What Ma Buqing didn't expect was that his nightmare had just begun, just after night, Wang Shijie's army had already passed through Xiangyuan County, blocking all the back roads of the army.Even if the Hui army chooses to retreat at this time, it will be a dead end.The Hui army's camp was already in chaos, and the small group of troops that were constantly moving closer to the Hui army had already reported the situation.Ma Buqing returned to the barracks with his head down, he knew in his heart how vulnerable this team of returning troops was, it seemed to be sixty or seventy thousand men and horses, but in fact it only had more than 10,000 combat strength, but most of them had fallen just now.The remaining soldiers and horses are only enough to bully the people who bully the Han people, and if they fight to the death, they can only rely on the number of people to add some prestige."
Brother Ma, what's the situation" Mu Hong looked at Ma Buqing's dejected appearance, and naturally guessed one or two, and there was also news from the spies in front of him just now.Mu Hong deliberately asked this because he wanted to take the opportunity to destroy Ma Buqing's prestige in the alliance and let the Mu family have the final say."
Daddy Mu, I don't think the mountain road ahead can be crossed, we have to choose the road again."
Ma Buqing hung his head in frustration, the Ma family's elite has now been lost, and he is no longer qualified to speak in the alliance.This improvised alliance is the size of a fist, and perhaps more than 3,000 archers should not have been killed just now."
Brother Ma, you are still a little too young, the old man has actually come up with a clever plan a long time ago, and now the back road has been blocked by an unknown army, we have no back road."
Mu Hong twitched the corners of his mouth gloatingly, but he didn't laugh."
The back road, there is no more" Ma Buqing's eyes widened."
yes, the back road is broken.We can only desperately break forward, I believe that the defenders on the hillside will not have much food and grass, and tomorrow in a battle, the old man will have his own clever plan to deal with them. ”Mu Hong laughed coldly, whispered a few words to the generals around him, and then ordered the Mu family's men to go down and act secretly.Ma Buqing didn't know what his plan was, but seeing Mu Hong's sworn appearance, he could only swallow his breath and wait for tomorrow to make plans.Qiao Zhiqing, the governor of Suzhou, was silent as he watched the secret music sent by the capital, the imperial court was cautious, and there was a balance between all aspects, and he hesitated on the issue of rewarding the meritorious generals of Nanjing City, lest the rewards and punishments be unclear, which made this group of generals with heavy troops dissatisfied.So he deliberately issued a secret edict and asked Qiao Zhiqing's opinion again.Last time, in order to show goodwill to the father-in-law, Qiao Zhiqing went to the court and put the credit on the Hunan army.But after falling out with Zeng Guofan, he changed his mind, since there must be a battle with the Hunan army, there is no need to hide it, and now he can only force the Hunan army to the opposite road first, and then take advantage of the troubled waters to fish.There are two ways to force the Hunan army to rebel, one is to rob them of their merits, and the other is to disband their arms.After Yan Yuting sent Qiao Zhiqing a twist, she sat on the couch boredly and looked at Qiao Zhiqing who was frowning, fiddling with her little feet boringly, and sometimes pursed her lips and smirked a few times for some reason."
Brother Qiao, are you not sure how to choose for your father-in-law" Yan Yuting finally couldn't help but tease Qiao Zhiqing."
You don't speak, no one treats you as a mute."
Qiao Zhi glanced at her innocently, picked up the pen and replied to the imperial court, in which he praised Rong Lu's Eight Banners Army fiercely, and credited Rong Lu with all the credit for breaking through Nanjing City.and hinted that if things changed, the Qingzi army would definitely stand on the side of the imperial court."
Hmph, I knew you were still thinking about that sister Yun."
Yan Yuting pouted and spit out weakly, she also knew that Qiao Zhiqing was upset, and she didn't dare to tease him too much, in case this guy got angry and beat himself, it would be miserable.However, Yan Yuting was also curious about what Qiao Zhiqing looked like when he was angry, and he hadn't seen him angry with himself for so long.The Qing Dynasty has always been inferior to men, and I don't know how Qiao Zhiqing grew up, thinking of ways to improve the status of women."
You, this little mouth is unforgiving, Zeng Guofan is afraid that he will not marry his daughter to me, and we are about to drink Xiangjun and turn his face."
Qiao Zhiqing really didn't mean to be angry at all, and smiled bitterly at Yan Yuting, got up after folding the letter and handed it to Yan Yuting, asking her to send it out immediately for eight hundred miles.Yan Yuting knew his virtue, so she was even more confident, covered her mouth and snickered, took the letter and was about to go out."
Wait a minute, is there a military report from Wang Shijie today" Qiao Zhiqing just reacted, and hurriedly raised his head and asked Yan Yuting."
Don't worry, the force of the 18th Battalion of Shaanxi Hui has also been beaten by Wang Shijie, and those Hui troops in Lu'an Mansion are not enough for Wang Shijie to snag his teeth."
Yan Yuting winked at Qiao Zhiqing easily, and went out as she spoke.Qiao Zhiqing looked at her elfin and strange appearance, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, if she really married this Miss Yan, I don't know if her little temper will change."
Master, it's not good."
As soon as Qiao Zhiqing sat down, the nervous cries of Ling'er and Hui'er came from outside the door, and he rushed into the study as he spoke."
Tell me if something happens."
Qiao Zhiqing frowned and looked at these two little things curiously."
Madam, madam" Ling'er couldn't hold back a sentence for a long time, so Qiao Zhiqing stood up anxiously and asked loudly, "What's wrong with Madam?"
"Madam, she seems to be giving birth." ”Hui'er took a deep breath and finally shouted out."
What" Qiao Zhiqing silently calculated the time in his heart, and hurriedly rushed out of the study and ran towards the bedroom in the courtyard.The outside of the dormitory was already crowded with people, and for the sake of insurance, when Yan Yuting's belly was nine months old, Qiao Zhiqing assigned two female nurses to serve in the military medical department.At this time, Su Sanniang's painful screams were heard in the bedroom, although she had been a family twice before, she had never given birth once, and now she was an older mother, so she was naturally more dangerous than her.Qiao Zhiqing didn't believe in the midwife's skills, and specially asked the foreign doctor who knew gynecology in the military medical department to be on call at any time, and now the foreign doctor has been busy in the house for a long time, but the child still has no signs of giving birth.Qiao Zhiqing was in a hurry outside the door, he had no choice, he tossed all night, and the door suddenly opened after dawn, and a Sven foreign doctor pulled off his mask and walked out of the house, looking tired."
Doctor, how is Madame, has the child been born" Qiao Zhiqing was also nervous and didn't close his eyes all night, and even the dark circles under his eyes came out, very embarrassed."
It's okay, my lord, Madame is just a normal childbirth reaction, and the child is estimated to be born in these two days, so I have to stay in the house and wait."
Doctor Yang said word by word in his non-standard Chinese."
No problem, I'll arrange for someone to take you down to rest, and you can stay in this courtyard first."
Qiao Zhiqing let out a long breath, gave an order to Ling'er and Hui'er behind him, took Doctor Yang down to rest, and then hurriedly entered the bedroom.Su Sanniang was lying on the bed with a weak face, the little maid had just wiped her body slightly, and after Qiao Zhiqing entered the house, the little maid took the basin and carefully retreated."
Sanniang, you're okay."
Qiao Zhiqing sat down carefully beside her and gently stroked her face."
It's okay, don't worry."
Yan Yuting exhaled weakly, clenched Qiao Zhiqing's fingers and chuckled."
It's okay, you don't know how worried I am about you."
Qiao Zhiqing couldn't help but say a sensual word, and even laughed himself.Su Sanniang was moved, hugged Qiao Zhiqing's neck for a while, but didn't expect Qiao Zhiqing to fall asleep without a breath.Su Sanniang smiled, put a dress on him, stroked his stomach with one hand, stroked Qiao Zhiqing's face with the other, and fell asleep sweetly with his eyes closed.The Hui army led by Mu Hong in Wuxiang County, Shanxi Province has made all preparations for breaking through, Ma Buqing looked at all this in front of him with a wry smile on the side, it turned out that Mu Hong's clever plan was to search for the Han people in all the nearby villages, let these Han people walk in the front, and the Hui army disguised as Han people mixed in the crowd, if the defenders on the hillside let these Han people pass, the Hui people mixed in it will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and then wait for the Hui army to take advantage of the situation to launch a general attack.Ma Buqing had to admire Mu Hong's cunning and cunning, this old thing didn't put forward this plan early, but waited for his Ma family army to disappear, it was really vicious, and even his own people had to calculate.After the attack was launched, about three or four thousand people dressed in Han costumes rushed up, all crying and screaming at the position of the Qing army.The soldiers don't know what to do now, the Qingzi Army has never had a tradition of shooting at the people, and since they joined the Qingzi Army, this military regulation has burned their hearts like sashimi.When the people were 500 meters away from the hillside, the Qing army finally fired guns at the sky to demonstrate, signaling the people to stop.But behind these ordinary people is the returning army that is eyeing the tiger, and it is not easy to escape from the tiger's mouth, who is willing to give up this line of life.The common people are still moving forward, and they are all hoping that their officers and soldiers will not harm their own people.Zhang Xian on the hillside was completely dumbfounded when he saw this situation, took a deep breath, and kept thinking about it in his mind, Li Qingyun, the commander of the left battalion who was deployed at the forefront of the defense, also quickly withdrew to the headquarters and asked Zhang Xian about countermeasures."
There must be a conspiracy here, if the Hui army mixes in here, our defensive positions will definitely be broken up by the Hui army."
Li Qingyun scolded angrily and stomped his right foot fiercely."
This trick of fishing in troubled waters has been used once in Ansai City, but I didn't expect them to use it once in Shanxi in such a despicable way.You take the left battalion to gather all the people first, and then like this" Zhang Xian was silent for a while, and then whispered a few times in the ear of the left battalion commander.A relaxed smile slowly appeared on the face of the battalion commander Zuo, and he hurriedly saluted and went down to prepare
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