night.
Beixi County.
In the lobby of the county government office, the lights were flickering. It was already midnight, and Lin Quqi was still reviewing and approving official business.
Although I had no official experience before this, my hard work for more than ten years to "make a career" came in handy.
Moreover, before this, Qin Feng had already formulated the overall policy of governing the county and enriching the people. He just had to implement it according to the script, which would save worry and effort.
The most important point is that Qin Cheng and Li Xiaolan are in charge of the back house, and they are also assisted by Qi Meng and twenty guards, which saves them some worries for no reason.
At the end of the day, at the county magistrate's repeated request, Lin Quqi had no choice but to put down his work, stretched hard, turned around and walked towards the back house.
Just as Lin Quqi reached out to lift the door curtain, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from outside the Yamen.
Lin Quqi stopped and looked for a voice. His eyes gradually became solemn and he murmured in a low voice: "Who was riding a horse and running wildly through the streets late at night? The policemen didn't report back. Could it be that there was an urgent report?"
Lin Quqi took the initiative to walk towards the Yamen. After walking a few steps, he saw Qi Meng riding a horse outside the gate. When he jumped down, he shouted loudly: "County magistrate, something bad has happened. Beidi Rangers are attacking at night." !”
Hearing this, Lin Quqi's eyelids jumped suddenly. Before this, he had been dealing with literary classics all day long and had no experience in fighting enemies. Now, facing the elite and powerful Beidi cavalry, his heart suddenly rose to his throat. .
Fortunately, he recalled Qin Feng's trust in him and calmed down.
"Since you are a ranger, why should you panic?"
In Lin Quqi's understanding, most of the rangers were small groups, mainly engaged in raiding and plundering.
And according to the records in the military book.
Small stocks penetrate quickly, which is a wandering horse.
The mid-cap stocks win unexpectedly, but they are Qingqi.
The large forces pressing forward are heavy cavalry.
If it's just a small group of light cavalry, Beixi County's defensive strength can completely handle it.
However, Qi Meng's eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and he shouted: "Although they are rangers, they are numerous in number. There are ten cavalry teams, and there are hundreds of teams, and they are coming along the border line. The previously set up Fifteen of the sixteen outposts have been massacred, and only one outpost risked his life to escape and report the military situation."
"Along the road, the villages were slaughtered, the houses were burned, and the women and livestock were plundered. There was still a light cavalry force of 300 riders, heading straight for the county seat."
Lin Quqi's face instantly turned pale, and he was stunned for a long time.
In panic, he remembered the strategy Qin Feng left before leaving, and quickly ran back to the desk to look through it, and sure enough he found the strategy to defend against the enemy.
Immediately following Qin Feng's instructions, he hastily issued an order: "The enemy army is attacking in large numbers. They must have changed their tactics and aim to invade Beixi County. Once the Beidi people succeed, not only the lives of Beixi County will be devastated, Brother Qin will also be in Kyoto." They will be impeached and face catastrophe. Beixi County must not be lost!"
"Quickly dispatch all the government soldiers to evacuate and rescue the people in the villages along the way, move all the people to the south of the county seat, and guard the government soldiers to return to the county seat."
"Shu Ming Station, hurry up and report to Kyoto!"
Qimeng clasped his fists and left.
At the same time, at the newly built outpost allocated by Beixi County, all fifteen sentinels fell in a pool of blood, and two teams of twenty cavalry surrounded the outpost.
Lieutenant General Chen Si looked at the endless wilderness in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Has the vanguard arrived at the county seat?"
The accompanying captain clasped his fists and said in a booming voice: "According to time, we have arrived. However, the vanguard force is only three hundred light cavalry. If we forcefully attack the county, it will be like hitting a stone with an egg. Although Beixi County has been exploited by Chen Li for more than ten years, the people of Beixi County are in dire straits. The government is poor. But it is a border county after all, and the city’s defense power cannot be underestimated.”
Chen Si waved his hand and his eyes flashed: "It doesn't matter! There is no rush to attack the city. We only need to let the vanguard troops surround the county and cut off external communication. In Beixi County, there are only a few hundred guards and yamen soldiers. Even if they hold on to the city, they will not be able to do it." It’s just a stubborn resistance, nothing to worry about.”
"Pass my order to kill and burn all non-female livestock in the villages north of the county seat as a sacrifice to the bell spirit!"
Two days later, the orderly troops at the post station replaced thirty fast horses. They rushed to Kyoto without water all the way. However, they did not enter the city, but went straight to the Tianji Camp.
Qin Feng, who was making various glazed wares with Lu Ming in Liulicang, saw the exhausted messenger being helped over by the guards. His right eyelid couldn't help but twitched, and he said in a deep voice: "But something happened in Beixi. ?”
The messenger handed the letter to Qin Feng tremblingly.
Qin Feng took it apart and took a look, his eyes suddenly became solemn, he put down the iron tongs and hurriedly ran out of the Tianji camp. As he ran, he shouted: "Ning Hu! You quickly enter the palace to see the saint and report the urgent battle report to Beixi! Qin Xiaofu ?Where did he die!"
On weekdays, Qin Xiaofu followed Qin Feng ghostly, but today he called out three times but no one was seen.
Due to the urgent military situation, Qin Feng didn't care about the brat. He grabbed a guard and shouted in a low voice: "Go to the Ministry of War quickly and prepare a troop transfer letter!"
Qin Feng quickly ran to the camp gate before he remembered something, turned around and shouted to Xu Mo: "Assemble the guards and two battalions of new troops immediately, reorganize the weapons and equipment, and feed them with enough fodder!"
Xu Mo, who had been dormant in Tianji Camp for a long time, heard this and his blood boiled immediately, and he immediately began to mobilize his troops.
Qin Feng left Tianji Camp and went straight to the Qin Mansion, where he found Liu Hongyan who was reporting the Qin Mansion's accounts to Qin Tianhu.
"Second sister! Prepare money for me quickly. The more the better."
Qin Tianhu and Liu Hongyan were startled by Qin Feng who suddenly broke in.
Seeing Qin Feng sweating profusely, Qin Tianhu realized that something had happened, and quickly asked in a deep voice: "What's going on? Please tell me quickly."
Qin Feng took two deep breaths and then calmed down. His eyes were more serious than ever: "I thought that it would take a few months for the Beidi people to change their tactics, which would be enough time for Beixi County to develop and strengthen its defenses. . I never thought that the Beidi people had already taken action in advance."
Hearing this, Qin Tianhu stood up suddenly. After all, Beixi County was connected to Qin Feng. If Beixi County fell, all Qin Feng's achievements would be in vain.
After all, Qin Feng was "always victorious" and his status in Emperor Liang's heart was infinitely high, and he could not tolerate any failure.
One defeat is worth ten thousand efforts!
Qin Tianhu frowned and walked out: "As a father, I will go to the palace to meet the emperor."
Qin Feng quickly grabbed Qin Tianhu and shook his head: "I will send Ning Hu into the palace, and another guard to the Ministry of War, and ask the Minister of the Ministry of War to prepare a troop transfer letter in advance. In less than an hour, this matter will spread throughout the court. . Dad, you just need to help me open up the official channels, so that the Ministry of Revenue or Lieutenant Gao will not interfere with it and block it at all levels, delaying the opportunity to fight."
Upon hearing this, Qin Tianhu turned around and left without hesitation.
Liu Hongyan realized that this emergency was extremely serious, and she did not dare to be verbose at all, so she went straight to the point: "How much do you want?"
Qin Feng didn't answer but asked: "How many?"
Liu Hongyan briefly recalled: "Most of the silver taels have been spent or cannot be moved. The money that can be used immediately is only one million taels..."
Qin Feng nodded heavily: "Take them all out!"
