Chapter 369 Hidden Heart

Chapter 360

After several days of preparation, Gu Daying, the military governor of West Road, rushed to the northwest of Baoding Prefecture with hundreds of his followers. Gu Daying did not dare to delay at all and rode to Yizhou day and night.

Two days later, six thousand soldiers and horses crossed Yishui and marched south into Baoding Prefecture. The six thousand troops of Maoshanwei went directly east and into Dingxing County. The two armies came to the southwest with the momentum of horns.

Gu Dayi's intention is obvious. After the thief soldiers took Ansu and Xiong County, the direction of their attack was nothing more than Dingxing County in the north and Xin'an County in the south. It is said that Song Nan repelled the thief soldiers in Xin'an with a thousand brocade guards, so rushing to Dingxing County for reinforcements is the first choice, because the thief soldiers are likely to turn north because they are blocked from going south. Attack.

The southbound route of the army of the Bauhinia Pass Guard Institute was also considered by Gu Dayi. After crossing the water, the 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Bauhinia Pass Guard Institute focused more on getting closer to Baoding Mansion, so as to prevent thieves and soldiers from taking risks and directly attacking Baoding Mansion. Although the thieves have little chance of attacking Baoding Mansion, they can make a false shot and attack Mancheng directly to the west in the name of attacking Baoding Mansion, so as to jump out of the boundary of Baoding Mansion and penetrate into Zhending Mansion or Shanxi, which is what Gu Dasheng does not want to see.

In a word, Gu Dayi is to form a triangular encirclement with the Zijing Guanwei army, the Maoshan Wei army, and Song Nan's Jinyi Weiqi in Xin'an, trapping the thief soldiers in the middle area of the triangle, constantly narrowing the scope, and forcing the thief soldiers to take risks. Naturally, this move also has a deep meaning in it.

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Song Nan has been in Xin'an County for eight days. The holy goal of sending troops by the imperial court has been issued seven days ago. Song Nan is waiting for the news of the arrival of the two guards in Ansu. However, for several days, Song Nan has been silent, which makes Song Nan very surprised.

Song Nan ordered the Qianhu of Jinyiwei in Baoding Prefecture to use the intelligence network scattered in various states and counties to summarize the information and explore the movement of the army to suppress thieves on the West Road. A few days later, he finally got the specific positions of Bauhiniawei and Maoshanwei. The Zijing Guanwei army is now stationed in the Xishuizhai area west of Ansu, while Maoshanwei is advancing from Dingxing County to Heyang Town, Henan in Baigou, north of Ansu. The two armies are only 50 miles away from Ansu and have reached the distance to launch an attack.

But strangely, it has been two days since the two soldiers and horses arrived at the current station, but they did not attack the movements of the thief soldiers coiled in Ansu. Instead, they camped and rested.

Song Nan summoned the officials of Jinyiwei to discuss this matter and raised their own questions. Everyone also felt a little incomprehensible. Everyone talked for a long time and had to answer accurately. In the end, it could only be understood that the two armies were resting before the war and would launch an attack after about a few days of rectification.

However, as the days passed, and three days passed in a blink of an eye, the two soldiers and horses were still motionless and there was no sign of sending troops; Song Nan locked herself in the back hall of the county government for half a day, and finally summoned everyone again to discuss the matter.

"Guys, I don't want to make such a guess, but I'm afraid I have to face the reality. Gu Dayu deliberately ordered not to launch an attack, and it seems that these two soldiers and horses are not going to move." Song Nan touched his chin.

Zheng Da said doubtfully, "Your Excellency, what the hell is going on? Is Gu Daqi afraid of death? The thief couldn't withstand the attack of the two armies at all. Why didn't he order the attack?

Song Nan sighed and said, "People's hearts are unpredictable. At this time, they still have to think crookedly. All I can say is that Gu Daying is looking for death."

When everyone saw something in Song Nan's words, they all looked at Song Nan confusedly. Song Nan hung up the map and drew three circles on the map with a cinnabar pen in his hand: "This is the location of the two armies in the north and ours. Ansu was trapped in the middle. Gu Da could have launched a thunder attack to take down Ansu and eliminate the thief soldiers, but he was partial. Don't do it, what does it mean?

Hou Dabiao said, "Are you waiting for the thief to surrender?"

Song Nan sneered and said, "Is it possible? The court did not intend to recruit them. Their surrender was also a death, and there was no benefit at all. Would you surrender?

Hou Dabiao shook his head and said, "It's not stupid to be inferior."

Song Nan said, "Yes, the thief soldiers are not stupid. They will not surrender. Moreover, they still have thousands of soldiers and horses, and they also have the capital to fight."

"Your Excellency, don't play the riddle. Why on earth is Gu Dayu unwilling to attack?" Everyone asked chatteringly.

Song Nan said, "I don't want to think too badly of people, but this time I have to think so. The thief soldiers are now surrounded in the middle. What do they want to do most?"

"Of course it's a breakthrough!" Humanity.

Song Nan said, "Yes, they will definitely find a way to break through. Let's think about it from the perspective of the thief soldiers. There are two armies stationed in the west and north, with more than 6,000 people, while there are only more than 1,000 people guarding this Xin'an County in the south. If the thief soldiers break through the siege, they will give priority to that direction?"

Wan Zhi suddenly shouted, "I understand that Gu Da used this euge dog to have such a bad idea."

Hou Dabiao kicked over the stool and scolded, "Dog thief, you are really bold. At this time, you are still thinking about making a bad idea. I'm going to cut him thousands of times."

Zheng Da's IQ was anxious and asked, "What are you talking about? What's going on?"

Hou Dabiao said, "Isn't it clear? Gu Da ordered the two armies to besiege and not attack, that is, to force the thief soldiers to break through. The direction of the breakout is Xin'an County, which is forcing the thief soldiers to fight with us again. This is really vicious.

Zheng Da suddenly realized and jumped up and scolded, "The castrate dog is so abominable. Your excellency, why don't you report this matter to the court and let the court punish it? Is there any royal law?"

Song Nan stretched out his hand and pressed it, "Don't be impatient. This is just our speculation."

Wang Yong pondered and said, "Your Excellency, although it is speculative, it is also inseparable. Gu Da must have been ordered by Liu Jin to do this with this eunuch dog. The relationship between the inner court and our brocade guard has become a fire. After being taught several times by adults, they are always looking for opportunities to harm us. Adults should not take it lightly, or It's better to report this matter to the court.

Song Nan shook his head and said, "It is useless to report to the court, not to mention that our Jinyiwei's authority is limited. The governor of the five armies will have the final decision on the rebellion this time. We can't say that Gu Dayong deliberately put us in danger by guessing. Even if the emperor believes it, the governor of the five armies will also cover it up for them and determine the country. The father-in-law and Liu Jin are wearing a pair of trousers now.

Hou Dabiao nodded and said, "That's right. On the contrary, they will bite back. So what should we do now? The thief soldiers are very likely to attack again and seek to break out to the south. If the thief soldiers are determined to fight, we may not be able to stop it.

Wan Zhi said, "Yes, the thief soldiers rested in Ansu for more than ten days. In these ten days, they must have taken the strong men in Ansu City into the army. Although these people have no combat effectiveness, it is still a headache to attract us as cannon fodder when attacking the city. Moreover, our arrows If it can't be replenished, half of the ammunition of the fire brigade has been used, and it can't be replenished for a while.

Zheng Da said, "Your Excellency, why don't we evacuate Xin'an as soon as possible? Gu Da did nothing with this eunuch, and we can't serve him. Anyway, it is his duty to suppress the thief. The thief soldiers broke out of the siege and went south, and it was also them that the emperor punished them. Our brocade guard government did not have the imperial order to suppress the thief."

Song Nan frowned and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense. How can we ignore the overall situation? That's not only damage to the people and the court. We will settle accounts with him about this matter. At present, we must not only not let Gu Da succeed and suffer major losses, but also guard the road to the south, and not let the disaster of thieves and soldiers spread to the south."

Everyone nodded and Zheng Da said, "I'm just talking and venting."

Song Nan patted him on the shoulder and walked two steps behind his back and said, "Zheng Da, you immediately take people to Baoding Mansion, order Lu Qianhu, the brocade guard of Baoding Mansion, to lead all the horses to come to help, and bring some supplies of bows and arrows. With this more force, the thief soldiers can't break through."

Hou Dabiao said, "Didn't you say that this thousand horses are to help guard Baoding Mansion? What if the thief attacks Baoding Mansion?

Song Nan said coldly, "The thief soldiers sent out to attack Baoding Mansion. If Gu Dayi still doesn't attack, then he will wait to be stabbed. He won't even kill him."

Heyang Town is the intersection of Yishui and Rushui flowing into the Baigou River. There is a huge and delicious white fish in the river. The Guda uses the Maoshanwei army to be stationed here, fishing by the river every day, which is quite Jiang Shang's style.

Although he is impatient and always comes back empty-handed, Gu Da is not annoyed, just to pass the time. Liao Ping, the commander of Maoshanwei, asked for a fight several times, but was reprimanded back by Gu Dayong for his good training and rest. As for when to go to war, that was Shangguan's business.

Liao Ping ate a few noses, and later he simply didn't come to ask. He couldn't figure out what Gu was thinking. As the director of the Beijing Foreign Guard, he naturally didn't know the twists and turns in Beijing.

Before leaving, Liu Jin held a banquet for Gu Dayong to practice, and the two also discussed the strategy of suppressing thieves at the banquet. Liu Jin is very satisfied with Gu Da's triangular hanging strategy, but Liu Jin told Gu Da's that this suppression of thieves is actually a good opportunity to make contributions, and the thief soldiers are bound to be wiped out, but it is hard to say who the credit is.

Liu Jin warned Gu Dazhu that Song Nan had already led the Jinyiwei to attack before the court sent troops. Obviously, he wanted to grab this credit, and he had also done this. If he hadn't led the Jinyi guards to survey on the spot and reported it to the court in time, the court would still be in the dark, and I don't know how much disaster it would have caused. One point is also the first achievement. Even if Gu Dalu rate Zijing Guanwei and Maoshanwei finally completed the heavy task of extermination of the thieves on the West Road, the greatest credit is probably Song Nan's.

Of course, Gu Dayong understood the meaning of Liu Jin's words. When he arrived at the battlefield, he already had a perfect plan in his heart. Maoshanwei and Zijing Guanwei each had more than 6,000 officers and soldiers, while Song Nan only had 1,000 soldiers and horses guarding the city in Xin'an. The thief soldiers must need a breakthrough point in the middle. Where to break through? This is almost a choice that a fool can make.

Even if the news came that Song Nan defeated the thief soldiers in Xin'an and forced the thief soldiers to return to Ansu County, Gu Dayi believed that with the approach of the powerful guard officers and soldiers, the breakthrough chosen by the thief soldiers should still be in Xin'an, because it was the weakest there. Forced the thief soldiers to attack Xin'an again and fight with Song Nan's 1,000 soldiers and horses, which was Gu Dayi's plan.

Although Song Nan is not expected to die at the hands of a thief, as long as Song Nan is defeated, the loss of Jinyiwei will be secondary. A responsibility of letting the thief soldier break through to the south can't escape. In that case, Song Nan will not roll back to the capital in disgrace?