Ulantai wore a red top of coral flowers, and a one-eyed flower feather was inserted on the jade feather tube, which looked particularly dazzling, and his eyebrows at this time showed a pride that could not be concealed. Under his command, the last Taiping army camp in Xinwei has been uprooted, and since then the Taiping army has no place to stand in Xinwei, and the northeast gate of Jintian is wide open, waiting to give them the final fatal blow.

After chasing the last of the Taipings, Ulantai's cavalry brigade returned triumphantly and returned to their camp. Its three commanders, Li Rui, the chief soldier of Guzhou Town, Chonglun, the chief soldier of Weining Town, and Wen Wendai, the chief soldier of Shaotong in Yunnan, led a group of officials of all sizes to greet them at the gate of the camp, and it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time.

Ulantai was even more proud in his heart, it seemed that these subordinates were quite acquainted, and they were so respectful to themselves. Surrounded by the stars of his subordinates, Ulantai and the others returned to their big tent.

"Congratulations to Lord Dutong for exterminating the Xinwei bandits and returning triumphantly." The subordinates came together to salute and congratulate.

"It's all free of courtesy, it's nothing, Jintian hasn't won it yet, so there's no need to be so polite." Ulantai pretended to be modest, but everyone could see that the joy in his heart was still beyond words.

"It's not a matter of time before we take Jintian and wipe out all the bandits. Lord Dutong is a hero, a world of martial arts, and the capture of Xinwei is like a bag to get something, we have it for all to see. Wen Wendai, the general soldier of Shaotong in Yunnan, immediately sent a sycophant, he and Ulantai were both from the Manchurian Red Banner, and they usually got closer.

Li Rui, the chief soldier of Guzhou Town, glanced at him with disdain, and looked down on such a villain who greeted the horse, he stood up and reported: "I received the news of the fall of Yong'an City two days ago, I don't know what to do with it?" ”

Wen Wen Dai was dissatisfied with his questioning, which ruined the festive atmosphere at this time, and his eyes widened: "General Li Bing, didn't this Lord Dutong say it, it was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain by the bandits, and sent a few men and horses in vain to attract the attention of our army and reduce the pressure on their headquarters and camp." Why are you asking about this again? ”

Li Rui's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand again: "This is not a plan to lure the enemy by the bandits, the last general guesses that this is the elite division of the bandits, and they are finding a way for the bandits, and the adults can't help but guard against it." The last general pleaded with his troops to Yong'an and cut them off from Kaneda. ”

Ulantai glanced at Li Rui very unhappily, his eyes widened, and he said loudly: "The bandits are scheming, trying in vain to lure us and the other troops. Yong'an is not in my jurisdiction, we must first concentrate on attacking Jintian, Yong'an is not a little bit of people can not turn the sky. ”

Li Rui was so disciplined by him that he didn't dare to say more, although he vaguely felt that Yong'an was very dangerous, but Ulantai's words seemed to make sense.

"I know your worries, the enemy of Yong'an broke out from our side, and I have been pressing and not reporting it in order to concentrate on exterminating the main force of the bandits first, and then go to Yong'an, this is a primary and secondary issue, do you all understand?" Ulantai was not at ease with his subordinates, so he rarely patiently began to do the ideological work of his subordinates.

"Lord Yudutong, the first assistant of the race sent the deputy general Tian Xuetao to give the order." A guard hurried in to report.

Ulantai glanced at his subordinates around him proudly, "I just won the battle here, and Sai Shoufu sent someone to commend him, this is too fast." ”

Soon, the adjutant general Tian Xuetao walked in with a few Qing soldiers, his face was very serious, not like he had good news. He walked up to Ulantai and said loudly, "Ulantai kneels down to listen to the first auxiliary order of Lord Qincha. ”

Ulantai felt that this tone was a little wrong, so he didn't dare to say more, so he straightened his clothes and knelt down with everyone to listen to the order. Sai Shoufu is the Guangxi Qincha appointed by the emperor, and all the military commanders and bandits are the commanders-in-chief, and his orders also represent the emperor's will.

"Zha Guangdong's deputy capital Ulantai, arrogant, reckless, let go of a bandit, causing Yong'an City to fall into the hands of Changmao. With the right to go to Ulantai to command the army, he immediately returned to Guilin to ask Lord Shoufu for his guilt. This order! After Vice Admiral Tian finished speaking, he handed over the warrant to Ulantai.

Ulantai looked at the words on the warrant carefully in disbelief, and it was true that Admiral Tian had not mispronounced a word. He froze on the spot, kneeling on the ground and couldn't believe it all.

"What's going on? Lord Dutong has just swept away the bandits in Xinwei, this is a great achievement, why should he hand over the military power. Vice Admiral Tian, is Lord Sai mistaken? The general soldier shouted for Ulantai.

Not only the general soldier, but also the others were also very surprised, with a look of surprise.

Vice General Tian's face turned straight and said solemnly: "This is Sai Shoufu's warrant, it is clearly written in black and white, how can you speculate?" ”

"Bastard, who stabbed the bandit breakout to Lord Sai?" Ulantai finally came to his senses, stood up and glared at the three commanders.

"I will never dare to report to Lord Sai!" The three generals all knelt down and swore that they were not themselves.

Ulantai glanced at them, feeling that it shouldn't be the three of them. He turned his face, walked to Vice General Tian's side, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to hand over my military power to Xiang Rong?" ”

Vice General Tian glanced at him meaningfully and nodded. Although Ulantai was robbed of military power, Sai Shoufu did not say that he would be punished for his crimes, he was in a high position at a young age, and his future was limitless, and Vice General Tian did not dare to offend him at this moment.

"It's this old man again, who has repeatedly accused me of being black. He was jealous of my merits, and gave me bad eye medicine at Lord Sai's side, and I was not done with him! Ulantai pondered Yi Xiangrong's connections in the army for many years, and it was not difficult to know some of his military information here, only he dared to make himself. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, took off his red top and threw it on the ground, tore off his official uniform, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu is gone!" These days, Lao Tzu has won hundreds of battles, large and small, and broke through dozens of camps in Xinwei. There is no merit and hard work, even if there is no reward, you still want to take away my military power, is there still a heavenly reason? ”

Ulantai looked excited, and shouted at the three general soldiers: "From now on, you don't have to listen to my orders, go find Xiang Rong, go and hug his thigh." ”

The general soldier hurriedly came over to comfort, "Xiang Rong took the double danger or relied on the adults to attract the firepower of the bandits in Xinwei, how can his little ability compare to the adults?" Don't be angry, Lord Dutong, we are only looking forward to the sake of the adults, and we will never obey the orders of that Xiangrong. After finishing speaking, the general soldier hurriedly glanced at the other two general soldiers.

Li Rui and Chonglun, the two general soldiers, knew what he meant, and this was the time to show loyalty. Ulantai has a big family background, and he is a rare young senior military attache among the Manchus, and Xiang Rong is already a person with a sixtieth birthday, and they have all reached the age of saying goodbye to the old and returning to their hometown. Now the two have a grudge, in comparison, it is natural that Ulantai must not be offended, he still has a long way to go, the future is limitless, and he needs his help in the future.

The two commanders knew who they should be loyal to after thinking about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "Naturally, we only listen to the orders of Lord Dutong." ”

Vice Admiral Tian turned his face very familiarly, pretending not to hear anything.

Ulantai felt a little better in his heart, he bowed his hand to Tian Xuetao, and said, "Let's go, Vice General Tian, I'll go back to Guilin with you, and I'll explain all this to Lord Sai in person." ”