After Nangong Zhi left, Kong Donglai thought for a long time and felt that Nangong Zhi's suggestion was very good; but once this person doubted others, he would be suspicious and always felt that Nangong Zhi's suggestion contained a trap. After thinking for a while, he was upset and asked his two sons: Kong Yingzhi and Kong Yingcai.
All Kong Yingzhi was thinking about was revenge. He had been to Anyang twice, once openly and once secretly, and both times he lost a person closest to him—once his uncle, once his chief guard. Now that he had a chance, of course he wanted revenge, so he chose to take the initiative, send a large army to the border, and capture Anyang in one fell swoop. In other words, Kong Yingzhi agreed with Nangong Zhi's first suggestion, to capture Anyang in one fell swoop.
Kong Yingcai didn't have any opinions. If he was asked to negotiate or communicate, there would be no problem, but if he was asked to decide on national affairs, it would be a bit difficult. So Kong Yingcai hesitated for a long time and only said one sentence: "I think the two suggestions made by Marshal Nangong are both reasonable."
Kong Donglai frowned and said subconsciously: "Someone, go and ask Mr. Guo Hongyan to come over."
Kong Yingzhi reminded carefully, "Dad, Mr. Guo Hongyan is in charge of Nanyang Prefecture."
Kong Donglai smiled awkwardly. Guo Hongyan was the Wencheng of Nanyang County. He was a scholar, but he knew some military strategies. This time, Kong Donglai asked Guo Hongyan to stay in Nanyang Prefecture and take charge of logistics and trivial matters, but he did not go with the army.
If we send someone to ask Guo Hongyan now, it will take a whole day to go back and forth, which is too late. In this situation, Kong Donglai was silent for a long time, and finally decided to take a gamble! Since we are going to gamble, let's bet big! That is, the whole army will press forward and capture Anyang in one go.
But because of Kong Donglai's hesitation, it was already an hour, or two hours later, before Nangong Zhi received the "order to attack". When he received the order at this time, Nangong Zhi sighed and said, "The military opportunity has been lost! What can I do!"
What can they do, but they still have to attack. Knowing that the opportunity has been lost, Kong Donglai is determined to attack; Nangong Zhi can only obey orders, after all, he is just a commander.
At the command, 150,000 elite soldiers of Nanyang County, plus nearly 150,000 civilians, crossed the border and rushed towards Anyang.
At the same time, Nanyang County sent out messengers again to inform Dongyuan County and Songzhou County: We have launched an all-out war, and you two families must assist us. Otherwise, if we fail, Anyang will first let Dongyuan County go, followed by Songzhou County, and finally our Nanyang County - because of the geographical environment, you two families will have to fight desperately.
These words were half a threat and half a plea. Anyway, the tone was very tough and had a bit of a condescending tone.
At this moment, Nanyang County, Kong Donglai and others did not know that Songzhou County had already fled without a fight; Gao Bin was so ruthless that he did not even send anyone to inform Nanyang County and just ran away. As for Wang Jia and Wang Ping of Guangling County, they also ran away without any hesitation and did not even think of sending anyone to inform Nanyang County.
Gao Bin's idea was very simple: If I flee without a fight, I will definitely offend Nanyang County. So, Nanyang County should fight with Anyang County first. When Nanyang County is crippled, it will not be able to cause trouble to me. At that time, maybe I can turn around and attack Nanyang County!