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Chapter 2176 Gui Zi Juan Tu has a poor view and seizes power.

 Just do what you say. Once Feng Ziying makes up her mind, she will act vigorously and resolutely.

He quickly issued an order, requiring the Four Guards of Xi'an to conduct an inventory and prepare to go out to Baishui and Chengcheng to launch a clearing campaign against the rebels. He requested that the inventory be completed within ten days, supplies and equipment be completed within half a month, and the expedition be launched within twenty days. Strive to quell the rebels in the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture within three months.

 This news immediately caused a huge shock among the four guards in Xi'an.

Baishui, Chengcheng, Heyang, and Hancheng in the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture have long been captured by the rebel army. Now the rebel army is encroaching on Pucheng, Tongzhou, and Chaoyi. The rebel army has not yet won the siege of Pucheng, but Tongzhou Hechaoyi has fallen into the hands of the rebels.

 After taking control of Tongzhou and Chaoyi, the rebel army has approached the Wei River. Once they cross the Wei River, Huazhou and Huayin will be in great danger.

It can be said that while the rebel army in northern Shaanxi was in decline, the rebel army in the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture was in the ascendant, and its offensive was fierce. It captured Tongzhou and Chaoyi in one fell swoop, which made Feng Ziying wonder whether the Tongguan guards had gone to Puzhou. It fits.

If the rebel army really wants to capture Huazhou and Huayin and cut off Shaanxi's east channel out of the Central Plains, it will really be a big deal.

This is why Feng Ziying is eager to complete the reorganization of Xi'an's Four Guards, because he is not sure whether Qiu Zixiong's army in Baitangzhai can quickly deal with the Luochuan Yichuan rebel army and then enter the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture. After entering, whether it can follow the preset In order to gain dominance in the inner zone, if there is a delay in time, the situation will become very serious.

Reorganizing Xi'an's Four Guards first, even if two or three battalions are formed first, can slightly strengthen the defense in the east and prevent the rebels from entering the core area of ​​​​the central Guanzhong Plain.

Before Feng Ziying arrived in Shaanxi, Xie Zhenye mobilized three battalions of guards from Fengxiang Institute, Xing'an Institute and Qinzhou Guard to Yaozhou and Weinan. Among them, two battalions from Fengxiang Institute and Qinzhou Guard were stationed in Yaozhou, and one battalion from Xing'an Institute was stationed in Yaozhou. Stationed in Weinan.

 Feng Ziying was very dissatisfied with Xie Zhenye's conservative arrangement.

The dignified guards did not dare to take the initiative to attack when the rebel army had not yet taken charge. Instead, they adopted such a conservative defensive approach and even abandoned the lines of Baishui, Heyang, Hancheng, and Chengcheng, and surrounded the entire Xi'an. It is a great shame and humiliation to give up this part of the northeastern part of the mansion to others.

Of course, Feng Ziying also knew Xie Zhenye's difficulties. Theoretically ten battalions of the Xi'an Four Guards were in Xi'an City, but they did not dare to leave the city. It would be difficult to convince the public to guard the east side of Xi'an Mansion, but the four guards of Xi'an were beyond the control of Xie Zhenye, the commander and commander of the capital.

Now that Feng Ziying is here, he will not be used to the Xi'an Siwei group.

"Sir, Master Qiu and Master Xie are here." Baoxiang came in quietly and said softly.

"Haha, are we coming together to force the palace?" Feng Ziying sneered, "Liu Yuanpei left on the front foot, and now they are here on the back foot. Who else is there, Chen Ruibo, Han Dongchang?"

Baoxiang naturally didn't dare to say anything, so Feng Ziying just said one sentence, exhaled a breath, and then said: "Let them come in."

Qiu Ziquan and Xie Gun, one is Xi'an right guard guerrilla, the other is Xi'an vanguard guard, they are both the sons of the four princes and the twelve princes, but they are a little far away from the twenty-four direct branches of the capital city. , but after all, they are still the children of these four princes, eight princes, twelve princes, and just because of the two surnames that cannot be written in one stroke, and because these martial arts giants followed Zhou Taizu to conquer the world, they feel that they are superior to others. Just dare to come directly to the door and talk to yourself.

Feng Ziying didn't know where this group of people came from to have such a good sense of themselves. The imperial court had long been fed up with this group of martial arts magnates, and had been looking for opportunities to clean up and reduce their power. She didn't know how to keep herself clean, and was still shouting and drinking here. , do you really think that the court has nothing to do with them?

 “I’ve met the governor.”

Two men with puffy chests and belly came in and gave a military salute, but Feng Ziying couldn't restrain the sneer at the corner of her mouth. The two men's figures would make riding a horse a little difficult for an ordinary strong horse.

"Well, sit down." Feng Ziying was not too polite and raised her hand casually, "What do you want to do when you two come to see me? But you are here to leave Weinan. I don't know if the troops of your two guards have been cleaned up?"

　　The question was too straightforward, which made both Qiu Ziquan and Xie Gun a little embarrassed. They didn't know how to answer for a while.

 The Four Guards were being reorganized and inventoried, and the order to prepare for the expedition had just been issued from the capital to the Four Guards, causing great panic among the Four Guards.

Those who have not fought in a war for ten or twenty years are suddenly asked to leave the city of Xi'an and go to fight in a strange place. Moreover, they are not faced with ordinary bandits, but with ferocious insurrectionary troops!

It is said that these rebels are so hungry that they can even kill and eat people. This rumor will frighten the guards to death.

"Sir, General Mo just wants to ask a question. The order from Dusi has just come, asking us to reorganize and count the armies of each guard and prepare for war. However, there are rumors that our troops will go eastward to wipe out the rebels. General Mo and Xie Sir, you want to inquire whether we really want to go east to quell the rebellion? But if we all go out, who will guard Xi'an City?"

　　　It can be heard that Feng Ziying's tone is not good, and Qiu Ziquan's heart is pounding.

He also knew that the province, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, was extremely dissatisfied with the Xi'an Four Guards. They had been pampering themselves, living on empty wages, and enjoying themselves for so many years. Now that it was their turn to fight, Dusi first took advantage of the surrounding people. The guards from Qinzhou Guard, Fengxiang Division, and Xing'an Division were the first to attack. It would be difficult for anyone to accept this kind of thing.

This visit was out of necessity. Previously, several guerrilla guards tried to get through to the governor through various channels, but failed to do so. Xie Zhenye had already been bribed by them, but Xie Zhenye had also spoken out long ago. Now that we are here, everything else is easy to talk about, except that Feng Ziying has no way here, and he is also at a loss. He also said that he might also have to be beaten.

Xie Zhenye's words were pitiful. They all didn't believe it, but they couldn't do anything about this hob meat. How could they get back the money they had given to this guy before?

Moreover, they also realized that Feng Ziying’s path was really difficult. This guy wanted to come to Shaanxi to gain political achievements. He would never give up until he made some decent achievements. Moreover, they also inquired about Feng Ziying’s work in Yongping back then. This guy in the government used Minzhuang to fight the Mongols head-on, and even won the key battle, so this guy is even more arrogant now, as if he wants to conquer the world.

 The question is, doesn’t he know about the situation of the four guards in Xi’an? Do you really think that you can go into battle just by taking inventory and cleaning up? Can this be the same?

No matter how angry and anxious they were, Qiu Ziquan and Xie Gun could only suppress and remain calm. They came here to understand each other's intentions.

 If we really want to push this group of people to the battlefield, then we will take their lives. No one will die.

 If not, what is the other party’s intention? Do you want money, or do you want to completely take over the four guards of Xi'an? Is there any room for maneuver?

 If Yin Zi is not like him, there is no need to do something aggressive like this that angers both humans and gods. That is, he wants to take over the Four Guards of Xi'an and have an army that he can control.

This is not a problem, everyone can do it, obey his orders, just hope to fight but don't think about it, but can this guy tolerate this situation?

Feng Ziying had already expected Qiu Ziquan's inquiry. Xi'an defender Liu Yuanpei also came for this matter before, and he had the same attitude.

"Since you two have asked this question, I would also like to ask you, as the Xi'an Guards, if you don't go to suppress the rebellion, are you going to wait until the rebels come to attack? Then what are you doing to support the Guards?" Feng Ziying said coldly: "There is no one to defend the city? Instead of worrying about no one to defend the city, it is better to think carefully about how to defend Weinan and Yaozhou. As long as the rebels cannot attack, why worry about the city being left undefended?"

"Sir, we know that you have opinions about our Xi'an Guards. We also admit that our Xi'an Guards have some problems, but these are also historical problems left over for decades and are not our responsibility." Qiu Ziquan couldn't help but defended: "You want us to clean up and prepare for battle in ten and a half months. This is simply impossible. They will not agree to go to war..."

"They won't agree, so what's the point of staying in the city? Are they just consuming the court's food and salary every year? Or are they just a decoration to fool the court and the people?" Feng Ziying laughed angrily, "The guards of Qinzhou Guard can go into battle, Fengxiang said The guards of Xing'an can also go into battle, and the guards of Xing'an can also go into battle, but your Xi'an guards can't. Why, the Xi'an guards don't receive food and salary, or are they all women?"

They were blushing at Feng Ziying's merciless words, but it was indeed unreasonable. The two of them didn't know how to answer, but they only had one thing to be clear about, that is, the Xi'an Guards could not go out of the city to fight. They could not do it.

"Sir, you can scold us and humiliate us as much as you like, but the current situation of the Xi'an Guards is this. You have just arrived. If you want to change it, it will not happen overnight. Now you want to force them to send troops to fight. I am worried that they will..." Xie Gun remained silent until this moment, and then said with some sadness: "By then, I'm afraid even we won't be able to control the situation."

Feng Ziying glanced sideways at Xie Gun. He should be a member of the Xie family of Marquis Jingtian, and he should also be a cousin of Xie Jing and Xie Xian. "Who are you from Xie Jing?"

Xie Gun hesitated for a moment, "Xie Jing is the cousin of the last general."

"Xie Jing doesn't dare to be arrogant in front of my officer, but you are a bit arrogant." Feng Ziying said calmly: "If you can't control the situation, how can you act as a guerrilla guard?"

Xie Gun seemed to feel that the tone of Feng Ziying's words was a little loose. Xie Gun felt happy, stood up and bowed, "The general made a mistake, but what he said was the truth. Please be aware of it. The general also thinks about you,..."

 (End of this chapter)