After reading the letter, Yang Feng said to Hu Dahai: "You go down and rest. If you want to return, you can rest for one night and go back tomorrow. If you think it is too dangerous to go back alone, you can follow the army to act together."

Hu Dahai hesitated and asked, "Dude, the villain is brave. I wonder if you can tell the villain when he can go to rescue Anqing Mansion?"

“Bold!”

Gou Xingma's face darkened and he immediately shouted, "You are just a hundred-year-old general, but you dare to ask the Duke of the State for the marching plan. What crime should you be punished?"

Hu Dahai was startled and quickly knelt down on one knee again: "The villain dares not, but now tens of thousands of bandits have surrounded Anqing City. It is too dangerous to have only a few thousand soldiers in the city. If there are no reinforcements, Anqing City will be in danger!"

Yang Feng waved his hand: "Okay, go ahead, I will make a decision on this matter!"

"Here!"

Although he was unwilling to accept it, Hu Dahai also knew that Yang Feng was giving him face. Otherwise, if Yang Feng followed the rules of the army, even if Yang Feng immediately took him down and asked for punishment, it would be in accordance with the rules. No one dared to stand out for him, a small general, afterwards.

After Hu Dahai retreated, Yang Feng handed the letter to Gou Xingma casually, "This is a letter of help from the prefect of Anqing. What do you think?"

After reading the letter, Gou Xingma said disdainfully: "Mr. Prince, I will say bluntly that this prefect Anqing may not be happy."

Yang Feng laughed: "Oh...how can you tell me?"

Gou Xingma pointed to the letter and said, "The General Manager Hu Dahai just now also said that there are still 5,000 defenders and more than 3,000 young and strong men in Anqing Mansion. In fact, this is not entirely true. If it is the reason for Anqing Prefect, with the population of more than 100,000 Anqing Mansion, he can summon tens of thousands of young and strong men to help defend the city at any time.

And the most important thing is that the real essence of Jiangnan is east of Anqing Prefecture. Once Anqing Prefecture loses, it can drive straight into a state of no one. If the officials in Jiangnan dare to allow the bandits to rush into Jiangnan, there is no need for the court to take action. The Donglin Party and the gentry in Jiangnan will be the first to spare them.

More importantly, Anqing Prefecture is backed by Huizhou Prefecture and Ningguo Prefecture. Not to mention these two places, it should not be difficult to draw five or six thousand troops to support Anqing Prefecture. Even if the combat power of the Jiangnan Army is good, it is still possible to defend the city. But why have there not been any troops to support them until now? Is there really no inside story here?"

"Hahaha……"

Yang Feng laughed out loud, and saw him pat Gou Xingma on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"It's not bad... If you can think of this level, it proves that you have a very good overall view. I have not misread the person."

Gou Xingma's face turned slightly red by the praise, and she said embarrassedly: "Dude, do you agree with the last general's opinion?"

"Of course, as long as you make sense, why don't this man agree?"

Yang Feng said seriously.

"You must remember that as long as you set a goal for the general, you must follow this goal firmly. Those who are weak or hesitant cannot become generals. However, you still have to work harder and never be complacent, so that I can give you a heavier burden."

"Here... I will teach Mr. Xie." Yang Feng said this. If Gou Xingma still didn't understand what Yang Feng wanted to focus on cultivating himself in his words, he would be a real fool. His eyes were so excited that he was so red.

Over the years, Yang Feng has been focusing on Fujian. Looking at Geng Bingyi and Chu Maoguang, the former robes, one by one, made achievements overseas and promoted, it would be a lie to say that they were not envious of the officers who stayed in Jinling.

To be fair, Gou Xingma always thought that he was no worse than Geng Bingyi and Qiu Disheng, but he could only keep an eye on the family if Mao could make achievements with his boss.

Now that he finally has such an opportunity to follow his boss to suppress the bandits in person, he has not shown any sign of breastfeeding. Now that he sees Yang Feng's words that are almost like a promise, he is naturally happy.

Excited, Gou Xingma poured out all his thoughts.

"Mr., I will finally think that the letter of help from the prefect of Anqing is unhappy. Even if there are only five thousand officers and thousands of young and strong men in Anqing Prefecture guarding the city, as long as the city has sufficient food and equipment, there is no problem in guarding the last month. There is no need to give up your face to write this letter to you. There must be something unknown here."

“It’s right.”

Yang Feng's face showed sarcasm.

"Those people think that if they say a few good words, let us get rid of the fire for them. Are they too smart or I am too stupid? Since that's the case, let's play slowly. You can immediately pass the order and the whole army will head towards Taihu County. Let's go to Taihu County to have a good fight with the bandits."

"Here!"

With the order, tens of thousands of Jiangning troops began to set off their camps and march towards Taihu County.

Although Ye Bushe was already trying his best to clear out the surrounding sentry, the actions of tens of thousands of troops were too great. It was a fantasy to have a staring at them. Soon Yuan Datou learned about the movements of the Ming army.

But even though he knew, the only thing he could do was to urge the bandits under his command and the young and strong men to restore the city walls and transport the equipment to defend the city. As for leaving the city to fight the Jiangning army, he would never do such a thing.

In the study room in the backyard of the magistrate of Anqing Prefecture

The prefect Wang Jinguo was stunned with a letter. He had been in this position for a long time and did not even notice the sound of footsteps coming from behind him.

"Master, it's getting dark, it's time to have a meal." As the voice sounded behind him, a middle-aged woman came behind him and spoke softly, followed by a maid carrying a food box.

"Oh... it's Madam, why are you here?"

Wang Jinguo turned around, looked at the woman behind him and smiled so much that he smiled, and casually put the letter in his hand on the table.

"The housekeeper told me that you haven't had a meal for a day, how can this work? I'll come and take a look if I'm not at ease."

Wang Jinguo's wife complained and opened the food box in the maid's hand, took out a bowl of rice and a few plates of side dishes and placed it on the table.

"I can't eat it for my husband."

Wang Jinguo sighed helplessly.

"I don't know what the governor thought. Do you really think that Duke Xin is a young man? With a letter and a few beautiful words, you can make people come to rescue him at all costs? This is too whimsical. Not only that, Huizhou Prefecture and Ningguo Prefecture have not sent reinforcements yet. Don't they understand that if Anqing Prefecture fails, they will immediately become the next target of the bandits?"
Chapter completed!