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Lured the enemy to Chuzhou, Qin Mu was to capture Xuzhou at the beginning, and the Huai'an Water and Land Boat Division had been preparing for this for a long time.

On the Huoshan side, Li Guo's 20,000 army has also rested for a long time, and it is time to go out and move his muscles.

Qin Mu's orders were issued one by one, and for Great Qin, the arduous battle had just begun.

Although seventy or eighty thousand troops were mobilized to besiege Duoduo before, they were all mobilized within a hundred miles.

This sortie was different, with an army of 100,000 troops, and the strategic goal was to seize Xuzhou, as well as advance the defensive line three hundred miles north to seize all the land south of the Huai River.

Defending the river first and defending the Huai River can advance the defense line to the Huai River, and only then can Jinling and even the entire Jiangnan really talk about security.

In addition to its military significance, the move is also politically significant. The safer Jinling is, the more stable the rule of Great Qin will be, and the stronger the cohesion of the people.

With the Huai River as a line of defense in hand, Daqin could really spare energy to sort out the chaos in the south.

Qin Mu originally intended to return to Jinling, but the arrival of Du Yinxi, Song Xiance and others made him change his mind and decided to continue to return to Chuzhou to reduce the constraints he suffered.

After the wounded and prisoners were escorted back to Jinling, Liu Meng regrouped, and as soon as the grain and grass arrived, he would send 25,000 troops to attack Fengyang in the north. As for the pursuit of Duoduo, it was a matter of cavalry, and to chase cavalry with infantry was a joke.

After the various battle orders were issued, Qin Mu sent a decree to Jinling, asking the ministers to start preparations, once Duoduo was annihilated or fled, he immediately used the thousands of prisoners he had just captured to build a city in Pukou.

Pukou and Jinling face each other across the river. It is an important ferry port to the north, and this time the Qing army won twice, in addition to the carelessness of the defenders. It is also because Pukou, an important wharf, does not have a city.

In view of this, Qin Mu decided to build a small city in Pukou, which did not require much engineering, just like a small county town, with a certain military defense capability.

"Lee, wait, there's one more will. Let Gu Junen, the squire of the military department, Jin Lei, and Sima Kai, the new science and technology jinshi, immediately rush to listen to Hou's dispatch. ”

"Yes, King Qin."

Li Shi withdrew from the big tent. Only Qin Mu and the Red Lady were left in the tent, Qin Mu took the medicine and wine, walked in front of him and squatted down. The matchmaker immediately asked with a little vigilance: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Ying'er, it's time to rub the medicinal wine." Qin Mu smiled. Move the fire table closer. Then began to take off her boots.

The red lady opened his hand and said, "What are you doing!" I'll come by myself, not you. ”

She was pressed under the war horse last night and sprained her foot, Qin Mu didn't care what she said, after catching her foot, he carefully took off his boots, "Ying'er, don't move, be careful and twist again." ”

In this day and age. A woman's feet are, in a sense, sexual. When a man touches a woman's feet, he is flirting with a woman, and even if he takes a woman's shoes, he is flirting with a woman.

Therefore, a woman's feet are not to be touched.

However, the Red Lady and Qin Mu are already husband and wife, and what she cares about is not Qin Mu touching her feet, but Qin Mu, as the king of a dignified country, takes off his boots and rubs medicine for him, which makes her unbearable.

On the other hand, because she didn't bind her feet, a pair of heavenly feet was evil in the eyes of the people of the time, and she really didn't want to show it in front of Qin Mu.

"Don't be like this, let me do it myself, I can do it myself." The red lady pleaded.

Qin Mu smiled and took off her silk socks, although the red lady's feet are not delicate, they have natural beauty, and the ankles are a little red and swollen, Qin Mu poured medicinal wine, wiped them gently, and said in his mouth: "When the time is ripe, I will order that women are forbidden to bind their feet." ”

"Really?" The red lady asked in a lost voice.

"Fake, as fake as my feelings for you." Qin Mu rolled his eyes.

"Great." I don't know why the red lady is so happy for Lu, with a smile on her face.

"What are you happy about?"

"Huh"

"So everyone's feet are just like yours, aren't they?"

"Yes and what? Hum! This girl just can't get used to those daughters who take two steps and need to be helped. ”

I don't know what to do, the red lady is so happy, she even forgot that Qin Mu was rubbing medicine on her, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles.

After a while, she suddenly put away her smile and asked dissatisfiedly: "What time do you have to wait, you are the king of a country, can't you order a woman to bind her feet now?" ”

Seeing her impatient, Qin Mu couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Look at your urgency, this style of foot-binding has been around for a long time, and it may not be effective if it is prohibited by law alone. Since foot-binding is caused by the social atmosphere, we must first start by changing people's ideological concepts, and wait for Gu Yanwu and Fu Qingzhu to criticize them for a while, so that people can agree that the foot-binding style is the product of distorted social thoughts, and then the king will order a ban on foot-binding, so that it can work. ”

"Oh" The red lady heard that she would have to wait for a long time, and she couldn't help but feel a little lost.

"Hahaha!" Qin Mu smiled heartily, and said in a slightly flirtatious tone: "What are you anxious about if others can't wrap their feet, I just like your big feet." ”

The red lady's face suddenly turned red

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Duoduo not only grabbed the much-needed food and grass, but also boosted his almost collapsed morale.

He didn't dare to stay in Pukou for long, and hurried to Xingdian Town. Niu Wanchuan was besieging Gong Acha's headquarters, and when he got a report from the peripheral police posts, he was shocked to realize that the Tartars had divided their troops, and he was worried that he would be attacked from both sides, so he had to retreat in a hurry.

Duoduo came back with grain and grass and joined Gong Acha at the bottom of the mountain, although the grain and grass were temporarily solved, but what Duoduo had to face next was a more serious problem.

After several battles, they have not been reinforced, and they are running out of arrows.

For the Qing army, which took riding and archery as its housekeeping skill, the absence of arrows was equivalent to the destruction of half of its martial arts.

What's worse is that at least one-fifth of the remaining 20,000 people have contracted the cold, and their illnesses range from mild to severe, ranging from snot and fatigue to flushed faces and hot stoves.

So many soldiers contracted typhoid fever, but there was no medical treatment, which made Duoduo want to cry without tears.

He asked the generals to discuss countermeasures, but the generals were silent, only Chebai urged: "Lord Wang, Li Jiu and Su Jin are also about to catch up, and if our army doesn't leave, maybe they will fall into a heavy siege again." ”

Li Jiu and Su Jin are indeed about to be killed, plus Niu Wanchuan, the cavalry of the Qin army is also nearly 20,000, once they are dragged by them, the consequences are unimaginable, these Duoduo all understand, but now there are so many patients, how to go?

Duoduo could only hope that Ning Wan would come up with a good plan again: "Master Ning, you say, what should we do?" ”

"Lord Wang, Su Jin and Li Jiu are afraid that they will not fight hard with our army." In the face of such a predicament, what tricks can I have for Ning Wan, but his words are to the point.

Injuries aside, Duoduo's strength is still not much different from Su Jin's, if they can fight to the death with Su Jin and Li Jiu, there is still a great chance of winning, the problem is that as long as people who are a little more sensible will not fight with them now, as long as they are dragged down.

"Master Ning, you have always been resourceful, is there no way?" Zu Dale asked.

Ning Wan thought about it for a while and said, "Lord Wang, if you want to get rid of the pursuit of Su Jin and others, it seems that now you can only continue to divide your troops." ”

"Division? This can't be done, the enemy has been fooled once, how can he do it again? Zu Dale thought that Ning Wan wanted to continue to lure the Qin army away and let the main force get out, he was very disapproving, he thought for a while and said, "Lord Wang, if you want me to say, it is better for us to turn back and attack Xiatang Village after nightfall, Qin Mu must not think that we dare to go back again, maybe we are defenseless, we can defeat Qin Mu's 50,000 army in one fell swoop, and it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory." ”

Kill the horse gun again, this may really be out of everyone's expectations, but now the Qin army's scouts are all over the periphery, and it is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to attack Xiatang Village to hide from the Qin army's scouts.

Duoduo turned around and asked Ning Wan, "Master Ning, you go on, how do you divide the troops?" ”

"This" I hesitated, not knowing whether to say this idea of endless trouble for myself.

Seeing him spitting and spitting, Duoduo, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but be secretly angry, but now that he had a request for him, Duoduo forced down the anger in his heart and said gloomily: "Master Ning doesn't have to be embarrassed, if you have something to say, just say it directly, no matter what you say wrong, this king will not blame you." ”

After Ning Wan, I also knew that I couldn't delay the road, so I had to say: "Lord Wang, from here, whether it is a detour to the west to return to Fengyang Mansion, or to the east and west to Sizhou, it is only four or five hundred miles, under normal circumstances, we can return to Fengyang in at least two days." ”

Duoduo understood that Ning Wan's so-called division of troops was to leave behind those sick patients who were slowing down the speed of the march, so that the army could return to "normal conditions", so that it would not be a problem to kill back to Fengyang.

Intellectually speaking, leaving those sick behind is indeed the best choice at the moment; But emotionally speaking, how many people can make such a decision? After all, there are two or three thousand people, and there are not many two or three thousand people to lose in the Qing Dynasty.

"Lord Wang, it's easy for Xia Chengde to pretend to be a refugee and go south." I added another sentence after Ning Wan.

Dodor's heart moved, and this was a good idea.

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PS: Brothers, at the end of the month, won't they all run to support the gods, take care of us little ghosts, ask for a monthly pass, brothers support it. (To be continued......)