In order to prevent him from facing the Tatar army head-on, Li Qing deliberately took a long detour and took four days before returning to the camp.

The battle has long ended, and the Ming army is reorganizing.

"It's good you're back." Lan Yu saw Li Qing and let out a long sigh of relief, "Rest for one night, let's go back tomorrow." ”

Li Qing asked, "How is this battle?" ”

"We've taken advantage of it a little." Lan Yu said, "But you burned so many tents, and you didn't work in vain. ”

After a pause, "Before winter, the Tatars will definitely go to sack Warat, and in general, we will not suffer a big loss when we go out this time." ”

He was a little regretful, "If the 100,000 army were under my command alone, it would definitely not be the current situation." ”

Li Qing was silent for a moment and comforted, "In the case of losing nearly half of it as soon as you came up, you can still fight like this, you are already very powerful, and you have done your best." ”

Lan Yu smiled bitterly, "It's a pity that this last battle failed to meet expectations." ”

Li Qing is also helpless, but Qiu Fu is dead, what else can he do?

……

The next day, the army returned to the court, and along the way, the faces of the soldiers were not good-looking.

When the army of 100,000 came, now it is less than 40,000, more than 60,000, but the enemy is only nearly 30,000, although the Tatar camp is burned, it is still impossible to make up for the loss.

Wang Cong and Li Yuan were the most sad, if it weren't for the light enemy of their army, the outcome would not have been like this.

At the same time, they also saw Liang Guogong's strength.

——The heroes of Jingnan are really not as good as the heroes of the founding of the country!

More than 40,000 people have come up, and they can still fight like this, which is really awesome.

If you put aside their army, just look at the blue jade road, the Ming army is definitely the dominant side.

But on average, it doesn't work.

The soldiers are okay, they are ordered to act, and they can't be held accountable for losing the battle, but the main generals are different, originally their army was meritorious, but they were so averaged, they had to be punished if they didn't do it well, who would reason with this.

Qiu Fu is dead, otherwise these generals can spray him to death.

……

Early September.

Zhu Di received the military intelligence report, and after reading the content of the war report, he was so angry that the table was lifted.

Looking up to the sky and yelling: "Qiu Fu is incompetent......!" ”

Before the 100,000 army started, it folded more than 40,000, which he couldn't accept anyway.

Zhu Di was so angry that he deprived Qiu Fu of his title on the spot, so he was still angry, so he wanted to exile Qiu Fu's family, but was persuaded by Xu Miaoyun.

In the end, they were just driven away from Jinling and driven back to their hometown.

Zhu Di was very distressed, and at the same time, he also felt a sense of happiness, if he hadn't listened to Li Qing's suggestion and used Lanyu, he wouldn't have to get these 100,000 troops in.

Thinking of this, he felt a little better inexplicably.

"Lan Yu is really good at fighting." Zhu Di said to himself, "In that case, you can still fight like this, even if you change me, it's just that, but ...... Even if you don't consider Zhu Yunxi, just his age...... Alas. ”

Zhu Di was entangled, and when he looked around, he found that there was no one who could take the lead.

The only one who can barely afford to be handsome is Zhang Fu.

But after experiencing Qiu Fu's incident, he felt that Zhang Fu was also choked enough, and after thinking about it, there was only one person left.

- Himself.

Zhu Di sighed heavily, and couldn't help but envy him for coming.

When Lao Zhu was at that time, he was really star-studded, especially in the early stage of Hongwu, if he closed his eyes and picked one, it would not be bad, and all of them were powerful.

Every time he goes on an expedition, Lao Zhu is worried about who to let go.

As for Zhu Di, he didn't worry about who to let go, because there was no one who could use it.

Zhu Di sighed and said to himself, "When the matter at hand is dealt with, I will personally lead the troops to the Northern Expedition." ”

~

In early October, the army returned.

Li Qing, Lan Yu and the generals entered the palace to restore their lives.

Zhu Di didn't make a big fuss, but held a banquet to entertain the generals.

This made the generals breathe a long sigh of relief, and they were all grateful.

Zhu Di is a person who understands, and he did not average Qiu Fu's mistakes to them, and if he wants to go on the Northern Expedition in the coming year, he will have to use these generals, so it is naturally not harsh.

Except for Wang Cong and Li Yuan, who were punished and symbolically punished for one year, everyone else received some rewards.

The generals are the most emotional, the emperor is so discerning, and treats the generals well, so that they are inexplicably moved, and they can't wait to immediately throw their heads for the emperor and spill their blood.

……

After the banquet was dispersed, Zhu Di called Li Qing alone, frowned, and said, "Why are you so badly injured?" ”

"On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes." Li Qing smiled indifferently.

The smile touched the wound, looking extremely hideous, and there was no trace of handsomeness in the past.

Then, he said: "There is an unwritten rule in the court, ugly people can't go to court, I'm like this, I don't need to go to court in the future, right?" ”

"You...... Alas. Zhu Di smiled bitterly, "You look very open." ”

In this era, a person's appearance is very important, and a person who looks crooked and cracked can't be an official even if he is talented.

Especially above the court, as far as the eye can see, there is no ugly one.

"I think at the beginning, you were also a famous handsome young man!" Zhu Di was a little distressed, "You are a doctor, can't you recover?" ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly: "The injury is so deep, the meat inside has been turned out, how can it be recovered?" ”

"That's a shame."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be too sad for your ministers......

"You will go to court in the future...... Wear a mask! Zhu Di's big turn really flashed Li Qing's waist, although he did think so.

"Your Majesty, won't your conscience hurt?"

Zhu Di nodded: "It will hurt, but it's okay, for the sake of Daming, it hurts, and you don't have to feel heartache for me." ”

Li Qing: -_-||

"Go back and get some rest." Zhu Di painted a cake and said, "We will remember your credit this time......

Li Qing interrupted his balabala and said directly: "Your Majesty, what are you going to reward me?" ”

"I can't give you any reward you want." Zhu Di said boldly.

Li Qing knew that these words were equivalent to farting, so he didn't care, "Look at the reward!" ”

Zhu Di thought for a while, "How about a thousand taels of bounty?" ”

"It can't be a thousand treasure bills, right?" Li Qinghu was suspicious.

"You're a money junkie." Zhu Di didn't have a good breath, "It's really gold." ”

"Come on, Emperor Xie Longen." Li Qing arched his hand with a smile, "The minister went back first." ”

With that, he turned and walked out.

"Li Qing."

"Huh?" Li Qing turned around, "Is the emperor still in trouble?" ”

Zhu Di said seriously: "In my heart, you are still as handsome and chic as before, in fact, a man's appearance is not important, don't care too much." ”

Li Qing nodded with a smile: "Emperor Xie comforts, the minister really doesn't care." ”

"That's good." Zhu Di smiled, "Go back and recuperate, let's go." ”

~

When she got home, when the third girl saw him like this, big tears fell from her eyes.

"Okay, stop crying." Li Qing quipped, "Do you think Mr. is not handsome?" ”

"It's not, it's distressing." Wan Ling said with a crying voice, "Sir, why are you injured like this, it must be very painful, right?" ”

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Li Qing pulled the three girls into the house and tied them to the door, and then told the truth, "Don't be sad, Mr. is doing this on purpose." ”

They all know the secret of immortality, and Li Qing has no need to hide it, "If Mr. wants to recover, it will be fine in a few days, this is just to hide people's eyes." ”

"Really?" The three girls were a little unconvinced.

"Is that fake?" Li Qing smiled, "Wanling, you are skillful, make me a beautiful mask." ”

"I'm afraid masks don't work." Red Sleeves said, "The mask can cover the face, but it can't cover the long hair of Mr., so let's make a hood in one step!" ”

“…… It's also ha~" Li Qing smiled bitterly, "You guys design it well." ”

The third girl nodded.

At this time, the maid's voice came from outside, "Master, a guest is coming." ”

"Okay, I got it." Li Qing replied in a loud voice, "I'll go to meet the guests first, and we'll talk about it in the evening." ”

"yes, okay." The three girls obediently agreed.

——

In the front yard, Li Jinglong stood under the fruit tree, holding a folding fan in his hand, with a graceful demeanor.

It's his standard, and it's in his hands all year round.

"Brother Li is here." Li Qing said with a smile, "Let's go, go to the guest hall to chat, come here, prepare wine and food." ”

"It's better not to drink it, it will affect the healing of the wound." Li Jinglong said, "I heard Lan Yu say that you are injured, I will come and take a look." ”

Looking at Li Qing's hideous wound, he was a little sad, "You are a prison army, and you are not a pioneer, what are you doing blindly?" ”

"It was a critical situation!" Li Qing didn't care about smiling, "It's not a big deal, the injury has been fixed, there's no need to avoid alcohol, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, we have to have a drink." ”

"That'...... I don't dare to ask for ears if I want to. Li Jinglong dragged the sentence, and the fan was spread out and fanned gently, with a graceful demeanor.

Suddenly, he realized that this would hurt Li Qing, so he hurriedly threw away the fan and said with a dry smile, "It's almost winter, and the sky is cold~"

Li Qing smiled and nodded, touched by it.

The two of them sat down, and after a short time, the wine and food were served.

Just as he was about to drink, Chubby came.

The two got up and exchanged a few words, and the three of them sat down to eat and drink.

During this period, Xiaopang and Li Jinglong's comfort outside the words, Li Qing behaved very well, which made the two of them feel a lot more at ease.