Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 8 Master

Many years later, Fielding, who was already one of the most loyal ministers around His Majesty the Emperor, still saw the scene as clearly as it had just happened. He wrote in his secret diary: "You can't Understand what it feels like to be recognized when you have been completely abandoned by everyone and will fall into the abyss, and the taste will stay with you forever." This diary was made decades after Fielding's death. be made public.

Looking at Wufeng's actions with admiration, Ling Tianfang felt that he had nothing to say. Thumbs up, simply repeating a sentence: "High, really high!"

Wufeng has long been aware of Fielding's ability. If he really wants to win his loyalty, the best time is now. He boldly handed over the lost city guard position to Fielding, allowing He continues to take on this important position, no doubt he is regarded as a confidant who can entrust him with important tasks. Such a beautiful and generous hand not only won Fielding's unwavering loyalty, but also made Ling Tian put in his heart. All the generals present had a state of admiration for their master's demeanor.

The actions of the Kaman people were as expected by Wufeng. After learning that the Northwest Army had entered the Taixuan Mansion, the Kaman West Army that had already marched far away from the Taixuan Mansion was unable to advance under the leadership of Duke Mailey. Backed up, and slowly retreated to the border between the Principality of Jielu and Taixuan Mansion, and also drew some troops to join the battlefield in the Jiama area, which greatly increased the pressure on the coalition forces of Jieluo and the Empire fighting on the Jiama front, and Taixuan The crisis in the government appears to have been resolved.

At the same time, among the nearly 150,000 Kamen troops assembled in Jiayuguan, Viscount Dominic, commander of the Seventh Corps, led his regiment to **** more than 50,000 captives (including 20,000 reserve personnel) to the north. He returned, and also sent liaison personnel to contact the Imperial Central Committee and Li Wufeng respectively, hoping to negotiate on the captives. The tens of thousands of people who originally lived in the Jiayuguan fortress were ordered to leave the fortress within a week, and the 30 li outside the fortress was designated as a restricted area, and ordinary people were strictly prohibited from living and engaging in farming and animal husbandry activities.

Claudia, who has been appointed as the commander of the front army stationed in Jiayuguan, led the Sixth Corps, which entered from the north, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, and began to conduct large-scale military exercises outside Jiayuguan, posing as if they were ready at any time. The appearance of going south, the meaning behind the words is self-aware.

And after Wufeng inspected the defense system of the entire Taixuan Mansion, he also reacted quickly. While ordering to re-strengthen the city wall of Taixuanfu City, many arrow holes and dark forts were added to the original basis, and at the same time ordered the widening project of the moat to be carried out immediately, and the Northwest County War Preparedness Department was ordered to immediately dispatch a batch of passing troops from Qingyang. After the improvement, the performance and quality of the frame-shaped multi-bow crossbow (Note 1) and the giant catapult were sent to Taixuan to strengthen the active defense capabilities of the city's defense. Ling Tianfang was appointed as the defense force for the entire Taixuanfu area. The commander-in-chief of the army, Fielding, the city guard of Taixuan Mansion, is the deputy commander-in-chief, who is fully responsible for the security defense of the Taixuan Mansion area. The Second Guard Division, a total of four divisions belong to the Taixuan Mansion Defense Theater.

After inspecting the city defense system of Taixuan Mansion, Wufeng non-stop inspected various important market towns in Taixuan Mansion, and focused on Xuanwu Town in the southwest corner. As early as half a year ago, while learning about the development of the gold mine in Bashanfu, Wufeng secretly learned from the detection department under the General Administration of Industry and Mining that there might be a mixed ore vein in the southwest of Taixuanfu. The iron ore belt in the south of the mansion belongs to the same large-scale multi-vein belt, but there is a fault in the middle, which extends intermittently to the southwest of Taixuan Mansion. There is a high possibility of rich copper resources in the southwest of Taixuan Mansion. One of the reasons why Wufeng was unwilling to give up Taixuan Mansion.

If the detection by the General Administration of Industry and Mining is true, this copper vein belt can be developed, which will greatly help the economic development of the entire Northwest, including Northern Luzon. You must know that copper mines are indispensable to the national economy and people's livelihood It is also a necessary mineral for the continental countries to mint coins. The annual consumption of this aspect alone is very alarming. The existing mines discovered are far from enough for use. Therefore, all countries attach great importance to the detection and mining of copper mines. .

And Wufeng has always been very annoyed by the lack of ore resources in his territory. In the six northwestern provinces and Northern Luzon, such a vast and rich land, except for Yinchuan Prefecture, which has coal, iron and silver ore resources, no mineral resources have been found in other places. Mineral resources, and Yinchuan Prefecture is not within the scope of their control. Even the iron smelting industry of Qingyang Prefecture must import coal and iron ore from Yinchuan Prefecture. Although the distance is not too far, it is enough to consume a lot of transportation capacity. , and is controlled by others, how can this make Wufeng feel at ease?

Fortunately, good news has come from Shuangdui Mansion in Northern Luzon. The news of the discovery of an iron ore belt in the northern area adjacent to Wusun Kingdom has been confirmed, and the preliminary work has begun. This guy Luman His vision and sense of smell are extraordinary. He knows better than anyone how much the development of a large iron mine will affect the economy of Shuangdui Prefecture, especially the backward areas in the northern part of Shuangdui. When Wufeng and Xiao Tang's instructions arrived, this guy It has already started to organize people to develop and build the simple road from Shuangdui to there, and plans to transform the simple road into a standard road within two years.

Now if we can develop the copper mines in Taixuan Mansion, we will have the two major ore resources of copper and iron in our territory, so we don't have to worry too much about being controlled by others in case of a big battle. It's not very good, they are all in the border area with external forces, Shuangdui Mansion is a little better, Wusun has not yet had the strength to threaten him, but this Taixuan Mansion is different, next to Lulong Mansion and Terok Principality They are all under the threat of the Kaman people. If they are developed, the Kaman people will inevitably not have a peeping heart.

But now I can't take care of a lot. I can't give up eating because of choking. I'm afraid that the Kaman people will not even carry out normal construction. Wufeng specifically confessed to Fielding for this and asked him to do the preliminary work as soon as possible. After coming down, we must start to spread the work immediately, and we must not shrink back because of the threat of war, especially the road traffic and other necessary work in advance.

Just when everything was going according to plan, the special negotiating envoy of the Kamans also came to Taixuanfu City. The resettlement of tens of thousands of people who were expelled from the Jiayuguan Fortress had already cost most of Taixuanfu's funds. Now the question about the prisoners of war makes Wufeng feel very embarrassed. If he really wants to redeem these more than 50,000 prisoners of war, the required funds are also an astronomical figure. At present, Wufeng does not have such a large amount of funds in his hands, but the redemption of this The interests of this group of prisoners of war are also quite large. First of all, more than 30,000 of these prisoners of war are elite soldiers from the first and third garrison divisions of the original Taixuan Mansion. They were captured not because they were defeated, but because of internal betrayal. So as long as they are reorganized a little and their fighting spirit is stimulated, they can become a wolf and tiger army. It is undoubtedly a big help for Wufeng.

So after the Kamanian special envoy arrived, Wufengbian decided to bring these soldiers under his control no matter what method he adopted. As for the specific funds required, Wufeng didn't want to worry too much, and left it to Xiao Tang and Su Qin to find their own way. Of course, it would be best if they could get some money from the central government of the empire, but Wufeng didn't hold much hope.

"What should we do? "" Whose fault? ", "The Empire Encounters Survival Crisis", "The Bleeding Empire" and other headlines filled the major media newspapers of the empire. The loss of Jiayuguan was unacceptable to almost all the people of the empire, from ordinary people to noble gentry, from wealthy businessmen to urban poor , there was an uproar in the Chaoli countryside, teahouses, hotels, and all public places were talking about this matter, and almost all the spearheads were pointed at the General Administration of Military Affairs, which was extremely responsible for this matter.

And some well-informed people revealed through various channels that the traitor was actually a person who was strongly recommended by a royal nobleman. The news that he had a close relationship with a certain prince spread widely, and for a while, the imperial capital was full of turmoil and undercurrents.

After receiving the news of the fall of Jiayuguan, the imperial emperor Situ Mingyue immediately stopped his vacation, set off for the west overnight, and held an emergency state affairs meeting on his own boat. The meeting made emergency arrangements for the urgent situation at hand. Under the proposal of He Zhiqiu, Minister of Military Affairs, and Lu Wenfu, Minister of the Interior, the Imperial State Council passed several emergency orders.

First, order the Second Division of the City Guard Corps stationed in the imperial capital to move west immediately to stabilize the situation in the Principality of Jielu and Beiyuan County, and prevent the chain reaction caused by the fall of Jiayuguan from spreading to the battle of Jielu~IndoMTL.com~ At the same time The other three divisions of the City Guard Corps stationed in Wuhu were also ordered to return to the imperial capital immediately, and the defense was handed over to other local garrisons. In addition, the third, fourth, fifth and third divisions of the Fourth Army also began to return to the original station in Kansai County to ensure the stability of the situation in Kansai.

At the same time, the meeting also decided to allow the Imperial Foreign Affairs Office to conditionally accept the Maqihan people's proposal for peace talks, so as to reduce the pressure on the garrison in Wuhu County.

"Lu Aiqing, is the situation you said really that serious?" Situ Mingyue's face was full of exhaustion. The news of Jiayuguan's fall had already filled his heart with frustration and resentment. The news made him feel like sitting on pins and needles.

Looking at His Majesty's suspicious eyes, Lu Wenfu also sighed inwardly. Even now, he has spent a lot of effort and still can't fully understand the depth of the Taiping Sect, but time has not allowed him to procrastinate any longer. Now, the growing strength of the Kamans and the large-scale invasion of the Kamans made him feel terrified every day, and he was afraid that when he woke up, he would have turned against the flag and blocked the sun. Finally, after getting the information about the fall of Jiayuguan, he didn't dare to delay any longer. He had to report this serious situation to His Majesty the Emperor, even if he did it in advance, it would scare the snake or cause the opponent to strike first.

Situ Mingyue, who was already in a bad mood, couldn't accept such a blow to the head. His suspicious gaze made all the important officials present feel chills.

Note (1): The frame-shaped multi-bow continuous crossbow is improved from the continuous crossbow and fixed on a specially customized bracket. It can set up multiple continuous crossbows at the same time, and can adjust the shooting angle and direction. Its quality is stable, Both the operability and shooting accuracy have been greatly improved compared with ordinary continuous crossbows, and it is the product of the cooperation between the Science and Technology Department of the Northwest County Economic Development Department and the Combat Readiness Department.