The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

In the front, Zhong Ling and the Chu brothers looked at Jiang Fan in surprise. Chu Chengxiong was the first to speak up: "Why do we need to persuade them to surrender? Can't we just kill them all? Otherwise, we will have to keep them alive!"

Hearing this, Jiang Fan smiled at Chu Chengxiong and said, "A cornered dog will jump over the wall. A desperate rabbit will bite. Although they are in a losing situation, if they continue to fight, I'm afraid we will also lose a lot of people. Since we can easily win, why bother? Besides, I can also use these Northern Mongolian soldiers!"

The reason why Jiang Fan agreed to retake Jinzhou was not only to help his cheap father, but also to use Jinzhou as a base to develop military strength.

The 50,000 Zhoufu troops and the grain and grass troops were his initial team, but more importantly, Jinzhou was a place rich in mineral veins, with numerous iron and copper veins.

The reason why Northern Mongolia seized Jinzhou was not only because it was a strategic location, but also because of the minerals here. These Northern Mongolian soldiers were all strong laborers, just right for digging for mineral veins.

The Chu brothers and Zhong Ling seemed to understand, but since Jiang Fan had made the decision, they didn't say anything.

The next period of time was spent collecting prisoners. The war horses were collected by the Northern Mongolian cavalry, and the weapons were piled together. Jiang Fan waited until the Northern Mongolians were ready to surrender before coming to collect the prisoners.

When Dora Yueer saw Jiang Fan, her eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness. Her face was full of dissatisfaction!

"Princess, long time no see... How have you been recently..." Jiang Fan said with a smile while looking at Dora Yue'er.

"Good or bad, don't you know?" Dora Yueer glanced at Jiang Fan coldly and said in a bad voice.

She felt like this guy was deliberately poking her in the lungs. She was clearly not feeling well, yet he still asked her how she was doing.

"Princess, I will have to trouble you to write a letter of divorce so that your father can fulfill the bet..." Jiang Fan did not care about Dora Yue'er's dissatisfaction and said with a smile.

He waved his hand and asked someone to take Dora Yue'er away, then led the troops into the city.

At this time, Jinzhou City had completely returned to the hands of Dayan. About 6,000 Northern Mongolian soldiers were captured in the city, and the rest were all annihilated.

At the camp outside the city, of the 40,000 Northern Mongolian soldiers, less than 10,000 were left, some of them were wounded, some were disabled. As for the disabled, Ning Potian killed them all.

There is no point in keeping these people. Ning Potian is very decisive and ruthless!

He left behind only some lightly wounded, about 7,000 people, and the rest of the Northern Mongolian soldiers were annihilated!

In this battle, more than 40,000 enemies were killed and more than 23,000 were captured, including the Northern Mongolian Princess Dora Yue'er and several Northern Mongolian generals.

There were less than 100,000 people left in the entire Jinzhou City. They were gathered together by the Northern Mongols and usually did heavy and strenuous work. They were treated as slaves!

When the people saw that the Yan army had recaptured Jinzhou City, they all burst into tears. Some cried for their dead relatives, some cried for their own experiences, and some cried for surviving the disaster!

After Jiang Fan took over Jinzhou City, he did not return to Beijing immediately. Instead, Ning Potian, Chu Chengduan and Chu Chengren were sent back to the two checkpoints by Jiang Fan.

Some of the reinforcements from the two passes were on the way here, but they were no longer needed now, so they had to turn back.

Jinzhou City was left to 50,000 Zhoufu troops and grain and grass troops to defend. Jiang Fan detained the Zhoufu troops and the grain and grass troops, reported to the court, and requested that the Zhoufu troops garrison Jinzhou.

While waiting for information from the court, Jiang Fan checked out several iron and copper mines around Jinzhou, where many people from Dayan were mining.

After receiving the mineral vein, Jiang Fan began to smelt iron and steel, and threw 23,000 captives into the mineral vein to mine.

Jiang Fan plans to transfer some craftsmen from Huaining County, especially blacksmiths. With the minerals here, Jiang Fan can put a lot of equipment on the agenda.

For example, armor and swords needed for light cavalry, as well as rifles and cannons.

Just after Jiang Fan recaptured Jinzhou, something happened in Northern Mongolia. The Northern Mongolian cavalry stationed at Hezhou Pass retreated.

At the same time, the King of Northern Mongolia's younger brother Ji Keli rebelled, killed the King of Northern Mongolia and all his sons, and took the throne of the King of Northern Mongolia.

Now, only Duora Yue'er is left in the Northern Mongolian royal family. This news was delayed and has not yet reached Dayan.

At Weizhou Pass, after hearing the news that the Northern Mongols were defeated in Jinzhou City, the Dashi Army stationed at the border also retreated. They temporarily gave up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation to rob.

Back in the capital, Emperor Yan also received military intelligence from the front. When he heard that Jiang Fan had recaptured Jinzhou City in just a few days, without even using the reinforcements from the two passes, he was stunned for a long time.

Then he was overjoyed.

He spread the news as soon as possible, and the whole capital knew that Jiang Fan had recaptured Jinzhou City.

Suddenly the people of the capital were overjoyed and all fell into carnival. Every house was decorated with lights and fireworks were set off at night, creating a festive atmosphere.

After hearing the news, several princes and Ye Ren were stunned and could not believe it was true.

But they also received news from spies ahead, which showed that this was true.

They had to accept the fact that Jiang Fan had completely risen, and as for their morning newspaper, it was completely ruined.

If the morning paper was still there, I'm afraid people would rush to the newspaper shop again and smash things up.

After all, when Jiang Fan led his infantry directly into Jinzhou City, the Morning Post took the opportunity to smear him again.

Fortunately, the people have long been accustomed to the smear campaign in the morning papers and were not led by them.

Now, the fact that Jiang Fan had taken back Jinzhou proved that the Morning Post was slandering him. Because of the slander by the Morning Post before, Jiang Fan's reputation increased a bit.

But as Jiang Fan's prestige among the people grew, several princes began to feel threatened, and their desire to get rid of Jiang Fan became stronger.

However, many ministers in the court are already thinking about joining Jiang Fan.

Just imagine, how likely is it that a prince with outstanding talents who is highly regarded by the Emperor of Yan will inherit the throne in the future?

If you join us now, you will definitely be rewarded with honors in the future. Wealth and glory are just around the corner.

The first person to react was Su Dingyuan's father, Su Yuanguang, now the Governor of Hejian. He submitted a memorial to the court, congratulating the Eighth Prince on his great victory in Jinzhou, and petitioning the Emperor of Yan to make Jiang Fan a king.

His attitude showed his support and dependence on Jiang Fan.

Following his memorial, many governors from various places followed his lead, and many officials who supported Jiang Fan also became restless.

However, some court officials who were attached to the prince strongly opposed it, and as a result, several quarrels and even fights broke out.

Emperor Yan did not express his opinion on this matter. He wanted to wait until Jiang Fan returned before making a decision. The situation in the court was also undercurrent.

At this time, at Fan Xian's residence, Fan Xian was meeting with a mysterious man in black.

On the surface, Fan Xian does not depend on any prince, but now he is always mixed up with the three princes and some court officials.

Outsiders thought that he might have joined one of the princes. But only Fan Xian knew that those three princes were not the ones he joined.

The master behind this mysterious man in front of him is the one he serves.

"Prime Minister Fan, please get the gunpowder formula from the Ministry of Industry as soon as possible. In addition to the gunpowder formula, we also need to get the manufacturing technology of various gunpowder weapons. The master has waited too long!"

The mysterious man in black said coldly to Fan Xian.