Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 335 Grand Master, You Need More Money!

Chapter 335 Grand Master, You Need More Money!

The Xining Mansion has a total of 20 men and horses. In addition to the 15 well-trained elites, there are also [-] grassroots recruits recruited after the official formation of the army.

There have been many wars in Hexi since ancient times, and it is also the place where the Silk Road must pass. Almost every hill has grass bandits, big and small, entrenched.

Qi Wenliang assigned a lot of official positions to these grassroots bandits and brought them under the command of Xining Mansion to fill up their numbers. Half of them were transferred to the front of the army as cannon fodder, and half were left to his son who stayed behind in Xining to be responsible for maintaining stability in the rear.

He originally wanted to quickly capture Lanzhou and other places, looking east to the Central Plains.Unexpectedly, the emperor sent Wang Ziteng over, and there was nothing Gou could do to make him do anything.

The two sides had been confronting each other by the Yellow River for more than a month, but no matter how much Qi Wenliang clamored and humiliated him, Wang Ziteng would not fight, and refused to fight.

If it continues like this, let alone looking east to the Central Plains, the silver and grain depots of Xining Mansion will be emptied by 20 troops.

Don't look at the fact that the Xining Army successively captured several state capitals under the jurisdiction of the Xingdusi in Shaanxi after the army raised its troops, but whoever is in charge knows that these state capitals are already barren.

Not only could he not add a catty of food to the Xining army, but Qi Wenliang had to find a way to feed the stomachs of those greedy people.

With the passage of time, the grain and grass in Xining Mansion began to become tense, and Qi Wenliang knew that he could not wait any longer.

When Aluotai led the remaining [-] Wala army to the bank of the Yellow River, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

Qi Wenliang used the wealth and women of several state capitals in Guanzhong as bargaining chips in exchange for the support of the Oala army.At the same time, it was agreed that after entering the capital, the two sides will use the Yellow River as the boundary, and the north of the Yellow River will be owned by Wala, and the south will be owned by Xining Prefecture.

Of course, Ah Luotai doesn't have much hope for the final agreement, as long as he can enter Guanzhong.

The wealthy women in several state capitals in Guanzhong are enough for the Oala army to return home with a full load.

In April, the temperature in Hexi gradually rises. In previous years, the people on both sides of the Yellow River were already working in the fields.

But this year's spring plowing was destined to be wasted. With the strengthening of Xining Army's offensive, Wang Ziteng had to move his tent to Yongjing City, which was closest to the front line.

The troops from both sides began to test each other on a large scale by the Yellow River outside Yongjing City. The artillery roared non-stop, and just one day of tentative fighting dyed the newly unsealed Yellow River red.

The Xining Mansion has been raising troops for decades, and the combat power of the private soldiers it has cultivated is obviously higher than that of the Pingxi army.

Coupled with the support of the [-] Vala army, the court army was obviously overwhelmed after several days of confrontation.

Yongjing City only persisted for seven days before being captured. Wang Ziteng had to withdraw his tent to Lanzhou, an important town in Hexi, and defended it with the help of Lanzhou's strong city.

Fortunately, tens of thousands of troops dispatched from various places arrived in time, and Wang Ziteng breathed a sigh of relief.The war fell into a stalemate again, and several large-scale frontal confrontations were launched under the city of Lanzhou.

A series of fights, the two sides win each other.Wang Ziteng relied on Lanzhou's strong food supply, and Qi Wenliang couldn't break Wang Ziteng's defense for a while.

While attacking Lanzhou, Qi Wenliang dispatched [-] troops to the south along Yongjing City, first attacked Hezhou, then fell into Lintao and Minzhou, and then went around to the rear of Lanzhou, intending to capture Gongchang Mansion and cut off Lanzhou's supply line.

Liu Yu, the king of Longxi County who didn't want to be seated in Gongchang Mansion, came to flood the Seventh Army, and directly drowned nearly ten thousand Xining troops with the water of Weihe River, which led Qi Wenliang to give up his plan to sneak attack the rear of Lanzhou.

By the end of April, Wang Ziteng was in charge of the overall situation in Lanzhou, Longxi County King Liu Yu was in Gongchang, and Prince Liu Hong was in charge of dispatching the army's food and grass. The three worked together to drag Qi Wenliang to the line from Lanzhou in the north to Minzhou in the south On the top, I dare not move at all.

As soon as the battle line was stretched, the shortcomings of the lack of troops in Xining Prefecture became apparent.

For a while, the threat from Liangzhou and Yongchangwei was temporarily lifted.There were not many troops under Jia Cong's command. Except for sending a small number of cavalry south to fight guerrilla warfare with the rebels, the rest of the troops were not idle, and were all sent out of the city by Jia Cong.

Those who herd sheep herd sheep, and those who farmed land planted land, helping the people of Liangzhou and Yongchangwei to replant spring plowing.

The farming season is already late, and it is too late to plant wheat and millet.Fortunately, Liu Hong sent a large amount of potatoes over earlier.

Raising seedlings, plowing the ground, planting...

The fight in Hexi is inextricable, but Liangzhou and Yongchangwei are peaceful and quiet.

If it weren't for the scouts who kept sending the latest battle reports every day, the people who returned to the city would have almost forgotten that there was still a war outside.

After eating beef and mutton for nearly two months, Jia Cong felt that he was about to be marinated by the fishy smell.Looking eagerly at the green grass outside, he wanted to pick it back and mix it with salad to satisfy his hunger.

The fight in the direction of Lanzhou was fierce, and Liangzhou City had been quiet for a long time, but this tranquility was quickly broken.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the scouts finally opened up the channel to Lanzhou and sent two letters from Wang Ziteng and Liu Hong.

Wang Ziteng was furious about Jia Cong and others' daring to send troops to attack Oara Khanting, but after learning that the food and grass crisis between Liangzhou and Yongchangwei had been solved by mistake, he put the matter aside for the time being and ordered Jia Cong to integrate Liangzhou. The troops of Zhouzhou and Yongchangwei went south to Xining Prefecture to attack Qi Wenliang's rear.

Liu Hong's letter was very supportive of Jia Cong's strategy of raiding the Wara Khan Court from thousands of miles away. He not only praised Jia Cong in the letter, but also asked Jia Cong how the cattle and sheep in Wala tasted. If he had the opportunity, he would give him some to try.

Regarding Wang Ziteng's order to let Jia Cong lead the troops to the south, Liu Hong said that Jia Cong should judge the situation and keep himself as the most important thing.

It is estimated that there are not many people in Liangzhou. If Liangzhou is raided by the Xining army, it will not be worth the loss.

However, Jia Cong still felt that Wang Ziteng's strategy was worth a try, so he did not hesitate to call the main generals in the city to discuss the matter of sending troops.

On the eighth day of May, Jia Cong appointed Chang Wei, the commander of the Ningxia Zhongwei, as the chief general, and led [-] cavalry from the two guards of Liangzhou and Yongchang to cross Qilian Mountains and go south to Xining Prefecture to suppress the rebellion.

At the same time, Zhang Daiyan was appointed as the commander of the second echelon, leading [-] infantry to attack Zhuang Langwei, located between Lanzhou and Liangzhou, in order to open up the Hexi Corridor and completely restore the connection with Lanzhou.

Ten thousand elite cavalry marched through the pass of Qilian Mountain, blocking and killing gods and Buddhas all the way, sweeping away all the bandits that Qi Wenliang recruited along the way.

The Qi family who stayed behind in Xining Mansion were shocked when they received the news, thinking that the imperial court sent a large army to call from the north, and hurriedly sent a letter to Qi Wenliang to the front line.

After Zhang Daiyan conquered the heavily defended Zhuanglangwei bridgehead Anyuan City, he followed the Great Wall all the way to the east, and successively recovered Zhenqiang Fort and Wusheng Post, and he was about to hit Zhuanglang City.

Knowing the chaos in the rear, Qi Wenliang had no choice but to turn to A Luotai, the grand master of Wala who had an army of [-] in his hands.

What kind of person is A Luotai?Want the Vala warriors to work for the Qi family?All right, bring the money!

After Qi Wenliang gritted his teeth and promised millions worth of goods, Ah Luo ordered his generals to bring 3 people back to Xining Mansion to help the Qi family stop the imperial army.

The scouts passed the news to Chang Wei, and Chang Wei broke up the army into pieces and started playing hide-and-seek with the Wala army.

Until the end of May, Liangzhou sent a letter from Jia Cong, ordering Chang Wei to directly contact Wala Grand Master A Luotai and ask him to come to Liangzhou City for negotiations.

Wala Khan Boer Jijin Yilan, Ketunchoros Lan Qiduo and their sons and daughters, as well as dozens of high-ranking officials and dignitaries such as Wala's left and right prime ministers were escorted to Liangzhou City by Jia Shixi.

If it weren't for the lack of manpower brought by Jia Shixi to make a surprise attack, he could have brought back all the hundreds of royal nobles in Oara Khanting.

……

"So, Brother Xue picked up Yilan by accident?"

Even after hearing the story of Yilan being captured several times, Jia Cong was still shocked and couldn't believe it.

It's outrageous, there are still strange things about picking up the king of an enemy country!

Jia Shixi nodded solemnly again, cupped his hands and said, "The last general didn't believe it at the beginning, but Yilan was indeed captured by Xue Qianhu, and only a few dozen of the 200 people he led were injured, and none died in the battle. It's appropriate to come back."

Hehehe...

Xue Pan, who had been grinning silly all the time, scratched his head, and said naively: "I am also lucky, that Yilan was exhausted by being chased by Master Eleven, and he was surrounded by young masters. I don’t have any strength at all, and I haven’t even had a good fight.”

Good guy!

Jia Cong called it shit luck, he was jealous of this achievement!

Although the surprise battle was led by Jia Shiyi, Xue Pan's contribution was enough to allow him to be promoted to three ranks in a row, which might be even greater than that of Jia Cong.

Outrageous, outrageous!

"Forget it, forget it, let the people in the military department have a headache about the meritorious service, let's talk about the next thing first..."

Jia Cong truthfully wrote the merits of Jia Shishi and others into the credit book, and quickly sent them to Lanzhou with the military situation.

The room is full of his own people, and Jia Cong didn't hide it.

"The reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived in Lanzhou one after another, and the Xining army is no longer a big threat. If it weren't for the [-] Wala Tartars, Lanzhou's counterattack may have already begun. Yilan and others can take advantage of it, it depends on Mrs. A Luo How would you choose!"

The commander of Yongchangwei made Luo Zhijie frowned. Seeing that Jia Shishi, Xue Pan and other generals had no doubts about Jia Cong's words, he hesitated again and again, looked at Jia Cong several times and opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound.

"General Luo, we are all our own people, just speak up if you have something to say."

Luo Zhijie clasped his fists and said, "Uncle, Yilan has a special status, how to deal with it, should I ask the palace first?"

Jia Cong nodded, smiled and explained to everyone in the hall: "Liangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the battle in Hexi is urgent. Don't ask your majesty to make up your mind once and for all. It's going to be cold. Besides, when I was about to leave Beijing, His Majesty gave me something that can act on behalf of the heavens in case of emergency."

As he spoke, Jia Cong took a long wooden box from the soldier, opened it and lifted it up with both hands.

This thing is a gold mace with a jade handle and a gold body, with nine dragons carved on it.

call!

"Beat... beating... is this beating the king's whip?"

Whenever Jia Cong saw this golden mace, he would think of the old man who worried about the country and the people.

Xining is flat, and it seems that Daxia's cutting down the feudal clan is about to succeed, but unfortunately the old man left in a hurry, and he will never be seen again.

Jia Cong caressed the golden mace, sighed and said, "That's right, it's Mr. Wei Wenzheng's whip for beating the king. Originally, His Majesty asked me to use this mace to frighten the feudal vassals in Hexi and the Western Regions. It is difficult to make a decision, and I don’t want to use it on the Oirats first.”

"Long live Long live Long live!"

After a brief shock, everyone left their seats and bowed respectfully.

Jia Cong put away the golden mace again, and asked everyone to sit down again.

"Actually, we were able to make a surprise attack this time. In the final analysis, we took advantage of the emptiness of the Wara Khan Court. It was not a real seal of wolves, and it could not reach the level of destroying the country. Therefore, Yilan's life and death are not important, what is important is Take this opportunity to cut off Qi Wenliang's help and drive A Luotai back to the grassland."

Luo Zhijie asked unwillingly: "Then, is Yilan going to be released?"

"Well, Yilan must be put back..."

"What? How can this work? I boasted about Haikou, and I want Yilan to perform dances for the Second Sage."

Jia Cong smiled and comforted Xue Pan who was jumping: "Brother Xue, sit down first, I haven't finished talking yet."

Just listen to Jia Cong continue to say: "Yilan is just a puppet, Oara is really in power now is A Luotai. Of course, a puppet has a purpose of a puppet. This time A Luotai went south, it can be said that he lost his troops and lost his generals, and he was raided by us." The court has kidnapped a large number of Oara's relatives. Let's let Yilan go back, do you think those relatives of Oara will turn to support Yilan's seizure of power because of their resentment against A Luotai?"

Xue Pan felt unwilling and couldn't help but said: "Anyway, there are only 6 people left in Ah Luotai. We might as well block the route back to the north and kill them all in Hexi."

Jia Cong smiled and said nothing, Luo Zhijie sighed and said: "We can't do it, don't forget that what we are facing now is not only Hexi, the chaos in the Western Regions is enough to make us exhausted."

"That's the truth..."

Jia Cong summarized the news received in the past few days, and Xue Pan finally understood how complicated the situation the court was facing.

Qi Wenliang knew that with the strength of the Xining Mansion alone, it was impossible to directly confront the imperial court.So before he raised his troops, he turned the Western Regions upside down.

Almost all the vassals in the Western Regions betrayed Daxia and formed a coalition to attack the Western Regions Protectorate and Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Most of these vassal states are city-states with few troops.However, the alliance of more than a dozen feudal states, coupled with the blending of foreign powers, really made it difficult for the Western Regions Protectorate and Shaanxi Xingdusi to resist.

If the imperial court does not quell the rebellion in Xining Mansion as soon as possible, and send a large army to support the Protectorate of the Western Regions, maybe this place of restraint with complex ethnic groups will really be removed from the empire's territory.

Seeing that all the generals in the hall were silent, Jia Cong said with a smile: "Benbo let Yilan go back not just for A Luo Tai to withdraw his troops, but he had to talk to this Grand Master Wala. He, A Luo Tai, wanted to If you want us to let Wala Yiying go back, yes, you have to pay more!"

"what?"

Everyone in the hall was stunned, and they all looked at Jia Cong dumbfounded.

I saw Jia Cong spreading his hands: "The army is working hard on an expedition. Do you want to pay for the brothers who died in battle? Besides, this raid of thousands of miles brought back a large group of Wala people. People eat horses and chews. Which one doesn't want money? I and Is it too much for him to ask for some silver as compensation?"

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　Let’s stop here tonight and continue tomorrow, good night!

(End of this chapter)