Piwei general An Shirong and Biaowei general Chu Heng were very puzzled by Niu Wenzhong's sudden laughter.
The food and grass were robbed and Fang Qiong died. This was already very unfavorable news for Niu Wenzhong, who was preparing to concentrate his efforts on attacking Gaizhou Prefecture. Now Gao Qiu's army of 100,000 was also camped twenty miles southeast, and he was originally prepared to take it all in one go.
The decision to build the state capital was about to come to nothing.
Piwei General An Shirong was about to suggest whether to withdraw his troops to Zhaode Mansion and make further plans. Unexpectedly, Niu Wenzhong burst into laughter as if he had heard great good news.
"Why, don't you two think this is good news?" Niu Wenzhong glanced at Piwei General An Shirong and Biaowei General Chu Heng in front of him: "In my opinion, this is great news!"
"Your Majesty, what you mean is..." Biaowei General Chu Heng looked confused: "How can our army attack Gaizhou Prefecture as planned once Gao Qiu arrives?"
"Hmph." Niu Wenzhong made a sound from his nose: "Let me ask you, is it easier to attack a city or to fight in the field?"
"Of course it's a field battle!" Piwei general An Shirong and Biaowei general Chu Heng said in unison.
"That's right, now is an opportunity for field battle! We are going to use Gao Qiu's 100,000 troops!" Niu Wenzhong laughed and said: "Gao Qiu had been standing still in Hui County, Weizhou before, and I still had some scruples; now Gao Qiu has
Qiu arrogantly came to reinforce Gaizhou Prefecture, which made me feel relieved."
"If our army attacks Gaizhou Prefecture, the soldiers in the city will fight to the death, and they will suffer heavy casualties if they capture the city. Now that Gao Qiu's reinforcements have arrived, if our army defeats Gao Qiu's 100,000-strong army, you say, the soldiers in Gaizhou Prefecture will
What do you think?"
Niu Wenzhong said this, which made both Piwei General An Shirong and Biaowei General Chu Heng energetic. An Shirong rubbed his hands excitedly: "Sir, the reinforcements have been scattered by us. The morale of those soldiers must be low. Even
Surrender in Kaicheng!"
"That's right, it will be much easier to attack Gaizhou Prefecture this way!" Chu Heng, the general of Chu Heng, said: "It's just a matter of military rations..."
Niu Wenzhong chuckled and said: "Gao Qiu's 100,000-strong army came all the way. Could it be that they don't have rations? If they are defeated, the ration problem will be solved."
Piwei General An Shirong and Biaowei General Chu Heng suddenly realized this, and they both raised their hands and said in unison: "Please give me the order!"
"No rush!" Niu Wenzhong waved his hand: "That guy Gao Qiu must have sent out spies and sent an order to stop the military drills and let the soldiers sleep!"
"sleep?"
"If you don't sleep, how can you rob a camp at night?" Niu Wenzhong smiled sinisterly: "If you find a spy from the Song Army, don't make any noise and show them a lazy look. Reduce the number of tents to confuse the spies from the Song Army.
!Put away my flag by the way!"
"After dark, bury pots to cook and let the soldiers have a good meal. I will eat the next meal in Gao Qiu's tent!"
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"What? There are less than 50,000 rebels, and even the sentries in the camp are sleeping?"
After hearing the spy's reply, Gao Qiu looked suspicious and frowned.
"Have you seen this clearly?" Feihu General Bi Sheng shouted to the spy: "According to the previous intelligence, the pseudo-Privy Councilor Niu Wenzhong had an army of 80,000, how come it became less than 50,000?"
"The villain can see clearly that based on the number of tents in the camp, there are less than 50,000." The spy looked aggrieved: "And in the army, only General Piwei and General Biaowei recognized the military flag. Niu Wenzhong's
I didn’t see any flags.”
"Could it be that Niu Wenzhong didn't come in person and only sent two generals to attack Gaizhou Prefecture?"
The more Feilong General Feng Mei thought about it, the more reliable he felt, and he decisively said: "Marshal, this is a good opportunity for us! One hundred thousand versus fifty thousand, if we can defeat them in one fell swoop, what about Niu Wenzhong's remaining thirty thousand people in Gaoping County?"
Can you resist our army?"
They obviously didn't know about the death of the powerful general Fang Qiong.
"Probe again!" Gao Qiu waved the spy back and closed his eyes as if to rest his mind: "Could it be Niu Wenzhong's trick to confuse us and lure us to attack?"
"Probably not!" Feng Mei's heart was so excited that she didn't consider any disadvantages at all: "Even if you want to confuse our army, what can this lonely camp do to our army without any support?"
Gao Qiu nodded slightly after hearing this, without opening his eyes, and suddenly asked: "General Bi, what do you think?"
Bi Sheng was a little displeased at being upstaged by Feng Mei. When he saw Gao Qiu asking him, he was secretly happy. He pretended to be thoughtful and seemed more mature and dignified than Feng Mei. After a while, he handed over his hand and replied: "Marshal, thief."
After all, soldiers are just a mob.
Without Bai Ying, the traitor in the Imperial City Division, Tian Hu would not have been able to occupy the 42 counties in the four states so quickly. Niu Wenzhong led his elite troops to rush into Gaizhou, and the progress was slow. He used to attack each county separately and finally surrounded it.
The strategy of Gaizhou Prefecture.”
"Now that the Marshal's army has arrived, Niu Wenzhong must have panicked and gathered all the traitors in one place to attack Gaizhou Prefecture as a base to resist our army. This is also a wishful thinking. The traitors have neglected training, how can they be compared to
Are we waiting for the elite of the Imperial Guard?"
"Whether the thieves are deliberately showing weakness or not, what difference does it make to our army? There is no dangerous ground here, it is a plain. Even if it is a trap, our army can wipe it out."
Gao Qiu was extremely satisfied with Bi Sheng's long speech. He nodded repeatedly, finally opened his eyes and said "good" three times!
"General Bi's analysis is extremely thorough. It seems that this battle is going to be fought, and it will be a beautiful victory." Gao Qiu said with great joy: "Your name is indispensable in the credit book!"
Feng Mei was secretly unhappy, but it disturbed Gao Qiu's interest a lot, so she could only agree casually: "The heavenly soldiers are everywhere, and the bandit soldiers must be fleeing in all directions. I'm afraid they don't even have the heart to resist. When Niu Wenzhong leads his army to escape,
Our army pursues them all the way and can defeat them one by one and reach the puppet palace in Wei Shengzhou."
"Well said!" Gao Qiu excitedly slapped the table: "If the second spying still has the same result, we will send out a large-scale attack tomorrow! We will take down these 50,000 thieves in one fell swoop! We still need the efforts of the two generals!"
"The last general is willing to listen to the marshal's orders! Wipe down the traitor camp!"
Bi Sheng suddenly remembered Ximen Qing who was still in Lingchuan County, so he mentioned it slightly. Gao Qiu was a little unhappy and said, "Why are you mentioning Ximen Qing so well? Just let him, the supervisor, stay in Lingchuan County.
Do we still want him to take the credit?"
"Why don't you send a messenger to ask Ximen Qing to attack Gaoping County?" Bi Sheng suggested: "Niu Wenzhong must be there. Firstly, it will prevent Niu Wenzhong from coming to support these 50,000 thieves... secondly, we can let him meet him.
Nail, or borrow Niu Wenzhong's hand..."
Having said this, Bi Sheng raised his hand and put it on his neck.
The meaning was obvious, but Gao Qiu shook his head and said: "Don't be careless about this matter. This time Ximen Qing became the supervisor of the army, it was the official's intention. Although sooner or later we will find an opportunity to kill this person, it is not too obvious. In the end
It's better to let him..."
"The general is too reckless."
Feng Mei was overjoyed when she saw that Bi Sheng had hit a soft nail. She pretended to say: "The marshal is strategizing about this kind of thing, why do we need to worry about it?"
Bi Sheng nodded in agreement, and the two stood up to say goodbye.
"When the spies come back, call the seven soldiers and horse supervisors in to discuss the matter." Gao Qiu ordered: "To attack the enemy camp, 20,000 elite Forbidden Army troops will be the main force to attack the central army, and they will also rely on them on the left and right wings.
Xiangjun."
With this arrangement, Gao Qiu naturally wanted to give great credit to Generals Feng Mei and Bi Sheng. As for the military and horse guards, it would be nice to have some soup.
"Yes!" Of course Feng Mei and Bi Sheng knew what Gao Qiu had planned, so they were overjoyed and left.
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Baodu Mountain.
When Xiong Biaoyu Yulin's messenger arrived, the village leader Tang Bin and the two deputy village leaders Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye were discussing matters. The main topic was how to deliver grain and grass to Niu Wenzhong's army in Gaizhou in time.
Before Tian Hu's uprising, Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye were in Baodu Mountain, and they had one or two thousand followers. Tang Bin was from Pudong, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and later became a caravan bodyguard.
At Baodu Mountain, Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye led their men down the mountain to rob, but were defeated by Tang Bin alone.
Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye let the caravan go, but instead invited Tang Bin to the stronghold and gave him the position of leader.
Tang Bin was motivated by loyalty, and it was a waste of his martial arts to be a bodyguard for the caravan, so he simply became acquainted with Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye and settled down in Baodu Mountain.
Tian Hu had quite a lot of connections in the green forest. Once trouble broke out, he would contact the bandits and grass bandits in the Sanjin area. It was under such circumstances that Niu Wenzhong was recruited as an official and was soon worshiped as the Privy Councilor.
Tang Bin was willing to echo Tian Hu, but unlike Niu Wenzhong, he chose not to become an official with Tian Hu. Instead, after discussing with the two deputy village leaders, he continued to garrison Baodu Mountain and was not under Tian Hu's jurisdiction.
Be the leader of the village.
Since Tang Bin became the leader of the village, Baodu Mountain has prospered extremely. When the number of soldiers in Baodu Mountain was almost ten thousand, Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye were sincerely convinced, so they had no objection to Tang Bin's decision.
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Baodu Mountain is the gateway from Zhaode Prefecture to Gaizhou. Food transportation must pass through Baodu Mountain. The soldiers from the village are very busy helping to transport grain and grass.
"Huh? The food and grass were robbed two days ago?" Tang Bin couldn't believe his ears after hearing the news brought by the messenger: "It's only more than a hundred miles from Gaoping County. Gaoping and Lingchuan counties are both under the Privy Council.
Who dares to rob our army of food and grass in your hands?"
The messenger spit out a name that was unfamiliar to Tang Bin: "Ximen Qing."
Tang Bin did not expect that not only Lingchuan County would be captured by Ximen Qing, but also the powerful general Fang Qiong would be killed, and it was Ximen Qing who robbed the grain.
"Who is this person? How come I haven't heard of him before?" Tang Bin was very angry.
"Ximen Qing is the supervisor of the Song Army. But now he is guarding Lingchuan County alone and is not among Gao Qiu's army."
The messenger's answer made Tang Bin even more confused.
What exactly is going on in Ximen Qing’s mind?
"Ximen Qing is an official of the Imperial City Department." A voice came from outside the door: "This man has become famous recently and can be said to be a legend."
Tang Bin looked around, and this sight surprised him.