Horse on the World

Chapter 209
The troops of Guo Shanfeng and Wang Qinian's two divisions returned to Dingzhou City the next day, and the counterattack on the meadow achieved considerable results. Thousands of the rear troops of the Huhelang Army were cut off by Guo Shanfeng, and they were caught off guard. Hu He never imagined that Dingzhou had hidden a strong army here. After being hit by the gust of wind, Hu He wanted to fight back. Then he found that Wang Qinian's Qi Nian division was rapidly approaching the battlefield. Being entangled here by these two armies and suffering even greater losses, he had no choice but to sever his wrists, abandon the rear army, and retreat to the depths of the grassland with all his strength. As for how many people the rear army can rush out, he can only resign himself to fate.At this time, the wolf run cannot afford to lose, and there are more important things waiting for them to go back in the grassland.

Guo Shanfeng accidentally rescued the captured Dingzhou generals Wang Yan and Jiang Kui while achieving great results in battle. The nail nailed his limbs to the thick log alive. When Guo Shanfeng's army rescued the two of them, the soldiers couldn't bear to look at them. They were killed in Cao Xun, and none remained.

After receiving the news, Li Qing rushed from the Marshal's Mansion to the gate of the city, and when he saw the two generals who were only breathing, he burst into tears and ordered to call for the genius doctor Huan Xi immediately, and took the two of them back to the Grand Marshal. Shuai's mansion, personally serve the daily life.

"Master, how are they?" Huan Xi cleaned his hands slowly, and after wiping them with a towel, Fang glanced at Li Qing and said impatiently: "Master, since I'm here, they won't die!"

"Really? This is great, great!" Li Qing rubbed his hands excitedly, "Fortunately, Master is here, Master, they won't leave any sequelae in the future, right?"

After receiving the tea from Huan Qiu, Huan Xi said calmly: "The commander-in-chief wants to ask if they can still fight for you in the future, right?"

"This?" Li Qing glanced at Huan Xi with some embarrassment, not knowing how to answer him. Ever since Mingyan disappeared from Dingzhou, Huan Xi has treated him indifferently. This time, Huan Qiu came to the door. It was only after begging that the old man was invited out.

"Uncle!" Huan Qiu glanced at Li Qing, a little embarrassed, as his uncle was too rude to the commander-in-chief.

Huan Xi rolled his eyes at Huan Qiu and ignored him.

There was a sudden groan on the bed, Li Qing and Huan Qiu rushed to the bedside, but saw Jiang Kui waking up leisurely, with a pair of eyes rolling in confusion, until they saw Li Qing, the somewhat empty eyes suddenly became bright. "Marshal?" A little surprised, even a little unbelievable. "I'm still alive?"

Li Qing nodded again and again: "Of course, of course, Jiang Kui, you are still alive. This is Dingzhou, the Marshal's Mansion. I have sent someone to pick up your wife and son. You will see them soon!"

Jiang Kui laughed hoarsely, "Fortunately, I'm still alive, and I can take care of my wife and children by myself, so I don't need to bother the handsome."

On the other side, Wang Yan also woke up. This thick-skinned guy was quite nervous, and his first reaction when he opened his eyes was to laugh: "Wow, he's still alive!" Laughing, struggling to think to sit up.Panicked, Huan Qiu and several guards rushed forward to hold him down.

"Struggle a little more, and I guarantee that you will only be able to lie on the bed from now on!" Huan Xi said coldly. "I don't want to go to the battlefield to fight again!" Hearing this, Wang Yan immediately calmed down and lay back on the bed obediently.

When sending Huanxi out, Li Qing asked again whether the two would have any sequelae, and Huanxi said: "The two generals, Prince Jiang, are in excellent health. , They kicked their legs a long time ago, they are even more lucky to have me in Dingzhou." Speaking of this, Huanxi raised his head proudly, his mustache curled up.

"That's, that's, I'm very relieved to have Master here again." Li Qing said with a smile.

"The two of them have been taken care of by Huan Qiu, and they will be raised for three to five months, and they will be a lively hero again." Huan Xi finally gave Li Qing a reassuring answer. "Farewell, Marshal Li!"

Watching Huanxi leave, the smile on Li Qing's face slowly faded away. Although King Jiang returned, although he was seriously injured, he was fortunate in his misfortune. There is nothing, no one is alive, no corpse is dead, which is even more worrying.

The defeat of Bai Dengshan was deliberately concealed by the high-level officials in Dingzhou. The ordinary people in Dingzhou did not know the details. In the city, the festive atmosphere of the upcoming festival has not diminished at all, but it has become more lively because of Guo Shanfeng's victory.

In Dingzhou Marshal's Mansion, however, the atmosphere was extremely heavy. The failure this time caused the Dingzhou Army's elite cavalry to basically lose. Not less than Dingzhou, but for Dingzhou, it is basically hurting.The loss of the special personal guard battalion made the military system headed by Shang Haibo even more heartbroken. These people are basically the future grassroots officers of the Dingzhou Army. Losing these people, it can be said that the combat effectiveness of the reorganized Dingzhou Army will decline. a notch.

"Bayar's unification of the grassland has been basically realized. It will not take more than a year for him to integrate the power of the grassland. It is expected that in the summer and autumn of next year, the grassland barbarian army will initially form combat effectiveness and put pressure on Dingzhou. Therefore, we need to rectify the armament and reorganize the Cyclone Camp. The guard battalion is imminent." Shang Haibo said.

Lu Yiming continued: "The prefecture will do its best to support it financially. At the same time, the prefecture will mobilize the entire prefecture to enter the reserve training. All government affairs systems will fully operate around the decisive battle in the next two years."

"Horses, war horses!" Shang Haibo emphasized: "We lost three cavalry battalions and [-] war horses. Such a big hole will become a shortcoming for us to fight against the barbarians. We must do everything possible to get war horses. We in Dingzhou can't gather so many war horses at once."

"That's right, Mr. Shang, war horses are a very important issue. We can quickly recruit suitable fighters, but horses are a big problem. Ask for help from the Li family in Yizhou and the emperor. How many horses can they give us? How many horses do you need? Another one is to pay for it, buy it from those aristocratic families, buy as many as you can."

Li Qing nodded and said: "Also, from now on, the Craftsman Camp, the Yiling Iron Mine must be fully operational to produce more iron and forge more sophisticated weapons. Since the quality of our soldiers has declined, Then, we must upgrade our equipment to a higher level and use our excellent weapons to make up for this loss. Mr. Shang, give Ren Ruyun and Xu Xiaodao of the Craftsman Camp an order to reward them for their excellent skills in fine iron, chariots, and hundreds of shots. They have made great achievements in the improvement of crossbows, and they are required to manufacture a thousand crossbows with hundreds of vehicles before the beginning of next summer. There are [-] first-grade bows, [-] crossbows, [-] large trebuchets, and [-] armor-piercing arrows. Thousands."

"Yes, Commander." Shang Haibo stood up awe-inspiringly. Although time is tight, all this must be completed before the beginning of next summer. Presumably, the battle between the grassland and Dingzhou will begin by then.

"Mountain Wind!"

"The end is here!" Guo Shanfeng stood up abruptly and said loudly.

"A year ago, after your mountain-moving division completed training in Dingzhou, it immediately returned to Fuzhou, preparing for a large-scale westward journey next spring. Deng Peng's navy has initially formed a large-scale transportation capacity."

"Yes!" Excitement appeared on Guo Shanfeng's face. After crossing to the west, he will become the main commander of the attack from behind the barbarians, and his status will be greatly improved.

"After returning to Fuzhou, we must cooperate closely with Deng Peng and let the soldiers train more, so as not to suffer from the wind and waves at sea and cause a decline in combat power."

"I will understand in the end." Guo Shanfeng nodded.

Li Qing stood up and said: "The defeat of Bai Dengshan has a lot to do with my careless underestimation of the enemy and rash advances. In order to punish and remind myself not to make similar mistakes in the future, I decided not to reorganize the guard camp. Hang the flag of the Guards Battalion into the Hall of Heroes."

Everyone in the room was startled, and they all stood up, "Commander!" Li Qing raised his hand, resolutely stopped everyone's persuasion, and said, "I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say more."

"While canceling the Guards Battalion, the Changsheng Battalion will be rebuilt based on the special brigade and the surviving soldiers from the Guards Battalion. Since General Lu Dabing's life and death are uncertain, Wang Yan will be appointed as the deputy general of the Changsheng Battalion temporarily." Li Qingdao.

Shang Haibo heaved a sigh of relief. Since Changsheng Battalion was expanded into an army, this battalion has not been rebuilt. The main reason is that this battalion is the foundation of the commander. No one is qualified to command this battalion except the commander. The flag of the battalion was hung in the Marshal's Mansion as a symbol of the Dingzhou Army. The abolition of the Guards Battalion and the reconstruction of the Changsheng Battalion can boost morale and remind all the old people in Dingzhou to remember the difficult years. Now that the ever-victorious battalion was able to win all the way back then, the current ever-victorious army will achieve even greater victories.

"This big defeat, there is another main reason that the commander-in-chief did not mention, and that is a serious mistake in the intelligence work!" Shang Haibo's tone was sharp, "It is precisely because of the intelligence collection and analysis mistakes that the commander-in-chief's government was given Wrong judgment, which led to Baidengshan's defeat, I think the Statistics and Investigation Department should be responsible for this."

Qingfeng's eyes flickered, but he had nothing to say, and immediately stood up, "The Department of Statistics and Investigation is willing to take responsibility for this matter, and I ask the commander to punish him."

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Qingfeng, and pondered in his heart. It is an indisputable fact in Dingzhou that Qingfeng's power is too great, and he learned from Jiyue that Qingfeng actually intends to have a relationship with an important general in the army. This made Li Qing a little shocked. Fortunately, Jiyue is a very assertive woman, and she rejected Qingfeng outright, otherwise it would become a fact, and she really didn't know what to do.This time the Statistical Investigation Department has made such a big revelation, and I can justly use this matter to reduce some of Qingfeng's power. This is also to protect Qingfeng. Otherwise, Qingfeng will inevitably become more and more slippery on the road to power The farther he went, until it got out of hand, and the conflict between him and his other important generals would become deeper and deeper.

Qingfeng is his own woman, and he can't let her end in the end.Li Qing thought.

"The Statistics and Investigation Department is in charge of all the intelligence work in Dingzhou. The workload is beyond everyone's imagination. This is the major mistake. I mean, from now on, the Statistics and Investigation Department will only be responsible for politics, diplomacy, A series of affairs, such as business affairs and inside information, are listed separately in the military, and a military intelligence investigation department is established to be responsible for military affairs. What do you think? Qingfeng, can you talk about it first?"

Li Qing looked at Qingfeng.

Qingfeng bit her lip, and after several changes in her expression, she finally nodded and said: "I am willing."

Li Qing nodded in satisfaction, and Shang Haibo also said in satisfaction: "I have no objection." Everyone else also agreed one by one.

Seeing that there was no disagreement among the people, Li Qing said, "That's the case, do you agree on the candidate for the director of the Military Investigation Department? This position is extremely important, and it must not be ignored!"

Everyone knew that the matter was of great importance, and they were all thinking hard in their minds. Shang Haibo suddenly spoke and named one person, which made people stunned.Especially Qingfeng's complexion changed drastically, and her pretty face suddenly turned livid.

(End of this chapter)