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According to Lin Jue's arrangement, the captured bandits were screened and imprisoned. Lin Jue ordered people to conduct a testimonial activity among the bandits, and arrested those die-hard elements who threatened and abused the bandits alone. Lin Jue knew that relying on blind persuasion alone would not be effective, and that evening, in front of the bandits, Guo Kun and Lin Jue personally supervised the beheading, and beheaded more than 70 diehards who danced Huan in public. When the heads were rolling, it was even more shocking for the bandits, and at the same time, it also had a great deterrent effect on some of the diehards. After the killing, many of the bandits who threatened others not to repent and admit their mistakes disappeared without a trace.

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Just when Lin Jue, Guo Kun and others in Xingren Mansion were busy rectifying post-war affairs, in Chengwu County, ninety miles east of Xingren Mansion, a huge number of soldiers and horses were hurrying towards Xingren Mansion.

This soldier and horse is the army of Guo Xu, the king of Huai, including 30,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and a large number of heavy siege troops and logistics support soldiers and horses.

Guo Xu received the news of the bandits' attack on Xingren Mansion yesterday afternoon, when his soldiers and horses were still standing still in Shanxian County. The news of the bandits' attack on Xingren Mansion was something he expected, but with this news came another news that surprised him very much. It was the news that the army of the King of Jin had entered Xingren Mansion to participate in the defense of the city, and the news of the opening of the offensive and defensive battle of Xingren Mansion was delivered to Guo Xu's army.

In Guo Xu's plan, Xingren Mansion is a city to be abandoned. With only more than 3,000 Guangji soldiers and horses in Xingren Mansion, it is absolutely impossible to resist the final breakthrough and counterattack of the bandits. Although Guo Xu swore in his letter to Liu Mengyuan that he would rush to support and cheer Liu Mengyuan up, Guo Xu would never go to the rescue. His plan to kill people with a knife was to make the bandits break through Xingren Mansion and flee westward, and then the eight or nine thousand soldiers and horses of Guo Mian, the king of Jin in northern Beijing, would have to fight head-on with the desperate bandits. Although the bandits are weak in combat, they are definitely not easy to provoke when they are at the end of their rope, and the dog jumps over the wall when he is in a hurry, let alone forty or fifty thousand bandits. Therefore, the eight or nine thousand soldiers and horses of the King of Jin may not be able to block the attack of the bandits, and this is exactly the result that Guo Xu wants.

For Guo Xu, there are two outcomes after the bandits broke the Xingren Mansion and after the Jin King's army encountered. It is by no means a question of victory or defeat, because the soldiers and horses of the King of Jin will be defeated; It is a question of the extent to which the soldiers and horses of the King of Jin were defeated. One is that the army of the king of Jin had to confront the bandits, and then they were defeated, and the king of Jin was captured or killed by the bandits. This is the most ideal result, and it is also the result that Guo Xu is most looking forward to. However, Guo Xu also knew in his heart that the possibility of such a situation was not very likely. Even if he returns defeated, Guo Mian may still be protected and escaped, with Guo Mian's timid character, he may have been far away from the battlefield and ready to flee at any time when the battle starts.

The second possibility is that the king of Jin knows that the bandits are invincible, so he will choose to avoid them and retreat, and give the five counties in northern Beijing to the bandits. Choose the terrain of Yangwu County to stick to it or ask the imperial court to send reinforcements to reinforce it, and then fight a decisive battle.

Comparatively speaking, the second option is more likely, because neither Guo Mian nor Guo Kun and their generals are fools. They should know about them

can't stop the bandits, so they will definitely choose to avoid their edge, and they won't fight with the red-eyed bandits. But even if they can retreat with their whole body, the five counties in Jingbei will inevitably be lost, and the imperial court will never agree. As long as they dare to do that, then grandfather Lu Zhongtian will exert his strength in the court, teaching Guo Mian and others to walk around without eating. Moreover, the imperial court has issued an order to order them to strictly guard the five counties in northern Beijing, and if they leave without a fight, it will not only be a cowardice and fear of the enemy, but also a crime of disobeying the order.

All in all, whatever the outcome, they can't afford it. Before the king of Jin was proud, Yu Yangwu's exploits in defeating the bandits will no longer exist. And that's your chance to turn things around. If they fight to the death with the bandits, they will be happy to see them defeat miserably, and then wave their troops to reap the benefits of the fishermen. If they want to flee, they can also attack and defeat the bandits, which will not only contrast their actions, but also initiate accountability in the court.

This plan is a clever plan to turn around its own unfavorable situation in every sense. Even my grandfather deeply agreed with this and actively cooperated in the capital. It can be seen that this plan is absolutely feasible. However, what Guo Xu never expected was that the army of King Jin actually advanced into the territory of Jingxi Road and actually drove into Xingren Mansion. With the strong city of Xingren Mansion as a basis, there is no doubt that the soldiers and horses of the King of Jin and the thousands of soldiers of the Guangji Army can definitely defend the city. Once the bandits are frustrated in Xingren Mansion, then everything that follows will come to naught, and the whole plan will be a complete failure.

After Guo Xu learned the news, he was furious, and he first thought that he had been tricked by Liu Mengyuan. Liu Mengyuan swore that he would never ask for help from the army of King Jin, saying that he only believed in himself and was only loyal to himself, and he would never let King Jin come to snatch credit. But the soldiers and horses of the king of Jin still entered the city. Without Liu Mengyuan's invitation, how did they get into the city?

However, after calming down, Guo Xu realized that things would not be so simple. Even if Liu Mengyuan has the courage to do this, he doesn't dare to engage in yang and yin with himself. If he was determined to ask for help, he would not be guilty of writing a letter to show his loyalty. To do so is to deliberately play tricks on himself, and he is a smart man who would not do that. Then the biggest possibility is that King Jin and others realized the importance of Xingren Mansion, and they made a prediction in advance, so they forcibly used the art of war Xingren Mansion to forcibly occupy a favorable terrain to defend it, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation after Xingren Mansion was broken.

If they were really aware of this, they might be able to guess their intentions and their plans to kill people with a knife.

My grandfather wrote to inform him that the imperial court had issued a strict order for the Jin king's soldiers and horses to garrison the five counties, and that their march into Xingren Mansion might be a self-imposed act of resistance. And the most serious problem is that the whole plan will fail with their entry into Xingren Mansion, and the bandits will return in vain, and then the credit for this final battle will also fall into the hands of the King of Jin.

The whole plan was completely disrupted, and Guo Xu decided to make a remedy immediately. He ordered the army to march immediately to Xingrenfu, and must not let the credit for defeating the last bandits fall into the hands of the king of Jin, and must arrive at Xingrenfu before the defeat of the bandits to snatch the final fruits of victory. At the same time, he also had to figure out the reason why the Jin king's army marched into Xingren's mansion, and if they really went their own way and disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, he would immediately go to the imperial court and let his grandfather initiate accountability against them.

Although the situation has become confusing, Guo Xu believes that it is not yet the worst, and there may be room for redemption. The only hope now is that the bandits can hold out for a few more days, and if they were smart, they shouldn't be so eager to attack Xingren Mansion. As long as you can get to the battlefield, you can have room for redemption.

Guo Xu may not have realized that as the Great Zhou suppressed the rebellion

How ridiculous it is that the leader of the main army is praying for the enemy at this moment, hoping that they will win. Sometimes people are like this, for personal selfish interests and desires, they will throw some of the most basic principles and bottom lines out of the clouds. Utter depravity without knowing it.

Guo Xu's army marched overnight, and it was not far from Shanxian County to Chengwu County for more than 80 miles, but because of the mixed formation of the Ma Bu Army and the accompanying baggage of grain and grass, it still took a day and a night to enter the territory of Chengwu County. But in fact, this speed is already very fast, almost setting a record for the march of soldiers and horses in the Great Zhou. Of course, it was under Guo Xu's strict orders that the sleepless rapid march had such a fast speed. At this moment, entering the territory of Chengwu County, the soldiers and horses were sleepy, and everyone was tired to death, but Guo Xu still did not mean to let them stop and rest, and still kept urging them to march towards Xingren Mansion, which was ninety miles away.

In the evening, a message arrived that shocked Guo Kun, and Guo Kun was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. The news turned out to be: the 40,000 or 50,000 troops of the Qingjiao were all wiped out, and they were lured into the city by the defenders of Xingren Mansion to encircle and suppress them. Hai Dongqing, the leader of the Qingjiao bandits, was captured alive, and 13,000 soldiers and horses of the bandits raised their hands and surrendered. The defenders won a resounding victory, and the battle was over.

For Guo Xu, this news is like a bolt from the blue. After receiving the news from the beginning of the siege, it only took them one day to annihilate all the bandits. Annihilation of them all, they are the defenders, how is this possible? It's incredible. They brought it all to an abrupt end, and they thought they would be in time, and they only needed one more night's march to reach the Xingren Mansion tomorrow afternoon. But they didn't give themselves any chance at all.

Guo Xu's whole body was numb, fatigue and anxiety hit, he was dizzy and his eyes were dark, and finally he couldn't hold it anymore and fell off the horse. The generals hurriedly helped him up, but fortunately there was no major problem. After some tossing, Guo Kun came to his senses. After resting for a while, he reluctantly ordered to camp and rest. Now that the bandits have been exterminated, there is no need to rush to the army with a desperate march. He needed to stop and rest and sort out his thoughts. He can't accept such a failed ending, he has to think of a countermeasure, no matter what.

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Under the lonely light at night, Guo Xu drank drunk and was in a low mood. A group of his cronies also realized the seriousness of the problem and trembled by the side.

"Tell me, what is the king to do now? This counterinsurgency ended like this, how will my father think of me? What will the ministers say? How could I lose to King Jin? You say, Am I not even as good as the king of Jin? Well? Guo Xu snorted wine and asked everyone with slanted eyes.

"Your Highness should cheer up, His Royal Highness will be a hundred times stronger than King Jin, this time it is only the people around King Jin who are powerful, not the work of King Jin. Your Highness must not be presumptuous, His Highness's ability is well known, and the emperor is also clear in his heart. ”

"Yes, His Highness's abilities are obvious to all. King Jin is opportunistic this time to rob His Highness of the credit. If it weren't for His Highness's bloody battle in Ying Tianfu and the heavy damage to the main force of the bandits, how could they easily defeat the bandits? They are reaping the benefits of the fishermen. ”

All the staff members hurriedly spoke.

"That's it...... What's the use of what you say? The truth is that they have the upper hand this time. My father had high expectations for me, but I was frustrated. I really don't have the face to go to his old man's house. Tell me, do I have anything else to do now? What should I do? Guo Xu waved his hand.

The staff were silent for a while, they knew Guo Xu's intentions, and now in this situation, it is really Guo Xu who steals chickens and rice, and he deserves to say something ugly. At this moment, it is already too difficult to remedy.

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