I'm in the Red Mansion

However, the document they received from the Ministry of War only said that General Jia was coming alone.

But now this General Jia not only brought forty or fifty people with him.

They also brought nearly a hundred more war horses, and all of these war horses were from the Qing army.

Moreover, these war horses were decorated with Qing Dynasty armor.

As for the Manchu heads, they did not see them because they were blocked by armor and the angle was wrong.

Therefore, this made the soldiers guarding the city become alert.

He was not sure whether the man under the city was General Jia.

The soldiers guarding the city could not help but ask, "Didn't General Jia come to report to the army alone? Why did he bring so many people and so many war horses? And there were so many Qing war horses?"

At this time, Jia Cong stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "I am Jia Cong, and these fifty-one people are the clan soldiers I brought from my Jia family."

"On the way, we encountered a group of Qing troops burning, killing and looting in the village ahead. This general led the soldiers of the clan to kill them all. The extra war horses were the war horses looted from the Qing Dynasty."

"By the way, there are also the heads of Qing soldiers here."

Having said this, Jia Cong gestured.

Fifty-one soldiers from the tribe immediately raised the heads of the Qing soldiers, causing the defenders on the city to exclaim in surprise.

They had encountered Qing soldiers before and confirmed that these heads were indeed those of Qing soldiers.

Their number was half that of the Qing soldiers, but they were defeated miserably in several encounters with the Qing army.

And General Jia, who was under the city, had only 51 soldiers from his clan, but he killed almost twice as many Qing troops as himself.

There are no casualties yet.

This combat power was so powerful and amazing that the Great Xia defenders on the city were full of admiration.

At this time, Jia Cong said again: "Please tell General Niu that General Niu knows me."

Niu Jizong and the Jia family are both members of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes faction.

The two families still visit each other during the holidays this year, although Jia Cong and Niu Jizong are just nodding acquaintances.

But they had drunk together many times, so they knew each other.

Moreover, the two are from the same faction, so they will naturally become closer when they join the army.

The defenders on the city wall did not dare to neglect it. He clasped his fists and said, "General Jia, please wait for a moment. I will report this to you."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you, little brother!"

Soon, the soldiers on the city wall reported the news to Niu Jizong in the general's mansion in the city.

The defenders on the city wall quickly spread the news that General Jia, along with fifty servants, had killed more than a hundred Qing soldiers on the road.

This news shocked all the soldiers in Liangcheng.

They had previously faced the Qing army in many battles but had never won a single battle.

To the extent that they all developed the shadow of the invincibility of the Eight Banners Army in their hearts.

But now, a fierce man brought dozens of servants and directly slaughtered the Qing army which was twice his number.

This news greatly inspired them!

It turns out that the Qing army is not invincible!
Soon, the soldiers guarding the city informed Niu Jizong of Jia Cong's arrival.

After hearing this, Niu Jizong was overjoyed!

Of course he knew that Jia Cong was coming, but he did not expect that Jia Cong would be so powerful!

Originally, the morale of his soldiers was low and they were demoralized.

Now, we can use Jia Cong to boost morale.

Thinking of this, Niu Jizong hurriedly gathered his generals and three hundred personal soldiers, and went forward in a mighty procession to greet Jia Cong.

Such a grand scene soon alarmed the soldiers and civilians of the entire Liangcheng.

Originally, many civilians and soldiers did not know the news that General Jia had killed the Qing army.

Now, everything is known.

The morale of the soldiers actually improved almost visibly.

When Niu Jizong saw it, he was overjoyed.

Soon, Niu Jizong brought a group of people to the South Gate.

Then, Niu Jizong ordered his men to open the city gates.

Niu Jizong brought people to greet them personally.

Outside the city, Jia Cong and fifty-one clan soldiers were also completely stunned by this scene.

Although Jia Cong was familiar with Niu Jizong, that was all.

Jia Cong never expected that Niu Jizong would give him such face.

Of course, he was not stupid, and he probably guessed what Niu Jizong was thinking.

But this is just a matter of mutual benefit, and it’s a good thing for him too.

Jia Cong quickly dismounted, took two steps forward, and bowed loudly, "I am Jia Cong, the last general, and I pay my respects to General Niu!"

Niu Jizong laughed loudly, jumped off his horse, strode forward and helped Jia Cong up.

Niu Jizong said loudly: "General Jia, you don't have to be polite. Please stand up quickly!"

"I heard that General Jia killed more than a hundred Qing soldiers on the road. I wonder if General Jia can have his soldiers carry the heads of Qing soldiers into the city? Let the soldiers and people of Liangcheng see it?"

This is a win-win situation. Jia Cong gained fame and Niu Jizong gained morale.

This is a great opportunity to enhance my own prestige, and I can also help Niu Jizong, so why not do it?
Therefore, Jia Cong said loudly: "Since the general has given an order, how dare I disobey it?"

"Come here, hold up the heads of the Qing army and follow me into the city!"

"Yes, General!"

Niu Jizong became more and more satisfied with Jia Cong's performance.

He said to Jia Cong: "General Jia, let's go into the city together!"

"Yes, General!"

Next, the two of them mounted their horses one after another.

Niu Jizong was in front, and Jia Cong was half a horse's head behind him.

Behind the two men were fifty-one soldiers of the Jia family, each holding a head of a Qing soldier in his hand.

Or one person held two heads of Qing soldiers in his hands. In short, everyone had a share.

If there were still people who had doubts before.

At this moment, facing the irrefutable evidence of the Qing head, there was no more doubt.

Even the nearly one hundred bloody heads made them even more in awe of Jia Cong and his servants.

They rode slowly all the way until they arrived at the general's mansion.

After entering the general's mansion, Niu Jizong directly invited Jia Cong into the study.

Well, in Niu Jizong’s study, there is a large military map in the middle.

There were bows and arrows, swords and guns hanging on both sides, but there was not a single book. There were, however, a few jars of wine.

After entering the study, Niu Jizong asked Jia Cong to sit down.

Then he said, "Please take a seat, my dear nephew. You have just arrived in the army and have already made a great contribution."

"Don't worry, I will report it truthfully and ask for credit for you!"

"The imperial court is in need of news of a victory right now. With this achievement, we can stop the Qing army from advancing southward."

"My dear nephew, you will definitely be promoted this time, and you can't escape!"

Jia Cong clasped his fists and thanked him: "It is all thanks to your support, General. I am very grateful!"

Niu Jizong laughed and said, "Nephew, why do you have to be so formal? Our two families are old friends, but now we are in private, so nephew, just call me uncle."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Yes, uncle."

Niu Jizong sighed and said, "My dear nephew, this mission is really difficult!"

"The Manchu Eight Banners Cavalry are fierce in field battles and are unstoppable."

"Our best defense is to rely on the city walls and defend with all our strength."

"And they are not good at siege warfare."

"But now I only have 150,000 soldiers and horses. How can I defend it?"

"If the Qing army does not attack the city, but bypasses my three cities and continues to burn, kill and loot, I will be powerless. What can I do?"

"If the imperial court could give me 300,000 troops, I could probably hold out."

"However, how could the imperial court give me 300,000 troops that could only stop the Qing army from advancing southwards, instead of driving them away?"

"If I dare to propose an increase of 150,000 troops, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve as a general for long!"

"My dear nephew, now that you are here, you can be relied upon by your uncle."

"I wonder if my dear nephew has any good plan to resist the Qing troops?"

Jia Cong understood Niu Jizon's difficulties.

In fact, it’s not that Niu Jizong is incompetent, but that a good cook cannot cook without rice.

In terms of cavalry combat effectiveness, the Xia army's hard power was indeed no match for the Qing army.

Niu Jizong was able to ensure that the three cities were impregnable with an army of 150,000.

In Jia Cong's opinion, this was already quite impressive.

During the Zhao State period, was General Lian Po awesome?

Qin and Zhao fought a fierce battle at Changping for Shangdang. He led a large army, built walls and held on. The battle lasted for three years and the Qin army could not win.

You see, at that time the Zhao army was no match for the Qin army, but General Lian Po’s defense was invincible, and he held out against the Qin army for three years without them being able to break into the city.

But in the end, why did Zhao State replace Zhao Kuo, who was only good at talking about military affairs on paper?

The main reason is that Zhao’s food and grass can no longer sustain it!

With a total of 400,000 troops guarding the border, plus the losses in transporting food and fodder, how much food would be consumed in a year?

The national strength of Zhao State could no longer sustain itself.

But Lian Po still insisted on staying put and not going out, as he would surely be defeated if he went out.

As a last resort, King Zhao replaced him with Zhao Kuo.

Although the situation Niu Jizong is facing now is different from that of Lian Po, there are some similarities between them.

However, Jia Cong never joined the army to resist the Qing army's southward advance.

He came here to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the Qing Dynasty!

At the very least, we have to take back one state from them first!
Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say: "Uncle, in fact, although the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty is powerful, it is not without weaknesses."

Hearing this, Niu Jizong asked doubtfully: "My dear nephew, why don't you tell me in detail what exactly are the weaknesses of the Eight Banners Cavalry?"

This was not the first time that Niu Jizong had fought against the Qing army, and he had not found any obvious weaknesses in the Eight Banners Cavalry.

Jia Cong couldn't help but say: "Uncle, the weakness of the Eight Banners Cavalry is their supply."

"The food and fodder each of them carries usually lasts no more than seven days, and they all rely on looting to support themselves in battle."

"And what if they can't plunder and are trapped? How many days can they hold out?"

"Of course, it is extremely difficult to trap the cavalry, and we don't necessarily need to trap them."

"But we can make many arrangements for this."

"And the Qing army is very arrogant. If we set up an ambush and make them suffer a few defeats, uncle, do you think they will come out in full force?"

"And can we take advantage of this opportunity to seize back Jizhou, one of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?"

Hearing Jia Cong say this, Niu Jizong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and was shocked.

Niu Jizong's ambition was to be satisfied as long as he could resist the Qing army's southward advance.

No one expected that this young man Jia Cong was so aggressive and actually wanted to take back Jizhou, one of the Sixteen States of Yanyun!

However, although the ambition is ambitious and the plan sounds plausible, it does seem to be feasible.

But on the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly. How can you achieve your goal by just saying a few words?
If the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were so easy to seize, why had Daxia failed to take them over so many years?

For a moment, Niu Jizon's gaze towards Jia Cong suddenly became complicated.

His original favorable impression of Jia Cong for killing the Qing soldiers had disappeared, and he became secretly alert. At this time, Niu Jizong could not help but regard Jia Cong as a person like Zhao Kuo and Ma Su.

I was secretly alert and decided not to believe this kid's lies.

Otherwise, the 150,000 troops he brought with him would be wasted, and their Niu family might even be buried with them.

Next, Niu Jizong hosted a banquet for Jia Cong.

Because he was in the army, he drank tea instead of alcohol.

At the banquet, Niu Jizong couldn't help but ask: "My dear nephew, you are a general, so you should lead the troops."

"Which army do you want to lead? There are seventeen armies under your uncle's command."

"You can lead six of them. You can choose carefully and decide which one you want to lead."

Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "Uncle, I want to lead a group of cavalry. Even if the number of people is smaller, it doesn't matter."

In ancient times, large-scale wars involved the coordination of multiple arms.

Each type of soldier has its own purpose.

But for Jia Cong, cavalry has strong mobility.

And the strongest force of the Qing army was the Eight Banners Cavalry.

Therefore, to deal with the Qing army, it is natural to choose cavalry, which is easier to carry out.

After listening to this, Niu Jizong pondered for a while and said, "Okay, I will leave the three thousand cavalrymen to you."

The cavalry are the elite among the elite in the army. Not only do they have a very high status, they are also treated as treasures.

Logically speaking, a new recruit like Jia Cong has no qualifications to be in charge of the cavalry.

However, the situation on Niu Jizong's side is different.

The main reason was that they had used cavalry in the previous wars with the Qing Dynasty.

Faced with the mobile and flexible Eight Banners cavalry, only cavalry can be used to compete with them.

If we use infantry to fight, we will just become sitting ducks for them.

The original cavalry commander had died in battle.

At this time, there were three thousand cavalrymen but no generals.

However, commanding cavalry is a very dangerous thing.

You may be sent to fight against the Qing Dynasty at any time, and your life may be in danger at any time.

Originally, Niu Jizong was not going to give Jia Cong cavalry.

The Niu family and the Jia family are old friends, so naturally they would take good care of Jia Cong.

Niu Jizong originally planned to let Jia Cong lead a troop of infantry and just stay in the city to defend it.

As long as the city is not broken, there will be no danger.

And now, Jia Cong took the initiative to lead the cavalry.

After thinking for a moment, Niu Jizong did not object.

After the banquet, Niu Jizong called his personal soldiers and ordered them to send Jia Cong to the cavalry camp.

Niu Jizong picked up his pen and began to write a military report.

Don't underestimate Niu Jizong, he is a rough man and can't read much.

However, he always wrote his military reports himself.

Emperor Yonglong never disliked the crudeness of his reports, but on the contrary trusted him very much.

I have to say that the rough guys actually have the wisdom of the rough guys.

In the report, Niu Jizong carefully recorded the process of Jia Cong killing the Qing army, then sealed it and sent it directly to the capital via an express route of 800 miles.

This small victory was just a small encounter that could not have been any smaller.

But the results achieved were still very brilliant.

Because even in a medium-sized encounter, it is not necessarily possible to cut off nearly a hundred heads of the enemy.

I believe that with this victory, I can barely give an explanation to His Majesty.

……

Soon, Jia Cong was sent to the cavalry camp.

Niu Jizong's personal soldiers ordered their men to beat drums, and soon gathered all 3,000 cavalrymen together.

Next, Niu Jizon’s personal soldiers announced the appointment of General Niu.

From then on, Jia Cong became the lieutenant general of the cavalry battalion, commanding the entire cavalry battalion.

Next, Niu Jizong's personal soldiers asked Jia Cong to speak in front of the army.

Jia Cong nodded and walked in front of the three thousand cavalrymen.

These cavalrymen had naturally heard of Jia Cong's heroic achievements.

Soldiers in the army worship the strong.

Their new general turned out to be the brave General Jia, so the three thousand cavalrymen were naturally delighted.

However, this is far from enough!
What Jia Cong wants is that they have the belief that they will win.

However, Jia Cong observed that the morale of these 3,000 cavalrymen was actually quite low.

I'm afraid it would be even more depressed before I came.

How can we win the battle with such low morale?
At this moment, Jia Cong heard a shrill cry coming from the sky.

When I looked up, I found two black spots in the sky. These two black spots grew rapidly and swooped down from the sky.

It turned out that this was a pair of eagles foraging for food.

Although eagles are large birds of prey, they are also afraid of crowds.

He rarely hangs around the city on weekdays, let alone appears near the military camp.

Perhaps this pair of eagles had to raise their young, or perhaps the series of wars had scared away their food.

They have to be here for food.

Jia Cong didn't care at all how they got here.

Jia Cong snorted coldly and said, "You beast, you are so noisy!"

After saying this, he took out the longbow from his back, took out an arrow, and shot it out without even aiming.

The three thousand archers, including Niu Jizon's personal soldiers, were all somewhat puzzled.

I really don’t know what Jia Cong is going to do.

And the next moment, two shrill bird calls suddenly sounded in the air.

The pair of eagles in the sky were embracing each other and wailing, then flapping their wings together and falling from the sky.

There were drops of blood falling in the air.

Not long after, the two eagles fell heavily to the ground far away.

Among the fifty-one clan soldiers brought by Jia Cong, one quickly ran away.

Soon, the two eagles were picked up.

The two eagles were shot through the neck by an arrow at the same time and died in a chokehold.

The soldier knelt on one knee and held two eagles high in his hands.

He shouted loudly: "General, you have a great shot, you killed two birds with one stone!"

Kill two birds with one stone!
Three thousand soldiers may not be able to see everything clearly.

However, this loud shout was heard clearly by everyone.

At this moment, all three thousand soldiers were moved!
They couldn't help but shout along: "The general shot with great skill, killing two birds with one arrow!"

"The general shoots brilliantly, killing two birds with one stone!"

He shouted four or five times in a row before gradually stopping.

The sound became louder and louder each time. In the end, not only all the soldiers in the barracks, but even half of the people in Liangcheng could hear it clearly.

Niu Jizong was in the military camp, listening to this and wondering what was wrong with these cavalrymen.

In the cavalry camp, after everyone stopped shouting.

Jia Cong took a look around and found that everyone's morale had improved.

Jia Cong was quite satisfied with this.

Jia Cong could not help but say in a deep voice: "Soldiers, my name is Jia Cong, and I will be your general from now on."

"Some of you may know, and some of you may not know, but last year I had an archery competition with the best archer in the Qing Dynasty."

"I defeated him and won Grass Valley County for Daxia!"

boom!
After hearing this story, the three thousand cavalrymen became excited again.

They had all heard about this matter.

But they did not remember Jia Cong's name, and they did not think in that direction at all.

After hearing what Jia Cong said, he suddenly realized.

No wonder the general was able to kill two birds with one stone just now. It turns out that the general was the sharpshooter who defeated the Qing Dynasty sharpshooter.

Isn't the general's archery skill the best in the world?
It turns out that we will all be following the general who is the best archer in the world?

For a moment, the three thousand cavalrymen were in a trance.

Jia Cong saw that after these words were spoken, the morale of the three thousand soldiers rose again.

Jia Cong nodded secretly after watching this.

Jia Cong said again: "The Qing army, are they very powerful? Ha!"

"After we disband, you can ask my personal soldiers. They are like pigs and dogs under my arrows!"

"They will be afraid, cowardly, flee, and surrender just the same!"

"They also only have one nose and two eyes!"

"Cut off their heads and you'll die just the same!"

"In the future, this general will lead you to fight the enemy and achieve great success!"

"This general will guarantee that in every war, this general will be with you! This general will definitely lead the charge!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

"We must win! We must win! We must win!"

After being fooled by Jia Cong, the three thousand cavalrymen became excited.

When Jia Cong saw it, he was very satisfied with the result.

Next, Jia Cong asked everyone to disperse.

Next, Jia Cong came to the barracks and chatted with every soldier.

He asked each soldier his name, age, hometown, hobbies and other questions.

These soldiers had a natural awe of Jia Cong.

Every time Jia Cong asked a question, they answered it.

If Jia Cong didn't ask, they wouldn't dare to speak easily.

Seeing this, Jia Cong did not communicate much.

Always give both parties time to get used to it.

For the entire afternoon, Jia Cong had a brief chat with five or six hundred soldiers.

If you want to talk to everyone, it will take at least three or four days.

In fact, these soldiers are not fools.

They probably knew in their hearts that the new General Jia was trying to win people's hearts.

And they actually didn't take it to heart.

This method is really too low-level.

The general is still too young! (End of this chapter)