Everyone was silent for a while, and Feng Ziying spoke.

"Now, the situation is basically clear. The Cossacks' goal this time was to come at us. There are two reasons why he only came with 700 people. ”

"The first reason is that they are very confident that they are very strong and capable of beating us."

"The second reason is that he doesn't know exactly how many fighters we have here. After all, the vast majority of the people in our government corps have not revealed their original identities as soldiers after arriving here. Therefore, the Cossacks should have underestimated our strength. ”

"This battle is unavoidable and must be fought. And it has to be won. ”

"Militarily, if we are defeated, it will not only affect the morale of the government corps, but will also fall into passivity in the future. Later, we will be in front of the Cossacks, exhausted, and simply do not have the energy to build and develop. The construction, which has now begun, will also have to be stopped. ”

"A military defeat will bring huge losses to the economy. These people are here for us. Some people even sold their land and houses in their hometowns just to find a way to live here. Therefore, we must be accountable to these people and protect their lives and property. ”

"If we don't, our reputation will be greatly damaged, and no one will dare to come to the North Sea in the future. Even these people who have come now will flee here. If that is the case, our hard work in the past two years will come to naught. Our plan to provide a home for the soldiers of the prefectural corps has completely failed. ”

"Politically, if this battle is lost, the attitude of the indigenous tribes here towards us will change. They will think that it is we who have brought disaster to them, and the Cossacks will also resort to divisive tactics and sow discord between us. When the time comes, even if the Cossacks do not drive us away, the natives will drive us away. ”

"On the contrary, if we win the battle, these natives will get closer and closer to us and accept us as the new masters here."

"Chief Min handed over this place to us, he is not here now, if we finally retreat from here in disgrace, when Chief Min comes back in the future, how will we explain to him?"

"The Tatars, as strong as they are, are not without their weaknesses. In our previous wars, we won more with less, but now that we have an advantage in troops, there are still many ways to think of it. ”

"This battle must be fought, and it must be won, and we will now develop a battle plan around these two premises."

"In addition, immediately send someone to Tongyuan Fort to inform Liu Gengxin and tell him to strengthen his defense. Send someone to Nijiabao and inform Ni Er that at present, do not directly engage the Cossacks head-on, and if the other party attacks, withdraw first. ”

"Aren't they in Fort Sergei now, why don't we take the initiative to attack Fort Sergei and sneak attack Fort Sergei."

Lin Dajiang thought of an idea.

"No, Fort Sergei belongs to the territory of Rus', and if we go there to fight, we will not fight with the Cossacks, but directly with the Rus' Empire. This will offend a formidable opponent. At the moment we are far from being a match for Rose. ”

Feng Ziying directly rejected this idea.

In fact, this option is really not feasible. Don't say whether you offend Ross, at such a distance, the actions of the government corps are also easy to expose.

If the Cossacks were prepared, after the fight, the army would suffer a big loss.

"Then we're just going to have to wait here? I don't know when the Cossacks will come, and when will it be a head? ”

"Waiting passively is not the way to go. Our current construction tasks are heavy and we don't have so much time to wait for them. We're going to find a way to lure them out and catch them all. ”

"It's naturally best to elicit it, but will they be fooled?"

"It depends on whether the bait can make them tempted, and the Cossacks' targets are mainly women and property, and we might as well put some effort into this."

In the evening, in the largest tavern in Pingyuan New Town, Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, and Yang Lin held a reception banquet for Cong Xiucai, Guo Qisheng, and Hua Yusheng.

The more famous figures in Pingyuan New Town, Sun Yuanfei, Jia Zhi, and the shopkeepers of several caravans were invited to participate in the banquet.

The three leading figures of the old city, Wei Song, Trauca, Bogda, and several other more famous shopkeepers, were also invited to participate in the banquet.

The next day, news came out.

This time, Cong Xiucai brought a large caravan, a total of one hundred and fifty or sixty people, many of whom were leaders in the Bukui business community, and they all came to Pingyuan City to investigate business opportunities and brought some goods.

Among them, there were two bosses who opened a brothel in Bukui, and this time they brought fifty or sixty girls to prepare to open a brothel in Tongyuan Fort and Pingyuan City.

Because in the past two years, there has been an influx of immigrants from Pingyuan City, most of whom are single men, and if they open a brothel here, business will surely prosper.

The same is true of Fort Tongyuan. In the past two years, it has become an important center of commerce, with many merchants living there, and many more caravans passing through it, opening brothels there, and doing good business.

It is said that Cong Xiucai has already bought a house in Pingyuan New Town, and as long as it is almost cleaned up here, he will go to Tongyuan Fort to pick up those girls.

The news spread quickly. The singles in Pingyuan City were very excited when they heard it, and they were all looking forward to the early arrival of this day.

This news is good news. However, along with this news, there is also bad news.

In that banquet, the head of the White Tatar tribe, Toke, wanted to ask Feng Ziying for a piece of land on the dock, Feng Ziying did not agree, and the two had a violent quarrel, and finally the two fought.

Teucer and his two entourages were severely beaten by Feng Ziying. In the end, Traucer threatened to take revenge and vowed to drive Feng Ziying and others out of Pingyuan City.

The next day, Teucer went out with someone, and there was a suspicion that he had gone out to find reinforcements.

On the night of Tuo's departure, Sun Yuanfei and Guo Qisheng quietly set off from Pingyuan City with more than 20 people from the Sun family.

There were three horsemen in the group, and the others in five carriages.

The goal of their trip was in the direction of Tongyuan Fort.

At the same time, the soldiers of the prefectural corps began to assemble secretly, and a total of twelve companies were organized into companies, and secret training began.

Originally, they all had weapons, and they all brought them together at this time.

Training is held in the evening and morning every day, and is stopped during the day. It's relatively close to Pingyuan New Town, so I'll go back during the day, and I'll do what I should do. Those who are farther away live here in secret.

Five days later, the companies began to set off in secret. The army marched at night, and during the day camped secretly on the side of the road leading to Fort Sergei far from Pingyuan City.

Ten days later, twelve companies, nearly 1,500 men, secretly arrived at Nijiabao.

At the same time, more than 20 people from the Sun family led by Sun Yuanfei and Guo Qisheng began to return and came in the direction of Pingyuan City.

These men have all changed into women's clothes at this time. After six days, we arrived at Pingyuan New Town.

Since Cong Xiucai's brothel house has not yet been repaired, these women temporarily live in the Sun family's shipyard.

When the people in the old town and the new city of Pingyuan heard about it, they went to the shipyard one after another, wanting to see these girls. However, the gate of the shipyard is very tight, and no outsiders can enter, so they can only take a sneaky look from the outside and have a good time.

There were really a lot of people who saw dozens of women sitting and chatting in the yard of the shipyard.

It's autumn now, and since there is less rain, the road is not as muddy as in summer, so it's much easier to walk.

Although there are still many places on the road to Fort Sergei that have not been repaired, after all, there are still some that have been repaired, so Teucer's trip to Fort Sergei took only 9 days to arrive.

Trafigura has been to Fort Sergei several times before, and he also has his business partners here. Through the introduction of his business partner, Traucer successfully met with the Cossack leaders Ivanov and Kuzov who were here.

Teuca's business partner is called Dachka, and tonight, Dachka will host a banquet for Ivanov and Kuzov.

Yesterday, Traucer had already met with Ivanov and Kuzov, and today they are already acquaintances.

Track once again briefed Ivanov and Kuzov on the situation in Pingyuan New Town, and invited them to lead their troops to attack Pingyuan New Town.

"This Feng Ziying is simply ungrateful, I agreed with Jia Min at the beginning, give me a piece of land at the dock, and Jia Min also agreed, but I didn't expect that when Feng Ziying came, she broke her promise and didn't give it. This time, I'm going to grab the entire Pingyuan New Town. ”

"Boss Tork, we are reluctant to get involved in your personal disputes, please forgive me, we cannot grant your request."

Ivanov seemed unmoved, looking at Teucer coldly.

"As long as you go to attack Pingyuan New Town, everything there, including the women who came this time, will be yours, and as for the men, you can also bring them back to be serfs, and the goods and caravans there will also be yours. All I need is that land. ”

"Teucer, as far as I know, that piece of land originally belonged to the three of you, why did it end up in someone else's hands?"

Kuzov really knows a lot.

"It was ours at the beginning, and then it was sold to Jia Min."

"Is that the same Jia Min who killed Kalinen?"

"Yes, that's him. That Feng Ziying was Jia Min's subordinates, and some of them were all subordinates of Jia Min's original government corps. ”

"How many people are there in Pingyuan New Town?"

Ivanov stopped talking, and Kuzov talked to Tokbur. However, Ivanov seemed to be a good listener and listened carefully.

"In Pingyuan City, there are more than 600 people from the Prefecture Corps. Today, however, they are all scattered all over the world, some farming, some doing business, and some working. ”

"Do they still meet often?"

"I don't party, I'm usually busy with my own livelihood, and I will only be together during the New Year's holiday. In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival of their Han people, and at that time, they should gather together for the festival. That Fang Xiucai's brothel will also open on that day. ”

What Tok was verbose was to ask Ivanov to send troops to attack Pingyuan City.

However, Ivanov never agreed.

In the end, Tock got drunk, and Ivanov and Kuzov said goodbye to Dachka and walked to the station.

"Ivanov, you really don't plan to attack Pingyuan City?"

Kuzov was a little puzzled by Ivanov's performance tonight.

"Who says I'm not attacking?"

Ivanov patted his horse and galloped first.