Horse on the World

Chapter 18 Shocking
"General Li, the Dingzhou Army is short of people. For the time being, you can't add more people to the Changsheng Battalion. Now even General Lu Pian of the Chinese Association, oh, no, now there are several battalions under the command of Vice General Lu. There is a shortage, you have to be considerate of me, ahaha!"

"Oh, General Li Shen said it's okay, okay, okay, I know that General Li Shen is young, but he knows the general situation and takes the overall situation into consideration. What, I need food, ah, this is a bit of a problem, how about it, I gritted my teeth, Allocate three months' food for your camp, and three months' rations for thousands of people, and I still have some here."

"What, what, Vice General Lu also promised to support General Li Shen for a month, that's great, Vice General Lu really helped the younger generation."

"Ordnance, no problem, a thousand people, it won't take much. After the military discussion, go and get it according to the current establishment of your Ever Victory Battalion."

"General Li, Chongzhou is a good place. You don't have to fight the barbarians directly. It's very safe! This old man gave Chongxian to you because of Shou Ninghou's repeated entrustment. Although the place is now It’s a bit dilapidated, but it’s a good place with beautiful mountains and green waters!”

"It's not bad, it's really a good place. I wanted to go there when I chose Fengying, but the commander scolded me, saying that there are only a thousand people in Changshengying. Li Shen will be put in a dangerous place, how can this be worthy of An Guogong and the other princes, I am really ashamed!"

With a smile on his face, Li Qing thanked the commander-in-chief and all the generals for their kindness one by one. He even said that he would keep this kindness in his heart, and he would definitely repay it in the future. He will go through fire and water for the sake of the commander-in-chief, and he will not hesitate to do so.From now on, although he is in Chong County and far away from Dingzhou, as long as the commander-in-chief calls for him, he will come on horseback.

Everyone sighed, cherished each other, bowed their hands and said goodbye one by one, Li Qing also jumped on his horse under everyone's concerned eyes, he was full of vigor, and he had the momentum of a strong man leaving and never returning, and bid farewell to Xiao Yuanshan.

Seeing Li Qing's disappearing back, the smile on Xiao Yuanshan's face gradually receded, and Fang Wenshan, who attended the military meeting, was thoughtful: "Marshal, if this Li Qing is not a fool, then he has a deep scheming mind and should not be underestimated!"

Xiao Yuanshan snorted: "Brother Fang, do you think he looks like a fool? Knowing that it is inevitable to go to Chong County, he turned around and turned to us. The military and civilians seized the civil affairs power in Chong County, and concentrated power in one hand, which is not good for others. How clever is this kind of scheming to seek the most favorable conditions for oneself."

Fang Wenshan sighed: "Xiao Shuai, I won't raise tigers as trouble, will I?"

Xiao Yuanshan chuckled: "Brother Fang, you underestimate us too much, not to mention that Chong County is in a mess now, even if he holds the power in the hands of one person, he will hardly be able to recover, even if he can stand still, you and I The two of them can still make him go to the sky. There are only a thousand people in the area, and when necessary, they will be wiped out in a flash."

The two smiled at each other.

Li Qing returned to the camp, threw his helmet on the ground with a thud, and yelled, "Damn it, I'm suffocated to death, these bastards are laughing at killing people!"

Don't need to ask too much, everyone just looked at his face and knew that the result was not what Shang Haibo expected. "The general must have opened his eyes today, and saw the face of the officialdom!" Shang Haibo asked with a laugh.

Li Qing nodded again and again, "That's right, that's right, you obviously want to eat me up, with such a smile and tone, it's as if I'm a baby they hold in their hands and put it in their mouths for fear of melting. It just gives me goosebumps."

"Isn't it the same for the general?" Shang Haibo added, Li Qing couldn't help but startled, and then laughed, "Not bad, not bad, they are all a bunch of fucking grandchildren."

He sat down with a bang, "As expected by Mr. Shang, Chong County is ours. Qi Nian, you lead people to the military mansion, and get the armaments of 1000 people. Remember, one thousand long guns, one thousand long spears A knife, a thousand bows, a thousand pots of arrows, three months' food, grandma's, since you want to send me away early, give them to Qi Luo."

"Jiang Kui, you go to the Chinese Association to find Lu Dalin, this bastard said to give me a month's food, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, go and get it for me."

"Feng Guo, organize the rest of the people and prepare to pull out the camp. I will stop being a thorn in their side after I have all the things in order. I will go to Chong County earlier. If I go to Chong County, I will be the boss, so I don't need to look at others."

"Mr. Shang, come with me. Mr. Lu, you are familiar with people and have a wide range of roads. The biggest difficulty we face when we go to Chong County this time is food. We don't know how many people are left in Chong County, but the more food, the better. You Go to Fuzhou, Yizhou, whether you want to buy or buy, you must try to raise as much food as possible. Whether we can survive this winter is up to you."

After repeating the instructions, everyone suddenly agreed, and went to work separately. Li Qing looked at the empty tent in a blink of an eye, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The boss is not so easy to be!No money, no food, no money, no money, half of the 10 taels given by Shou Ninghou was given to Lu Yiming in a blink of an eye.Right now, there is no sign of Chongxian yet!
Three days later, the army and horses gathered in Dingzhou started to move out, and Li Qing was the last one to leave. Compared with the lively scene when other people and horses left, the Changsheng Battalion was deserted when they set off, and the army and the magistrate saw each other off. No one could see it, probably already regarded Li Qing as a dead person.It was Huan Xi who brought a jug of wine, drank three cups with Li Qing, and said how precious he was.

"Dingzhou, I'll be back." After walking for several miles in silence, Li Qing looked back at the tall silhouette of Dingzhou City in the distance, opened his throat suddenly, and roared loudly.

Ten days later, this army of more than a thousand people stepped into the boundary of Chongxian County. The road became more and more difficult, and the mountain became steeper day by day. But what made Li Qing and others feel even more heavy was that, There are ruins and ruins along the way, and there are burned houses everywhere. Occasionally, there are some yellow-faced, thin-faced, desperate-looking villagers on the road. After seeing this team, they were silent and followed behind the team without saying a word. .

"Mr. Shang, after camping, cook some porridge for these villagers!" Li Qing ordered. "The soldiers also changed from doing two jobs a day to one job a day to save some rations. I am afraid that the further they go, the more refugees will be."

Li Qing's premonition was very accurate. As the team deepened in Chong County, more and more refugees followed the army every day. They had porridge to drink with this army. Although they were not full, they could save their lives.When Li Qing arrived at the county seat of Chong County, there were nearly ten thousand refugees behind him, dragging their children and taking care of the old and the young, but they all had a common characteristic, that is, they looked disheveled and weak.

"This is the county seat of Chong County?" Li Qing couldn't believe his eyes. Not far away, the place that should have been the county seat was already in ruins. An intact house, seeing the crowd in the distance, a person suddenly stood up in the quiet ruins, followed by one after another, countless people crawled out of the ruins like gophers, Silently greeted the army.

Li Qing was a little startled, Wang Qinian and others silently deployed the army and formed an offensive formation. Looking at the people in front of them, there might not be tens of thousands of people. These hungry people can't do anything.

The other party got closer and closer, perhaps because they saw the army on the other side waiting in formation, the crowd on the other side stopped, and the two groups looked at each other silently, Li Qing's chest was a little tight, like a fire burning there.The people on the opposite side are still human, except that their eyes are still rolling, the whole is like a skeleton army.

Steered the horse forward, Tang Hu, who was closely following him, was startled, and reached out to hold his rein, "General, be careful!" Shang Haibo also had a serious expression, "General, don't be careless, these refugees may be killed at any time." Rise up and seize military funds."

Li Qing's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Let go!" Tang Hu shook his head stubbornly, "Don't let go, General, you can't go!" Under the pain, he involuntarily let go of the rein of the horse, and Li Qing steered the horse away. Tang Hu gritted his teeth, and hurriedly followed Yang Yidao. Looking at the crowd on the opposite side.

Shang Haibo was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and suddenly smiled self-consciously, "I have read the sage books for many years in vain!" He also rode his horse and followed.

The army spread out a passage, and Li Qing appeared in front of the refugees.

"I am Li Qing, a general of the Changsheng Battalion of the Dingzhou Army. I was ordered to be stationed in Chong County. Is there someone in charge?" Li Qing asked in a deep voice.

There was a commotion among the refugees, and a man who was so thin that only his skeleton was left came out, and he bowed to Li Qing, "Xu Yunfeng, the county captain of Chongxian County, I have met the general." The county captain should be the second in command in the county.

"Where is your county magistrate?"

"Run away!" Xu Yunfeng shouted loudly.

Li Qing was startled, "Then why didn't you run away?"

Xu Yunfeng was stunned, he didn't seem to think why the other party would ask this question, he understood the meaning of the general's words, and couldn't help being furious: "As the county captain of this county, it is difficult for me to lead the people of this county to fight together. How can you escape?"

Li Qing raised his whip, "Are you taking care of these people?"

Xu Yunfeng nodded and said loudly: "Returning to the general, there are no officials in the county. I organized some people to maintain the order here. I was ready to start organizing the escape."

Li Qingdao: "This is the future, you don't have to flee, from now on, you are the magistrate of this county."

Xu Yunfeng was stunned again, the general in front of him was a military officer, how could he appoint himself as magistrate casually, he didn't have the right!Seeing Xu Yunfeng's demeanor, Li Qing added: "In view of the current situation in Chong County, Xiao Shuai of the military mansion and Mr. Fang, the magistrate, have entrusted me with full powers to handle the affairs of Chong County. I will appoint the county magistrate and other official positions. , you are the county magistrate, tell your people that I, Li Qing, have come, and no one in Chongxian will starve to death again."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xu Yunfeng, turned around and ordered loudly: "Set up camp, light a fire, cook porridge, and let the people in Chong County have a bite of food first."

(End of this chapter)