Kaiping's 30,000 garrisons, to complete all the assembly, is actually a very time-consuming thing.

But fortunately, due to the fact that King Yan constantly challenged the bottom line of the imperial court before, Kaiping's garrison camp has been moving, and after going south fifty miles twice, the soldiers are already very experienced in this kind of sudden march.

It was just after noon, and the task of assembling the village had been completed, and it was moving towards Beiping, which was only more than 100 miles away.

Song Zhong, who was located in the big tent of the Chinese army, had been examining the military situation, although he did not want to admit it, but now he was indeed the highest-ranking imperial military official near Beiping, and the moment the Kaiping garrison arrived under the city of Beiping, this counterinsurgency battle officially began.

His counterinsurgency campaign as a manager.

I want to fight against King Yan... Song Zhong's heart is very drumming, the best thing about him is that he has self-knowledge, if the command is conclusive to gather the army's heart, he is not as good as Zhu Di, the only thing he can do is to attack Beiping while Zhu Di's foothold is not stable, bet on the defenders of the city gate are uncertain, bet on the army under King Yan There are also so many soldiers who don't want to rebel...

The righteousness of the imperial court is here, not everyone wants to abandon their families and children and put their lives and deaths on the line to rebel, as long as they can take advantage of Zhu Di's failure to control the whole city and surround Beiping, maybe King Yan himself will be exhausted by the sound of the city.

It's the only way...

There are many cavalry in the north, especially the Kaiping garrison that needs to support the border army, the first half of the army marches extremely fast, and the soldiers are looking forward to camping under the city of Beiping as soon as possible, but when there are still more than 20 miles away from Beiping, the army like a flood seems to have hit the reef and stopped.

The scouts who are ten miles ahead report back, and the army is ahead... There are thousands of soldiers who have lost their armor!

Song Zhong was horrified when he heard this, and sent three groups of scouts to find out the identities of these soldiers.

Not the army of King Yan... Nor the army that rushed from somewhere else to suppress the rebellion ... It was a soldier in the city of Beiping.

Song Zhong looked at the map of Beiping in front of him and gasped.

The situation in Beiping was worse than he thought, the city gate had been completely controlled by King Yan, but not only did he not close the gate to clean up the city, but instead surrounded the four loose... The three gates facing north were not guarded, and the soldiers of the city were allowed to escape from the city and go north...

The situation was chaotic, and there were constantly generals running to say that those soldiers had rushed the original marching formation to pieces, and they saw Song Zhong's army as if they had seen their relatives, and they were beaten by the Yanwang guards in the city, and they unconsciously blocked the road for the army to go south, and the dense wounded and disabled soldiers screamed on the side of the road, which made the morale of the counterinsurgency army suddenly low to the extreme.

What "King Yan can summon the thunder of the sky", "King Yan's army can inflict divine punishment"... The generals under Song Zhong all looked at each other, and their hearts were cold, and they couldn't imagine how King Yan had shocked these soldiers like this.

Song Zhong stood at a fork in the road again, the last time he chose to go south regardless of it, that... And this time?

Do you want these soldiers to be put away? Should these wounded soldiers be taken care of? What if thousands of soldiers don't receive it and go out to plague the people? What should I do if I hurt the morale of the army? But if you take the time to deal with these remnants of the defeated generals who were released by King Yan to go north, wouldn't you miss the best time to besiege and attack?

It's a difficult choice to make, and if you make the wrong choice, the consequences will be ruined.

But at this critical moment, Song Zhong also showed amazing courage.

He looked at the herald: "Order, the army will go ten miles east, camp in Huailai, release the news, and all the southern troops will reorganize in Huailai!" ”

"Gather the soldiers, place the wounded, reorganize, Ben will..."

"I'm going to take them back!"

......

The street fighting in Beiping has been fought all day, and it has gradually evolved into a military disaster.

Soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the imperial court or the guards of the Yan King roamed the streets, occasionally fighting, occasionally breaking into people's homes, regardless of their status, but they were not afraid to wave butcher's knives at the people, rob them of their food and household property, and have a carnival in the chaotic world.

This can be seen everywhere, and the weak already like to swing their knives at the weaker... It lasted until a green-shirted scholar led his troops into the city and began to sweep along the southern city to the other three cities, and the chaos was gradually brought under control.

Another group of soldiers and bandits who plagued the people were caught, and Gu Huai, who was expressionless, stood on the high platform of the Chengnan Market, watching the soldiers of the Qianhu Office under his hand tie up these scum and throw them on the high platform.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court outside the city can't be fully trusted for the time being, Zhu Di has to be busy receiving it, and Dao Yan is also busy holding the political envoy in his hands... The attack and defense of the city and the defense of the city gate have consumed most of the palace guards, and if the chaos in the city is not taken care of, it seems that no one cares about it.

Zhu Di doesn't know? He must have known, but Beiping City was so big that those former city guards who were unwilling to surrender and flee could wander around the city for two days.

But this is not right.

It is important to gather troops and horses and grasp the foundation of governance, but it is not right to watch the people suffer.

Today is the second day of the army, some streets and alleys have disappeared, and some people have dared to go out of their homes and come to the streets to inquire what happened, Gu Huai nodded towards Wei Laosan, and Wei Laosan's gong-like voice sounded:

"Lord Yan has raised troops to seize Beiping, these court officers and soldiers actually harmed the people after the defeat! The palace has a life, and the law is rectified on the spot! ”

The eyes of the hundreds of captured soldiers and bandits widened, and they begged for mercy with all their might, but Gu Huai didn't even look at them, and waved his hands indifferently.

This thousand households have been running around with Gu Huai all day long, and at this moment it is Gu Huai's direct army, seeing Gu Huai's signal, Chen Ping, who temporarily acted as the executioner, licked his lips and raised his knife, and the soldiers behind him did the same, and a knife light lit up on the high platform of the market.

The blood light rose into the sky, and Gu Huai walked down the steps, but noticed a line of sight.

Looking at the past, it was Li Ziqing, who was veiled, and the reason why he could recognize it at a glance was probably the cinnabar in the center of his eyebrows.

She covered her mouth stiffly, and couldn't figure out how her shopkeeper had become... Rebel adults? And how did that gentle scholar become a prisoner who took more than 100 lives with a single order?

Gu Huai smiled at her, his lips opened and closed, and he said two words silently:

"Go home."

......

"The situation in Beiping has stabilized, the army of the imperial court has begun to disperse and reorganize, and with Commander Zhang, it will not be long before it can be completely absorbed," In the main hall of the Yanwang Mansion, Dao Yan and Zhu Di whispered something: "With the army in the city, the number of troops in this way is over 40,000, and Beiping... You should be able to keep it. ”

"What about Song Zhong?"

"Retreat, just as the old man expected, those deserters have made him anxious."

"That's good," Zhu Di closed his eyes slightly, "Time... I'm going to need a little time. ”

A figure appeared outside the door: "There is no time." ”

Gu Huai walked into the door, omitted the previous etiquette, and took out a secret report from his sleeve: "Pretending to be a deserter, the spy who went to Huai came to have a secret report coming." ”

Zhu Di was in good spirits, took the secret report and glanced at it twice, his face became gloomy, and he gritted his teeth a little: "Song Zhong... It's going to be a real fight with me. ”

He handed the secret letter to Dao Yan, and Dao Yan frowned after reading it: "Spread rumors, framed the prince for wanton killing in Beiping, and the families of the soldiers were all killed... I'm afraid that the army of Huailai is already excited and ready to fight to the death. ”

Song Zhong was able to regain the soldiers, but he could not calm the panic of the soldiers, especially those who saw how invincible the army of King Yan was when they defended the city.

But Song Zhong needed them to restore their combat effectiveness, because under the current circumstances, he had to fight to the death with King Yan, either King Yan succeeded in occupying Beiping, or he Song Zhong made a great contribution to eliminate King Yan's rebellion.

So he decided to tell a lie... He may have lied a lot in his life, but this time he felt that he was the biggest one.

What's the best way to calm down fear and panic? It's anger. As long as the soldiers who came to Huailai believed that King Yan had wielded a butcher's knife in Beiping, and all the soldiers and family members who did not obey his wishes were killed by King Yan, they could fight to the death.

Dao Yan raised his head: "Song Zhong's behavior is already planning to storm Beiping, and he will never delay for too long, when he gathers his soldiers, I am afraid that he will directly wave his army south." ”

What to do? has not fully mastered Beiping City, nor has he fully mastered the soldiers of the imperial court, after Song Zhong gathers the remnants of the army, he must have more troops in his hands than Zhu Di... Do you want to go out of the city for a decisive battle, or stick to Beiping? How to fight the decisive battle? How to defend the city?

Seeing that Zhu Di and Dao Yan were deep in thought, Gu Huai said softly: "Song Zhong's move... It's kind of lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot. ”

Seeing that the two of them looked up in amazement, Gu Huai continued: "Stick to the city, those strategies before the army can't be realized, for today's plan, the only way to fight with Song Zhong is outside the city." ”

"Two days, it only takes two days, and I can make Song Zhong defeated."

Gu Huai glanced at Zhu Di deeply: "It's just that before that, you have to ask the prince for an errand." ”

"Say."

"The city is safe, the people are appeased, I'll do it," Gu Huai arched his hand, "but Beiping... Don't mess around! ”

Zhu Di stood up, looked at this young scholar in green shirts, and looked at the only one under his hands... Counselors.

Is it okay to hand over the most important city of Beiping to him?

He saw some wrinkles and stains on Gu Huai's green shirt, saw Gu Huai's dark eye circles because he didn't rest, and saw his resolute face lines.

Zhu Di nodded: "Okay!" ”