"General Li, now the Dingzhou army is short of people, for the time being, you can't add more people to the Changsheng battalion, and now even the Central Association General Lu Bi, oh, no, now there are still vacancies in several battalions under Deputy General Lu, you have to be considerate of this commander, ahaha!"

"Oh, General Li said no problem, okay, I know that although General Li is young, he understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into account. What, if you want food, ah, yes, this is a bit of a problem, so let's grit my teeth and allocate three months' rations for your camp, and three months' rations for thousands of people, and I still have them in my province here. ”

"What, Vice General Lu also promised to support General Li for a month, great, Vice General Lu is really pushing the back."

"Ordnance, no problem, a thousand people, it won't be much, after the military discussion, according to the existing establishment of your Changsheng battalion, go and get it."

"General Li, Chongzhou is a good place, you don't have to fight directly with the barbarians, it's very safe! The old man is for the sake of Shou Ninghou's repeated entrustment, so he gave Chongxian to you, although the place is a little dilapidated now, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful, it is a good place! ”

"Yes, yes, it's really a good place, I originally wanted to go there when I chose the Feng Battalion, but the marshal scolded me a lot, saying that the Changsheng Camp is only a thousand people now, if it is placed in those places in Fuyuan, wouldn't it put General Li in danger, how can this be worthy of An Guogong and a few Hou Ye, what a shame!"

With a smile on his face, Li Qing thanked the marshal and the generals for their kindness one by one, and even said that he would definitely keep this kindness in his heart, and he would definitely repay it in the future. In the future, although he is in Chongxian and far away from Dingzhou, as long as the handsome man calls, he will leap to the horse.

Everyone sighed, cherished each other, and said goodbye one by one, Li Qing also jumped on the horse under the concerned gaze of everyone, and he was full of vigor, and there was a momentum that the strong man would never return, and said goodbye to Xiao Yuanshan.

Looking at Li Qing's disappearing back, the smile on Xiao Yuanshan's face receded slightly, and Fang Wenshan, who was present at the military meeting, was thoughtful: "Marshal, if this Li Qing is not a fool, then he is very scheming, not to be underestimated!" ”

Xiao Yuanshan snorted: "Brother Fang, do you think he looks like a fool?" Knowing that going to Chongxian is an inevitable thing, he turned around and asked us to the civil power of Chongxian, the military and the people, concentrated the power in one hand, and sought the most favorable conditions for themselves in the disadvantage. ”

Fang Wenshan sighed: "Xiao Shuai, I won't raise tigers for trouble, right?" ”

Xiao Yuanshan smiled: "Brother Fang, you also underestimate you and me, not to mention that Chongxian is a mess now, even if he holds the power in the hands of one person, it is difficult for him to have the power to return to the sky, even if he can stand, you and I can still let him go to the sky." There are only a thousand people, and when necessary, they will be wiped out. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Li Qing returned to the camp, threw his helmet on the ground with a bang, and shouted, "Fuck, suffocate me, these turtle sons, kill people and laugh!" ”

There is no need to ask more, everyone only looks at his face, and they know that it is not what Shang Haibo expected. "The general must have opened his eyes today and seen the face of officialdom!" Shang Haibo smiled and asked.

Li Qing nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, they obviously want to share me to eat, which smile, that tone, it seems that I am the baby they held in their hands and put it off, and they were afraid of melting in their mouths, which made people have goosebumps." ”

"Isn't it the same with the general?" Shang Haibo answered, Li Qing couldn't help but pause, and then laughed, "Yes, yes, it's all a bunch of fucking turtle grandchildren." ”

Slammed down, "As Mr. Shang expected, Chongxian is ours." Qi Nian, you lead people to the military palace, get a thousand people's ordnance, remember, a thousand spears, a thousand long knives, a thousand bows, a thousand pots of arrows, three months' food, grandma's, since you want to send me away early, give the things to Qi Luo. ”

"Jiang Kui, you go to the China Association to find Lu Dalin, this dog said that he would give Lao Tzu a month's food, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, you go and ask for it for me."

"Feng Guo, organize the rest of the people, prepare to pull out the camp, and if you want to gather things, Lao Tzu will not be a thorn in their side, go to Chongxian County early, go to Chongxian, I am the boss, I don't have to look at others."

"Mr. Shang with me, Mr. Lu, you are familiar, the road is wide, we go to Chongxian this time, the biggest difficulty we face is food, I don't know how many people are left in Chongxian at the moment, but the more food is always the better, you go to Fuzhou, Yizhou, buy it, you want it, you must raise as much food as possible." Whether we can survive this winter is up to you. ”

Ordered one after another, everyone agreed and went separately to do things, Li Qing looked at the empty camp tent in the blink of an eye, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but have a wry smile, the boss is not so easy to be! There is no money and no food, and he is in a mess, and the 100,000 taels of silver given by Shou Ninghou gave Lu Yiming half of it in a blink of an eye. I haven't seen the shadow of Chongxian yet!

Three days later, the military horses gathered in Dingzhou began to pull, Li Qing was the last to go, compared with the warm scene when the other people and horses left, the Changsheng camp was deserted when it opened, and the military government and the governor's mansion could not see a person who sent each other, probably Li Qing was regarded as a dead man. Instead, Huan Xi picked up a pot of wine, drank three glasses with Li Qing, and said that he cherished it.

"Dingzhou, I'll be back." After walking silently for several miles, Li Qing looked back at the tall silhouette of Dingzhou City in the distance, suddenly opened his throat, and shouted loudly.

Ten days later, this army of more than 1,000 people stepped into the boundary of Chongxian, the road began to be difficult to walk, more and more rugged, and the mountains became steeper and steeper day by day, but what made Li Qing and others feel even more heavy was that there were ruins and broken walls along the way, burned houses everywhere, and occasionally there were some villagers with yellow faces and thin faces and desperate faces on the road, after seeing this team, they were silent and followed behind the team without saying a word.

"Mr. Shang, after setting up camp, let's cook some porridge for these villagers!" Li Qing commanded. "The soldiers also changed from two jobs a day to one work a day to save some rations, but they were afraid that the further they went, the more refugees there would be."

Li Qing's premonition was very accurate, as the team deepened in Chongxian, the number of refugees following behind the army increased day by day, and there was porridge to drink with this army, although it was not full, but it could save its life. By the time Li Qing arrived at the county seat of Chongxian, he had already followed nearly 10,000 refugees behind him, dragging his children and daughters, helping the old and the young, but they all had a common characteristic, that is, he was weak and weak.

"This is the county seat of Chongxian?" Li Qing didn't believe his eyes, not far away, the place that should have been the county seat was already in ruins, the city wall that was not high was smashed everywhere There were gaps, and there was no intact house in sight, seeing the crowd in the distance, a person suddenly stood up from the originally quiet ruins, followed one after another, countless people crawled out of the ruins like gophers, and silently greeted this army.

Li Qing was a little shocked, and Wang Qinian and the others silently unfolded the army, putting up an offensive formation, looking at these people in front of them, I was afraid that there were not tens of thousands of people, and these hungry people would not be able to do anything.

The other party got closer and closer, perhaps because he saw that the army on the opposite side was in full array, the crowd on the opposite side stopped, the two groups of people looked at each other silently, and Li Qing's chest was a little panicked, like a fire burning there. These people on the other side still looked like people, except for the eyes that were still rolling, and the whole thing looked like a skeleton army.

Pulling the horse forward, Tang Hu, who was following him closely, was startled, and reached out to hold the reins of his horse, "General, be careful!" Shang Haibo's face was also solemn, "General, don't be careless, these refugees may burst out at any time and snatch military funds." ”

Li Qing's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Let go!" Tang Hu shook his head stubbornly, "Don't let go, general, you can't go!" With a snap, Li Qing whipped his hand and whipped it on Tang Hu's hand, Tang Hu was in pain, and involuntarily let go of the horse's reins, Li Qing pulled the horse and left, Tang Hu scratched his teeth, and quickly followed with Yang Yidao, the hands of the two were tightly pressed on the waist knife, and the four eyes stared at the crowd opposite without blinking.

Shang Haibo was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and suddenly smiled to himself, "It's in vain that I have read the sage books for so many years!" He also struck his horse and followed.

The army spread out a passage, and Li Qing appeared in front of the refugees.

"I am Li Qing, the general of the Changsheng Battalion of the Dingzhou Army, who was ordered to be stationed in Chongxian, is there someone in charge on the other side?" Li Qing asked in a deep voice.

There was a stirring among the refugees, and a man who was so thin that he only had a skeleton left walked out and waved towards Li Qing, "Xu Yunfeng, the county lieutenant of Chongxian, has seen the general." "The county lieutenant should be the second-in-command in the county.

"Where's your prefectural commander?"

"Ran!" Xu Yunfeng said loudly.

Li Qing was stunned, "Then why didn't you run?" ”

Xu Yunfeng was stunned, as if he didn't expect the other party to ask this question, and realized the meaning of the words of the general opposite, and couldn't help but be furious: "As the county lieutenant of this county, this official should lead the people of this county to fight against the times of difficulty, how can he escape?" ”

Li Qing whipped his horse, "These people are all cooking for you?" ”

Xu Yunfeng nodded and said loudly: "Back to the general's words, there are no officials in the county, I have organized some people to maintain order here, and I am ready to start organizing the escape from the outside." ”

Li Qingdao: "This will be the future, you don't have to flee, from now on, you will be the magistrate of this county." ”

Xu Yunfeng was stunned again, the general on the other side was a military attaché, how could he appoint himself as the magistrate casually, and he didn't have this right! Seeing Xu Yunfeng's demeanor, Li Qing added: "In view of the current situation in Chongxian, Xiao Shuai of the military government and Lord Fang of Zhizhou have entrusted me with full authority to handle the affairs of Chongxian, and I will appoint the official positions of the magistrate, you are very good, from now on, you will be the magistrate, tell your people, I, Li Qing, am here, and Chongxian will never starve to death again." ”

After speaking, he ignored Xu Yunfeng, turned around and ordered loudly: "Set up camp, light a fire, cook porridge, and let the people of Chongxian County eat a bite of food first." ”