On the wall of the south gate of Gaoyou City, Buller looked at the Jiangdu Army stationed two miles away, his face was ashen, and he couldn't help cursing Polo Buhua in his heart.
Not long ago, Polo Buhua ordered Li Qi, the prefect of Gaoyou, to persuade Zhang Jiusi to surrender. As a result, Li Qi was detained by Zhang Jiusi and never returned.
In Li Qi's absence, everything in Gaoyou fell on Buhler.
Buller could not trust the Han people. Previously, because Li Qi had a higher official position than him, Buller could not intervene in the internal affairs of logistics. He always felt that Li Qi's logistics was not handled well, and sometimes he could not let the horses eat fresh fodder.
As a result, when it was his turn to do it himself, he realized how complicated the logistical work was.
In just over half a month, the logistics affairs of Gaoyou City were messed up by him.
Some soldiers eat six meals a day, some soldiers go hungry for two days in a row, some horses are so hungry that they are weak, and some horses are so hungry that they can hardly run.
Putting aside military supplies and logistics, the public security in the city has also deteriorated sharply. The price of food and salt has skyrocketed. The soldiers are acting recklessly in the city, and the government can't control it.
Under such circumstances, the people of Gaoyou hated the government deeply, the soldiers' military discipline was also corrupted, and the combat effectiveness of the Gaoyou garrison was extremely low.
It is precisely because of this that Buller did not dare to lead the attack and could only watch the rebels show off their power.
He did not blame himself for poor governance, but instead put the responsibility on Polo Buhua. If Polo had not asked Li Qi to surrender, would Li Qi have been detained? If Polo had not been incompetent, would Jiangdu have been captured?<
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In addition to resentment, his heart was also full of desolation. Two bandit armies were encircling him, and the Gaoyou Mansion might not be able to be saved. Even if he, the guard general, broke out, it would be a capital offense.
"Master Dazhai, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of the Gaoyou garrison?" Zhang Yangquan asked.
"Not as good as the Nanmen Army." Qin Lingjun looked up at the direction of the city wall.
Zhang Yangquan nodded slightly and agreed.
Although the Nanmen Army is poorly trained, at least it still has a lot of ruthlessness. The soldiers on the walls of Gaoyou Mansion are like eggplants beaten by frost, limp and floppy.
Wang Da's eyes flashed with fierceness and he said: "I really want to rush up and kill them all!"
Qin Lingjun frowned and said: "It's strange, such an army shouldn't be able to defend the city. Zhang Jiusi can capture it alone, so why did he invite us over? What on earth is he planning?"
Zhang Yangquan pondered for a long time and said: "If my prediction is correct, he should want to capture Gaoyou without any blood and surrender the Gaoyou defenders!"
The monkey was surprised and said: "Is this impossible?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Don't forget that he still has a key figure in his hands!"
Qin Lingjun blurted out: "Li Qi!"
At this moment, the sentry horse sent to the east gate came quickly and reported: "General Manager, Deputy General Manager, the East Gate has been breached by Zhang Jiu's Fourth Division!"
Everyone's expressions changed. Zhang Yangquan quickly asked: "How did he capture it?"
The sentry horse shook his head: "I don't know, I just saw a group of people coming to the city, and the Gaoyou garrison opened the east gate."
Qin Lingjun said: "The group of people you are talking about are not Zhang Jiusi's people?"
"The villain thought it was not true at first, because they were all dressed in bandit clothes, and they killed Zhang Jiu's three thousand troops at the gate. As soon as the city gate opened, they started fighting with the defenders. Before long, Zhang Jiu
Four will bring the army over!"
Qin Lingjun glanced at Zhang Yangquan and said, "As you said, Zhang Jiusi was trying to trick him into opening the city gate."
The monkey asked in confusion: "Then why did he let us lead the army to the south gate?"
"Of course it's to contain the Gaoyou guard at the south gate." Zhang Yangquan raised his head and looked at the city wall. The Mongolian general who was standing on the wall just now was no longer visible.
The army stationed outside the south gate for another two hours. Suddenly, an army was seen swarming up on the city wall and fighting with the Yuan soldiers on the wall.
After a while, the city gate opened wide, and Bian Yuanheng led a group of people out of the city gate.
"General Manager Zhang, Master Qin, thank you all for this matter." Bian Yuanheng rode forward with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations to your army for capturing Gaoyou City." Zhang Yangquan said with a smile.
The monkey couldn't help but ask: "How did you trick the city gate into opening?"
Bian Yuanheng laughed and said: "It's easy to say. A few days ago, the leader of Jieshou Village came to join us. Li Boxheng thought of a plan, deliberately relaxing the guard on Li Qi and letting him contact the leader of Jieshou Village.
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"The result was just as we guessed. Li Qi secretly wooed the leader of Jieshou Village and persuaded him to betray him with Zhao'an's conditions. Under our instruction, the leader of Jieshou Village agreed to Li Qi, secretly rescued him, and brought him with him.
Go to the east gate of Gaoyou City and repel our three thousand troops."
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "So Li Qixin believed it was true and ordered the defenders to open the city gate!"
Bian Yuanheng smiled and said: "We knew that Buller was not on good terms with Li Qi, and we were afraid that he would cause trouble, so we used your army to get rid of him."
Qin Lingjun said calmly: "Even without us, you should have other methods."
Bian Yuanheng smiled and said: "There are indeed other ways, but if your army takes action, the chance of success is the highest. So this time your army agreed to help, and we, General Zhang, are very grateful!"
The monkey hummed: "Don't forget to promise our army the three thousand stones of salt."
Bian Yuanheng smiled and said: "Three thousand stones of salt will be delivered to Jiangdu City within five days!"
Zhang Yangquan bid farewell to Bian Yuanheng and led his army back to Jiangdu.
On the way back to the army, Wang Dadao said: "Military advisor, my brothers are all screaming now, just looking forward to attacking the city and taking territory! Even if we don't want Gaoyou, we can always attack Zhenjiang or Chuzhou!"
Zhang Yangquan was silent.
It's not that he doesn't want to expand his territory, but he knows very well that the Yuan army will soon gather a million troops to attack Gaoyou, and they may not turn around and attack Jiangdu by then.
Zhang Shicheng can defend Gaoyou, and he is also confident of defending Jiangdu. But other cities will definitely not be able to be defended, and they cannot divide their troops to defend them.
Therefore, no matter how many cities we capture now, we will have to spit them out in the future.
This is also the reason why he has never been very interested in Zhenzhou.
We can only hold on to this wave of offensives and wait for the internal fighting in the Yuan court. When Emperor Yuan Shun listens to the slander and changes his commander before the battle, the 400,000 Yuan soldiers will be in chaos and be defeated by Zhang Shicheng.
This was the battle that made Zhang Shicheng famous, and also made the uprising armies all over the world applaud. After this battle, the Yuan Dynasty would no longer launch a large-scale offensive against Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which was a good opportunity for him to truly develop his power!
However, these words cannot be said easily. If it is said that the Yuan Dynasty army will come over soon and all the cities they have captured will be lost, the generals will definitely think that his commander is cowardly.
While pondering, Qin Lingjun suddenly said: "Have you ever heard of Shangcai County?"
Wang Da shook his head and said, "It seems to be a small county in Henan!"
Qin Lingjun nodded and said: "The battle of Shangcai County was a turning point for Liu Futong's rebel army. Before capturing Shangcai, Liu Futong's troops were overwhelmingly powerful and defeated Runing Prefecture, Xizhou, and Guangzhou, with more than 100,000 troops.
It can be described as a moment of glory."
Zhang Yangquan's heart moved and he asked: "What happened next?"
Lord Qin Ling said: "Although they had 100,000 troops, their troops were scattered and their soldiers lacked training. As a result, Yuan soldiers gathered 100,000 troops to return to attack and defeated the Red Turban Army in Shangcai County."
"In less than a month, all the dozen or so cities captured by the Red Scarf Army were lost, and the morale of the soldiers also fell to the bottom. If it hadn't been for the Yuan army commander Tamerlane first, Liu Futong's troops would have been wiped out!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded. Qin Lingjun's words are undoubtedly more convincing. Blind expansion will only make you look powerful on the surface, just like blowing up a balloon.
If you want to truly grow, you must take one step at a time.
"Wang Da, do you still want to attack Zhenjiang or Chuzhou?" he asked.
Wang Da touched the back of his head and said, "Then what should we do if we don't fight now?"
Qin Lingjun glanced at him sideways and said: "There are many things to do. Accumulate food, reserve weapons, strengthen city walls, recruit soldiers and train them, and recruit talented people to govern the place."
The monkey couldn't help but said: "Should we learn from Xu Shouhui and establish a political power?"
Qin Lingjun said: "What's the use? Haven't you seen that Xu Shouhui is being chased and beaten by Yuan soldiers?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "What the leader of Dazhai said is right. We have developed too fast before. Now is the time to accumulate strength and establish a foundation. Don't be greedy for success and rush forward."
The monkey smiled and said: "That's right. When the four village masters left, there were only a few hundred of us, but now we have occupied Jiangdu City. It's like a dream!"
Wang laughed and said: "If the masters of the fourth village come back, I don't know how surprised they will be!"
Qin Lingjun looked at Wang Da and said, "I asked you to send someone to report the news to Uncle Fang and Uncle Chen. Have you sent one?"
"Of course we did. We sent three groups before and after. The fastest group should have arrived in Haozhou!"