Chapter 369

After several days of preparation, Gu Dayong, the military governor of the West Road, rushed to the northwest of Baoding Mansion with hundreds of followers.

Two days later, the 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Bauhinia Pass Guard crossed the Yishui River and marched south into the north of Baoding Prefecture, and the 6,000 troops of Maoshanwei went directly to the east and advanced into Dingxing County.

Gu Dayong's intention is obvious, after the thieves took Ansu and Xiong County, the direction of their attack was nothing more than Dingxing County in the north and Xin'an County in the south, it is rumored that Song Nan repelled the thieves in Xin'an with a thousand brocade guards, so rushing to Dingxing County for reinforcements is the first choice, because the thieves are likely to turn to the north because they are blocked from moving south.

After crossing the Yishui, the 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Bauhinia Pass Guard Station focused more on moving closer to Baoding Mansion, so as to prevent the thieves from taking risks and directly attacking Baoding Mansion. Although the thieves did not have a good chance of attacking Baoding Mansion, they could swing a shot and attack Mancheng directly to the west in the name of attacking Baoding Mansion, so as to jump out of the boundary of Baoding Mansion and drill into the boundary of Zhending Mansion or Shanxi, which Gu Dayong did not want to see.

In short, Gu Dayong wanted to form a triangular encirclement with the army of the Bauhinia Pass Guard, the army of Maoshan Wei, and Song Nan's Jinyi Guards in Xin'an, trapping the thieves in the middle of the triangle, constantly narrowing the range, and forcing the thieves to take risks.

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Song Nan has been in Xin'an County for eight days, and the holy purpose of the imperial court has been issued seven days ago, Song Nan is waiting for the news that the two northern guards and horses have arrived in Ansu, but for several days, there has been no sound, which makes Song Nan very surprised.

Song Nan ordered the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households in Baoding Prefecture to use the intelligence network scattered in various prefectures and counties to compile information and find out the movements of the bandit army on the West Road, and after a few days, they finally got the specific locations of Bauhinia Wei and Maoshanwei. The Bauhinia Guanwei army was now stationed in the Xishuizhai area west of Ansu, while Maoshanwei advanced from Dingxing County to Heyang Town in the south of Baigou River north of Ansu.

But the strange thing is that it has been two days since the two soldiers and horses arrived at the current stationing place, but they did not have the slightest movement to attack the thieves entrenched in Ansu, but instead set up camp and rested.

Song Nan convened the officials of the Jinyi Guard to discuss this matter and put forward their own questions, and everyone also felt a little incomprehensible, and everyone talked about it for a long time, but they also got an indefinite answer, and in the end it could only be understood that the two armies were resting before the battle, and they would attack after a few days of rectification.

However, the days passed, and three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the soldiers and horses on the two roads still did not move, and there was no sign of sending troops; Song Nan locked himself in the back hall of the county government for half a day, and finally summoned everyone again to discuss the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to make such speculations, but I'm afraid I have to face the reality, Gu Dayong deliberately ordered not to attack, and it seems that these two soldiers and horses don't plan to move." Song Nan touched his chin and said.

Zheng Da said suspiciously: "My lord, what the hell is going on, is Gu Dayong afraid of death?" The thieves couldn't withstand the attack of the two armies at all, so why didn't he give the order to attack? ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "People's hearts are unpredictable, at such a time, they still have to think crookedly, I can only say that Gu Dayong is looking for death." ”

Seeing that Song Nan had something to say, everyone looked at Song Nan in confusion, Song Nan hung up the map, drew three circles on the map with a cinnabar pen in his hand, and said: "This is the location of the two armies in the north and us, Ansu is trapped in it, Gu Da could have launched a thunderous attack to take Ansu to exterminate the thieves, but he just didn't do it, what does this mean?" ”

Hou Dabiao said: "Are you waiting for the thieves to surrender themselves?" ”

Song Nan sneered: "Is it possible? The court did not intend to recruit them, and their surrender would be a death, without the slightest benefit, if it were you, would you surrender? ”

Hou Dabiao shook his head and said, "It's not stupid to be humble. ”

Song Nan said: "Yes, the thieves are not stupid, they will not surrender, besides, they still have thousands of soldiers and horses in hand, and they also have the capital to fight." ”

"My lord, don't play dumb riddles, why is Gu Dayong reluctant to attack?" Everyone asked in chatter.

Song Nan said: "I don't want to think too badly of people, but this time I have to think like this, the thieves are now besieged in it, what do they want to do the most?" ”

"Of course it's a breakthrough!" Humane.

Song Nan said: "Yes, they will definitely find a way to break through, let's think about it from the perspective of the thieves, there are two large armies stationed in the west and north, both of which are more than 6,000 people, and there are only more than 1,000 people guarding this Xin'an county in the south. ”

Wan Zhi suddenly shouted: "I understand, Gu Da used this gelding to have such a bad idea. ”

Hou Dabiao kicked over the stool and scolded: "Dog thief, he is really bold, at this time, he is still thinking about a bad idea, Lao Tzu wants to cut him with a thousand knives." ”

Zheng Da's IQ was anxious, and he asked anxiously: "What are you talking about, what is going on?" ”

Hou Dabiao said: "Isn't it still clear?" Gu Da used his life to encircle the two armies without attacking, that is, to force the thieves to break through, and the direction of the breakthrough was Xin'an County, which naturally had the least troops, which forced the thieves to fight with us again, this guy was really vicious. ”

Zheng Da suddenly realized, jumped up and scolded: "The gelding dog is so hateful, my lord, why don't you take this matter to the court and let the court punish it, there is no royal law." ”

Song Nan stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly: "Don't be impatient, this is just our speculation." ”

Wang Yong pondered: "My lord, although it is speculation, but it is also eight or nine and ten, Gu Da must have done this on the order of Liu Jin with this gelding, the inner court and our Jinyi Wei have become a fire and water, after being taught a few times by the adults, they are always looking for opportunities to harm us, adults should not take it lightly, it is better to report this matter to the court." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "It's useless to report to the imperial court, not to mention that our Jinyiwei's authority is limited, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies quelled the rebellion this time, it is the Duke of Dingguo who has the final say, we can't just guess and say that Gu Dayong deliberately put us in danger, even if the emperor believes it, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will definitely cover it up for them, and the Duke of Dingguo and Liu Jin are now wearing a pair of pants." ”

Hou Dabiao nodded and said: "That's what I said, but they will bite back, so what should we do now?" There is a great possibility that the thieves will attack again and seek to break through to the south, and if the thieves are determined to fight, we may not be able to stop it. ”

Wan Zhi said: "Yes, the thieves have rested in Ansu for more than ten days, and in these ten days, they will inevitably be coerced into the army by the strong men in Ansu City, although these people have no combat effectiveness, but when they attack the city, it is still quite a headache to attract our firepower as cannon fodder, besides, our arrows have not been replenished, and half of the ammunition of the fire gun team has been used, and it cannot be replenished for a while." ”

Zheng Da said: "My lord, it's better for us to evacuate Xin'an quickly, Gu Da doesn't do anything with this gelding, and we can't serve him, anyway, it's his duty to suppress the thief, the thief soldiers break through to the south, and the emperor punishes them, and our Jinyi Guard Yamen does not have the imperial order to suppress the thief." ”

Song Nan frowned and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, how can we ignore the overall situation, wouldn't it be that the people will suffer and the court will be damaged, and then settle accounts with him in this matter, at the moment, we must not let Gu Da succeed and suffer heavy losses, but also hold the road to the south, and not let the scourge of thieves spread to the south." ”

Everyone nodded, and Zheng Da snorted: "I'm just talking out of anger." ”

Song Nan patted him on the shoulder, paced two steps with his hands in his hands, and said: "Zheng Da, you immediately take people to Baoding Mansion, and order Baoding Mansion Jinyi Wei Lu Qianhu to lead all the cavalry to help, and bring some supplies of bows and arrows to feed over, with this thousand life forces, the thieves will not be able to break through." ”

Hou Dabiao said: "Didn't your lord say that this Qianti cavalry is to assist in guarding Baoding Mansion?" What if the thieves attack Baoding Mansion? ”

Song Nan said coldly: "The thieves are out to attack Baoding Mansion, if Gu Dayong doesn't attack, then he will wait for the knife, and Gu Dayong won't even want his life." ”

Heyang Town is the confluence of Yishui and wet water into the confluence of Baigou River, there is a huge taste of fat big white fish in the river, Gu Dayong led the Maoshan Wei army to be stationed here, every day the clothes and hats are fished by the riverside, quite the style of Jiang Shang.

Although he is impatient and always returns empty-handed, Gu Dayong is not annoyed, just to pass the time. Mao Shanwei commanded Liao Ping to ask for a battle several times, but he was reprimanded by Gu Dayong and asked him to rest from his good practice, as for when to fight, it was Shangguan's business.

Liang Chong ate a few noses of ash, and then simply didn't come to ask, he couldn't guess the thoughts of this Gu Gonggong, as the chief of the Beijing Foreign Guard, he naturally didn't know those twists and turns in Beijing.

Before leaving, Liu Jin set up a banquet for Gu Dayong to practice, and the two also discussed the strategy of suppressing thieves at the banquet. Liu Jin was very satisfied with Gu Dayong's triangular strangulation strategy, but Liu Jin told Gu Dayong that this time to suppress the thieves was actually a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and the thieves would inevitably be able to exterminate them, but it was difficult to say whose credit it was.

Liu Jin warned Gu Dayong that Song Nan had already led the Jinyi Guard to attack before the imperial court sent troops, obviously to grab this credit, and he also did this, if he hadn't led the Jinyi Guard cavalry to investigate on the spot and report to the imperial court in time, the court would still be in the dark, and I don't know how much trouble it would cause, just by virtue of this, it is also the first merit. Even if Gu Dayong led the Bauhinia Guanwei and Maoshan Wei to finally complete the important task of exterminating the thieves on the West Road, the biggest credit may still be Song Nan's.

Of course, Gu Dayong understood the meaning of Liu Jin's words, and when he arrived at the battlefield, he already had a perfect plan in his heart, Maoshanwei and Zijing Guanwei each had more than 6,000 officers and soldiers, while Song Nan only had 1,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city in Xin'an, and the thieves were trapped in it and would inevitably need a breakthrough point, where to break through? It's almost a fool's choice.

Even if the news came that Song Nan defeated the thieves in Xin'an, forcing the thieves to retreat to Ansu County, Gu Dayong believed that under the approach of the powerful guards and soldiers, the breakthrough point chosen by the thieves should still be in Xin'an, because it was the weakest. forced the thieves to attack Xin'an again and fight with Song Nan's 1,000 soldiers and horses, this was Gu Dayong's plan.

Although I don't expect Song Nan to die at the hands of the thieves, as long as Song Nan is defeated, the losses suffered by Jinyiwei are still secondary, and the responsibility of letting the thieves break through to the south is not to run, in that case, Song Nan will not go back to the capital in disgrace?