Chapter 646: An Incomprehensible Order
Su Qi'an's honesty moved Wu Dingguo a lot, and his previous dissatisfaction with Su Qi'an dissipated at this moment.
This young inspector is not as unbearable as it seems on the surface, whether it is layout or resourcefulness, he is a first-class peer.
can even provoke the emotions of the other party, so as to carefully arrange, after the fact, there is no pride, but very frank.
This is extremely rare in any young junior.
"No wonder this person has become an overseer at such an age, and it makes sense that he is trusted and relied on by His Majesty." Wu Dingguo said secretly in his heart.
For Wu Dingguo, Su Qi'an did not have too many contradictions at all, and the so-called contradictions before were just deliberately done by him in order to complete the layout in Dongzhou.
Now that it has come true, some things can naturally be said to Wu Dingguo.
And Su Qi'an believes that his sincerity will definitely be exchanged for Wu Dingguo's frankness.
Not to mention anything else, just because this person is a big Liangzhu stone with the same name as Fan Wenzhong, you can know how he is a person.
Everything he did was also for the whole Da Liang, such an old handsome man is worthy of Su Qi'an's trust.
The two misunderstood, Wu Dingguo was helped up by Su Qi'an, and Su Qi'an said.
"I really need the help of the Metropolitan Governor this time."
"Please also ask the overseer to instruct that as long as the old man can do it, he will do his best to do it."
Seeing Wu Dingguo's serious look, Su Qi'an waved his hand and smiled, "Actually, it's not a big deal, just bother the Metropolitan Governor to burn 50,000 stone grains and grass like last time."
Wu Dingguo raised his head violently, his eyes were full of shock, he couldn't believe it, the first task given to him by Su Qi'an turned out to be this?
If it were someone else, when they heard this, they would wonder if there was something wrong with Su Qi'an's brain.
But after experiencing two reversals and shocks just now, Wu Dingguo's expression recovered quickly, and he could guess that this was mostly another plan, as for what it was, it was not very clear.
Wu Dingguo hugged his fists and said, "I hope that the superintendent will make this matter clear."
Su Qi'an nodded, took a few steps forward, and said something in Wu Dingguo's ear.
Wu Dingguo nodded slightly, but with a bit of surprise in his eyes, after listening to Su Qi'an's arrangement, Wu Dingguo whispered.
"There's no problem with the old man, but the inspector really suspects that this person is a woman?"
"Is it a female worker, this time I will know that the 100,000 stone grain and grass burned last time, although the loss is only 10,000 stones, but the loss of 10,000 stones is not a loss in vain, and it has already made the envoy touch some of his feet."
"Please also ask the Metropolitan Governor to give orders, this time the envoy is confident that in the face of the urgent need for food and grass for the front-line soldiers this time, this person will 100% take action."
Seeing that Su Qi'an's face was full of determination, Wu Dingguo was not a hesitant person, nodded, indicating that the next battle on the front line in Dongzhou would answer Su Qi'an's orders.
This secret conversation between Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo lasted for at least half an hour, and there were direct teams guarding around the door, and there was a "An" team led by Wang Yan in the dark.
This is also the confidence of Su Qi'an to dare to openly talk about his arrangements with Wu Dingguo.
With Su Qi'an coming to the state capital, martial law in Haizhou City is obviously much stricter than before.
Many of the county guards who were told to leave were arranged in various quarters, but in contrast to the quietness brought by martial law in the city.
These county guard generals can be said to have been sleepless all night, although this overseer came to the front line state city and promised them that he would not punish Wu Dingguo.
This is something to be happy about, but the more important task of his arrival at the front is how to quickly raise the low morale and recover the two lost counties.
Let them return to their respective residences and rest for a while, and after the discussion with Wu Dingguo is over, there will naturally be arrangements for them.
This is a good intention, but as long as there is a county guard with a heart, I can't sleep this night, time waits for no one, they rest in the state city, the front-line soldiers, and now they continue to storm the two lost counties.
As county guards, they are also front-line commanders, and the longer the time drags on, it is difficult for anyone to predict what will happen to the front-line soldiers.
But without Wu Dingguo's order, they could not leave without authorization, they could only be honest
Stay in their respective abodes, tonight and night, destined to sleepless.
With the passage of time, the difficult night finally passed, and as soon as the morning dawned, these county guards walked out of the door as soon as possible and went straight to the state capital.
I was anxious to know what was going on for them.
As soon as the county guards entered the state capital, the orders for the arrangements for them came on the back foot.
After the all-night discussion between Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo, the arrangements are as follows.
Ordered the nine county guards to quickly return to the front line, mobilize their respective armies, retreat alternately, retreat to the nearest county town to rest, and no longer attack the two counties ordered by the pirates, but use the unlost counties to form a siege offensive.
At the same time, 10,000 soldiers were drawn out, led by Zhong Dudu, and the 50,000 stone grain and grass transported to Sanming County were transported within a five-day period.
The Supervision Envoy led his two armies of Dongshan and Split Mountain to attack Qingchong County, and Wu Dingguo sat in Haizhou City to command, waiting for Su Qi'an's orders at any time.
This order was given both reasonably and expectedly.
What can be imagined is that they will be asked to abandon the strong attack, alternately cover the retreat, and use the unlost county town as a siege.
It had been almost ten days since the pirates took Qingchong and Zuohai counties from the pirates, and at first their troops were not much, only more than two or three thousand.
After the successful raid, they continued to increase their troops at the fastest speed, and now the number of pirates and pirates in the two counties has reached at least 20,000, which is basically about half of the pirate group on Zhoushan Island.
It can be said that they have gained a firm foothold, and they still have a chance to counterattack and recover after two or three days of successful raids.
But who would have thought that these pirates were so bold and outrageous that with only two or three thousand men and horses, they would divide their troops again, divide a thousand people, and somehow, they actually touched their hidden granary, although they wiped out this group of pirates and pirates of a thousand people.
However, the 100,000 stone grain and grass transported from the rear were burned and emptied, in order to prevent such accidents in other granaries.
The forces they had gathered had to disperse again to see if there were any other pirates who had infiltrated the granary.
This came and went, and when it was reassembled, it was already three or four days later, and it was directly attacking, and the number of pirates and pirates in Qingchong and Zuohai counties at this time was almost more than 10,000.
Moreover, these guys are very shrewd, they did not divide their troops to occupy the local county seats, and they looted a lot, and brought all kinds of materials back to the two counties of Qingchong and Zuohai.
It seems that the two counties are going to fight a protracted war, and the two counties are in an excellent geographical location, not only because the walls are high and thick, but also because the distance between the two cities is so close that they can be horns for each other.
Even though they gathered nearly 40,000 troops to attack the two county towns, these pirates took advantage of the terrain and resisted their attack for many days.
Originally, the granary was burned, and the morale was low, and the onslaught for many days did not achieve any effect, which made the already low morale even lower.
Gather troops to fight, the loss is not only the soldiers, but also the grain and grass, don't look at the battle did not fight for a few days, but the soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass first, everyone knows that this period of time to consume grain and grass, they roughly counted, there are 100,000 stones.
To say something that shouldn't be said, even if Su Qi'an didn't come to the front line this time, they would ask the Metropolitan Governor to withdraw his troops.
It is a foregone conclusion that the pirates occupy the two counties of Qingchong and Zuoming, and if they attack strongly, they will only increase casualties, so it is better to retreat and rest for a while.
So when they heard Su Qi'an's order to let them withdraw, these county guards were relieved.
It's just that in the latter sentence, the Supervision Envoy personally led his 20,000 troops to storm Qingchong County, and asked the Right Governor to escort the raised grain and grass to Sanming County, which made them a little puzzled.
With 20,000 troops, it is understandable to storm Qingchong County, after all, the supervision envoy has to do something when he comes to the front line.
20,000 recuperated soldiers went to attack the pirate pirates of Qingchong County who were a little tired, not to mention whether they could take it or not, but at least they could make the pirates breathless for a short time and continue to maintain a tense state, which is right.
But escorting 50,000 stone grains and grass to Sanming County is somewhat risky.
The location of Sanming County is not far from the lost Qingchong and Zuohai, and if the two counties are not lost, they can rely on each other.
But the two counties have been lost, and at this time, if the news leaks and is burned, it will really be over.
The Overseer did this, and they could almost guess what he meant.
Transporting 50,000 stone of grain and grass to Sanming County, which is so close to the battlefield, this overseer seems to not only want to fight the so-called siege, but to take the Qingchong County in one fell swoop, in order to boost the low morale.
If this attack is really successful, even if only one county is recovered, it will also be of great help to their morale.
But the danger behind this is too great, and there is no way back for yourself at all.
In their opinion, although they have failed miserably and the situation is not good, they have not reached such a predicament and despair.
If this battle is defeated, they are not worried about how many men and horses this overseer will lose, but if the 50,000 stone grain and grass are gone, it is not an exaggeration to say that they will have at least a month, and it will be difficult for them to launch an attack.
At that time, if you give the pirates another month, I am afraid that the 30,000 pirates on Zhoushan Island will be completely ashore.
It will be extremely difficult to drive them to the island at that time.
This is because a little mistake can change the front that has led to their deployment for many years, and the overall rout is out of control.
This is not an exaggeration, there have been in the history of Da Liang.
The guards looked at each other with a twinkle in their eyes, and then they seemed to make some kind of decision.
went straight to the room where Wu Dingguo and Su Qi'an were meeting, but as soon as they walked to the door, they were stopped by the people from the direct team.
Without a few county guards to speak, the soldiers of the direct team seemed to know their intentions and said coldly.
"The Inspector and the Metropolitan Governor have orders, if you don't see anyone, just follow the orders, and the rest don't need to be said, please go back."
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