Horse on the World

Chapter 195 Surging
In front of thousands of officers and soldiers, Li Qing delivered an impassioned speech, but when the ordinary officers and soldiers dispersed, leaving only Chen Xingyue and other high-ranking officials, the smile on Li Qing's face disappeared immediately, replaced by a gloomy, livid There was a faint look of anger on his face, and Chen Xingyue and the others suddenly felt apprehensive. They carefully recalled any details of today, but they couldn't find any revealing places.Shang Haibo didn't understand.

Li Qing led the crowd to Jiming Ze, which was covered with thick ice, squatted down, and tapped the ice with his hands, "Is this ice thick?" He asked Chen Xingyue.

"Thick, very thick, you can run a horse on it!" Chen Xingyue quickly replied.

Li Qing glanced at Shang Haibo, at this moment Haibo finally understood, and a nervous expression appeared on his face.Seeing Li Qing's sullenness and Shang Haibo's nervousness, Chen Xingyue and the others still didn't understand why, looking at them inexplicably, Chen Xingyue faintly felt that something was wrong.

Shang Haibo sighed, and said to Li Qing: "Marshal, I am responsible for this matter. I was negligent and did not think of this problem."

Li Qing shook his head: "Mr. Shang works day and night. These things should have been paid attention to by the top officials here, but it has been winter for so long, and Jiming Ze must have been frozen for several days, but it seems that General Chen still doesn't understand it until now. .”

Chen Xingyue's face turned pale, he took a step forward, and landed on one knee, "Commander, the last general... the last general..."

Shang Haibo pointed to the thick layer of ice, and said: "Xingyue, look at the ice, it is so thick that, in your words, horses can gallop on it, so we can deduce from this that Jiming Lake is near What about the grassland? Are those swamps also frozen hard? If so, does the natural danger we rely on still exist? Aren’t the barbarian cavalry flat on the ground?”

Although the weather was very cold, Chen Xingyue was still sweating coldly in his vest.

Li Qing pointed at Jiming Ze with his horsewhip, and said: "Last winter, we came out of Jiming Ze to attack Angu. It is still very safe here, but later, the barbarians have known the secret here, and this natural barrier is no longer an obstacle for the barbarian cavalry as soon as winter comes. At that time, I decided to excavate Jimingze Lake because of this problem. After the completion of the lake, as soon as winter came, we dug through the ice, but the barbarians were still helpless. It is a pity that I forgot to remind this incident later, so I am also responsible, but General Chen, you are here Commander, as a general, you should be very keen to detect all the dangers that threaten our survival, you are too careless."

Chen Xingyue touched his head to the ground, "The commander-in-chief is right, Xingyue is willing to be punished!"

Li Qing said indifferently: "The soldiers trained well. Although there was such a big mistake, fortunately there were no major consequences. Remember it once! Immediately mobilize all soldiers to dig out the ice. Arrange people to patrol uninterruptedly, and if there is a corner of icy trails, they will be cut out immediately."

"Yes, Commander!" Chen Xingyue kowtowed, got up, and quickly ran to gather the soldiers, "Commander, I made a note once that Chen Xingyue will not be promoted within three years. He is a good general, isn't he? The punishment is too heavy?" Shang Haibo said.

Li Qing shook his head, "Chen Xingyue is a good instructor, but he is not a very good general. Mr. Shang, haven't you noticed that our Dingzhou army is getting more and more proud now? After fighting the barbarians for a year, most of them It ended in a big victory, whether it was soldiers or generals, arrogance was growing day by day. This is a very bad sign. The barbarian leader Bayar has not yet exerted his strength. His current attention is still on integrating the power of the grassland. Once he is allowed to complete this feat, then his attention will turn to our Dingzhou. Only then will it be time to truly test the strength of our Dingzhou army. Chen Xingyue's matter can be big or small, but I We need to use this event to let all the generals understand that any small mistake may make us fall short, or even lose. Thousands of miles of embankments were destroyed by ant nests. We cannot make such mistakes !"

What he said made Shang Haibo's heart tremble, "The commander-in-chief is very worried, but I didn't think about it. Then this matter will be written as a residence report and circulated to the whole army?"

"Let's do it like this!" Li Qing said.

When returning to Chong County from Jimingze, it was already dark, Li Qing wandered in the snow for a long time, finally did not go to the hut that was still burning with lights, returned to the general mansion, lay on the bed for a long time, finally unable to After falling asleep, he called Tang Hu in and said, "Huzi, you won't leave with me tomorrow, stay here and do something for me!"

Tang Hu nodded, "Marshal, what is it?"

Li Qing hesitated for a moment, "Director Qingfeng's younger sister, Jiyue, can't live here for a long time, but she has a little conflict with Qingfeng, and she doesn't want to go back to the sister's bar. How about it, I'm in Dingzhou There is a mansion in the suburbs, it was given by others, it is quite quiet, you should send Jiyue to live there for a while first!"

Tang Hu agreed, and said again: "Marshal, should you tell Director Qingfeng about this?"

Li Qing thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't tell me for now, let the sisters meet again after Jiyue's anger subsides."

"Yes, Marshal, but Miss Jiyue is surrounded by spies from the Statistical Investigation Department. It seems that Director Qingfeng stayed here to protect Miss Jiyue. Do you want to keep Director Qingfeng from knowing?"

Li Qing smiled slightly, "Don't ask me about this!"

"Understood, handsome!"

Dingzhou City is covered with ice and snow, cold to the bone, but under the darkness, there are turbulent winds and clouds. The spies from various local forces have gathered in Dingzhou. Yi'an has won a great victory and wiped out nearly [-] units of the Red Army. The crossbow was known to the major forces through various channels. After being shocked, they sent people to Dingzhou to see if they could get some clues about this new weapon. Of course, everyone did not have much hope, because such Weapons are definitely the objects of Dingzhou's strict protection.

However, before these people crossed the sea and showed their magical powers, a news came from Dingzhou that stunned them. This latest weapon, the Hundred-Fat Crossbow, will be sold in Dingzhou. Due to the extremely complicated manufacturing process, the annual output Limited, in addition to equipping the Dingzhou Army itself, there are only a hundred Baifa crossbows sold each year.

So the spies from the major forces who had just arrived ran back to report the news one after another. Since they can be bought with silver, of course they don’t need to pay attention to other things.

Fugui Inn is located in the west of Dingzhou City. It has a small facade and the price is quite cheap. It only costs [-] Wen for one night. Add another ten cents, and you will have three meals. In the morning, steamed buns and porridge, at noon, black-faced steamed buns with porridge, and a plate of pickles to take away. In the evening, it is a little better. White-faced steamed buns are served with a few side dishes. Of course, the small dishes are not Hanshan in the capital. It is as carefully crafted as in the restaurant, but it is fried together in a big pot without washing the pot in the middle, and the second one is fried immediately.

In the corner, squatting two people, one with a black face and the other with a yellow face. Judging by their appearance, they were dressed in coarse linen clothes, straw sandals, and trousers rolled up to their knees. Their bodies were covered with specks of mud. Coolies, such people are too common in Dingzhou, and no one will take a second look at them.

"Mr. Zhong, it's really hard work for you. I didn't expect that you, who are always particular, are willing to dress up like this?" Xu Siyu with a black face squatted there, lowered his voice, and said with a smile: "Those red girls in the southern brothels see you now. With this appearance, don't you feel distressed to death?"

Zhong Ziqi sat down on the ground with his legs spread apart, holding a bowl of porridge, took a big mouthful of porridge, and said with a bitter face: "I can't help it, I can't help it, who told Qingfeng that little girl is after me?" Well, if I enter Fuzhou with my original face, I'm afraid she will find out as soon as I enter Dingzhou, I still want to live for two more years, if something happens, don't those girls die of grief?"

"This bitch is ruthless and powerful. Old Zhong, you have to be careful. I went out to inquire about the news these days, and found that those guys from the Statistics and Investigation Department are really looking for you."

Zhong Ziqi took a chopstick of green vegetables, rolled them up in his mouth, chewed and swallowed them: "As expected, Dingzhou has produced such a powerful thing, spies from all major forces gathered here, this little girl Knowing that I am still wandering around Dingzhou, knowing that I will definitely come to find out what happened, of course they are looking for me."

"So you put yourself in this state?"

"That girl must have figured out my living habits clearly. If I don't make a drastic change, won't he find out soon?" Zhong Ziqi said with a smile.

"Old Zhong, what do you mean by the news announced in Dingzhou today? They really want to sell the Baifa crossbow. This is their exclusive weapon. Why would they do this?" Xu Siyu asked in puzzlement. According to the news from the spies, when the hundred-shot crossbows are fired at the same time, their power is astonishing, and several of them are irresistible. What is Dingzhou's plan for doing this?Lack of money?It seems that Dingzhou with the support of the Li family will not be short of money. What's more, Li Qing has annexed Fuzhou. Fuzhou has golden chickens that lay golden eggs. It was ruined by Xiang Fatty before. But if it fell into Li Qing's hands, it would definitely be very different, but if Li Qing was not short of money, why did he want to make the military weapon public?

Zhong Ziqi also couldn't figure it out, "I don't know, but there must be a reason for Li Qing to do this. He is a person who has no profit and can't afford it early. Since he is willing to sell it, he must have other intentions. Inside, that’s why I have to come here, if they really want to keep it very secret, I’m too lazy to come here, can’t it be enough to send a few over to inquire?” For people like Zhong Ziqi, if they don’t understand the other party’s Intent, that is really uncomfortable.

"I heard that this time Dingzhou is selling not only the hundred-shot crossbow, but also an improved longbow. They call it a first-grade bow. I heard that this bow can double or double the shooting of soldiers. Lunzi, Lao Zhong, this is also a very remarkable achievement. I just can't figure it out. What kind of magical power does Li Qing have? Our business for so many years has not been as effective as his." Xu Siyu said sullenly.

Zhong Ziqi also smiled wryly. Li Qing, he couldn't grasp the other party's mind at all. He looked at the crowd passing by with piercing eyes, and suddenly a very bold plan appeared in his mind.Glancing at Xu Siyu, he slowly drank the porridge in the bowl, and finally stuck out his tongue to lick the bowl clean.Looking at him like this, there is still that romantic and famous Zhong Ziqi, which is completely a bitter haha.

(End of this chapter)