When they were a certain distance, six horses were tied to a tree, and they rode back to the town.

By the time I got back to the town, it was already dawn. Finding that nothing had happened in the medical hall, Xia Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief.

After letting Long Yingwei disperse the activities, Xia Wanyi went to the "Yipinxiang" restaurant and ordered another dish, sitting on the second floor by the street drinking wine, watching people come and go, and also had a special feeling.

"Well, have you heard? The grain and grass of the Qi country were burned by a fire the night before! Just as Xia Wanyi took a sip of wine and was about to put the vegetables in his mouth, he heard the words from the adjacent table.

"Isn't it?" The diner sitting on the left asked.

"It's true! A relative of mine who is an official said that the emperor of our country also knew about this, and the news came back yesterday afternoon. ”

"Who burned it?" The diner sitting on the right asked.

"Ahem! Do you still want to ask, naturally it's Xia Guo, don't you see that Xia Guo and Qi are now at the border? "The one on the left.

The diner who spoke first replied, "No one knows who it is, unless the arsonist comes forward!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? The two diners on the left and right asked puzzled.

Flattened his mouth, the first diner to speak said: "The grain was burned, and the soldiers of Qi State pulled out the camp and returned to the court before dawn the next day, I think, this is not like Xia Guo did it, if Xia Guo did it, it is estimated that the two armies will negotiate." ”

"So, the pressure on the northwest border of the Xia Kingdom has decreased?" The diner on the right.

The diner who spoke first nodded. "Of course, we can concentrate on dealing with the rebellion at home. ”

"I don't think the ambition of the Qi country is so simple, perhaps, it's just a pretense to pull out the camp and return to the dynasty? You know, it's not a bitter ploy? The diner on the left actually expressed a different opinion, and when the other two heard this, they both paused, pondered for a moment, and then answered in unison: "What you said makes sense." ”

However, the real truth of the matter, what it is, is really known by the people who did it.

The corners of Xia Wanyi's mouth twitched, she stood up, called Xiao Er, and then checked out and left.

……

The northwest frontier of the Xia Kingdom.

Inside the tent of the marshal of the army of Vaqi.

Changshi Qin Duoduo walked into the big tent from the outside, walked to the front of the case, bowed to Marshal Chang Sheng and hugged his fists, and said: "Marshal Qiyu, all the soldiers of Qi have returned to the court. ”

"Hmm." Raising his head, Chang Sheng got up, walked up to Qin Duoduo, and said with a smile, "This matter, thanks to Qin Changshi, if it weren't for Qin Changshi's plan to burn the grain and grass of the Qi garrison, I'm afraid that I would have started a war with them now, it's really a single person to top my army, and it's not an exaggeration to call you 'Zhuge in the second life'!" ”

Qin Duoduo replied: "The marshal has an overreputation, burning the grain and grass of the Qi army, Qin is also acting on the marshal's military orders, in fact, the marshal is still far-sighted." ”

"Alas, Qin Changshi, don't be modest, I just gestured to you with a look, the plan is still yours, what kind of light am I touching." Saying that, Chang Sheng took Qin Duoduo's hand and walked to a sand table, "The matter of the Qi army is over for the time being, but we still can't relax the ban." ”

The sand table in front of him stretched out his hand and pointed at it, and Chang Sheng said, "According to the report from the front, our army is in the north like a bamboo, and only two cities are needed to open the passage with the page country, and in less than ten days after recovering the lost territory, the northern territory will be returned to our hands, plus the west we now control, almost half of the Xia country has returned." ”

Nodding, Qin Duoduo said worriedly: "But now the southern region is all under the control of the rebels, and the eastern part of the country, except for the islands, is also in the hands of the rebels." ”

"The huge Xia Kingdom has been divided into two." Chang Sheng said with feeling.

And what is even more anxious is - "Marshal, it is reported that there is not much left of the military salary. Qin Duoduo lowered his voice and said, so as not to be heard by the guards on the side, and it would affect the morale of the army.

Chang Sheng raised his head suddenly, frowned, glanced at Qin Duoduo, and after a long time, said: "This commander is negligent, recently he only paid attention to how to recover the lost territory and prevent the garrison of Qi State, but he forgot about it. ”

Qin Duoduo comforted: "The marshal doesn't have to blame himself, the capital was suddenly besieged by rebels and thieves, usurped the throne, and the follow-up of the Qi army salary came to an abrupt end. ”

"How long will the rest last?" Chang Sheng asked.

"At most, half a moon." Qin Duoduo replied.

"Half a moon?"

As the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and the salary of the war is the lifeblood, and it is related to the problem of survival, and survival cannot be solved, even if you have great military talent, no matter how awesome the soldier, you will be embarrassed.

Qin Duoduo took out a list and handed it to Chang Sheng: "This is the intention of the subordinates, it will be used as military salary, and it can last for a few more days." ”

Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then pushed away the list: "You are also people who have no money, now that you have donated your belongings, how will you support your family in the future?" ”

Qin Duoduo said seriously: "Money is something outside the body, if it is gone, you can earn it again, but the family and country are gone, it is too difficult to earn it back, and I hope that the marshal will take it and quell the rebellion as soon as possible and restore the prosperity of the country." ”

"This ......" Chang Sheng never hesitated in military affairs, but this time he hesitated.

"The subordinates also know that the marshal has already taken out most of his belongings to make military salaries before the war, and I heard that everyone in the family is dressed in simple clothes, and they are all coarse tea and light meals, and the marshal is an example, how can I sit idly by? So, what kind of soldier is it, and how can he defend his family and country? Qin Duoduo handed the list to Chang Sheng again, "It's late autumn, the world is getting cold, and there is a cold winter waiting for us. ”

Qin Duoduo's words were like thunder and shock.

In the end, a guard was called, and the donations were exchanged for military pay.

Next, Chang Sheng summoned the generals who were not ordered to lead the troops to the battle, logistics and other directors, and secretly discussed the preparation of military salaries, and the result was to call on the people to fight a battle to defend the people!

Because Xia Yongxu saw clearly that Chang Sheng and the others would not be obedient, he sent a lot of men and horses to fight, and the focus of the two sides was to conquer the city.

Now the focus of the Vaqi army has shifted from Vaqi to counterinsurgency, followed by the prevention of Qi, so the meeting unanimously agreed that the Vaqi army was renamed "Shengjing Army" and swore allegiance to Shengjing.

The Qi army retreated, and the lack of military pay also reached the ears of Xia Yongmei and others who were in the page country, but the outside world only knew that the Qi army's grain and grass were burned and had to retreat.