"General・・・・・・ it will be difficult for the general to take on this great task." When Song Hai heard that he had been promoted to a ranger general, he immediately refused. Because of him, an ordinary person who has been a soldier for more than a year, it is unprecedented for him to be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a captain, and now Qiu Sheng has once again promoted him to a ranger general, which makes Song Hai feel pressure.

"Song Hai, don't shirk. I have seen your performance for more than a year, and the guerrilla army was also created by you with my help, and no one is more suitable for this position than you. Qiu Sheng slowly expressed the worries in his heart.

"The guerrilla army is my painstaking work, and at the beginning, the generals in the army deeply felt that the guerrilla army's tactics were not the tradition of the country, and they attacked and disturbed the enemy by sneak attack, disturbed and did not meet the enemy head-on, and they despised it, but it was the guerrilla army's several actions that saved us the losses of frontal defeat. I hope that the guerrilla army can continue to develop in the long run, and I don't want to be dismantled by my successor after I return to Beijing and be cut down. You have to keep it for me. ”

Qiu Sheng's sentence of "keep it" made Song Hai silent, and he didn't know at this time that his fate would be firmly tied to Qiu Sheng.

Outside the big tent, other generals arrived one after another, Qiu Sheng summoned them into the tent one by one to talk, and finally everyone gathered in the big tent, and the generals stood in two lines. Qiu Sheng solemnly read the holy decree in front of them and said, "Summoning everyone here is to say goodbye to you. The Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Prince Regent have ordered me to return to Beijing to report on my work, and I may not be able to return for a while, so I would like to take this opportunity to explain many matters to you. ”

"Listen to the general." The generals replied.

After Qiu Sheng encouraged the generals present, he announced a personnel deployment before he left.

"Huaihua General Yi Ting is out of the ranks, I order you to act as a general during my return to Beijing to report on work, and the governor-general of the army is a big and small affairs, and you must work together to help General Yi Ting deal with military affairs."

"Huaihua General Yi Ting obeyed orders." Yi Ting out of the ranks, as a move.

"General Mingwei Wang Lang listened to the order and ordered you to be the chief inspector of the camps everywhere, strengthen the night camp patrol, and strictly prevent the surprise attack of the Mumu State troops from sneaking up on the camp at night."

"General Mingwei Wang Lang obeys the order." Wang Lang came out of the queue and made a move.

"Where is Tu Zhen in Guide Zhonglang?" Qiu Sheng scanned the queue with his eyes.

"The end will be here." Tu Zhen came out of the queue at the end of the queue and made a move.

"Why are you standing so far away, come forward? I have appointed you as the general army grain officer, responsible for the collection, storage and transportation of grain and grass in the army. Winter is coming, remember to ensure forage for military horses. ”

"The last will obey." Tu Zhen retreated. At this time, Qiu Sheng's eyes swept towards Song Hai, his gaze became resolute, and he said, "Guerrilla Captain Song Hai listens to the order. ”

"The end will be." Song Hai replied without hesitation.

"Order you to be a ranger general from now on, commanding the five tiger guerrilla armies, responsible for the guerrilla army's assault and sneak attack operations, and directly obey the command of Huaihua General Yi Ting." Qiu Sheng's appointment came as a surprise to most of the people present, and it was not uncommon for a guerrilla lieutenant to be promoted to a general in the past. Everyone looked at each other, and Yi Ting was about to say something, but Qiu Sheng stopped him. "I know that everyone has concerns in their hearts, but the effect of guerrilla warfare is obvious to all, and Song Hai, as my right and left arm when I founded the guerrilla army, knows the guerrilla army very well. I think that the guerrilla army of the whole army should be more effective if it is under his command. Needless to say. "Hearing Qiu Sheng say this, everyone has nothing to say, just obey orders.

"Song Hai, did you hear my order?"

"The last general will definitely live up to his mission." The answer was sonorous and powerful.

"Xuanjie Lieutenants Guo Yan and Fei Yu, order you two to be Lieutenants of Zhiguo, and help him command the Five Tiger guerrilla armies around the ranger general Song Hai."

"The last will obey." The two said in unison.

After speaking, Qiu Sheng looked at the generals of the Northern Expedition under his tent, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

"Employing people is used first, and only then can there be a degree of employment. I hope that you will be kind to your sergeants in the future, and do not beat and scold. There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people. For the emperor to recover his homeland. ”

"We will live up to our mission and restore our homeland for our emperor." The generals knelt down on one knee and replied in unison.

This was the end of the meeting in the tent, and the generals returned to their camps. Qiu Sheng sat in the tent, watched them leave, and then left the camp by himself and returned to Beijing to report on his work. It's not so much a debriefing, but a self-throwing trap, waiting to be stripped of military power by the regent, stripped of his title, and put in prison.

Things are stricter than the soldiers on the front line imagined. Yi Ting and others knew that the reward of the holy decree was only a superficial appeasement, and Qiu Sheng would be stripped of his military power and discarded when he returned to Beijing, because the front-line combat had no achievements, which was Qiu Sheng's responsibility, but his life was worry-free, after all, Qiu Sheng was still the regent's person, and he was afraid that he would not be able to convince the public. Yes, Yi Ting's conjecture was reasonable, if it was based on this holy decree alone, Qiu Sheng would also think the same, however, with a secret letter that came after the holy decree, his illusions were completely shattered.

"The King Wants to Kill Him"

A secret letter of only four words made Qiu Sheng, the general who commanded thousands of troops, break out in a cold sweat. At that moment, the fear in his heart made him want to run away and flee to the ends of the earth, but even if he did, the reggent's talon would find him and torture him to death. Fear did not make Qiu Sheng dizzy, and he chose to return to Beijing to show his will to the regent, only seeking a quick death.

It was dawn, the fog in the air was dispelled by the sun, and the sound of soldiers reverberating in the valley. Qiu Sheng had nothing to prepare, no guards.

Leave a seal, take off the armor, one man and one horse, and ride alone for thousands of miles.

The official road is directly connected to the ferry to the capital - Pukou Ferry, the official road is very wide, there were no cars and horses and pedestrians in the past, Qiu Sheng rode a horse and walked, feeling the feeling of freedom brought to him by the breeze and sunshine, because he knew that after returning to Beijing, these would become luxuries, and the people in the eightfold prison did not need these.

"The general stays, the general ・・・・・・" The sound of horses' hooves and shouts from behind him made Qiu Sheng look back, only to see soldiers in armor chasing after him. This is none other than Song Hai, who has just been promoted to Ranger General by him. Qiu Sheng led the horse back and jumped off the horse.

"Song Hai, what's the matter with chasing me here?" Qiu Sheng looked at Song Hai who came in a hurry and asked.

"General, the last general wants to give you another ride."

"Why bother, you should have something more important to do."

"If I don't send the general, I will regret it in my life."

"Since you're so insistent, get on a horse and give me a ride!"

"Yes."

"It was like going back to a little over a year ago, when we first met. Song Hai, you really saved my life that time! ”

"I was also by mistake at that time, and I strayed into the enemy formation, so I was fortunate to get acquainted with the general."