This commander-in-chief who had defeated the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces many times came to Nanzhao Prefecture again and led the strongest local army but was defeated again and again.
This afternoon, Yangbao City was besieged by the main force of the Red Army and the 195th and 196th Divisions. Niu Erbing brought crossbows from Guihe City and the 196th Division brought a large number of siege equipment. They attacked three city walls at the same time.
The powerful long-range weapons of Ding Kui Group once again showed their power, preventing the defenders from taking the lead. In less than half an hour, the siege troops had cleared all the defense facilities under the city.
Although there were two masters in the city to assist in the battle. In addition to Gongsun Lun, the Gongsun family sent another great martial artist. However, Ao Yan, who had not been seen for a long time, reappeared on the battlefield, together with brothers Ding Kui and Ding Yu, the masters of the Gongsun family
He was suppressed in the city.
Ruan Xingzhu left the rest of the team and rushed to Shibu County first. After joining Ding Kui, he dressed up as Ao Yan and provided the army with high-level combat cover in time.
The army could not defeat him, and neither could the masters. Gongsun Mi had no choice but to order a retreat and escape from the north, the only place where there were no enemy troops.
"Fortunately, I came here. The Gongsun family sent more than one sixth-level warrior. We must be wary of the Gongsun family in the future." Ding Kui led his troops into the city and did not order the pursuit of Gongsun Mi.
The Gongsun family has more than two masters, so we can't push them into a hurry, otherwise it will be really hard to deal with them if they send a few more masters over.
"Brother Ding, there is an urgent summons from Nanqiu County." Cai Ran read a message in Ding Kui's ear.
"Oh, we have reached an agreement with the Gongsun family. From now on, Nanzhao Prefecture will prohibit level six combatants from participating in the war." Ding Kui immediately translated the message code.
Duke An Guo's chariot was leaving Weiguo County at this time.
The Gongsun family could ignore Ding Kui but not Jiang Li. Jiang Li was not polite and directly warned the elders of the Gongsun family. The Gongsun family would send as many sixth-level combatants to Nanzhao Prefecture as the Jiang family would. In short, his nephew
Don't be bullied.
In the end, the Gongsun family compromised and agreed not to send level 6 combatants to Nanzhao Prefecture, but also asked Ding Kui not to use level 6 combatants.
"Wouldn't that prohibit you from leading troops into battle?" Kong Ren felt it was a pity.
"I can lead troops but cannot take action unless the enemy actively provokes me."
Now Ding Kui is a famous general, and the military of the five southern countries has his files. It is unjustifiable that he is not allowed to lead troops. The Gongsun family has already made a lot of money by restricting his actions.
"My subordinates are incompetent, please come out personally and punish me!" Zhong Wei felt ashamed. Ding Kui first sent people to help, and then came to the front line to help in person. He believed that it was due to his poor command.
"The matter has nothing to do with the frontline personnel. It is not your task to deal with the reinforcements, and the reaction of the Gongsun family is not within your control. I am here to correct the mistakes I made, and I don't need you to shoulder the responsibility for me."
Ding Kui regretted not listening to Fei Ze's advice and sending the Eighth Army to fight. Shibu County would have been captured early, and Gongsun Mi would have no chance of entering Shibu County.
"Gongsun Mi fled north, and he must have gone to Zhenyuan City. I think he will concentrate his troops to hold on to one city and wait for Nanjing City to send more reinforcements." Kong Ren quickly changed the topic.
"Yes! We will discuss the reward and punishment of the enemy later. Does Brother Kong have any plan to retreat from the enemy?" Ding Kui stretched out his hand to ask Cai Ran to sit down.
Cai Ran actively organized Nanqiu County magicians to join the army in the war, and was already a core figure in Ding Kui's group.
Kong Ren suggested: "On the way back, the special battle group will pass between Zhenyuan City and Huoshi City. Why not order them to ambush the enemy forces in Huoshi City?"
Ding Kui shook his head and said: "Our army is known all over the world to be good at ambushes and sneak attacks. There are two masters beside Gongsun Mi. It may be difficult for the special operations group to hide their whereabouts, so we should let them come back early."
"Didn't you say that those with level six combat power are prohibited from participating in the war?" Kong Ren didn't understand.
"My news comes faster, and they will be at least a day or two late. Even if they know it now, they will pretend not to know. They may not do it openly, but they are very likely to do it secretly.
Soldiers are treacherous, we can't break trust with others, and we can't trust others too much. I can't leave the safety of my subordinates to people who can't be trusted." Ding Kui didn't trust the Gongsun family.
"There are still 60,000 to 70,000 troops left in the First Army of the South. If they are all concentrated in Zhenyuan City, our army will not be able to attack by force. If this delay continues, Nanjing City will definitely receive reinforcements. Can you please also send some more troops?" Zhong Weihou wrote.
Shamelessly asked for reinforcements.
He was not afraid that he would not be able to defeat Gongsun Mi, but he did not want to delay Ding Kui's trip to his country and wanted to end the war as soon as possible.
"I know the pressure you are under. Young Dianxi still has hundreds of thousands of local troops. Don't worry! I will deal with them right away. Brother Cai." Ding Kui smiled at Cai Ran.
"Please say, please say, brother, you don't have to be polite." Cai Ran raised his butt politely.
"Please send a message to Lord Jiang Zhi, asking him to capture Duping County." Ding Kui leaned forward slightly.
"It's so simple, is there nothing else?" Cai Ran felt that Ding Kui didn't finish what he said.
"It's that simple! Just follow what I said."
Smart people don't need to be too complicated when talking to smart people. Jiang Zhi understood it when he received the summons, "Send an order to General Dong Ba to order the 71st Division to go to Duping County and keep the gate there closed for a few days." He just said.
A division was mobilized.
A staff officer asked: "Sir, Sir Ding's order is to occupy Duping County. Why did you only send the 71st Division to go around?"
"Hahaha, let me ask you, is this order strange?" Jiang Zhi wanted to test his subordinates.
"It's a little weird."
"What's the blame? Be brave and say it."
The staff officer suddenly became energetic, cleared his throat, and said: "The blame lies in one word, city. With the strength of our army, we can completely capture the entire Duping County, but Master Ding's order only needs the city of Duping County, so from our army station to Duping County
How to deal with the cities between cities? Why does Master Ding only want one city? This is completely different from his previous military orders."
Jiang Zhi was quite satisfied with this answer, nodded and said: "Yes, I can see this, which shows that you are careful. Everyone, come and listen."
There were other staff officers in the staff department, all with puzzled expressions on their faces.
"We all know that Commander Ding's style of issuing orders in the past was quite concise but he could explain it clearly. This time it only took less than ten words, which is a bit unreasonable. It shows that the order itself has a mystery.
Okay, let’s take a look at the background of this order. Lord Ding was dealing with Gongsun Mi in Shibu County. Ping Zhongwei’s troops were not enough to repel the local army. So there were two choices before Lord Ding. One was to increase the number of troops.
Soldiers, and the second is to lure away enemy troops.
If your Excellency chooses to increase troops, the order can be simpler, come to Shibu County quickly, five words are enough, so the purpose of this order is to lure away the enemy troops, and it is a pretense for us to capture Duping County." Jiang Zhi.