The New Year of the seventh year of Yuan You was extremely restless, and the Xining Mansion Wenxia threatened the Qing monarch's side, claiming that the army under his command of 300,000 troops had marched into Hexi, and the various temples of the imperial court had begun to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong originally planned to escort grain and grass to Lanzhou after the year, but they had to change it when the war broke out.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Jia Cong visited his relatives in Beppu, and under the escort of 100 personal soldiers, he went out from Guangning Gate and galloped west with the army.

Wang Ziteng looked at Jia Cong, who was wearing silver armor, wearing a jade-handled Yanling knife on his waist, and riding a white horse, and couldn't help but think of his son who was under house arrest by Liu Yi, the king of Jing.

Alas, he has been camping all his life and wants the Wang family to take over the authority of Ning Rongjia's family, but he doesn't want to end up with a bamboo basket for water......

Jia Shiyi not only hung a long knife on his waist, but also carried a sword box on his back.

A trace of bitterness flashed on Wang Ziteng's face, he had only seen the sword box once, Wei Qinghe, who was the old head of the cabinet and the posthumous prince of Xingguo, took this thing and abolished more than ten court members of the second king and three dukes in one go.

Including his prince, the last authority in his hands was stripped away. After decades of hard work, it was not worth a scene between the two saints and the current Wenzong, and finally made a wedding dress for the emperor.

Nan'an Wangfu was sunk at the bottom of the canal by Jia Cong with artillery, Dongping Wangfu became a lost dog, and was driven by Liu Yi, King of Jing, to be a savage in the mountains and forests.

In just seven years, the four major feudal towns with unlimited scenery are now only one town in Xining. Except for a few families such as the loyal royal Ning Rong Mansion and the Niu family, all the authority in their hands was withdrawn.

Saint, saint, it turns out that we are no different from monkeys over the years, and we have been played around by you!

I'm afraid that even this sudden rebellion in Xining Mansion is in the palace's calculations. Maybe the prince's westward journey was planned early.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental, 100,000 elites would gather in Lanzhou Wei in advance, and set up a formation to block the people and horses of Xining Mansion.

……

Since the end of winter last year, there has been heavy snow in Hexi.

There are not many ordinary people in Lanzhou City, most of them have been moved to Lintao and Gongchang, and the rest are all the Great Xia soldiers in armor and the people who continue to escort grain, grass and ordnance.

It took more than a month for the 30,000 forbidden army to finally arrive at the city of Lanzhou on the day of the 12th Flower Dynasty Festival in February.

Jia Cong took a shower and changed into an official robe, and discussed the counterinsurgency with the crown prince Liu Hong, the king of Longxi County, Liu Yu, the general of Pingxi, Wang Ziteng, and the commander of Lanzhou Weidu, Gong Qiliang.

Although the most respected position in the hall is the crown prince Liu Hong, the commander of the leading battle this time is Wang Ziteng.

Many people don't understand the emperor's intentions, but the army has always only recognized the commander Linghu Fu, so naturally Wang Ziteng will do whatever he arranges for them.

Now that the Yellow River is frozen and the mountains are covered by heavy snow, Wang Ziteng adopted a steady and steady strategy, and only sent a few teams of scouts to reconnoiter around, but did not really organize a large army to press on.

However, he still arranged a lot of work for everyone, and the crown prince Liu Hong was also sent out to be responsible for the grain and grass.

After only Liu Hong and Jia Cong were left in the palace, Wang Ziteng spoke: "The army has been repaired for a few days, and ten days later, His Royal Highness will take over the commander-in-chief of the Lanzhou army, and the minister will lead the eight thousand forbidden army to ride lightly and simply, go west along the Great Wall, and surprise attack Xining Mansion. ”

"Wang Qing can't!"

"No, it's too risky!"

Not to mention that Liu Hong stood up in shock, even Jia Cong was taken aback by Wang Ziteng's words.

The strategy is a good strategy, but the time, place and people are not occupied, the vast snow in the west of the river, there is no logistics supply to travel thousands of miles to attack the strategy, Wang Ziteng's move is no different from sending him to death.

Although Jia Cong hates Wang Ziteng to death, but this is a war, if the boss dies, and loses 8,000 elites, the loss will be too great.

But......

"Your Highness, Yongfeng Bo, in the rebellious inscription of Xining Mansion, it is claimed that there are 300,000 soldiers, although it is an exaggeration, but there are definitely 150,000 troops!"

Wang Ziteng's face was solemn, and he explained to the two: "Qi Wenhua is a simple-minded person, and he relied on his eldest son to take the title. But in fact, most of the power of the entire Xining Domain was controlled by his younger brother Qi Wenliang. Others may not know Qi Wenliang, but Chen is very familiar with it, this is an ambitious and talented person. Although His Royal Highness mobilized 100,000 troops to gather in Lanzhou one step earlier, if it was head-on, the imperial court would not have an advantage, and even only three or four percent of the chance of winning. ”

"How is this possible? How could Xining Province have so much food to feed the 150,000 army? ”

Lanzhou Mansion is the throat of the Hexi Corridor, and the imperial court originally placed the Longxi County Palace's palace in Lanzhou Mansion in order to control the development of the two places in order to control the grain and grass supply of the Western Regions and Xining Mansion.

According to the agreement between Taizu and the Xining palace at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the royal palace shall not have more than 50,000 troops in three guards. Even if you add the private soldiers raised by the Qi family, where can you afford to raise an army of 150,000 in Xining Mansion? At most, seventy or eighty thousand heavens.

Wang Ziteng pointed to the northwest direction: "Liangzhou Wei is actually Qi Wenliang's person, and the 47th year of Zhaowu's southern invasion of Wara was the bureau made by Qi Wenliang." He has long been in collusion with Warat, and he plays more shrewdly than anyone else when it comes to raising his own self-respect. Every year, the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court to Liangzhou Wei were basically used by him to raise private soldiers. ”

Call!

Liu Hong was already speechless, he really didn't know about it, and he suspected that his father didn't know either.

"Uncle Wang, you originally wanted my second brother to come to Ping'an Prefecture to smuggle salt, iron and other things, and later asked Brother Zhen of Ningfu to use the Yu Yin of Ningfu to participate in the smuggling of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, is it the idea of Xining Mansion?"

In fact, Jia Cong has always had this doubt, he had just returned to Beijing from Tiewang Mountain, went to the Qinglou in Dongshi City to beat the Huo family, and disturbed the good things between Jia Zhen, the Huo family, and Wang Ren. made Master Jing throw Jia Zhen into the Taoist temple outside the city, and Ningfu changed hands, saving a lot of trouble.

This matter was originally just Jia Cong's inadvertent action, but there is one thing that I can't figure out, why did the Huo family get involved? Why is the Wang family also involved?

The Nan'an Wangfu has always been running Lingnan, and the main relationship between the Wang family and Nanzhili is in the capital, when did it get into the desolate land west of Lanzhou.

Now that he heard Wang Ziteng mention the collusion between the Xining Palace's Mansion and Warat, he had to suspect that Wang Ziteng wanted to pull the Jia family into the water and let the Jia family have to get on his thief ship.

I saw Wang Ziteng smile bitterly, and looked at Jia Cong with a complicated expression: "When Ben Bo was ordered to patrol the border, Qi Wenliang and Ben Bo secretly met a few times...... The saint is getting old, the old prince of Yizhong is passing away, and your Jia family is in decline, Ben Bo really wants to take this opportunity to pinch your family's handle and take away the authority of your family's remnants. It's a pity that your second brother is too shrewd to take the bait. ”

"So, the uncle found Jia Zhen and his son! Uncle Wang, it's so calculating, I almost let you get it! ”

Jia Cong wanted to rush up and slaughter this guy with a knife, but he still held back.

Wang Ziteng didn't deny it, but he sighed with a sour heart: "It's a pity that you were disturbed by your kid, you and Jia Lian beat the Huo family, and even Wang Ren didn't spare it, which can be regarded as the approval of His Majesty." Otherwise, how can there be today's Rongguo Marquis and Yongfeng Bo. ”

Jia Cong snorted coldly and continued to ask: "Uncle is honest, so why did Uncle also withdraw from this matter in the end?" ”

Wang Ziteng glanced at the crown prince Liu Hong, who was listening indifferently on the side, shook his head and said, "Ben Bo just wants to use this to pinch your family's handle, and he doesn't want to betray the country." He Qi Wenliang wants to collude with Wara, how can Ben Bo say that he is also a first-class military attache of the country, how can he do things inside and outside? ”

Scold!

A sneer is a sneer, but Jia Cong also admits it.

Wang Ziteng has colluded with many people over the years, but this guy has never done anything to collude with prisoners. Otherwise, the second saint would not have kept him until now, and would have thrown him into the Yongding River to feed the fish.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, let's talk about the surprise attack."

Wang Ziteng completely spread out the map, pointed to the Great Wall in the north of the Hexi Corridor and said: "Follow the Great Wall to the west, you can not consider getting lost. The minister meant that in order to prevent Warat from colluding with Xining Mansion in the south, the important place of Liangzhou Wei must be held in the hands of the imperial court. ”

Liu Hong and Jia Cong glanced at each other, and the two nodded solemnly. If Liangzhou is lost, Warat can drive straight in, which will not only cut off the connection between Suzhou and the Central Plains, but also directly join forces with the army of Xining Prefecture......

Jia Cong gritted his teeth: "I'll go, Lanzhou City can't be without a coach." ”

"Brother Cong'er......"

Liu Hong got up in a hurry and wanted to object, but saw Jia Cong shaking his head solemnly.

I saw Jia Cong get up and clench his fists, and ask Wang Ziteng for his life: "Dashuai, the last general will ask for orders to go to Liangzhou to defend the surprise attack!" ”

Wang Ziteng was a little surprised, the emperor sent Jia Cong to follow him west with a whip, shouldn't he be here to spy on him?

He looked at the hesitant crown prince Liu Hong on the side, and asked in a daze: "Jia Cong, aren't you afraid that Ben Bo will take the opportunity to kidnap His Royal Highness the crown prince against the imperial court?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Hong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he looked at Wang Ziteng. However, Wang Ziteng just stared at Jia Cong's eyes, waiting for his answer.

Jia Cong smiled and replied, "Uncle Wang, do you still remember the mother and son in the hands of His Royal Highness King Jing?" Uncle Wang is indeed an ambitious person, and he has done a lot of disgusting things, but there is one thing that convinces me......"

"Uncle Wang has sold the Huo family, the Shui family, and even the matter between Liu Xi and the Zhen family, Uncle Wang secretly reported to the sage. Although the sage and Wen Zhenggong have already made a plan on this matter, it is not difficult to see that Uncle Wang is a person who understands current affairs. His Majesty gave Uncle one last chance, and I don't think Uncle will not cherish it! ”

……

"I have already arranged it, the three thousand elites of Ningxia Zhongwei are already waiting for you in the north, and the grain and grass have also been sent in advance, which is enough to support you to arrive in Liangzhou."

Liu Hong sent Jia Cong out of the city, and went ten miles north of the city to carefully advise: "Liangzhou is estimated to have been controlled by Qi Wenliang's people at this time, and it is not easy to take it, and it is estimated that there will be many casualties." If the army of Warat attacks, it can be guarded, and if it cannot be held, it will be withdrawn. ”

Jia Cong grinned, not wanting to be poured a mouthful of snowflakes.

"In the critical place of Liangzhou, even if I give up this life, I will keep it for the fourth brother. In two months, the fourth brother took Xining as soon as possible, so that he could send troops to meet me. ”

Jia Cong glanced at the small black dots in the vast snow in the south, and said in his ear: "Wang Ziteng, the old yin man, is indeed a person who understands current affairs, but the fourth brother still has to be guarded. I left the golden order to Feng Ziying, if there is anything abnormal, he will directly behead Wang Ziteng. ”

The wind and snow in Lanzhou were very heavy, and the speed of the march was slower than that of the outing of Beijing.

After five days of traveling north, Jia Cong saw the majestic Great Wall. He did not lead his troops into the Great Wall to rest, but set up camp at the foot of the mountain.

After meeting with the 3,000 elites of Ningxia Zhongwei, they continued to the west after a night's rest. Along the way, he encountered several scout teams, and Jia Cong's expression became even more solemn.

I'm afraid that Liangzhou is really controlled by the people of Xining Mansion, but the Great Wall has not been lit so far to warn it, which proves that the people of Liangzhou City don't want the news to spread.

This also means that he still has the opportunity to surprise Liangzhou and take this important town in Hexi at a very small price.

The people of Liangzhou City didn't want to alarm the imperial court, but they didn't dare to send too many scouts along the Great Wall, which gave Jia Cong a chance.

After several days of galloping, on February 24, Jia Cong led more than 10,000 troops to quietly touch the mountain col less than ten miles east of Liangzhou City.

This is already under the city of Liangzhou, and Jia Cong did not dare to let the soldiers bury the pot to make rice, so he could only use dried meat and dry food to satisfy his hunger and eat snow to quench his thirst.

Because of the confrontation between Xining Mansion and the Hexi army, the four gates of Liangzhou City were closed, and although the dragon flag of the imperial court was still hung at the head of the city, the news from the scouts made Jia Cong more sure that the city had been controlled by Qi Wenhua's people.

"Uncle Eleven, you take five hundred people to change into tartar clothes, go north, and take the opportunity to act!"

Jia Cong gave an order, and five hundred people changed into the clothes of the Warat people, and even the waist knife was replaced by a tartar scimitar, and quickly went north, quietly touching the north of Liangzhou City along the edge of the desert.

Then he let 2,000 people swagger and set off with the dragon flag, slowly approaching Liangzhou City......

"Woo woo woo ......"

The north wind was howling, and the snow was so heavy that the defenders at the head of the city could not even open their eyes.

It wasn't until the 2,000 men were approaching the city gate that he saw a series of people hurrying towards him.

"This general Ningxia Zhongwei commanded Xu Youwen, and he was ordered to come to support Liangzhou Wei and quickly open the city gate!"

The generals on duty at the head of the city were shocked, and sure enough, as expected by the adults, the imperial court really sent someone.

He gave his henchmen a look, and their people quickly got out of the city and ran towards the general's mansion quickly.

The general stabilized his mind and shouted to the city: "General Xu, wait a minute, the last general has already sent someone to ask my general......"

"Bastard, hurry up and open the city gate, I was ordered to come to support, but you let your brothers suffer in this ice and snow!"

Xu Youwen quietly gestured to the people under his hand, and rode forward alone.

He pointed at the people at the head of the city and scolded: "Xining's rebellion may be attacked and killed at some point, but you are blocking the reinforcements outside the city, what kind of heart do you have?" Quickly open the door and let Ben in! ”

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I'll go here tonight, and I'll continue to code tomorrow. There's been so much going on these days, and the time for coding words is limited, sorry.

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