On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 224 The troops are divided into three groups

In Jinling (now Changzhou, Jiangsu), Gu Shixing's old house was brightly lit and there was noisy dancing and music.

The celebration banquet ended late at night.

Yang Guang, who missed Princess Jin, fell asleep holding his wives and concubines that Gu Shixing had not had time to take away.

The actual commander-in-chief of the three armies was carefully discussing the upcoming war with Li Jing, Fang Yanqian, Fang Xuanling and others.

Fang Xuanling is already thirteen years old. He has been attending events since he was eleven years old, and now he is increasingly participating in the planning of various events.

It's just that in government affairs, he is very handy, but in military affairs, he mainly listens. Fang Xuanling still has a lot to learn.

During this meeting, the Fang family father and son, Kong Yingda, Gao Shilian and others were just foils, and Li Jing was mainly planning for Cui Che.

"Changzhou governs the four counties of Jinling, Wuxi, Yixing (now Yixing, Jiangsu), and Jiangyin (now Jiangyin, Jiangsu). Now that Jinling, the prefecture's governor, has been restored, Gu Shixing, the fake governor, fled to Wuxi and will definitely seek help from Shen Ni.

"Shen Ni has been unable to attack Wu County for a long time, and seeing that our army is approaching, he will definitely not dare to stay for a long time, or he will divide his troops to besiege him and lead his main force northward to defend against the heavenly troops.

"I thought it would be better to divide our troops into three groups, one to the southwest to capture Yixing, and the other to the southeast to seize Jiangyin and Changshu, and then relieve the siege of Wu County, cut off Shen Ni, Gao Ni (Gao Zhizhi), Wang Ni (Wang Wenjin) contact to prevent the two thieves from reinforcing their troops.

"Yan Gong led his army to besiege Wuxi. As the saying goes, it is difficult to defend a city alone. Wuxi is not a strong city and there are no reinforcements from outside. How can it be defended for a long time!

"Gong Yan once again used the heads of bandits from all over the city to guard the capital. The rebels in the city were afraid, and their hearts must be shaken, and they were scrambling for survival!

Li Jing pointed to several cities on the map and spoke like a river.

Cui Che nodded after hearing this, but did not make an immediate decision. He needed to find out the specific situation in Wuxi first.

After all, Li Jing only speculated that Shen Xuanyu would give up the siege of Wuxian and move closer to Wuxi to gather troops.

As Li Jing said, Wuxi is just a county town, not a big city.

Shen Xuanyao initially wanted to gather troops in Jinling to resist Cui Che, but he never expected that Gu Shixing would lose the state control of Jinling so easily.

The iron staff climbed over the city wall of Wuxi easily. Back then, he climbed up to Jingkou, an important town on the south bank, every night. As for the low city wall in Wuxi, the iron staff was as smooth as walking on the ground.

He followed Gu Shixing into Wuxi by pretending to be a defeated Jinling army. At that time, the Jinling garrison was routed and the generals were unaware of their troops. The generals did not care about their troops. With his Jiankang accent, he did not arouse any suspicion.

After seeing Shen Xuanyu, Lu Mengsun and others leading the army to gather in Wuxi one after another, Mai Tiezhang did not dare to stay for a long time. After climbing over the city wall at night, he ran for more than a hundred miles under the moonlight. At dawn, he panted to the foot of Jinling City. .

He claims to be able to travel five hundred miles a day, but humans are not machines, and they will also get tired. For more than a hundred miles, the iron rod did not stop, which is equivalent to running more than a marathon.

The general guarding the south gate recognized the Maitie Staff. When Cui Che rewarded the soldiers outside Jingkou City, the Maitie Staff showed its face in front of everyone.

He hurriedly asked someone to put down the bamboo basket and hang up the iron rod. Just as he was about to ask, the iron rod overtook him:

"Take me to see Duke Yan quickly. I have important military information."

After learning that Mai Tiezhang had brought back military information about Wuxi, Cui Che didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried to the hall wearing pajamas.

Mai Tiezhang did not wait for Cui Che to ask and hurriedly reported:

"Mr. Yan! Shen Ni and the Changshu garrison have rushed to the aid of Wuxi. I made a rough count and found that there are nearly 60,000 to 70,000 people in the city."

Cui Che thought to himself: Shen Xuanzhen did as Li Jing expected, abandoning Wu County, heading north for reinforcements, and even transferred Lu Mengsun.

Now that it is clear that the rebel army has gathered troops in Wuxi to prevent them from being defeated one by one, it is time to use Li Jing's strategy to besiege Wuxi with the main force and divide the troops to attack various places, turning it into an isolated city.

Cui Che did not forget to praise Mai Tiezhang's hard work and personally recorded the merits for him, and then asked Zhao Wen to take Mai Tiezhang down to rest.

At the same time, he sent someone to summon all the generals to come to his house to discuss matters.

Many generals were drunk because of yesterday's banquet, and now they are sleeping more soundly.

But he couldn't stand the military orders. After being awakened by his personal guards, he hurriedly changed his clothes and gathered at Cui Che's house. Even Yang Guang, who had not been summoned, also rushed to Cui Che's house.

When Cui Che saw Yang Guang, he didn't ask anything stupid like why His Highness didn't rest in the mansion.

He said to the generals:

"Mai Tiezhang sneaked into Wuxi and found out the enemy's situation. Shen Ni and Changshu Lu Mengsun gathered in Wuxi with 60,000 to 70,000 troops. Last night Li Canjun (Li Jing) praised me and made a plan to divide the troops into three groups."

Cui Che told Li Jing's plan in full and asked again:

"Do you have any objections?"

All the generals surrendered:

"The general will obey Yan Gong's orders."

Cui Che nodded slightly and called:

"Long live Shi!"

Shi Wansui stepped forward after hearing the words and responded:

"The end is here!"

Cui Che asked in a deep voice:

"You will lead 10,000 troops to capture Yixing. Can you send all the heads of the Yixing rebels to Wuxi within ten days?"

"Why does it take ten days? Within five days, the heads of the bandits will be sent to the gates of Wuxi!"

Shi Wansui slapped his chest so loudly that it banged loudly.

Cui Che frowned and said:

"There is no such thing as joking in the army, and General Shi must not make false claims!"

Shi Wansui said confidently:

"I would like to issue a military order with Duke Yan. If the deadline is not reached, I will come to see you in the end!"

Cui Che couldn't help but think of this scene:

Shi Wansui's headless body came to him. The head in his arms smiled at him and said: 'Mr. Yan, I'm here to see you.'

Quickly pushing this horrific scene out of his mind, Cui Che ordered Kong Yingda to get pen and paper and write a military order for Shi Wansui, giving him five days to send the heads of the Yixing garrison to Wuxi.

Shi Wansui signed the military order and left with the order. It would take nearly a day to get from Jinling to Yixing, and then another day to transport the heads from Yixing to Wuxi, which actually left Shi Wansui time to break the city. , only three days.

Cui Che called again:

"Choi Hong-do!"

Cui Hongdu responded quickly:

"The end is here!"

Cui Che gave the order:

"Can I lead 20,000 Jiangling Prefecture soldiers, capture Jiangyin and Changshu all the way, relieve the siege of Wuxian County, intercept Gao Ni, and Wang Ni's reinforcements?"

"The last general is willing to follow the example of General Shi and issue a military order with Duke Yan!"

Cui Hongdu's journey was far more difficult and dangerous than Shi Wansui's, but he was not afraid of difficulties. Cui Hongdu was worried about being left idle by Cui Che and becoming a spectator, just like he served under Qin Wang Yang Jun's army during the battle against Chen.

How can one regain the title of Duke without merit?

"good!"

Cui Che then ordered Kong Yingda to draw up another military order. Cui Hongdu signed it and adjourned it. He puffed up his chest and walked out of the meeting hall to mobilize his troops.

"The rest of the generals, each leading his troops, will follow me south to besiege Wuxi!"

All the generals agreed one after another.

The fourth chapter is here. I will write an extra chapter later. The fifth chapter will be posted tomorrow. I will update it tomorrow.

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