Chapter 1026 Seeking wealth and insurance in the self-written scroll

"It is really difficult to rescue Li Ruzhang's tribe, basically there is no hope." Huang Degong's gaze also fell on the map, "The Mongol army has occupied Huairou and Miyun, and the Qiangziling-Zhenluying line has also been captured by Mongolian cavalry. For control, Li Ruzhang's troops must be dominated by infantry, once they flee south, they will not be able to break through this line, and this is not counting the Chahar people outside Gubeikou."

   "What if you jump out of the side wall?" Feng Ziying asked abruptly.

   "Jumped out of the side wall?" Huang Degong was taken aback, "That's the grassland. Once the Mongols pursue them from tail to tail, the whole army may be wiped out!"

"Can you survive by staying at the Miyun Guard, Chaohe Station, and Shixia Camp?" Feng Ziying shook her head, "Once the Mongolian army in Miyun and Huairou is free, we must first deal with the forces behind them. They can't keep it."

   "What if we guard Cao's village?" Huang Degong asked in a deep voice.

  Feng Ziying fell into deep thought.

The situation in Caojiazhai is more complicated. This is the most complicated area of ​​the entire Jizhen West Road. Because the side wall is built along the mountain, a protrusion protruding eastward is formed here, and then it quickly retracts westward, and then moves along the mountain. Winding down the mountain.

In a sense, the area of ​​Caojiazhai was actually built as a base for the reserve department, because the geographical location of the protruding part of Gubeikou is too bad, and it is very easy to be attacked by people from the east, north, and west. Enemy forces attack from three directions.

It can be seen from the map that there is almost a straight line from Mutianyu in the west to Huangsongyu in the east, connecting the whole area from Mutianyu and Dashuigu - Shichengxia and Shitangling - Huangyakou and Feng Jiabao-Baimaguan and Gaojiapu-Chaohesuo and Gubeikou (Miyun Weiwei)-Caojiazhai and Heiyu-Modaoyu and Qiangziling-Huangsongyu and Jiangjunshiguan pass across this line, that's it a protrusion.

Once the enemy breaks through from the base or waist of the protrusion, it can easily cut off the entire protrusion, putting the Zhou army north of the cutting line in trouble. How to solve this problem, Jizhen also has a question. considered.

  Then it is to choose a place as a place to hold and contain the enemy troops entering the pass, which can not only avoid being encircled and wiped out by the enemy troops, but also rely on the terrain of the fortress to conduct containment and blocking.

The line of Caojiazhai has such conditions. Due to its solitary corner, and the dangerous terrain of this line, there are many fortresses. There are more than 20 villages including Gugu Village, Changbanling Village, Dajiao Valley Village, Hanerling Pass, Shuigu Village, Heigu Village, Fengtai Valley Village, and Shaoxiang Valley Village, and there are many small fortresses inside.

   "Hushan, I didn't expect you to do research on the West Association of Ji Town." Feng Ziying couldn't help but said.

"My lord, it's a coincidence that although I am from Kaiyuan, when I was studying art, my master was from a military household in Miyun Guard, so he is very familiar with this situation, and he also told me about it. On the other hand, I feel that Caojiazhai may be the only place for Li Ruzhang's troops to go, and it is too dangerous to go outside the customs, and the Mongols will never let them go.

  Huang Degong is very calm.

   "Hushan, do you think Li Ruzhang's tribe can withstand the attacks of the Chahar and Waikha people if they rely on the Caojiazhai line to hold their ground?" Feng Ziying asked rhetorically.

This question put Huang Degong to the test. After thinking for a long time, he still shook his head with an ugly face: "My lord, I dare not make this conjecture. Li Ruzhang's department has only 15,000 people, and it has gone through the conflicts with the Chahar people in the early stage." Fighting, and now we are going to retreat to Caojiazhai, but if we want to retreat, it is impossible to do it overnight, so how many people can retreat to Caojiazhai? I estimate that there are at most 10,000 people , if the Chahar and Waikalkha people don’t care too much, they may be able to hold on, but if the Chahar and Waikalkha people feel that this is a thorn in their backs that must be pulled out, then I’m afraid there will be some It's tricky."

Huang Degong is quite objective. The strength of the Jizhen army, especially Li Ruzhang's, is still dominated by infantry, but there are not many firecrackers, and most of them are the oldest and backward three-eyed firecrackers. The combat effectiveness is not good. It is not even as good as the combination of sword, shield and long spear. Even if there is a fortress on the Caojiazhai line as a backing, if the Chahar people and Waikalkha people really want to pull it out, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold it. There will also be heavy casualties.

"If I were Lindan Batur, I only needed to use a cavalry to contain this line, and I didn't need to attack at all. The other main forces were still placed in the south, and Li Ruzhang's troops could only stand helplessly in Caojiazhai. So I scrapped this one." Feng Ziying said, "But I have another idea."

   "Oh?" Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu and Hou Chengzu all came to be interested: "What do you think, my lord?"

   "I want to give you a fortune, but it needs to take some risks, and it may not be as simple as I imagined. In case there are any variables in it, it's hard to say."

  A fortune? Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu and Hou Chengzu are all warriors, and what they seek is nothing more than serving the emperor of the court. Since childhood, they have enshrined their wives and sons, Guangzong and Yaozu, and the two are not contradictory. Nature can have both.

   It's just that Feng Ziying's abrupt sentence made them understand, but they still don't understand.

   "Brother, you want to take us to rescue Li Ruzhang's family?" Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I did intend to ask you to go to Li Ruzhang's department, but I'm afraid it's not just as simple as saving Li Ruzhang's department. If I want to give you a fortune, I will naturally have to perform better."

  Feng Ziying's words made Zuo Liangyu a little puzzled, "Brother, give it to us? Could it be that you..."

"Kunshan, I am a civil servant and the co-prefect of Yongping Mansion. The affairs of Yongping Mansion are related to me. I have no shirkable responsibility. But if you want to cross the border of Yongping Mansion, it is overstepping. If you give someone a handle, the censor will impeach you." Yes." Feng Ziying shook her head: "However, Hushan and Kunshan don't have this limitation. You are my father's subordinates. Although you are Liaodong soldiers, my father is also the governor of Jiliao. He mobilizes troops between Jiliao and Jiliao. It is all within the scope of my father's power. If Hushan and Kunshan have the courage, we will reorganize with your two departments, add Yehe's armored cavalry, and reorganize He Huchen's Beijing camp, with 12,000 troops. Thousands of horses are enough to handle."

"My lord?!" Hou Chengzu had a look of expectation on his face, but he also knew that he had a special status. It was already a little overstepping when the Denglai Navy's navy battalion landed in Yongping Mansion. Now he wants to join this army, no doubt It is easy to be criticized.

"Brother Huaiyu, it's really difficult to deal with your side. In addition, although I have some confidence in Zai Sai's side, I have to be on guard, so I have to ask your sailor battalion to station in Lulong and Qian'an to prevent accidents, but There are only 1,500 people in your sailor battalion, I suggest that you can choose from those who escaped from the Beijing battalion during this period, and choose those who are honest, honest, single, and have no hobbies, bad work, and bad habits to join your Denglai navy,..."

   "My lord, I'm afraid this kind of Jingying disciples may not be willing to go to Denglai. If our Denglai navy wants to recruit people, there is no difficulty. We can choose from Qilu Liangjian's children. Why do we need such Jingying disciples?"

  Hou Chengzu also knew that he had some extravagant expectations, and Lulong and Qian'an did need some manpower to support the formation, so he stopped entangled.

  As for the children of the Beijing camp, he really doesn't like them.

However, he is quite interested in Feng Ziying's method of training soldiers. During this period of time, he can use it to practice his own sailor battalion, so as not to be in vain equipped with self-generating firecrackers. , compared to the self-generated firearms army with two people each having one.

"That's okay. The disciples of the Beijing camp are indeed not satisfactory. Even if they are good and healthy, their tenacity is not as good. Most of them are unwilling to leave their hometown. It is quite difficult for He Huchen to choose a supplementary camp from the tens of thousands. .” Feng Ziying also agrees with Hou Chengzu’s point of view.

   "My lord, you mean to let us form an army and go to Shuntian Mansion for reinforcements?" Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu were already a little excited.

  The Mongols invaded massively, and the capital was at stake. It would be such an honor to lead an army to King Qin. If one or two meritorious deeds could be made, wouldn’t it be a dream to rise to the top?

   "That's exactly what I mean." Feng Ziying had no choice but to do so.

  Although he expected that the Chahars and Waikalkhas would not be able to threaten the capital, at most they would harass and plunder the capital.

  Looking at these hundreds of years, since the pre-Ming Dynasty, except for Wala, they have also attacked the capital city, but that's all. It is impossible to capture the capital city, unless there is civil strife in the capital city.

  But the question is, would Emperor Yonglong think so? Do the cabinet and the Ministry of War think so? Do ordinary people in the capital city think so?

   Now, I am afraid that the court is already very dissatisfied with Niu Jizong, his father, and You Shigong.

  The censors are probably also eager to try, starting to look for reasons and excuses, drafting bullets, and getting ready to go.

  Niu Jizong is fine, but his father can't ignore it.

  Feng Ziying didn't know that her father also made a big mistake in Liaodong. If she knew, she would be more determined.

   And You Shigong can’t ignore it here. If You Shigong is really convicted and deprived of his official status, it will be a big blow to his father.

  So he can only take a chance.

  (end of this chapter)