Not to mention how Rong Suihe gave Sheng Weiqiao a long memory, at this moment in the village not too far from the inn, Meng Jiaqian faintly woke up from his coma.
The people on the left and right were relieved and were asking for help, but Meng Jiaqian asked in a hoarse voice: "How is the situation now?"
"General, we haven't met anyone since that night, so it's the same as before." Leg Dong was worried that he had just stabilized his injury and mentioned the heavy losses again, so as not to make him angry again, so he said carefully, " How are you now? Is there anything wrong with you?"
Meng Jiagan was silent for a while. What discomfort would he have
There was no comfortable place for him at that time!
The unexpected enemy attack, the unbelievable defeat, the dim future, the foreseeable anger of the elders, and the disappointment that made him even more frightened... Young Meng Jiaqian felt that the past short period of time was simply impossible. Nightmare!
And Rong Suihe is undoubtedly the source of his nightmare.
"... Now is the time to take care of him." The perseverance he had cultivated in the army since he was a child finally overcame the anger and frustration surging in his chest. Meng Jiagan took a deep breath and said weakly, "Think of those who are very capable of fighting." Everyone gathered together and used Shandong's horses to attack Jishan!"
Zuo Zuo said in a daze: "General, we don't have many horses anymore, and the baggage is also..."
"Because all the baggage is gone, Mi Zhen will definitely pick us up from there when he comes, so Yandong can take advantage of the Jishan bandits." Meng Jiagan coughed a few times and whispered, "The Jishan bandits are here. Will they cooperate with Mi Zhen to attack us? It has never been revealed that they have surrendered to Mi Zhen, so their family wealth must be in the main village of Jishan! That time they set up an ambush on the mountain, they could not carry too much baggage. And what we lost The war horses and baggage have fallen into their laps, and counting the time, they should have barely returned to the main camp by then... Is this an opportunity for us to earn some interest!"
"We have too few war horses now. Even if we succeed in the sneak attack on the Jishan Pirates' main stronghold, I'm afraid we won't be able to take away too much baggage." He hesitated, "Moreover, the Jishan Bandits have been in the Western Xinjiang for a long time, so the Western Xinjiang Army has not considered it. The reason for the annihilation is that the main stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also well built, so we have to let it go! If the two armies fight on the plains, we will be afraid of everything. Can we attack the mountains... "
Whether they are skilled cavalrymen or not, what they are good at is head-to-head confrontation on the battlefield. As for attacking cities and fortresses, they are far less capable.
Moreover, he was in a hurry and didn't bring any siege equipment. If the Jishan bandits' main stronghold was built on a larger scale, even if they killed people and stayed behind closed doors, it would still be of no avail.
Meng Jiagan just woke up, but his energy has not been restored. After saying a few words, he closed his eyes tiredly. Hearing this, he said calmly: "It's hard to fight in the mountains! Otherwise, what will dad and grandfather think of us?!"
"..." After being silent for a while, he came to his senses and whispered, "Zhu Dongming is red!"
Now that the battle with Rong Suihe has inevitably fallen into the east wind, relying on the Meng family alone will be powerless. The only hope is whether Chang'an and Northern Xinjiang can provide more support.
The question is, although the Meng family is powerful, they also have many descendants. The elders have limited energy and cannot take care of all the descendants.
As the legitimate son of Meng Boqin, Meng Jiaqian is not the most favored fifth son, and he has received a lot of cultivation and resources. How many of his brothers would be envious of the three thousand fine cavalry when he left northern Xinjiang alone? Is it possible that Meng Boqin's eldest son, the appointed future heir to the Meng family, is jealous
So what
He almost died before he left the army. He simply came all the way to Western Xinjiang to be a stepping stone for Rong Suihe!
In that situation, not to mention the ancestors in Chang'an who had never gotten along with each other, they must think that he is a good-for-nothing loser, or his biological father Meng Boqin, who has always been fond of and favored him, will definitely be disappointed after learning the news!
How could they provide additional support to Meng Jiaqian
It would be nice not to let him go back to Chang'an and become an idler waiting to die!
Therefore, if Meng Jiaqian does not want to languish and have a bleak future, he must seize the time and make some achievements to restore his impression in the minds of the Meng family's elders.
... After serving the Meng family for a while, seeing that he fell asleep again, he left a personal guard in front of the bed to take care of him, and went out to discuss with the rest of his companions.
Those who were slow to react said, "Isn't General confused? We have just been defeated, and we have very useless weapons in our legs. We are going to attack the main stronghold of the Jishan bandits. Even if we succeed, the main force of the Jishan bandits and Mi Zhen will come back to support us. You must be caught in a urn; if you fail, the few remaining men and horses in the east will be sent directly in. If that is unimaginable, it will even be a question of whether the general himself can leave Western Xinjiang safely!"
"General, can you please make some achievements for Chang'an, or show it to the people of Tiandong, so that people know that our general is not a helpless person." As soon as he said these words, several people gave him a red look, and he said, "At that time, I ordered to fight the Jishan bandits... The Jishan bandits have been entrenched in Western Xinjiang for a while. However, not to mention people outside Western Xinjiang, especially those in Chang'an, I have never heard of them at all, even in Western Xinjiang. , Is it possible that everyone knows them?!"
Seeing that the man's mouth was open and he didn't seem to have fully woken up, he sighed and said, "I hope someone can send me his head to prove that he was not defeated in a big way and that he found a place with meritorious service. Then it's not a crime." Let's consider whether we can hide our faces for the Meng family. Can you, the adults in Chang'an and Northern Xinjiang, help you and shut up? Although it is said that Jishan bandits are difficult to fight, there are remote villages scattered all over Western Xinjiang... Isn't there nothing we can do?! "
"Doesn't that mean killing a good person and taking credit for it?" Dong Dong, the person from before, said consciously, "Then... how can that be dignified?!"
"What does it mean to kill a good person and take credit for it?!" After hearing this, everyone's expressions froze. After a moment of silence, worries about their own future took over, and someone sneered, "The Jishan bandits have been in Western Xinjiang for many years. It is true that the Xinjiang army has not been encircled and suppressed, but they always failed! Although the Western Xinjiang army has been corrupted for a long time and cannot compare with our northern Xinjiang army, but the skinny camels are bigger than horses. A group of thieves can’t do anything!?”
"Is it obviously because there are many unscrupulous people here, who are colluding with the Jishan bandits, informing them, selling stolen goods and perverting the law for them, and even secretly meddling in their plundering!"
"So where do the good people come from in that place?!"
"Not all of them are spies, spies, or even relatives of the Jishan bandits. They can all be killed!!!"
Although I knew whether that person was arrogant, but when I thought about following the Meng family all the way to Western Xinjiang, I thought that I was following a master who had no doubts about his future, and was embarking on the road to take off. Who knew that he had not arrived yet? The destination was hit hard. If the Meng family members were desperate and had no choice but to fight to the death, why wouldn't their future be equally bleak
Hatred of the Jishan bandits who had wrongly helped Rong Suihe to ambush them welled up in his heart, and his thoughts were biased towards that kind of rhetoric.
"That makes sense, what do we think?" Someone in Dangdong pressed a knife on his waist and looked at everyone, "If everyone agrees, then do as the general said and act as soon as possible, so that Chang'an can report the victory in Northern Xinjiang as early as possible! "
Everyone looked at the man who had just blurted out "Kill the good and take credit". The man was stared at closely by a group of colleagues. His conscience and reason struggled for a moment, and then he nodded solemnly: "Can we all come together from northern Xinjiang?" Although he was a little bit intolerant when he came out, he still values brotherhood after all!"
"Brothers like me, I won't make such false claims." Seeing this, everyone persuaded them tactfully, "We moved from northern Xinjiang to fight in western Xinjiang, throwing our lives and blood, for what purpose? If we don't do it, we will not be able to make contributions and have a wife and son. ? If General Ming suffers a setback and the future is uncertain, those of us who are in the east will be both prosperous and devastated with the general. How can there be a good outcome? Now that General Dong has come up with this plan, is it a good way to survive in death? If you don't use it, it will be fine if you die, but you will teach the two elders in the family, as well as your beloved wife and young children, how to deal with themselves?!"
They persuaded each other to abandon their consciences, spread out the map, and discussed in low voices where to get some credit for "suppressing bandits" so that they could explain it to the Meng family. Find a place in front of Dongren.
At that time, just as Meng Jiaqian expected, the main force of the Jishan bandits who had successfully ambushed them were all collecting and showing off their numerous trophies, especially war horses.
That month, because they were afraid of the bravery of the Jingqi from Northern Xinjiang, the Jishan bandits followed Rong Suihe's orders and gave priority to killing horses. As a result, most of the three thousand Jingqi who escorted Meng Jiagan to his post had to switch to infantry after the battle. Death.
Even in the chaos of war, after all, some war horses survived by chance after their masters died, and were frightened and scattered near the battlefield.
These are not war horses carefully selected and trained by the Meng family in northern Xinjiang. They have a price but no market. No matter whether the Jishan bandits can tolerate sleeping cranes, they cannot be given up easily.
So while Rong Suihe's family members were staying in the town to reorganize and collect heavy-duty carriages and horses, the Jishan bandits were not only cleaning the battlefield, but also working hard to search for traces of the missing horses nearby.
Three months later, Rong Suihe gathered a group of barely sufficient carriages and horses from the town and nearby villages, and invited the main force of Jishan bandits to set off for Yizhou City together. It turned out that the "bandit suppression" of Meng Jiagan and his party had just begun. passed to.
The people they picked were all people from remote areas. Such villages may not have contact with the outside world a few times a year. If they could learn about this matter within a few days, it would mean that the Jishan bandits were well-informed in Western Xinjiang.
After hearing the news, Master Wu was so angry that he went directly to Rong Suihe and begged the Meng family to kill them all: "Those useless bastards, they fought against us with real swords and guns, and they actually raised the butcher's knife against innocent people. , simply unworthy of being a human being!!!”