Chapter 1373 Xin Zijuan Setting Sun, Grass and Trees Are Urgent

For Feng Ziying, Qiu Shi'an seems insignificant now, but in the long run, as Emperor Yonglong's body became weaker and his princes became more active, and the Supreme Emperor and the Concubine still had some influence in the palace, So it is necessary to maintain a certain intelligence gathering ability and influence in the palace.

  Yuan Chun's influence in the palace is very weak. Originally, Feng Ziying still intended to let Yuan Chun play some role.

Now that he is already in the palace, and Yuan Chun doesn't seem to be that lonely and self-confident, he seems to have some ideas, at least he wants to fight for Jia's family, so let's go with the flow, don't be too arrogant .

For example, Jia Zheng found a position as a student in Jiangxi. It's just a little embarrassing on the political head.

It's just that Jia's family committee is too inferior in talent training, Baoyu has no intention of official career, Jia Huan and Jia Lan are younger, and Jia Huan's relationship with the concubines is not very good because of his concubines, and Jia Huan's temperament I'm afraid that if I pass the exam, I'm afraid that I will really hold my head up and refuse to accept Jia Yuanchun's plan.

Now Feng Ziying can't understand what Jia Yuanchun is thinking in his heart. The future fate of this kind of concubine without heirs will be very miserable. How can Yuan Chun's intelligence not think of this? Even the Jia family should have predicted it, but They probably didn't expect that these young concubines couldn't even get close to Emperor Yonglong.

Entering the palace was chosen by Jia's family and Yuan Chun themselves, and Feng Ziying couldn't help much, but Yuan Chun seemed to be a little bit unwilling to be reduced to a weed that no one knew about, just like this, silently annihilated in Wanren In the palace wall, this kind of reluctance and dissatisfaction probably supported Yuan Chun's willingness to struggle.

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   "The Guyuan Army has been defeated again?" Feng Ziying was about to go to bed when she heard the news. She dressed quickly and went to the study.

  Zheng Chongjian's face was frighteningly gloomy, while Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing were relatively silent with him.

Zheng Chongjian also knew that Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing were Feng Ziying's aides. At the moment, among his classmates, only Feng Ziying and Lian Guoshi could use them. , are not qualified yet.

   Zheng Chongjian and Wang Wenyan have also met several times. Although they don’t know each other very well, they also know that this scribe who is said to be a petty official should not be underestimated. He has clear thinking, meticulous work, and is especially good at planning.

  The other Wu Yaoqing seems to be dedicated to collecting and sorting out relevant intelligence information for Feng Ziying, and even taking care of some non-official affairs and family affairs for Feng Ziying. This role should also be Feng Ziying's confidant.

  As soon as he arrived at the door, before Feng Ziying arrived, these two rushed over first, which is enough to explain a lot.

  But at this time, Zheng Chongjian didn't have the time to think about other things. The new changes in the Southwest War made him very anxious and at the same time felt helpless.

   There are various signs that the Southwest War is entering a new worrying stage from the stalemate in the early stage.

  So this may not be as simple as losing a battle.

The war in the Southwest has been protracted for a long time, and the Guyuan Army has not been able to recover. It may be that it has been fighting in the Northwest for many years, and it is difficult to adapt to the climate and terrain in the Southwest. Therefore, although the general has been changed, in the continuous battles, there has been no can win.

  I don’t know how to lose this time, and this overnight military department has finished its research and reported to the cabinet.

"Defeated, the news is still a bit confusing, but one thing is certain, that is, Yang Yinglong's strategy of luring the enemy to go deep, and the logistics and supplies can't keep up. The Lai army did not cooperate well, so they were defeated by Yang Yinglong one by one. Now Tongziyi and Sangmuya are in an ambush. The Guyuan army was defeated and retreated all the way to Qijiang. After three days, the Jingxiang army was surrounded by the Furong River in the south of Zhenzhou. Yang He struggled to break through. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong led the guards from Nanchuan to support at all costs, and the Jingxiang army was able to break out of the encirclement. Even so, The Jingxiang army also suffered great losses,..."

   Zheng Chongjian, with a look of frustration and irritability on his face, stood at the desk with Feng Ziying, looking down at the map in front of him by the light of a candle.

Feng Ziying has already spread out the map, and her eyes are wandering on the map, "Brother Chucai has been there for so long, it doesn't mean that the people in Chongqing have been trained, I remember that the Ministry of War specially bought them from the Fire Gun Workshop in Yongping. Three thousand firecrackers were shipped to Chongqing, and Liaodong’s supply was even suppressed for this, why is there no movement?”

"I heard that Yongning Weishe's family restrained Mr. Geng, so..." Zheng Chongjian sighed, "The combat effectiveness of the guards in Luzhou and Xuzhou is not worth mentioning. If we take down the Yongning rebels, otherwise both Luzhou and Syria will fall."

  Feng Ziying's complexion gradually turned cold, "What about the Denglai Army? Didn't the Denglai Army fight very smoothly in Youyang and Pingcha Dongsi last year? Why is there no sound in this battle?"

"I heard that it is still a problem of logistics supplies. Due to the lack of food and grass, the Denglai Army expropriated food and grass on the spot in Sinan Prefecture, which aroused civil unrest. Longquanpingsi, Wuchuan, and Sinan Prefecture all rebelled and besieged Denglai Army at one time. , the Denglai army had to put down the rebellion on the spot, and later the court censor impeached Wang Ziteng, and the court also issued an order to reprimand Wang Ziteng, so Wang Ziteng thought that if the court did not guarantee food and fodder, he would not enter the territory of Bozhou, and even Withdrew from the front line of Sinan Prefecture."

The Denglai Army and the Guyuan Army were the main forces to suppress the rebellion. Unexpectedly, the Guyuan Army was unacceptable, but the Denglai Army was rebellious. In addition, the performance of the other Jingxiang Army was not satisfactory. No wonder this battle has been postponed. It has been more than a year, but I have fallen into a quagmire and cannot extricate myself.

  Feng Ziying stood up, a little upset.

  The performance of the Guyuan Army was poor, but it was not expected that the Jingxiang Army would do the same.

In Feng Ziying's impression, Yang He was still able to fight against the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, and Yang He's performance in Ningxia's suppression of the rebellion seemed to be remarkable. Why did the court authorize him to form the Jingxiang Army and monopolize the military power this time, but he On the contrary, it is busy?

Yang Yinglong's chieftain army cannot be very strong in combat effectiveness, relying on the location and climate, but the Jingxiang army is not too far away from Bozhou, and the Guyuan army is not used to it in the northwest. It was originally a mountainous area, and the climate was similar. Why did it take so long to build and polish, but it was still so unbearable?

As for Wang Ziteng, Feng Ziying has never pinned much hope on it. If Wang Ziteng can not hold back, or even fight back, Feng Ziying will have Amitabha. Catastrophe.

   Now Feng Ziying has no evidence to say that Wang Ziteng has ulterior motives, but at least the Denglai Army has no intentions. This is absolute.

Zheng Chongjian looked away from the map, "Feixiong writes back to me almost every month, introducing the situation there. He mainly follows Mr. Sun, and is also responsible for contacting Mr. Geng and Mr. Yang on behalf of Mr. Sun. The current deputy commander of the army, Ma Daokui, has a violent personality. Although he is brave and good at fighting, his popularity in the army is not good. Several of his generals and guerrillas are very dissatisfied with him, so it is difficult to fully control him in command ,..."

  Wang Yingxiong went to the Southwest this time, and never came back. He thought he could make some political achievements by taking advantage of this expedition, but unexpectedly, he became a trap.

After Feng Ziying went to Yongping Mansion, Wang Yingxiong and his correspondence became less and less, and there was only one letter in about half a year. In total, he only received three or four letters from this guy. Naturally, the news he got could not be compared with Zheng Chongjian, who was in the military department. compared to.

"Frozen three feet is not a day's cold." Feng Ziying said lightly: "My father mentioned it to me when he was in Yulin as the commander-in-chief, saying that Guyuan Town is on the inside line, because there is no need to face the Mongols directly, and there is no pressure. The generals are all lazy and lazy, and they have a tendency to become ordinary guards. This situation was foreshadowed three years ago when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion. For this reason, my father also mentioned it to the then left servants of the Ministry of War, Mr. Chai and Mr. Yang Heyang. It looks like Mr. Yang didn't realize it,..."

Zheng Chongjian shook his head, "So what if Lord Yang knows? The Guyuan army won't listen to him. The court nominally put Lord Sun in charge of the north, but Lord Yang won't listen to him. The Guyuan army is even more rebellious. Only Lord Geng's Min Zhuang and his own guards, Lord Yang depends on the situation, how will we fight this battle?"

Although Sun Chengzong was sent by the Ministry of War to command and coordinate counter-insurgency matters, but Sun Chengzong is only a fourth rank, the deputy commander of the Guyuan Army will not listen to you, Yang He is the censor of the capital, let alone Wang Ziteng Say, who listens to you?

"This battle is doomed from the very beginning to be taken seriously." Feng Ziying rubbed her temples, "I see, it's not necessarily a bad thing to win a few games. Guyuan Army, when it collapses, it collapses." , It’s a pity for the Jingxiang army, the cabinet will study overnight tonight, and maybe they can come up with a good countermeasure.”

   "Ziying, you have a big heart and a fat body. The Guyuan army was defeated, and the Jingxiang army lost most of it. So what if the imperial court came up with countermeasures, who will implement them?" Zheng Chongjian said dissatisfiedly.

"There must be a way for a car to reach the mountain. The imperial court has spent so much on this. Can it still see the situation collapse?" Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Don't worry, the sky can't go down, the Guyuan army can't, there are Yulin Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Xuanda Town, Ji Town, and Liaodong Town cannot be moved for the time being, but if there is an emergency, it is not impossible to send 10,000 to 20,000 people out, how big will it be?"

  (end of this chapter)