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The briquette stove for boiling the medicinal soup is burning vigorously at the moment, and the red flames have burned through the heat-insulating mud inside, and the red is glamorous and dazzling.

God knows how the iron mallet endured this, and he actually smiled and pinched out two red-hot briquettes from the hearth, and spun them back and forth in the palm of his hand.

This is not the kind of rotation that is hot to grasp, but a little bit of rotation like a ball of iron.

"Huh...... I haven't been to Sijiu City, but I heard that the princes and ministers over there like to play these two, the iron ball in Baoding, and the walnuts in western Beijing are all of the best ......."

"Today, we don't play walnuts or iron balls, we play briquettes...... Hehehe...... Brother, you also pinch two, let's see who has the longest time, dare to bet on it......"

Shen Heigou took two steps back in fright, "You, you...... Are you crazy? Or don't you know it hurts!"

How could it not hurt, the soybean-sized beads of sweat on the forehead of the iron mallet rolled down like rain, but he just calmed himself with a ruthless force, and he must not lose this momentum.

"Bet! or not!"

"Down? or admit defeat?"

The whole right arm of the iron mallet was shivering with pain, but he was still holding back the two burning briquettes, the air was full of the smell of burnt flesh, and the sound of burning flesh in his ears was like a poisonous snake crawling on your neck.

Where have these people seen this kind of posture, they are all frightened, how can they say that everyone is also a soldier, how can they learn the way of bandits to grab land and negotiate.

But not to mention that this kind of move is ruthless enough, and it calmed everyone down at once, especially Shen Heigou's subordinates, a few young ones almost fainted.

"Why! Why are you! What the hell is going on?" Shen Heigou was so anxious that he was about to cry.

The mallet endured the pain and said, "I...... What am I...... You should be well aware...... Don't ask, I'll just tell you one thing, I'm saving the lives of all of you!"

Shen Heigou couldn't hold the field anymore, he slapped the right hand of the iron mallet and hit the black smoking briquettes on the ground, and then pressed his hand into the water tank, and at that moment people seemed to hear the sound of stabbing.

Lowering his voice, Shen Heigou asked, "Brother, tell me the truth, what's going on? You are not such a ruthless person on weekdays!"

"Huh...... If I don't come to run this trip in person, I'm afraid that if I see you, I will be directly a cavalry, and the group of god-killing gods who have killed the Rakshasa ghosts will not reason with you, I don't want you to die here!"

"Let's go, listen to me, hurry back to Yitong, you don't have to waste it...... As far as I know, General Sheng Jing has not given you a clear order so far, and I heard from the people above that the imperial court has now lost its claws, and it doesn't know how to deal with our General Hunchun......"

"To tell the truth, even if the cavalry on the opposite side fires you, as long as you don't take the initiative to attack Yitong City, you will die in vain!"

Hiss...... Shen Heigou immediately understood, if the imperial court chose to appease Hunchun, then he really didn't dare to provoke the other party openly, as long as Hunchun didn't pull the flag and said independence, as long as he still paid food to the imperial court and nominally listened to the orders of the imperial court, as long as he attacked the city without knowing the fire, then the imperial court would not aggravate the situation.

What is it if one or two sentinels die, this kind of trivial matter and blood will be swallowed, has the court endured less anger over the years?

"Thank you, brother, I'm withdrawing, I'm withdrawing...... But you have to tell me, will you fight the city of Iton?"

"Damn, you have something wrong with your brain! Is Hunchun a rebel? Let me tell you clearly, if it weren't for the secret decree of the Lord of Long Life, would you really dare to detain Tepuxin?"

"From the beginning to the end, it was not a rebellion, Hunchun put it bluntly, it was to grab land for the emperor! What we want is this bridge, what do we want in Yitong City?"

Shen Heigou didn't say a word, he didn't even want any ordnance, and withdrew to Yitong City with his men, and he scolded in his heart, "A group of kings and eight calves! You officials have not decided whether to fight or not, so you want Lao Tzu to die? Grandma...... I'm not going!"

But it's not a matter to go back like this, you have to find an excuse to prevaricate, thinking that in the end, Shen Heigou gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, clenched his fist and punched the bridge of his nose.

The nosebleeds sprayed wildly, and the soldiers around him were shocked, "Boss, what are you doing here?"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and beat me two more punches, and after turning back into the city, it was said that the cavalry on the opposite side was beaten, and we didn't receive the order to open fire, so we didn't dare to resist desperately, and finally we were outnumbered and retreated......"

"Give me a unified voice for Lao Tzu! We are absolutely not allowed to say that we withdrew it ourselves, we must say that there was a fight, and it was a ruthless fight!"

Only then did people suddenly realize that a few little soldiers smashed Shen Heigou with their fists, but after thinking about it, it was not enough for the chief to be full of bags, and the hundreds of people under his command could not be said to have fine skin and tender meat.

"Let's fight!" shouted the crowd, and the soldiers beat each other on the post road.

Good fellow, this frightened the common people, and they fled into the woods with a snort, and said what was the matter? What kind of forage did they eat and not digest it, or did they have horse dung stuffed their brains?

What happened to the Qing Dynasty?

This farce under Yitong City was not isolated, and Hunchun chose an aggressive offensive before the imperial court could react.

It's not really to attack, he is at the junction of the three provinces, at the important post road checkpoint, which is actually to exert pressure on the imperial court.

An important bridge, a mountain pass where two mountains intersect, and a local commanding height on the edge of a post road...... All the advantageous geographical positions that could be used in the war were occupied by Hunchun's soldiers.

This is not a precursor to an attack, just like a tiger about to descend the mountain, ready to accumulate potential energy, so that the entire Shengjing is completely surrounded by a terrifying atmosphere.

This is also an expression of determination and uncompromising will to the imperial court.

The house slaves of the fifth master Yi Cheng soon received urgent military information from all over the country, and they did not dare to snub these slaves to quickly send a report to Beijing City, not to mention that Yi Cheng actually had his own set of telegram codes in his hand.

These telegrams were hidden in the messages of the big merchants and sneaked into the Jingshi, and eventually flew into the private residence of the Rouge Tiger, which was the secret stronghold of the fifth master.

These days, Li Tuo and Yang Zhi are discussing the countermeasures of the court situation with the prince, and when the two of them saw this latest information, they actually said in unison.

"Lord Wang! Hurry up and expand the army, and prepare for a big change in the coming days! This Hunchun is determined not to enter Beijing! The second set of tactics of the imperial court is completely out of order!"