Chapter 694: The leader is... Jiang Qingzhi
Early in the morning, Sun Chonglou woke up early.
A night watchman was walking slowly in the alley outside Jiang Qingzhi's residence.
"Is it about time?" The night watchman looked at the sky.
In the base, Sun Chonglou had already left the bedroom.
He stretched.
"Master, wake up!"
The night watchman who was about to call out the time was startled by the shout and sat down on the ground, "Oh my God, there's a ghost!"
The night watchman ran away tumbling, and from then on he would tell everyone about the evil spirit he encountered outside Chang Wei's residence in the early morning that day.
Afterwards, he witnessed with his own eyes that Long Wilbur fought with the evil spirit for three hundred rounds, and in the end, Long Wilbur won with one move.
Gradually, as his audience grew in number, the night watchman finally discovered his talent for storytelling. He gave up his promising career as a night watchman and transformed himself into a famous storyteller in Datong Town.
And all the stories he told were related to Jiang Qingzhi without exception.
"That year! Long Wei Bo entered Datong City. Not long after, he heard that Majiao Village was attacked by the enemy..."
……
"Calling souls!"
Jiang Qingzhi shouted at the top of his voice.
Last night he was worried about his pregnant wife and did not fall asleep until midnight.
When Jiang Qingzhi got up and pushed the door open, he saw two dark shadows and kicked them subconsciously.
"what!"
Amid the sharp screams, Jiang Qingzhi discovered that it was a woman.
The two maids supported each other and stood up, lowering their heads in embarrassment.
"The two of us have been ordered to serve you, Master."
"Who asked you to wait?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
In fact, there is no need to ask. The person who can pass the scrutiny of Xu Wei, Mo Zhan and others must be Zhang Tong.
"Yes... General Zhang."
"Damn Zhang Da, he didn't learn anything else, but he learned this one trick."
Jiang Qingzhi cursed, "Go back and tell Zhang Da to let him serve me himself later!"
The two maids returned to the general's mansion in a panic... On the day Jiang Qingzhi arrived, Zhang Da was ready to vacate the house for him to stay temporarily, but Jiang Qingzhi flatly refused and chose to settle down in an empty house not far from the general's mansion.
When the owner of the house heard that it was Uncle Changwei who wanted to move in, he rushed over happily and swore that this house would be his uncle's villa in Datong from now on and he could move in at any time.
Jiang Qingzhi would naturally not do such a thing, but this shows the uneasy mood of the soldiers and civilians in the city at this moment.
After breakfast, Zhang Da came to apologize.
"Don't think about these trivial things." Jiang Qingzhi frowned.
"Yes." Under Sun Chonglou's gloating gaze, Zhang Da responded with a dry laugh.
"At your current situation, it's extremely difficult to get promoted. Are you going to become the Minister of War?" Jiang Qingzhi pointed out Zhang Da's current embarrassing situation.
"My Lord, your eyes are as sharp as lightning." Zhang Da smiled bitterly, "I have been in the army for many years, and also in Datong for several years. Now I don't know where to go in the future."
"future."
Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette and said, "A warrior should seek merit on the battlefield."
"I can't stay in Jiubian for my whole life!" Zhang Da was obviously thinking of something, and he came over to light the medicine cigarette for Jiang Qingzhi. Xu Wei came over and smiled when he saw this: "Shitou, join us!"
Sun Shitou said listlessly: "Old Zhang and the young master came earlier than you."
"Who said that I'll be in the nine frontiers for my whole life?" Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of herbal medicine cigarettes. "North, south, the world is so big, there are opportunities to use military force everywhere."
"My Lord, are you saying that... the Ming Dynasty will take the initiative to attack in the future?" Zhang Da's eyes lit up.
"Why not?" Jiang Qingzhi was the first to walk out of the gate. "If the enemy can go, I can go too."
Zhang Da rubbed his hands and said, "If there is a chance to go to the outer frontier to clean up the land, Uncle, don't forget me, Old Zhang."
Xu Wei smiled. He knew that in Jiang Qingzhi's eyes, Zhang Da was good at defending the status quo but not aggressive enough. If the army went out to fight, Jiang Qingzhi would not suggest that Zhang Da lead the army alone.
"What's so good about the frontier?" Sun Chonglou was eating dried meat, and Xu Wei teased him, "Then where do you think is good?"
"Japanese country."
"Japan? Why?"
"What did you say, young master? Japanese women are the most docile. They will do whatever you tell them to do."
What the hell!
Sun Chonglou!
Jiang Qingzhi glanced at Sun Chonglou and vowed to deal with this guy later.
Supple?
Zhang Da subconsciously thought, could it be that the two maids he arranged were not docile enough, so they were rejected by the master?
Just as he was thinking about this, the general's residence arrived.
You Qing came out in a hurry and saluted when he saw Jiang Qingzhi, "My Lord, some of the people who were abducted have escaped back."
"Oh!" This was a good opportunity to get information about the enemy. Jiang Qingzhi immediately asked someone to call the people over.
More than a dozen men and women were called over, and they looked quite pitiful.
"I've met my uncle."
After learning that it was Jiang Qing, more than a dozen people did not rejoice, but knelt down and cried.
"This is……"
Zhang Da frowned and glanced at the clerk who brought the people in.
A man looked up and said, "Uncle, those people of Altan, they... they are not human, they are beasts!"
Jiang Qingzhi was startled, "What happened?"
A woman looked up, her eyes red, "My child! Uncle, they burned my child alive!"
"And my wife was raped to death by them. Those beasts forced me to watch. I..."
The cries of more than a dozen civilians made the faces of the civil and military officials in the hall turn pale.
The military was so incompetent that the people were taken hostage.
The civil officials were incompetent, leading to the decline of the country.
Jiang Qingzhi's face turned pale, "Are you sure it's Lin Siyuan's troops?"
"Yes." said the clerk.
"Where are they?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
A commoner said, "It's just over ten miles northwest of Datong. I'm willing to lead the way." "Over ten miles northwest..." Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes.
"Where is Lin Siyuan going?" someone analyzed, "Is that where Altan's main force is?"
"No, Bars' striker," someone said.
"Uncle." Hu Zongxian came in. "Zhao Wenhua is here."
What is this birdman doing here?
Jiang Qingzhi was filled with anger at the moment. When Zhao Wenhua came in, he asked, "Why did the Prime Minister ask you to come here?"
This guy is really angry... Zhao Wenhua said dissatisfiedly: "The Prime Minister asked me to come and tell Chang Wei Bo that he needs to act cautiously before the army arrives."
The old prime minister's attitude can be seen from this sentence: steady, steady again!
Steady word.
Yan Song is just bored... Jiang Qingzhi's anger suddenly rose, and Xu Wei coughed dryly, "My Lord knows."
Zhao Wenhua noticed that the atmosphere was not right, "But is there something wrong?"
A civil servant said: "People were being slaughtered."
"As the war is approaching, let's put this matter aside for now." Zhao Wenhua said casually.
"Are you the one in charge here, or am I?" Jiang Qingzhi suddenly burst into anger.
Zhao Wenhua was stunned and was about to refute, but he saw Sun Chonglou behind Jiang Qingzhi looking at him with ill intention.
Damn!
This is in the military, it's wartime.
Zhao Wenhua thought of what Yan Shifan had reminded him before he set out: Don't give Jiang Qingzhi the chance to deal with you.
His back was wet with sweat, and then he fell silent.
"Scouts, go and scout immediately."
Jiang Qingzhi ordered.
Then he asked about the army's situation and learned that they would arrive in two days, so he said, "Tell the Prime Minister that Datong is safe."
However, Zhao Wenhua refused to leave, saying that he wanted to stay in Datong to serve as an outpost for Yan Song.
Jiang Qingzhi followed him, and after Zhao Wenhua left the general's mansion, he went to see Huang Mao.
"Jiang Qingzhi is domineering." Huang Mao expressed his position without hesitation as soon as they met.
"This person is always like this." Zhao Wenhua just got frustrated and sneered: "But the prime minister will be here soon." He looked at Huang Mao and said meaningfully: "Many times, those who are alone will always suffer losses."
Huang Mao stroked his beard and smiled, "Yuan Fu is highly respected and virtuous. I have always admired him."
Zhao Wenhua smiled slightly, "Before I came here, the Prime Minister told me to get close to Huang Fantai."
"Oh!" Huang Mao said with a smile, "Someone come."
When the attendant came in, Huang Mao ordered, "Prepare wine and food, and wash the dust for the Tongzhengshi."
"This is wartime..." Zhao Wenhua hesitated.
This man is a coward who is not capable of great things... Huang Mao knew that Zhao Wenhua was intimidated by Jiang Qingzhi's attitude and was worried about being caught. "Don't worry, Tongzhengshi, Jiang Qingzhi doesn't have time to deal with us right now."
"You mean..."
"If Jiang Qingzhi sits back and does nothing when those people are being slaughtered, he will report the news to the capital..."
Before the scouts sent by Jiang Qingzhi came back, a scout brought bad news.
"Lin Siyuan's troops surrounded Majiao Village."
Zhang Da looked grim, "Master, after Changxin Village was lost, Majiao Village is the last eye outside Datong."
"This guy really won't give up!" You Qing said, "If we let him get out of Majiao Village again, we will be blind in this battle."
"My Lord, I am willing to lead the army to rescue Majiao Village!"
"I am willing to go, the official!"
Several generals volunteered.
At this moment, the scout sent by Jiang Qingzhi came back.
"Master, those people are in the northwest, thirteen miles away from Datong."
It would be difficult to move forward quickly if we were to carry the captured people with us.
"How many troops are there to escort him?" Xu Wei asked.
The scout said, "There are more than 600 riders, and there are more than 100 carts with them, all carrying loot. There are also many cattle and sheep."
This guy is a gangster!
"Uncle, let's do it!" You Qing said.
Jiang Qingzhi slowly looked at everyone.
"Majiao Village...must be saved."
This is necessary, otherwise it will be a huge blow to morale.
"You Qing." Jiang Qingzhi called, "You lead the troops to rescue Majiao Village. Remember, don't be too radical."
"Leader!"
You Qing bowed and then took his leave.
"My lord, I am willing to go and rescue those people." Someone volunteered.
Jiang Qingzhi glanced at him and said, "I'll go there myself."
Zhang Da hesitated for a moment and said, "My Lord, how about I go?"
This is a tactful suggestion: You are the general commanding the army, so there is no need for you to go out in person!
"I won't feel at ease unless I kill those beasts!"
Jiang Qingzhi's eyes were filled with murderous intent, "It's time to add some new things to the Jingguan."
……
"What? Jiang Qingzhi led his troops to attack?"
Zhao Wenhua and Huang Mao had a drink and slept until the afternoon.
"Yes, they said they were going to rescue the people who were taken captive."
Zhao Wenhua got up and said, "My foster father told him to be careful, but this fellow ignored me. Someone, go and report to the Prime Minister and tell him that Jiang Qingzhi attacked without authorization..."
……
Outside Datong City, the Ming cavalry was driving out a group of enemy scouts. The enemy scouts fought desperately and several of them escaped.
"Go and report to the governor that Datong has sent out more than a thousand cavalrymen and is heading northwest. The leader is... Jiang Qingzhi!"
(End of this chapter)
