in his hands, contemplating and contemplating. A few steps behind him, a group of subordinates whispered in twos and threes, whispering to analyze and discuss the battle situation.

The situation is obvious, the rebels are prepared, have been prepared in advance, they put the main force under the city of Yucheng, on both sides of the Yishui, first to ensure that they can advance and retreat, advance and retreat without worry, and then if the Weifu army along the Yishui, attack the city, the rebels will withdraw to Wuhuiling, withdraw to Puyin, and use the terrain advantage to drag the Weifu army; On the contrary, if the Weifu army goes south along the avenue and goes straight to Gaoyang, the rebels will take advantage of the situation to kill Zhuo County, directly threatening the safety of the Holy Lord and the center, so that the Weifu army is losing ground, Duan Da weighs the severity, and there is a good chance that he will return to Zhuo County, so there is a worry of being ambushed by the rebels, and once he is caught by the rebels when crossing the Juma River, he will be hit hard. With such an analysis, Duan Da is passive, it is difficult to advance or retreat, how to choose?

Finally, Duan Da spoke, but instead of giving an order, he asked for the opinions of his subordinates and brainstormed.

Sima Dang, who stayed in the mansion, took the lead in speaking. The Holy Lord's edict rushed to the aid of Gaoyang, and from this goal, the reinforcements did not hesitate to go south and complete the task. However, the rebels on the front line of the Juma River may be surrounded and intercepted, or they may take the opportunity to kill Zhuo County, causing difficulties in the rescue, and the countermeasure is to divide the existing reinforcements into two, and Duan Da will lead the army south to Gaoyang between the rivers to complete the task assigned by the Holy Lord, and the Yin Shishi will lead the army to the west to storm Puyincheng and firmly contain the rebels on this side of the upper valley, so that nothing goes wrong.

Wu Yalang General He Lanyi put forward a different opinion. He Lanyi believes that the changes in the battle situation in the past two days are enough to show that the main purpose of the rebels is to contain the reinforcements from Zhuojun and delay the rescue speed of the reinforcements, so it is not difficult to infer that the rebels may be withdrawing from Gaoyang, in this case, is it still necessary for the reinforcements to go south to Gaoyang? Besides, the king of Qi is being ordered to gallop north to aid Gaoyang, in this case, instead of rushing to Gaoyang to fight with the king of Qi, it is better to fight the rebels here in Shanggu with the Xiaoguo army of the Yin Shishi, besiege and kill the white-haired thief, inflict heavy losses on him, and drive him into the Taihang Mountains.

Both of these opinions have merit, among which Helan Yi's strategy is agreed by most of his subordinates, after all, the credit for killing the thief is at his fingertips, and galloping to help Gao Yang may not gain anything, and the slightest carelessness may even offend the king of Qi, so as far as the current situation is concerned, the wisest and safest way is to take advantage of the situation to encircle and suppress the white-haired thief.

Duan Da's face was expressionless, not saying a word, but he secretly sneered in his heart. I was about to raise a thief to kill people with a knife, but you instigated me to kill a thief, when I was an idiot? What do you think in your hearts, what is your purpose, how much selfish interests do you border army officers have on Youyan's territory, think I don't know?

Duan Da knew the high-level secrets, these officers did not know, they proceeded from their own selfish interests, and naturally wanted to encircle and suppress the rebels under the pretext of stabilizing the situation in Yanbei, so as to safeguard their vested interests in the border of Youyan.

Duan Da thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision to divide the army under his command into three, among which Hou Mo Chen Wei, the general of Zhuocheng Yingyanglang, led the guards of his headquarters and the local armed forces of the township regiment and the sect of the township regiment, and went up along the Yishui River to attack and advance towards the city; He led part of the main force to follow behind, and the camera supported; Wu Yalang led Helan Yi to lead the army to sit in Jinkou, and together with the army still stranded on the north bank, to ensure the absolute safety of the retreat.

Duan Da also urgently informed the Yin Shishi of the changes in the battle situation on the front line of the Juma River, and asked him to be cautious on the Laishui line, and must keep in mind that the purpose of this attack is only to test the reality of the rebels, not to attack and encircle and suppress on a large scale, so the attack must be moderate and stop, and must not change the target of the attack without authorization because the battle situation is favorable, so as to affect the layout of Yanbei and even the entire northern Xinjiang in the future.

The speed of Duan Da's attack across the river was relatively slow, and he thought about it too long after the change of the battle situation, and when he made a decision, gave the order, and wrote to the Yin World Division, it was already after noon, and at this moment on the Laishui line, the Xiao Guo Army of the Yin World Division had not only successfully crossed the river and relieved the siege of Laishui City, but also took advantage of the victory to pursue, and killed Yicheng, the capital of Shanggu, with great momentum.

Yin Shishi has been on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition for the past two years, although he has learned from various channels that domestic rebellions have broken out one after another, and thieves are rampant on both sides of the river, but he has no intuitive understanding, let alone Duan Da's personal experience of suppressing thieves in Hebei, so his understanding of domestic rebel forces is basically blank, and he takes it for granted that the domestic rebels are all rabble and vulnerable, so he says that he treats them cautiously, but in fact he still disdains them and despises them.

Today, he crossed the river with his army, and saw the rebels fleeing suddenly, and immediately made three inferences about the battle situation: first, the rebels deceived and lured the enemy, and took advantage of the terrain to set up an ambush and siege near Yicheng; Second, the rebels put the main force on the front line of the Juma River, bluffing on the Laishui River with partial divisions, trying to contain a part of the Weifu army to reduce the pressure of the frontal blocking battlefield, but the Weifu army did the opposite and attacked the Laishui line with the main force, resulting in a rapid reversal of the tide of the war; Third, the white-haired thief's strength must be limited, and at the same time, the troops are divided into three ways to fight, there must be a focus, if the white-haired thief focuses on Yanbei, then he will not have too many troops to Shanggu and Gaoyang, that is to say, most of the news Duan Da obtained is fake.

In the eyes of the Yin Shishi, these three inferences are beneficial to the Xiaoguo army, even if the rebels set up an ambush and besiege in front, but with the strong strength of the Xiaoguo army, a group of rabble cannot stop the Xiaoguo army's advance at all.

The Yin Shishi was decisive in killing, and immediately ordered to kill Yicheng directly, seize five rounds, cut off the retreat of the rebels, and formed a front and rear attack with Duan Da, inflicting heavy losses on the white-haired thief.

At the same time, the Yin Shishi urgently told Duan Da, asking Duan Da to cooperate in the direction of the Juma River and attack with all his might, no matter which direction the white-haired thief put his main army, there was only one way for him to retreat, that is, Pu Yin, so as long as the Xiaoguo army captured five times and cut off the retreat of the white-haired thief, the battle would be won, and Duan Da would seize more of the initiative, which was very conducive to Duan Da's control of this rebel army to implement the plan of borrowing a knife to kill.

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