Time passed quickly, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.
On April 23, the day came for the rebel army to set out for battle.
Su Yonglin didn't know the situation at Sun Ziyi's place in the East Route Army. It was said that there were a lot of troubles at Zhao Kaishan's place in the Central Route Army, and a lot of people were troubled, but the army still successfully set out on the expedition.
The situation here in the West Route Army is the best and safest. Although the preparations are only the minimum, at least the soldiers will not be left without food and starved.
If the army has nothing to eat and is hungry, they can only find food on the spot. Finding food on the spot sounds nice and there are various ways, such as hunting, fishing and gathering, but in the final analysis, robbing is indispensable.
That would extremely damage military discipline and the reputation of the military. Su Yonglin would never allow such a thing to happen.
After the oath of expedition was completed, the army officially set off for the expedition. Su Yonglin emphasized the importance of soldiers and speed, and asked the army to march north at a faster speed, aiming directly at Xintai County in Tai'an Prefecture.
The victory of the Liberation Army lies in the speed of its march and the efficiency of conquering cities and territories.
Advance as fast as possible to defeat the Jin Army's unassembled armies one by one so that they cannot effectively attack the Liberation Army.
The offensive strategy was still the same. While sweeping the Jin villages around the city, they also attacked the city to separate the Jin army outside the city from the Jin army inside the city so that they could not unite.
After pre-war reconnaissance, Su Yonglin learned a lot about the enemy's preparations.
Because it is relatively close to Yizhou, the Xintai area learned about the unrest earlier and knew more about it.
The Xintai government seems to have determined that there are rebels in the Yizhou area, so it has been constantly sending people here to investigate the specific situation and gathering troops to take emergency response measures.
Xintai County has concentrated the forces of the Grain Shooting Army and the Town Defense Army, and should have assembled a city defense force of about 500 people.
Among them, 300 troops patrolled the city walls day and night, and 200 troops set up multiple checkpoints as warnings on the main roads leading to the county. They all stocked up on smoke and beacon fuel. Once the enemy was discovered, they would immediately light up the smoke or beacon as a warning. city.
Yes, the defenses are quite good, and the county magistrate or military director is quite capable.
After Su Yonglin looked at the schematic diagram brought back by the spies, he thought for a moment and made the decision to raid.
"The danger of a frontal attack is too great. Once they are prepared, 300 people can stop 3,000 of us. They can also notify other areas of Tai'an Prefecture that we are launching an attack and let other areas be prepared. Then our presence will be completely eliminated." Exposed.”
Su Yonglin rejected Li Xiao's head-on attack tactic.
"Right now, due to the many false information we spread in advance, the local officials of the Jin Kingdom in Shandong don't know where we are. In addition, I also sent people to ambush the government sentries near various official roads.
Therefore, the information received by various government agencies is mixed between true and false, and is very complicated. They are currently not sure where the rebellion is, how big it is, and they don't even know what our movements are. This is our biggest cover. "
Su Yonglin pointed to Xintai County on the map: "Right now, Xintai County is the only county that has taken such precautions. It is obvious that it knows something but is not completely sure about it, so it can only defend on the spot in case of emergencies. need.
We must rely on surprise attacks to capture the county seat, and we must rely on surprise attacks to capture these checkpoints without giving them a chance to communicate with each other. In this way, we can quickly sweep across the entire Tai'an Prefecture, and then quickly cross the mountains and go north to capture Jinan Prefecture! "
Su Yonglin punched the location of Jinan Mansion on the map and looked at the many officers around him.
"This is our best opportunity at the moment, so I decided to select elite soldiers and generals, led by me personally, and go around the mountain roads and trails, bypassing these checkpoints, and directly raid Xintai County. You will lead the elite soldiers and replace them with ordinary people. Wear common people's clothes, pretend to be traveling merchants, and raid various checkpoints!"
The officers looked at me and I looked at you, and they all responded in unison.
Chen Qiaoshan and Li Xiao did not object and expressed their approval.
Then Su Yonglin pointed to the checkpoints on the map and assigned tasks to the officers. He carefully selected 500 elite soldiers, took Su Yong with him to sneak lightly, and decided to take a detour through the mountain roads and trails to raid Xintai County.
The action started in full swing.
At the same time, on April 26, Xintai County Magistrate Chen Binghe was in a state of anxiety.
The cause of anxiety is actually easy to explain.
In mid-April, news of riots in many places began to spread in Xintai, but Chen Binghe had already learned about the riots in Yizhou through a businessman from Yizhou.
He escaped from Linyi County and said the situation in Linyi County was very bad, but he didn't know the specific situation.
He had no idea how many people rioted, how many people died, whether the county was in danger, or whether the riot had been suppressed. He was just running for his life.
Chen Binghe was very vigilant at the time. While reporting the incident to Da Lei, the governor of Tai'an Prefecture, he sent people into Yizhou to inquire about the news.
Darei responded with a message asking him to continue to find out the news completely before reporting it, but the people he sent to Yizhou did not return the news for five days.
What made Chen Binghe even more uneasy was that there was no official news from Yizhou.
The government is like a puddle of water poured on the ground on a summer afternoon, evaporating without a trace.
This reminded Chen Binghe of the uprising he had experienced many years ago.
It was an unnoticed afternoon when the rebels suddenly appeared and attacked the county town. The county town was in chaos, and countless people trampled on each other to death.
The uprising was quickly suppressed by the Jin army, but two of Chen Binghe's tribesmen died in the chaos, which left him with deep memories and psychological shadows.
He felt more and more that this moment was just like that time, and a strange sense of foresight prompted him to do something.
So Chen Binghe ordered the Sheliang Army to be armed to patrol the county area to protect the county seat, and at the same time he sent people to defend the Meng'an Military Camp to coordinate the army to protect the county seat, and then sent people one after another to investigate the news.
But until April 21, there was no reply.
The person sent to deliver the news of the riots in Yizhou to Da Lei actually brought Da Lei's order.
Da Lei asked Chen Binghe to continue the investigation and strengthen the order to be vigilant, and told him that people from various places had sent news that riots had occurred in many places. The governor's office was also in chaos at the moment, and Chen Binghe must be stable.
So Chen Binghe made a decision. He sent people to set up checkpoints on various important roads, set up beacons and beacons, and sent people to patrol the city walls and counties every day.
On the 25th, he further called for the new Taishou General Sijing, intending to discuss with him the feasibility of closing the city to self-defense.
