Yan Ning was very angry because of the death of his friend and his entire family; besides, contacting the inside was his main task, so if he failed like this, he couldn't let go of his face.
He thought for a while and said: "Zhang Lin has deep roots in Yidu City. If something happens to him, the city will probably be in chaos! Let's select elite soldiers and wait near the city gate. If there is a chance, let's try again?"
"We have attacked three times today, with more than a hundred people killed and wounded. Since we can't take the city, that's it... let's report it to the Commander-in-Chief for further discussion."
Wang Shixian shook his head.
It is not impossible to continue to attack the city, but if we do that, the gains and losses may not be worth the weight.
Unlike the Red Coat Army, which often took tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of civilians hostage, Guo Ning's Dinghai Navy has always followed the route of elite troops and strong generals.
At this moment, the troops led by Guo Ning only totaled 12,000 people, but more than half of them were experienced battlefield veterans with outstanding equipment, training and morale.
It only took them three days to penetrate Weifang, and captured the four cities of Changyi, Beihai, Changle, and Shouguang. They defeated and captured the Red Coat Army scattered in these cities, or miscellaneous people under the banner of the Red Coat Army. Armed with more than 10,000 people.
The reason why they pursue elite soldiers so much is because the ultimate enemy of the Dinghai Navy is always the Mongols.
Facing the Mongolian cavalry, which marched into a mountain peach patch and formed a formation as large as a sea, the sheer accumulation of troops was meaningless. The only ones that can fight against elite soldiers are elite soldiers of the same size. If the number of people is piled up without limit, the command and logistics will not be able to keep up. In the end, it is no different from dying.
Guo Ning's expectation for the soldiers was to confront the Mongolian army of equal strength in the field. This point has been tested twice in Haicang Town, Laizhou and in Huanglonggang, Xianping Prefecture. Such elite troops should be used for decisive battles and decisive victories, and are not suitable for wasting on successive sieges and defenses.
Even if you want to attack the city, you can't do it at the cost of human lives.
At that moment, Wang Shixian called for gold to withdraw his troops. He and several of his main subordinates rode lightly and fast horses towards Dongyang City.
Seeing Wang Shixian entering the account, Guo Ning knew that his side's internal enemy was probably in trouble.
In a few words, Wang Shixian recounted what happened at the west gate of Yidu.
He looked around and frowned: "I am not boasting. I have a pre-planned plan for my contact with the internal agents and even for the subsequent responses. Although Liu Qingfu has a reputation for bravery, he was born in the countryside and was a reckless gangster who did not lead an army. Experience in offensive and defensive fighting. In terms of his talent, he will never discover the connection between our side and internal agents!"
"you mean?"
Wang Shixian said solemnly: "There is something strange in the city! I see that besides Liu Qingfu, there are additional arrangements in the city, and there are powerful people who we don't know are there to command!"
"There are additional arrangements, powerful people, and they are kept secret?"
Guo Ning frowned in thought and murmured to himself: "There is an unknown armored army in the main attack direction of the south gate; in the west gate direction, there are powerful people who are secretly planning and deploying methods to target our internal agents?"
When Guo Ning said this, Guo Zhongyuan felt even more weird: "It has only been three days since our army started its troops! Could it be that these arrangements were made within three days?"
"of course not."
Guo Ning glanced at Xu Jin.
Xu Jin immediately went out and told the story of the dead soldier who came to ask for help disguised as General Yang An'er.
"..."
There is something really unusual and strange about this.
All the generals gasped.
Someone instigated turmoil in various departments of the Red Coat Army, then instigated Ding Haijun to send troops, and then hid his power in Yidu Mansion to try to entangle Ding Haijun? According to this statement, one's own actions are due to the inducement of others. What follows this inducement? Could it be a trap?
But why did Jieshuai send troops? Could it be that you want to take advantage of the situation?
Wang Shixian turned to Xu Jin: "Old Xu, continue to talk."
Xu Wei smiled easily and said: "The Commander-in-Chief has already concluded that the person who has the motive and ability to send dead soldiers to mislead our army is either King Sui or Pusan Anzhen. I couldn't guess who it was at the time, but I Now I understand."
When he said this, Guo Zhongyuan clapped his hands: "I understand too!"
Wang Shixian tugged at his mustache: "Huh? How do you say it?"
"General Wang, think about it, there are two families that can dispatch dead soldiers and spies to act in Shandong, but here in Yidu, there can only be, no, there must be only one party that can mobilize troops to assist Li Quan in defending the city. Previous rumors said , Li Quan’s subordinates surrendered Pusan Anzhen, and now it seems that he has cooperated with Pusan Anzhen very early... There are soldiers from Pusan Anzhen in Yidu!"
Pusan Anzhen is not an empty-handed Xuanfu envoy. As a third-generation general, he is a nobleman with close relations with the royal family. He has also served as the commander of the direct capital of the imperial guard, the right deputy inspector and the commander of the personal guard and army. In his hands, It is powerful.
When he was in Zhongdu earlier, he watched the turmoil of Hu Shahu and others with a cold eye, and did not fully participate in it, supporting or opposing any party, but Tu Shanyi had already tried to win over him. When he becomes Hebei's pacification envoy this year and has one person in charge of the huge territory of Hebei's two east and west roads, four prefectures, four towns and thirteen states, the power in his hands will surely expand rapidly.
When he wins over Li Quan, who leads his own side in the Red Coat Army, he will naturally be able to send force to Yidu across several states... Others can't do it, but Pusan Anzhen can definitely do it!
"Why did Pusan Anzhen intervene in Shandong? He..."
Wang Shixian came to his senses halfway through what he said.
He himself has been living in Tangluo, Hebei for a long time. How could he not know the desolate situation in Hebei? What's more, the Mongolian army invaded last year and burned Hebei to a terrible state. Pusan Anzhen, the Xuanfu envoy, has a large territory, but he is also very poor.
Compared with Hebei, Shandong, especially Shandong East Road, suffered less military disasters because Guo Ning defeated Tuo Lei's troops. Although it was also in decline, it was much stronger than Hebei. At this time, the Xuanfu envoy from Hebei extended his hand to Shandong. What happened?
Even if Guo Ning wanted to use his position as the Xuanfu envoy of Shandong to make a case, Li Quan had to cooperate with Pusan Anzhen first. Isn't it natural for Pusan Anzhen to send people to support the remnants of the Red Coat Army who surrendered to his family?
"Then, why don't they reveal their identities?"
Wang Shixian frowned and asked: "Yang An'er is dead, the Red Coat Army is falling apart, and we and Pu San Anzhen both want to share the benefits. But why don't they talk to us openly, instead of resorting to so many complicated methods? ?”
Perhaps Pusan Anzhen wanted to force the Ding Navy to go south with all its strength and abandon Yidu?
Perhaps Pusan Anzhen wanted to use Li Quan's banner to weigh Guo Ning's weight?
Or maybe Pusan Anzhen has other treacherous plots and has set some vicious trap?
Xu Jin couldn't answer.
There must be a special reason for this, but Guo Ning and others are not clairvoyant, have good ears, let alone the roundworm in Anzhen's stomach, so they can't guess it.
Everyone discussed it twice, and then returned to the question at hand: "If it is indeed someone who has left Anzhen in the city, what should we do?"
Several people turned to look at Guo Ning.
While everyone was discussing, Guo Ning had been listening. At this moment, he said calmly: "It's just Yidu, it can't stop anyone. I brought some new things with the army, just in time... Everyone, let the soldiers rest for a while, we will seize the city tonight!"
"What's the way to seize the city?" Wang Shixian asked.
When Guo Ning was about to explain, Xu Jin asked in surprise: "Jie Shuai, in that case, how will we deal with those people who have scattered Anzhen in the city?"
"What kind of people leave Anzhen alone? I've never heard of it. After taking the city, anyone who doesn't surrender will be killed."
Xu Jin bowed deeply: "I understand."
(End of chapter)
