Chapter 2087 Guizi scroll turning waste into treasure, fighting poison with poison

   Feng You, who had been sitting on the sidelines without saying a word, listened to the conversation between Feng Ziying and the three brothers Wang Chengwu.

  On the one hand, I feel that Brother Keng has become more sophisticated in talking and acting, on the other hand, Feng You is also carefully evaluating the content of the conversation between the two and his judgment on Wang Chengwu.

  After the three brothers Wang Chengwu retired, Feng Ziying asked Feng You about his views, and Feng You then frankly expressed the feasibility of some of Wang Chengwu's proposals just now.

   "The city wall of the West Gate is indeed worthy of attention. Wang Chengwu suggested that setting up an ambush is not impossible, but Ziying, you may have to consider whether the enemy's attack and killing can be wiped out in one fell swoop. If the time is prolonged, it may be taken advantage of by the opponent..."

"The usefulness of Li Guibao, Liu Dingfeng and others. Wang Chengwu's suggestion is very insightful. Three or five people form an assault team. This can be practiced first to cooperate and strive for a tacit understanding. When it is critical to invest in it, it can indeed play the role of using good steel on the blade. , defeated the enemy in one fell swoop,..."

"The construction of the city defense system is comprehensive and cannot rely on a certain item. The city wall of Wubao City is indeed low, but it is far better than relying on field battles. The lethality of various facilities and weapons deployed on the city wall is not comparable to field battles. Yes, being condescending is more influential in terms of psychological momentum for these chaotic troops who have not fought many battles, and having a city wall to rely on also gives the defenders a sense of security,..."

"As for the other trump card mentioned by Wang Chengwu, it can be debated. If it is used properly, it is indeed extremely lethal. It's just that I have only heard of this kind of thing in the past, but I have never seen it. ... "

  Feng You's words are old-fashioned and upholding the country's words. Feng Ziying quite agrees, but he supports some of Wang Chengwu's opinions.

  Wang Chengwu proposed that his younger brother Wang Chengbiao would lead three hundred elites to hide outside the city and make a surprise attack at the right time. This is obviously a somewhat risky move.

  How much effect can three hundred people play against tens of thousands of rebellious troops? But Wang Chengwu said that the rebellious army broke up. Although the men and horses of Boyanzhai and Baitangzhai are now separated from other rebellious troops, once they converge to attack the city, it may be difficult to distinguish so clearly. Breaking through to attack, once successful, can cause huge chaos, and then buy time and opportunities for the defenders.

   Wang Chengbiao also generously expressed his willingness to lead troops to wait outside the city, and Feng Ziying finally agreed to the opponent's request to fight.

  However, he also told the other party to choose a good time. If the time is not ripe, he would rather wait than act rashly.

  A series of orders were issued, and the entire Wubao County finally began to run nervously like a wind-up machine.

If it is said that the siege of the chaotic army brought more chaos to Wubao County before, then now that Feng Ziying and his party have arrived, they quickly stabilized the situation, so that Xia Zhiling, a member of the county government, has a backbone and peace in his heart. Rely on, everything is executed according to Feng Ziying's instructions, and there is no more confusion and bewilderment.

  All the weapons and materials needed, as long as they are available in the county, the businessmen and gentry must provide them unconditionally. Of course, the government will also register and wait for the unified settlement after the war.

However, the merchants are all very enthusiastic about this. They are very clear that at this point, once the rebel army breaks through the city, they may lose everything. , and in the end, neither side can fall well.

   Minzhuang and Jiabing were mainly responsible for guarding the east gate, while Wang Chengwu's department took over the west gate.

   Li Guibao, Liu Dingfeng and others formed seven mobile raid teams of three to five people, responsible for supporting several key points on the city wall.

Feng You incorporated all the soldiers he led into Wang Chengwu's army. The training together in the past few days has also greatly enhanced their familiarity with Wang Chengwu's soldiers. At least they can roughly understand and call out their names. Here we come, this is very important for joint operations once the war starts.

  June 9th, according to news received from the scouts at the front, the vanguard of the rebel army had already arrived within five miles of Wubao County.

It has to be said that a rebellious army is a rebellious army. It can be seen from the establishment of Wang Chengwu's department. Before accepting the reorganization, there were not even special scouts. There is no special training, and its ability to obtain intelligence and feed back intelligence is very poor.

   After Feng You led a group of people to help take over Wang Chengwu's army for training, he began to consciously help Wang Chengwu form a formal scout team.

  This is also why Feng You is not optimistic about these rebellious troops. This cannot be built overnight, and it will not be possible to form a decent system without a year or a half.

Fortunately, there are many refugees in Wang Chengwu's team from Wubao, Suide, Qingjian, Mizhi, and Jiazhou. The manpower comes, and after a simple training, he can follow the scouts in Feng You's personal army to "leave the army".

A batch of firecrackers and ammunition transported from Qikoudu were also delivered, but the quantity was not large, only 300 pieces, and the key was that time was running out. Almost no one in the rebellious army knew how to operate firecrackers. The three-stage shooting process is simply impossible now.

"The current situation is like this. The rebellious army is only five miles away from us. It is estimated that they will arrive at the city early tomorrow morning." Feng Ziying walked around the flower hall and looked at Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu with a smile. Xia Zhiling and Wang Wenyan said, "Don't blame me for dragging you into the pit of fire. I have asked for your opinions before, and you all volunteered to come to Shaanxi, so I wrote a letter to the imperial court. Who would have thought of an order from the imperial court?" So soon, let you come to me to report all day and night."

"Okay, Ziying, don't make sarcastic remarks there, we have all come here, and now we are still in this city with you, you are not afraid, what are we afraid of?" Zheng Chongjian waved his hand, "It's you who put this A large number of rebellious troops are directly converted into guards, do the Ministry of War and the court agree? This is against court rules."

"It's all in such a mess, but the frontier army is stretched. I'm afraid you don't know the situation of the Shaanxi capital. The army's establishment is useless. Seventy percent of them are just a list on paper. I'm still thinking about it. Yichuan, Luochuan and Fu in the south What about the prefecture? Even the prefectures and counties in the north of Yan'an Prefecture basically have no guards, and they all count on the Yulin frontier army to come to the emergency, but now the Yulin army is facing pressure from the Tumed people and Fengzhou Bailian, and the Ministry of War has instructed not to move lightly , I don’t think of a way by myself, should I sit and wait for death?”

Feng Ziying's words made Zheng Chongjian speechless. As the governor of Shaanxi, he was surrounded by this small county town of Wubao and could not be moved. He was threatened by the chaos at any time. At this time, he had to take care of the **** rules. Then Feng Ziying, the governor of Shaanxi, really It's best not to do it.

"Da Zhang, I think Ziying's point of view is correct. The guard system has been inherited since the pre-Ming Dynasty. In terms of the reclamation system, it has many disadvantages. Now it has become a fat vacancy for the local capital's guards. Shaanxi is a border town. It is more prominent. It is reasonable to say that these guards were originally the source of reserve soldiers for the three sides and four towns, but now the imperial court does not pay much attention to the three sides and four towns. The Northwest Army has transferred the elite of the four towns to the Central Plains. The four border towns definitely need to be supplemented, and the capital—the guard house has no such response at all. I think Ziying can kill two birds with one stone by doing this. First, he will be incorporated into the guard army to counter the rebellion, and the good ones will be transferred to the frontier army in the future. "Sun Chuanting also agreed with Feng Ziying's approach.

   "Yu Xuan, what do you think?" Feng Ziying asked Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu thought for a while and said: "Ziying is now the right servant of the Ministry of War, and the imperial envoy is also the governor of Shaanxi. She should have the responsibility to make decisions when the opportunity arises. If these rebellious troops do not surrender by recruiting security, how will they be dealt with? No matter where they are placed. Instability is all a problem, why not reorganize them, fight poison with poison, and let them be responsible for conquering the rebellious army, and select those who perform well and have outstanding records to be included in the frontier army. He also proved his combat effectiveness in the battle, so it is a matter of course to be included in the frontier army."

Seeing that both of his classmates agreed with this approach, Zheng Chongjian was just reminding Feng Ziying not to get carried away. His father is a military general. If he intervenes too much in military affairs, it will inevitably make the princes in the court have different ideas, especially in the Northwest. These areas, which are already heavily influenced by the Feng family, should avoid attracting people's tongues.

  But the current situation really does not allow rigidity. After this kind of recruitment, reorganization and reorganization into the main force of the suppression of the rebellious army is also a last choice, and it can only be dealt with in this way. Otherwise, how to deal with the Shaanxi rebellious army that is blooming everywhere?

"Since everyone has reached a consensus on this policy, we will follow this path in the future. To be honest, the guards in various counties and prefectures in Shaanxi are now in name only. I haven't seen the bottom files on the side of the capital, but in the case of Yan'an Prefecture Looking at it, the number of soldiers included in the guard will not exceed 3,000. The reason is probably that the Yulin Army is on the side, and the situation in Qingyang Mansion and Pingliang Mansion may be slightly better. They may not be worthy of these rebel soldiers, at least those rebel soldiers in Boyan Village and Baitang Village have some combat effectiveness,..."

Feng Ziying glanced at the three of Zheng Chongjian, "So the battle of Wubao will only be our beginning. After this battle, as long as we defend Wubao City, defeat the rebellious army, and take the opportunity to recruit soldiers, then I will Dazhang, Boya, and Yuxuan will be in charge. Of course, I will give you enough officers and soldiers to assist you in reorganizing. Our tasks in the future are still very heavy. Hold on, but will there be chaos in Shanxi and Henan instead?"

  (end of this chapter)