Zuo Liangyu and the others withdrew.

The withdrawal was very fast, and the withdrawal was very sluggish.

Grain, heavy equipment, and construction were all abandoned.

When Wu Xiang got the news, he was stunned for a long time, a little incredulous.

"You say. Zuo Liangyu's army has already moved south and has all withdrawn? ”

Wu Xiang felt that he might be overworked, and his head was groggy and did not wake up.

looked up at the top of the tent, and finally turned back again: "This matter, convinced?" ”

"My lord, it's true!" When I first learned the news, I was also surprised, and when the group of bitches retreated, they were stunned by the grass and the horses, and there was no movement at all! It wasn't until the battalion guards in charge of the patrol went to check that they found that most of the men and horses of Zuo Liangyu's camp had been withdrawn.

It's okay not to find out, but as soon as it is discovered, the entire army of King Qin is almost sensational, and everyone begins to prepare to flee south.

Zuo Liangyu is in charge of the scout camp, and he has to run, doesn't that mean that the Liaodong army is coming?

Therefore, Wu Xiang, who was originally studying the westward route in the tent, was also alarmed.

"Zuo Liangyu !!" Wu Xiang hated it so much that he couldn't wait to pull out the knife and stab Zuo Liangyu to death!

"Pass my general order, beat the drums, and all the generals will gather in the Chinese military camp tent!!" Wu Xiang got up and wanted to convene all the generals to discuss the matter, at this time, first stabilize the morale of the army!

"My lord, the battalions have begun to rout, and the generals are taking care of themselves, at this time, when the entourage came back from Zuo Liangyu's camp, the entire camp was already in chaos, where might people gather to discuss matters?"

"How is this good?" Wu Xiang sat back in his chair with a plop, a little dazed and at a loss.

At this time, a voice came from outside the tent, and as the curtain was lifted, Wu Sangui, who was wearing bright armor and holding a bloody blade, walked in.

"Father, there is already chaos outside the tent, and the battalions have begun to flee, how do we decide?"

When Wu Sangui got the news, he also tried to ride his horse forward to stop the rout, and even slashed two garrison officers with a knife, but once the army's heart was broken, it was beyond human power to recover, not to mention that Wu Sangui at this time was far from growing into the Shanhaiguan general in later generations, and his authority and prestige were far inferior.

Looking at Wu Xiang, who was still stunned, Wu Sangui was a little impatient: "Father, please make a quick decision!" ”

At this time, whether to retreat south or westward must be decided immediately!

"This, this, this" Wu Xiang looked at the bloody long knife in his son's hand, and was shocked for a while, almost having the idea of thanking the Son of Heaven for himself, but he was a little sorry for his life, and he was stunned for a while, but he didn't have the slightest idea.

Listening to the noise outside the tent and the neighing of war horses, Wu Sangui hated it so much that he stomped on the ground and scolded: "Father, when the time comes, don't hesitate, the last general thinks that he should retreat south directly, return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then make plans!" ”

Withdraw to Jiangsu and Zhejiang?

Wu Xiang shook his head directly when he heard this: If you go back for your father, won't you be questioned by the princes of Nanjing City? What face do you have to see Duke Yuan?

"Then I'll go west? Entering Gyeonggi alone, killing him upside down? Wu Sangui stepped forward, holding a bloody blade, his face was covered with blood, and he looked a little fierce.

West and then north into Gyeonggi?

Wu Xiang shook his head again when he heard this: No, no! Now that the lone army has entered Gyeonggi, isn't it a war exploit for Wang Qi? The way to death!

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either!" Wu Sangui sighed: "Isn't it a dead end?" ”

Rumble!!!

Suddenly there was a loud bang outside the tent, and I don't know what was falling.

The Liaodong Army has not yet been killed, this is the situation, if it really comes, is it not waiting to be killed?

Wu Sangui snorted, and his heart was ruthless: "Father, I thought it would be more appropriate to retreat south directly, the current Liaodong army is strong, and the law does not blame the public!" I'm waiting to return to the army, in addition to scolding two sentences, can Nanjing really kill us? When the time comes, everyone will be in danger, and he is not afraid of forcing everyone to rebel and take refuge in Wang Qi? ”

There is some truth to this!

Sitting in the chair, Wu Xiangmuran nodded, in a hurry, there was no better way.

You can't really lower Wang Qi, right?

"Someone! Take care of my father, I will gather the generals and command the retreat to the south! ”

After that, Wu Sangui carried the knife and turned around and left directly.

Only Wu Xiang was left in the tent in a hurry, not knowing why.

"The Guards Camp comes with me!" Wu Sangui got out of the camp tent and turned over with a long knife: "Gather the soldiers in the camp, who dares to take the opportunity to rob the finances, create chaos, and kill without mercy!" ”

As he spoke, Wu Sangui saw that there were 1,000 officials not far away who were robbing the soldiers' finances and gathering the crowd to leave.

"Die!" With an angry roar, Wu Sangui bent his bow and arrows, didn't aim, and let go of his fingers: "Go!" ”

Sou!!!

In the next breath, a long arrow was inserted into the eyebrows of the Qianhu official.

With a thud, he fell to the ground and died.

And when the group of routs saw that the chief officer was dead, they were also frightened, and stayed where they were, not daring to move.

"Pass the order of the general commander, the battalion will organize a retreat, the infantry will go first, and the cavalry will follow! Evacuate in an orderly manner, the pro-guard battalion will follow my palace, who dares to take the opportunity to make trouble, and there will be no mercy! Person. It's a case in point! ”

Looking at Wu Sangui's fierce gaze, everyone present trembled.

This is a ruthless man!

"The little ones obey the orders of the adults!"

Someone commanded the retreat, and the generals had the backbone.

The originally chaotic battalion, after the main general gave the order to retreat, finally had some order.

The horses were leading, the grains were packed, and the trucks began to move quickly.

In less than an hour, when the sky was slightly bright, most of the camp had been withdrawn, and only Wu Sangui and the personal guard battalion were left.

"The army has already withdrawn, my lord, shall we go too?" He stepped forward and reported to Wu Sangui.

Looking at the direction of the rising sun in the distance, Wu Sangui squinted his eyes, as if he heard the sound of thousands of troops.

"It's the Liaodong Army coming."

In a trance, Wu Sangui felt that he should have a trace of fate with them.

"My lord, if you don't leave, it's too late!"

"Let's go," Wu Sangui sighed silently, the Liaodong Army was strong, relying on the soldiers and horses of Nanjing City, I am afraid that it will be difficult to go on a northern expedition in this life.

"Removal !!"

After that, Wu Sangui took the lead and walked away.

"Drive, drive, call !!"

After a stick of incense, when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to come, he looked at the messy ruins and the cooking torches that had just been extinguished, and he only felt a little ridiculous.

Overnight, what about the army of King Qin in Nanjing City?

Le Ma turned the horse's head, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the swamp to the north, and frowned: "Go and check, are there any traces of the march of the army?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was a little anxious in his heart, this group of troops wouldn't want to take advantage of the night to go north to attack him, right?

However, fortunately, they left more than 8,000 infantry, as long as they held out for a moment and returned to their horses to kill, they could still win.

After a short time, the scout returned to the horse.

"My lord, there is no trace of the march of the army in the swamp to the north, but on the way to the south, there are many ruts and traces of the chaotic departure of men and horses."

Retreat south?

Lu Xiangsheng opened his mouth.

Without letting go of a shot, the group of Nanjing soldiers and horses withdrew when they saw their first face?

For a while, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether he should be complacent, but he smiled bitterly.

"My lord, what about us?" The lieutenant general stepped forward on horseback: "Do you want to chase it?" ”

"No, notify the army to go to Wen'an County, and first station outside the city to wait for the next news from Beijing."

Qin Erbao had already led the army into Xuzhou Mansion, and Lu Xiangsheng felt that there was no need to put his soldiers and horses on the front line of the Yangtze River - it was too arrogant to put a long snake formation.

Let's reply to the Chief Honorable and make a plan.

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July 13, Beijing City.

In the past few days, although there is a hint of chill at night, the weather has begun to get hot and humid during the day, and some large families have begun to take out the ice stored in the cellar in winter for their families to cool off.

"It wouldn't be so hot in July!" Tea shops on the street, under the awning, there are people chatting.

"Who knows? I heard that two people died in the heat of Xuanbeifang in the outer city yesterday." In the capital border, news always spreads very fast.

The blue-coated young man looked left and right before he whispered, "I'll tell you, you can keep it a secret!" ”

"You say, you say, my mouth is notoriously tight!" The chubby man fanned his fan while his mouth was full of assurances.

"Outside the capital, at the bottom of Yuquan Mountain, what kind of learning." The blue-coated young man frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Oh, it's called the Science Society, which bombs the mountain and mines day and night, and also builds a blast furnace under the mountain, saying that it is to make iron. It led to the provocation of the mountain gods, and the weather was hot. ”

"Huh? What does a furnace that is so high for ironmaking? The chubby young man said, "In Beijing City, can't there be so many blacksmith shops?" ”

"Who knows?" The blue-coated young man chuckled lightly, and his expression was shy: "I heard that Qi Guogong wants to make an alchemy, and I heard that the higher the furnace, the better the effect of the pill!" ”

Although the official name of Qi Guogong has been abolished and replaced by the chief consul, the folk say that Wang Qi is generally referred to as Qi Guogong, which cannot be corrected for a while.

"What does alchemy do? Longevity Pill? How old is Qi Guogong? Twenty-one years old, right? The chubby man obviously didn't believe it: "What kind of rumors are you talking about?" ”

"You know what? Who said that it was refining the elixir of immortality? The blue-coated young man looked at the stove with disdain, looked left and right again, and then said in a low voice: "What do you look at the long whirring stove?" Let me tell you, it's Hehuan Dan."

"Huh?" The chubby young man looked surprised, and then quickly lowered his head, his eyes shining: "Qi Guogong wants to refine the Hehuan Pill, but there is a spectrum, I heard that Hailanzhu is the first beauty in Horqin!" No one can stand the toss every day."

"What you said is boring," the man in the blue coat smiled: "It's not Hai Lanzhu!" ”

"That's it." The chubby young man was stunned for a moment, and said shyly: "Is it Princess Ningde?" ”

"No, no," shaking his head, the blue-clad youth took a deep breath: "That's it." I'll just tell you. ”

"Who?" The chubby man asked.

"When the queen of the dynasty, Zhang Yan!"

With a plop, the fat man sat directly on the ground, his expression still dull: Ah???

Today's queen is glamorous in the world, that is a well-known thing

However, the Duke and Empress of Qi?

After a while, the fat man's face became exciting: this is the fragrant wild history that the folk like to see!

At this time, it was far away at the foot of Yuquan Mountain, which was hundreds of miles away from the capital.

Dozens of blast furnaces have been erected, and from a distance, it does look like an object under the crotch of a man rumored by folklore.

At this moment, the dozens of stoves were billowing black smoke, and the thick fog was spewing out, which was amazing.

"The quality of the iron produced by this kind of furnace is three or five grades higher than that of ordinary blacksmith shops, and there is no need to forge it many times, and there are fewer impurities in it," Xu Guangqizheng and Wang Qi stood in the pavilion in the distance, introducing the transformed steelmaking furnace.

"What about efficiency?" Wang Qi looked at the furnace in the distance, he didn't understand the principle of high temperature, but those furnaces did have the prototype of the steelmaking furnace of the later factory, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, Xu Guangqi would drum this thing out.

"Efficiency?" Xu Guangqi didn't understand what he meant.

"That is, while the quality of steelmaking is higher, can the time of steelmaking be shortened?" Wang Qi explained casually.

Xu Guangqi chewed for a long time, the word 'efficiency' is indeed concise.

"At the moment, the time cannot be shortened, or even longer, and his yield is not high. It also needs to be continuously improved," Xu Guangqi learned and put it into practice, and the word 'yield' popped out of his mouth directly.

"Well, it doesn't matter, we have time, and we have the opportunity for trial and error," Wang Qi nodded, and the two walked down the mountain together.

The waiter set up a cool umbrella for the two.

"What is the current enrollment progress of the scientific society?" Wang Qi opened his mouth to ask about the things he had learned.

"Formal students of the scientific society need to pass three exams before they can enter, but the examination of the society is different from that of the Ming Jing Jinshi, and their test questions are about the examination of the subject of Gewu: for example, water conservancy, such as agriculture, for example, to explain some common phenomena in life, to say something, to say reason, or to be able to give examples and arguments."

Xu Guangqi was half a step behind Wang Qi, and said as he walked: "At present, there are three hundred and seventy people who have undergone the preliminary screening, and they still need to be inspected, and"

Xu Guangqi paused before continuing: "As for the main participants in this steelmaking, the old man also intends to directly promote the entrance association and become a full member. ”

"Yes, when the time comes, it will be reported to the seven-member parliamentary group and approved by deliberation," Wang Qi nodded: "In short, the official members of the scientific society, as well as the official students, should be cautious and cautious, they are the main driving force for the development of the entire society in the future, and they are also the hope for the future." ”

Wang Qi turned his head to look at Xu Guangqi: "Elder Xu, there are some aspects, the importance of the council is not even as good as learning, do you understand?" ”

"Rest assured, almost all of the old man's efforts in this life have been poured into the society, if the society is prosperous, then I will do what I want in my life!" Xu Guangqi nodded heavily.

While the two were talking, a soldier sent a secret letter from the bottom of the mountain.

"My lord, I'm from Nanjing," the entourage held the letter to Wang Qi: "I just arrived in Beijing."

Nanjing's letter?

Wang Qi's eyes fell on the letter, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: Nanjing Zhugong, I still can't bear it! (End of chapter)