On the morning of the sixth day of the eighth month, Wu Benlang General Yinshi Division commanded 6,000 Xiaoguo, and forced the crossing of Laishui River from Goujinkou to launch a fierce attack on the rebels on the other side.

At the same time, Duan Da, the remaining defender of Zhuo County, also forced his troops to cross the Juma River and launched an attack on the enemy on the south bank.

The two battlefields started at the same time, and the attacks were unusually smooth. The rebels were far from as powerful as the rumored ones. They were basically defeated at one touch, and they were defeated thousands of miles away. The wolf ran and the pigs fled, which was vulnerable at all.

Duan Da was very cautious. He neither ordered to pursue the victory nor ordered all the troops on the north bank to cross the river. Instead, he ordered to defend Jinkou and sent several teams of scouts to inquire about military information.

Duan Da is cautious by nature. To put it nicely, he is called steady. To put it ugly, he must be lack of ability. If he doesn't have a diamond, he takes on porcelain work. What should he do? He has to "not seeking merit but not seeking no mistakes." The subordinates are already familiar with Duan Da's style of conduct, and are used to it, and are not surprised. Even if he has any different ideas, he will keep it in his heart. He will never make a clever and rash advice, so as not to fall into the suspicion of "questioning" to arouse Duan Da's unhappiness.

Too cautious in the officialdom, if you keep making decisions and keep looking forward, you will be "inaction and not enterprising". Once serious consequences are caused, it will inevitably affect your career. Last year, Duan Da was ordered to suppress the rebellion in Hebei because he was too cautious and worried about this and that, he was afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back. As a result, he was unable to suppress the thieves. The more he suppressed the thieves, he ended up being dismissed. Fortunately, the Holy Lord still trusted him. Although he was relieved of his position as General Zuo Yigu, he soon appointed him again and appointed him as the commander of the headquarters in Zhuo County and entrusted him with the important task of expeditioning the rear base camp in the east.

This position is very suitable for Duan Da. As long as the Second Eastern Expedition is victorious, the merit is at your fingertips, then you can use this merit to return to the center and return to the side of the Holy Lord. Unfortunately, Duan Da's "back" is the first, and his luck is very bad. In early June, Yang Xuangan's rebellion caused the interruption of the Grand Canal, and the Second Eastern Expedition failed. Although this has nothing to do with him, it delayed his return to the center indefinitely.

Because of this, Duan Da was more cautious. He did not want to capsize in the gutter, did not want to be framed by the political enemies hiding around, and did not want to repeat the same mistake and was robbed by those insidious villains. Now the environment he is in is very harsh, like walking on thin ice and facing the abyss. He must be extremely careful every step he takes and cannot tolerate any mistakes. Once he makes a mistake, he will never be able to get rid of his sins. More importantly, if his reasons affect the future decisions of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee and damage the interests of Middle Earth and the country, then he will not be able to redeem his sins.

At this moment, Duan Da neither wanted to steal the credit from King Qi nor had he ever had a grudge with the white-haired thief, nor did he want to be "pit" and killed by the wealthy families of Jibei and Youyan. Therefore, he had no intention or motivation to attack. If Feng Deyi had not repeatedly urged him, he would not have even made a tentative attack.

The reason why Feng Deyi urged him to go south to attack was mainly because the Holy Lord and the Central Government had already had the intention to let the King of Qi go north to guard the border. The "attack" of the white-haired thief had taken effect. Next, "stop when you see it is good" and stop at the right time. Don't cause too much trouble. Once you capture Gaoyang Palace and even attack Zhuo County and threaten the Saint Lord and the Central Government, causing the situation to get out of control, it will go against the original intention and will be counterproductive. Therefore, Duan Da must launch an attack to deter the white-haired thief with force to ensure that the situation is within a controllable range.

The scout quickly returned and found traces of rebels five or six miles away from Jinkou. It seemed that because the Guards did not take advantage of the victory and gave them time to breathe, the rebels gathered up and reorganized the team. Then the scouts reported urgently that a large number of rebels were found outside the city of Qiucheng on the south bank of Yishui more than ten miles away, with clear flags and ready for battle. On the other side of the river, there were also rebels, ready to go.

Duan Da stood on the embankment, looking at the direction of Yishui, standing with his hands behind his back, concentrating and contemplating. A few steps behind him, a group of subordinates whispered in groups of three or three, whispering and whispering to analyze and discuss the situation of the battle.

The situation is obvious, and the rebels are prepared and have made arrangements in advance. They put their main force under the city of Qiucheng and on both sides of Yishui to ensure that they can advance or retreat without worries. Next, if the Weifu army goes up along the Yishui River and attacks Qiucheng, the rebels retreat to Wuhuiling, retreat to Puyinxing, and use the terrain advantages to drag the Weifu army; on the contrary, if the Weifu army goes south along the road and heads straight for Gaoyang, the rebels take advantage of the situation to attack Zhuo County and directly threaten the safety of the Saint Lord and the Central Committee. In this way, the Weifu army loses its stance and retreat. After Duan Da weighs the importance, he will probably return to Zhuo County, and he will be ambushed by the rebels. Once he is crossing the Juma River, he will be severely injured. With this analysis, Duan Da will be passive. It is difficult to advance and retreat. How to choose?

Finally, Duan Da spoke, but instead of giving orders, he solicited opinions from his subordinates and brainstormed.

Sima, who was left behind, took the initiative to make suggestions. The Holy Lord ordered the rescue of Gaoyang. From this goal, the reinforcements should go south without hesitation and strive to complete the task. However, the rebels on the front line of Jumahe may encircle and block, and may take the opportunity to enter Zhuo County, causing difficulties in rescue. The countermeasure is to divide the existing reinforcements into two, Duan Da led his army to Gaoyang, Hejian, and complete the tasks assigned by the Holy Lord. Yinshi Division led his army westward to attack Puyin Xing, firmly restraining the rebels on Shanggu, so as to ensure that everything is safe.

Wuyalang General Helanyi made a different opinion. Helanyi believed that the changes in the battle situation in the past two days were enough to show that the main purpose of the rebels was to restrain the reinforcements in Zhuo County and delay the rescue speed of the reinforcements. It is not difficult to infer that the rebels might be evacuating Gaoyang. Since this is the case, is it necessary for the reinforcements to go south to Gaoyang? Besides, the King of Qi was ordering to rush to Gaoyang to compete for merit. In this case, instead of rushing to Gaoyang to compete for merit with the King of Qi, the reinforcements in Zhuo County were better to attack the rebels left and right with the Xiaoguo army of Yinshi Division in Shanggu, surrounded and killed the white-haired thieves, and drove them into Taihang Mountains. One could suppress the bandits and make contributions, and the other could also effectively cooperate with the northern Yan side to kill this rebel, which would help stabilize the situation in Yanbei as soon as possible.

Both of these opinions are worthy, among which Helanyi's plan is recognized by most subordinates. After all, the credit for killing the thief is within reach, and nothing can be obtained when rushing to help Gao Yang. If you are not careful, you may offend the King of Qi. Therefore, in terms of the current situation, the wisest and most reliable way is to take advantage of the situation to encircle and suppress the white-haired thief.

Duan Da was expressionless and said nothing, but he sneered in his heart. I was about to raise the enemy, but he used a knife to kill people, but you encouraged me to suppress the thieves and thought I was a fool? What do you think in your heart and what is the purpose? How much selfish interests do you border officers have in Youyan territory? I think I don’t know?

The senior officials knew that Duan Da did not know. They started from their own personal interests and naturally had to encircle and suppress the rebels on the pretext of stabilizing the situation in northern Yan to safeguard their vested interests in the border area of ​​Youyan.

Duan Da thought for a long time and finally made a decision to divide his troops into three. Among them, the general of Yingyanglang of Zhuocheng, Hou Mo Chenwei, led the guards of the headquarters and the local armed forces of the Township Tuanzong Regiment, and attacked and advanced towards Qiucheng along the Yishui River. He led some of the main forces to follow behind and supported by the camera; the general Helanyi of Wuyalang led his army to Jinkou, and together with the army still stranded on the north bank, ensuring the absolute safety of the retreat.

Duan Da hurriedly told Yin Shishi's changes in the battle situation on Jumahe, asking him to be careful when he was on Lai Shui, and remember that the purpose of this attack was only to test the reality of the rebels, rather than to launch a large-scale attack and encircle and suppress them. Therefore, the attack should be moderate and should be stopped in moderation. It is important not to change the attack target without authorization because the battle situation is favorable, which will affect the future layout of Yanbei and even the entire northern border.

Duan Da's attack speed across the river was relatively slow, and after the battle situation changed, he thought for too long. When he made a decision, issued an order, and urgently wrote to Yinshi Master, it was already after noon. At this moment, on the line of Laishui, the Xiaoguo army of Yinshi Master had not only crossed the river smoothly, lifted the siege of Laishui City, but also took advantage of the victory to pursue it, killing Yicheng, the capital of Shanggu, and leaving.

Yinshi Master has been on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition in the past two years. Although he learned from various channels that domestic rebellions were rampant and the thieves on both sides of the river were rampant, he did not have an intuitive understanding, and he did not have a personal experience of suppressing thieves in Hebei. Therefore, his understanding of domestic rebel forces was basically blank. He took it for granted that the domestic rebels were all chaotic and vulnerable, so he said he was cautious, but in fact he still disdained and looked down upon them.

Today, he rushed his troops across the river. When he saw the rebels running and fleeing, he immediately made three inferences about the battle situation. First, the rebels pretended to be defeated and lured the enemy, and used the terrain advantages to set up an ambush and siege near Yicheng; second, the rebels placed their main forces on the Juma River, and used the side troops to bluff the situation on the side of the Laishui River, trying to restrain some of the Guardian troops to reduce the heavy pressure on the frontal blocking battlefield. Unexpectedly, the Guardian troops went against the way and attacked the Laishui line with the main force, resulting in a rapid reversal of the battle situation. Third, the white-haired thieves' military strength must be limited, and at the same time they were divided into three groups of combat, so there must be a focus. If the white-haired thieves focus on Yanbei, then he would not have too much force to attack Shanggu and Gaoyang, which means that most of the information Duan Da obtained was fake.

In the eyes of Yinshishi, these three inferences are beneficial to the Xiaoguo Army. Even if the rebels set up an ambush and siege ahead, with the strong strength of the Xiaoguo Army, a group of mobs could not stop the Xiaoguo Army from advancing.

The Yinshi Master was decisive in killing and immediately ordered to kill Yicheng directly, seize five rounds, cut off the rebels' retreat, and formed a front-and-back attack with Duan Da, causing severe damage to the white-haired thief.

Yinshi Division also urgently reported Duan Da, asking Duan Da to cooperate in the direction of Jumahe and attack with all his strength. No matter which direction the white-haired thief put his main army, he had only one way of retreat, that is Puyinxing. Therefore, as long as the Xiaoguo army captured five times and cut off the white-haired thief's retreat, the battle would be won, and Duan Da grabbed more initiative, which was very conducive to Duan Da controlling this rebel army to implement a killing plan by using a knife.

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