Everyone was deeply touched when they saw this scene, especially a few businessmen who came to Jinling from afar to do business, thinking that they had left their parents' hometown and gone to this place thousands of miles away to pursue some small profits, and they had not seen their parents for a long time, and they were already in tears.

A gust of autumn wind with a bit of chill came, enveloping the bloody aura that permeated the battlefield, enveloping everyone in it, and rendering a solemn and cold atmosphere.

Just when the people present were silenced by such a heavy atmosphere, and only sighed deeply, they saw Zhao Chengxiao coming in a hurry, first made a gesture to Lin Shuhan, and then arched his hand to Qiu Yizhi and said, "My lord, you are here." Just now the Japanese invaded our army, and we have killed and retreated......"

Qiu Yizhi just took this opportunity to calm down his excitement, so he said: "I have seen the situation on the top of the city wall. Brother Zhao, you fought this battle well! You killed the Japanese and fled, which is a great achievement. ”

Zhao Chengxiao shook his head and said: "Although the Japanese are fierce, it's a pity that the battle is too stupid, if I don't have too few soldiers in my hands, I will definitely be able to encircle and annihilate them all, and I will save more than half of them like now, causing future troubles." ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "Brother Zhao's words are too harsh on himself. Some things in the world can be done, and some can't. I see that Brother Zhao led this group of recruits to win the first battle, which is enough for them to be inexhaustible in this life. Oh, I was about to ask Brother Zhao, I don't know what are the casualties in our own family after this vicious battle? ”

Zhao Chengxiao replied: "I was counting this matter, and I didn't bother when I saw that the adults were talking to Meng Hong and them." As he spoke, Zhao Chengxiao stretched out his head and counted Meng Hong and a few people beside him, checked their injuries again, and said, "Lord Hui, I have counted all the eighteen soldiers and two hundred villagers I brought, there are one hundred and twenty-two people like Meng Hong who were slightly injured, and there are about eighteen or nineteen people who are seriously injured and need to recuperate for more than a month, and none of them are killed."

Zhao Chengxiao was halfway through speaking, Qiu Yizhi was already overjoyed - with the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Kou, it is very rare to be able to retreat under the hard battle, and now the two hundred recruits from Shanyin County, without the command of the commander, actually died without a single moment, which is really a result that is too good to be good.

But he heard Zhao Chengxiao continue: "There are four or five horses in the war horse that have been scratched by Japanese knives, but fortunately, they are not seriously injured, and they can go into battle at any time." However, the rattan card was cut down by the Japanese invaders on more than a dozen sides, and the equipped Japanese knives were broken by about twenty pieces, which need to be replenished immediately, otherwise the brothers under his command will have to fight the Japanese with their bare hands......"

Qiu Yizhi immediately smiled: "This is all a trivial matter, Brother Zhao don't worry." ”

After saying that, he turned his head to Liu Qing and said, "Liu Jiedu, can you transfer a few rattan cards from your arsenal?" ”

This is not a big deal, of course Liu Qing agreed to come down.

Qiu Yizhi said again: "There are more." Liu Jiedu, you have also seen that our army is equipped with Japanese knives, and now some of them are damaged and there is nowhere to replenish them. However, I see that there are a lot of swords left on the battlefield by the Japanese invaders, so how about leaving the matter of cleaning the battlefield to the lower officials? ”

Liu Qing listened to it for a while, and thought: The Japanese knife is long and sharp, famous all over the world, and the gold and silver scrapped when purchased are very huge, and the best Japanese knife on the top is even more difficult to find, and even the current emperor often uses it to reward meritorious generals.

I thought again: Now that there are so many knives left on the battlefield, since Qiu Yizhi, the emperor's righteous son, wants it, and he is carrying the above board reason of replenishing military supplies, of course he can't refuse, but if he can ask him for a few mouthfuls, whether it is for personal use, rewards or making friends with colleagues and colleagues, it is the best.

So Liu Qingtian said with a face: "Today's results were taken by the soldiers under the adults, and the spoils and exploits were all disposed of by the adults, which is justified." That is, can you pick a dozen or twenty unattractive swords, so that I can reward my brothers? ”

This is a matter of indifference, Qiu Yizhi nodded and agreed, and said: "I'm too busy cleaning up the battlefield, and I don't have the energy to take care of other things." Today's battle is big, and it must be immediately reported to the emperor and General Cui. I'll leave it to you. ”

Liu Qing listened to it and felt a burst of joy in his heart: the chief writer of the battle report seems to be just a trivial matter, but the major matters of how the credit is distributed are all in it - take Liu Qing as an example, he did not participate in the battle under Jinling City, but under the brilliant pen, he can naturally take credit for sitting in command and ensuring logistics.

Liu Qing thought about it again: "Although Qiu Yizhi is young, he is extremely valued by the emperor, and he will take him with him whether he attacks the Turks in the north or quells the rebellion in the south. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi is very familiar with military affairs, and he is extremely smart, how can he not know the flowers in the writing of the war report? Is it deliberately giving this credit to himself? ”

Liu Qing thought really well, and before he could agree, he heard Qiu Yizhi say again: "But it's still the same sentence." Now the Japanese have been temporarily killed by us, and now our soldiers are tired and tired, and the friendly troops are suffering heavy casualties. There are these three reasons, so I also ask Liu Jiedu to raise his noble hand and let these horses into the city for recuperation and treatment. ”

This sentence made Liu Qing in a dilemma: refuse, after all, Qiu Yizhi's identity is here, and the three reasons put forward are extremely difficult to refute, not to mention that he has declared the real benefit of war exploits to himself; You can agree, after all, the assassin Shi Qianfeng and the wealthy businessmen have not relented, and it is not good to make their own claims.

Liu Qing had no choice but to run to the merchants again and discuss with them: "Everyone, the Japanese outside the city have been killed and retreated by reinforcements, and it is unreasonable to stop them outside the city again. Moreover, they are now wounded and sick, even if they want to rob the people, they are powerless. Can you, for the sake of my face, agree to let them go into the city to rest? ”

Most of the merchants have relented when they witness this bloody battle, and the general is persuaded like this again, where is there any reason not to let go?

So He Jiu, who took the lead, said fairly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." In my opinion, it's been a few days of harassment by the Japanese and the fact that our business has been a little colder, and many warehouses are empty to accommodate the sick and wounded. I'm afraid that Lord Assassin Shi will not agree. ”

Liu Qing was happy to hear this, patted his chest and said, "Lord Thorn Shi's side, I'll go and say." As long as you agree. ”

So, led by Qiu Yizhi, he selected more than 100 of his 200 villagers who were not seriously injured, and together with 18 personal soldiers, they continued to patrol outside Jinling City to prevent the Japanese from waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. He also asked the leaders of the reinforcements to select soldiers who were strong and unwounded, and selected about 300 of them, and handed them over to Zhao Chengxiao for command, and he would give specific command of the cleaning of the battlefield.

As for Qiu Yizhi, he considered that the matter of going to the city to rest and recuperate involved multiple relationships between the Jiangnan Assassin Yamen, the Jiedu Envoy Yamen, the merchants and the injured reinforcements, and it could not be resolved by himself in the middle. Therefore, he personally led the wounded soldiers of his department and stationed them in Jinling City.

Most of the people in Jinling City did not see the scene of the reinforcements outside the city fighting with the Japanese invaders, and only reluctantly drove the Japanese out when tens of thousands of reinforcements were killed and wounded by less than 1,000 Japanese invaders. Therefore, when the people saw these thousands of wounded, blood-stained soldiers entering the city, they did not welcome them in the slightest as if they had lost the battle and retreated into the city, but sneered at them.

The soldiers who retreated into Jinling finally escaped from the murderous outside the city, where could they still take care of the strange eyes of the people in the city? Keeping their heads down and supporting each other, they only knew to follow closely in front and go all the way to the depths of Jinling City. They had just experienced a death catastrophe, and now they saw the scene of flowers and fire cooking oil in Jinling City, and they really felt as if they were separated from the world.

The vacant warehouse that He Jiugong said was on the edge of the canal.

These warehouses were built to be large enough to accommodate the sick and wounded who had retreated into the city. It was that all the baggage that these people carried when they came here was lost, not to mention the clothes and bedding, and there was not a single pot left for cooking and boiling water.

The clothes are naturally easy to say - now is the time when the midsummer is over and the autumn breeze is rising, the weather is neither hot nor very cold, and it is comfortable to gather in the warehouse and lie down on the ground; However, eating is a big problem.

So Qiu Yizhi found He Jiugong and said, "Didn't Jiugong say that the Jinling business community raised some silver taels and wanted to work for the army?" I see that these soldiers and horses have just been defeated, and if they reward the labor army, they will inevitably lose the reward and punishment. It's not as hard as Jiugong, just use these silver taels to buy meals every day, and it doesn't need to be too rich and fine, just let them eat and drink enough. How is it? ”

Before He Jiugong could accept it, the two businessmen who accompanied him immediately echoed: "My lord's method is very thoughtful, so leave this matter to me and others!" ”

He Jiugong turned his head to look at them, then turned back to Qiu Yizhi and smiled: "Son, these two are the first to open a restaurant in Jinling City. The money we raised was given to them to eat, which is a big business, and they might even make a good profit! ”

When the two businessmen heard this, they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Jiugong said that he laughed, what kind of money is not easy to make, we want to make this money?" Speaking of which, are we still doing business in Jinling? ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "I'm causing you trouble, and I should make some money in it, that is, the food must be sufficient." I have already told He Jiugong just now, I don't want to be good, but I want to be full. You are now supplying military supplies, and if you cut corners and use shoddy products, I will use the military to rule you down! ”

These words made the two businessmen stunned, and they immediately agreed resignedly.

Qiu Yizhi nodded with satisfaction, and looked around again, seeing that it was getting late, and the stars in the sky were already looming, so he said to He Jiugong: "Jiugong, thanks to you today, the hour is not early, and we are all tired again, why don't you go back and rest first, and I will come to the door to thank you another day?" ”

He Jiugong listened to Qiu Yizhi's words politely, happily took a few puffs of cigarette, and said with a smile: "Gongzi is serious, the Zhou family is an imperial businessman, and they share weal and woe with the Han Dynasty, of course, they should contribute more to the imperial court." ”

He lowered his voice again, pulled Qiu Yizhi a few steps over, and said in his ear: "Childe, although my old eyes are dizzy, my heart is open. The other reinforcements outside the city have all suffered defeats, but the group of people under Gongzi have won the battle solidly, and the treatment of the labor army is naturally different, how can they stay in this warehouse? Childe, I have specially arranged a residence, which is on the edge of the Qinhuai River, and the expenses are also raised by a few of us, so that the brothers can be happy......

Qiu Yizhi looked at He Jiugong's sly expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha! Jiugong was thoughtful. However, these townsmen were recruited and trained by me with great difficulty, and they just won the battle, are they going to be lost in the fancy world of Jinling? ”