"That is to say, the native soldiers of Wumeng Province did not mutiny."

"They just want to go home, right?"

Li Xiangjun keenly grasped the key points.

"yes, they just want to go home." Ma Wanchun nodded, and said, "But Niangniang, you can't let them go back, if the native soldiers of Wumeng Mansion go back, the native soldiers of Wusa Mansion will also follow home, and when the native soldiers of Wusa Mansion return home, it should be the turn of the native soldiers of Zhenxiong Mansion, Gulin Prefecture and Zunyi Mansion." ”

"Yes, all the native soldiers have returned home, aren't we just going to be bare-rod generals?"

"Therefore, it must be resolutely suppressed, the military camp is not their own land, they can come and leave as they want."

Several other generals also spoke out, all supporting Ma Wanchun's opinions and supporting the suppression of the mutiny in Wumeng Mansion, which shows that Ma Wanchun still has a little influence, after all, he is the second grandson of the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu.

Li Xiangjun's pretty face cooled down again: "And then?" After suppressing the native soldiers of Umeng Province, will they be relieved? Won't Usa and the native soldiers of Zhenxiong Prefecture make trouble? ”

Ma Wanchun and several other generals were speechless when they heard this.

In fact, as long as you are not blind, you can see that in addition to the native soldiers of Zunyi Prefecture, the native soldiers of the other four prefectures have already shown signs of military instability.

After all, the native soldiers of Zunyi Mansion have been with Li Xiangjun the longest.

And the native soldiers of the other provinces have only heard of the good name of Mrs. Xiangjun.

At this time, if the local soldiers of Wumeng Mansion are suppressed with iron and blood, the final result can only be counterproductive, and the local soldiers of Wusa Mansion and other provinces will be forced to oppose in an instant, and if Wu Dading of Qianwei takes advantage of the situation to attack again, it will be over, not only will Xuzhou Mansion be gained and lost, but Wumeng Mansion and other five prefectures will also be lost.

After a long time, Ma Wanchun asked in a sullen voice, "Then what should I do now?" ”

"You're all waiting outside." After Li Xiangjun finished speaking, he was about to go inside.

"?!" Ma Wanchun and several other generals changed their faces when they saw this.

"Don't panic, the native soldiers of Wumeng Mansion just want to go home, they don't want to rebel." Li Xiangjun said, "There will be no danger in this town, you just have to wait outside with confidence." ”

When Ma Wanqin and several other generals heard this, they felt ashamed of their admiration.

The heart said that he was a dignified seven-foot man, but he was not as bold as a woman.

Chen Ermei stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, the slave and maid go in with you." ”

"Yes." Li Xiangjun nodded, and only took Chen Ermei into the Wumeng Mansion Native Soldier Barracks.

Seeing that Li Xiangjun only brought a servant girl in, the native soldiers of Wumeng Mansion gave way to both sides.

Everything was as Li Xiangjun expected, the native soldiers of Wumeng Mansion simply wanted to go home, and did not think about rebellion, so although Li Xiangjun only brought a maidservant to come, he did not show the slightest malice.

After the more than a dozen local soldiers in Wumeng Mansion saw Li Xiangjun, they were even more terrified.

The Tusi and Tuguan of Wumeng Mansion have all been defeated by the local people, and these military leaders are all prestigious native soldiers.

More than a dozen military leaders repeatedly assured Li Xiangjun: "Mrs. Xiangjun, we really just want to go home, we haven't thought about rebellion, and we won't take refuge in Wu Dading and other traitors to fight with the imperial court." ”

Li Xiangjun said with a pleasant face: "It's normal for people to want to go home, but why don't you tell this town?" When I first recruited you out of the mountain, the town said that you can leave at any time if you want to go home, but you have to say hello before you leave, right? Even if it's just a small gathering between friends, don't say hello before leaving. ”

More than a dozen military leaders lowered their heads in shame when they heard this.

I have to admit that these native soldiers are actually very simple in their bones.

As long as the hostility is eliminated, communication is actually easy.

Of course, if they hook up the evil thoughts in their hearts on another occasion, they will immediately turn into beasts, and it is not impossible to commit beastly acts against humans, so humans are complex and advanced animals.

But at least at this moment, the leaders of the native soldiers of Umeng Province are all simple.

A military leader asked, "Is it too late to say hello now?" ”

"Of course, at any time." Li Xiangjun smiled and asked, "However, can this town know why you want to go home?" Is it because too many people are dying? ”

"Of course not, since we are willing to follow Madame down the mountain, we will not be afraid of the dead."

More than a dozen military leaders seemed to be insulted, and said abruptly: "We Yi people are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but we don't want to be treated as fools, not to mention that we are dead, and to let our wives and daughters be bullied." ”

"Where do you start?" Li Xiangjun asked, "Who dares to bully your wife and daughter?" ”

More than a dozen military leaders were silent, and finally one of the military leaders really couldn't hold back, and asked Li Xiangjun: "Mrs. Xiangjun, the imperial court forcibly sent the 30,000 widows of the Shiyan Xuanwei Division to Huguang and rationed the soldiers of Huguang Town as wives, but is there such a thing?" ”

"You mean that? It does. Li Xiangjun nodded and said, "But it's not." ”

After a pause, Li Xiangjun told the story of Shi Yanxuan's widow recruiting a man to serve as a town soldier.

After listening to what Li Xiangjun said, more than a dozen military leaders looked at each other, it turned out that this was the case, so what were they afraid of? Even if they do die on the battlefield, their family name and bloodline will continue.

In the final analysis, there are many advantages to fighting for the imperial court, and you can take care of food if you have money.

Li Xiangjun continued: "There are many widows in the women's barracks, you can ask them, if you still don't believe it, you can also ask the native soldiers of Gulin Prefecture in Zunyi Prefecture, such a big thing, it is impossible to deceive everyone, if this town is lying, it will definitely be exposed." ”

Hearing this, more than a dozen military leaders actually believed it.

One is because, as Li Xiangjun said, it is difficult to fool everyone about such a big thing.

Another one is that Li Xiangjun is too calm and too pretentious, so they can't believe it.

"Mrs. Xiangjun, we believe you, we were wrong." A military leader said sincerely, "Then let's stay and continue to serve the imperial court, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Of course you can, you can serve the court whenever you want." Li Xiangjun said happily.

Chen Ermei, who was guarding behind Li Xiangjun, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, this crisis was finally resolved, and at the same time, she was full of admiration for Li Xiangjun, and said that Niangniang is amazing.

More than a dozen military leaders offered to let the native soldiers of Umeng Province return to the barracks.

Seeing more than a dozen military leaders turn around and leave the tent, Li Xiangjun suddenly stopped with a sudden movement in his heart: "Slow! ”

"Huh?" More than a dozen military leaders looked back at Li Xiangjun blankly, not knowing why Li Xiangjun was stopping.

Li Xiangjun asked thoughtfully: "Do you think the rumors were spread by Wu Dading?" ”

"Probably so." Chen Ermei said without thinking, "Because even a fool knows that as long as Niangniang has rectified the native soldiers of the five mansions, the next target is Wu Dading." ”

More than a dozen military leaders also nodded in agreement.

Li Xiangjun asked again: "Then if the rumors work and the local soldiers of Wufu mutiny, what will happen?" ”

Chen Ermei again: "Nawu Dading will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely launch an attack on Xuzhou Mansion, and may even launch an attack on Wumeng Mansion." ”

"This is it." Li Xiangjun struck the knot.

"Then we will sing a good show for Wu Dading."

"Singing?" More than a dozen army leaders looked at each other.

We Yi people are good at dancing, and singing is not good.

……

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhengqi No. 1 is going to have a second test run today.

Chongzhen gave an order, and Song Yingxing lit the boiler again.

After about half an hour, the boiler once again heard the sound of steam surging, and the barometer also climbed steadily, and soon reached 2 atmospheres.

Immediately, Fang Yizhi opened the cylinder valve.

With a high-pitched and piercing whistle, the multi-ton flywheel began to spin slowly.

[Note: Just because a flywheel weighs tons doesn't mean it needs tons of thrust to turn]

Chongzhen, Pascal, Fang Yizhi, Song Yingxing and others' hearts immediately rose to their throats.

Especially when the flywheel was transferred to a quarter of a week, everyone's hearts almost jumped out of their chests.

Because of the last test drive, the flywheel was stuck in this position, causing the cylinder to almost burst, but I don't know if today's test will repeat the same mistake?

The tragedy was not repeated.

In full view, the flywheel smoothly turned around a quarter of a week, then half a week, then a whole week, and then faster and faster, so fast that there was only a circle of afterimages left on the flywheel's banner.

"Hooray, is this done?" In the silence, Gao Qiqian asked in a low voice.

"Well, it's done." Chongzhen nodded very hard, feeling that his nose was a little blocked.

It's so hard, it's so hard, the fuck finally built a steam engine.

It was only at this time that Zhu Cihong, Pascal, and Fang Yizhi dared to cheer.

"It's done! The No. 1 battle is done! Haha, the test run of Zhengqi No. 1 was successful! ”

At this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly ran over and reported: "Great victory in eastern Sichuan, long live the great victory, great victory in eastern Sichuan!" ”

"The great victory in eastern Sichuan?" Chongzhen smiled when he heard this, "This is really a good thing, Zhengqi No. 1 has just been successfully tested, and Concubine Li has also won a battle in eastern Sichuan. ”

Gao Qiqian took the newspaper from the little eunuch, took the dagger and cut through the fire paint and took out the letter.

Chongzhen unfolded the letter, and said loudly: "Li Xiangjun, the deputy chief soldier of Huguang, is hereby playing: the traitor Wu Dading sent spies to spread rumors among the ministers, intending to create chaos and cause a mutiny in our army. ”

Chongzhen was amazed again, Li Xiangjun has won another big victory? Killed Wu Dading?

This is really strange, you must know that Li Xiangjun led an army of cold weapons, and he actually won battles and victories.

Although she is facing a chaotic army, she does not have the combat effectiveness of Jiannu or the pseudo-Shun army, but if she goes to another person, I am afraid it will be difficult to have such a record as Li Xiangjun, right? The previous time, Qin Liangyu's army of more than 200,000 returned in vain.