Quan Yutianxia GL

Ten thousand soldiers of the Zhongwu army, five thousand new recruits, three thousand Fengming iron cavalry, a total of more than [-] Qing troops, against the [-] fine cavalry of the Xianbei section, after more than [-] soldiers were killed, the Xianbei fine cavalry began to retreat, Fengming iron cavalry and Xiaoqisi followed and killed for several miles, leaving hundreds of heads behind, before he gave up his sword.

Chu Ning led the Weimin Army and Zhaoyi Army to fight all the way to join them. Because the journey was far away and he brought back the seized luggage, he failed to catch up with the battle here.

The medical officer was treating his own casualties, Yan Lingge led the cavalry to mend the sword, Chu Rou also led the Xiao cavalry to collect supplies, half of the Zhongwu army guarded the surrounding area, and half cleaned up the battlefield.

Chu Ning and Mrs. Yan were in the middle of the battlefield, looking at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around them. Although their faces seemed calm, their eyes were messy and dazed: "It was once said that war is an art. Every commander can pass War, control your own army, carve unique works, go down in history forever, shine forever..."

"But I feel that war... is actually a bloody chess game. The world is the chessboard, and all living beings are the chess pieces. You have to play if you want to play, and you have to play if you don't want to. No one can escape or hide. "Chuning is still wearing armor, but neither a sword nor a knife, only a black cloak flying around, just like her churning heart: "Only go forward bravely, fight hard, and finally transform yourself into a Dirty chess player."

Although he didn't kill the enemy with a sword, his hands were stained with blood at some point, just like the corpses and disabled soldiers all over the floor, although they were not killed by Chuning himself, but they were caused by her.

"Chess players are dirty, but how many people in this world are clean?" Mrs. Yan was born in this world and grew up in this world. She has personally killed more people than Chu Ning can count. She has long accepted the rules of survival in this world: "Since you have no choice, you will have no regrets."

"I don't regret it, but I don't like to kill people, but I always kill people, so I'm a little hypocritical..." Chuning sighed, calmed down, and asked, "This year's Eastern Expedition, up to now...is it over?" ?”

"It's late October now. At this time in previous years, it has already started snowing in western Liaoning and other places." Mrs. Yan hung a sword on her waist, pressed the handle of the sword with her right hand, and looked at the battlefield: "As long as the court doesn't make trouble, Xianbei probably won't come back this year." The sword is mobilized."

"This winter..." Chu Ning followed Mrs. Yan's gaze and looked in Xianbei's direction, his eyes were slightly cold: "Xianbei can't live in peace."

"Yeah, they are living a stable life, and it will make us unstable in the coming year." Madam Yan thought for a while, and then said: "But the winter horses will be affected, if Fengming's war department goes north..."

"For something like this, how can there be any need for the Fengming War Department?" Chuning said with a smile, "As long as there is a Bai Boss and a Princess Yingchuan, that's enough!"

Seeing Mrs. Yan lowering her eyebrows and thinking, Chu Ning stopped talking, led the two sisters of the Liang family, and led the soldiers to the medical affairs department to care for the wounded soldiers one by one. Depart back to Pinggang.

On this day, Pinggang City, which had been trapped for a long time, finally opened its square gates. Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong stood in front of the city with their own soldiers, waiting from noon to afternoon for the return of Xiao Hongfei and Chu Ning.

Finally, the sound of galloping horseshoes was heard from the northeast of the city.

The first to come were hundreds of light cavalry under the banner of the Chu character, followed by the Weimin army in black armor; behind the Weimin army was the Zhaoyi army with oxen and horses and luggage; after that came the It is the Zhongwu Army; the last is the Fengming Iron Cavalry.

The recruits that Chu Rou trained in Rushui were originally just to get together the number of recruits, to build up a strong momentum, and to set up an array of suspicious soldiers.In this battle, more than half of the casualties were lost, so Chuning simply sent all the remaining recruits to Xiao Hongfei. After all, Liaoxi has been taken back now, but it is still not enough for the Zhongwu Army to deploy and garrison today’s Liaoxi. .

As for Xiao Hongfei, of course he was happy to accept it. Anyway, Chu Ning gave it for free, and if he didn't accept it, he would not accept it for nothing. The Zhongwu Army also had a few casualties in the daily battle today, so it happened to be supplemented.

When they arrived near Pinggang, the sky was still bright, and the first thing Chuning saw was not Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong, but Li Rui who was waiting by the roadside two miles in advance.

Instead of chasing and killing Xianbei with Chu Rou and Mao Gui, Li Rui took the recruits she gathered to carry food and sent it to Pinggang City before Chu Ning and the others returned.

Standing behind Li Rui, Chen Longjian clenched his fists with a sad face.

"Mr. Chen Qi!" Chuning stepped forward and said with a smile, "Thanks for your hard work."

"General!" Chen Longjian knelt down with a plop, tears streaming down his face: "Please be the master for us!"

After listening to Chen Longjian's story, Chu Ning took the two round buttons from his hand, and ordered with a sinking face: "Go on!"

Not long after, several soldiers and horses arrived at Pinggang City, and Xiao Hongfei and Chuning got off their horses.

"The last general, Xiao Hongfei, see His Highness the Fifth Highness! See General Gu!"

"Last General Chu Ning, see Your Highness! See General Gu!"

Like Xiao Hongfei, Chu Ning knelt down on one knee, and then heard a middle-aged voice above his head: "Get up."

Chuning stood up, and saw that Gu Wenxiong and Li Zhan were looking at her.

Li Zhan was so hungry that only skin and bones remained, he managed to hold up a smile and said, "Chu Zhaoyi has made a great contribution this time, and when His Highness returns to Beijing, he will definitely play Ming Father."

Chu Ning heard Li Zhan's implication, and thought in his heart: Generally speaking, you will say yes, but you may not, and what you call here is 'Father Emperor'... Does this mean that you are guilty?Want to use your identity to suppress people?Don't worry, this general still has great use for keeping you, and he won't do anything to you now.

Gu Wenxiong was not like Li Zhan, but rather politely said: "May I invite the two generals to tell you about the current situation?"

Chu Ning didn't speak, Xiao Hongfei spoke, and he spoke concisely, finishing in a few sentences.

"It seems that Xianbei has really retreated." After hearing this, Gu Wenxiong said with a wry smile: "I never thought that the mighty Eastern Expedition would end in the hands of you two. Shame! Shame! If there were not two General, I am afraid that this Eastern Expedition will become a laughing stock that lasts forever?"

Xiao Hongfei paused, and before he could think of how to answer, he heard Chu Ning sternly said, "How can General Gu belittle himself so much? If it wasn't for the general who sacrificed his life for righteousness and took advantage of Pinggang City to hold back a large number of soldiers, how could there be Xiao Hongfei?" Zhongwu and the last general today?"

"This……"

Hearing what Chu Ning said, Gu Wenxiong was stunned for a moment, but he heard Chu Ning continue: "This time the Eastern Expedition, the Fifth Highness also contributed a lot, if it wasn't for the Fifth Highness to strategize, how could the Xianbei people join forces? Can you win General Gu's plan to restrain you?"

Xiao Hongfei was intimidated by Chu Ning's shocking statement—it can be said that Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong were playing soy sauce from the beginning to the end of this Eastern Expedition, not only soy sauce, but also because of their mistakes, they almost lost the entire Youzhou, If you return to the imperial court, you will definitely be held accountable, ranging from fines and demotions, to being punished and beheaded.

But according to what Chuning said, these two people are not only innocent, but also have a great contribution...

Xiao Hongfei felt that a door to a new world had opened in front of him.

Gu Wenxiong is also a person who has been struggling for many years, and he has done many things to falsely report his military achievements and drink the blood of soldiers. But now, after hearing what Chuning said, he realized that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky—what is drinking blood from soldiers?What is it to falsely report military merit?What is it to kill a good person?There is another person here who dares to reverse right and wrong and confuse black and white!

Compared with Gu Wenxiong, Li Zhan was much more excited. Hearing that there was a way to get rid of the crime, he quickly agreed: "General Chu is right. If we didn't work together, how could Xianbei be defeated?"

Chu Ning was heartbroken when he heard this, and thought to himself, what does Xianbei's undefeated defeat have to do with you, Li Zhan?The main thing is that Gu Wenxiong and the [-] elite soldiers attracted the firepower, okay?

However, Chu Ning did not spoil Li Zhan's face, and even had a pleasant chat with him. Afterwards, a group of people walked into Chuning's new military tent, and staged the highlight.

Chu Ning, Mrs. Yan and Xiao Hongfei had already discussed not to lead their troops into the city. Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the city, all the troops began to set up camps. With Chu Ning's current status, she naturally didn't have to worry about such trivial matters. She was the one who cheated people to make money. responsibilities.

After entering the account, Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong sat on the seat together, and Chu Ning and Xiao Hongfei sat opposite each other. Afterwards, Chu Ning ordered the two sisters of the Liang family to keep guard outside with their guards. The idea came to the fore.

To put it simply, Chuning just wanted to sell his head.

The way of counting military merits in the Qing Dynasty is very simple and rude, it is directly counting the heads and counting the seizures. The seizures are things that have entered Chuning's warehouse, and it is impossible to take them out again, but the heads are easy to handle. After all, Xiao Hongfei and her In the past six months, most of the heads of Xianbei have been taken over. Except for the two reports of meritorious service in Jizhou and Husu counties, the rest of the heads have been tanned and frozen. Isn't it scary to pile it up there?Anyway, in terms of military merit, it is safe for her and Xiao Hongfei to win the two sheriff positions in Liaodong and Liaoxi. If there are too many reports to the imperial court, it will be a white report. Anyway, the imperial court can't give anything except casually giving an official Something real is coming.

Rao Gu Wenxiong has been in the army for many years, and it is also the first time I have seen someone think that he was promoted too quickly and deliberately sold his head, but after thinking about it, although most of the food and population in Youzhou have been robbed, the city is now full of people. It's empty, as long as I send troops to take over the city and buy some heads from Chuning, I can indeed explain it forcibly - the reason why I was trapped in Pinggang City with an army of [-] is actually for the entire Eastern Expedition The overall situation!If it wasn't for him, how could Xianbei put tens of thousands of troops outside Pinggang City?If there is no city wall to lean on, in the entire court, even if it is the other three famous generals who are as famous as him, who has the confidence to lead tens of thousands of infantry to fight against Xianbei Jingqi in the wild?

Thinking of this, Gu Wenxiong's mind suddenly became active. He knew very well how many people in the imperial court were holding him. Not impossible.

Li Zhan was more afraid of things than Gu Wenxiong. He was still thinking about the chair. Hearing what Chuning said, he immediately agreed and bought more than 3000 heads.

Gu Wenxiong was not as naive as Li Zhan. After a few thoughts, he asked, "Dare to ask General Chu, how much is your price?"

As if selling cabbage, Chuning said very straightforwardly, "It's not expensive, twenty sticks a piece."

"Twenty guan! Isn't it expensive?" Gu Wenxiong was almost frightened stupid: "If it is not the head of a noble, the head of an ordinary enemy soldier will be rewarded by the court at most [-] coins... According to the usual practice, if you walk down from level to level, you can fall What you have in your hands is only two or three hundred dollars..."

"It is precisely because of this that these heads were not handed over to the imperial court." Chuning said: "The general also knows that the imperial court must follow the usual practice. Those of us who eat beheadings are also used to poverty. It is said to drive Xianbei away, but who knows when the court rewards will come down? The brothers under our hands will never be killed or injured, so we have to take care of them? If their hearts are chilled, who will listen to me in the future?"

Hearing this, Gu Wenxiong was very ambitious. He has not yet been rewarded for his contribution to the Southern Expedition.

However, a skinny camel is also bigger than a horse. Gu Wenxiong thought about it for a while and bought more than five elements. After all, compared with money, official position and his own head are still more important.

The two parties agreed on the time to pay the money and the delivery place, and said goodbye to each other very friendly.

After sending the two away, Xiao Hongfei looked at Chu Ning in horror, and heard her sigh: "Poor! These two poor people are reluctant to buy more heads. A fifth prince and a general are worth 20 coins." It's not enough...Old Xiao, they are embarrassing us!"

Normally they would call Xiao Zhongwu or General Xiao, but at this moment, he suddenly said "Old Xiao", which almost made Xiao Hongfei's heart jump out of his throat in fright, and said vigilantly: "Chu Zhaoyi, listening to you, could it be..."

Chu Ning comforted: "Don't worry, Lao Xiao, we are old acquaintances, and what should be given to you will be given to you."

However, the money is really small. If she and Xiao Hongfei split half and half, in addition to the various expenses of the army, at most they can get [-] to [-] yuan in their hands. Muyang City will soon carry out the second phase of construction. With such a small amount of money, even the splash will not come out.

"Old Xiao, do you think those military officers in Jizhou City and Wuzhong County will be interested?" In order to make money, Chuning also thought far ahead: "We are genuine Xianbei heads, and there are many princes in them Well... tsk, although we don't think highly of the officials offered by the court, they will never refuse, right?"

The head of the rank refers to the big and small leaders of the enemy army. According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, as long as the head of the enemy army is beheaded, not only will there be rewards in kind, but also the title of military merit.

Moreover, titles are different from official titles. Official titles can only be assumed by themselves. Military meritorious titles can not only get salary and land for themselves, but can also pass the title to their sons. The meals are different.

The two chattered for a long time, but before they could send Xiao Hongfei out, Li Rui and Mrs. Yan came over one after another.

"General Chu's tricks are really good!" Li Rui's expression was a little sad and joyful: "Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong were guilty of a serious crime half an hour ago, but now they are doing well... everyone is smiling, and they can go back again. Keep making waves."

Chu Ning spread his hands, and said helplessly: "If Li Zhan and Gu Wenxiong don't go back to the court to make trouble, then the court will come to torment us. Think about it, we only have a little foundation, and we can stand up to the court officials. means?"

A few flashes of light flashed in Li Rui's eyes, catching Chuning's gaze: "Our foundation?"

"Yes, our foundation." Chu Ning got up, opened a brocade box, took out two deeds from it, and handed them to Li Rui and Xiao Hongfei: "When you searched and killed the loose riders who looted around Xianbei, Bai The master built a restaurant in Shepherd City...well, that's the name on the deed."

"Heaven and earth?" Li Rui opened the contract and quickly scanned it: "[-]% shares?"

"Yes, Master Bai is in the heaven and earth, and he left [-]% of the shares for you and Lao Xiao each." Chu Ning shook the table, and continued: "Don't think it's too little, the emperor only got [-]%."

Xiao Hongfei was still reading the deed, but Li Rui heard the important point in the words: "You are talking about... the emperor?"

Chuning smiled and said, "Yes, you heard that right."

During the Eastern Expedition, Li Zhan went around looking for wealthy merchants and wealthy households to act, but Bai Su organized many Donglai merchants to send 10 taels of silver to the emperor, and gave them again and again. When Heaven and Earth opened for business, the emperor sent someone to investigate, and Bai Su simply took the opportunity to exchange the silver for shares in Heaven and Earth.

"So far, Heaven and Earth has been put into operation, and there are three places that are profitable: Muyangcheng, Huangxian and Donglai. Although the current profit status is not optimistic, the monthly dividend of [-]% of the shares will probably not be less than two Qianguan."

With that said, Chuning got up and stood in front of the map of the territory of Daqing, moving his fingertips slowly from Donglai to Chang'an, and said, "On the road from Donglai to Chang'an to the west, the Bai family plans to make a stop in each of the more prosperous counties. , to build a heaven and earth, um, it should not be said to be a plan, it is estimated that construction has already started, and it will probably be fully operational next year or two."

"Hiss! There are only three restaurants here, and the monthly dividend is not less than two thousand... You still say that the profit status is not optimistic?" Xiao Hongfei held the contract and looked at Chuning like a monster: "From Donglai to Chang'an, how many prosperous counties are there? I don't need to tell you, Lao Xiao? If all these restaurants are opened, wouldn't they be able to make millions of dollars a year?"

"Xiao Zhongwu, I guess the one million guan you mentioned is considered conservative." Li Rui put down the contract and said, "It seems that General Chu has a serious heart for such a big gift..."

Chuning smiled and said, "It's not that big, but it's just a Liaodong county guard."

That's all for now, Chuning changed the topic again, and talked with everyone about the post-war reconstruction of several counties in Youzhou.

After sending the three of them away, Chuning had dinner and wanted to rest early, but when he was lying on the bed, his mind kept recalling the scenes on the battlefield, intertwined with Chen Longjian's words, which was really a bit disturbing.

Since she couldn't fall asleep, Chuning didn't sleep anymore, got up to study ink and pick up a pen, and began to write a letter to Bai Su.

As usual, I first talked about some things I saw and heard along the way, and then picked up some things that have nothing to do with the military situation as idle talk, and finally asked about the safety and development of Muyang City...

After writing and writing, at the end of writing, Chu Ning was unwilling to stop writing, and remembered the last time she told Bai Su that she wanted to eat meat, but Bai Su gave her jerky, and immediately became more energetic.

Unable to fall asleep anyway, Chuning simply found a large stack of paper and began to write a story.

The protagonist of the story uses local materials, with Feng Jiuqing and Li Rui as the prototype, and starts to make up romantic stories. From meeting and acquaintance to knowing each other, how to write beautifully, how to come from literature and art, when you bow your head and raise your head, it is five or six A thousand characters are born on the tip of a pen.

"Tsk tsk tsk! This general has really entered the wrong line! With this general's level of writing, he can definitely become the leader in the romance world of this era! What a pity! In this world without harmony gods and mosaic warriors, this general actually At this critical juncture, Cavin..."

After sighing several times, he couldn't find any inspiration, so Chuning had no choice but to add a line at the end of the story:

The shadow of bamboo outside the window is shaking, and the shadow of lights inside the window is dim.

Tang Yishuang closed the window, drew the curtain, and approached Liu Muqing step by step...

The author has something to say: As a party with lights and curtains

General Chu, you have the nerve to praise yourself

Still carrying the handle...