"That's right!" Dai Le looked at the wine jar depressedly, "We agreed to drink a jar of wine, but we only drank half of it!"
"He can drink half a bottle at most. If he drinks more, he won't be able to return to the military camp. Before he left, your Excellency told us not to waste it. I have already settled the bill. You can take care of the rest." Long Shuang jumped out of the window after saying this.
"Hey!" Dai Le became even more depressed.
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In Yangbao City, the forward troops of the First Army of the South Army entered the city, but the commander was no longer Li Jingxian, and the composition of the troops was no longer the 3rd Division and the 4th Division.
The forward troops led by Li Jingxian suffered repeated defeats and suffered more than 10,000 casualties in the battles. Gongsun Mi was extremely dissatisfied with this, but there were too few available men, so he simply led a team as the forwards and left the chief of staff to garrison Zhenyuan City.
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The 1, 2, and 10 divisions came to Yangbao City this time. Gongsun Mi brought all the direct troops with him, and recruited and reorganized them in the city, and he just managed to gather 5,000 city defense troops.
"Report, the patrol team outside the city found a suspicious person. The person claimed to be from the Guihe City Public Security Department and said he had something important to see the commander-in-chief."
"What? From Guihe City." Gongsun Mi cheered up.
A scout had gone to investigate before, but was beaten back by a scout from the Red Army who was protecting the country. He knew that Guihe City had changed hands and was planning how to take it back.
"Bring him here, I will ask him carefully."
After about a stick of incense, the soldiers brought a man, about forty years old, dressed as a police officer, with dirt everywhere on his body, as if he had been rolling around on the ground.
"My dear Gui Tingyu, hello, hello, sir." The man was very nervous.
"Well, get up and answer the question." Gongsun Mi put down some dignity.
Gui Tingyu got up and stood helplessly in the middle of the lobby.
"I heard that you are from the Public Security Department of Guihe City. Is this true? Lying in front of me is equivalent to lying about military intelligence, and you will be beheaded." Gongsun Mi suddenly exuded murderous intent.
Gui Tingyu's legs softened, and she fell to her knees again, "Sir, my lord knows it well, and the villain dare not deceive the lord. Zhang Baotou from Yangbaocheng is familiar with the villain, so you can ask him to identify me."
When Gongsun Mi heard this, his expression softened slightly. Many of the arresters in nearby cities had contacts, so they should know each other.
He winked, and the soldiers left quickly, "Isn't Guihe City occupied by the rebels? How did you get here?"
"To my lord, I am here just because of the rebels. Please send troops to rescue Guihe City as soon as possible. My lord has bribed the generals of the rebels and is waiting for the reinforcements to come together and recover Guihe City."
Gui Tingyu knelt forward two steps.
"Oh? Please make it clear!" Gongsun Mi leaned forward slightly.
Gui Tingyu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "This is what happened..."
Although he is a junior detective in the Guihe City Public Security Bureau, he is brother-in-law with Director Lin and is considered a well-known figure in the city. He has people he knows in several nearby cities.
This time, Lin Xin made friends with an officer of the Red Army who was protecting the country, and secretly persuaded the officer to defect to the imperial court, and agreed to raise a flag to rebel when the imperial court's reinforcements arrived. In addition, Lin Xin contacted the powerful people in the city and received the reinforcements in the city.
"Really? How did you convince that officer?" Gongsun Mi still had many questions in his mind.
"That, that, uh." Gui Tingyu hesitated.
"Say!" Gongsun Mi slammed the desk hard.
Gui Tingyu trembled, knelt down again, and said: "Yes, yes, it's because the mother-in-law and her sister in the little man's family are quite beautiful. Brother-in-law, no, Mr. Lin used them to please the man, and then he was able to make friends, so he found
I have the opportunity to use the power of the army here to persuade, talent, talent, talent..."
A soldier stood outside the door and said, "Okay, you go down and freshen up, recall carefully, and tell the clerk what happened in Guihe City." Gongsun Mi waved his hand and asked someone to take Gui Tingyu down.
He looked around and asked several staff officers in the hall: "What do you think of this matter?"
One of the staff members asked: "Is it possible there is fraud?" Several others began to discuss in low voices.
"I think this person is timid and cowardly. He would never dare to run in front of me alone and cheat. If you were the enemy commander, would you choose such a person?" Gongsun Mi observed Gui Tingyu very carefully and believed in himself.
You won't get the wrong person.
"The enemy's deception is nothing more than luring our army to ambush in a dangerous place. If our army takes the opportunity to occupy a favorable terrain and does not fall into the enemy's trap, we might as well use the trick and occupy the military camp on the northern outskirts of Guihe City first. Whether we can enter the city or not depends on whether we can enter the city or not."
It depends on the situation.
If the matter is true, we can divide a group of soldiers and horses into the city, and the joint force should annihilate the enemy's soldiers and horses defending the city. The main force will not enter the city until the city is settled, and there will be no losses on the left and right." Another staff officer put forward a different view.
Gongsun Mi nodded as he listened, "There is no way to tempt the enemy into profit. The profit before us is to regain Guihe City. It would be best if I have insiders to help me seize the military camp in the north of the city.
If it is a trap, don't worry too much. Our army is stronger than the enemy, so we can divide it into several groups to respond. If the front army is attacked, the rear army will respond. If the situation is unfavorable, the most we can do is retreat.
The enemy has newly occupied Guihe City and must leave enough troops to defend the city. It is impossible to invest too many troops in an ambush. I can handle it by personally leading two divisions."
He made a calculation for Zhong Wei. The total number of troops to attack Shibu County was 30,000. Excluding the troops left behind in the county and other cities, the number of troops to attack Guihe City would not exceed 20,000. He then mobilized other directions.
The soldiers and horses were able to attract some people away, and in the end there were only a few thousand people left in Guihe City.
Compared with the possibility of being ambushed, losing an opportunity to defeat the enemy is more terrifying to him.
The soldiers have already called Zhang Captou, confirmed Gui Tingyu's identity, and confirmed that both his and Lin Xin's wives are very beautiful. The story of using beauty to bribe enemy officers seems more real.
"Humph, you useless man, no wonder you don't want to explain clearly." Gongsun Mi confirmed Gui Tingyu's reaction at that time.
Gui Tingyu's identity is true, so it may be true that the rebel officers were greedy for beauty and were intimidated by the power of the imperial court. Gongsun Mi was determined to give it a try.
He was really wronged after he came to Nanzhao Prefecture and took office. Not to mention the rubbish troops under his command, there were also a lot of intrigues and intrigues in Nanjing City.
The army that Zhou Mu forcibly recruited and the army that he volunteered were completely different things. He once commanded the First Army of Zhongdi, and the soldiers were just as brave to fight and charge against foreign regular troops, but now these subordinates were frightened when they heard Ding Kui's name.
It's a piece of shit and doesn't deserve the word "military" at all.
The bureaucracy of the state capital is even more unreasonable. The army commanders from other states are not as good as the local military guards. The important officials in Nanjing do not take Gongsun Mi seriously at all.
Shoes, even with Shao Dianxi's warrant, it was difficult to move forward.
He could withstand rumors and malicious slander, but he could not bear the words that ridiculed the Gongsun family. He had to save face for the Gongsun family as well as for himself.
The troops stationed in Firestone City moved and sent a large number of scouts towards the county and city. They fought fiercely with the scouts of the 195th Division for more than ten times, looking like they were ready to make a move.
The 1st and 2nd Nandi Divisions were also actively preparing for war. The 10th Division sent two brigades to sweep the road south to Guihe City. The most radical troops could already see the Beida Camp.
Niu Erbing frequently received reports from the scouts, but did not make any response. Finally, he took the initiative to withdraw the patrol and allowed the enemy scouts to wander around the camp.
After Gongsun Mi learned about the situation, a flash of joy flashed in his heart: Ding Kui's private army is not monolithic. People are always selfish. No matter how good the military discipline is, there are selfish people in the army. No matter how you join the imperial court, you will have a bright future.
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When the sun turned west, Yangbao City suddenly started to enforce martial law. Only entry and exit were allowed at each city gate. Anyone who wanted to go out of the city had to go to the designated place for centralized inspection.
Gongsun Mi led his troops out. Twenty thousand men, wearing the same khaki uniforms as the regular army, walked neatly on the road.
Gui Tingyu rode a small horse behind the coach, ready to answer the coach's questions at any time.
Marching at a normal speed, it would take four or five hours to walk from Yangbao City to Guihe City, which meant that Gongsun Mi's team would not be able to reach Guihe City before dark.
"Send my command to speed up and reach the northern suburbs of Guihe City before dark."
Gui Tingyu was taken aback, and hurriedly came forward, patting his horse, and said solemnly: "Sir, um, I have something to report, please report it."
"Say!" Gongsun Mi motioned to the soldiers to let him come over.
"Um, the villain agreed that Captain Niu would raise a fire as a signal at night. Now this, this?" Gui Tingyu was still trying to figure out what words to use.
"Hmph! If Niu Erbing sincerely surrenders to the imperial court, he will have a way to welcome our army even during the day. When our army captures Beida Camp, Guihe City can be attacked at any time." Gongsun Mi will not be led by the nose by an ignorant person.
Go, I would rather take the initiative in my own hands.
It turns out that the officer who colluded with Lin Xin was Niu Erbing, the commander of Peking University Camp!
"When the army arrives at the northern outskirts of Guihe City, he will be able to see it without raising fire. As long as he still does what he promised, I will guarantee your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life. Come on, please order the 2nd Division to send out the cavalry.
Sweep both sides of the road back and forth to guard against enemy ambush."
After Gongsun Mi finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked his soldiers to escort Gui Tingyu to the back.
He never fully believed in Gui Tingyu from the beginning, and he was right to be suspicious of a person who came from enemy-occupied areas.
Gui Tingyu didn't resist, and followed the soldiers honestly, muttering: "I'm so ashamed. I relied on my mother-in-law to earn my wealth, so don't screw it up."
"Shut up!" The soldier behind him pushed hard, "How dare you say this? We are not as useless as you! Why don't you let your mother-in-law accompany me after we break the city, and I will go with you?"
I’ll give you a few nice words and I’ll give you more rewards.”
"Hahaha!" Several other soldiers laughed, "I'm here to accompany you all. If you want any reward, just tell me."
Gui Tingyu lowered his head in shame, a fierce look flashed in his eyes.
"Report, there are no ambushes on both sides of the road."
"Report, the forward is less than twenty miles away from Guihe City and no enemy has been detected."
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"Report, the forward is less than ten miles away from Guihe City and no enemy has been detected."
From time to time, scouts came running to report to Gongsun Mi.