Jiang Yingzhao's face turned ugly.
It was not because of the intimidation of the supervisory army, but because Xing Youwei led the army out of Juyongguan so quickly, which was beyond his expectation. Now that their soldiers and horses from Liaodong have been in Yanqing Prefecture for so long and have not captured Yongning City, what if they give up? Xing Youwei captured Xuanfu Town first. Even if there were supervisors on top, he and Man Gui would most likely be charged with disrespecting orders by the court.
The civil servants in the court have always looked down upon military generals like them, who used them as chamber pots while suppressing them. Likewise, the civil servants did not like eunuchs who were in power.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yingzhao secretly glanced at the supervisor sitting on the main seat.
Suddenly I understood why the other party was so angry.
"Our family doesn't want your head, but we must capture Yongning City tomorrow, and the army must also capture Xuanfu Town before Xing Duxian." The supervisor stared at Jiang Yingzhao and said.
Jiang Yingzhao cupped his fists and bowed: "Don't worry, supervisor, the army will enter Yongning City tomorrow."
"We will remember your words, and we will wait for your good news tomorrow." The supervisor leaned back on the back of his chair, and ordered the servant waiting next to him, "My shoulders are a little sore, please give me Give it a pinch at home.”
The servant rubbed each other's shoulders across the back of the chair.
The supervisor squinted his eyes slightly in comfort, picked up the tureen in his hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip.
"The general will not disturb the rest of the supervisors, so I will leave." Jiang Yingzhao saw that the supervisors in front of him were not talking about anything, so he took the initiative to leave.
The supervisor waved his hand in the direction of the tent door.
Jiang Yingzhao bowed again and then carefully withdrew from the tent.
As soon as he left the tent, he saw Man Gui coming over.
"What did the supervisor tell you? Are you dissatisfied with you and me for not taking Yongning City?" Man Gui asked first after approaching.
Jiang Yingzhao waved his hand gently and said, "Let's go and talk about it when we get back."
The two people left the big tent where the supervisor lived together.
Arrive at the Chinese army’s tent.
The armor on their bodies was taken off under the service of the soldiers, and they put on regular clothes. The two of them sat on the seats in the tent, one on the left and the other on the right.
At this time, soldiers came in from outside the tent carrying trays with food.
"Talking while eating." Jiang Yingzhao pointed to the food sent by his soldiers. After fighting all afternoon, he was already hungry.
The meal was prepared for two people. Although there was no wine, a large bowl of meat was served.
Mangui picked up a piece of meat from the wooden basin, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it. His upper and lower lips were soon covered with a layer of grease.
"The supervisor issued a death order, and Yongning City must be captured tomorrow." Jiang Yingzhao spoke while eating, and from time to time he grabbed the water bowl next to him and took a sip of water.
He has a problem with drinking water while eating.
"If you are willing to put in some effort, it won't be a problem to capture Yongning City." Man Gui said.
An army of more than 50,000 people besieged a county town like Yongning City. As long as the siege did not worry about casualties, it would be difficult for a county town like Yongning City to hold on for even a day.
Jiang Yingzhao swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "It will be a matter of time to capture Yongning City. Even without the request of the supervisory army, we can take it, but I heard another news from the supervisory army, and he is very disappointed with us. unfavorable."
"What's the news?" As soon as Jiang Yingzhao finished speaking, Man Gui asked hurriedly, "The thieves have come to aid Yongning City? No wonder I feel something is wrong lately. None of the sentinels sent out have returned today."
Jiang Yingzhao's expression changed and he said, "There is such a thing. Can you be sure?"
"When you went to see the supervisory army earlier, Deputy General Lin Huai told me personally that none of the sentinels sent out have returned yet," Man Gui said.
Jiang Yingzhao frowned and said, "Wait a little longer and see if anyone comes back after dark."
"Then wait a little longer." Man Gui nodded and immediately asked, "Just now you said you heard something from the supervisor. What news?"
At first he thought it was news about bandit soldiers, but later he found that it didn't look like it and thought it should be something else.
Jiang Yingzhao took a sip of water from the bowl, wiped his mouth, and said, "Xing Duxian led his army out of Juyong Pass."
"So fast!" Mangui looked surprised.
His expression and words were almost the same as Jiang Yingzhao's behavior in the prison camp.
Jiang Yingzhao said: "It seems that Xing Duxian is anxious and does not want all the credit to fall on our army from Liaodong. He also led an army of 50,000 to regain the lost territory from another direction."
"Why only 50,000? Didn't the imperial court say that it would send out 100,000 troops from the Twelve Guards? Wouldn't all the remaining 50,000 troops stay at Juyong Pass?" Man Gui frowned.
The imperial court dispatched a total of 150,000 troops and announced an army of 300,000 troops.
Jiang Yingzhao said: "It doesn't matter how many soldiers and horses Xing Duxian has. Now they have 50,000 troops, plus our 50,000 troops, there are a total of 100,000 troops. Liu Thief himself only has how many troops in total." , I’m afraid Xuanfu doesn’t even have 50,000. If we don’t take Xuanfu Town quickly, I’m afraid this credit will fall on Xing Duxian’s head, and you and I will hate the Supervisory Army even more for this.”
"We must be careful about what you said." Man Gui nodded in agreement, and then said, "Tomorrow we will increase our siege efforts and try to capture Yongning City."
Jiang Yingzhao said: "We must capture Yongning City, but we must be wary of the army of traitors in Xuanfu. We cannot attack Yongning City from our side and allow the traitors to attack us from behind. ”
"What do you want to do?" Mangui asked.
Jiang Yingzhao twirled the beard on his chin with his hand and said, "On the way back from the supervisory army, I was thinking about how the slave thieves fought with us in the past in Liaodong?"
"Slave thieves?" Man Gui thought for a while and said, "Since Sarhu, we have basically been stationed in the city while the slave thieves attacked the city outside."
After hearing this, Jiang Yingzhao shook his head and said: "That's not what I'm asking. I want to ask how the slave thieves defeated the Ming army one after another."
"Buy the internal agents in the city, take the initiative to offer the city, and cooperate with others to capture the city." Man Gui said, and then added, "Our situation is different from that of the slaves and thieves. Although they are all attacking the city, there is no internal agent in the city to offer the city."
Jiang Yingzhao said: "Don't forget that every time slaves and bandits besiege a city, they always besiege it first without attacking it. When the rescue troops and horses arrive, they will first eat the rescue troops and horses, and then officially attack the city."
"I understand what you mean. You also want to surround them without attacking. Wait for the main force of the thieves to come and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Man Gui suddenly realized.
Jiang Yingzhao shook his hand and said: "We don't all need to imitate the slave thieves. There are only a few defenders in Yongning City, and how many soldiers and horses we have. We can divide our troops into two places. On one side, we can attack the city, and on the other side, we can set up an ambush for the main force of the thieves." .”
