It is the duty of military generals to go into battle to kill the enemy. What civilian officials pursue is the feather fan and silk scarf. They scold Fang Qiu from the rear and use strategies to direct military commanders to win the war.
For Magistrate Lin, going into battle to kill the enemy was a matter for Chen Yongfu and other generals. He just made plans from behind.
The success of repelling the rebels outside the city was due to his planning, but the failure was due to the general's incompetence and inability to implement his plan well.
Chen Yongfu replied: "What Lin Futai said is simple. Have you ever thought about how many soldiers and horses should be sent out of the city to sneak attack on the rebel camp? When is the best time to sneak attack? Have you ever thought about these Lin Futai? ?”
"These are your generals' affairs. If I have done everything, what else will you generals do?" Magistrate Lin curled his lips in disapproval.
After hearing this, Chen Yongfu said disdainfully: "It seems that Lin Futai can only talk about war on paper. If this is the case, how can I let a son in the army go out of the city to die because of Lin Futai's few words?"
In his opinion, going out of the city to attack the rebel camp means going to die.
"Don't talk nonsense. When did I ask you to send your soldiers to die?" Magistrate Lin immediately became dissatisfied when he saw that Chen Yongfu looked down on his own strategy.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with his strategy. These were all mentioned in the military books, and there were many successful examples. Even if he failed, he would only lose some troops.
With tens of thousands of troops in the city, the loss of a few soldiers and horses was nothing to him.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and even if all the defenders are dead, they can easily pull out an army of tens of thousands more.
Chen Yongfu glanced at Magistrate Lin with contempt and said: "There are tens of thousands of rebels outside the city. How can they break into the rebel camp casually? Otherwise, Lin Futai will lead 500 soldiers." The horse will go out of the city to sneak attack on the rebel camp, and I will first wish the Linfu Taima a success here."
As he spoke, he casually cupped his hands towards Magistrate Lin.
"I am a civil servant. It is the duty of generals to go into battle to kill the enemy. Even if they go out of the city to attack the rebel camp, it should be Chen Zhijun's job." Magistrate Lin is not stupid, how could he agree to do such a desperate thing as going into battle.
As a scholar, I have always believed that a gentleman should never stand behind a dangerous wall.
Dangerous things are always done by others.
"Lin Futai is so scared!" Chen Yongfu did not hide the sarcasm on his face.
Hearing this, Magistrate Lin had a straight face and retorted unceremoniously: "Nonsense, how can I be afraid? It's just that as a civil servant, going into battle to kill the enemy is always what a military general should do. If I did everything , then what does the imperial court want you generals to do!"
"enough!"
Yang He, who was sitting in the main seat, interrupted the quarrel between the two people and said immediately, "I have brought you all here to ask you to come up with a way to solve the siege of Fengfu City, instead of listening to you doing useless things here. quarrel.”
Facing Yang He's rebuke, Chen Yongfu and Lin Zhifu bowed slightly towards Yang He and accepted the instruction honestly.
"Tell me, is the sneak attack on the rebel camp proposed by Lin Futai feasible?" Yang He asked Chen Yongfu.
The Henan army failed to take advantage of the Tiger Banner army in several battles, and instead lost troops and generals. Therefore, a sneak attack was the best way he could think of to lift the siege of Kaifeng Fucheng.
Chen Yongfu did not reply immediately.
If Magistrate Lin on the side asked this, he would definitely reply, but Yang He was different.
Since Yang He, the governor of Henan Military Affairs, asked this question, he must have wanted to sneak attack the rebels outside the city.
As the commander-in-chief under his command, Chen Yongfu knew that he had to take it seriously.
After thinking for a while, Chen Yongfu said: "If it were a normal bandit siege, there would be a 90% certainty that the rebel camp outside the city would be destroyed, but this rebel army named Tiger Character Banner is different. If they just attack the camp, they will eventually be able to destroy it." There will be no guarantee that the three armies will win the command."
"Chen Zhijun is a grown man who wants to destroy his own prestige. He has decided that he is not good enough before he has even tried. If everyone is like Chen Zhijun and shrinks when they see the rebels, he might as well hand over Kaifeng Mansion to the rebels." Prefect Lin Seizing the opportunity, he began to ridicule Chen Yongfu unceremoniously.
Chen Yongfu didn't like the other party's rhetoric and asked directly: "If Lin Futai is dissatisfied with what I said, he must have a better strategy, so he might as well talk about it."
"Since Chen Zhijun asked, I really need to say something." Magistrate Lin stood up and said, "I just disagree with Chen Zhijun's statement that he could not successfully attack the rebel camp outside the city."
Hearing this, Chen Yongfu's face sank.
Although he had already thought that the other party would never miss the opportunity to ridicule him, he still felt uncomfortable when he heard that the other party came up to refute the explanation he just made.
"If Lin Futai has any ideas, just tell him." Yang He motioned to the other party to continue.
As for whether Chen Yongfu would be unhappy, he didn't care at all.
A warrior, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he can only endure it, otherwise he would not mind cutting off a warrior's head.
Magistrate Lin slightly bowed to Yang He and said: "Facing a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, the key to resolving the siege of Fengfu City lies in the word sneak attack. It will definitely not work for someone like Chen Zhijun who only thinks about attacking the camp from the front."
When speaking, he did not forget to use words to ridicule Chen Yongfu.
Although Chen Yongfu was dissatisfied, he said nothing.
As a military general, he was often ridiculed by civilian officials. If he wanted to fight back at this time, it would only make Yang He unhappy, so he endured it.
When Magistrate Lin saw that Chen Yongfu didn't even dare to say anything, he thought he had been convinced and said with a proud face: "I thought that I could ask Chen Zhijun to arrange an elite force to attack the rebel camp outside the city after dark. Once the sneak attack is successful, the city can immediately dispatch a large army to wipe out the rebel army. In this way, the siege of Kaifeng Fucheng can be lifted."
Yang He twirled the beard on his chin thoughtfully.
Although the other party's method is a bit crude and simple, it is not unfeasible.
However, he knew that the specific implementation depended on Chen Yongfu, so he said to Chen Yongfu: "What does Mr. Chen think of Lin Futai's method? Is it feasible?"
Chen Yongfu bowed and said: "Those who can go out of the city to sneak attack on the enemy at night must be elite soldiers in the army. Ordinary soldiers cannot do this, and the number cannot be too many. A few hundred is best, otherwise they will be captured as soon as they leave the city." The rebels noticed,"
When most of the sergeants in the army were blind at night, only those soldiers who were supported by wine and meat and had enough to eat at every meal could bear the heavy responsibility of sneak attacks at night.
And he himself doesn't have many such elites left in the army.
"With tens of thousands of troops in the city, it is not difficult to gather a few hundred soldiers and horses." Yang He said disapprovingly.
In his opinion, Chen Yongfu's complaint was that he was reluctant to risk his troops out of the city.
Therefore, he was not prepared to attack Chen Yongfu's troops, so as not to make Chen Yongfu feel that he, the governor, had to rely on the other party for everything.
As for where to find a force that can sneak attack the rebels, he has already thought about it. There are nearly 20,000 defenders in the city. Although they are not as elite as the soldiers and horses under Chen Yongfu, they can always piece together a usable elite force.
