I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Chapter 92: Few against many

"Just this broken iron?"

There was a hint of mockery on Wang Yingjie's face.

He picked up a flintlock and looked at it. He had never seen such a weapon before.

"This kind of weapon won't hurt anyone when it stabs them. Are you going to use it to deal with the Mobei barbarians?"

Wang Yingjie said with a smile.

"Since it is useless for you to keep them, just give them all to me."

"Okay, okay, I want to see how you use these scrap metals to deal with the northern barbarians."

Wang Yingjie said with a smile.

In his eyes, Jiang Zuo was undoubtedly an outsider, just an official responsible for helping the Six Garrison Army prepare food and fodder.

He could still lead troops to fight? Wang Yingjie absolutely did not believe it.

Jiang Zuo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered his men to put away the weapons.

This new batch of flintlock rifles numbered more than 300, enough to equip 200 people.

Now he was going to the gunpowder factory to extract ammunition.

The gunpowder factory is the most secret place in Anding County. Apart from Jiang Zuo and Master Guo, only the workers there know about it.

After confirming that there were no Thousand Cavalry Division or Six Garrison Army following, Jiang Zuo led his men to the gunpowder factory and obtained enough ammunition.

After all the ammunition was prepared, he went to the barracks to count the number of people and gathered an exact number of two hundred people, not one more.

Although all the officers and soldiers of Anding County wanted to help Lord Jiang, Wang Yingjie had issued an order not to allow Jiang Zuo to bring any more soldiers.

Fortunately, these two hundred people were all generals who had been led by Jiang Zuo himself, and they were not unfamiliar with the use of the new flintlock rifles.

After all, they had used this kind of artifact in the previous battle with the barbarians, but they used an old version.

In this battle, they were at a clear numerical disadvantage.

Time was running out and Jiangzuo could no longer mobilize as before. After the number of people was complete and the equipment was sufficient, they gathered at the city gate and prepared to set off.

Jiang Zuo's gathering of troops soon attracted the attention of the people of Anding County.

"Is Lord Jiang going to go to war again?"

"This is General Jiang now!"

"The northern barbarians are coming again. Everyone, don't leave the city."

The people were talking a lot.

Such a big commotion attracted one person's attention.

Qiuyue had just purchased a lot of things for the empress and was about to return to the Jiang Mansion when she saw Jiang Zuo gathering troops. She was curious and observed for a while.

If you don't ask, you won't know. Only then did you find out that Jiang Zuo was preparing to take two hundred people to deal with more than two thousand barbarian cavalry.

Thinking of this, Qiuyue was suddenly shocked and immediately asked the coachman to return to Jiang Mansion quickly.

A moment later, Qiuyue got off the carriage and immediately said, "Miss, Jiang Zuo is going to attack and fight the barbarians."

Qiuyue had already known that the empress attached great importance to Jiangzuo. After hearing the news, she immediately returned to report to Chen Qingyun.

"what?"

Chen Qingyun was shocked. Although she knew that Jiang Zuo had a talented general, she didn't want to see Jiang Zuo leading the troops like that.

"How many soldiers are there in the enemy army?"

Chen Qingyun asked.

Qiuyue replied: "Two thousand."

"Where's Jiang Zuo? How many people does he have?"

"It seems like there are only two hundred." Qiuyue said.

"two hundred?"

Chen Qingyun felt inexplicably more panicked.

With such a huge disparity in military strength, how could we possibly stand a chance of winning?

"Jiang Zuo, you are such a fool! You are so stupid to attack without any soldiers!"

For some reason, Chen Qingyun was extremely nervous at this moment and was extremely worried about Jiang Zuo's safety.

"Take me to see it!"

Chen Qingyun set off quickly.

She must stop Jiang Zuo. She can't let this guy take such a risk!

But when Chen Qingyun arrived at the city gate, Jiang Zuo had already set off with his men.

"shit!"

Chen Qingyun thought to himself that something was wrong.

"Jiang Zuo, you really are! So greedy and reckless!"

She blamed Jiang Zuo in her heart.

After thinking about it, Chen Qingyun became angry and immediately ordered Qiuyue to lead the way to meet someone.

Stabilize the barracks.

Yan Kang was in the tent, planning an attack on the northern barbarians in a few days.

Suddenly, someone opened the tent and walked in.

Yan Kang raised his head and saw the person coming. He was immediately panicked and quickly stood up to greet him, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

The person who came was Chen Qingyun.

"Governor Yan." Chen Qingyun's voice was extremely cold.

"I wonder why your majesty has come here?"

Yan Kang actually didn't know that the empress was in Anding County. When he saw the empress coming in person, he knew that something bad would happen.

"I passed by Anding County and heard that your Six Garrison Army has completely taken over the Anding Barracks, and the officers and soldiers of Anding County are also in your hands. Is this true?" Chen Qingyun said coldly.

Yan Kang quickly replied: "Your Majesty, that's right. The Six Garrison Army has indeed taken over the barracks, including the officers and soldiers from Anding County."

But at this time, Chen Qingyun said angrily: "I only asked you to come here to assist Jiang Zuo and supervise him. When did I ask you to deprive him of his military power?"

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, hitting Yan Kang's heart. He immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just want to merge the officers and soldiers of Anding County into the Six Towns Army, just to better cooperate in combat..."

Chen Qingyun naturally didn't believe such words, and said: "Immediately return the military power to Jiang Zuo. Why don't you send troops to the Northern Barbarians who are invading outside? Send out 10,000 elite soldiers now to wipe out the Northern Barbarians. Jiang Zuo has already led his troops out of the city. I want you to go and assist him. If anything happens to Jiang Zuo, you will all be punished!"

"According to the order!"

Yan Kang immediately stood up, his forehead covered with sweat, and prepared to go and dispatch troops.

Chen Qingyun added: "I remind you again that I sent you here to assist Jiangzuo. Although I am not often in the northern border, I know exactly what evil intentions you have..."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Veteran General Yan Kang was sweating profusely at this moment, and said in panic: "This Jiang Zuo is really not simple!"

Chen Qingyun left the military camp angrily, still feeling extremely worried.

"Jiang Zuo, you can't die!"

……

Twenty miles outside Anding City.

Blackwater.

Jiang Zuo is currently leading his troops to block the key road.

He was already familiar with the terrain of Anding County within a radius of 100 miles.

After confirming the whereabouts of the two thousand barbarians, he chose to ambush here.

Only here can we stop the barbarians in the first place and prevent the people outside the city from being harmed.

But the Black Waterway is just a wide road. There are not many natural defenses on this side, and it is difficult to set up an ambush.

Jiang Zuo is now at the front line, fighting alongside the soldiers.

"Brothers, although we only have 200 people, we have already tried to defeat the larger force with a smaller one before, and this time is no exception!"

Jiang Zuo said loudly, and began to stand up to encourage people.

"Besides, we still have such a powerful artifact. Tell me, do you have the confidence to defeat these grassland barbarians?"

"Have!"

Two hundred soldiers shouted in unison.

These two hundred men are elite soldiers who have followed Jiangzuo for many years and are well-trained.

Although there are not many people at this moment, the morale is high.

"Once we win this battle, each of us will be rewarded 100 taels!"

Jiang Zuo used money to motivate his soldiers, and he was never stingy when it came to his soldiers.

"it is good!"

The soldiers shouted.

"Prepare to defend against the enemy!"

Jiang Zuo shouted loudly.