Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 203 Had to save 4
  "We are all brothers from Paoze, so we don't care about each other." Jia Cong returned the gift, then took out the Guanfang seal letter, handed it to Yan Shuangying, and said, "Take them back together and tell Mr. You Qian that they can leave the things in the warehouse to their own devices. Pick.”

"Little obedience."

Ming and Li thanked him again.

Jia Cong got on his horse, waved his hand and said: "The military situation is like a fire, so I won't be verbose. We'll see you at Willow Village! Come on!"

After that, he led the people out of the city gate, instead of going to Pinglu Fort, he went directly to the southwest, making a big circle, passing through Jingyuan Fort, Changyong Fort, Changsheng Fort, and then turned east to Liutiao Village.

At noon the next day, we arrived at Liutiao Village. Sure enough, there was a big flag on the top of the city, fluttering in the wind, with a big word "ox" on it.

The generals on the top of the city saw the large banner with the character "Jia" erected high in the team from a distance, and hurriedly rode out to welcome Jia Cong in.

Outside the meeting hall, Niu Jizong came out in person to meet Jia Cong, took his hand, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than a month, brother Cong is becoming more and more heroic now, and he is quite as majestic as my grandfather!"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Uncle Shi is ridiculous. How dare my little nephew to stand shoulder to shoulder with Grandpa? I just want not to tarnish the name of my ancestors."

Niu Jizong looked at the soldiers riding one and two behind him. All of them had sharp eyes and murderous intent, and praised: "Brother Cong, don't be too modest. As the saying goes, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. Just look at the warriors behind you and you will know You are a talented general! Let’s go and talk inside.”

The two of them entered the meeting hall with a few confidants, and then sat down to serve tea. Jia Cong asked, "Uncle Shi, how is the war situation now?"

Niu Jizong sighed: "The battle is fierce. Fengtian is surrounded by 200,000 Tatars. They can't get in or out. They can't even communicate with each other. I'm worried about how to rescue them."

By the way, I heard that Yang Xiong placed you in the Shifang Temple Fort, which is the front line. I think your subordinates seem to be unscathed? "

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "There is no damage, but it is really a big loss. Uncle Shi should also know the friendship between General Yang and our family, so he specially sent me 2000 elites and 500 prisoners. Now there are only more than a thousand people left, and the loss is nearly Half.

Fortunately, the Tatars didn't get any benefits either. I attacked and robbed the camp at night and completely defeated them, annihilating nearly ten thousand people and beheading a certain Prince Jiya Saiyin. "

The generals looked at each other, isn't this a fantasy? Is the little Tatar prince so easy to kill? What can one or two thousand people do with a fort? He actually annihilated nearly ten thousand people? Although military exploits are all bragging, this Third Master Cong is too good at bragging.

Niu Jizong didn't believe it either. He laughed and wanted to expose it and change the topic.

Now that Jia Cong had opened his mouth, he did not want to be suspected unreasonably, so he beckoned Zhang Yuanba to present the Tatar King's flag.

Zhang Yuanba chuckled, took out the rolled-up seven-legged white flag from the bag on his back, raised his hands high and shook, the flag unfolded with a roar, and seven white streamers swayed in the wind.

this! What a seven-legged white paper! Everyone was shocked and dumbfounded, unable to speak.

Niu Jizong was also shocked and said: "Brother Cong, did you really kill Prince Jiya Saiyin?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "That's still fake. I've pickled the heads with lime. I didn't bring them out this time. I'll show them to Uncle Shi next time. There are also more than 9,000 Tatar heads built in Beijing. Do you know? You can go to Shifang Temple Castle to see it in your spare time."

Niu Jizong repeatedly praised Jia Cong: "The descendants are to be feared, the descendants are to be feared! The Duke of Xianggong has a spirit in the sky, so he should look up to the sky and roar!" The generals were busy flattering him, and praised Jia Cong as Zhao Zilong of the Great Wu and the champion of the country.

Jia Cong laughed and did not argue with these false claims. He returned to the topic and said, "Now Fengtian is in danger. I would like to ask Uncle Shi to show me what to do now."

Niu Jizong did not hide anything from him. He called him over, pointed at the map and said: "Now I have 30,000 cavalry under my command. They are divided into three small towns: Liutiao Village, Wujingbao, and Hupiyi. I think they can control the situation."

Jia Cong nodded. These three small towns were distributed in a Z-shaped pattern, thirty or forty miles apart from each other. If one was attacked, the other two could be rescued quickly. In this way, it can greatly increase the actual control area and avoid being eaten in one bite.

From this alone, it was obvious that Niu Jizong was also a veteran in the army. If an ordinary person had no idea and wasted no time in going to the rescue, he would most likely just give him food.

"Uncle Shi is experienced in military affairs, as he should be. How to make progress next?" Jia Cong asked.

Niu Jizong looked solemn and said: "I have now laid out my battle. As far as the Tatars are concerned, there are only two choices. Either ignore it and continue to attack Fengtian, or divide your troops to eat my 30,000 people."

Jia Cong's eyes lit up and he said: "If the Tatars divide their troops into two places to attack the city, and if they are too small, they will have no way to defeat Uncle Shi, but if they are too divided, Fengtian's siege will be relieved by itself.

Moreover, Uncle Shi's military deployment was very well done. Even if the Tatars divided their forces to attack, they would still be faced with the problem of which city to attack. No matter which city they attacked, they would be attacked from both sides!
  If the three cities are attacked at the same time, the troops will have to be divided into three places and divided back and forth. How can the Tatars have any strength? This kind of division method is afraid that hundreds of thousands of people will be divided. "

"If the Tatars ignore it and continue to attack Fengtian, we will wait until the veterans of their division are tired and their morale is low, cooperate with the Fengtian defenders, wait for work, and defeat them in one go! Uncle Shi really has a clever plan."

Niu Jizong smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Cong is really smart, he can tell the truth at once. It is a bad idea to divide the troops, and the Tatars will not do it. They are likely to occupy the main road for our army to go north for rescue, and at the same time step up the fierce attack.

What I'm most worried about now is that Fengtian will fall before the Tatars are exhausted, or... alas..."

Jia Cong wondered: "General Yang is a veteran of many battles and has guarded Fengtian for decades. How could he easily fall? From the very beginning, he chose to defend the city. It can be seen that he has already made a plan. What is Uncle Shi worried about?" ?”

Niu Jizong smiled bitterly and said: "I'm worried that if His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince is up to no good, even if he saves Fengtian, it will be more harm than good."

All the generals nodded with grimaces at the same time. The tenth prince came with them, and he could not escape the charge of poor protection no matter what.

"Why did the prince come to Liaodong?!" Jia Cong cried out.

When he thought of Sun Chi's mysterious words before he came, he felt a little clear.

Sun Chi, a boy who always prides himself on being a fierce general, would miss such a battle. I just don’t know how he got here. He couldn’t have run away from home?
  Niu Jizong sighed: "The tenth prince is wallowing in the queen's place and begging for nothing, saying that he came to Liaodong to relax his muscles and see the world.

Because of the Queen's intercession, His Majesty had no choice but to agree to the mission of the Liaodong Propaganda Envoy, who came with me. But as soon as he left Yuguan, he disappeared without a trace. My predecessor, Yang Xiong, sent me a letter saying that the tenth prince Already arrived at Fengtian. "

Jia Cong was speechless and shook his head. This is indeed Sun Chi's style. Damn it, a good prince should not come to fight. There is something wrong with him, and now he doesn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)