In front of thousands of officers and soldiers, Li Qing made an enthusiastic speech, but when the ordinary officers and soldiers dispersed, leaving only Chen Xingyue and other high-ranking officials, the smile on Li Qing's face immediately disappeared, replaced by a gloomy face, Tie Qing's face faintly showed anger, Chen Xingyue and the others suddenly felt apprehensive in their hearts, carefully recalled any details of today, but did not find any place to show their beauty. Shang Haibo didn't know what to do.

Li Qing led everyone to the front of Ji Mingze, which was covered with thick ice, squatted down, and knocked the ice with his hands, "Is this ice thick?" He asked Chen Xingyue.

"It's thick, it's thick, you can run horses on it!" Chen Xingyue hurriedly replied.

Li Qing glanced at Shang Haibo, and at this time, Haibo finally understood, and a nervous look suddenly appeared on his face. Seeing Li Qing's anger and Shang Haibo's nervousness, Chen Xingyue and the others still didn't know why, looking at the two of them inexplicably, Chen Xingyue faintly felt that something was wrong.

Shang Haibo sighed and said to Li Qing: "Dashuai, I am responsible for this matter, but I was negligent and did not think of this problem." ”

Li Qing shook his head: "Mr. Shang is working hard all night, these things should have been paid attention to by the supreme commander here, but it has been winter for so long, presumably Ji Mingze has been frozen for a few days, but it seems that General Chen is still unclear until now." ”

Chen Xingyue's face turned pale, he took a step forward and landed on one knee, "Dashuai, the last general... The last general ......."

Shang Haibo pointed to the thick layer of ice and said, "Xingyue, look at this ice, it is so thick, in your words, you can gallop horses on it, so we can deduce from this that Ji Mingze is close to the grassland?" What about those swamps, are they also frozen, and if the same is the case, then does the natural danger we rely on still exist? Isn't the barbarian iron horse a flat horse? ”

Although the weather was very cold, bursts of cold sweat still broke out in Chen Xingyue's vest.

Li Qing pointed at Ji Mingze with a horsewhip and said: "Last winter, we went out of Ji Mingze to attack Angu, it was not snowing at that time, and there was no freezing, the barbarians were caught off guard, I don't know where we came from, it is still very safe here, but later, the barbarians have known the secrets here, this natural danger is no longer an obstacle for the barbarian iron horse, at that time I decided to dig Ji Mingze Lake, it is because of this problem, after the lake is completed, as soon as the winter comes, we chisel the ice, the barbarians are still at a loss, It's a pity that I forgot to remind me of this later, because I am also responsible, but General Chen, you are the chief general here, and as a general, you are too careless when you are very keen to detect all the dangers that can threaten our existence. ”

Chen Xingyue touched the ground with his head, "The big handsome is right, Xingyue is willing to be punished!" ”

Li Qing said lightly: "The soldiers trained well, although there was such a big mistake, fortunately it did not cause any major consequences, so I will demerit it once!" Immediately mobilize all the soldiers to dig the ice, and every day in the future, organize the soldiers to dig the ice, and arrange people to patrol without stopping, and once they find any traces of ice there, they will immediately dig it. ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" Chen Xingyue kowtowed, got up, and quickly ran to gather the soldiers, "Marshal, demerit once, Chen Xingyue can't be promoted within three years, he is a good general, is the punishment a little too heavy?" "Shang Hai Bodao.

Li Qing shook his head, "Chen Xingyue is a good instructor, but he is not a very good general. Mr. Shang, haven't you noticed that now our Dingzhou army is proud, and the barbarians fought for a year, most of them ended in a big victory, whether it is a soldier or a general, arrogance is growing, this is a very bad sign, the barbarian leader Bayar has not yet exerted his strength, he is now focusing on the integration of grassland forces, once he completes this feat, then his attention will turn to our Dingzhou, only then, is the time to really test the strength of our Dingzhou army. Chen Xingyue's matter could have been big or small, but I want to take advantage of this incident to make all the generals understand in their hearts that any inconspicuous mistake may make us fall short, or even lose a big loss. A thousand-mile long causeway, destroyed in an anthill, we can't afford to make such a mistake! ”

Shang Haibo's heart shook when he said this, "The handsome man is very worried, but I didn't expect it." Then this matter will be written into a newspaper and spread to the whole army? ”

"Let's do it!" Li Qingdao.

When he returned to Chongxian from Ji Mingze, it was already dark, Li Qing patrolled in the snow for a long time, and finally did not go to the hut where the lights were still burning, returned to the general's mansion, lay on the bed for a long time, and finally couldn't sleep, summoned Tang Hu in, and said: "Huzi, you won't leave with me for the time being tomorrow, stay and do something for me!" ”

Tang Hu nodded, "Dashuai, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Li Qing hesitated slightly, "Director Qingfeng's sister Ji Yue can't live here for a long time, but she has a little conflict with Qingfeng and the two, and she doesn't want to go back to her sister's bar, so let's do it, I have a village on the outskirts of Dingzhou, which was given by someone else, and it's quite quiet, you can send Ji Yue there to live there for a while!" ”

Tang Hu agreed, and said, "Dashuai, should you tell Director Qingfeng about this matter?" ”

Li Qing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't tell me for the time being, wait for Ji Yue's anger to subside, and then let the two sisters meet." ”

"Yes, Dashuai, but Miss Jiyue is surrounded by several spies from the Statistical Survey Department, it seems that Director Qingfeng stayed here to protect Miss Jiyue, do you want to let Director Qingfeng know?"

Li Qing smiled slightly, "Don't ask me about this!" ”

"Understood, Dashuai!"

Dingzhou City is a piece of ice and snow, cold to the bone, but under the dark is the wind and clouds, the spies of the major local forces have gathered in Dingzhou, Yi'an victory, annihilation of the Red Department of Daishan nearly 20,000 troops in the battle of the new weapon hundred rounds of crossbow through various ways to be known by the major forces, shocked, they have sent people and horses to Dingzhou, to see if they can get a little clue of this new weapon, of course, everyone did not have much hope, because such a weapon is the object of Dingzhou's strict protection.

However, before these people crossed the sea and showed their magical powers, Dingzhou came out with a news that made them stunned, this latest weapon 100-round crossbow, Dingzhou will be sold to the outside world, due to the extremely complex manufacturing process, the annual output is limited, in addition to equipping the Dingzhou army itself, there are only 100 crossbows sold out every year.

So the spies of the major forces who had just arrived rushed back to report the news, since they could buy it through silver, of course, there was no need to pay attention to other things, the Statistical Survey Department has been famous in the past two years, but it is not a dry meal.

Fugui Inn, located in the west of Dingzhou City, the façade is not big, the price is also quite cheap, only 20 yuan for one night, of course, this money is impossible to have a single room, clear a water of the big shop, if you add ten dollars a day, but also package you three meals, steamed porridge in the morning, black steamed bun and porridge at noon, take a plate of pickles, a little better in the evening, white flour steamed bun with a few small dishes, of course, the small dishes are not as elaborate as the Hanshan Pavilion in Beijing, but a big pot together, without washing the pot in the middle, and then fry the second kind.

In the corner of the wall, there are two squatting with a black face and a yellow face, looking at the appearance of the two, a coarse linen coat, straw sandals, trousers rolled up on their knees, their bodies are covered with speckled mud, and they are two coolie men, such people are too many and too ordinary in Dingzhou, and no one will look at them more.

"Mr. Zhong, it's really hard for you, I can't imagine that you, who have always been exquisite, are willing to dress up like this?" Xu Siyu, who had a black face, squatted there, lowered his voice, and said with a smile: "Those red girls in the Southern Qinglou see you like this now, are you afraid that you will die of distress?" ”

Zhong Ziqi sat on the ground with his legs spread, holding a bowl of porridge, snoring and sucking, and said with a bitter face: "No way, no way, who told Qingfeng that little girl to target me, if I enter Fuzhou with my true face, I am afraid that she will find out as soon as I enter Dingzhou, I still want to live for two more years, if something happens, don't those girls die of sadness?" ”

"This girl is ruthless and powerful, Lao Zhong, you have to be careful, I went out to inquire about the news these days, and found that those guys from the Statistics and Survey Department are really looking for you."

Zhong Ziqi took a chopstick of green vegetables, rolled up his mouth, chewed and swallowed: "Unexpectedly, Dingzhou has made such a powerful thing, and the spies of the major forces are gathered here, this little girl knows that I am still wandering around Dingzhou, and knows that I will definitely come to find out, of course she will look for me." ”

"So you're putting yourself in this way?"

"My life habits, that girl must be clear, if I don't make a drastic change, won't he find out soon?" Zhong Ziqi smiled and said authentically.

"Old Zhong, what do you mean by the news announced by Dingzhou today? They really want to sell the crossbow with 100 rounds, this is their exclusive weapon, why would they do it? Xu Siyu asked puzzledly, the news I heard from the spies was that the power of the 100-round crossbow was amazing when it was fired at the same time, and several of them could not be resisted, what was Dingzhou trying to do? Short on money? It seems that Dingzhou, which has the support of the Li family behind it, will not be short of money, not to mention that the current Li Qing has annexed Fuzhou, and there is a golden rooster that lays golden eggs in Fuzhou, which used to collapse in the hands of Xiang Fat, but when it falls into the hands of Li Qing, it must be very different, but if Li Qing is not short of money, why should he make the sharp weapons of the military state public?

Zhong Ziqi didn't quite understand, "I don't know, but Li Qing must have a reason for doing this, he is a person who is unprofitable and can't afford to be early, since he is willing to sell it, there must be some other intentions in it, this is the reason why I must come over, if they are really very secretive, I am too lazy to come, can't I just send a few over to investigate?" "If a person like Zhong Ziqi can't understand the other party's intentions about something, it's really uncomfortable.

"I heard that this time Dingzhou took out and sold not only this kind of hundred-shot crossbow, but also used the improved longbow, they called it a first-class bow, I heard that this kind of bow can make soldiers increase the number of shooting rounds by one or two times, Lao Zhong, this is also a great achievement, I don't understand, what kind of magic does Li Qing have, after he took charge of Dingzhou, he actually made so many good things one after another, and we have been operating for so many years, and we have not had such an effect as him." Xu Siyu said sullenly.

Zhong Ziqi also smiled bitterly, Li Qing, he couldn't grasp the other party's mind at all, his eyes were blazing as he looked at the constantly shuttling crowd, and a very bold plan suddenly appeared in his heart. Glancing at Xu Siyu, he slowly drank the porridge in the bowl, and finally stretched out his tongue to lick the bowl clean. Looking at him like this, there is still the period of the merry and famous man Zhongzi, and it is completely a bitter haha.

(To be continued)