With the disappearance of the main force of Nekalka, although Bushiya Mara came back and vowed that Zasai had been persuaded and the possibility of attacking the prefectures and counties under Yongping Prefecture was very small, Feng Ziying still did not dare to take it lightly.
After all, except for Qian'an and Lulong, several other prefectures and counties are purely empty city tactics. If Zaisai really wants to bypass Lulong and attack Luanzhou or Changli, he is really helpless.
Although Zuo Liangyu plus Huang Degong's gun soldiers combined had 6,000 people, and Hou Chengzu's 1,500 sailors, it seemed that the number was close to 8,000 people. However, in the Battle of Qian'an, Zuo Liangyu That battalion suffered considerable losses in battle, and now has less than 2,000 troops capable of fighting.
In this way, if thousands of fire rifle soldiers are to fight in the wilderness with the 40,000-strong Nei Khalkha army, which is mainly cavalry, it is really a bit suicidal.
Without the support of the city wall, thousands of gunmen have no advantage, and the disadvantages in strength and mobility will be infinitely magnified. Besides, the morale of the Neikha people has been frustrated, but this kind of battle in the wild can make the NeiKhar people The Erkha people are more confident, and Feng Ziying has no reason to use her own shortcomings to compete with the other party's strengths.
Fortunately, the people from Neikarka left very quickly, and Zaisai's decision was even more decisive than Feng Ziying imagined. He thought that the opponent would delay until the next day, but he did not expect that Zaisai would lead his army to the west that night.
The scouts still have to go out, and any negligence at this time will lead to irreparable mistakes.
It wasn't until the main force of the Inner Khalkha army crossed the Luan River and entered the Jishui River that Feng Ziying was sure that the Inner Khalkha people had really given up their plot against Yongping Prefecture and instead targeted the Jingying gang according to his own ideas. Guy.
"Ziying, we still can't take it lightly. Send more scouts out to watch. If there are any signs, we can prepare early." Zhu Zhiren's face was radiant at this time, and his tone of voice was different.
He only allowed Feng Ziying to give it a try under huge pressure. He transferred all the people from several prefectures and counties to form the Yongping New Army. This aroused great dissatisfaction among the gentry in several prefectures and counties. If If anything goes wrong here, his career may be over.
But as Feng Ziying said, if you don't take such a gamble, once the Mongols capture any of the several states and counties, he, who has been criticized in the court, may not be able to secure his position as prefect. For Zhu Zhiren, the difference is not big, so he might as well take a gamble.
Now it seemed that he had made the right bet on this treasure. He had heard about the bloody battle in Qian'an City. Almost everyone in the first battalion of the New Army led by Zuo Liangyu was injured, and thousands of people were killed. Such a painful price paid for the inner peace. The people of Khalkha were in awe, and then they really changed their route to Shuntianfu.
No matter who the Inner Khalkha people attack, as long as Qian'an is preserved and even the Inner Khalkha people's thoughts about other states and counties are eliminated, Zhu Zhiren knows that his career is bright and bright.
After passing this test, it was time for the year-end assessment and the Beijing inspection. My merits were enough to earn me a chance.
"Don't worry, Lord Fu, no one dares to be careless. If these Mongolians don't return to the grassland for a day, I won't be able to sleep well." After Feng Ziying experienced this battle, her temperament seemed to have settled a lot.
Zhu Zhiren felt that the other person seemed to have a more chilling and fierce feeling. Maybe it was an illusion, maybe it was the change brought about by the baptism after being stained with blood.
"Then there is no problem here in Lulong, but I am afraid of Luanzhou and Changli..." Zhu Zhiren couldn't help but smacked his lips, "I have already told Ziyu that the government will provide some compensation for the military households and civilians who died in the battle, but You also know that the pension in the mansion is limited, so I am going to specially call the big households in the mansion to persuade them to donate part of it to make up for the civilian and military households who sacrificed their lives for Yongping Mansion in the First World War..."
Feng Ziying's expression changed solemnly, she stood up and bowed deeply, "Your Majesty, as you wish, I would like to express my gratitude to the Erlangs who were injured or killed."
"Hey, Ziying, what's the difference between you and me?" Zhu Zhiren waved his hands, but he was very satisfied in his heart, "But I just have this idea, and it is still difficult to put it into practice, especially for people like Leting, Changli, I'm afraid the gentry in counties and states like Luanzhou have not felt much danger at all, and it is hard to part with good wealth, so they have to put some thought into it."
"Sir, if in this situation, there are still people who feel sorry for Mr. Fu Zun and are still pushing back and forth, then you don't have to blame Feng for being rude in the future. During this period, my energy is focused on dealing with the Mongols' southward invasion. I don’t have much time to take care of the bad things going on with the so-called gentry and wealthy people in the government. When things happen here, I will have my hands free and have to chat with these people. A lot of things have already been reported to me. We, the wealthy gentry in Yongping, are not as charitable and set an example as we expected, and are even more contemptuous in some things..."
Zhu Zhiren was taken aback, "Ziying, please don't mess around. It took a lot of effort to gain some good reputation through this battle. Their criticism was not recognized by the court. That's because we are in a special period now. But after this period of time has passed, you have your hands free, and people can still file complaints to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. There is no need for you to get into trouble with them..."
Zhu Zhiren did have good intentions, but Feng Ziying had already made up his mind. Naturally, Feng Ziying couldn't stop these guys over ordinary trivial matters. Even if he tried to do anything, it would cause a lot of trouble, but some things were hard to say.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency, Ziying has her own sense of proportion." Feng Ziying didn't say anything yet. He would only slowly resolve these problems after the war came to an end.
While the two were talking, someone came to report from Qian'an.
After learning that a large number of defeated troops came from the northwest and were now fleeing into Qian'an City, Feng Ziying knew that the Inner Khalkha people must have succeeded in the surprise attack. After he explained to Huang Degong, he quickly rushed to Qian'an.
"Master Qi? Why is this so?" Feng Ziying looked surprised. She bowed first and then invited the other party to take a seat.
Although the Qi family of the Marquis of Xiangyang is not as famous as the Four Kings and Eight Dukes among the martial arts groups in the capital, they are still well-known. Qi Jianhui has always been on good terms with the Jia family and the Feng family, so Feng Ziying can be regarded as a direct descendant of the Qi family. , of course also much older than him.
Qi Jianyao's face was full of dejection, and there was an aura of despair all over his body, "Ziying, the Beijing camp is over, we are all over, Brother Yu was lucky enough to have the tiger minister fight to the death, and he was lucky enough to escape,..."
"The capital camp is all over? How is it possible?" Although Feng Ziying estimated that the capital camp was attacked by the Inner Khalkhas, it still only had 80,000 troops. How did the Inner Khalkha people fight and what was the specific situation? Know.
He had also sent scouts to the Santun Camp area to inquire about the situation before, but when he returned to Lulong City to report the situation to Zhu Zhiren, there was still no response.
"Ziying, you don't know that the Mongols attacked at night. We never thought that we would be attacked by the Mongols at the General Military Mansion in Ji Town, so we were caught off guard. The Ji Town Army in Taiping Camp did not give us any help. Any warning, the news we got is that the Mongols are coming to attack Qian'an, who would have thought that they were just a false shot in Qian'an, but in the end they went to sneak attack us!"
Qi Jianyao's words were full of blame-shifting, blame-shifting and cover-up, which made Feng Ziying laugh.
A bunch of Beijing camp lords and 80,000 troops were huddled in the Santun camp without saying a word. Thanks to the Jizhen army of the Taiping camp, they didn't find out good news for them. The Inner Khalkha people were defeated in Qian'an City, and they actually said that they were imaginary. With a flash of a gun, only the talkative people in the Beijing camp have such speaking skills.
Feng Ziying was too lazy to play tricks with these people and save some face for the other party. "Master Qi, as long as you can get away, it will be fine. You will not have to worry about having no firewood for the green hills."
Qi Jianyao's face was full of frustration, "Ziying, I'm afraid that Brother Yu won't be able to turn around after this. The only thing that will save him from being imprisoned after returning to Beijing is Amitabha. Now Brother Yu doesn't dare to go east, and he doesn't know what the Mongols are going to do." No one knows what he will do in one step, and what will happen to Master Liu and Master Mu."
"Lord Qi, there is no need to be so pessimistic. Maybe Liu Mu and Lord Liu are auspicious and have good fortune..." Feng Ziying herself felt that it was difficult to continue making up the story. "Is this Lord He?"
"He Huchen has met Mr. Feng." He Huchen said sternly, clasping his fists and saluting.
It was only after he came to Qian'an that he learned that the Inner Khalkha people attacked Qian'an City for a day, leaving thousands of corpses behind and running away in a hurry. This made him unable to believe his eyes. If Qi Jianyao hadn't still been there, He had long wanted to find out.
He didn't believe Qi Jianyao's statement that the Inner Khalkha people were just pretending to shoot. Judging from the layout of the city wall, the mottled bloodstains and burn marks inside and outside, as well as the remnants of various siege vehicles and ladders that had not yet been cleaned up. , it can be seen that this battle was very fierce, and he also heard that Qian'an City was entirely composed of firecrackers.
Are they really the elite gunmen transferred from Liaodong Town? This was against the law of heaven. Even if Feng Tang was the governor of Ji Liao, he would not dare to be so presumptuous.
But after entering Qian'an City, all He Huchen heard was praise for this Tongzhi master, which made him even more confused. A local official of the fifth grade, Tongzhi, was just relying on his father's With his reputation and power, how could He De be so praised by everyone above and below him?
So he was eager to understand how the Battle of Qian'an was fought. Tens of thousands of Khalkhas came in force. Facing a small city like Qian'an, how could they fail to attack and eventually lose?
The young man in front of him with a graceful demeanor but also a bit of fierceness and valor was not at all like the Hanlin Academy editor rumored in the capital city, but more like a Confucian general who was confident in criticizing Fang Qiu.
