"Reason?"

Li Jing took a slight breath, threw the branch in his hand on the ground, and said softly: "The old man asks you, why did my Lingnan Road army take the lead in besieging and destroying Lingnan Mansion in one fell swoop?" ”

When Guo Ye heard that Li Jing had begun to study himself again, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Now the White Lotus Cult has taken Lingnan Mansion as its base camp, and Hu Bilie, the leader of the White Lotus Bandits, is in Lingnan City. Shuai, if you want to take Lingnan Mansion as soon as possible, it is nothing more than shooting people and horses first, and capturing thieves and capturing kings first. Does this need to be asked? ”

Li Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man knows that this is difficult for you, so the old man will ask you again, in addition to the White Lotus bandit leader Hu Bilie in Lingnan City now, how many White Lotus Sect bandits are stationed there?" That is, the White Lotus Cult's self-proclaimed protector army. ”

Guo Ye had met refugees who had escaped from Lingnan City on the way south, and had also made inquiries and collected information, so he had a certain understanding of the military situation in this regard.

Immediately, he pulled his fingers and said, "In addition to the White Lotus Cult, under the sect leader Hu Bilie, there are also two deputy sect leaders, two Dharma protectors, four elders, and eight vajra. These people were the backbone leaders of the original Manichaeism, Taiping Dao, and the White Lotus Society. Among them, the warrant for all those who do not enter the White Lotus Sect to slaughter the city is from the mouth of the sect leader Hu Bilie. Now the sect leader Hu Bilie led 5,000 White Lotus bandits to live in Lingnan City, while the rest of the people have led the cult protector army to attack and plunder the city around Lingnan Road and Guangnan Road, wreaking havoc and killing innocent people. ”

"Yes, yes, very detailed!"

Li Jing looked at Guo Ye approvingly, and asked again: "Then let me ask you, if my Lingnan Road army besieges Lingnan City, who will rush to the aid of Hu Bilie in Lingnan City as soon as possible?" ”

Hearing this, Guo Ye subconsciously moved his gaze to the sheepskin map spread on the ground, and couldn't help frowning, a little unable to figure out what Li Jing meant.

Because Qianzhou City is close to Lingnan City, it is true, but there is also a big river fifty or sixty zhang wide in the middle. If it is said that it is necessary to rush to rescue Lingnan City, it is the satellite cities near Lingnan Mansion that must come faster, after all, it can save a lot of time by crossing the river.

From this point of view, Guo Ye felt that Li Jing let himself attack Qianzhou City, not simply to cut off the idea of Hu Bilie, the bandit leader in Lingnan City, asking for help.

Could it be that Li Jing suddenly changed his mind, and there was a deeper intention and purpose that could not be achieved?

Immediately, Guo Ye picked up the branch that Li Jing threw on the ground, pointed to the location of Lingnan City, and said: "Old Shuai, once you lead the army to besiege Lingnan City, Hu Bilie, who only has 5,000 bandits, will inevitably ask for help from other places. But when it comes to the speed of reinforcement of Lingnan City, although Qianzhou City is next to Lingnan City, it is definitely not Hu Bilie's first choice for help, but on the contrary, the bandit army he is stationed in several cities around Lingnan City will rush to the aid as soon as possible. It seems that your old man wants me to change my strategy and occupy Qianzhou City first, and there is another layer of intention. ”

"That's right, you're pretty smart!"

Li Jing snatched the branch in Guo Ye's hand and gestured on the sheepskin map: "If Lingnan City is besieged by the old man, then the bandit armies of Wuzhou, Duanzhou, and Shaozhou will inevitably rush to the aid as soon as possible. It was not the turn of Qianzhou City, which was still across the river, to come to the rescue. Therefore, the old man must take Lingnan Mansion before the soldiers and horses of the three provinces gallop to help. It is not difficult to take Lingnan Mansion, but it is rare how to rescue Lingnan City in the face of the bandit armies of the three prefectures that followed. ”

Guo Ye nodded, and then asked: "Lao Shuai is saying that once you capture Lingnan City, you will fall into the situation of being besieged by reinforcements from the three prefectures of Wuzhou?" ”

Li Jing said: "Of course, the old man roughly estimated that the bandit army in the three mansions also has at least fifty or sixty thousand people, although these bandit troops of the White Lotus Cult are a rabble, but they should not be underestimated. I'm afraid that once they are trapped in Lingnan City for two days, the bandit troops from all over Lingnan will rush over to reinforce them. At that time, the number of people will not be just tens of thousands, at least hundreds of thousands. The results can be imagined......"

"That means that the counterinsurgency has failed, and the bandits have failed!"

Guo Ye took Li Jing's words and said solemnly: "If it is light, we will retreat and retreat, and if it is heavy, the whole army will be annihilated." ”

Li Jing said yes, and then said: "So, after ending Lingnan Mansion and capturing the bandit leader Hu Bilie alive, we must find a way to make the bandit army in the three prefectures of Wuzhou unable to come to reinforcements." ”

Guo Ye asked: "Could it be that this is the purpose of the old man asking me to attack Qianzhou City?" Isn't this Qianzhou City just an ordinary small city? ”

"Haha, you don't know!"

Li Jing suddenly raised his hands and clapped his hands twice, and shouted outside the tent: "Zhiyong, come in!" ”

Guo Ye was stunned by his sudden move, and then turned his head to look at a middle-aged man who opened the curtain at the tent and walked in, ragged and unkempt, with a pair of boots on the soles of his feet that had already worn out the skin, and he escaped a fleeing homeless man alive.

Just as he was wondering, Li Jing beckoned to the down-and-out middle-aged man, motioned for him to come closer, and then asked, "Zhiyong, have you ever eaten and drunk enough?" ”

The middle-aged man knelt down on one knee suddenly, lowered his head and said with a look of shame: "Lingnan Mansion Chong Lieutenant Zhang Zhiyong saw the marshal, and the last general deserved to die and lost Lingnan Mansion, disgraced the marshal!" ”

Weekend?

Guo Ye's eyes widened and he looked up and down at this down-and-out middle-aged man named Zhang Zhiyong, and secretly said in his heart, it turns out that this person is not an ordinary fleeing victim, but a dare or a guard of Lingnan Mansion?

Li Jing got up and helped Zhang Zhiyong up slightly, and after sighing, he scolded: "You lost the city so that innocent people were poisoned by the cult, you are guilty and deserve to die, but it is not at this time to die." You know? ”

Although Zhang Zhiyong was helped up by Li Jing, he always lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at Li Jing and Guo Ye.

After Li Jing helped him up, he turned his head and saw Guo Ye's puzzled face, and then explained: "His name is Zhang Zhiyong, and he is a captain in the army of the old man, and he has been serving as the lieutenant of Zhichong in Lingnan Mansion for ten years. Lingnan City was lost in his hands, hehe, it's a shame to say, after the White Lotus Cult captured Lingnan Mansion, this guy didn't kill people to die and martyr the country, but threw away his armor and pretended to be a common man to escape the killing, and finally hid in the east of the city for a while before he mixed into the ranks of the displaced people and secretly escaped from the city. No, yesterday, when he heard that the imperial army was coming to conquer the White Lotus bandits, he was cheeky to find the old man. ”

After listening to Li Jing's introduction, when Guo Ye looked at Zhang Zhiyong again, there was a little more contempt and disdain on his face, although he didn't say it in his mouth, but he snorted coldly in his heart, your sister turned out to be not only a defeated general, but also a fugitive general who was afraid of death. What a shame!

Perhaps he felt Guo Ye's strong contempt, although Zhang Zhiyong lowered his head, he still felt red-faced, and finally puffed, knelt down on his knees and shouted at Li Jing: "Dashuai, the last general should die, and the last general is willing to die to apologize!" ”

Seeing this, Guo Ye naturally felt that this guy was acting coyly, and he didn't bother to look at him again.

But Li Jing was surprisingly patient, helped him up again, and scolded with a little anger: "It's death to open your mouth and close your mouth, why don't you see you kill yourself, fight with the White Lotus bandits to the end, and die in Lingnan City?" What's the use of talking about death now? The old man decided to allow you to make meritorious contributions, and use the heads of the White Lotus bandits to wash away the shame on you, even if you die on the battlefield, it is especially honorable to die. Got it? ”

Zhang Zhiyong couldn't cry for a long time, but this time he raised his head resolutely, looked at Li Jing with tears on his face, nodded his head heavily, hummed, and said no more.

At this time, Li Jing patted him lightly on the shoulder, his tone gradually softened, and said, "Zhiyong, you will say what you said to the old man yesterday again." By the way, this is the general manager of the march on Quang Nam Road, Lord Guo of Pingyang County......"

Only then did Li Jing remember to introduce Guo Yelai, and then continued to instruct Zhang Zhiyong: "Zhiyong, you said yesterday that this Qianzhou City looks ordinary, but it is different. Okay, you will tell Guo Jungong about the situation in Qianzhou City. After you finished speaking, I think he will be able to understand why the old man changed his orders and suddenly changed his combat strategy. ”

Zhang Zhiyong wiped the tears on his face, hummed again, looked at Guo Ye and arched his hand: "The last general has seen Guo Jungong." ”

Guo Ye also put away the look of disdain just now, and arched his hand and replied lightly: "Say it, Guo Mou listens!" ”

PS: Keep writing...... There are two more chapters later,