Chapter 1070: The Geng character volume touches my daughter’s heart
Wang Xifeng's hand shook, and the sugar knotted blue bead string almost fell to the ground. She stared at Ping'er who ran in all the way, her face turned pale, and her heart tightened subconsciously, "Little hoof, you are screaming so loudly that you will scare people to death." Huh? What's wrong? The sky is falling?"
Ping'er also realized that there was something wrong with her, but she went out to find out the news at the request of her grandma. As soon as she walked to the front yard, she heard Huan Laosan roaring impassionedly: "This group of people in Jingying are all trash, 80,000 The whole army was made dumplings by the Mongols and the whole army was wiped out. This "Today's News" shamelessly talked about the unfavorable start of the army. This is called dying before the start of the army. It’s all over!”
One sentence made Ping'er's heart go cold.
Grandma had only mysteriously told her to inquire about the war situation outside the city before, but she felt strange at that time.
Previously, there were rumors in the city that although the Mongols had invaded, there would definitely be no problem with the Jizhen army and hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Beijing camp defending the capital. Later, there were rumors that something had happened in Xuanfu, and another Mongolian army They invaded from Xuanfu along Yanqing Prefecture, causing three fears in the city every day. Rumors spread and people were panicked.
It was finally said that the Datong Army and the Xuanfu Army had blocked the Mongols and had been stable for a few days. Why did it come out that the entire Jingying Army was wiped out by the Dumplings?
If this is really the case, will the capital city really be unable to be defended and will be occupied by the Mongols?
Ping'er didn't care much and hurried over to see that the two brothers Jia Huan and Baoyu were arguing.
Baoyu was still arguing that it was not that serious and was just a minor setback, but Jia Huan revealed the truth mercilessly, saying that he had already learned the news from his classmates in the academy, whose elders served in the Ministry of War. It is no longer a secret in the imperial court. The news published in "Today's News" is just a reflection of the previous news. Didn't you see that there were many fewer soldiers in the capital city?
As soon as Ping'er heard this, he didn't care much and pulled Jia Huan to ask what happened.
Jia Huan didn't hide anything. He directly said that the 80,000 men in the Beijing camp were defeated in Yongping Mansion. The Mongols stole the camp and made dumplings. In one fell swoop, 50,000 to 60,000 men were captured, and the remaining 10,000 to 20,000 were captured. It is also considered a rout and has disappeared.
Now that the Mongols are in full swing, they are demanding ransom from the court, otherwise they will take these soldiers from the Beijing camp back to the grasslands, but it seems that the court cannot come up with so much money to ransom these people.
“You are saying that the Beijing camp army was surrounded and annihilated by the Mongols in Yongping Mansion, and tens of thousands of people were captured?” Wang Xifeng also felt a chill in her heart.
Jingying is Wang Ziteng's home base. His uncle has served as Jiedushi in Jingying for many years. It can be said that everyone in Jingying respects Wang Ziteng. Even if Wang Ziteng leaves the position of Jiedushi in Jingying, the subsequent successors will no longer It was also difficult to achieve his level of influence. Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of troops from the Beijing camp were defeated by the Mongols in one fell swoop.
"From what Brother Huan heard from outside, this should be the case. It was also written in today's newspaper. Brother Huan said he was vague because he was afraid that the news would be too clear and cause panic among the people in the capital city. But in fact Everyone who is well-informed already knows it." Ping'er said with some fear: "The 80,000 troops in the Beijing camp were defeated by the Mongols. Isn't Uncle Feng still working as a co-inspector in Yongping Mansion? I don't know what the situation is like?"
Ping'er's words also aroused Wang Xifeng's thoughts.
Wang Xifeng himself couldn't tell clearly what he felt about Feng Ziying. He definitely couldn't express his hatred at the moment, but it was not true that he was definitely not annoyed at all.
But the taste of this annoyance is very complicated, annoyance, shame, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy. Wang Xifeng herself feels as if this man has unknowingly walked into her heart and entered her life.
She used to be disdainful and contemptuous of this man, but after a few incidents, her attitude towards this man changed from the original contempt to the current one where she gradually has some awe, and then it is still a very complicated feeling. It seems that I have a pillar of support that I can rely on. If something happens, I can come up with a reasonable response strategy by just looking for the other party.
Suddenly I heard that Yongping Prefecture was attacked by the Mongols and the Jingying camp was defeated. What should I do about Yongping Prefecture? Is it more important to evacuate quickly to save your life, or do you have other plans?
"Brother Keng is a civil servant, he is not a military commander. Whether it is guarding Yongping Mansion or fighting the Mongols, it is not his main responsibility. If the situation is urgent, it is normal to evacuate. If you really want to do it, you should ignore it. To defend the city at all costs and to attack the stone with eggs, that is what a wise man would not do. Apart from giving two more corpses to the Mongols, what else can we do?"
Ping'er also noticed this and nodded repeatedly: "Grandma is right. Uncle Feng is a civil servant. Fighting is a matter for military commanders. It shouldn't be his turn to go to the battlefield. Maybe he has already evacuated to a safe place. went."
"As for the specific situation in Yongping Mansion, did Brother Huan say anything? Is it introduced in the newspaper?" Wang Xifeng held a string of sugar-knotted blue beads in her hand and was full of tangles. "Now that my uncle has gone to Huguang, he doesn't know. Who are you asking for this information? I don’t know anything about these things, so what should I do?”
Ping'er saw Xiaohong next to her glance at Wang Xifeng in surprise, and coughed slightly, "Grandma, there is no need to worry too much. Uncle Feng has his own destiny. If Uncle Feng is fine, he will naturally deliver the letter to the house." Come, Miss Bao and Miss Lin can also get the news as soon as possible. Our family has benefited a lot from Uncle Feng, and grandma is a grateful person. If anything happens in the future, just take more care of Miss Bao and Miss Lin."
Wang Xifeng suddenly woke up. She had been confused by the news brought back by Ping'er. She didn't notice that there was Xiaohong next to her while she was talking. Although this girl was quite obedient around her, such secret matters were Can't let her know yet.
His face felt hot, and Wang Xifeng calmed down, "Ping'er is right. If Brother Keng hadn't helped us in our mansion, how could Baoyu have such a desire to study and write, and how could Brother Huan go to Qingtan Academy, even if he didn't help us? Brother Lang and Brother Keng also agreed to move around for him. If Brother Keng returns safely, the government should really pray for Brother Keng and burn incense."
"Then what should we do now?" Ping'er asked: "Maybe Miss Bao and Miss Lin know something about the situation, and I can ask you."
"Well, go and ask. How about I go sit with my wife and see if there is any news." Wang Xifeng pretended to be calm. She didn't know that Ping'er was too impatient and hurriedly didn't hear all the details of the situation. ran back.
In fact, in addition to introducing the defeat of the Beijing camp in the Santun camp in Yongping Prefecture, "Today's News" also focused on the Yongping Prefecture Minzhuang army's successful defeat of the Mongolian attack in Qian'an City, and even Thousands of enemy troops were also killed and injured. This news was also written about in newspapers, and it was even a bit unbelievable.
Who would have thought that this same Mongolian army could annihilate 80,000 Beijing troops in one fell swoop, but could suffer a **** blow in a small county like Qian'an City?
Just when there was chaos in Wang Xifeng's yard, Baochai and Daiyu also learned the news.
"Sister, I heard that Brother Feng has returned to the capital city. Yesterday he also met with the emperor and received rewards and praises from the emperor?" Daiyu hurriedly took Zicuckoo to Hengwuyuan without caring much and asked directly.
"Is this all what was said in "Today's News"? Where did my sister learn about it?" Baochai also stood up and faced Daiyu, his eyes full of inquiry, "There are many rumors outside now, and I don't know what they are. Whether it is true or not, it is true that "Today's News" does not dare to lie and deceive the people, but it may not be because the imperial court did this in order to ease the worries of the people in the capital city..."
“But as long as Brother Feng returns to the capital city, he will naturally come to the mansion. Won’t we know by then?” Daiyu bit her lip and said.
“But what if the imperial court deliberately asked "Today's News" to write this in order to comfort everyone?"
Baochai has always insisted on reading "Today's News" every day. In her impression, "Today's News" rarely publishes this kind of current affairs news. Even if it does, it is mostly about topics that have long been settled or have results. Baochai felt that such a major event that had just happened had never been published in a newspaper before, and he was afraid of misleading the public.
But today's issue of "Today's News" was uncharacteristically introducing these battles at length, which naturally made Baochai suspicious, but she didn't dare to say it in front of Daiyu, she only dared to think so in her heart.
"What are you thinking about, sister?" Seeing that Baochai remained silent, Daiyu couldn't help asking, why did Sister Baochai say so little about such a big matter, which made her very unhappy.
"Didn't my sister tell you everything? If Brother Feng really returns to the capital city, he should come to the house in the next two days. As long as we can meet in person, everything will be explained clearly." Baochai explained to Daiyu, "If my sister is still worried, why not ask Zijuan to go to Feng Mansion and ask Qingwen about the situation."
"Sister, she is calm and confident." Daiyu always felt that Sister Bao was not caring enough about this matter, and she seemed to let things go as they were, and she would just go on her way to the end of the bridge.
Baochai was so smart that he immediately heard the displeasure in Daiyu's words. He stood up and held Daiyu's hand: "Sister, don't worry about it. I'm afraid no one can lie and fabricate the matter of the emperor's personal summons. Sister If you read the article in "Today's News" carefully several times, you can actually get a rough idea."
Daiyu was stunned for a moment, thinking sideways, and felt that she seemed to be a little impatient. Compared to the calm and elegant sister Bao, she seemed to lack some firepower.
(End of this chapter)