Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 187
The news of Shanxi's victory spread all over the capital in an instant. With the endorsement of the imperial court and the rumor about the reincarnation of Jia Ying's Wen Quxing, no one doubted the news.

"Old lady, Miss Lin, are you relieved at this moment? Not only is he okay, but he has also made great contributions. I heard from Zhou Rui's family that there are rumors on the street that a real god has appeared in our mansion. Wen Yunwu, what he said has a nose and an eye, but I think it seems to be true." Sister Feng sat down next to Jiamu, holding Jiamu's arm and said.

Ever since the news of Jia Ying's victory in the first battle spread to Jia's mansion, the worried atmosphere in Rongqing Hall has finally been diluted a bit. Growing up in a noble family, everyone knows what this victory means. It is the glory of the family and the glory of the whole life It is also the root of family wealth.This is something that many people can't envy.

Glory, at some point, can help people overcome their fear of danger.

Learn written martial arts, sell goods to the emperor's family.Loyalty to the monarch and serving the country is the highest aspiration pursued by people nowadays.At this moment, Jia Ying has become a hero in the eyes of the people in the capital and a role model to follow.

Jia Ying, the most beautiful boy in Daqian.

The children and grandchildren are promising, and Jia's mother, who is an elder, is naturally gratified. She said that it is the blessing of the ancestors, and the blessings of the shady generation, and the blessing of the Jia family.

Even Daiyu, who has been worrying endlessly for days, is now smiling rarely, proud of the beloved in her heart.It was only when he met Shangfeng's eyes with a smile on his face that he lowered his head in embarrassment, and then felt that he was upright, and why did he have to be shameless and shy for no reason.Immediately he raised his head again, his pearly gem-like eyes were bright and clear, meeting Sister Feng's gaze, for a moment it looked like two arrogant peacocks fighting.

The two Jialan Jiajun who came over after hearing the news, one showed reverence, and the other was full of grievance and unhappiness.

Jia Lan noticed the strangeness of his companion, so he couldn't avoid asking the reason, but seeing Jia Zhu's eyes were red, he said aggrievedly: "Second uncle promised me before that if he wants to go to the battlefield, he will definitely take me with him. He can't speak." Count."

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter. How could a child who was only taller than a horse be able to win the battle because of his small size and big ambitions.

But at this time, Jia Lian came in again and said to Jia's mother, "Old lady, someone came to the palace just now."

"What's the matter?" Mother Jia asked quickly when she heard that the matter was related to the palace.

"The eunuch Xia in the palace sent a gift from the concubine Yuan, 50 liang of gold, [-] liang of silver, ten pieces of high-quality brocade, twelve pieces of high-quality river silk, twelve pieces of high-quality yarn, and twenty pieces of spring silk. , twenty pieces of silk, and some jewelry of various colors. In addition, the empress sent someone to send four plates of four-color stuffed white skin square crisps, twelve plates of dried fruits, two plates of lychee pork, and two plates of peony head soup. She also specially asked Yes, it was ordered by His Majesty." Jia Lian replied:
"The master ordered that each of the two houses will have a share. Our side will send it to the old lady to taste it later. After all, it is the emperor's grace."

Jiamu nodded with a smile, then looked at the people in the room and said, "Okay, okay, let's all stay here for dinner today, just for us girls to be happy."

You Shi, who was on the side, spoke to Jia Lian and said, "Brother Lian, your brother Zhen is outside."

Jia Lian nodded and said, "I am accompanying the master to welcome guests outside."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. You immediately said, "Since that's the case, then there's no need to send the ones from the East Mansion, and they will be used here."

"That's right, daughter-in-law Zhen, you all stay here, the whole family should be lively together." Mother Jia said.

The Jia Mansion was celebrating, and Xingqing Street was also bustling with activity on the other side.Every household in the two rows of shops along the street set off firecrackers, and the firecrackers were led by Yunji.The restaurants on the street were also full of guests today, because Yunji's shopkeeper said that today, all the restaurants under Yunji's name will not accept cash, just to celebrate the imperial court's great victory in Shanxi.

Shanxi.

Jia Ying had already left Lan County a few days ago, but it was still a day later than originally planned, and the marching speed was very slow.

The reason was that on the day when Jia Ying originally planned to march out, a sudden autumn rain interrupted Jia Ying's plan and he had to stay for another day.Maybe it's because there will be one less autumn rain this year. The heavy rain not only extinguished the fire that had been burning for several days in the mountains, but also made the marching road muddy, and the mountains piled up with loess The landslide was serious, making it very difficult for the army to move forward, especially the firearms battalion pulling the cannons and the supply battalion escorting food and grass. The speed was not much faster than the turtle crawling.

The distance that could have been covered in three days was taken in seven days.

"I just don't know. Has Tasur returned to the side pass at this moment, or has it merged with Ning Wu's Shuwudu?" On the ruined wall of Wuzhai Fort, Jia Ying looked into the distance, as if waiting for something, His brows were tightly frowned into a "Chuan".

A fluke victory completely exposed the Hunan army camp to the sight of the Huns. The Huns who have entered the pass may not dare to go south easily, but they are also alert, knowing that there is a strong army in the south, which is despicable. The Dagan had a shameful plot and buried thousands of Xiongnu warriors.Although they were not convinced, out of reverence for life, they made them stop going south.

What Jia Ying is most worried about now is that after Tasur is defeated and returns to Pianguan, the Huns will increase the number of troops stationed in Pianguan.In that case, it will be difficult to regain the first pass.

Fortunately, Jinyangwei's men and horses travel easily, and they are not too far away from Wuzhai Fort at the moment.There are also the guards of Ganzhou Guard and Shenyang Central Guard stationed in Lu'an Mansion, and they have also passed Yangqu.

There are more than 2000 guards in Jinyang, and more than 5000 guards in Ganzhou. There are fewer guards in Shenyang, but they are a cavalry force of [-].With these reinforcements, he has almost [-] soldiers and horses in his hands. Even facing the main force of the Huns, he can be regarded as having the power to protect himself.Especially when the reinforcements from Shenyang Central Guard arrive, plus the original cavalry of the Hunan Army Battalion and the newly formed [-] cavalry, he will have a cavalry of [-] people.

With this cavalry, they dared to confront the Xiongnu cavalry head-on, instead of being like before, under the same strength, even the Hunan Army Battalion still had some advantages, but they had to rely on tactics to deal with the enemy.

Taking advantage of the gap on the marching road, Jia Ying re-divided and integrated the Hunan Army Camp based on the advantages of the various departments of the Hunan Army Camp.

The division was mainly aimed at the infantry. In the past, except for the cavalry and firearms battalions, the rest were generally called infantry battalions. However, in the face of the upcoming war, such a rough division of arms seemed to be a bit out of date.

Therefore, Jia Ying split the infantry battalion into three battalions, the vanguard battalion, the side camp and the supply battalion.

Plus the second battalion of cavalry and firearms, there are a total of five battalions of soldiers and horses.

In fact, the Hunan Army Camp has developed to the present, and it is no longer appropriate to call it a camp. An army of ten thousand people can completely become an army.However, the frontier army of Dagan only has a battalion system, and the so-called certain army is just a common name, not an official name.

But if you really want to become an army on your own, you need to go through one or even several battles as an assessment. The purpose of the assessment is to let everyone recognize this army, so that the Hunan Army Battalion can have the qualifications to be called an army.

Each of the five battalions has a guerrilla member, and the vanguard battalion has 600 people, responsible for charging and attacking the city. Babli is the guerrilla, and Tao Dayong is the deputy; The army is dedicated to the battle formation, equipped with spears and knives, and standing shields. It is led by the general Mu Enci himself, and Sang Gong is the deputy; the cavalry battalion has 5000 people. There are 3000 people in the Firearms Battalion, with Xu Kuta as the guerrilla; 3000 people in the Supplies Battalion, and only 4000 regular soldiers, and the rest are temporarily recruited civilians, who are also equipped with long knives, and can be filled into the Vanguard Battalion when necessary. Liu Tianbao was the guerrilla.

Of course, the framework is only set up right now, and the soldiers still need to be supplemented later.

These days, Jia Ying had gathered some of the remnants of the guards who had retreated, but the number was not too many. It was too difficult to survive under the sword of the Huns.When the soldiers are replenished, there will be more than 7000 main soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, a total of more than [-] soldiers.However, among the more than [-] people, half of them had to be paid by Jia Ying himself.

Because there were only 6000 people in the Hunan Army Battalion and 3000 people in the Firearms Battalion that had been reported to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War would only allocate food and salaries to the registered soldiers, and Jia Ying had to figure out the rest.

A regular soldier needs 20 to 15 taels of silver for a year, and an auxiliary soldier pays 15 to 25 taels of silver. That is to say, Jia Ying has to spend [-] taels of silver for the military salary alone to support For this large army, and this is not counting the horse food, the extra armor and weapons, and the disability pension, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight without [-] taels a year.

Such a large sum of money gave Jia Ying some headaches when she thought about it, but fortunately, there is still the treasure left by Yang Huang to support it. After this battle, she still has to find a way to let the court raise her talents.

Just at this moment, Jia Ying heard footsteps coming from behind her, turned around to look, but it was Mu Enci who came over, Jia Ying's eyes lit up and asked: "The person sent out to inquire is back?"

Mu Enci nodded and said: "Tasul indeed led the remnants back to Pianguan, and the water of the Yellow River has risen!"

Jia Ying was overjoyed when she heard the words: "So, there are no reinforcements from the Huns?"

Mu Enci nodded and said: "But even so, this battle is not easy to fight. Tasur's gates are closed, and the walls of the closed city are high and thick. It is too difficult for us to take it back. And according to The captured tongue confessed that Shuwudu originally wanted to wait for Tasur's reinforcements to besiege Ningwu with him, but now that he heard the news of Tasur's defeat, there are already signs of withdrawing from Ningwu."

After a moment of silence, Jia Ying said, "Can you ask the brothers from Ningwu to help hold back the people in Shuwudu?"

Mu Enci shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult. Zhenwuwei who was originally stationed in Dai County could send some reinforcements to help Ningwu, but since the collapse of Datong, the situation in Yanmen has also taken a turn for the worse. Zhenwuwei has already received a transfer order." , back to aid Yanmen. And Ningwu also has to face the enemy in the direction of Datong, and it is impossible for them to divide their troops."

Jia Ying also began to worry for a while, the ancients did not deceive me, it is easy to talk about war on paper, but it is difficult to really attack the city.If you want to take down the side pass that is heavily guarded and has high walls and thick walls, no strategy will work, you can only use human lives to heap it, but what Jia Ying lacks most now is people.Not to mention, there is a Shu Wudu behind him who may return at any time.

But Mu Enci said again: "I have another piece of news here, but I don't know if it's useful."

Jia Ying looked up.

"Tasur's main force is only 5000 people, and the rest are mostly members of the Zhazhi tribe, and Shuwudu is the leader of the Zhazhi tribe. He kept these people originally to let them raise funds for the army. Food and grass, but I didn’t expect to be conscripted by Tasur. More than half of the thousands of people we burned to death in Shilougou were from the Zhazhi tribe.” Mu Enci said.

"Shuwudu is just a big family. No matter how large the Zhazhi tribe is, the population is limited. Thousands of people disappeared at once. At this moment, Shuwudu is afraid that he will eat Tasur raw. So, even if Ningwu is not besieged, Shuwu will return to the army to pass."

Jia Ying suddenly thought of something, and with a wicked smile on his lips, he looked at Mu Enci and said, "I heard that there is not much food and grass in the headquarters of Tasur, and the reason why he attacked our army was to seize power in name. Food and grass for the army. The water of the Yellow River will not go down for a while, you said if we just fence it off, how many days can Tasur last?"

Mu Enci was puzzled and said: "As long as there are skills, we will not be able to block Pianguan City."

Jia Ying waved her sleeves and said, "Then let him disappear completely."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Xi'er who was at the side and said, "Bring me the map."

Xi'er then took out a roll of Shanxi map drawn on white silk from the cowhide sleeve on the back, and laid it out on the bluestone board in front of the two of them.

Jia Ying pointed to a certain place on the map and said, "From Ningwu to Pianguan, the shortest route goes through Shenchi, Yijing Tunbao, Bajiaobao, and Yongxingbao. The best place to ambush these five forts is Shenchi. It’s just that it’s too far away from Wuzhai Fort. The closest place to us is Yijing Tunbao, where the terrain is a wide river valley, which is also not conducive to ambushes.”

While talking, Jia Ying's fingers finally stopped at Bajiaobao, and said: "But Bajiaobao is different, here is a three-way intersection, one leads to Hequ, but Hequ has become an empty city now; and One leads to the old fortress of Yangjiao Mountain, but there are still border troops stationed there, and the terrain is dangerous, so it is not suitable for horses to pass; the last one leads directly to the side pass. Which way do you think Shuwu will go?"

"The most important thing is that the terrain here is long and narrow, and the valley is much deeper than Shilougou."

Mu Enci guessed what Jia Ying was thinking, and asked, "You want to repeat the old trick? Can the other party still be fooled by a trick that has been used once?"

Jia Ying heard the words, smiled slightly and said: "Why not, he doesn't want to go back to the partial pass unless he is in Shuwudu. There was once such a general who ambushed the enemy twice in the same place and with the same method. It can be seen that the same strategy doesn't matter. How many times you use it, the key is that it is easy to use!"

"Who is this person?" Mu Enci asked curiously.

Jia Ying shook her head but did not answer.

(End of this chapter)