It was a matter of life and death, and the soldiers worked hard, and the hoes rained down, and after a while, they dug several feet deep, "Stop!" Mingrui's eyes were sharp, and when he saw something stained on a soldier's hoe, he immediately asked people to stop, and he didn't care about getting dirty, snatched the hoe from his hand and gently twisted the soil at the tip of the hoe with his hand, and the joy on his face became stronger and stronger, "General, please look, there is food on the hoe!" ”

"Okay, God help me!" , Zhaohui took the hoe and looked at it carefully for a while, "Keep digging, now there are fewer people, dig lighter, don't waste food!" ”

About two quarters of an hour later, the soldiers dug out two stones of grain from the cellar, and then Mingrui led people to dig pits around to try to find the grain cellar again, and the effort paid off, and there were gains for several days, and finally dug out more than 20 cellars where the locals buried rice grains, and the grain and grass crisis of the Qing army was alleviated; More importantly, affected by this adventure, the morale of the Qing army became more and more high, and they defended for 100 days and came out to harass at night, which made Huo Ayi very annoying.

The Qing army held on to the village, and Huo Ayi had no good way for a while, so he had to dig trenches around the Heishui camp, set up a wall to trap the Qing army in the camp, and sent people to attack from time to time in an attempt to consume the ammunition of the Qing army; Although the gunpowder brought by the Qing army was sufficient, but the consumption of lead was serious, fortunately, Zhaohui found that there were a lot of lead inlaid on the poplar trees when he sent people to cut wood and build the wall in the poplar forest near the camp.

"General, with these cellared rice grains and some horses and camels, it is estimated that our army's grain and grass will last for two months; The ammunition is less, and it can last for another month and a half at most. Mingrui reported to Zhaohui in the big tent.

"If Fude had set off after receiving a letter asking for help when he first went to urge food, he should have been able to come over before the food ran out!" , Zhaohui is thinking about the days.

Fude's reinforcements were still early, but Shi Shuangying came quickly, and after receiving Chen Jialuo's order, he immediately followed Zhang Jin and hurriedly whipped his horse, and finally arrived in Yarkand City at noon on this day.

"Brother Twelve has worked hard all the way!" , Chen Jialuo personally took Shi Shuangying into the account, "Brother Twelve will rest for a while, and I will let people prepare wine and food immediately!" ”

"Thank you, Helmsman!" , Shi Shuangying clenched his fists and replied, "The business is important, the chief helmsman has something important to tell you to come over this time?" ”

Shi Shuangying's upright attitude won Chen Jialuo's favor, and he smiled and pressed Shi Shuangying to sit down next to a few cases, "Brother Twelve don't worry, although the matter is important, it is not an overnight thing, I will talk to you in detail after eating." ”

While speaking, a servant had already brought barbecue, fruit and mare's milk wine, Shi Shuangying heard that the matter was not urgent, so he began to eat, seeing that he had recovered his spirit after eating, Chen Jialuo took his arm and walked out of the account; Shi Shuangying didn't ask where to go, he followed closely behind Chen Jialuo, and after the two of them left the city, they galloped forward for more than ten miles, and came to a small hill, and after making sure that there was no one around, Chen Jialuo opened his mouth, "Brother Twelve, now there is a very important matter to be handed over to you to do!" ”

"Please, helmsman, command!" , Shi Shuangying replied cleanly.

"This", Chen Jialuo had a headache how to speak, after all, this matter is not kind from the perspective of morality in the rivers and lakes, and after thinking about it, he asked about other situations first, "Is the twelfth brother reliable under Laining City?" ”

"The Tartars are killing wantonly in the local area, and my subordinates have a common enmity with the Tartars, and there will never be any problems." , Shi Shuangying's face was sad and angry.

Well, it seems that he still doesn't understand what he means, Chen Jialuo said more clearly, "Are these subordinates mostly Han Chinese or locals, if there is a disagreement between the Red Flower Society and Mu Zhuolun's department, which side will they stand?" ”

"The helmsman?" Shi Shuangying was taken aback by Chen Jialuo's words, and thought for a while before continuing, "There are few Han people in the northwest, and in general, there are more locals; If my Red Flower Society had a conflict with them, it would be more difficult. ”

"Brother Twelve, don't worry for the time being, I don't want to fight against the old hero Mu." , Chen Jialuo had a headache for a while, how should he tell Shi Shuangying, saying that this is my inalienable territory in China since ancient times? He didn't understand this, and instantly thought of Zuo Zongtang's words back then, "Brother Twelve, it is not enough to plan for a while, my Red Flower Society is determined to oppose the Qing Dynasty, but it is not just a simple drive of the Tartars out of the customs and it will be over; We also want to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, leaving a big Taiping country to our descendants, throughout the history of China, where the Central Plains was strong, there were all hidden Western Regions, which is why Qianlong sent heavy troops to attack Mu Lao Hero. My Red Flower Club helped Mu Lao Hero defeat Zhaohui this time, although the Tartars consumed a lot of troops, but also bought hidden dangers in the Western Regions, if Mu Zhuolun's troops were strengthened, he would have time to dominate the Western Regions; Then even if we defeat the Central Plains by then, we won't be able to meet him in battle. You know what to do now, right? ”

"Chief helmsman! Now that you are married to the daughter of Mu Lao Hero, my Red Flower Society and Mu Zhuolun will become Qin Jin, and it will be good for us if they grow stronger! Shi Shuangying asked puzzled.

"Why pin the important affairs of the military state on a woman?" Chen Jialuo asked rhetorically, "And even if the two sides can live in peace while I am alive, what about after I die?" Can you guarantee that the next generation will not have problems? ”

"This", when Shi Shuangying was here for a long time, he naturally knew that the local residents were unruly, afraid of power but not virtuous, and it was probably impossible to make them stable with this relationship; The rhetorical question just now is just a moment that I can't accept that we fought side by side yesterday, and now I am just thinking about how to deal with each other.

"Of course, the Tartars will not let them grow stronger, but this place is far away from the Central Plains, and it will take a year to mobilize troops and horses from the Central Plains after Zhaohui's entire army is destroyed, and with such a long time, Mu Zhuolun can do a lot of things; What we need to do now is to prevent Mu Zhuolun from growing rapidly, and not to let him lose too much. Chen Jialuo continued to induce.

"Please also ask the helmsman to show me." , Shi Shuangying hugged his fists.

"Okay, after you return to Laining City, find a few trustworthy Han subordinates, send them to the main road between Wensu and Laining City, and tell me as soon as Fude's reinforcements arrive, remember, just tell me!" , Chen Jialuo said solemnly, "After I agree, you will send someone to tell Mu Zhuolun the news!" "Plus more thanks for not being able to £ days