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Chapter 422: Gu Dayong's House Collapses
Since Gu Dayong published the letter at the post station, it was basically equivalent to sending a telegram to the whole country.

Therefore, news was received very quickly in various places.

Gu Dayong's comments were the hottest news in the officialdom. Not only was the bureaucratic system of the four provinces of Shanxi and Henan paying attention, but even the southern provinces were trying to observe the direction of the political situation through this incident.

The military officers of various garrisons, while feeling encouraged, were also reminiscing about the elegance of those border generals and the generals from the capital.

Even though they can't do it, it doesn't stop them from happily getting together to watch the fun.

Just like watching football games in later generations, even if the opponent is an unattainable strongman or a rare warrior, it does not stop them from evaluating the strengths and weaknesses and expressing their opinions.

As the content became more and more exciting, the commanders of Nanzhili persisted in reading it every day!

When the latest issue of "Fighting in Four Provinces, Taking Stock of the Rebellion-Suppressing Heroes in My Heart, Final Volume" was delivered, many people quickly began to circulate it.

When the commanders saw that this chapter was actually written by He Huan, they couldn't help but hold their breath.

He, He Huan? !

Is that the fucking He Goudan?

What the hell!

I can beat the shit out of him with just one punch!
You have to know that the military officers of the Ming Dynasty were inherited through blood. These guys had met each other when they were young, and some of them were even family friends.

Those commanders bullied He Huan a lot when they were young.

He Huan has only an average physique. Although he has a good brain, those calculations were of no use to him when he was a child.

This episode's content..., there is something shady going on!!
Gu Dayong, the image of a fair and just person, has collapsed!
As for He Huan himself, when he saw this article, he exclaimed "Wow" and then broke out in a sweat.

He thought that Brother Pei had power, but he didn't expect that Brother Pei had so much power!

Such a major event that attracted nationwide attention actually made him top the list!

This is fucking terrible, how can I bear it...

He Huan quickly expanded the content of the call.

In the book "Fighting in Four Provinces, Listing the Heroes Who Suppressed Rebellions in My Heart, Final Volume", Gu Dayong mentioned without hesitation the Battle of Huai'an, which led to his removal from the position of military supervisor.

Gu Dayong analyzed in detail the special nature of the Bazhou Army's gang of bandits, and how they relied on thousands of elite horse thieves to come and go freely and constantly coerce the common people to cause chaos.

The eunuch Gu Gonggong, who was in charge of military affairs, pointed out that the horse bandits were very mobile and came and went like the wind. According to the previous fighting methods, they could only kill those vassal troops who could not escape, and could do nothing about the elite bandits.

Therefore, in the past when the imperial court was suppressing rebellions, it often put out one fire only to start another.

This explains to a certain extent why Gu Dayong failed to curb the expansion of the bandits in the early stages of the rebellion.

At the same time, the accusations against the border troops and the Beijing troops for their unfavorable combat performance were reduced to a minimum.

Eunuch Gu also bluntly pointed out the fact that wherever those bandits fled to, the local people would start a rebellion in response.

In the article, Eunuch Gu cried out in grief and asked affectionately, "What happened to the Ming Dynasty?"

Afterwards, Eunuch Gu also explained in detail the combat strategy that he, Lu Wan and others had jointly researched in order to deal with the special nature of the Bazhou Army.

That is to take advantage of the special terrain of the Huaihe River basin and drive the Bazhou rebels into the Huaihe River basin while the large and small tributaries are frozen.

Take advantage of this pocket with the Yangtze River in the south, the sea in the east and the Dabie Mountains in the west to lure the Bazhou Army into it.

When the spring comes and the ice melts, the Bazhou army, trapped in the dense water network in the Huaihe River basin, will lose its most critical mobility.

By then, the Bazhou Army will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

When many people saw this, they felt that Eunuch Gu was the most sober person in the world.

Unexpectedly, in such a difficult situation, we found a way out.

But why did Eunuch Gu fail at the last moment and end up leaving his job in disgrace?

When everyone turned to the last page, they saw a line of words.

——For more inside information, please read "Fighting in Four Provinces, Taking Stock of the Rebellion-Suppressing Heroes in My Heart, Final Volume, Part Two".

After watching it, everyone was shocked.

There is a "two" in the final volume? ?

However, for many civil and military officials who were not from Nanzhili, the questions in their hearts remained unanswered. After writing for so long, who the hell was He Huan?

As for the commanders of Nanzhili, when they saw that there was a "second", they all looked for He Huan everywhere with red eyes like crazy.

——They now want to find He Huan to ask, how much the hell did you spend, is it too late now?
Well, of course it was too late.

When Wang Chang was working with Pei Yuan on this matter, he had already been in close contact with the dozen or so commanders.

It can be said that from the moment Gu Dayong wrote his first letter to the emperor, those commanders witnessed how the matter was hyped up.

By the time Gu Dayong's third letter was circulated throughout the country, the commanders who had verified the feasibility of this matter had already rushed to Shandong with silver.

Of course, many people are also worried.

After all, the trick they performed in Taoyuan County really made them feel guilty.

Is it really possible to make up stories like this?
It was not until they read the final chapter of Eunuch Gu's story and saw that He Huan, who had been hiding in Huai'an City the whole time, actually became the superhero that Eunuch Gu had pushed hard for, that they finally believed it completely.

This Ming Dynasty is really outrageous.

Pay the money without saying anything.

Governor Wang also promised that the list would be sent to the capital as quickly as possible and would appear in the book "Fighting in Four Provinces, Taking Stock of the Heroes Who Suppressed the Rebellion in My Heart, Final Volume, Part Two".

After Gu Dayong sent out the "Final Volume", he decisively claimed to be sick and stayed in an inn outside the capital.

I waited until I received the final draft from Pei Yuan before I quickly sent this article out.

As a result, people all over the world learned more about the inside story of the Battle of Huai'an.

It turned out that there was a general in the Naha Prefecture army named Zhao Sui, also known as Zhao the Crazy, and his bandit nickname was Zhuge Jiang Gan.

This man saw through the strategy that Gu Dayong had taught Lu Wan, and therefore controlled the army to resist stubbornly in Huaibei, while maintaining a distance from the imperial army that was building the northern defense line.

They even took advantage of an opportunity to sneak into Shandong, trying to break through the northern defense line.

Later, when Zhao Sui saw that the imperial court had a well-organized lineup, he came up with a plan to quickly advance to Huai'an and disrupt the imperial court's formation in order to mobilize the imperial court's army.

To this end, they not only looted the grain stores in Shuyang and Suqian, but also raided the Yancheng Defense Thousand Households.

Minister of War He Jian saw that the enemy army was very strong and worried about the loss of Huai'an, so he ordered the army to go south and attack the Bazhou army. Although Eunuch Gu felt that something was wrong, he had no choice but to do it.

In order to take advantage of the enemy's tactics and plot against the bandit army in Bazhou.

Eunuch Gu ordered General Liu Hui, Guerrilla General Xi Yong, Lieutenant Generals Wen Gong and Li Jin, with an army of 100,000, to march eastward from Xiao County south of Xuzhou and attack Pizhou directly.

Then, when the army marched southward in a mighty force, they reduced the number of troops by half every night and returned north at night.

During the day, the stove increases by 30% to show off its strength.

By the time they were approaching Pizhou, except for the dense flags, only one in ten of the troops heading south were left.

Those heavy troops that were withdrawn were stationed in the north with a covetous eye, waiting for the Bazhou army to come and fight them to a bloody defeat.

After seeing this part of the plot, everyone couldn't help but marvel at Gu Dayong's quick wit, and became more and more curious about how such a meticulous plan could lead to such a disastrous defeat?
Then we can see that Gu Dayong added a paragraph of his own speculation here.

——This must be because Zhuge Jiang Gan, also known as Zhao Sui, saw through our plan, so we failed to achieve any results.

Afterwards, the bandit leader Yang Hu led a group of elite cavalry north to Pizhou, pretending to be imperial troops, setting fire and looting everywhere.

The prefect of Pizhou was furious and wrote a letter to the emperor, accusing Lu Wan of allowing his soldiers to become bandits and killing innocent people to claim credit.

As the Ministry of War put pressure on them again, the generals on the front line had no choice but to abandon their defense line and lead their heavy troops south to seek an opportunity for a decisive battle with the Bazhou Army.

Upon seeing this, the Bazhou army fought a desperate battle and headed straight for Shanyang County, the seat of Huai'an, intending to completely destroy this important town on the Grand Canal.

It was at this time that He Huan, the commander of Huai'an Guard, who had already predicted the movements of the Bazhou Army, secretly notified Wang Chang, the Minister of War in Nanjing, and assembled the troops of more than ten commanders to ambush the enemy in Taoyuan County, where the enemy army must pass.

They are Yu Yue, commander of Gaoyou Guard, Hu Sheng, commander of Zhenjiang Guard, Wei Jie, commander of Xuanzhou Guard, Dong Yu, commander of Xin'an Guard, Pang Min, commander of Jianyang Guard...

He Huan was known for his outstanding wisdom and strategy. At this moment, he set up many ambushes and led 16 guards to launch a surprise attack on the Bazhou army.

Zhao Sui, deputy commander of the Bazhou army, personally led the troops to meet the attack, but no matter how many clever plans he came up with, they were all seen through by He Huan.

As a result, in this confrontation, the Bazhou bandit leader Qi Yanming was killed!

Even impressed by He Huan's great wisdom, the bandits in Bazhou made a painful decision.

They would rather head north and charge through the imperial army's defense line than dare to look directly at He Huan's flag.

So the bandit leader Liu Liu left Suqian with the slowest and most bloated baggage train and began to move sideways to the northwest to attract the attention of the imperial troops.

However, after Lu Wan, the front-line commander, noticed this, he concluded that the tens of thousands of auxiliary troops and baggage soldiers led by Liu Liu were probably a mob, and were discarded to attract the court's attention.

They also stubbornly believed that the few suspected troops of the Bazhou Army heading south were the main fighting force of the Bazhou Army, and were also the elite cavalry of Bazhou that they tried their best to capture.

Therefore, Lu Wan ordered Deputy General Shi Yuan, Lieutenant General Shen Zhou, Jin Fu, guerrillas Chen Xun, Jiang Bin, and Xu Tai to attack Liu Liu's auxiliary troops, while he himself led the main elite troops to the south at a very fast speed, trying to further compress the space for the cavalry's activities.

When Eunuch Gu heard about Lu Wan's arrangements, he sighed and hurriedly sent someone on horseback to tell Lu Wan to set up an ambush on the road north of Pizhou and build a camp with his back to the water.

As a result, the Bazhou army, under the command of Zhao Sui, used almost the same tactics on Lu Wan.

These elite Bazhou soldiers were reduced by half every night, and other leaders led them back at night to join Liu Liu's group. During the day, the number of soldiers increased by 30%, and the horses dragged leafless branches behind them to bluff.

It was not until the elite border troops led by Lu Wan drove the suspected southward troops to one place and surrounded them layer by layer that Lu Wan woke up from his dream.

At the same time, Deputy General Shi Yuan also sent an urgent report that the Bazhou army suddenly launched an attack to the north.

The enemy army was well-trained and powerful, and they defeated Shen Zhou and Jiang Bin's troops in a short time.

When Eunuch Gu heard that the bandits from Bazhou were returning north from Pizhou and forced a crossing at Xiaohekou, he vomited several liters of blood and fainted on the ground.

When Eunuch Gu woke up several days later, he had already heard the news that Lu Ting and Bai Yu had launched a surprise attack at Xiaohekou and defeated the Bazhou army.

This is the situation, this is the thing...

After reading it, everyone realized the difficulty of the entire Huai'an battle and the unknown inside stories involved.

Many people were deeply moved by the contents of Eunuch Gu's documents.

Some people do not believe it, while others strongly support it.

Because Eunuch Gu was very close to the capital, many officials in the court went to inquire about the situation of the person concerned immediately after finishing reading.

After reading it, He Jian's face turned completely black.

What Gu Dayong did in the last article to slander the Ministry of War was indeed the truth, and there is no way to wash it away.

It was because the Ministry of War made several wrong judgments in succession that forced the imperial troops to move south, which created enough space for the Bazhou army, allowing them to escape when the northern defense line was sparse.

It just so happened that Lu Wan, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, also came to Beijing two days ago.

Someone picked up several articles written by Gu Dayong and gave them to Lu Wan for comment.

After reading the first few articles, Lu Wan just frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

After all, Gu Dayong was praising others' virtues and bragging about their bravery. If Lu Wan jumped out to spoil the fun, he would make enemies with them, which is not his style.

However, when he read the last article, even Lu Wan, who was usually calm, became so angry that he felt dizzy and started cursing on the spot.

Some curious people went to ask other generals for confirmation.

The generals looked at each other in bewilderment.

Who doesn't know what Gu Dayong is capable of? In Gu Dayong's last article, he almost took all the credit from Lu Wan, and even blamed Lu Wan for a lot of things.

Lu Wan did make a misjudgment in the end, but it seemed like Gu Dayong didn't say a word at the time, right?

He also sent someone to notify Lu Wan, but who could he notify? The two of them were in the central army at the time, and they were living in adjacent tents, so he could clearly hear their teeth grinding at night.

This is really a bunch of bullshit, but what can these generals do?
Gu Dayong had already praised them before, and they had all been enjoying themselves in the capital for several days.

Now that Gu Dayong is bragging about himself, they come out and say that Gu Dayong is a liar? !

This is not fair, and how will others view my previous achievements?

At the critical moment, Xu Tai, who had been cheated many times, was decisive. He said to other generals that Lu Wan and He Jian were both civil servants in the Ministry of War. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to help them at this time?
So the generals quickly reached a consensus that Eunuch Gu was right!

With the endorsement of the military generals in Beijing, Gu Dayong's stack of manuscripts immediately became more important.

Many people even used what Gu Dayong boasted about to those generals as a reference to re-examine the entire process of suppressing the rebellion in Bazhou.

During this process, He Huan, who had been praised by Gu Dayong in great detail, suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.

While Zhu Houzhao was urgently trying to get Gu Dayong into the palace, he also sent fast horses to Huai'an Guard to summon He Huan, the commander of Huai'an Guard, to Beijing with the imperial edict.

(End of this chapter)