This Qing is wrong

Chapter 88

"Hmph, Shang Kei, old man, when you are defeated by the demon Daoist Li Changqing, I'll see how your younger brother Pingnan Wang will punish me!"

Liu Tianming was sad on the surface, but in his heart he cursed Shang Kei for defeat.

This is a very simple logic. If even King Pingnan's direct-administered flag leader Han army can't beat the demon Li Changqing, he, the prefect of Chaozhou Prefecture, was defeated and fled the city, and his charges would naturally be reduced a lot.

It's not my command problem, but the enemy is too strong!

Even if it was defeated in the previous battle with the traitor Hao Zhongcheng to attack the demon Dao Li Changqing, there is still room for maneuver.

In other words, the stronger the demon Li Changqing is, the greater the chance of Liu Tianming's survival!
After all, Liu Tianming's position is not too high, even if his head is chopped off, it will be cut from top to bottom.

After contacting Liu Tianming and his escaping convoy, Shang Kei's army immediately stopped going to Chaozhou Prefecture. After resting for a day and a night, Shang Kei ordered the army to march towards Chaoyang County, the home of the Qing army.

The army has already set off, so naturally Shang Kei cannot return without success, otherwise what will be left behind is not his own face and prestige, but Shang Fan's prestige!
Shang Kei actually has no real power, all his power comes from Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi.

In this regard, there is an essential difference between Shang Keixi and Shang Kexi's eldest son, Shang Zhixin. After all, Shang Zhixin has always been trained as the successor of Pingnan King. The influence is not comparable to that of Shang Kei, a 'retired veteran'.

Therefore, Shang Kexi doesn't have to worry about handing over the military power to Shang Kei, but it is completely different when it is handed over to Shang Zhixin.

It's not that Shang Zhixin hates his father, but that Shang Kexi is loyal to the Qing Dynasty and will never allow the image of a loyal slave he worked so hard to be destroyed by his eldest son.

In fact, Shang Zhixin didn't want to fight against the Qing Dynasty at the beginning. The main reason was that after the Qing Dynasty pacified the world, Kangxi always wanted to cut down the feudal clan.

He even wrote the name of San Francisco on the pillars of the main hall to warn himself (actually for the ministers to see).

Shang Zhixin does not want to lose his family's foundation in Guangdong Province.

You must know that the Shang family lives quite comfortably in Guangdong Province. Not to mention the income from property taxes, the smuggling business with the Portuguese colonists alone can contribute millions of silver profits to Shangfan a year!

The Qing court's sea ban policy made ordinary sea merchants and fishermen cry, and Shangfan was the beneficiary of it.

If there is no sea ban policy, those Western businessmen will not take the initiative to smuggle with Shangfan like giving money.

On the official road, Li Changqing was riding his beloved filly, followed by Hao Zhongzhong and Zhang Jianfei, and beside him was Zhang Hao who was in charge of guiding the way.

Zhang Hao rode on the horses he brought with him, while Zhang Jianfei and Hao Zhongzhong were in charge of the remaining three war horses that had no man on their backs but were loaded with various supplies.

The reason why three horses are needed to carry supplies is mainly because Li Changqing needs to satisfy his appetite, and the most abundant supplies are all kinds of ingredients and condiments.

Zhang Jianfei is in charge of cooking. He is single and not particularly rich. He cooks by himself on weekdays, and his cooking skills are not bad.

As for Hao Zhongzhong, he is a corrupt upper-class aristocrat of feudal imperialism, and he cannot be counted on for cooking...

Zhang Hao can cook, but this monk from the Western Regions seldom cooks. When he came to the Central Plains as a spy, what he likes to do most is to rob the rich and help the poor. He robs other people's wealth and helps his own poor...

Therefore, Zhang Hao often uses money to satisfy his appetite.

When he was in the Western Regions, Zhang Hao, a Buddhist master who could become a Dharma protector with only one kick, naturally didn't need to cook by himself.

So Zhang Hao just knows how to do it, and his craftsmanship is no match for Zhang Jianfei.

The most important thing is that what Zhang Hao knows is only western food, which is completely different from Chinese food.

Li Changqing is a picky person, he only likes to eat Chinese dishes, and he doesn't like foreign dishes.

As long as it is a Chinese dish, even if it is just a simple scrambled egg with tomato, Li Changqing can eat it with gusto.

It tastes much better than western ribeye, sirloin steak and the like...

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that Li Changqing was born in an ordinary family in his previous life.

I am used to eating Chinese dishes from snacks...

"General, the demon clearing brigade is on the move. I don't know the exact location, but this direction should be correct. As long as we meet the demon clearing scouts, we can know the location of the demon clearing brigade. .”

Zhang Hao explained to Li Changqing while driving the horse forward.

According to his estimation, it should be close to the location of the Qing army.

Their speed must be faster than that of the army. Even if the main force of the Qing army encountered the fleeing team from Chaozhou Prefecture, Zhang Hao was sure to find their heels before the Qing army turned around.

After all, the army needs to spread out a large area to move forward, and scouts and cavalry will inevitably be scattered around to explore the road and prepare for ambushes. They are walking on the official road like this, and they look like travelers. , You will inevitably encounter Qing army scouts and scouts.

As if confirming Zhang Hao's words, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in front of the four of them, and the Qing army's scout cavalry wearing the Qing army's standard cloth armor (this time with iron plates) suddenly surrounded the four of them heavily.

Riding bows unceremoniously aimed at the vital parts of the four people's bodies.

Li Changqing glanced at Zhang Hao, and said to himself: You have opened your mouth, so accurate?
Without waiting for the Qing army scout cavalry to ask questions, Zhang Hao said to Zhang Jianfei and Hao Zhongzhong in an orderly tone: "Leave two or three alive, and don't let any cavalry go, otherwise our whereabouts will be easily exposed. I will protect the general." safety."

Hearing this, the leader of the Qing army's scouting cavalry shouted decisively: "They are rebels, shoot arrows!"

Whoosh whoosh~
"Vajra Palm!"

Zhang Dali... oh no, Zhang Hao swung out his hand, and he was the first to strike first. He swung all the arrows aimed at him and Li Changqing at an unscientific speed!

A hundred moves are not as good as one skill. Zhang Hao specializes in the move of Vigorous Palm, which is used to defend against the enemy. He has reached the state of mastery, no matter in terms of speed or hardness, he can reach the outstanding position among his peers.

Compared with Zhang Hao's neatness, Hao Zhongzhong and Zhang Jianfei were in a bit of a panic. They didn't even have time to protect their horses. They got up and jumped from the horses one after another, dodging and blocking, and shot those close-range shots with all their strength. Block all incoming arrows.

Fortunately, the Qing army's scout cavalry team was small in number, Zhang Jianfei and Hao Zhongzhong saw the gap between the Qing army's scout cavalry team bending their bows and nodding their arrows.

Among these Qing cavalry scouts, the one with the highest cultivation level is only a ninth-rank forging body, so it is naturally impossible to be the opponent of the two seventh-rank warriors.

(End of this chapter)