readx; "What is this?" Ma Qianxue took a jet-black shiny iron guy handed over by Li Dingguo, and said rarely, "Is it the fire gun of the official army?" ”

"This is a flintlock pistol from the Holy Lord. "Unlike ordinary birds, this thing hits the flint with a hammer and bursts out of sparks to ignite the firing pot, and it is ignited without a fire rope, so the firing speed is extremely fast, and it is very sudden when approaching the enemy at close range.www.biquge.info ”

Ma Qianxue saw the power of the flintlock pistol with her own eyes, and obviously liked it very much, but she deliberately pretended to have a disdainful expression, and handed the pistol back to Li Dingguodao: "It turns out that you injured Hao Chongming with a firearm." I'll just say, with your own skills, I'm afraid you'd have died long ago! ”

Li Dingguo was usually quiet, and he just smiled and put away the pistol. Jin Tongwu behind him had already felt that Ma Qianxue looked down on Li Dingguo everywhere, and naturally he also looked down on Qin Bing, and immediately said angrily: "What does the yellow-haired girl know? Our Qin soldiers are known for their firearms, and we can't carry them this time when we come from afar, otherwise we will rely on the rabble just now, not to mention 30,000 people, even 130,000 will be cleaned up! Don't you realize that you are superior in martial arts? Why did you let Yu Chongming surround you for two months, and in the end, you have to let our head Li save you? ”

"You!" Ma Qianxue's face was flushed with choking, and she was about to quarrel with Jin Tongwu immediately, Qin Liangyu hurriedly sank her face and said, "Qianxue, don't be presumptuous!" This general is right, if it weren't for the Qin soldiers to help, we would have been able to solve the siege of Chengdu on our own. ”

Li Dingguo also glared at Jin Tongwudao: "When the troops were dispatched, the saint repeatedly told me that the Qin soldiers must unite the local army and people on an expedition of thousands of miles, and they must unite as one in order to achieve victory." Did you say it in a meeting? Don't think that being a battalion commander is great if you have won two battles, and the proud soldiers will be defeated! Don't sleep tonight, write a good check-up, and hand it over to me tomorrow morning! ”

"Yes!" Although Jin Tongwu's face was full of grievances, he had to reluctantly obey the order.

Qin Liangyu hurriedly persuaded him: "I admire General Li's strict management of the army, but young people are competitive and competitive, which is not necessarily a completely bad thing. Now that we have just won a big victory, and the soldiers and civilians all over the city are cheering, General Li, you can open the net. ”

After all, it was a friendly army, and this little unpleasantness was resolved in a few words. However, Ma Qianxue annoyed Li Dingguo in the end, so she turned her face away and ignored him again.

It was only then that the local officials in the city took it over. Led by Liu Hanru, the governor of Sichuan, who was also the largest official in Sichuan Province, Qin Liangyu and Li Dingguo hurriedly bowed to salute.

This Liu Hanru rose through the ranks by bribing the eunuchs, but he was a mediocre, greedy and afraid of death. Since the rebels captured Chongqing, he was in a panic, not only did he not organize the official army to counterattack, but instead retreated in the city of Chengdu, hoping that the rebels would go to Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, anyway, as long as they did not make trouble on the territory under his jurisdiction. Unexpectedly, the rebels did not fulfill his wish, but surrounded Chengdu and stormed it, Liu Hanru was even more frightened, if Qin Liangyu hadn't led the army to defend it, he would have planned to open the city and surrender.

Now that the imperial court has finally sent reinforcements to repel the rebels, Liu Hanru is very happy. Qin Liangyu is considered to be under his rule, so he is not very polite to Qin Liangyu; On the contrary, to Li Dingguo, Liu Hanru was particularly affectionate, holding his hand and chattering non-stop, and he must put a celebration banquet for Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo was worried about the specific issues such as the soldiers' food and lodging and city defense, and he didn't want to attend any banquets. But I heard Qin Liangyu say just now that Chengdu has been trapped for two months, and the food for the soldiers and civilians in the city is already very difficult, and the Qin soldiers are even more nervous when they come. Naturally, he had to consult with local officials on this issue of food and wages, so he had to agree to attend.

The army was about to enter the city when he heard the sound of seventeen loud gongs coming from inside the city gates. Li Dingguo and the others were puzzled, but Qin Liangyu frowned, and Liu Hanru immediately put a flattering smile on his face and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is also here!" ”

It turns out that according to the rules of this era, officials have to sound gongs to open the way when they travel. For example, when traveling in Qipinzhi County, you have to knock seven times, which means "the military and civilians are waiting to dodge together"; If it is a five-grade prefect, the specifications are one level higher, and the gong is sounded nine times, which means "officials, soldiers, civilians, etc. The governor traveled even more powerfully, sounding the gong eleven times, and "civil and military officials, military and civilians, etc., dodged away"; If it is a first-class official such as Taishi, Taibao, and Taifu, it is even more terrible, and it is necessary to strike thirteen gongs, which means "large and small civil and military officials, military and civilian people, etc.

And those who are higher than the Taishi and other first-class officials can only be the vassal king. The regulation of the vassal king is to play seventeen gongs, as for what it means, no one has gone into it, anyway, it is one person under ten thousand people, and everyone has to retreat when he comes.

Li Dingguo and the Qin soldiers under his command were all brought out by Zhu Youzhen, and when Zhu Youzhen was in Qinwangzhuang, he had never rectified these things, so they didn't know that there was such a rule. Now seeing that the face of this King of Shu has not yet been revealed, he has put on such a posture, many soldiers are secretly unhappy, long live and close to the people, what is there to be like about you as a vassal king.

Sure enough, there was a large eight-lift sedan chair in the long travel procession, and it was Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, who sat in the sedan chair. He is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and in terms of seniority, he is a generation higher than Zhu Youzhen.

Since the first generation of Shu King Zhu Chun came to Chengdu to take up the domain, the Shu King family has lived in Chengdu for more than 200 years. The life of the palace is mostly spent drinking, drunk and dreaming, and this Zhu Zhishu is no exception. In the past two months, the rebels have besieged the city, and Zhu Zhishu was very worried at first, but later he felt that it was useless to worry, it was better to have fun in time, and be comfortable for a second; The second is that Qin Liangyu led the army to defend to the death, and he also felt that the rebels might not be able to break through the city.

Like Zhu Changxun, the king of blessing, and Zhu Ciyan, the king of Jing, Zhu Zhishu is also a master who does not shed tears when he sees the coffin, but who does not pull out a dime whenever there is a little hope. The food of the soldiers and civilians in the city became more and more scarce, and Qin Liangyu also pleaded with him, hoping to borrow some food to temporarily relieve his urgent needs; But there are obviously several grain depots in the palace of the king of Shu, and the grain in each warehouse is piled up, but Zhu Zhishu is reluctant to open a warehouse to release grain, so that those soldiers who fought bloodily to save his life can eat even a full meal.

Now that the siege of Chengdu has been lifted, Zhu Zhishu, who has never made any contribution to defending the city, has come to the momentum again, and wants to inspect the battlefield and shake the majesty of the prince in front of the soldiers and civilians of the city.

Of course, there are indeed some people who tend to be inflammatory, such as Liu Hanru, the governor of Sichuan, who shouted "Chitose" when he saw Zhu Zhishu, and hoped that this King of Shu could say a few good words for himself in the recital, so that he could soar.

But Ma Qianxue couldn't get used to this kind of pampered royal family the most, and wanted to leave with a cold snort.

Qin Liangyu also hated Zhu Zhishu, but thinking that it was extremely difficult to eat and grass, only this King of Shu could solve the problem at the moment. Therefore, he said to Li Dingguo: "General Li, it seems that the king of Shu will hold a banquet to celebrate the general's achievements." At the table, the general was also asked to tell the king of Shu about the grain and grass, maybe the king of Shu would open a warehouse to borrow grain in front of the general, and the general would save the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Chengdu! ”