Chapter 1173 The city is alive, but the city is lost!
"It's not that something happened in the village, it's that the situation in Xizhou City is getting more and more serious."
Jin Feng rubbed his temples: "Dangxiang is really annoying!"
In fact, Jin Feng had a chance to destroy the Dangxiang royal family and destroy the Dangxiang court before. Tieniu directly attacked the Dangxiang royal city, which is the best proof.
But that would inevitably lead to bloodshed, so Jin Feng didn't do that and let Tieniu kidnap Li Jishan.
The advantage of this is that the party court will be shaken and the fight will be bloody, but it will have nothing to do with ordinary people.
No matter which dignitary in the court he was, Jin Feng didn't have a good impression of him.
Even if the party dignitaries were dead, he would not frown.
Jin Feng's plan is very good and the progress is good. With the establishment of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, the people's acceptance is better than Jin Feng expected.
If Dongman hadn't caused trouble, Jin Feng would have been able to consider building factories and schools in Dangxiang within three years at most.
By then, the interaction between herdsmen and chambers of commerce will be rapid and frequent, and it will be impossible for the party and court to stop it.
"Grandpa Mao was right, the political power must eventually be struck from the barrel of a gun, and there is no room for opportunism!"
Jin Feng sighed and put away the letter from the Ninth Princess.
In fact, he has understood this truth for a long time. Unfortunately, his time in Dakang was too short after all, and his background was too weak. Dazhuang did not dare to let go when attacking Qin. He had to wait until Zhong Ming's group's attack on the local tyrants to divide the land was over, and the rear was completely stable.
Only then do you dare to move forward.
If it weren't for Qing Xinyao's help, he might not even be able to control Sichuan and Shu, let alone such a large party.
That's why Jin Feng came up with the idea of infiltrating the Chamber of Commerce to save the country, but unfortunately he didn't succeed.
"Run Niang, pack your things, we have to go back as soon as possible."
Jin Feng knew the character of the Ninth Princess. If the situation was not very serious, she would never write a letter urging him to go back.
"Okay!" Runniang quickly nodded in agreement.
Jin Feng called Tie Chui again and asked him to notify Qing Mulan and others for a meeting.
Soon, Qing Mulan and others arrived one after another, and even Mr. Tian came.
"There is a letter from Wuyang. Dangxiang has gathered more than 300,000 troops outside Xizhou City. The situation is serious. I want to rush back as soon as possible."
Jin Feng went straight to the topic and turned to look at the crowd: "Brother Tiezi, I'll leave Yuguan City to you! General Meng, General Zheng, you stay and help brother Tiezi!"
"Sir, don't worry, the city is here and the people are there, but if the city is lost, people will perish!"
Zheng Chiyuan immediately knelt down on one knee, lowered his right hand to his chest and swore an oath to Jin Feng.
When Meng Tianhai saw this, he quickly imitated Zheng Chiyuan and swore an oath.
Liu Tie knew Jin Feng best and knew that Jin Feng didn't like this, but Zheng Chiyuan and Meng Tianhai had both sworn an oath, so he would look out of place if he stayed here any longer.
There was no other way, Liu Tie could only kneel down on one knee.
"Get up," Jin Feng raised his hand to signal a few people to stand up: "I will leave a few speedboats for you. If anything happens, you can send a message back as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Liu Tie nodded.
"Don't park all the speedboats at the pier, park them in separate places and don't get blocked here," Jin Feng reminded.
Although the possibility that the Eastern Barbarians would dare to attack again was very slim, Jin Feng did not dare to gamble.
"Yes," Liu Tie nodded and took note.
"Don't worry, sir, I will seal off the surrounding sea. If the Eastern Barbarians want to attack Yuguan City by water, they must first step over the wreckage of our navy." Zheng Chiyuan followed up and assured.
Jin Feng took a deep look at Zheng Chiyuan, nodded and said: "When Dakang stabilizes, I will consider equipping the navy with steam engines!"
Jin Feng is not a fool. Zheng Chiyuan was the first to swear his loyalty just now, and now he is talking again. Isn't it because he just wants to show off in front of him?
The purpose of the performance is most likely because of his own steam engine.
If you want the horse to run, you have to be willing to let it eat grass. If you don't want to give it any benefits, who is willing to sacrifice your life for you?
Although Zheng Chiyuan arrived a little late this time, it was considered that there was a reason for the incident, and he did not cheat and did his best after arriving, and he has been doing his best to help.
In the future, steam engines can be mass-produced, and there is no harm in equipping the navy with a few ships. At least in the future, we will have to rely on Zheng Chiyuan to fight pirates and maintain stability in the East China Sea.
Hearing what Jin Feng said, Zheng Chiyuan's expression changed with excitement, and he quickly bowed to Jin Feng: "Thank you sir!"
Although Jin Feng didn't say it to death, based on Zheng Chiyuan's understanding of Jin Feng, since Jin Feng said it, the nine achievements will be fulfilled.
Just like the first time he cooperated with Jin Feng, Jin Feng only promised to sell him a hundred heavy crossbows and a hundred catapults.
But when it was actually delivered, there were dozens more catapults and heavy crossbows than agreed upon.
This is why Zheng Chiyuan rushed to help as soon as he heard that Jin Feng had arrived in Yuguan City.
He knew that Jin Feng would definitely not treat him badly.
When Zheng Chiyuan saw Zhenyuan No. 1 for the first time, he was attracted by the steam engine, but he did not dare to speak at that time because he knew that speaking would be in vain.
Next, Jin Feng explained some things about coastal defense, and then turned to Zuo Feifei: "Go and make arrangements. The Musketeers will leave three hundred people to help Brother Tiezi defend the city, and the rest will go back with me!"
The barrel of a musket has extremely high requirements on steel. Ordinary steel cannot withstand the power of gunpowder explosions. It may explode after a few uses, killing the user.
So even Jin Feng cannot mass-produce it now. Now that the war in Yuguan City has ended, the Detachment of Women's Army Musketeers can just leave part of it for deterrence. Keeping all of it is a waste of resources. It is better to take it back to fight against the party.
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"Yes!" Zuo Feifei nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Apart from the Musketeers, do you want to take the other sisters back?"
A total of 2,000 female workers from Iron Can Mountain came this time, but they only had 400 muskets. Even if three people used two guns, it would only be enough for 600 people.
Through this experience, the fighting ability of the female workers was recognized by everyone, including Jin Feng.
Nowadays, Jinchuan is seriously short of people. If we can bring these female workers back, it will be a big help.
However, the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Liu Tie suffered heavy casualties, and many of the 800 men who had been able to continue fighting before were forced to hold on.
Now that the enemy has retreated, many of the wounded cannot bear the weight.
After all calculations, at most 500 people from the first batch of Northern Expeditionary Army can stay and continue fighting.
If he takes away the female workers again, only the Weisheng Army and the Donghai Navy will be left here. Once the Dongbarbarians attack again, will the Weisheng Army be able to hold on?
Although the possibility that the Eastern Barbarians would dare to attack again is very low, what if it happens?
Meng Tianhai seemed to have noticed Jin Feng's concerns and said proactively: "Sir, don't worry, our Weisheng Army is confident in guarding Yuguan City!"
Jin Feng was hesitating in his heart, but when he heard what Meng Tianhai said, he didn't bother to worry anymore, nodded and said to Zuo Feifei: "Then select 300 people from the Musketeers to stay, and the rest will go back to reinforce Xizhou City!