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Chapter 406 of

Because of the death of his friend and his family, Yan Ning was very angry; besides, contacting internal affairs should be his main task, so he couldn't save face if he failed like this.

He thought for a while and said, "Zhang Lin is deeply rooted in Yidu City. If something happens to him, the city will probably be in chaos! Let's select elite soldiers and wait near the city gate. If there is a chance, let's try again?"

"Today we have attacked three times, with more than a hundred casualties. Since we can't take the city, then let's just let it go...Let's report to Commander-in-Chief for further discussion."

Wang Shixian shook his head.

It is not impossible to continue to attack the city, but if you do that, the gains and losses may not be worth it.

Different from the Red Coat Army, which often engulfs tens of thousands or tens of thousands of people, Guo Ning's Dinghai has always followed the route of elite soldiers and strong generals.

At this moment, the soldiers led by Guo Ning totaled no more than 1 people, but more than half of them were experienced veterans in the battlefield, with outstanding equipment, training and morale.

It took them only three days to penetrate Weifang, captured the four cities of Changyi, Beihai, Changle, and Shouguang in a row, defeated and captured the Red Coat Army scattered in these cities, or miscellaneous cards under the banner of the Red Coat Army More than ten thousand people are armed.

The reason for pursuing elite soldiers so much is because the ultimate enemy of the Dinghai Navy is always the Mongols.

In the face of the Mongolian cavalry who entered the thickets like mountain peach skins and formed a formation like a sea, the stacking of pure troops was meaningless.Only elite soldiers of the same size can fight against elite soldiers. If the number is piled up without limit, the command and logistics will not be able to keep up. In the end, it is no different from sending them to death.

Guo Ning's expectation for the soldiers is to confront the Mongolian army of the same strength in the field.This point has been tested twice in Haicang Town, Laizhou, and Huanglonggang, Xianping Prefecture.Such elite troops should be used for decisive battles, and are not suitable for wasting on the attack and defense of the siege pool.

Even if you want to attack the city, you can't fill it with human life.

At the moment Wang Shixian called Jin to withdraw his troops, he and several main subordinates rode lightly on fast horses to Dongyang City.

Seeing Wang Shixian entered the account, Guo Ning knew that his internal response was probably not going to work.

In a few words, Wang Shixian recounted what happened at Yidu Ximen.

He looked around and frowned and said, "I'm not boasting. I have a pre-planned plan for the contact with the internal response, and even the subsequent response. Although Liu Qingfu has a reputation for bravery, he was born in the countryside and was a reckless strongman. He did not lead an army. The experience of fighting in offense and defense. In terms of his talent, he will never discover our connection with the internal response!"

"what do you mean?"

Wang Shixian said in a deep voice: "There are strange things in the city! I think, apart from Liu Qingfu, there are additional arrangements in the city, and there are powerful people who we don't know are on the scene directing!"

"There are additional arrangements, there are powerful characters, and it's kept secret?"

Guo Ning frowned and murmured to himself, "There is an unidentified armored army in the main attack direction of the south gate; in the direction of the west gate, there are powerful people secretly plotting and arranging means against our internal response?"

When Guo Ning said this, Guo Zhongyuan felt even more weird: "It's only been three days since our army started! Could it be that these arrangements were made in three days?"

"of course not."

Guo Ning took a look at Xu Tian.

Xu Yu immediately came out and told all about the situation of the dead soldier who came to ask for help pretending to be Yang An'er's personal general.

"..."

Among them, there is something unusual and weird.

All the generals gasped one after another.

Someone instigated the turmoil in the various departments of the Red Coat Army, and then instigated Dinghai to send troops, and then hid forces in Yidu Mansion, trying to entangle with Dinghai?According to this statement, one's own actions were induced by others. What is after this induction?Could it be a trap?
But why did Jie Shuai send troops?Could it be that you want to play tricks?
Wang Shixian turned to Xu Xuan: "Old Xu continues to talk."

Xu Yu smiled easily and said: "The Marshal Jie has already made a conclusion before, and the person who has the motivation and ability to send dead soldiers to mislead our army is either King Sui or servant San Anzhen. I couldn't guess who it was at the time, but I Now I understand."

When he said this, Guo Zhongyuan clapped his hands "slap": "I understand too!"

Wang Shixian tugged at his mustache: "Huh? How do you say it?"

"General Wang, think about it. There are two families who can mobilize dead soldiers and spies to act in Shandong, but in Yidu, there is only one who can mobilize troops to assist Li Quan in defending the city. No, there must be only one family. It was rumored earlier that , Li Quan sent Pu San Anzhen under his command, and now it seems that he has cooperated with Pu San Anzhen a long time ago... In this city of Yidu, there are soldiers of Pu San Anzhen!"

Servant Anzhen is not an empty-headed Xuanfu envoy. As a general of three generations, he is a nobleman who has a close relationship with the royal family. is powerful.

When he was in the central capital earlier, he watched the turmoil of Hu Shahu and others with a cold eye, and did not fully participate in it, supporting or opposing which side, but Tu Danyi was already trying to win him over.When he becomes Hebei's appeasement envoy this year, with one person in charge of Hebei's huge territory of two east-west roads, four prefectures, four towns, and thirteen prefectures, his power will surely expand rapidly.

When he wins over Li Quan, who leads his own side in the Red Coat Army, he will naturally be able to send power to Yidu across several states... Others can't do it, but Pu San Anzhen can definitely do it!

"Why did servant Anzhen intervene in Shandong? He..."

Wang Shixian understood halfway through his words.

He himself is a person who has bowed to Tangluo, Hebei for a long time, how can he not know the desolation and ruins of Hebei?What's more, when the Mongolian army invaded last year, Hebei was burnt to death.Pu San Anzhen, the Xuanfu envoy, is really big because of his territory, and he is really poor when he is poor.

Compared with Hebei, Shandong, especially the areas along Shandong East Road, suffered fewer military disasters because Guo Ning defeated Tuo Lei's troops.At this time, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei stretched out his hand to Shandong, so what happened?
Even if Guo Ning wants to use his own name as Shandong Xuanfu envoy to make an argument, then Li Quan first cooperated with Pu San Anzhen.Isn't it natural for Pu San Anzhen to send people to support the rest of the Red Coat Army who surrendered his family?

"Then, why didn't they reveal their identities?"

Wang Shixian frowned and asked: "Yang An'er is dead, and the Red Coat Army is falling apart. We and servant Anzhen want to share the benefits. But why don't they talk to us clearly, instead of resorting to so many complicated methods back and forth?" ?”

Perhaps, Pu San Anzhen wanted to force Ding Haijun to go south with all his strength and give up Yidu?
Perhaps, Pu San Anzhen wanted to take advantage of Li Quan's banner to weigh Guo Ning's weight?

Or maybe, Pu San Anzhen had other conspiracy, set some kind of vicious trap?

Xu Yu couldn't answer.

Among them, there must be a special reason, but Guo Ning and the others are not clairvoyant, smooth ears, let alone the roundworms in Anzhen's stomach, so they can't guess it.

Everyone deliberated twice, and then returned to the question in front of them: "If it is true that Pu San Anzhen is in the city, what should we do?"

Several people turned to look at Guo Ning.

When everyone was discussing, Guo Ning had been listening.At this moment, he calmly said: "A mere Yidu can't stop anyone. I brought some new gadgets with the army, just in time to use...Everyone, let the soldiers rest for a while, we will capture the city tonight!"

"What is the method of seizing the city?" Wang Shixian asked.

Guo Ning was about to explain, Xu Yu asked in surprise: "Jie Shuai, in that case, how will those people in the city who have scattered Anzhen deal with it?"

"What kind of servant is Anzhen? I've never heard of it. After the city is captured, those who don't surrender will be killed."

Xu Yu bowed her head deeply: "I understand."

(End of this chapter)