Chapter 199: Turning around

Kunshan County, Suzhou, Jiangnan. Its place was originally Qin and Lou County in the Han Dynasty. Its city was built by King Shoumeng of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period. The Southern Liang Dynasty divided Xinyi County and Xinyi was also divided into Kunshan County. After the Huainan army defeated Gu Quanwu in the third year of Ganning, Taimeng seized Suzhou and surrounded by Gu Quanwu. Zhou Ben led troops to rescue him many times and transported food and helped him, but they were all blocked by Gu Quanwu. So the Huainan general Qin Fei led 3,000 troops to capture Kunshan City, 70 miles northeast of Suzhou, and wanted to separate. Gu Quanwu's military force was so that Zhou Ben's reinforcements could enter Suzhou City. However, as Gu Quanwu tightened the encirclement of Suzhou, Taimeng, who was trapped in the city, became increasingly difficult to maintain. Finally, he abandoned the city and left. The reinforcements led by Zhou Ben also fled, leaving only the three thousand soldiers led by Qin Fei. Gu Quanwu led the troops to attack fiercely, but although Qin Fei's troops were weak, he led troops to fight repeatedly and had good dispatch. Gu Quanwu was unable to attack repeatedly and continued until August of the first year of Guangxing.

In the siege of Zhenhai Army, Gu Quanwu was sitting in the tent, and his son Gu Junen stood by. Since the Dong Chang Rebellion, Gu Quanwu has led troops to destroy Dong Chang in the east, and the generals in Huainan west, making him famous all over the world. Now, the land of the Three Wus is fully in the hands of Qian Miao. Qian Miao has also been appointed as the governor of Liangzhejie by the court. He is rewarded in terms of merit and reward, and is one of the top figures under Qian Miao. But at this time, Gu Quanwu looked nervous, as if he was waiting for some important news.

"General, the messenger who went to Kunshan City has returned and is waiting outside the tent." At this time, a soldier from the tent reported loudly.

"Okay, okay, let him in." Gu Quanwu stood up and said loudly, not realizing his incompetence. Gu Junen, who was standing beside him, looked at his father in surprise. His cunning father rarely lost his composure in front of him, but only Qin Fei, Taimeng, Zhou Ben and others have far better military strength than him, but they are not defeated by his father. Is it necessary to be so nervous?

While Gu Junen was thinking about it, the captain who was on the envoy to Kunshan City came into the tent, took out a wooden box from his arms, and took two steps forward to present the wooden box. Gu Junen stepped forward to take the wooden box and handed it to his father. While taking the wooden box, Gu Quanwu asked, "What is the situation of the Huainan defender in the Kunshan City you entered? What does General Qin have to say?"

The captain bowed and replied, "After entering the city, his eyes were blindfolded and he saw nothing, but he did not hear the barking of dogs and chickens crowing in the city, and there was no sound of horses neighing. I guess the Huainan thieves were very urgent and had killed all the livestock for food. General Qin didn't say anything, but said that he would hand the wooden box to Gu Shuai, and naturally everything would be known."

Gu Quanwu smiled on his face, guessing that the wooden box must have contained the list of personnel and ordnances of the Huainan army. Qin Fei sent these for surrender. He was about to open the wooden box, but Gu Junen, who was standing beside him, reached out to stop him and said, "Father, let the child come. The Huainan thieves have always been too numerous to avoid the tricks being successful." After that, he took the wooden box, placed it on the ground, pulled out his waist knife and pushed it away.

As soon as Gu Junen opened the wooden box, his face changed drastically and cursed: "What a great Qin Fei, he is already a meat on the chopping board, but he dares to bully him like this."

The captain was blocked by Gu Junen, and was curious about what was in the box, which made the major general like this. He carefully poked his head out and saw that there was a volume of Buddhist scriptures in the wooden box. Everyone knows this. Gu Quanwu once became a monk and became a monk before joining the army. Everyone thought it was a taboo and no one dared to mention it. However, Qin Fei actually gave it to him with Buddhist scriptures, which obviously mocked Gu Quanwu for leading the army to kill people, which violated the Buddhist dogma of compassion.

The more Gu Junen thought about it, he became more and more angry. He drew his sword and chopped it at the wooden box, but was grabbed by one hand and could not move. When he looked back, it was his father. Gu Quanwu walked up, picked up the Buddhist scriptures, and turned them up in his hand. It was a "Avatamsaka Sutra". Seeing his father like this, Gu Junen's face had turned red, and he did not dare to make a sound.

Gu Quanwu turned over a few pages of Buddhist scriptures, and his face became more bitter. After a while, he returned to his seat, waved his hand and asked the captain to retreat, and said to Gu Junen: "You go and invite the camp to take charge of the books. I want to compile the books for the Qian Envoy."

Gu Junen's face changed drastically and he asked, "Why did my father want to write books and money envoys?"

Gu Junen asked this question quite rudely. The army was extremely important to the division between the upper and lower levels. Gu Quanwu was very strict in governing the army. If it were on weekdays, it would be a military stick. But today Gu Quanwu had a surprising temper. Wen Yan replied: "Qin Fei sent Buddhist scriptures to me just now, obviously he had no intention of surrendering. I compiled books and envoys of Qian to capture this place as soon as possible in order to strengthen the army."

"Qin Fei's remaining soldiers and lonely cities are just a stagnant city. Why should the father-in-law ask King Qian for troops? Besides, most of the elite soldiers under the King of Qian are already under the command of the father-in-law. The rest are still left in Hangzhou to suppress the small groups. If the father-in-law does this, I am afraid that a villain will slander you and say that you are unjust. Please think twice." Gu Junen'en's face turned red, and his words were extremely earnest. It turned out that Gu Quanwu made great contributions in the Dongchang Rebellion. He almost reached the point of being unrewarded and could not be a minister. Therefore, he left half of the army to capture Huzhou for Xu Zaisi, and also showed to Qian Miao that he had no wildness.

Xin means, but there are still rumors of this or that within the Zhenhai Army, and Gu Junen has heard of it. Later, Gu Quanwu defeated Zhou Ben, Taimeng, and regained Suzhou in a row, and the limelight was even more unmatched. However, later, he besieged Qin Fei in an isolated city in Kunshan, but he could not conquer it repeatedly. Some people say that he deliberately raised the enemy and respected himself. Now, if Gu Quanwu wanted to increase his soldiers and siege the city, he would only be able to draw Qian Miao's troops in Hangzhou. The head of Lingyin Temple, which had thousands of monk soldiers in Hangzhou, was Gu Quanwu's biological brother. All this was related, I was afraid that Qian Miao would not suspect that Gu Quanwu was ill-behaved.

Gu Quanwu's face turned red and turned pale again. He wandered in the tent for a few steps. Gu Junen saw that his words were effective, and quickly advised him: "If the father and commander are worried about Kunshan City, they will take the lead in attacking. The child is willing to issue a military order. If he does not take Kunshan within ten days, he will be willing to be the military law to deal with it."

Gu Quanwu turned around, his face calmly, reached out and patted his son's strong shoulder, sighed, and said with a surprisingly gentle tone, "June, do you know why I didn't cure you today."

Gu Junen shook his head and replied, "I don't know."

"Because today, I want to tell you the last lesson of the way to be a general." Gu Quanwu sat down with a surprisingly gentle expression: "I tried my best, not that I couldn't take down this Kunshan City, but Huainan defeated Pang Shigu in Qingkou, and Xuanwu was no longer able to attack south anymore. Yang Xingmi would naturally expand everywhere soon. If he gained vitality when he captured Kunshan, how could he resist future invasion? "The Art of War" says that all the troops are the best."

Gu Junen was about to refute, but Gu Quanwu continued: "As for those villains' words, the words in "Sima Fa" are very clear. Those who are generals will be ordered by the king and will no longer ask about the affairs of the family. Gu received the deep kindness of the King of Money and should repay him. How can he cherish himself and protect himself? He will not go ahead. I will make it clear in the letter, you don't have to worry."

Gu Junen originally wanted to say something, but his father had to give up.

In Hangzhou, Liangzhe Jiedushi's Jiedu Mansion, late at night, Qian Miao was wearing a purple robe and a gloomy face. He was wandering back and forth in the study, as if he was deciding something difficult. At this time, a sudden sound of footsteps came from outside the house, and then he heard the visitor say, "King Qian came to meet each other at night, but he didn't know what to ask about?"

Qian Miao stepped forward and asked to enter the room. The person who came was wearing a brocade robe, but his appearance was extremely ugly. It was Luo Yin, the adviser in Qian Miao's shogunate.

Qian Miao picked up a letter from several cases and handed it to Luo Yin and said, "Who came from Gu Quanwu, he asked for Yibing."

Luo Yin read the letter carefully, but did not speak. Qian Miao asked, "Gu Quanwu has 20,000 soldiers, but Qin Fei has only 3,000 soldiers. Why do you want to ask for more troops? Could it be that he really has bad intentions?"

Qian Miao frowned and asked, "King Qian is unwilling to draw troops from Hangzhou to Gu Quanwu again, so as not to suppress the monk in the city?"

Qian Miao nodded. Although the battle to destroy Dong Chang and the Lefan of Lingyin Temple made great efforts, Qian Miao later squeezed a large amount of money from him. He was in Hangzhou City, with thousands of troops, and there was also a brother who made great contributions and had heavy troops outside. It was no wonder Qian Miao was worried.

"Then you transfer five thousand people from Commander Xu Zaisixu to Commander Gu. After he seized Kunshan, he will be the first in his achievements. He will submit to the court and promote him to the deputy envoy of Liangzhe Jiedu, and the Chief of the Procuratorate."

Qian Miao heard this and pondered for a while, nodded. The two deputy envoys of Zhejiang Jiedu were empty positions. If there were no other envoys, they would go to military power and could only stay in the shogunate. As for the procuratorial and attendant, they were just officials from the court who were taken from afar. Although they sounded nice, they were like important officials in the court, but they could only receive a few bags of rice and a few stakes of copper coins. Moreover, these official positions were placed next to Qian Miao. If there was something to do, it would be very convenient to send them out. Moreover, if Xu Zaisi's military power was taken away and Gu Quanwu would naturally have a grudge between the two, and Qian Miao, who was the two of them, would be easy to divide and govern them. This was also the master's power.

At the city of Anji, Huzhou, from October 19, the battle of siege has been fighting for almost a year, unlike the Dongchang Rebellion. During the rebellion of Dongchang, although the two armies had fought in Anji County, they did not fight in the deep trenches and barriers like this. The troops of both sides were like two groups of locusts, eating everything in Anji County. The Zhenhai Army drove away the civilians, built long sieges, and plundered food. Moye also regained his color and could not stop attacking the enemy camp outside the city, the original Anji County.

At first, Niu Zhijie, the county magistrate, was still sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight and choosing the strong to surrender. However, as the Zhenhai Army looted grain and recruited civil servants, the degree of recruitment of civil servants deepened, especially when the news of the victory of Huainan in the Battle of Qingkou came, he also began to attack the Zhenhai Army's grain and recruitment team, under the banner of Anji County magistrate appointed by Huainan, collected old subordinates and fleeing civil servants. For a time, Anji County was already in the scene of "white bones exposed in the wild, and no rooster crowing thousands of miles away".
Chapter completed!