Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 282 Fight
"Great victory, great victory in Ningxia Town!" Babaili's urgent messenger rushed into the gate of the capital and shouted loudly at the same time.

This great victory was actually nearly ten days before Li Qiang defeated the Tatar army in Ningxia Town. The reason why the report was not reported through 800 miles until now was because he did not want to expose Li Qiang's speed.

It took half an hour to get from the capital to Ningxia Town. Once this speed was known to others, they would be regarded as monsters.

Li Qiang was not in a hurry to return to the capital. He was waiting for the artillery army in Ningxia Town.

"Prince Yitada is the most famous general in Daqian after all. How long has he been here and he defeated the Tatars again!" The people in the capital discussed the war excitedly.

Before Li Qiang, every Tatar invasion was a tragedy for Daqian.

But since Li Qiang was born, every Tatar invasion will cause the Tatars to suffer greater harm.

It is precisely because of this that the people of Daqian will recognize the famous general Li Qiang more.

The urgent courier from 800 miles away was connected to the cabinet, and the two cabinet bachelors saw the latest battle report.

They took the battle report and headed towards the Daming Palace.

The Supreme Emperor has confidence in Li Qiang precisely because Li Qiang is a general who has never been defeated.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the venerables do not think that the sacred mountain needs the protection of the city wall!" Baiyin confirmed respectfully.

At this moment, he didn't have the slightest sense of betraying his sacred mountain, and he went out of his way to find a way to explain it carefully.

The battle report quickly spread in the capital, and the two Prince Uizada palaces also received the news.

To be honest, this kind of credit is a great credit to other generals, but it is just an ordinary credit to Li Qiang.

Li Qiang pondered for a moment, and the five venerables were still able to accept it. Originally, he had no intention of actually attacking the sacred mountain, but just wanted to teach the sacred mountain a lesson.

The slaves excitedly spread the news to their masters, and there was laughter everywhere in the house.

"Come and mark the location of the Tatar Mountain!" Li Qiang took out a map and handed it to Bai Yin and ordered.

In terms of property, everyone in the capital knew that Prince Yitada was rich. If he just gave him some gold and silver and just spent it, I am afraid that the world and the military would have objections to the military merit reward.

"I don't know!" Bai Yin shook his head and said this time.

"Prince Yi Zhong led his troops to kill 100,000 Tatar soldiers and is currently pursuing the remaining Tatar troops!" Academician Tian smiled and said as he presented the battle report in his hand.

When Lin Daiyu heard the battle report, her worries for so many days finally disappeared. She looked towards the north, looking forward to Li Qiang's early return.

"How should Prince Yi Zhong be rewarded for this great victory?" Academician Deng asked at this time.

As long as Li Qiang remains undefeated for one day, then Li Qiang will have an invincible golden body in battle.

"It was a bit risky, and I personally led the Ningxia Town sergeants to attack the Tatar army without waiting for the support to arrive!" The Supreme Emperor shook his head and said after reading the battle report.

At this time, Li Qiang was sitting face to face with the Tatar Holy Mountain disciple. The Tatar Holy Mountain disciple was too weak. He used the "Fengyue Treasure Mirror" and spent an ordinary soul to make the Tatar Holy Mountain disciple be 100% loyal to him. .

"I heard that there are five venerables in the Holy Mountain, and the rest of the sages are traveling abroad. I am of a low status and cannot know the accurate news. These are just rumors among the low-level disciples in the Holy Mountain!" Baiyin replied truthfully.

"He has never been defeated!" The Supreme Emperor couldn't hide the pride in his tone as he received the battle report.

Academicians Tian and Deng looked at each other. They felt that it was not good to do this, but the emperor was also considering the fact that he would have to wait for Li Qiang to come back before he could award the reward.

"So there is no city wall protection around the Tatar Mountain?" Li Qiang asked lightly.

But after the war, he discovered that there was no upgrade symbol in the game's character status panel.

He checked the game information again and realized that after reaching level 33, ordinary soldiers were given much less experience.

This Baiyin still has an identity. He is the youngest disciple of the Second Master, but after all, the time he has entered the Holy Mountain is too short, and he does not know much about the Holy Mountain.

There is a lot of information inside the sacred mountain that cannot be inquired about randomly, because it is easy to violate the taboos of the sacred mountain.

If he had known this earlier, he should have accumulated more experience before upgrading when his character level was low.

"You are already a prince, yet you are so reckless and charge personally!" The Supreme Emperor actually loved and protected Li Qiang in his heart, so he had such an opinion.

Baiyin opened the map and began to search on the map.

He even doubted whether he would still be able to gain experience if he killed Tatar civilians instead of this kind of Tatar cavalry.

Li Qiang thought of another thing. Originally, he thought that after killing 100,000 Tatar soldiers this time, it would not be a problem to level up again after gaining game experience.

"How many divine corpses are there in the sacred mountain?" Li Qiang continued to ask.

"How many venerables are there in the Tatar Mountain?" Li Qiang asked again.

If military merits are not rewarded as they should be, how can the military have any motivation to demonstrate military merits?

"We'll discuss the reward when he comes back!" Speaking of the reward, the Supreme Emperor couldn't help but shirk his head.

"Prince Yitada's victory over the monster probably greatly reduced the morale of the Tatar army, which is why he achieved such a record!" University Scholar Tian explained.

But regardless of the merit, the cabinet has to consider how to reward him.

It is true that Emperor Jingwen raised Li Qiang's official position too high. Now that Li Qiang has become Prince Yi Zhong, he can no longer be promoted in official position.

This is no small matter. Daqian's border security is all guarded by the military.

"Victory again?" The Supreme Emperor asked with a smile as he watched the two cabinet bachelors arrive.

He also learned that the name of this Tatar Holy Mountain disciple is Baiyin. Of course, his name cannot be that simple. It is a long list of complex names plus multiple surnames, but the name is indeed Baiyin, so called Also more convenient.

Li Qiang also knew that the possibility of Bai Yin knowing about this matter was very low, but he had no intention of blaming her.

He had also just learned that the urgent courier from Ningxia Town had arrived. When he saw the two cabinet bachelors arriving with happy faces, he guessed that the war would be very beneficial to Daqian.

But the temptation to upgrade was too great, and when he saw the upgrade symbol, he couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty, it has been marked!" Baiyin said as he presented the map.

Li Qiang took the map and saw that the location marked on the map was deep in the Tatar region, where there was a mountain range.

"You stay in Ningxia Town and copy down the knowledge you learned!" Li Qiang gave Bai Yin another order.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Baiyin responded.

This is not an easy task. Baiyin is not Li Qiang who owns the game interface. His own spirit is not too strong, and he cannot have the almost photographic memory that Li Qiang does.

So Baiyin needs a long time to recall and record bit by bit.

Li Qiang wanted to see the knowledge of the Tatar Mountain, so that she could gain more extraordinary knowledge. After waiting for a few more days in Ningxia Town, the 500 artillery troops arrived before the 3,000 escort troops.

Although the artillery army needs to carry 500 kilograms of Franco machine artillery and a certain amount of ammunition, who asked Li Qiang to equip the artillery army with 500 high-quality war horses and 500 high-quality shire horses.

The higher carrying capacity and maneuverability of the good-quality Sharma means that even if the artillery army carries more supplies, its speed is faster than that of the three thousand escort army with light vehicles.

"Your Majesty, Wu Hou has met the prince!" Wu Hou, commander of the Artillery Corps, saluted Li Qiang.

"Pingsheng, this time it depends on your ability!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

"The artillery army will definitely live up to the prince's expectations!" Wu Hou said confidently.

He knew that the power of the Franco machine artillery and the use of explosive bombs made the Franco machine artillery a terrifying weapon.

"The enemy this time is different and abnormal. We need you to use your maximum attack in the shortest time!" Li Qiang explained again.

Li Qiang did not say the target of this attack. He planned to tell Wu Hou when he set off.

Although the Artillery Corps are all warriors with at least rank five, traveling such a long distance also makes these warriors tired.

Li Qiang ordered to rest for two days before setting off, and the artillery army rested in a separate place in Ningxia Town.

Ningxia Town also specially prepared meat for the artillery army, which was a trophy left by the Tatar army.

The Tatar army was defeated, and all the baggage of the more than 100,000-strong army was left behind, as well as a large number of war horses.

In other words, there is a vast grassland behind Ningxia Town, which can accommodate all war horses, cattle and sheep.

Two days later, Li Qiang did not wait for the three thousand guards. He also knew that the three thousand guards would not march so fast.

The distance traveled by the three thousand guards every day is not determined by the limits of their horses, but by the distance from the towns, because their supplies require these towns.

This slowed down the march of the three thousand guards. Even if the three thousand guards arrived, they would still need a period of rest.

Ningxia Town prepared a large amount of dried meat for Li Qiang and the artillery army. There is no shortage of forage on the grassland, so there is no need to worry about the food of the war horses.

Li Qiang took the lead, with four summons beside him and six divine corpses guarding behind him.

The newly acquired divine corpse put on the same armor as the other divine corpses and rode on a treasured war horse.

The artillery corps followed and quietly left the city gate in the early hours of the morning.

General Liu wanted to give it away, but was stopped by Li Qiang. Li Qiang wanted to take revenge this time, so everything was done quietly.

After leaving Ningxia Town and entering some distance into the grassland, Li Qiang gathered all the artillery troops.

"There is a sacred mountain in the Tatar tribe. The Tatar sacred mountain once sent people to the capital to assassinate me. This operation is to bombard the sacred mountain!" Li Qiang said in a deep voice.

When the five hundred warriors were training and studying, they heard about the Tatar Mountain.

Even if they knew where the Tatar Mountain was, no one had the slightest hesitation.

"Bombard the Holy Mountain!" After hearing that the Tatar Holy Mountain had assassinated Li Qiang, they roared in unison angrily.

"Okay, set off immediately!" Seeing the surge in morale, Li Qiang waved her hand and ordered.

He was not worried that this group of people would be discovered by the Tatars. With Jia Gong and Jia Arrow, any Tatars who appeared nearby would be shot.

In addition, they were marching extremely fast, and even because they had prepared a large amount of food, they did not need to attack the Tatar tribes along the way, which further prevented their whereabouts from being exposed.

Li Qiang had a lot of maps in his hands. He had killed many Tatar tribes many times and got many maps from the spoils of war everywhere.

Combining these maps, especially the command map used by the Tatar army, was also found when the Tatar army was defeated.

The command map of the Tatar army was marked in great detail, and everything along the way was recorded.

Li Qiang's departure from Ningxia Town was not reported. Even the ordinary sergeants in Ningxia Town thought that Prince Yi Zhong was still in the General Military Mansion.

In the capital, the three princes and the Supreme Emperor did not want Li Qiang to return to the capital so soon.

In the past, when the war was over, the Supreme Emperor would issue an order for Li Qiang to return to the capital as soon as possible. However, this time the Supreme Emperor did not even issue an imperial edict. He said that he would wait for Li Qiang to return to Beijing before issuing an imperial edict.

Without Li Qiang in the capital, the three princes had less scruples in their actions.

Although the official positions of the three princes have not changed, their own power is constantly expanding.

The third prince, Li Hongkang, is good at drawing big cakes. He has made many promises, which has won him the support of many senior and fourth-rank officials.

He was in the Ministry of Personnel, and he was in an important government office such as the Officials Department. In everyone's eyes, the Supreme Emperor valued him the most.

The fifth prince had the support of some members of the royal family, and through this he also gained the support of many high-ranking officials.

The fifth prince was placed in an extremely important position in the household department. Although not as important as the third prince, he received more support from the royal family, making it very possible for him to ascend to that highest position.

Finally, there is the Seventh Prince. Among the three princes, his position in the Ministry of Industry, Operations, Repairs, and Cleaning and Civil Service has the smallest power. Moreover, because of his father, Emperor Jingwen, many people do not think highly of him.

The Seventh Prince has also been keeping a low profile recently, and has not done much on the surface.

One month after Li Qiang left the capital, Academician Tian from the cabinet looked at the paper in his hand, frowned and handed it to Academician Deng who was standing aside.

Academician Deng took the folder, glanced at it, and threw it aside.

"We started criticizing each other so quickly!" University Scholar Deng shook his head and said.

"Not only this one, but there are two more, both of which say that the third prince privately promised officials high-ranking official status!" Archbishop Tian placed two more coupons in front of Archbishop Deng and said.

What the Third Prince Li Hongkang did was nothing private, but if someone brought it up, it would be a big deal.

The third prince, Li Hongkang, was now only a doctor of the fifth rank, but he could promise to be a doctor of the second or third rank. Even the emperor did not dare to make such a promise easily.

If the emperor wants to appoint such a high official, he also needs to have a legitimate reason. He cannot just appoint someone as a high official just because he likes him.

If Emperor Daqian really does this, he will receive a huge backlash from the civil service system.

Just like Emperor Jingwen, if he was found to have done something excessive, an old minister bumped his head to death in the Jinluan Palace, leaving Emperor Jingwen infamy for thousands of years.

At least the emperor of Daqian could not do whatever he wanted and had to abide by the most basic rules.

Of course, if you really become an emperor, it will be easy to be promoted to a certain official position. You can just hand over some easy tasks to someone and then reward him based on his merits.

But promising to be promoted to an official position in advance without any merit is the best indication that the third prince Li Hongkang will not be a qualified emperor.

(End of this chapter)