Dongning, one hundred and thirty miles away to the north, Xiaolishu Village
"Master, what's the matter with your visit? Is there anything I can do for you..."
Looking at the Fengwu soldiers who surrounded Xiaolishu Village, Sun Dafu, the village chief of Xiaolishu Village, leaned on a walking stick and carefully asked the leader in front of him:
Glancing at Sun Dafu, Zhang Qiankun from the Coordination Office of Hundred Households said calmly:
"Nothing's wrong, old man! I just received a tip that an important fugitive was hiding in your little Lishu Village!"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Dafu was shocked. Then, before he could say anything, Zhang Qiankun took out an official document and said:
"This is a special action order jointly issued by the Chief Secretary and the Inspector General of Liaoyang. With this special action order, I can ask any village or town in Liaoyang to cooperate with my investigation. Old man, please watch out!"
Looking at the official document presented by Zhang Qiankun, Sun Dafu, who had only attended private school for a few days, could only understand a few words on the official document. However, he recognized the bright red seals of the Chief Secretary and the Inspector General on the official document and restrained himself. Mind, he said to Zhang Qiankun:
"Master Jun, how do you want us to cooperate with you?"
"It's very simple! You gather everyone in the village to the entrance of the village. I will identify them one by one and then search the entire village!"
Sun Dafu was a little hesitant when he heard this request, but after feeling Zhang Qiankun's cold eyes, the sixty-year-old man couldn't help but shudder. Then he didn't dare to say any nonsense and nodded repeatedly to ask the villagers to organize the people to cooperate with the investigation. ·····························
"Sir, do you think Ye Zhanpeng is really hiding in this little Lishu Village?" Wang Peng, deputy director of the 100th household, approached Zhang Qiankun and asked in a low voice:
Facing Wang Peng's inquiry, Zhang Qiankun was also a little hesitant. Xiaolishu Village was already the third village he searched. No trace of Ye Zhanpeng was found in the previous two villages. This also made him hesitant, but facing When asked by his subordinates, he could only pretend to be calm and preach:
"He can't run away!"
At Zhang Qiankun's order, the people of Xiaolishu Village dragged their families to the entrance of the village. Seeing this scene, Zhang Qiankun waved his hand again, and saw more than two hundred Fengwu Army soldiers divided into Two groups were formed. One group held portraits and compared them one by one among the people, while the other group rushed into the village and started searching!
About the time it took to search for a cup of tea, his subordinates immediately hurried over and reported to Zhang Qiankun:
"Master Baihu, we have found Ye Zhanpeng!"
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Qiankun's originally calm face immediately changed to surprise, and he immediately opened his mouth and commanded:
"Then why are you still standing there! Bring him here!"
"No, he is hiding in a cellar. There is a lot of gunpowder in the cellar. As long as he lights up the whole house, the whole house will explode into the sky. The brothers are afraid to go down!"
When Zhang Qiankun heard this, he immediately hated iron and cursed:
"A bunch of useless things!"
"He's there, take me there quickly..."
"yes!"
Soon, under the leadership of his men, Zhang Qiankun came to an ordinary earthen house. Before he entered the house, he heard a roar.
"If any of you dare to come down, I will light a fire! You will all be buried with me!"
After hearing this, Zhang Qiankun came to the entrance of the cellar and quietly looked into the cellar. He saw a lot of gunpowder placed under the cellar. Ye Zhanpeng in the cellar looked like a madman, holding a torch in one hand and threatening everyone to light the gunpowder, and the other in the cellar. One hand kept throwing something into the brazier.
Black smoke that looked like burning paper floated out from the cellar from time to time. It seemed that Ye Zhanpeng in the cellar was burning some kind of paper. Seeing this, Zhang Qiankun couldn't help but narrow his eyes and thought for a moment before starting to say:
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"Shopkeeper Ye, come out! The commander wants to see you. Don't worry, your surname is Ye! The commander will not kill you!"
Faced with Zhang Qiankun's persuasion to surrender, Ye Zhanpeng just snorted and didn't reply, still throwing things into the brazier.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiankun continued to persuade him to surrender, while waving his hands to prepare for a forced assault. But at this critical moment, Ye Zhanpeng in the cellar suddenly swayed and fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, Zhang Qiankun did not hesitate at all, and immediately jumped in first. In the cellar.
At this time, Ye Zhanpeng was lying in the cellar, with a trace of black blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth. Seeing Zhang Qiankun's appearance, a mocking smile appeared on his face. Then, before Ye Zhanpeng could ask him anything, he completely lost his breath... ·················
Seeing Ye Zhanpeng commit suicide by taking poison, Zhang Qiankun was angry and hated and punched the wall of the cellar. However, the next second he saw the documents that had not been completely burned in the brazier, and his eyes suddenly lit up. , and then he ignored the fact that the flames in the brazier were still burning, and immediately put out the flames with his cloak.
Then he looked at the file fragments in the brazier with great anticipation, and after glancing at the contents above, Zhang Qiankun's expression became slightly calmer.
Since the commander set the last time for them, Director Huo, Director Huo could only get to the bottom of the matter even if someone greeted him again. Zhang Qiankun, who had received the order from Director Huo, soon discovered Song Geng's death. Following this line, he also discovered clues between Song Geng and Ye Zhanpeng.
Just when they were preparing to arrest Ye Zhanpeng, they unexpectedly discovered that Ye Zhanpeng, the shopkeeper of Dadongsheng Company in Liaoyang, had run away a few days ago.
After discovering this, Zhang Qiankun immediately listed Ye Zhanpeng as an important suspect and issued a wanted notice to track Ye Zhanpeng's whereabouts!
There have been instructions from above regarding Ye Zhanpeng, and it is best to capture him alive to get the truth from his mouth. Otherwise, they don't care whether Ye Zhanpeng is alive or not.
Although Ye Zhanpeng is dead now, he has obtained these document fragments and can be considered as able to deliver...
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Yunbin, Lingyuan County
After carefully reading every word of this order from Yi Jing three times, Lin Huaiwu looked a little lonely, but when he raised his head and faced Xun Ke, he hid his emotions. , a smile appeared on his face and he said to Xun Ke:
"congratulations!"
Facing Lin Huaiwu's Daoxi, Xunke originally had a lot to say, but when the words came to his lips, he found that he could no longer say them.
As early as when Ye Mingsheng had not set up his own business and was still the commander-in-chief of Fengzhou, he served as Lin Huaiwu's deputy, assisting Lin Huaiwu in dealing with the Khitan people. This also made the two of them forge a deep friendship, although they were later promoted. One became the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, and the other became the commander-in-chief of the reserves, but the relationship between the two is still very good.
Although it was expected that this defeat would put Lin Huaiwu in a very unfavorable position in the army, Xunke never expected that his superiors would appoint him as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Yunbin battlefield, which also changed the relationship between him and Lin Huaiwu. It's a bit embarrassing.
After hesitating for a moment, Xun Ke could only bow to Lin Huaiwu and said:
"This humble post will assist Zuo Lin in commanding you to complete Yun Bin's counterattack!"
Listening to Xun Ke's statement, Lin Huaiwu could feel that his friend sincerely wanted to help him and was not trying to make fun of him, and his heart gradually settled down.
Although it was still a little hard to accept, he knew in his heart that letting Xun Ke serve as deputy commander was already the best result at present. If another person were to come here, his situation would definitely become worse... ···············
Before this battle, Lin Huaiwu also knew that there had been rumors in the Fengwu Army that he, the commander of the Second Army, did not rely on his own true ability, but relied entirely on the commander's trust to forcibly support him. In this regard, Lin Huaiwu had always been He was very unconvinced. He felt that the reason why he was not well-known in the Fengwu Army was entirely because he did not have a suitable opportunity to show off his talents!
However, this time he faced Wang Muzhi in the battle of Pingyun County, which made him fall into self-doubt!
After relieving his slightly embarrassed mood, Lin Huaiwu asked Xun Ke:
"How are the soldiers down below?"
After the defeat in Pingyun County, he has always been a little depressed in the past few days. In addition, he is worried about whether Yi Jing will remove him. Therefore, Lin Huaiwu has not dealt with military affairs in the past few days. Xun Ke is doing the aftermath. At this time, in response to Lin Huaiwu's inquiry, Xunke introduced without hesitation:
"The situation of the soldiers is relatively stable. A batch of food and medicine has also been shipped from Jinzhong, and the wounded have been treated one after another!"
"The losses of the artillery have also been reported. The commander-in-chief has spoken this time and asked the First General Administration of Manufacturing and the Coordination Office to fully cooperate with our work. Director Zhang of the First General Administration of Manufacturing has assigned the twelve guns originally assigned to the First Army The red cannons are also shipped to us, and it is expected to take about half a month to arrive!"
"The arsenal in Jinzhong is also producing at full capacity, striving to deliver a thousand Fengwu guns and 30 squatting tiger cannons to us within a month!"
After hearing the good news, Lin Huaiwu felt very complicated. He knew that Ye Mingsheng had mobilized so many resources for him this time. If he didn't prepare well next time, his position as the commander of the Second Army would very likely be lost. I can't keep it anymore...
After a moment of silence, Lin Huaiwu asked again:
"What's going on with the enemy over there?"
Xun Ke organized his language and said:
"Wang Muzhi has strengthened the defense of Pingyun County and sent a large number of scouts around Lingyuan County. I think he still wants to repeat his old tricks to make a fuss about our supply line!"
"But this kid only has more than a thousand cavalry at his disposal now, and the rest are infantry. It is no longer possible to replicate his original tactics!"
Lin Huaiwu nodded when he heard this, but still ordered with some caution:
"Send more soldiers to protect the logistics convoy. We can't fall twice in the same pit!"
"yes!"
Lin Huaiwu was silent for a while, and then asked Xun Ke:
"Xunke, what do you think of the next battle?"
Seeing Lin Huaiwu asking about this, Xunke hesitated and said seriously:
"Delay and wait for change!"
After receiving Xun Ke's answer, Lin Huaiwu frowned. Xun Ke was known as a wise general in the Fengwu Army. He thought that Xun Ke would have some clever ideas for the current situation, but he never expected that Xun Ke would think so.
This defeat in Pingyun County disrupted all his plans, and now Ye Mingsheng gave him another chance. Lin Huaiwu's first thought was to launch a counterattack as soon as possible to avenge this arrow and stabilize his position in the Fengwu Army. position, so he didn't want to delay it too long. After all, Ye Mingsheng's patience was limited!
Although Lin Huaiwu didn't speak, looking at his frown, Xun Ke could probably guess what he was thinking and said immediately:
"I have been calculating the total number of troops under Wang Muzhi these days. According to the latest reports, he has more than 10,000 people staying in Jinyang. He has more than 30,000 people in Dagu County and about 20,000 people in Pingyuan County. , let’s assume that he has 70,000 people, plus the soldiers and horses lost before, Wang Muzhi has mobilized at least 90,000 people in Yun this time, and Jinyang has only a total population... ··················”
"The Coordination Office did not report how much food aid the Luo'an court gave Wang Muzhi. This shows that Wang Muzhi relied on Yun Bing's money and food to support the situation. The money can be delayed for a while, but the food issue cannot be delayed! "
"I think Wang Muzhi doesn't have much food on hand, and now is the time of autumn harvest. If the food is not harvested in time now, people will starve to death next year, and now Wang Muzhi has brought all the young men from Yunbin. When fighting with our army, we have to rely on the old, weak, women and children in the farmland. How much food can they harvest even if they work hard?"
"So in my opinion, as long as the delay continues, Wang Muzhi's group of farmers will become more and more concerned about the food at home, so that the enemy's morale will be unstable! And for Wang Muzhi himself, if he can't get the Shangguan With Hongyuan's support, Yunbin's food production is the only food he can rely on, so he will also make mistakes!"
"Commander Lin, our army is also struggling with logistics now. It is very likely that we will not be able to supplement our troops in the future. Therefore, our army's strength on the Yunbin battlefield is no longer enough to take down the enemy's hard nut head-on. If you want to win this battle, you have to outsmart the opponent!”
"As long as our army can persist in delaying it, it will be Wang Muzhi who cannot hold on in the end... ·····”
(A little spoiler, Ye Zhanpeng's death is not the end. I won't be so anticlimactic. This is a new beginning. I hope everyone likes my layout!)
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