"General, it's young Han Guoping." When the man outside the door heard this, he immediately agreed with great respect.
"Guo Ping, you're here to do it, isn't it?" He Rong suddenly thought of something and said, "Come in quickly."
"Who is Guoping?" I asked Cao Tai quietly.
"Guo Guoping was a famous prison chief in Leizhou Prefecture in the past. Every prisoner who fell into his hands confessed. He later became a criminal policeman. General He specially brought him here to interrogate the Annan prisoners."
"Although we retreated in embarrassment, we also captured a few Annan people. General He handed the prisoners over to him for interrogation. He probably came to report something important during the interrogation." Cao Tai explained.
"Something important happened during the interrogation? Could it be?" I also thought of something.
I was thinking about it when I arrived. Han Guoping walked into the cabin, knelt down and saluted all the officials present, and said to He Rong: "General, there is an Annan centurion who confessed that he once heard the officials above talk about the Ming sect.
Some of the Jinyi Guards going to Annan have been bribed by them, and Xingxian Port is also a bait deliberately released by the Annan people to induce the Ming Dynasty's soldiers to land here."
"Sure enough," He Rong said: "I just thought there was something fishy about this matter. How could the Annan people guess so accurately and predict our army's landing in Pingzhang in advance? Even Uncle Chengyi (Liu Bowen) couldn't be so accurate.
Right? Sure enough, someone among the Jin Yiwei sent to Annan has been bribed."
"So that's it." I came to a sudden realization: "No wonder they were able to ambush without disturbing our army at all."
Afterwards, the entire cabin resounded with angry curses against Annan and Jin Yiwei. Countless people mocked Jin Yiwei for being corrupt and incompetent, and His Majesty should punish them. It took a while for everyone to stop scolding.
At this time, Cao Tai suddenly said: "General He, there is something I don't understand."
"Even if some members of the Jinyiwei defected to Annan, they still didn't know where our army would land. Annan's Jinyiwei reported several places with natural harbors. Our army might land near these places. How did the Annan people know?
Are our troops going to land near Xingxian Port?"
"This may be a guess. If our army wants to block the Hu family's escape route south, they can only land south of Thanh Hoa. General Annan is not a fool. There are only a few places suitable for landing south of Thanh Hoa.
It is not difficult to prepare several of them at the same time." Someone guessed.
Cao Tai thought for a while and thought that this explanation made sense, but he always felt that it shouldn't be so simple.
But He Rong no longer cared about the matter in detail. He asked again: "Has this Annan Centurion said who the traitorous Jin Yiwei is?"
"This man said he didn't know who he was," Hanguoping said.
He Rong asked a few more questions, turned around and ordered: "The governor is preparing a memorial: I, Zuojun He Rong, stood up and interrogated the Annan prisoners and learned that some of the Jinyi guards sent to Annan had rebelled, which allowed General Annan to predict our army's landing in advance.
place."
"Polish these words and send them out early tomorrow morning." He Rong said.
After being told about this, He Rong regained his angry look and said: "Now that the reason why the Annan people can accurately ambush our army has been found, we can rest assured that we can fight the Annan people again."
"General, no. Although the Annan people were able to ambush our army this time because they had a traitor, our army's three disadvantages still exist. We cannot land rashly!" Liu De said again.
Before I could come, He Rong glared at him again. He Rong sneered and said, "Don't I know about this? My general is very calm at this time, which is different from before the war started. Don't worry, my fellow soldiers, I will not rush to send troops to land again."
He Rong's words puzzled everyone: Since you won't rashly send troops to land, how can you fight the Annamites?
He Rong had no intention of selling a lawsuit and immediately went on to say: "Compared with the Annan people, our army is at the sea and the Annan people are on the land. This is a disadvantage, but it is also an advantage."
"Our army is sitting on a boat, and it is very convenient whether it goes north or south; but the Annan people do not have a north-south river, so it is not easy to mobilize troops."
"Our army still has 110,000 land troops. No province in Annan can have more soldiers than our army. Even if we can only land a maximum of 20,000 people at a time, it is still more than the garrison of most cities."
He Rong pointed at the map and continued: "Tomorrow I will order all the ships of the land division to go north, and send small boats along the way to explore the coast of the Annan people. Don't the Annan people station troops in all good ports? This time I ordered the navy to explore only
There are many natural ports in Annan that can accommodate ships with thousands of materials. They cannot garrison troops everywhere."
"But we don't land a large army rashly. Instead, we send a small number of soldiers to each place for inspection, and then immediately withdraw. All such ports in Annan, from Yi'an City to the Western Capital City, land for one or even two rounds."
"Finally, choose a place to land before Xidu City and Yi'an."
"Beacon fire plays on the princes?" Cao Tai said.
"It's just the beacon fire playing on the princes." He Rong sneered: "The Annan soldiers can't keep their spirits up all the time. Our army's first and even second landings are just for exploration. When they land for the third time, they will be slack. Then
It’s time for our army to actually land and attack the Annamites.”
"Actually," I just said two words and stopped. He wanted to say that there were actually examples that just described He Rong's plan. However, considering the face of He Rong and Cao Tai, he ultimately did not
Say it out loud.
"However, this strategy has been delayed for a long time, General," Cao Tai said again.
"Even if I am dismissed by His Majesty, I will definitely ask Your Majesty to allow this strategy." He Rong said: "The Ming Dynasty can no longer lose too many troops like this."
"I'm coming. Although you are anxious to take revenge on the Annan people, you still have to be patient." He Rong specifically asked me to come.
"My subordinates know." I said, holding back my anger. He Rong's strategy was the safest, and he couldn't refute it even if he was dissatisfied.
He Rong discussed with them for a while and formally decided on this strategy.
By the time they finished their discussion, it was already the Yin hour of the next day. He Rong ordered the governor to polish it, write it into a memorial, and send it to Haikang Port after dawn.
Afterwards, he left behind the warships that were originally sweeping up the Annan fishing boats in this area and led the rest of the ships northward.
Before leaving, He Rong looked at the dark red Pingzhang still showing on the ground, clenched his fist and said, "Sooner or later, I will avenge today's humiliation."
At the same time, I stood on the deck, drew my samurai sword, pointed at the Annamite camp, and said in my heart: 'Yesterday's revenge will be repaid tenfold in the future.'
