Chapter 541: Meritorious Service for Guilt
"You bring someone to pour oil, watch for it!" He gave the order, and the man immediately found a number of minions and poured oil on the opposing team.
While the oil was hot, Qi Jun threw the burning torch at the other party, and the field suddenly burst into flames, and the smell of gunpowder smoke was mixed with a trace of burnt smell. The firelight gradually brightened, the number of opponents decreased a lot, and the black bodies on the ground increased, and after a while, the leader of the other party also died in the flames.
Qi Junqing held his bow and arrow in his hand, aimed at the fluttering flag in the wind, and with a movement of his fingers, the flag fell into the raging fire.
"Kill!" As if inspired, the Qi army rushed forward, and at this point, there was another bloody storm on the battlefield. Seeing that the general trend had gone, the other party had to retreat urgently.
When the Qi army returned to the barracks, it was twilight and slightly drunk. A person stood in front of the tent and looked forward to it, and when he saw a familiar figure in the distance, he couldn't help but rush forward, "The first battle was won, it's really amazing!" ”
Qi Junqing, who was on the horse, smiled doting at her, and immediately dismounted and took her into his arms.
Perhaps because of the victory, the generals were extra developed tonight, and after eating some wine, they talked to each other again before slowly returning to the camp to rest.
At night, the sparkling flames gradually spread, and at first glance it looks like a candle flame, but it is not. The light of the fire gradually brightened until it burned into several large clusters of flames, and when he saw this, the soldiers who were keeping watch at the night came forward and immediately shouted: "It's not good, it's not good, the grain and grass are on fire!" ”
A word woke up the dreamer, and within half an hour, everyone hurriedly brought buckets. It took half an hour of water to extinguish the fire.
As a result, nearly one-third of the grain and grass were lost.
"Who did it?" Qi Yutian shouted with a dark face, secretly wondering how the grain and grass would suddenly catch fire if someone hadn't done it on purpose in the middle of the night.
The soldier who found the fire trembled and knelt down, "General, when I came here and here, the fire and fire were already burning, but I didn't see anyone moving!" ”
Hearing this, Qi Xiangtian wiped a handful of ashes from his face and glanced at the man, "Have you checked what strange things are on the grain and grass?" ”
The little soldier tilted his head and thought for a while before replying: "Back to the general, there is some oil left on it, maybe it was because someone deliberately threw the fire primer on it, so the fire started." ”
Everyone expressed their opinions, combined with the situation of receiving oil and water today, the spearhead was pointed at Qi Junqing, after all, he was the only one who ordered the oil today.
"It seems that this matter has nothing to do with King Ruxian." Qi Xiangtian said in a deep voice. Everyone was talking about it, and a few of the bold ones actually asked to dispose of Qi Junqing.
"It's too disrespectful for the deputy commander to talk about it!" Jiang Youjing stopped it. Beside her, there was still Qi Junqing standing.
But seeing that he coughed lightly twice, his body that was as strong as a loose finally moved, "Today, the king did adjust the oil, but everyone who went to the battlefield knows that the oil is used to kill the enemy, and there is not a drop left, if anyone doesn't believe it, you can come to check." ”
The people who were still menacing just now were silent, and their heads hung down involuntarily.
"This matter is too strange, in the absence of evidence, you don't have to speculate at will," Jiang Youjing glanced around, and his eyes circled around Qi Xiangtian, "Prince Xin is still conclusive, why don't you say it now?" Isn't this fire set by you, the prince, and now your heart is empty? ”
Everyone looked at Qi Xiangtian and couldn't help but sigh. Because there was no evidence, the generals no longer dared to speculate, and only stood silently to listen to the order.
The night was dark, and the cold moonlight sprinkled on the meadow, adding nothing but to the coldness.
For a long time, Qi Yutian raised his eyes in contemplation and looked at Jiang Hejing, and the heavy chill in his eyes was hidden by a light smile at some point.
"It's really a joke, as the commander of an army, how could I, Qi Xiangtian, do such a thing? If what King Ruxian said is true, then there must be someone else who set the fire, and the enemy may not have done it, and it is getting late today, and this matter can only be found out slowly later. After saying that, he immediately waved his big arm and signaled that everyone would disperse for the time being, and no one would be allowed to continue arguing about the matter.
Hearing this, the sergeants were a little saddened and returned to their respective camps in pairs.
All of a sudden, everyone dispersed, and there were only a few of them left on the grassland in front of the camp, and the two of them didn't want to leave before Qi Xiangtian met, so he smiled and said, "Isn't King Ruxian still thinking about who did this?" I advise you not to bother with that brain, and rest early for tomorrow. ”
Qi Junqing just looked at him indifferently and didn't make the slightest explanation. Silent smoke spread between the two opposing people.
"The commander better take care of himself first!" Caught off guard, Jiang Youjing said angrily at him.
With a sneer, Qi Xiangtian immediately turned around and left, and the moment he opened the tent, he shook his head sideways and said, "Early tomorrow morning, I will order someone to report the matter of military grain to the emperor." ”
When Qi Xiangtian's figure disappeared completely, Jiang Hejing raised his head to look at Qi Junqing, who had been silent for a long time, and his eyes were full of worry about him: "Junqing......" grain and grass were burned, although Qi Xiangtian said so now, but when it really reached the emperor, she didn't know what it would be hacked into, and the stakes were very high, and she knew the burden in Qi Junqing's heart.
"It's okay, let's go back too." A shallow smile rose at the corner of Qi Jun's mouth, and he took her into his arms and hugged her away.
The next day, before noon, the military camp received information from the capital.
What is written above is the arrangement of the new batch of grain and grass. According to the soldier who sent the message, when the emperor ordered him to go in and report it, he was at first happy for a while, and then he was furious, Xing had defeated the enemy army in the first battle yesterday, and the army rations were burned clean in the night. Later, Jiangnan was appointed to escort the grain.
Soon, Jiangnan took the order and set off from the capital with the prepared grain.
The avenue began to become narrower and narrower, and apart from the sound of wheels and horses' hooves, all you could hear was the howling of the hunting wind from the mountain stream not far away.
"I'm going to Guanfengkou soon, there are often robbers here recently, everyone cheers up, pay attention to the surrounding movements, there is something wrong with the grain and grass on the car, we are not enough to lose ten heads." The man on the horse looked around, slammed the reins, turned around and raised his voice to the already tired soldiers.
When the soldiers heard that they were about to lose their heads, they were full of excitement and immediately became energetic.
At the entrance, Jiang Nan's intuition was wrong, he would take this road on weekdays, but he had never been so quiet as today. Suddenly, a crow flew out of the dense forest on the cliff, and its voice was extremely poignant.
Immediately after, a group of people rushed out of the surrounding jungle, and there were several on the cliff, still holding wooden bows and arrows in their hands, ready to attack.
"It's bandits! It's bandits! Suddenly one of the soldiers shouted, and the crowd was thrown into disarray.
Jiang Nan was still too young after all, although he kept roaring at them to calm down and not panic. But at this life-and-death juncture, how many people will listen to him? These bandits have always been desperate for money and life.
The bandits led by the bandits saw that the army was almost in chaos, so they gave an order, and a dense crowd of people outflanked them from all directions.
But after all, these soldiers were trained, and when they fought together, they could still fight against the murderous bandits for a while, and they had a favorable position in numbers, and it didn't take long for the two teams to be exhausted.
Between the swords and swords, Jiang Nan grabbed the adjutant and shouted: "Quick, you take some people first, escort these grains to go first, and be sure to deliver them safely to the front line, I am behind this pad." In a hurry, he could only let the adjutant transport some of the grain first, and if he could lose less, he would lose less!
After a quarrel, Jiangnan caught up with the army in front with the remnants of the army, but most of the military rations were lost.
He knew that he could not feel guilty for this defeat, and planned to return to Beijing to be punished after the remaining grain and grass arrived at the destination. But he didn't think about it, when Qi Xiangtian heard this, he was furious, detained him first, and directly ordered someone to quickly raise the whip to report the truth to the emperor.
On the morning of the second day, when the emperor heard the news, he was even more annoyed, and immediately ordered: "Jiangnan escorts grain and grass, and if it is not good, it will be immediately escorted back to Beijing to be punished." ”
When Jiang Jing heard that this was not good, she stood up tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, please spare him this time for the sake of serving the country when Jiangnan is still young!" begged the emperor to allow him to make meritorious service on the sidelines. ”
"Since Taifu has interceded for him like this, then I will spare his life for the time being, and belong to Prince Xin's subordinates on the same day, so as to prepare for meritorious service to eliminate this crime." Suddenly, thinking that he was just a young child, the emperor was also a little unbearable.
When the military order was passed to the barracks, all the generals were dissatisfied, how could such a hairy boy who had lost his military rations come to join them, and what if he lost the battle because of him?
Jiang Nan stood in front of the generals at all levels without saying a word.
For everyone's dissatisfaction, Qi Xiangtian sees it in his eyes, but he just doesn't resolve it or break it.
Seeing these people say this about Jiangnan, Jiang Hejing couldn't hold back a little, and was about to step forward to reason with them, but was stopped by Qi Junqing.
"No more talk, I'll take him with me!" Qi Jun glanced at everyone present, his sword eyebrows frowning slightly. Seeing him volunteering like this, Qi Xiangtian looked really dazzling, how could he just follow Qi Junqing's wishes?
A few days later, the enemy seemed to have almost repaired, and before dawn, he sent people to call for battle in front of the barracks. In the main camp with a glimmer of light, Jiang Nan was wearing armor and was ready to go.
In view of the fact that Qi Junqing was ruthlessly shining in front of his father last time because he repelled the enemy army, he couldn't give him a chance this time. So who to let go? Those guys in the camp have all suffered defeats, and they must not be sent into battle again. Soon, he set his sights on the newcomer Jiangnan, just him, and he could also let him "wear guilt and make meritorious service" once.
In this battle, because the enemy army was underestimated, he did not expect that it was a young general with a trendy ideology who came out to meet him, and he was defeated again.
It was day and night, and Jiang and Jing came to the camp where Jiang Nan lived.