Looking at Shenmu Tuo's figure gradually moving away, Qingcheng recalled this person's superb martial arts, and his frowning brows could not be soothed for a long time. The soldiers on the ship who were stunned by the roar of Shenmu Takuto gradually woke up, and did not see any discomfort, which was enough to see that his trip was indeed not malicious.

However, this is what Qingcheng can't figure out the most. This time, Daqi raised troops to attack, and destroyed the naval forces of Haichuan in one fell swoop, Shenmu Tuo, as the general of Haichuan, has already made a move, but why did he not retreat without a fight, but took the initiative to show goodwill?

"Shenmu Tuo's strength is outstanding, no one in the army of bandits is incomparable, plus I am injured, if he has the heart, it is as easy as probing for the heads of me and Zhenhai Hou, but he didn't do it. He said that he would have the opportunity to consult again in the future, and it was not difficult to see that Haichuan's wolf ambition would never be extinct because of this war. It's just that there is no power to fight at the moment, so you can only keep your head in obscurity. Taku...... Shenmu It's a fierce rival. ”

Qingcheng was a little distracted considering Shenmu Tuo's thoughts, and he came back to his senses after being reminded by Zhenhaihou. Right now, he saw that the base of the Haichuan Naval Division had been razed to the ground by the artillery bombardment of Daqi, and the warships were destroyed everywhere, and there were countless wounded. I have to say that Qingcheng's counterattack this time did successfully achieve its goal, and left a deep impression and indelible pain on Haichuan.

But the war was limited to this, and Qingcheng was unwilling to continue the attack. Therefore, after he was silent for a moment, he said to the Marquis of Zhenhai beside him: "Master Hou, pass on my general order, the army will triumph, and the squad will return to the city." ”

"Okay."

The Marquis of Zhenhai ordered the heralds to pass down the general's order, and although the warships were still unsatisfied, they all obeyed the commander's orders and began to retreat.

"It's a good Duan Qingcheng, it's really a blessing for me to be able to put away his fighting spirit and order a retreat in this situation. If he really let him defeat Haichuan, and then join the Wanli Army with such military exploits, it is conceivable that even Xu Shuai is inferior to him, let alone me. However, the inner ghosts in Linhai City have not appeared until now, and this matter may not be over. I don't know what his plans are for this......"

After receiving Qingcheng's order to withdraw the army, Lin Zheng first sighed, and was even more concerned about the former's joining the Wanli Army. At the same time, Lin Zheng also thought that although the suppression of bandits was over, the inner ghosts in the Great Qi Army had not appeared until now, and Qingcheng did not look like he knew his identity, could it be that this matter would be over? No, he knew very well that at least King Guhong would never give up easily.

"Triumphant! Long live Daqi! ”

The soldiers of Linhai City were pressed and beaten by the Haichuan bandits for four months, and the people were unbearable, and their hearts were already full of resentment. This time, under the leadership of Qingcheng, they finally succeeded in exterminating the invading bandits, and also counterattacked to Haichuan's hometown, severely damaging its military strength, which can be described as very happy. Therefore, the soldiers spontaneously cheered and unabashedly showed the joy in their hearts.

And looking at their appearance, Qingcheng couldn't help but sigh, this battle was finally worthy of the mission, maintained the majesty of Daqi, and also demonstrated the military strength of the Heavenly Empire, and he, the commander, could be regarded as relieved.

"Hey, it's finally over, and I'll be able to relieve my exhaustion when I return to the city. I just don't know how he will write a war report on Prince Mu, and how much war exploits I can share. Dad, the child has finally taken the first step, and he has not embarrassed you, I believe that as long as I work hard in the future, there will be a day when I will be a teacher for the Duan family! ”

At present, Qingcheng has just begun to take charge of itself, and he is not deeply involved in the world, and he thinks that as long as he makes military achievements, he will be rewarded; As long as it continues, there will definitely be a day when the family will be avenged. But I don't know that people's hearts are sinister, how can there be so much justice at all......

Shenmu Tuo, who was standing on the shore and directing the soldiers to save people and put out fires, saw that Qingcheng really kept his word and retreated, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and at the same time thought in his heart: Duan Qingcheng...... See you in the future, I hope you will be stronger than today, then it will be interesting to kill you. Hey, Izumi is dead, and from now on, no one will be able to fight with me, so it's time to consider a plan to 'retreat'.

"General, the fire is difficult to suppress, do you want to send more troops to support?"

Hearing that the soldiers next to him came to report the situation of extinguishing the fire, Shenmu Tuo nodded and said: "You can just look at the matter here, you don't have to force it, and you don't need to report, in short, this place will be handed over to you, what about General Ben, now I am going to meet the emperor......"

At the end, Taku Shenmu smiled meaningfully, and then turned to leave.

Let's go back to Qingcheng. On the way to retreat of the bandit army, Qingcheng was still thinking about Shenmu Tuo. After Zhenhaihou inspected all parts of the ship, he happened to see Qingcheng alone in a daze on the deck. After hesitating for a moment, he walked straight towards Qingcheng.

"Why, I'm not happy after winning the battle, are you still thinking about that Shenmu Tuo?"

Hearing Zhenhai Hou's voice, Qingcheng came back to his senses, clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and then said, "It's hard work, Master Hou." Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, Qingcheng is indeed confused. Thinking that Shenmu Tuo broke into the military camp alone, if he entered a no-man's land, he could have taken off the heads of the two of us and earned some face for Haichuan, but instead of doing that, he took the initiative to show goodwill, and even thought about the pacification after the war, which is really incomprehensible. Winning a battle is a good thing, but winning without knowing it is always difficult to feel at ease. After all, when things go wrong, there must be demons. ”

After listening to Qingcheng's words, Zhenhai Hou chuckled lightly after a moment of silence, and sighed helplessly: "You, Ben Hou knows that you won't stop until you understand everything." But what you said is right, these things are not clear, and they are always a little unreliable. ”

Zhenhaihou revealed a relaxed attitude between his words, which was keenly captured by Qingcheng. After the latter thought about it, it should be that the Marquis of Zhenhai had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, if you say that among the generals of our Great Qi in recent years, in terms of understanding Haichuan alone, Qingcheng estimates that no one can be out of your right." I really don't know much about Haichuan, I think Hou Ye should have some ideas, I don't know if I can teach me? ”

"You, and Ben Hou are still so polite, what's so polite."

Zhenhai Hou glanced at Qingcheng, and then fell silent, and Qingcheng did not disturb his thoughts. After a while, Zhenhai Hou sighed lightly and said, "Hey, Ben Hou does have some clues. In fact, it is also very easy to understand, it is nothing more than the delivery of interests. ”

"Delivery of interests? Who deals with whom? Shenmu Taku and us? ”

Listening to Zhenhaihou's words, Qingcheng was slightly puzzled and couldn't help asking. And Zhenhai Hou knew why he was puzzled, so he explained: "You don't know the situation in Haichuan in recent years, so you have this question. In fact, the powerful position of the Shenmu family in Haichuan has reached the point where the emperor is jealous, especially in the hands of Shenmu Tuo, which is unprecedentedly terrifying. It can even be said that if one day Shenmu Taku wants to rebel, then the emperor of Haichuan will only have to accept his fate. It is precisely for this reason that Emperor Haichuan has continued to promote new talents in recent years, trying to cultivate his own power and consolidate his imperial power. Benhou had thought before that if the Kamizumi brothers were loyal to the emperor, then they should have come to Daqi for the sake of territorial disputes. ”

Qingcheng never thought that Haichuan would dare to have a territorial dispute with Daqi at this stage, so it was inevitable that he would be a little surprised to hear Zhenhaihou say this. And Zhenhaihou looked at him, patted him on the shoulder, and continued to explain.

"You can think that Kamiizumi Shingen is preparing for Haichuan's attack on Daqi one day in the future, which is actually very good. However, Qingcheng, you may not know, in recent years, there has been a saying in Haichuan, it is said that Emperor Haichuan knows that there is no one in the country who can compete with the Shenmu family, so he intends to establish a country overseas, prepare a new army, and a new territory, on the one hand, when the time is ripe, or when the situation changes, there can be soldiers to use, on the other hand, it can be regarded as leaving a way out for himself and his descendants. ”

Listening to the secret mentioned by Zhenhai Hou, Qingcheng suddenly realized and exclaimed: "So that's the case, I understand!" Emperor Haichuan ordered the Kamizumi brothers to attack our Great Qi, on the one hand, to attack the forces of our army's naval divisions, and on the other hand, to 'fight for turf' and prepare for them to establish a new country overseas. And Shenmu Taku naturally knew about this, but because of his identity, he couldn't stop it, so he could only let Shangquan send troops. However, it is not us who hopes for the defeat of Kamizumi the most, it is Shenmu Taku! Because once Kamizumi is defeated, he has no scruples, and the emperor's power has been severely damaged, and his power has been further consolidated, and even if he goes further, he can force the palace to accuse the emperor of being incompetent, incur evil consequences, and even replace him. ”

Qingcheng analyzed Shenmu Tuo's abnormal behavior, Zhenhai Hou nodded deeply after listening, and said: "That's why he is no longer entangled with us, because the defeat of Shangquan was what he wanted, and a hero like him naturally wouldn't care about the tens of thousands of elite soldiers lost by Haichuan, and he wouldn't fight us to the death because of this." What's more, if he continues to fight, he will inevitably have to mobilize his own forces. But if we give up now, we can not only sell our personal favors, but also achieve his goal, so in fact, in the current situation, the biggest winner is him. ”

What Zhenhaihou said was exactly what he thought, and Qingcheng couldn't help but snort coldly. He thought of Shenmu Tuo's undisguised radiant performance at that time, and then thought of this relationship, and he was angry that he couldn't figure it out on the spot, which broke his hypocrisy.

"What a Shenmu Tuo, worthy of being a person who leans over the sea, he is really thoughtful and calculating. I just hate that I didn't figure it out immediately, and I was still worried about whether he would be in trouble, but now that I think about it, he should be afraid that I won't give up, hum. ”

Seeing that Qingcheng fell into a burst of self-blame because of the matter of Shenmu Tuo, Zhenhaihou was silent for a moment, and then opened his mouth to comfort: "You are not deeply involved in the world, and you don't know much about Haichuan, so naturally you can't figure out these things, it's nothing." Okay, it's about to go to Linhai City, you, the commander of the bandit army, should be triumphant, don't look sad, or think about how Prince Mu will reward you, hehe. ”

Qingcheng really doesn't want to worry about this matter anymore, after all, it's over, and remember to have a long mind in the future. And he listened to Zhenhai Hou mention the matter of the reward for his military exploits, and after a moment of silence, he sighed lightly and said, "Master Hou knows about my family's affairs, so Qingcheng doesn't plan to hide it. Indeed, I need merit, I need a reward, so that I can have a chance to avenge myself in front of His Majesty. It's just that under the eaves, how to talk about war merits is all up to Prince Mu to decide. ”

Zhenhaihou understood that Qingcheng was worried about whether King Guhong would reward and punish unfairly, and such a thing was not uncommon in the Great Qi army, so Zhenhaihou understood that Qingcheng was not a mediocre person.

Thinking about what Qingcheng mentioned, Zhenhai Hou pondered for a while, and then opened his mouth to persuade: "Qingcheng, you are Duan Shuai's son, and Benhou regards you as his own nephew, so there is a word of persuasion." No matter how King Guhong determines his achievements this time, if he has the opportunity, it is better to leave early, King Guhong is not the master, and he needs to know that good birds choose trees to perch. ”

Zhenhai Hou was so outspoken, Qingcheng was slightly surprised when he heard it, pondered for a moment, he nodded lightly, and the two of them didn't talk about it anymore. In a short time, Linhai City had already appeared in their sight, and the army was about to triumph.