choke element

Chapter 415 Soft and Hard

There are two military envoys ascending the city.

The former military envoy took the lead in reporting: "Jingzhou's Jin army continued to go south, and arrived at Guiren and Qinghe towns along the Beiqing River yesterday, and reorganized their troops. Li Quan led an army of [-] people and entered Binzhou Anding Town. The military barracks are connected to the left and right, and the array stretches for twenty miles, the momentum is very strong, and the banners are like forests."

Guo Ning took the document, looked at it twice, and handed it over to Xu Yu.

The officials around Xu Yu spread out the map on the spot, sketched out the latest situation, and wrote notes beside it.He set up the map and placed it in front of Guo Ning.

Guo Ning approached slowly, looked at it for a long time, then turned his head and asked: "Pu San Anzhen entered Dizhou three days ago, and two days ago, there were pioneer Qingqi who went deep into Zizhou and the northern part of Yidu Prefecture, but yesterday, its main force was To Beiqinghe area?"

Xu Yu pointed at the map: "The Hebei Jin Army arrived at Yanci three days ago, but Yanci went south until Beiqing River. Most of them are swamps with rivers and rivers. Where swamps and flats meet, a little carelessness will cause you to lose weight." Stuck in the mud, marching is very difficult."

"Since the Hebei Jin Army is eager to carve up Shandong's interests, every step forward will take up a piece of land. Pu San Anzhen is a veteran general who is familiar with Shandong's geography. If he is determined to move quickly, it shouldn't be like this... It seems that , Yidu Mansion, where thousands of elite soldiers were stationed, was destroyed in a day, which frightened them."

The day before yesterday, Guo Ning used a huge amount of gunpowder to blow up the city walls of Yidu Prefecture.

According to the pre-set code of conduct, a deep hole should have been dug in the city wall, and then explosives would be stuffed into it to ignite it.But because Guo Ning was eager to break the city, he directly stuffed a coffin of explosives into the gap between the old and new rammed earth of the city wall and exploded.

As a result, the city wall, which was originally expected to be able to blast through twenty or thirty steps, only collapsed more than ten steps, and the gap was much narrower than expected.

But there is also an unexpected benefit, that is, the momentum of the gunpowder explosion was not suppressed by the heavy rammed earth, and most of the power of the gunpowder went to the sky.

A large number of earth, stone and bricks lifted up by the impact of the explosion fell like rain within a hundred steps, and the loud sound swept across the city, causing a huge shock to the defenders.

Not to mention the area around the bombing point, even the defenders on the east and west sides were in panic. The defense equipment that should have been prepared was completely unmanned, and the navy broke into the city.

The iron cavalry entered the city directly, cut the route dispatched by the defenders, and besieged important places such as the arsenal.

It has to be said that the thousands of soldiers of the Pusan ​​Anzhen faction in Yidu Mansion are really the old foundation gathered by the three generations of the Pusan ​​family. Even if the city is destroyed on three sides, there are still scattered divisions fighting endlessly and fiercely.

But their leader, Heshi Lieyawuta, who was rampant on the battlefield, was blown into five or six pieces at the beginning of the gunpowder explosion, and dozens of people around Heshilie Yawuta were killed. Hundreds of people around, some fainted, some became deaf.

The remaining hundreds of soldiers were scattered around the city gates and could not form a whole.

Ding Haijun either shot with bows and arrows, or rushed with warriors, and quickly divided and wiped them out.There are a few particularly brave enemies, and Zhang Hui and other brave generals will come forward to deal with them.

Since the soldiers of the Golden Army were defeated, the Red Coat Army under Liu Qingfu became more and more dwarfed by comparison.

Liu Qingfu retreated from the city wall at first, trying to fight and walk, and started street fighting with Ding Haijun.But as the commander-in-chief, he went to fight in the street, and the red-coated troops everywhere lost sight of the other, and the order of the troops up and down was not smooth.Zhang Lin came forward to rally his subordinates again, and within half an hour, large numbers of defenders began to surrender.

After taking Yidu, Ding Haijun captured a large number of prisoners.

Zhang Lin also pushed the boat along the way and joined Guo Ning's command, and then he came forward with vigor and interrogated the news from the captives.

Only then did Guo Ning know that Pu San An Zhen originally planned to use Li Quan's troops on the outside, and his fierce general Heshi Lie Yawu Tower was inside, and the two sides totaled [-] armored elites, and then engulfed Yidu City the people, forming a nail that is as strong as ever.

The important position of Yidu Mansion itself made it a vortex that firmly attracted the Ding Navy.

When the Ding Navy was nailed by this nail and attracted by this vortex, the Hebei Jin Army joined hands with Li Quan to take down many state capitals in the north of Shandong and along the Beiqing River in one go.

However, Yidu City blocked Guo Ning's troops for one day.

In just one day, the nails were pulled out, and the fine iron that made up the nails was also blasted into iron slag.

The Ding Navy continued to advance, quickly controlled most of Yidu, and then approached Zizhou.

Guo Ning is the envoy of Shandong Xuanfu, even if the court officials are suspicious of him, but on the surface, his actions in Shandong are backed by the imperial court, and he is confident in everything he does.Could it be that Pu San Anzhen can really lead a team to confront Guo Ningfang?
As a result, Pu San Anzhen and Li Quan faced a huge problem.

Are you really going to tear your face apart?
Is it worth it?Can you beat it?Is the court willing to make trouble?
"Without this nail buried in the rear of our army, the plan of the Pusan ​​Propaganda Envoy has been aborted. Presumably, he needs to march slowly and carefully weigh the gains and losses. Maybe he will have to rest for a few more days to get over it. The heartache of losing a general."

Thinking of this, Guo Ning felt much happier.

Xu Xuan turned to ask the military envoy, "What's the situation in the Jin army camp along the Beiqing River?"

The military envoy said: "I have been close to see that the camps of the Jin army in Hebei are laid out along the river, and they are very well-organized, especially near several ferry crossings, and the military camps are heavily laid out."

"That is to say, Pu San Anzhen's current thinking is to first secure the territory north of Beiqing River, which is Binzhou, Dezhou, Dizhou, Bozhou, and half of Jinan Prefecture."

Xu Yu pondered for a while, then suddenly laughed: "How can someone do things like this? Li Quan can bear it?"

Guo Ning asked, "What happened to Li Quan?"

Xu Yu took out a pen and drew a long line along the Beiqing River: "Jieshuai, look."

Guo Ning tugged at his mustache: "Pu San Anzhen threw most of Li Quan's territory to us, and planned to plunder three states and one mansion at one go? This guy has a dark heart!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Commander-in-Chief, after all, servant San Anzhen also lost thousands of strong generals and soldiers under his account. He has paid enough, and he must get some compensation."

Guo Ning laughed out loud.

Xu Xuan continued to ask the envoy, "Have you seen the camp where Li Quan is stationed?"

"Li Quan's camp is located in the lower reaches of the Beiqing River, several miles away from the camp of the Jin army. Well, compared to the Jin army, it seems a bit loose." The envoy thought for a while, and then said: "No, no... ..."

He made gestures: "It's not loose, but it's the kind of marching and stationing that will set off at any time. Their reconnaissance cavalry is also much more active than the Jin army."

"It seems that Li Quan is very unwilling!"

Xu Wei dismissed the No.1 military envoy, and bowed to Guo Ning: "Marshal Jie, let me do a little trick to add fuel to the flames between these two families."

"Oh, old Xu, what's your plan?"

Guo Ning asked, and saw that the second envoy was still waiting.

He nodded to Xu Yu as a sign to wait, and then walked over.

The envoy was a few steps away, then knelt down on the ground, holding the document in both hands.

Guo Ning bent down and looked at his face.This is an acquaintance. As soon as he went up the tower, Guo Ning recognized him as one of Li Ting's guards.

Guo Ning picked up the document, but did not open it yet: "Li Erlang sent people one after another. Could it be that the situation on the southern front has changed?"

The military envoy couldn't afford to bow down, and said in a muffled voice: "Jie Shuai, the one who arrived earlier is the military newspaper. This is General Li Ting's pleading document. My general said, please don't worry, Jie Shuai. Return with good news."

"I want him to plead guilty for what!"

Guo Ning didn't even look at it, and threw the document back as it was.

Just now when Xu Xuan said this, it was obvious that he was trying to relieve Guo Ning's emotions, but seeing Li Ting's emissary came again, Guo Ning's emotions were a little bit out of control.

He took a deep breath and slowed down his tone: "In the Red Coat Army, there are naturally heroes; they will naturally explode with fierceness several times. But I have set up naval training for a year, and I have worked hard! As a result, Mongolia People can fight, but the Red Coat Army can't fight? Or has Li Erlang fought too many frivolous battles recently, thinking that every time he fights, he should win it easily and happily like a child fighting? His ability to fight tough battles has been lost to him. Did you throw it away?"

After all this, Guo Ning's tone was moderate, and his expression didn't change much, but his anger could be heard by anyone.

He turned over his right hand and grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist.

This action, left and right are all eclipsed.

Fortunately, Guo Ning immediately raised his left hand, untied the silk sash that tied the golden knife, and handed it to the military envoy: "Take it!"

The military envoy raised his head in panic: "Marshal Jie, what is the meaning of this?"

"Give this golden sword to Li Ting. Just say, winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. I don't want Li Erlang's pleading papers, but Juzhou and Mizhou! Let him hold my saber, be cruel, and fight tough battles!"

(End of this chapter)