Wei Qionglou cried bitterly, and was said by Lan Ziyi, and finally found the feeling of leading the troops, in the next few days, he and Lan Ziyi inspected the barracks together, visited the wounded, personally bandaged the wounds for the soldiers, sucked abscesses, and also held a funeral for the fallen soldiers with Lan Ziyi.

In addition, grain and grass were sent to Jiangcheng and Gangneung one after another, and the atmosphere of decadence in the military camp began to change, and the mood of the soldiers gradually changed, from the panic after escaping death at the end of the battle to the indignation of revenge. Especially on the day of the burial, Lan Ziyi was dressed in white linen, and his impassioned enthusiasm inspired the morale of the soldiers.

In addition to being stationed in situ for repairs, Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou also sent the remaining soldiers north to reconnoiter in these days, although Qi Rongxun received Lan Ziyi and them lukewarmly, but he still asked the shotgunners of the Shenji Battalion to assist the cavalry of the Jihu Battalion to go out to reconnoiter together.

The thieves set up camp on a mountain twenty miles north of the official army, and they died down all day long, and did not take the initiative to attack Lan Ziyi here.

During the period when the thieves were stationed, they were not idle, and constantly sent small groups of thieves to search for grain and grass in the surrounding towns and villages, and some mountain people reported that the thieves went up the mountain to pick wood. What puzzled Lan Ziyi was that after the thief entered the village, he collected women's menstrual belts everywhere, and after scout investigation, it was found that these things were taken back and hung on the wooden fence of the thief's village.

The officers of the Shenji Battalion explained to Lan Ziyi that the firearms of the Shenji Battalion were all sent down by the God of Fire, especially the Franco's cannons, and those who touched it died, and those who listened to it died. The thieves are knowledgeable, and they have to hang up these filthy things to avoid the fire of Grandpa Vulcan.

Lan Ziyi smiled bitterly and asked this officer, since the thieves have a way to crack the official cannon, how should we crack it.

The officer patted his chest and said, the thief carving insect skill, at most blocking the countrymen's broken firearms, how can it be possible to stop the cannon of the Shenji Battalion, the Fran machine of the Shenji Battalion has been opened, unless it is drenched in menstrual blood by a woman or splashed with the blood of pigs and dogs, it will not be invalid.

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi didn't know what to say, marching and fighting still rely on witchcraft? The soldiers at the grassroots level are superstitious and cute.

The thieves neither attacked nor retreated, and the situation was confusing.

But judging from the thieves' measures to collect filth and "counter" Franc's machine, the thieves may be afraid of the power of the cannon and dare not act rashly.

It was precisely because the bandit camp was nearby that Qi Rongxun and his Shenji battalion did not dare to attack at will, and the officials and soldiers faced each other with their eyes.

Although there was no major battle between the two armies, the small patrol force still encountered it often, and there were battles almost every day, and the two sides suffered injuries to each other, but the number of officers and soldiers was too small to withstand the loss, and the battles of the patrol teams were in the surrounding towns and villages every day, which made Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou nervous.

After many days of confrontation like this, the capital finally issued a holy decree, and the father-in-law came to the door of the barracks to announce the decree in public, and all the people in the battalion who could get out of bed knelt at the gate of the camp in the rain to receive the order.

In front of the soldiers of the two battalions, the father-in-law pronounced the decree in a spy voice, the main intention was to criticize Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou for advancing lightly, causing a big defeat, and should have been beheaded to correct the military discipline, but before defeating the thieves and recovering Jiangling, the merits and demerits were offset and they were not investigated. Qi Rongxun was as fast as the wind, thousands of miles forward, saving friendly troops from fire and water, and adding merit to the marquis.

After listening to the holy decree, the people who knelt on the ground shouted long live, Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou also breathed a sigh of relief, and the court let themselves go, and finally escaped the catastrophe.

It rained heavily for several days, and the environment of the official and military camps was terrible, and after the father-in-law finished announcing the decree, he was going to Gangneung City.

Lan Ziyi gave his father-in-law an ingots according to the rules, and also handed over a part for Wei Qionglou, which made Wei Qionglou embarrassed.

It was Qi Rongxun who obviously accepted the seal, but he only thanked the emperor and did not give his father-in-law any meaning. Everyone present at the time heard the sound of the father-in-law, and finally saw the father-in-law flick his sleeves away, of course, this is just some details.

What surprised Lan Ziyi this time was that Qiu Xiaozhi and Qiu Wenruo actually came to the army together.

Lan Ziyi was of course happy to see the father and son of the Qiu family, and after giving Wei Qionglou a brief introduction at the door, he put the people into the tent and set out the wine and food.

It is said that the wine and food are actually far worse than those eaten in the capital, and the wine is also turbid wine from the countryside, and the only chicken that cooks is temporarily bought from a nearby village.

Although Lan Ziyi and Qi Rongxun came from the same family of martial arts and did not worry about food and clothing since childhood, they did not put up a fight when they marched, and they strictly ordered their soldiers not to be taken captive, so although there was wine and meat in the neighboring towns, Lan Ziyi and they strictly ordered the soldiers not to buy and sell, and they only relied on the grain and grass sent by the state capital on weekdays.

Lan Ziyi took the Tao brothers and the Qiu family father and son into the account with Wei Qionglou, and after a polite time, they sat down one after another, and when the wine and food were served, Qi Lan Ziyi first filled a glass for the Qiu family father and son and said:

"The two gentlemen came from thousands of miles away, it was really unexpected by Ziyi, come, first toast the two gentlemen."

Everyone raised their glasses at the same time, and after toasting, they drank it all.

The father and son of the Qiu family swallowed the wine, almost didn't spit it out, and after swallowing it reluctantly with a bitter face, Qiu Xiaozhi said:

"Wei Hou spent all day drinking in the capital, wearing fine clothes and food, but I didn't expect to be able to eat this kind of thing."

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"I was born in the army since I was a child, I haven't seen it on a crying day, I don't pay special attention to food, there are good things in the capital, I naturally want to take it out to entertain everyone, the soldiers in the army can't eat enough, where do I have the mood to eat big fish and meat."

Qiu Wenruo heard Lan Ziyi say this, and said with a smile:

"When Wei Hou said this, compared to being with the group of gentlemen in the capital, it was like two people."

Lan Ziyi didn't say a word, just took a sip of wine and smiled.

Qiu Wenruo didn't feel uncomfortable when he saw that he had said the wrong thing, he just smiled and stopped talking.

The atmosphere in the tent was slightly awkward, but Wei Qionglou spoke in time to break the deadlock,

魏qiong楼 says:

"The emperor is a person who understands military affairs, and he knows that the fault is not me, and he didn't embarrass me and Wei Hou for the defeat of the army. It's just that the merits and demerits are offset, and it's still a little unkind. ”

Qiu Xiaozhi says:

"General Wei thinks this is unkind? Do you know that just such a merit and demerit are offset by your ancestors' miserable exchange for virtue. ”

Lan Ziyi didn't hear it right, and hurriedly asked:

"What do you mean by that, sir?"

Qiu Wenruo says:

The news of the recapture of Jiangling City by the Marquis of Wei and the general did not cause much turmoil in the capital, but the news of the defeat caused an uproar. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty shouted to kill, and the impeachment recital of the Imperial Historical Observatory was about to flood the military aircraft. ”

Wei Qionglou was unhappy when he heard this, and said angrily:

"Shouting kill? What reason is there to kill us? ”

As soon as Qiu Wenruo wanted to speak, Qiu Xiaozhi opened his mouth first

"The thieves have been making trouble in the hinterland of my Dazheng for more than a month, as if they have entered a no-man's land, and they have been broken, and no one can stop them. General Wei's jurisdiction was all the elite of the Beijing army, but he was ambushed in the first battle and almost wiped out. The defeated army humiliated the country, but that's it. Now the main force of the thieves has crossed the river and is besieging Wancheng, and the forbidden army of the old capital has been besieged and killed in Xiangfan, and there will be no available soldiers in Jiangbei for a while. Isn't it all General Wei and Wei Hou's fault? ”

Wei Qionglou was furious when he heard this, smashed the cup and scolded:

"It rained heavily all the way, and we rushed to quell the rebellion in the starry night, even if we were outnumbered, the soldiers were fighting desperately, how did we become a defeated army and humiliate the country? King De led the main force to tour the mountains and rivers in the back, and it was useless to fart, if he came with him, even if he slept in the big tent, I could win. ”

Qiu Xiao looked directly at Wei Qionglou, his face was full of mockery, and said:

"From the time the army went out to the present, the power of the thieves has not declined but has become more and more prosperous, but General Wei told me how to calculate this account?"

魏qiong楼 says:

"As I said earlier, this is the king of Germany dragging his feet."

Qiu Xiao smiled and said:

"Then you're going to try to arrest King De?"

Wei Qionglou was choked by these words, and was stunned for a long time, and swallowed his anger back into his stomach.

Qiu Wenruo continued:

"Gonggong Long desperately blocked the impeachment for General Wei and Weihou in the capital, and Gonggong Yu also wrote a letter to defend himself from the Chinese military account, and the acting Gonggong sent someone to quickly whip into Beijing to apologize.

Wei Hou, this time is very dangerous. “

When Wei Qionglou heard this, he sighed and said:

"Alas! Seeking thieves for the country ended up in trouble, and he almost died when he was thankless. It's really unreasonable. ”

Everyone in the room also fell silent, and there were so many people in the tent that there was silence.

Lan Ziyi was the first to speak to break the silence, he asked:

"Mr. Xiaozhi just said that the thieves are besieging Wancheng?"

Qiu Xiaozhi nodded and replied:

"Exactly. According to the military report sent to the capital, there were 100,000 thieves besieging Wancheng, and there were still hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children shouting and cheering outside the city. ”

兰子义 says:

"Impossible. There are 40,000 fresh troops stationed in the camp of thieves in the north, how can the thieves gather so many people in such a short period of time? ”

Qiu Xiaozhi asked:

"What did you say, Wei Hou?"

After Qiu Xiaozhi asked, Lan Ziyi, the Tao family brothers, and Wei Qionglou explained clearly the bloody battle a few days ago and the recent confrontation between the two guerrillas.

When the matter was about to be finished, Lan Ziyi said:

"After the two gentlemen have eaten, they will quickly retreat to Jiangcheng. This is the front line, it's too dangerous. ”

Unexpectedly, Qiu Xiao didn't speak after hearing it, but stroked his beard and began to think.

Lan Ziyi asked:

"What doubts does Mr. Xiaozhi have?"

Qiu Xiaozhi asked:

"Why are Wei Hou and General Wei in a hurry to the north?"

Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou looked at each other, but didn't understand what it meant, Lan Ziyi said:

"Of course, I went to Xiangfan to relieve the siege."

Qiu Xiaozhi asked again:

"Then why did you meet a thief here?"

Wei Qionglou waved his hand and said:

"Hey, it's not that the thieves in Yiling are suspicious. I didn't expect there to be so many people. ”

Qiu Xiaozhi asked again:

"So many people are just waiting for you?"

Lan Ziyi listened thoughtfully and asked:

"Mr. means ....."

At this time, Qiu Wenruo said on the side:

"As far as I know, on the day of your battle, the thieves were still attacking Xiangfan, so it really doesn't make sense for so many people to look at your remnants."

Lan Ziyi suddenly realized after hearing this, and said:

"The thief and the golden cicada are out of their shells!"

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