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"Lord Qiqi Qincha, just now there are more than ten military attaches who broke into the camp of the Chinese army, all of them are from Qi Bin's new army, clamoring to see Lord Qincha, but these military attaches are not of high rank, most of them are only 100 households, chief flag officers and other positions, originally they were not qualified to meet with Lord Qincha, so the guards outside the tent stopped them, who would have thought that these people would draw their swords to meet each other without saying a word...... Now that they have been surrounded and controlled by the guards, what should be done is up to Lord Qincha to decide! ”

When the guards entered the tent to report the news, Zhao Junchen was discussing with Zhou Bo about the reward for military merit.

Zhou Bo has always been responsible for rewards and punishments for merit and demerits in the army, and he also has a good impression of Qi Bin, and after hearing the news that a large number of military attaches from Qi Bin's new army broke into the handsome tent, his face suddenly changed slightly.

Without waiting for Zhao Junchen to open his mouth, Zhou Bo reprimanded loudly: "How did Qi Bin control the military attachés under his command? Even if there is a real emergency, or if you are wronged, how can you break into the barracks? ”

Zhou Bo's remarks seemed to be a reprimand for Qi Bin's lax majesty, but in fact they meant to defend and excuse themselves, but they turned the charge of Qi Bin's new army military attachés "breaking into the marshal's tent" into "breaking into the barracks", and the crime was immediately reduced a lot, and it also gave these military attachés a reason for "being in a hurry and being wronged" for their reckless behavior.

After expressing his position, Zhou Bo turned his head and persuaded Zhao Junchen: "Lord Qincha, as far as the lower officials know, this Qi Bin New Army has always been strict and forbidden since it became an army, and it is far more disciplined than ordinary border troops, they are anxious to see you this time, there must be something important, you should summon them to ask, it can be regarded as a chance to give them an explanation." ”

Zhao Junchen glanced at Zhou Bo, and naturally understood Zhou Bo's careful thoughts, but he didn't debunk it, just nodded and said: "Since Lord Zhou said so, give them a chance to explain, pass the order, surrender the weapons of those military attachés, and escort them into the tent to see me." ”

In fact, Zhao Junchen had long expected that there would be the current situation, and he left Zhou Bo in the tent to discuss the matter of military merit rewards and punishments, also because Zhou Bo's reputation for uprightness was widely known, and if Zhou Bo was a witness to the next matter, it would be convincing to spread it afterwards.

With Zhao Junchen's order, more than ten officers were soon escorted into the tent.

As reported before, these military attaches are all not very old and their official positions are not high, most of them are only twenty or thirty years old, and they are only low-level military attaches such as hundreds of households and general flag officers, but there is not a single military attache with more than 1,000 households.

Among this group of young military attachés, the leader is a general flag officer, but he is in his early teens, with fair skin, slender figure, and a faint resemblance to Zhao Junchen.

After Zhao Junchen looked at this person carefully, he asked, "Who are you?" Why did you break into the camp of the Chinese army? Why didn't Qi Bin restrain you? Didn't he teach you the rules of the army? ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, the young flag officer led by him had red eyes, and after kowtowing heavily to Zhao Junchen, he sobbed and said, "Lord Qiqi Qincha...... General Qi, General Qi...... Dead in battle! ”

As this person's words fell, both Zhao Junchen and Zhou Bo's faces changed greatly.

Zhou Bo asked in shock: "Qi Bin died in battle?" How can it be? Why wasn't this mentioned in the previous war report? ”

The chief flag officer lowered his head and replied: "Back to this adult's words, at that time, the Dzungar cavalry attacked the north bank defense line of our army, and General Qi took the lead, charging ahead, leading the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, and when the Dzungar cavalry was completely defeated by our army, General Qi suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground, we were naturally deeply shocked, and hurriedly checked the body for General Qi, only to find that General Qi's left arm was scratched by a stray arrow during the battle, if it was only a stray arrow scratch, it was just a trivial matter, but General Qi's wound was swollen, The blood that flowed out was also black and purple, obviously poisonous...... In the end, General Qi couldn't save him, so he died young...... By the time General Qi passed away, the good news from the front had already been sent, so there was no news of General Qi's death......"

Speaking of the back, the young flag officer was already crying.

Zhou Bo's expression was angry, and he reprimanded angrily: "The Dzungar Tartars are so vicious, the two armies are fighting against each other, and they dare to hurt people with poisonous arrows!" ”

After finishing speaking, Zhou Bo sighed again and again, and said, "It's a pity! What a pity! I have always been very optimistic about Qi Bin, and I feel that although this person is young, he is already a noble character, a good manager of the army, and he is valued by Liang Gelao, and he must have a bright future in the future, who would have thought ...... Alas! It was obviously a great victory that had not been seen in a century, but Qi Bin died in battle! ”

On the other hand, since hearing the news of Qi Bin's death, Zhao Junchen has always had a complicated expression and is silent.

At this time, after hearing Zhou Bo's sigh, Zhao Junchen slowly raised his head and asked, "Lord Zhou, do you know that Qi Bin is married and has children?" Who else is in the family? ”

Zhou Bo thought for a while and replied: "As far as the lower officials know, Qi Bin has a wife, Zhou, an old mother, and a three-year-old child. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and said slowly: "Qi Bin's death is indeed a pity...... Although I did not have a good relationship with him, I also valued his ability and conduct, and I thought that I would reuse and promote him after the war...... In the future, I will definitely focus on Qi Bin's exploits, Qi Bin is the highest military attache of our army who died in this battle, I believe that the imperial court will give him enough honor, his mother, wife and children, and clansmen, will also be taken care of by me, and from now on he will definitely have no worries about food and clothing. ”

Zhou Bo was in a bad mood, so he just nodded and said, "Lord Qincha really has a heart." ”

After Zhao Junchen was silent for a moment again, his expression also regained solemnity, and he raised his eyes and asked the chief flag officer: "Qi Bin died in battle, this is indeed not a trivial matter, but is this the reason why you rushed into the Chinese army camp?" ”

The chief flag officer raised his head, his expression was quite hideous and angry, and said: "Lord Qincha, we broke into the camp not just for the death of General Qi Bin in battle, but to intercede for our colleagues in the army!"

If the two armies fight in a dignified and upright manner, even if General Qi dies in battle, the soldiers of our army will not say anything, they can only blame themselves for not protecting the main general, but the Dzungar Tatars are using poisonous arrows to harm people, but how can they endure it? General Qi has always loved soldiers like a son, and won the support of the army, so after learning the news that General Qi died because of a poisoned arrow, all the officers and men of our army were angry, at that time our army was cleaning the battlefield and detaining prisoners, many soldiers were angry in their hearts, and they couldn't help but kill some surrendered Dzungar Tatars, which also caused some commotion......

…… In the end, the general army of Fang Zhenshan suddenly appeared, declaring that Lord Qincha had a strict order not to kill prisoners, not only to prevent our army from killing prisoners to vent their anger, but also because several military attachés of our army were slightly contradicted by a few words in anger, so they dismissed and imprisoned all the military attaches of more than 1,000 households in our army, saying that it was a serious crime that was unforgivable and would be severely punished......

I also hope that Lord Qincha will know that our army has always stayed on the north bank to fight, and we did not know in advance Lord Qincha's order that you are not allowed to kill prisoners, and it is excusable to kill prisoners after the war, and it is not a deliberate violation of your military orders, even if it is wrong, we should never remove all the high-ranking military attaches in the army and detain them,...... I also hope that Lord Qincha will be merciful, for the sake of General Qi Bin, who died in battle, and forgive the crimes of those generals of our army! Otherwise, a new army that Qi Bin managed to form with great difficulty would be disintegrated and dispersed from now on."

After hearing the chief flag officer's explanation, Zhao Junchen was still expressionless, while Zhou Bo looked hesitant.

Zhao Junchen's order not to kill prisoners, he naturally knew it, and he understood that Zhao Junchen left this batch of prisoners for the future, not to mention that the generals in the army did not obey the military order has always been the most disgusting thing in Zhou Bo's heart, Zhou Bo also suggested that Zhao Junchen severely punish the military attaché in the army not long ago because of this situation, so from the perspective of principle and position, Zhou Bo should support Fang Zhenshan's decision.

At the same time, Zhou Bo had a good sense of Qi Bin and Qi Bin's new army, and felt that Qi Bin's new army made a mistake this time, but he felt that Fang Zhenshan's decision was a little unkind.

In the end, Zhou Bo was in a conflicted mood, but he handed over the decision to Zhao Junchen, and said: "Lord Qincha, you did have a strict order not to allow the army to kill prisoners, but Qi Bin's new army's approach can be regarded as excusable. ”

Zhao Junchen sighed softly and said, "This chief flag officer, what is your name?" Where? ”

The chief flag officer raised his head and replied: "The villain's name is Li He, a person from Yiwu. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, and then said: "What you just said is also reasonable, Qi Bin's new army is separated on the north bank of Weishui, and he did not receive the military order that Ben Qin was not allowed to kill prisoners in time, and it is not considered to have intentionally violated the military order, because of Qi Bin's death, your actions can be regarded as momentary anger and extenuating circumstances, and there is really no need to punish them severely...... But in any case, after all, it was a private suicide prisoner, and there is still some culpability...... In this way, all the military attaches of Qi Bin's new army, because they indulged in the killing of prisoners and corrupted military discipline, were demoted by two levels and placed on probation for the time being...... Alas, Qi Bin's new army is indeed a rare strong army, and Ben Qincha is not willing to let this army disperse like this! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's decision, several military attachés of Qi Bin's new army immediately cheered loudly.

However, in the next moment, Zhao Junchen's expression became more serious, and he said: "The matter of killing the prisoner has been revealed like this, but your crime of breaking into the handsome tent has not been revealed yet!" You committed suicide privately, and it can be said that you don't know the military order and are angry for a while, but don't you know the seriousness of breaking into the commander's tent? If there is really a grievance, it can be conveyed to Ben Qincha through normal channels, so why recklessly rush into the Chinese army camp, forcibly break into the commander's tent, or even draw a knife with the guards outside the tent? If this kind of behavior is revealed, how will the army be governed from now on? Go ahead! Which of you proposed to take the lead in this camp? ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen's statement was so serious, these military attaches of Qi Bin's new army immediately stopped cheering, and their faces showed panic, and no one dared to speak for a while.

At this time, Li He took all the responsibility on himself and said: "Lord Qincha, this matter is all caused by me, and it has nothing to do with my comrades, I proposed it!" I'm the one who takes the lead! Please punish me alone, Lord Chincha! ”

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