Chapter 243: The Female General Emerges
After leaving Miaojiang, Jiang Jiu made up his mind to make a name for himself in life.
She didn't want to rely on Zhao Zhuoxi. Even if she became an empress, she wanted to be an empress who would go down in history.
I have to say, once Jiang Jiu became career-oriented, he wasn't as lovable anymore.
Zhao Zhuoxi came down from the mountain and was about to leave with Jiang Jiu in a carriage, but was stopped by Jiang Jiu.
"Your Majesty, I am now Yao Qin, the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. We are not married yet, so we need to keep our distance."
Without hesitation, Jiang Jiu kicked Zhao Zhuoxi off the carriage and ordered his men to set off.
Zhao Zhuoxi was just about to get angry, but unfortunately the person was Jiang Jiu. Even if he was angry, he couldn't bear to lose his temper with Jiang Jiu.
He was so angry that he hit the tree with his palm, and after they walked a long way away, the tree fell down.
Daning was in trouble, and Zhao Zhuoxi thought they should go back to Sucheng first and discuss the matter later.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Jiu disagreed and asked Xiao Yimo and Chu Yu to go to Sucheng, while she would go north from Miaojiang to deal with Beidi.
"If I remember correctly, some of my people are still in Beidi, and there is an iron mine I bought there."
Jiang Jiu's memories were all back, so he was naturally able to quickly take control of the overall situation.
When she was in Suzhou, she sent Cheng Jiarui, the head treasury of a small boat, and Wu Yuan to go to Beidi to mine.
The mined iron ore was sold not only to the imperial court, but also to the court of Beidi.
The rest were taken by Xiao Yimo to make cannons.
Moreover, the trade route from Sucheng to the border had long been opened up by Jiang Jiu.
Jiang Jiu felt that the sooner the better, so she decided to go to the border immediately to deal with Beidi.
As for the Northern Qiang people, they will be left to Zhao Zhuoxi to deal with.
Seeing that Jiang Jiu had arranged everything perfectly, Zhao Zhuoxi was unable to refute.
Upon learning that Jiang Jiu was going to deal with Beidi, Xiao Yimo no longer hid anything.
"There are still five cannons in the capital. I originally planned to keep them for our own use. Now that you want to attack Beidi, I will have someone send them to the northern border for you."
After Xiao Yimo's arrangement, Chu Yu no longer wanted to go back to Sucheng.
I must go to Northern Xinjiang with Jiang Jiu.
Jiang Jiu's eyes widened: "You are pregnant, and you are going to fight? Xiao Yimo will kill me. Be good, go back to Sucheng with His Majesty first, and we will talk about it after you give birth to the baby."
Chu Yu disagreed: "I have been the one taking care of your health. I don't trust others. Besides, you are going to the war. What if you get injured?"
Xiao Yimo was also in a dilemma: "Yu'er, you go back to Sucheng and have a baby. I'll go there."
Jiang Jiu quickly scolded: "Don't go either, I can do it alone, and besides, we still have Taohua and Lu An. You should serve Chuyu well."
After the final discussion, Xiao Yimo and Chu Yu met in Sucheng to arrange a steady supply of food and fodder.
Bai Yue followed Jiang Jiu to
Northern Xinjiang.
Taohua, Yunshu, Lu An and some guards followed Jiang Jiu from Miaojiang directly to Beijiang.
Zhao Zhuoxi was really worried, so he arranged some guards for her.
As the granddaughter of Duke Zhenguo, Jiang Jiu now goes to support the soldiers defending the city in the northern border under the banner of the Yao family soldiers.
The Northern Frontier and the Northern Di are separated by a desert. The northernmost city of Daning in the Northern Frontier is called Yuguan. After Jiang Jiu set out, she first wrote a letter to Zhenguogong, asking him to send troops to her.
In Yongzhou, Jiang Jiu met Yao Jiabing.
At this time, the Northern Di and Yuguan had been fighting for three months. The soldiers defending Yuguan wrote an urgent letter to the court in 800 miles, requesting troops to support them. Without support, they would not be able to hold on.
After Jiang Jiu met the Yao family soldiers, he took three thousand elite soldiers and rode towards Yuguan at full speed.
At the same time, Xiao Yimo's artillery was also transported to Yongzhou.
In order to hurry, Jiang Jiu only brought two cannons and two trucks of ammunition and traveled light.
Even so, it took them a month to reach Yuguan.
When they arrived at Yuguan, they found that the situation in Yuguan was really serious.
Fearing that the city would be breached, officials in Yuguan moved south with the common people.
There were only soldiers defending the city left in the city. There was no food or medicine, and there were injured and hungry soldiers everywhere.
Jiang Jiu looked at these people and couldn't help but take a gamble in his heart.
Zhao Zhuoxi's ascension to the throne was not what everyone expected, but his thunderous methods forced the court to submit.
But some people just like to take advantage of others and will do anything to gain power.
After they were driven away from the capital by Zhao Zhuoxi, they colluded with foreign countries and attacked Daning, the place where they were born and raised.
Not to mention the loss of labor and property, it harms others without benefiting oneself.
In the end, even if he wins, it will be a victory for the Northern Di. The Northern Di people will only occupy the territory of the Daning Dynasty, but will not give him any of it.
They are being used by others, but the ones who are hurt are the lower-class people, soldiers and ordinary people who have left their homes.
Jiang Jiu entered Yuguan with the token, and was greeted by General Wu, the defender of Yuguan.
But when General Wu saw that the person sent was a girl, his heart sank immediately.
"Why did the court send a girl here?"
"Don't underestimate her because she is a girl. She is the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo and the future queen."
General Wu pursed his lips and saluted Jiang Jiu respectfully.
"General Wu Yue respectfully welcomes General Yao."
Jiang Jiu waved his hand: "You're welcome, take me to the north gate first, and then tell me about the recent war situation."
The Northern Di had been unable to capture Yuguan for a long time, so this time they sent 300,000 soldiers to attack the city all at once.
Wu Yue was helpless: "We can defend for three months, but not for three years. In the past, the northern barbarians could only send 30,000 to 50,000 troops to harass Yuguan."
"Who knew that they would send 300,000 more troops at once?"
"We had 100,000 soldiers defending the city before, and we wouldn't be afraid. But when your majesty personally led the army to attack Nanli, our general took away 50,000 of them. Now we only have 50,000 people left. It's really difficult to defend this city."
Jiang Jiu naturally understood: "It doesn't matter. His Majesty has sent a hundred thousand troops to follow. They will arrive in a few days, and there will be food and fodder. I just brought three thousand elite soldiers to help you for a while."
Well, three thousand elite soldiers are better than nothing.
When Jiang Jiu followed General Wu Yue all the way to the north gate and climbed up the city wall, he saw that the area below the gate was full of people.
Suddenly, Jiang Jiu had a concrete impression of the 300,000-strong army.
"General Wu, the Northern Di army is challenging us, what should we do?"
Wu Yue turned her head and glanced at Jiang Jiu, only to see Jiang Jiu wave his hand and two cannons followed behind him and were pushed onto the city wall by his soldiers.
"Load the gun, lock the distance, and aim."
The three thousand elite soldiers brought by Jiang Jiu also all climbed up the city wall, holding bows and arrows, and waiting in formation.
Jiang Jiu saw that the Northern Di people's siege vehicles were also ready, with a total of six.
"If you want to shoot a person, shoot the horse first. Aim at their engineering vehicles first. Get ready."
Wu Yue saw the barrels of the two cannons adjusted upwards.
There are four gunners next to a cannon, one is responsible for looking at the target, one is responsible for adjusting the height of the barrel, one is responsible for ignition, and the other is responsible for controlling the cannon and filling the gunpowder in time after firing.
Jiang Jiu gave the order: "Fire."