Chapter 244 Jia Cong's Military Strategy
The two of them stepped forward and knelt down to greet Tanchun, "Your servants greet the master!"
After Tanchun responded, they stood up and stood behind Tanchun.
Seeing that the girls were fine , Jia Zhong took his leave. He came to the courtyard and said to the frightened servants in the courtyard, "You should know that the Marquis is closest to the girls in the mansion. If you offend any girl, you don't have to wait for punishment. It's best to find a secluded place to end it yourself."
"Besides, since we are the master's servants, we should fulfill our duties as servants. Otherwise, even if we are beaten to death, we should not cry out that it is unfair."
After saying this, Jia Zhong led his men away quickly. As for Aunt Zhao, who had been making a fuss before, she had already slipped away in the chaos.
The girls in the room turned pale. Although they had expected the result, they still felt uncomfortable with the thought of losing a life.
It took a long while for everyone to come to their senses.
Tanchun took Xiao Que'er's hand and said , "Xiao Que'er, I really want to thank you today."
Xiao Que looked up and gave Tanchun a big smile. "When I lived in the East Courtyard with Master, I went to the Third Young Lady's room and she gave me a lot of delicious food. I am a loyal girl. Even though Master is not here now, I will not let anyone bully the girls. Otherwise, Master will be angry when he comes back."
"Our little Que'er is really amazing now!" Baochai said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Que'er hid beside Daiyu in embarrassment, "My master has already told Xiao Que'er not to make the old lady angry, not to make the second, third, fourth, Yun, and Qin girls angry, and to listen to what Lin and Bao said..."
Xiao Que'er's words made the girls burst into laughter, and Baochai and Daiyu's eyes were full of emotion...
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Jia Cong led hundreds of soldiers and horses from Yangzhou northward all the way to the Shandong camp. However, just as he entered the area of Sizhou Duliangshan, he saw a huge army coming towards him.
Lu Feng rode forward and shouted, "The Champion Marquis is here, which side is facing us?"
A moment later, several horsemen from the army came flying over. When they got close, they all dismounted and said, "Shandong camp commander Shang Xin, greetings to Marquis Guanjun."
Jia Cong was surprised when he heard this. Originally, he thought that it would be difficult to take over the troops of the Shandong camp. After all, the commander of each camp treated his subordinates as his own private soldiers. Unexpectedly, Shang Qin took the initiative to lead his troops here.
"General Shang, please stand up quickly. There is no need to be so polite! I am only following your orders. I will need your care in suppressing the rebellion this time."
While helping Shang Xin up, he looked the giant man up and down.
Shang Xin and Shang Yan are indeed brothers. They look almost exactly the same and are both strong and muscular, only slightly inferior to Cheng Yuhu.
Moreover, if we use one sentence to describe the appearance of these two people, they are playing Zhang Fei, Li Kui and the like. They don’t need to wear makeup at all, just acting in their true colors. I don’t know what the old man Shangjia looks like, to be able to give birth to such an outstanding son...
At the same time, Shang Xin also looked at his adopted nephew, thinking to himself, "Good, good! He is indeed my nephew. Although he is still a little thin, he looks as handsome as me. If not, he might not be able to find a wife in the future. My old Shang family's inheritance is not to be underestimated..."
"You are too polite, Marquis Guanjun. I have brought a total of 25,000 soldiers and horses with me, all of whom are elite. However, in order to buy time, I have not recruited able-bodied men or auxiliary troops. I have only brought half a month ."
"As for how to use the troops, I am a rough man, and the Champion Marquis can give me orders. If anyone dares not to listen to the Champion Marquis, I will chop him to death."
"Hahaha!" Jia Cong laughed loudly. When he was guarding the border, there were many officers and soldiers with this kind of temper, so he felt very close to Shang Qin.
"General Shang, let's continue to march south together. When it gets dark and we set up camp, you and I will discuss how to advance."
Shang Xin had no objection and immediately ordered his army to continue marching .
After walking another twenty or thirty miles, Jia Cong ordered to set up camp on the spot. All the soldiers had their own division of labor, and soon the camp was set up. Then Jia Cong and Shang Xin entered the central military tent and summoned the generals and officers to discuss matters.
When all the generals gathered, Jia Cong asked Shang Xin to fetch the survey map of the area, and then said to the generals, "According to the current information from the court, the rebels in Jiangbei are mainly concentrated in Hailing and Taixing counties in Qinzhou, and a small number have entered Yangzhou. In addition, there are the entire territory of Changzhou and some rebels who have entered Suzhou Prefecture."
"I once encountered a small group of rebels. Their fighting power was extremely low, and they were basically rioters. So, if we were to fight head-on, with the more than 20,000 soldiers under our command, we could easily suppress the rioters. However, if we want to completely suppress the rioters this time, we have three things to do."
"The first thing is to send out scouts to check the current situation of the rebels. After all, our news is lagging behind, and we don't know whether the overall situation has changed. General Shang, mobilize 200 light cavalry and divide them into four teams to Taizhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou, and Suzhou Prefecture to check the movements of the rebels. If there are any changes, report immediately."
"I obey your command!" Shang Xin accepted the order immediately.
"Secondly, it is not difficult to suppress these rioters. The difficult part is that they spread and flee everywhere. If we cannot restrict them to a certain location, it will be difficult for us to eliminate them."
"So I need four troops. The first one is 3,000. We will go to Yangzhou and eliminate the small number of rebels in Yangzhou. Then we will cut off the main road between Yangzhou and Taizhou in the Yiling Town area to prevent the rebels from entering Yangzhou."
"The second 2,000 troops will head to the Maoshan area to block the Maoshan Pass and prevent the rebels from entering the Jinling area. The third 2,000 troops will continue southward to the Yixing area and deploy east-west along the south bank of Yangxian River to block the rebels' path southward."
"In the end, there were 3,000 soldiers and horses, who went from the south of Taihu Lake to Suzhou Prefecture via Huzhou and Wujiang!"
"If Wuxi, Changshu, Kunshan and other counties are all lost, then Songjiang will be used as the defense line. If Changshu and Kunshan have not been lost, then Baimao River will be used as the defense line."
"The military situation is urgent, so the third and fourth troops are all cavalry and can go ahead!"
"If everything goes well, we can control the rioters in the line of South Taihu Lake, West Maoshan, and Yangzhou. Then, General Shang and I will personally lead the remaining 10,000 troops and push straight south from Hailing."
"In addition to military affairs, there is another point that needs attention, and that is the identity of these people. They are not real rebels. Most of them are just civilians who were taken hostage, or ordinary followers of the White Lotus Sect. If we kill them all, it will inevitably cause panic among the people."
