11
"Hahaha! That's great, that's really great!"
In the palace's Martial Meritocrats Hall, the current emperor Zhou Tai looked at the thirteen battle reports in his hands and grinned.
The head eunuch Dai Quan was also happy. He had taken care of the Emperor since he was young and was an absolute confidant.
All the glory and power came from the emperor. Now that the emperor was happy, he was naturally happy.
"This Jia Huan is really not bad. I never thought that he could actually create such monstrous battle achievements.”
"In addition, according to Gu Qianfan's intelligence, he has killed more than 100,000 Tartars, but those old, weak, women, and children were never counted in his battle achievements.”
"It's not like those nobles who can brag about their military exploits to the heavens when they catch a few Tartars.”
The Emperor praised Jia Huan while talking about those distinguished officials, but what he said was indeed the truth.
There weren't many people among the dignitaries that could be used, Marquis Ningyuan Gu Yankai was one that could be used.
However, because he was not one of the four dukes and twelve marquises, he had always been ostracized.
Moreover, it was only usable. Its ability was not that amazing.
But Jia Huan was different! In this desperate situation, he was actually able to find a way out.
Seeing that the Tartar envoy was about to arrive and that Gu Qianfan was like a nail that had been ruthlessly stabbed into the Tartar hinterland, the Great Zhou would most likely gain the upper hand in this negotiation.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the secret report from the Imperial City Bureau, Niu Jizong and the others seem to have thoughts and want to take the initiative to attack.”
Dai Quan said.
Emperor Zhou Tai nodded. This was normal. Anyone who saw Jia Huan's monstrous contributions would be envious.
They even began to wonder if the Tartars were already weak. If they took this opportunity to attack, wouldn't they be able to increase their titles?
The Emperor was actually a little unhappy. Although he had formed the 100,000-strong army, the commander was still from the Retired Emperor's faction.
Strictly speaking, ninety percent of the officials in the court were the Retired Emperor's men, and he had no one to use.
Today, the Retired Emperor only had one purpose in looking for him, and that was to agree to Niu Jizong and the others sending troops to attack the Tartar Empire and repel the 200,000 invading cavalry.
Because of Jia Huan, the Tartars had already sent 100,000 troops back to encircle Jia Huan, so Niu Jizong and the others were only facing 100,000 Tartar troops.
Including the Northern Border Army, how could an army of nearly two hundred thousand not be a match for one hundred thousand Tartars?
Therefore, under the pressure of the Retired Emperor, the Emperor agreed to this proposal. In the end, he ordered the 100,000 troops to attack the Tartar army.
Jia Huan, who was far away in the Tartar hinterland, had also received this news from Gu Qianfan.
"The 100,000-strong Northern Expedition Army actually took the initiative to attack?”
Jia Huan's expression changed. Others might not know, but he had spent a few months in the Northern Expedition Army!
Wasn't he clear? Most of the generals there were mediocre people, and a small number were the second generation of officials who came to gild themselves.
As for the soldiers, they were farmers who had been recruited from all over the country. There were even some who were paid for nothing! Strictly speaking, the 100,000-strong army of the Northern Expedition only numbered around 70,000!
They hadn't even experienced a single bloody battle, yet they took the initiative to attack the Tartars on the Liaodong Plain? Wasn't this courting death?
Gu Qianfan also sighed in the letter. He said that the Emperor did not want to attack because he considered that the Northern Expedition Army was a new army.
However, with the support of all the civil and military officials and the pressure of the Retired Emperor, this matter had already been decided.
"We can only hope that Niu Jizong and the others will be of some use.”
Jia Huan thought to himself. However, he was still a little uneasy. In the end, he set up camp on the spot and chose to watch.
After all, if the border was defeated, it would be too dangerous for him to continue staying here without the Great Zhou army to restrain him.
As expected, gyrfalcon brought back an urgent report seven days later.
One hundred thousand soldiers from the northern expedition, one hundred thousand soldiers from the northern border, two hundred thousand soldiers in total had been wiped out, and only tens of thousands had managed to escape. Yanmen Pass had been breached, and the capital was in danger.
It was signed by Gu Qianfan. His handwriting was a little sloppy. It was obvious that Gu Qianfan's hands were trembling when he wrote it.
After Jia Huan read this information, his pupils constricted in disbelief.
"Two hundred thousand soldiers are gone just like that?”
He couldn't believe it. In his opinion, even if he lost, he still had the ability to defend. After all, Yanmen Pass was an impregnable pass.
However, he did not expect that he would be defeated so thoroughly.
"It shouldn't be! Although Niu Jizong and the other descendants of noble families were good, they often went out to war. Even if they were not capable enough, they could still defend the city.”
Jia Huan muttered to himself, but he didn't know that this failure wasn't due to Niu Jizong and the other nobles or generals.
The defeat this time was on the supervisor! When the army was about to attack, the Retired Emperor had arbitrarily sent an army supervisor.
Anyone with discerning eyes could tell that a supervisor from the Zhen family was going to earn military merits!
The key was that this piece of trash didn't even know how to mix in. He actually used the authority given by the Retired Emperor to frequently interfere in the military. It was obvious that he wanted to gain a head start.
However, the result was obvious. The 200,000-strong army was defeated and the capital was in danger.
Jia Huan looked into the depths of the desert unwillingly. He was already less than a hundred miles away from the Tartar Imperial Dynasty, but now he could only return to defend.
After all, the capital was in danger. His mother, Aunt Zhao, and sister, Jia Tanchun, were still in the capital. He could not ignore them.
"Yang Zaixing! Order the entire army to abandon all the resources and return to the capital at full speed!”
Jia Huan roared. Fortunately, his six thousand soldiers were all cavalry, so he hoped that he could make it in time.
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