I can't die

"My lord, it's not good! Our army's granary has been burned!"

Chen Decai sat at the banquet in the main tent, and waited for a long time before Liu Xiang and the others came back, but he waited for the news first.

"What?!" Hearing this, Chen Decai's complexion changed, and he stood up anxiously from his seat: "Say it again?!"

"Go back to the lord, our army's granary is on fire!" Xiaobing was sweating and had to repeat it again, his tone was very tense, as if two holes would be poked out by Chen Decai's gaze.

Chen Decai couldn't believe it, his body shook, and then hurriedly ran out of the tent. Sure enough, he saw the thick smoke billowing from the granary not far away, and the fire was soaring into the sky, which was extremely dazzling in this desolate desert.

"My lord! My lord!" Chen Decai felt dark in front of his eyes, and almost fell down. Fortunately, he was firmly supported by his own soldiers. "How could this happen?!! Where are the guards? Are they all dead?!" Chen Decai's angry roar almost scared the soldiers trembling three times.

"Back to the lord...Ju's subordinates said that suddenly several rockets fell from the sky before..."

Rocket? !Bows and arrows with fire have been used very early in Chinese history. In order to prevent rockets from burning food, all armies naturally hide their granaries in important places of military camps, and set up reservoirs near the military camps to prepare water all the year round to stop fires.

"Where's the water? Hurry up and water it?!"

"I'm afraid it won't work. My lord, we have watered it, but it seems to be getting better and better."

How could these Taiping soldiers know that these rockets are all sticky sticks, and there is a small bamboo tube at the lower end of the arrow, and the bamboo tube is filled with oil.The density of oil is less than that of water, so it will float on the surface of the water, and it will not be extinguished at all, and it will spread more with the flowing water.

"What about the assassins?! Where are the assassins?! Didn't you catch any of them?!"

"Catch five people who pretended to be our army, but after being captured, they committed suicide." The dead soldiers on these sticks had poison sacs hidden in their teeth. Once captured, they would never be captured. suicide.

calm down. . .Chen Decai said to himself in his heart.It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. .Even if the food in the military camp is gone, at least they still have food from the pit of the Xinzhe Food Bank, and they will never run out of water.At this time, even though Chen Decai still had a bad premonition in his heart, he still pinned his hopes on Xinzhe Grain Bank like a person who wanted to grab the last straw.

"Report!!! My lord, something is wrong!!!"

At this moment, the previous informer rushed to Chen Decai again.If the little soldier's expression was worried and flustered before, it is now indifferent and numb.When Chen Decai saw Xiaobing's expression, he felt even more uneasy.

"Say! What else is there?!"

"My lord. The grain from the Xinzhe Grain Bank was robbed by the Muslims... None of the soldiers survived..."

When Chen Decai heard the news, he felt all the blood in his body rushing to his head, and he passed out as soon as his eyes went dark. . .

"My lord!!! My lord!!!" Immediately, the entire Yumen town was in chaos.

The flowers bloom at both ends, compared to the bleakness of the Taiping Army at Yumen Pass.In the Forbidden City, everyone breathed a sigh of relief for the first time after months of high pressure.

Zaichun and Cixi Ci'an laughed when they heard Rongshou's news from the sticky pole: "This Liu Xiang is also a wonderful person. Not only is he courageous and resourceful, but he is also good looking. It's really interesting."

Cixi Ci'an heard that Zai Chun was finally very happy, and she was also happy: "It's still the first member of the Xiadu Tonghui. How does Emperor Liuxiang plan to reward him?"

It should be rewarded for meritorious deeds.Not to mention the great achievements of the Taiping rebel army, even if he was able to spread the Taiping army's instigation of the conflict between Hui and Han to the capital, it is also worthy of praise.

"Let's give them an errand for the court to enshrine."

This is to make up for the batch of grain lost by the Liu family.Who doesn't know that the court has enshrined the oil that has been fat since ancient times, and the reason why the imperial merchants can be called the imperial merchants is that their cornerstone is that they have more or less a sales channel of the palace.

Zai Chun said this to Ci'an. Cixi previously lost a lot of power in the inner palace because of An Dehai's incident, but she had a lot of control over the harem.Ci'an also knows that it's okay to praise his cheap son more at this time, and it's easy to talk.

"How is Zuo Zongtang now?" Cixi looked at Zai Chun and asked.

"Old Zuo is uniting with the generals of the Mongolian Banner. He intends to march from Inner Mongolia. After going around, he will first destroy the Taiping rebels and deal with the Hui people." This is also the strategy mentioned in Zuo Zongtang's memorial.

"Who is the emperor who sent the Mongolian banner?" The Mongols' combat power has always been fierce. Compared with the Manchu Banners, which have been weakened a lot, the Mongolian children can still take a look.

"Alut Chongqi." Arut Chongqi is the re-admiral of the Nine Gates, who worked under the Ministry of War Shangshu Shengbao, and now he was transferred to the front line, which is just in time.

Cixi was displeased when she heard a name that she didn't like very much, but she couldn't be bothered to talk about military affairs so she had to give up.Now Cixi can also see that Zaichun's matter is deliberately to promote the remaining power of the Hanchen of the Hunan Army and some of the eight ministers.It is said that there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies in this world.Back then, Zaichun disliked the eight ministers, but now, in order to cultivate his own power, he had to start promoting some of the eight ministers headed by Jiao Youying to participate in the power.

From one perspective, Zai Chun was a little scared by Ci'an.I still remember that when Ci'an joined forces with the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department to impeach An Dehai.Although it is said that An Dehai was impeached, it is not the person who came out of Zai Chun, but Zai Chun saw that more than half of the civil and military courts in the Manchu Dynasty were waiting for the demolition of Ci'an, can he not feel uncomfortable?

When Rongshou heard the name of Arut, he didn't show it on the face, and quickly went through the resume of this person recorded on the stick in his heart.Immediately saw the origin of Alut's family, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart.During Rongshou's past year, the sticky position of the assistant manager was no longer the original Wuxia Amon, and he also had his own views on the form of the court.She is deeply aware that although her father Wang is loyal to the emperor on the surface, between the two empress dowagers, she is actually more inclined to the empress dowager Ci'an of the East Palace. strength assessment.After all, Ci'an was born in the Qing dynasty, and the power behind her actually surpassed that of Cixi.

Once the power of the two empress dowagers is out of balance, the emperor, who is in the middle, will definitely feel uneasy.In history, there are too many examples where the matriarchal power is too strong and the imperial power is weak. How can Zai Chun let it go?

Now that Zai Chunneng is promoting the Eight Ministers in order to counteract Ci'an's power, who knows that he will not point the butcher knife at Prince Gong's residence in the future?

Thinking of this, Rong Shou's back was covered with cold sweat.

The author has something to say: It’s been a long time since I’ve had a double update. Today I’ll do a double update.