Chapter 361 (Xie acxld and light cavalry 806 two brothers' reward monthly ticket. ）

Song Nan buried his head in eating and drinking, and the officials didn't dare to disturb him, so they only hung their hands and waited, Song Nan was swept away, put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth and coughed, and the officials shook their bodies, knowing that Song Nan was going to speak, they all listened carefully with their ears sideways.

"I heard that the thieves in Wen'an County are making a lot of trouble, which adult will tell me in detail about the specific situation?"

Qi Zhichun hurriedly stabbed Chen Wei, who was standing on the side, Chen Wei stepped forward and said: "Lord Song doesn't know, the thieves in Wen'an County have been planning for a long time, and in one fell swoop, thousands of people have been beeping from them, and they have recruited scattered bandits around to join them, and their strength has reached tens of thousands. Although he personally led the Bazhou guards and horses to fight hard after learning the news, it was really a huge disparity in strength, and the thieves and soldiers were scheming and set up ambushes everywhere, so that they failed to make contributions; He was thinking about reporting to the Ministry of War and asking the surrounding garrisons to cooperate. ”

Song Nan said coldly: "In this way, Commander Chen has worked hard? ”

Chen Wei hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the lower officials are defeated by the hands of the thieves, and they are embarrassed." ”

Song Nan sneered, stretched out his hand and slapped the table, the shock was dripping with wine, and he shouted angrily: "Chen Wei, you are still putting gold on your face, although you can hide it from Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, how can you hide it from my Jinyi Wei Yamen?" Regardless of whether you are victorious or defeated, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, just if you lie about the military situation, miss a good opportunity to suppress bandits, rejoice in great achievements, and underestimate the enemy's rash advance, it is a capital crime. ”

Chen Wei was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he secretly screamed badly, it seemed that his affairs had not escaped the eyes of the Jinyi Wei Yamen. Originally, as a general of the military, Jinyiwei had no right to restrain him, but that was when his net worth was innocent, once his butt was not clean, no matter who you were in the military or whoever, you would have to be three points shorter when you saw Jinyiwei, because Jinyiwei didn't care about your identity, but if you were guilty, you had the right to arrest him immediately.

Chen Wei kowtowed like pounding garlic, once the matter was exposed, it was useless to deny it, it was better to admit it happily, not to mention that after yesterday's defeat, it had come to naught, and he also knew that the matter was no longer something he could bear.

Song Nan got up and scolded angrily: "As the commander of the Bazhou Guard, you have made such a mistake in judging the form, it is really mediocre; Obviously, the thieves will fight the rebellion with all their might, and once they are connived, they will let the thieves coerce the people to join, and it will become a prairie fire, don't you know this? At the beginning, it was forgivable to misjudge the shape of the form, after Xu Shangyi was defeated, you should immediately report the truth, let the court wake up, and mobilize the surrounding soldiers and horses to come and jointly exterminate, but you are stupid enough to send the lives of 2,000 men and horses yourself, after these two victories, the morale of the thieves will be high, how do you call the back? ”

Chen Wei couldn't stand anymore, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed...... The lower official is guilty. Xia Guan never thought that things would be so strict, Xu Shangyi was killed, and Xia Guan was afraid of being punished from above, so he wanted to make up for it, so he concealed it and did not report it. Unexpectedly, the snowballing power of the thieves swelled so badly, and it reached nearly 10,000 people in a few days. ”

Chen Wei's head was about to bleed, and he knew very well the severity of the matter, and he was also responsible for the thieves being able to get to this point. At the beginning of the rioter, I was still afraid in my heart, after all, the officers and soldiers were huge and the deterrent power was enough; Once the officers and soldiers are defeated repeatedly, the fear of the thieves will disappear, and more people will be attracted to join, which is the snowball effect.

The successive defeats of himself and Xu Shangyi undoubtedly gave the thief soldiers a chance to develop and grow, and the thousands of sets of weapons and armor discarded undoubtedly enhanced the strength of the thief soldiers. In just a few days, the number of thieves in Wen'an County has increased from hundreds to more than 7,000, which is proof.

"This official is here to check the truth on the order of the emperor, your mistake is to conceal the truth, so that the court misjudged the form, this crime must not be forgiven, you should know what kind of punishment you will receive."

Chen Wei got up with a sad face, slowly took off his official uniform and hat, and said with a crying voice: "The lower official is really confused, it is unforgivable to commit such a big mistake; The lower officials are willing to follow the adults into Beijing to accept the crime, and the lower officials have the emperor's favor and the imperial court. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "I don't have time to escort you back to Beijing, don't think about it, it's easiest to die, but your mess must be cleaned up before you die." This official also has no time to take you Chen Wei to the Beijing Fufa, the top priority at the moment is how to deal with the current situation, if you want to make a difference, you need to cheer up, even if you die, you have to die with peace of mind, right? ”

Chen Wei was stunned and said, "What do you mean by ......"

Song Nan said coldly: "My meaning is very clear, you will die on the battlefield of thieves, don't want to escape, don't want to pick a son; I will report the situation here to the imperial court immediately, and until the imperial court's ruling is issued, you are still the commander of the Bazhou Guard, and you must exercise your duties. ”

Chen Wei was overjoyed and wept, Song Nan's intention was to give him the opportunity to make meritorious service to atone for his crimes, this is tantamount to a life-saving straw, and the matter will naturally not be written off, but if he can make meritorious service to the thief before this, he may not be able to save his life at sentencing.

Chen Wei knelt down and kowtowed like pounding garlic again, and said again and again: "The lower officials will fight to the death to suppress the bandits, from now on, the thousands of soldiers and horses of Bazhou Wei will only be the first to look forward." ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "The officers and soldiers of your guard and I have no right to command, but since I am here, I must do it, as for whether you cooperate or not, it is your business." ”

Chen Wei said in a loud voice: "The lower officials must cooperate, please give your orders." ”

Song Nan sat down slowly, pondered for a moment, and said, "What is the specific number of thieves?" ”

Chen Weidao: "It is estimated that it is about 7,000 to 8,000. ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "It's really a lot, I heard that the thieves want to attack the new town, what do you think." ”

Chen Wei hesitated: "It seems that there is this possibility, when I retired yesterday, the thief soldiers said that they would go to Baozhou City to take my head." ”

Song Nan said disdainfully: "Then you think that the thieves will come to attack the city?" So he hid here as a turtle with a shrunken head? ”

Chen Wei didn't dare to speak.

Song Nan said slowly: "Although this is only a walled fort, and the city wall is not strong, but although there are seven or eight thousand thieves, all weapons and armor, and no siege equipment, how dare you attack here?" Could it be that he knew that the main force of the Bazhou Guard was here, but he couldn't fight hard? It's just a threat, do you believe it? ”

Chen Wei's face was flushed with shame, and he secretly scolded himself for being stunned by the thieves and losing his basic judgment.

Song Nan didn't want to blame Chen Wei more, and continued: "The population of Wen'an County is only tens of thousands, and the thieves have swept seven or eight thousand people, and their number has reached the limit. Think about it from your shoes, if you are the leader of the thieves, what are your priorities at this time? ”

Everyone bowed their heads and pondered, and Wan Zhi spoke: "My lord, if I am the leader of the thieves, I will reorganize the soldiers and horses, establish a complete command system, and make the soldiers and horses under my command not like a plate of scattered sand." ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "This is inevitable, I suspect that the thief soldiers have completed this process, otherwise Commander Chen will encircle and suppress more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, how can he have an evenly matched battle with the thief soldiers, and he will not be so defeated." ”

Wan Zhidao: "That's just that some people are stupid, the combat power of the thieves is limited, not to mention the more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of the guards, even less than half of them have the strength to fight, and they are so defeated, they really laugh off their big teeth." ”

Chen Wei couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was too incompetent.

Song Nan said: "If you go with this idea, you will also follow in the footsteps of Commander Chen, underestimating the enemy is a taboo, and I estimate that Commander Chen will also be caused by underestimating the enemy." ”

Chen Wei said frankly: "The lower officials are embarrassed, they are indeed underestimating the enemy, thinking that my 5,000 soldiers and horses will march into the bandits, and the thieves will definitely retreat in the city, but I didn't expect them to force a surprise attack halfway, and the underestimation of the number of their soldiers and horses will be defeated at once; Xia Guan really wants to die. ”

Song Nan nodded and looked at the others; Hou Dabiao frowned and said: "My lord, Wen'an County is a small city, it is impossible for seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses to stay in this small city with weak defenses, once the imperial court mobilizes troops and horses to come to encircle and suppress, will they not sit back and wait to die?" Besides, where did the food and weapons of so many people come from? The man is coerced as a thief, who will cultivate and provide for him? ”

Song Nan clapped his hands and said: "Hou Zhenfu is to the point, only by solving the real problems of soldiers, soldiers, salaries and weapons, can the thieves develop and grow, and can they cope with the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army in the future, and these problems cannot be solved in Wen'an County, their only possibility is to attack the surrounding counties; Once the surrounding counties are captured, the troops, food, and weapons will be relieved, and the morale will also be increased, so I conclude that the thieves will definitely attack the surrounding counties. ”

Everyone nodded silently, this was the only way for them to survive.

"We can't give them this opportunity, we have to hold them back before they capture other counties, so early tomorrow morning, we will send troops to attack Wen'an County again, hoping that the thieves have not yet launched an attack on the surrounding areas." Song Nan said.

Qi Zhichun, who had been silent, hurriedly asked, "Lord Song, but our people are going to take the initiative to attack?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "My 1,000 Jinyi Guard Cavalry School, plus the more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of Commander Chen, there are more than 4,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Cai Meng said: "There is also the 100-flag school of our Xinzhen Jinyi Wei Yamen." ”

Song Nan said: "Your people stay, you can't defend the city without soldiers and horses here, you lead the flag school to assist the Qi prefect to defend the city, although the possibility of thieves attacking here is small, but it is also necessary to prevent them from taking advantage of the emptiness of the city to send troops to raid; In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the investigation operation to prevent thieves and soldiers from causing chaos in the city. ”

Cai Meng nodded yes, Qi Zhichun said: "My lord, you have to be careful, Commander Chen brought more than 5,000 soldiers and horses and came back defeated, and the thieves are not easy to deal with, otherwise it is safer to wait for the imperial court to transfer troops first......"

Zheng Da reprimanded: "Are you as stupid as this surnamed Chen? Ever heard of the Battle of Xinpingbao? ”

Qi Zhichun suddenly woke up and raised his forehead and said: "Oh, Lord Song's Xinping Fort is one enemy and ten thousand, and the old man actually forgot it, if it really deserves to die, then don't worry." ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes, this matter was actually falsely rumored to be one enemy against ten thousand, if it weren't for the divine weapons and dangerous terrain, let alone one against ten thousand, he would be busy with one enemy and two enemies.