Qiming 1158

Chapter 55 Chen Binghe is very anxious

Time passed quickly, and five days passed in an instant.

On April 23, the day for the rebels to march came.

Su Yonglin didn't know what happened to Sun Ziyi of the East Route Army. It was said that there were a lot of troubles at Zhao Kaishan of the Central Route Army, and a lot of people were tossed, but the army managed to go out on the expedition.

The situation of the West Route Army is the best and safest. Although the preparation is only the minimum preparation, at least the soldiers will not be left hungry because they have nothing to eat.

If the army has nothing to eat and is hungry, it can only find food on the spot. Looking for food on the spot sounds good, and there are various ways, such as hunting, fishing, picking, etc., but in the final analysis, it is indispensable to grab this link.

That is extremely damaging to military discipline and the military's reputation. Su Yonglin will never allow such a thing to happen.

After the expedition oath was over, the army officially set off. Su Yonglin paid attention to the speed of soldiers and asked the army to move northward at a faster speed, aiming directly at Xintai County in Tai'an Prefecture.

The victory of the Restoration Army lies in the speed of the march and the efficiency of the siege.

Move forward as fast as possible, and break down the troops that have not yet been assembled by the Jin Army, so that they cannot deal an effective blow to the Restoration Army.

The offensive strategy is still the same. While sweeping the Jinren villages around the city, attacking the city, splitting the Jin army outside the city and the Jin army inside the city, making it impossible for them to unite.

After the pre-war investigation, Su Yonglin learned a lot about the enemy's preparations.

Because it is relatively close to Yizhou, this area of ​​Xintai knew the news of the turmoil earlier and learned more about it.

The Xintai government seems to have determined that there is a rebellion in the Yizhou area, so it has been constantly sending people here to investigate the specific situation, and gather the army to take emergency measures.

Xintai County has concentrated the forces of the Sheliang Army and the Town Defense Army, and there should be a city defense force of about 500 people.

Among them, 200 troops patrolled the city wall day and night, and [-] people set up multiple checkpoints on various main roads leading to the county as a warning. .

Yes, the precautions are still quite sufficient. The county official or the person in charge of the military in this county is quite capable.

After Su Yonglin looked at the diagram brought back by the spies, he thought for a moment and made the decision to raid.

"A frontal attack is too dangerous. Once they are prepared, 300 people can block 3000 of us. They can also notify other areas of Tai'an Prefecture that we are launching an attack, so that other areas are prepared, and our existence will be completely exposed. .”

Su Yonglin rejected Li Xiao's tactic of hitting and dashing forward.

"Right now, due to the many false information we have spread in advance, the local officials of the Jin Kingdom in Shandong don't know where we are. In addition, I also sent people to ambush the officials' sentries near various official roads.

Therefore, the information received by various officials is mixed, and it is very complicated. At present, they are not sure where the rebellion is, how large it is, or even what we are doing. This is our biggest cover. "

Su Yonglin pointed to Xintai County on the map: "At the moment, Xintai County is the only county that has taken such precautions. It is obvious that it knows something but is not completely sure, so it can only defend on the spot to prepare for the unexpected. need.

We must take the county seat by surprise attack, and we must also take these checkpoints by surprise attack. We cannot give them the opportunity to communicate with each other, so as to quickly sweep the entire Tai'an Prefecture, and then quickly climb the mountain north to attack Jinan Prefecture! "

Su Yonglin punched the location of Jinan House on the map and looked at the many officers around him.

"This is our best chance at the moment, so I decided to choose elite soldiers and lead me personally, bypassing the mountain trails, bypassing these checkpoints, and directly raiding Xintai County, while you will lead the elite soldiers and replace them with ordinary ones. Clothes of the common people, pretending to be walking merchants, raiding every checkpoint!"

Officers, look at me, I look at you, and take orders in unison.

Chen Qiaoshan and Li Xiao also did not object and expressed their approval.

Then Su Yonglin pointed to the checkpoint on the map to assign tasks to the officers, while he carefully selected [-] elite soldiers, brought Su Yong to sneak lightly, and decided to take a detour to the mountain path to raid Xintai County.

The action is in full swing.

At the same time, on April 26, Chen Binghe, the magistrate of Xintai County, was in a state of anxiety.

The reasons for anxiety are actually quite well explained.

In mid-April, news of riots in many places began to spread in Xintai, but Chen Binghe had already learned of the riots in Yizhou through a businessman from Yizhou.

He escaped from Linyi County and said that the situation in Linyi County was very bad, but he did not know what the specific situation was.

He didn't know how many people rioted, how many people died, whether the county town was in danger, and whether the riots were suppressed, he just ran for his life.

Chen Binghe was very vigilant at the time. While reporting the matter to Tai'an Prefecture Governor Shi Dalei, he sent people into Yizhou to inquire about the news.

Dale replied to the news that he should continue to report the news completely, but the people he sent to Yizhou did not send the news back for five days.

What made Chen Binghe even more uneasy was that there was no official news from Yizhou.

The government is like a puddle of water that falls on the ground in a summer afternoon, and the world evaporates without a trace.

This reminded Chen Binghe of the rebellion he had experienced many years ago.

It was an afternoon without anyone noticing that the rebel army suddenly appeared and attacked the county seat.

That uprising was quickly suppressed by the Jin Army, but Chen Binghe's two clansmen died in the chaos, which brought him deep memories and psychological shadows.

He felt more and more that this moment was like that moment, and a strange sense of foresight prompted him to do something.

So Chen Binghe ordered the Grain Shooting Army to be armed to patrol the county to protect the county, while sending people to the Zhenfang Meng'an Barracks to coordinate the army to protect the county, and then sent people to investigate the news one after another.

But until April 21, there was no reply.

The person sent to deliver the news of the riot in Yizhou to Da Lei brought Da Lei's order.

Dale asked Chen Binghe to continue to investigate and strengthen the order of vigilance, and told him that there were people from all over the place sending news, saying that there were riots in many places, and the prefect's mansion was in chaos at the moment. Chen Binghe must be stable.

So Chen Binghe made a decision. He sent people to set up checkpoints on various important roads, set up wolf smoke and beacon fires, and sent people to patrol the city walls and the county every day.

On the 25th, he further sought out Sijing, the new chief defender, and planned to discuss with him the feasibility of closing the city for self-defense.

(End of this chapter)