After Li Huajing's men withdrew, Erhu's personal soldiers came back and took Erhu's body away along with his horses, spears, bows and arrows, and came to see Lin Yi after crossing the river.

Lin Yi and all the generals were immersed in the joy of victory, and after such a big victory, the reward order of the imperial court had not yet come down, Lin Yi planned to be busy with the post-war matters in front of him, and he was ready to reward the soldiers, and if he didn't reward the soldiers if he won the battle, how could he do it? I didn't expect something like this to happen.

Zhang Hua saw the corpse of the second tiger and cried incessantly. Although the two of them are always bickering, their comrades-in-arms for so many years have shared life and death together, and they are like brothers and sisters, and now they are separated by yin and yang. Erhu did not die on the battlefield, but was subjected to such a poisonous hand, which was difficult to accept for a while.

Xiaoying, Wang Qideng also knew what was going on, and everyone blew up one after another, shouting to avenge Erhu and others.

"Li Huajing, I, Lin Yi, swear to kill this thief!" Lin Yi looked at the corpse of the second tiger and said with great pain.

Two generals were killed in succession, and Lin Yi was in pain. He Tao died on the battlefield of suppressing thieves, and he can be regarded as loyal to the country. What he couldn't tolerate in particular was the death of the two tigers, who died at the hands of two brutes because of this incident.

Lin Yi and the relationship between the two of them are like brothers, before the crossing, He Tao and Erhu and Zhang Hua and Wang Qi are all comrades-in-arms of the same team as Wang Jian. After Lin Yi crossed over, he went to the Sanchakou Guardhouse, and later killed the Tartars and the thieves together. Especially in the past few years, as Lin Yi's bodyguard. has always been loyal to Lin Yi, no matter whether Lin Yi is with the Tartars, with the thieves, or with Yang Sichang and the factory guards of the imperial court, these people have always been inseparable from Lin Yi, pointing wherever they fight.

Now that the second tiger has left Lin Yi and the others like this and slept underground, it is unbearable.

In addition, for Liu Zeqing and Li Huajing, of course Lin Yi knows what these two guys have changed, and the rest is aside, as far as this matter is concerned, don't say that Erhu is his deputy commander, the commander of the first combat battalion, and he is a pawn in the army, Lin Yi will never tolerate this matter.

Therefore, Lin Yi immediately ordered Zu Keyong to mobilize troops and horses, and Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan acted immediately and aimed all artillery fire at Liu Zeqing's company camp on the south bank of the Baishui River.

Lin Yi personally took his guard battalion and standard battalion with three or four thousand men and horses, and Chen Bing was on the north bank of the Baishui River, naming and asking Liu Zeqing to come out and reply, and within half an hour, if he didn't see Liu Zeqing's response, he would open fire and lead the army to kill him.

This is tantamount to giving Liu Zeqing a military ultimatum.

Such a big thing happened, of course Liu Zeqing knows it now. After learning the details of the incident from Li Huajing, he also took the case.

"Damn, what does his surname Lin want to do? Do you think Lao Tzu is afraid that you won't succeed? Assemble your team and get ready for battle! ”

Don't look at him and Lin Yi are both chief soldiers, but the chief soldier is different from the chief soldier. Lin Yi is the general soldier of Miyun, Miyun belongs to the city of the state capital, one level higher than the county seat, but one level lower than the provincial capital. In other words, Lin Yi's general soldier is a town general, similar to Baoding's general soldier Hu David.

is different from Liu Zeqing, he belongs to the general army of the provincial capital, just like Li Guoqi, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, and Zhu Dadian, the chief soldier of Nanjing, they are all at the same official level.

And Liu Zeqing is now the emperor's celebrity, whether it is a lie to report ten or ten, or to deceive the upper and lower to make something out of nothing, in general, the imperial court has issued him a lot of honorary certificates, at least a few more than Lin Yi's, and now Liu Zeqing is still the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet and the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, is one of the main forces relied on.

The official level crushed people to death, especially in that feudal era, not to mention that Liu Zeqing's light was several times larger than Lin Yi's. He was not convinced by Lin Yi for a long time, but now that this incident happened, he was growing maggots without holes, and he could be regarded as having found a hole.

In addition, Liu Zeqing is not a fool, in terms of strength, he is by no means inferior to Lin Yi.

This time, he brought exactly 20,000 soldiers and horses, from various guards in the prefecture, city, and county, and the soldiers and generals who could fight in the entire Shandong Province, all of which were drawn by him. Along the way, there were several battles with the thieves, and there were three or four thousand casualties, and now there are more than 16,000 people who can go to war.

In addition, Liu Zeqing also had more than a dozen red-coated cannons and thousands of firecrackers in his hands. It's just that his little firearm is nothing compared to Lin Yi's. Lin Yi has accumulated nearly 100 cannons over the years, and this time the thieves brought 60 cannons.

The army of the Ming Dynasty has used firearms on a large scale, and Chongzhen has cast tens of thousands of red-coated cannons in recent years, equipped with various troops, and there are even more firearms, overall, the average can reach more than 20%. Specifically, the Praetorian Guards in Beijing have more firearms, while other local troops have relatively fewer firearms.

Therefore, Liu Zeqing, who was born in the army and has a rough temperament, is not afraid of coming to the army. In addition, he is unwilling to pretend, and there is one more point. That is, Zhu Dadian's Nanjing soldiers and Tiger David's Baoding soldiers are watching from the side.

If he softened in front of Lin Yi at this time, he was afraid that Zhu Dadian and Hu David would laugh at him for being a pus, how could he mix in front of people in the future?

So soon his redcoat cannon was also thrown on the south bank. Musketeers and archers, daggers, spearmen, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are displayed on the south bank.

The smell of gunpowder on both sides of the Baishui River is relatively strong, and the war is about to break out.

I heard that Lin Yi personally put on his armor and asked him to reply by name on the bank of the Baishui River, and Liu Zeqing, who was dressed all over his body, also appeared on the bank of the Baishui River.

Across the Baishui River, the two chief officers were only one hundred and forty or fifty meters apart at this time, which was just outside the range of ordinary bows and arrows, but not too far, within the range of firearms and cannons, and both sides could hear the loud shouts clearly.

"Lord Lin, under Liu Zeqing, why is he so excited?" Liu Zeqing smiled coldly and shouted to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi snorted with his nostrils and said, "Mr. Liu is asking knowingly, didn't that Li Huajing under your command tell you?" The person who robbed me and killed me, I have to give an explanation for this! ”

At this time, Li Huajing was standing next to Liu Zeqing, also fully armed, with two spirit monkeys in the black pocket behind him, probing his brain, and at this time, like its owner, his face was proud.

Liu Zeqing smiled: "Hehehe, Lord Lin, I just heard about this matter below, but I thought that the matter came from two sides, and I don't blame one side." They are all soldiers, young and vigorous, and they have a bad temper, and I believe that such a discordant thing is not what I want from my heart. But since the matter has happened, I think that we are both officials of the imperial court, and we should settle the matter and not expand the matter, otherwise it will be difficult to explain in front of the governor or to the emperor, what do you say? ”

Liu Zeqing said softly and hard, and he also played an official tone, pretending to be a gentleman.

"Lin doesn't want to expand the incident, but my brother can't die in vain, blood can't be shed in vain, and my things can't be robbed in vain, this matter can't be thought of, can't be done!"

Li Huajing took over the words, "Lord Lin, it's a little wrong for you to say that. Annihilating Cao Cao, it is true that you Lord Lin have made great contributions, but the three of us, don't we have a little credit? If it weren't for us chasing down the thieves all the way to this point, no matter how great Master Lin's ability is and how brave his soldiers are, how can we have today's victory? You shouldn't have to keep this spoils alone, right? Besides, there were casualties on both sides of this matter, and the one named Erhu was ruthless, wounding several of our soldiers and generals, and stabbing my general to death with a spear, and this was the only time that he was put to death. If Lord Lin wants an explanation, does this matter have to be talked about first? ”

Lin Yi had already noticed this Li Hua Whale, and he was carrying two monkeys behind him, it was very easy to recognize, the second tiger died at the hands of this kid, Lin Yi had already thought about it, no matter what, this kid must be cured to death, otherwise it would be difficult to comfort the spirit of the second tiger in the sky, and it would be difficult to soothe the hearts of those injured soldiers. Now that he heard him speak, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency must be Li Huajing?"

"Lord Lin is really good eyesight, it is Ben who joined the army." Li Huajing raised his neck, raised his chest and raised his head, looking like he did not refuse to come.

"The horizontal length is the mouth, the vertical length is the seam, the mouth is used for talking, the seam is used for sewage discharge, and some can also be used to reproduce offspring and make money, I don't know if Li Senjun's mouth is horizontal or vertical?"

This can make Li Huajing scold, "You dare to insult me? ”

"I'm going to kill you! You are in the company of brutes, you don't speak human words, you don't do things, you don't deserve to live in this world! ”

Liu Zeqing was also impatient, "Lord Lin, what Li Senjun said is right, there are casualties on both sides, and Lord Lin is unrelenting, how do you want to end this matter?" ”

"Three conditions, the first is to slaughter the Li Hua, who eats human food and does not speak human words, to avenge the dead brothers; second, to compensate the injured with 50,000 taels of silver; Thirdly, return all the horses and belongings that have been stolen, not a single hair is missing, and apologize. These three points are indispensable! ”

"The surname is Lin, you have to make inches, you don't know how to lift, and this general soldier won't agree to anything, what can you do?"

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

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