Seeing Xie Qiong's bloody methods and Jia Cong's merciless punishment.
The generals in the hall couldn't help but sit upright and became more serious, fearing that Jia Cong would catch him in the wrong and take the opportunity to punish them.
They all knew that their commander had just been assassinated by an assassin. Although he was not harmed, no matter who happened to encounter this kind of thing, he would not be in a good mood.
Jia Cong originally wanted to kill a group of people to shock everyone.
Seeing that Xie Qiong killed all 200 people directly, it was considered a deterrent, so he had no choice but to give up.
He said to Xie Qiong, who was still kneeling on the ground: "General Xie, please get up. I hope you can remember this lesson and punish me severely next time."
"Yes, thank you Marshal for your kindness."
Xie Qiong then stood up and returned to his position.
Jia Cong said: "Generals, I hope that everyone will take this incident as a warning, strictly restrain their soldiers, and strictly enforce my generals. I hope that the same thing will not happen again."
"We will obey the Commander-in-Chief's orders and we will live up to the Commander-in-Chief's high expectations."
All the generals stood up together and responded in unison.
At this time, a soldier came in with a servant from Ningguo Mansion.
Jia Cong naturally recognized this person as a group of servants who were trained later. When he saw him coming all the way, he must have had something happen at home, and he had some guesses in his mind.
So he asked, "Why are you here, but something happened at home?"
The servant said: "I have met the handsome man. My wife asked me to come and deliver the message. Miss Ping gave birth to a little master. Mother and son are safe. Congratulations to the handsome man."
After that, he took out a letter from his arms and sent it to Jia Cong.
Jia Cong was overjoyed when he heard this. He took the letter and read it quickly, laughing and saying: "Okay, okay, I have a son now, hahahaha..."
Qingwen said happily: "Commander, sister Ping'er really gave birth to a son?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Then there is still a lie. The letter is here. You can read it yourself."
Li Biao smiled and said, "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief."
Tie Zhu also said: "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief, Ning Guofu has a heir."
Hearing this, other generals also stepped forward to congratulate him.
"We would like to congratulate you, Marshal, on the birth of your son."
Jia Cong laughed and said, "Okay, thank you all. I'm treating you to a treat today at noon. You are all welcome to attend."
Everyone quickly agreed that this was a good opportunity to get closer and should not be missed.
Everyone has gained a lot recently, and it is quite easy to receive a generous gift.
Qingwen said: "Commander, my wife asked you to give your child a name. Have you thought about it?"
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "When the child is born, I, the father, am fighting for the country. Let's call this child "Polu". I hope we defeat the rebels and return to the court in victory." "
"Polu, what a good name."
Qingwen said with joy on her face.
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The days flew by so fast, and in the blink of an eye, another four or five months passed.
The imperial army led by Jia Cong, with the help of the special forces lurking among the rebels, swept through most of Shaanxi like a plowing through a hole.
He fought fiercely with the rebels for more than ten times, using various ingenious strategies to beat them until they cried for their fathers and screamed for their mothers, and fled in panic.
They even fought fiercely with Gao Yingxiang's main army north of Tongchuan for three days and three nights.
In that battle, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dim, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers. Both sides were furious, and Gao Yingxiang even gathered an army of 200,000 people, hoping to defeat the imperial army in one fell swoop and completely reverse the defeat.
On the frontal battlefield, all conspiracies and calculations are difficult to work.
Even though Jia Cong's army had high morale and fought bravely at the disadvantage of being twice as many in number, it still felt extremely strenuous.
Finally, Jia Cong used the cover of night to secretly use a grenade to attack the rebels.
Camp.
Under the cover of artillery and explosive packets, nearly two thousand artillery shells were fired in one breath, and a wild blast turned Gao Yingxiang's main force into a mess.
Jia Cong personally led his troops into the camp and led his cavalry into the rebel camp. They rushed in the direction of Gao Yingxiang and killed Gao Yingxiang directly, thinking of capturing the thief first and the king first.
The momentum along the way was overwhelming, and there was no enemy under his command. The enemies were so frightened that they fled for their lives.
Even if the rebels came to intercept, they could not stop Jia Cong and others from charging.
Seeing these cavalrymen getting closer and closer to him, each one looking like a god of death, Gao Yingxiang was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split. He did not dare to hesitate for a moment, and fled with the rebels.
Jia Cong led the imperial army to cover up the enemy and pursued them for thirty miles before stopping.
Gao Yingxiang's rebels suffered heavy casualties and directly gathered the garrison in Tongchuan, withdrew to Chang'an City and defended the city.
Let Jia Cong occupy Tongchuan effortlessly. After a short rest, he swept through all the surrounding counties and small towns, and directed his troops towards Chang'an.
Gao Yingxiang's rebels lost 60,000 to 70,000 people in this battle. They did not dare to fight Jia Cong again. They mobilized all the troops from other places to Chang'an City and defended the city. They wanted to rely on Chang'an City with its high walls and thick walls. Confront Jia Cong.
After Jia Cong learned about the situation, he sent generals from each battalion to thoroughly sweep the towns around Chang'an City and recapture them all, leaving only Chang'an City as an isolated city.
After seven or eight months of fighting, Jia Cong only had more than 70,000 men left.
More than 30,000 people were lost and more than 200,000 enemies were killed. The results were still very significant.
Jia Cong stood on a hillside, looking at Chang'an City in the distance. Behind him stood a group of generals under his command, as well as Li Biao, Tiezhu, Qingwen and other guards.
Chang'an City has high walls and thick walls, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are countless defensive materials in the city.
Gao Yingxiang even recruited 150,000 troops to guard Chang'an City. To describe it as impregnable is not an exaggeration.
It is a bit unrealistic to break through Chang'an City with more than 70,000 people.
The Art of War goes like this: If you are ten, you are surrounding an enemy, if you are five, you are attacking, if you are twice as many, you are dividing them. If the enemy is small, you can fight it. If you are small, you can escape from it. If you are small, you can avoid it. Therefore, the small enemy is strong and the big enemy can be captured.
In the current situation, he is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.
The reason why the rebels were blocked in the city of Chang'an was because they were frightened by their fighting power, so that they did not dare to leave the city.
If they really want to attack the city by force, the rebels will fight to the death to defend the city.
"Generals, do you have any good strategies for breaking the city? If so, you may wish to bring it up so that we can study it so that we can capture Chang'an City as soon as possible and return to the imperial court with our troops."
Zhong Anyi, the commander of Zhenwu Camp, said: "Commander, with the defense of Chang'an City and the current strength of the troops, it is difficult for us to break through Chang'an City. We can only think of other ways."
Li Chengzu, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, said: "Commander, can we use explosives to blow up the city wall, and then rush in directly to seize Chang'an City. By then, the rebels in the city will either fight to the death or escape from Chang'an City. They will be gone." Under the cover of the city wall, they will no longer be our opponents, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated."
Guo Dazhi said: "Blowing up the city wall is one way, but have you ever thought that even if you blow up a gap, it won't be very effective. There are 150,000 rebels in the city, and we only have 70,000 people." , it’s too difficult to break in.”
Jia Cong nodded and said: "What everyone said makes sense. Facing the defense of Chang'an City, with our current manpower, it is really difficult to attack it. But no matter how difficult it is, we can't give up. At present, we only have The only solution is to blow up the city wall. Now we are running out of gunpowder and need to ask the court to ship another batch.
At present, we mainly focus on resting and patrolling, and take turns going to the city to call for battle every day. In addition, actively prepare various siege equipment, such as ladders, siege engines, trebuchets, artillery, explosives, etc. The more prepared, the better. "
"Yes, I will obey."
All the generals responded in unison.
In the following days, the generals under his command took turns
Go to the city and call for war.
However, the rebels in the city turned a blind eye and did not leave the city at all. Even if they found a group of people to scold and fight below, the other party would just curse on the city wall and did not go out of the city to fight.
So there was a ridiculous scene. The two armies were fighting wars of words every day across the city wall.
Jia Cong was not idle either, actively preparing various supplies and siege equipment, waiting for an opportunity to launch a general attack.
At the same time, he also reported the current situation to the court in the form of a battle report, hoping to receive assistance from the court.
After more than half a year of continuous battles, the troops also needed a good rest, and it was just in time to take advantage of this free time to recuperate.
A sudden heavy snowfall brought the two sides into a complete truce.
Large snowflakes, mixed with the cold wind, were blowing in the air. It had been falling for three days and three nights. There was a thick layer of white snow on the ground, which was more than a foot thick.
With this heavy snowfall, the drought in Shaanxi should be alleviated, which is a good thing for the people of Shaanxi.
In the past few months, as a large amount of grain has been shipped to Shaanxi, the price of grain has dropped again and again, and now remains at the price of three taels of silver and one stone of grain.
Some unscrupulous businessmen who hoarded food suffered huge losses and received the punishment they deserved.
The ones who made the biggest profit were the people who transported grain to Shaanxi. With Jia Cong's support, no one dared to ask for money. They all made a lot of money and were very grateful to Jia Cong.
With the support of Jia Cong, the four shopkeepers Li controlled the supply of grain and sold the grain continuously. They also made huge profits and made a lot of money.
And the biggest winner among them is Jia Cong.
Not only did Ningguo Mansion transport the most grain, but also shopkeepers Li and Zhang, and 60% of the profits from selling grains also went to Jia Cong.
So far, Jia Cong has received more than four million taels of silver in terms of food alone.
In addition to the seizures from the war, the share of the spoils of war, and the money from the confiscation of the house, the total amount was nearly two million taels of silver.
Among them, the share of the seizure was 500,000 taels, and the rest was confiscated from the property.
The main reason for such a huge harvest is that after more than two years of severe drought in Shaanxi, all the money and property in Shaanxi have gone into the hands of those unscrupulous grain merchants.
People have to eat, and to eat they have to buy food. Food is controlled by those unscrupulous grain dealers, who raise the price of food to ten or twenty times.
No matter how expensive it is, you still have to eat it. If you don’t eat it, you will starve to death. If you die, you will have nothing.
Even if you sell iron, houses, land, or even children, you still have to buy food.
Therefore, those unscrupulous grain merchants have accumulated a lot of wealth, and all of them are extremely rich.
In addition, those rebels were undisciplined and looted everywhere. They could not rob much more than the bandits. They also accumulated a lot of wealth. After they were wiped out, all their money was seized by Jia Cong's army and became spoils of war.
It is precisely because of these two reasons that Jia Cong has gained so much, and it is all luck.
I think back then, Jia Cong stayed in Liaodong for three years, went to the rear of the barbarians to plunder twice, and also plundered the treasure house of the old slave, as well as a share of the Guangning market. In total, he got almost one million taels of silver.
This time, everyone who followed Jia Cong to suppress the bandits, from the generals to the soldiers, made a lot of money, and everyone was smiling.
In normal times, they can't even get full military pay, and their six or seven achievements are as high as the sky.
This time, they really made a fortune. The harvest from this war is enough for them to spend a lifetime. This is an unprecedented harvest. It is impossible to gain such a harvest by following others to fight.
Because of this, Jia Cong's prestige in the military reached its peak.
Let me ask you, who wouldn’t want to follow a commander who can lead you to meritorious service and make you rich?
Over at Rongguo Mansion, the Xue family, Lin family, Shi family and other families have been following Jia Cong's footsteps.
Also earn more than others.
Jia Cong gave Li Rong 200,000 taels of silver, and completely made Li Rong stand on Jia Cong's side. Many things became easier to do.
This is to be convenient for others and convenient for yourself.
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Godly City, Ningguo Mansion.
Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Ping'er and Yuanyang were teasing Jia Polu.
Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "This little guy is getting cuter and cuter as he grows. I don't know when his father will come back, and I don't know if he will be able to come back for the New Year."
Xue Baochai raised his head from his account book and said with a smile: "According to the news brought back by the grain team, I am afraid that the master's army has already arrived at Chang'an City. If they can successfully capture Chang'an, they might be able to come back before the end of the year."
Yuanyang said: "Didn't the last letter from the master say that it would take more than a year to come back? It shouldn't be that soon, right? When the master comes back, Polu might run away and call him daddy."
Ping'er laughed and said, "It's not that fast. It takes more than a year for a child to walk or talk."
Xue Baochai smiled and said: "There is no big change in the plan. I heard that my grandfather won another great victory and captured Tongchuan. All the rebels have hid in Chang'an City. As long as this battle is won, my grandfather can follow our example." Returned to court.
With my ability, there is absolutely no problem in winning this battle. I just don’t know when I will choose to fight. Compared to his ability to fight, I admire him more for his ability to make money. Look at how much money he made during this time. "
As he spoke, he pushed the account book in front of several people.
Yuanyang looked around and said in surprise: "I've actually made so much money. It's only been more than half a year. This money is so good."
