Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Zuo Liangyu and others withdrew.

The withdrawal was quick and the withdrawal was very chic.

Grain, fodder, heavy equipment, and construction were all abandoned.

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

"You said that Zuo Liangyu's army has moved south and has all been withdrawn?"

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

He looked up at the top of the tent, and finally looked back: "Are you sure about this?"

"Sir, it's absolutely true!" When the personal attendant just learned the news, he was also shocked. When those sons of bitches retreated, they were holding grass in their mouths and horses in their mouths, and there was no movement at all! It wasn't until the patrolling battalion guards went to check that they discovered that most of Zuo Liangyu's camp had already withdrawn.

It would have been a good thing not to have been discovered. Once discovered, the entire King Qin's army was almost in a state of chaos, and everyone began to prepare to flee south.

Zuo Liangyu is in charge of the scout camp, and he wants to run away. Doesn't that mean that the Liaodong Army is coming?

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

"God damn Zuo Liangyu!!!" Wu Xiang was so angry that he wished he could pull out his sword and stab Zuo Liangyu to death!

"Send my general order, beat the drums, all generals must gather in the central army camp!!" Wu Xiang stood up and wanted to summon all the generals to discuss matters. At this time, he first stabilized the morale of the army!

"Sir, all the battalions have begun to retreat, and the generals have too much time to take care of themselves. At this time," when the personal follower just returned from Zuo Liangyu Camp, the entire camp was already in chaos. Where could there be another gathering of people to discuss matters?

"This, this, this, what should I do?" Wu Xiang sat back on the chair with a plop, feeling a little confused and at a loss.

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

"Father, there is chaos outside the tent, and the battalions have begun to flee. How should we make a decision?"

When Wu Sangui got the news, he tried to ride his horse forward to stop the rout, and even killed two garrison officers with a sword. However, once the army's morale collapsed, it was beyond human power to restore it, not to mention that Wu Sangui at this time was far from growing up to be a leader for later generations. The commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan was far less powerful and powerful. After realizing that he could not stop him, he broke into his father's tent with a steel knife.

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

At this time, you must decide immediately whether to retreat south or advance west!

"This, this, this" Wu Xiang looked at the bloody long knife in his son's hand, and was horrified for a moment. He almost had the idea of ​​​​killing himself to thank the emperor, but he also felt a little pity for his life. He stood there for a while without any idea.

Listening to the noise outside the tent and the neighing of war horses, Wu Sangui was so angry that he stamped his foot on the ground and cursed: "Father, at this critical moment, you must not hesitate. The general thinks that we should retreat directly south and return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and then Make a calculation!"

Withdraw to Jiangsu and Zhejiang?

Wu Xiang shook his head when he heard this: If he goes back for his father, wouldn't he be questioned by the princes of Nanjing City? How can I go to see Duke Yuan?

"Then we go directly to the west? We enter the capital alone and kill him to turn the world upside down?" Wu Sangui took a step forward, holding a blood blade, his face was covered with blood, and he looked a bit fierce.

Go west and then north to Gyeonggi?

Wu Xiang shook his head again when he heard this: No, no! Now that the lone army enters the capital, isn't it a tribute to Wang Qi? The way to death!

"It won't work this way, and that won't work either!" Wu Sangui sighed: "Isn't this the end of the road?"

boom! ! !

There was a sudden loud noise outside the tent, and something collapsed.

The Liaodong Army has not yet arrived, but this is the situation. If it does come, won't it just sit back and wait to be killed?

Wu Sangui let out a laugh and felt cruel in his heart: "Father, I think it is more appropriate to withdraw directly to the south. The Liaodong army is currently strong, and the law cannot blame everyone! When we return to the army, apart from scolding a few words, can Nanjing really kill people? Are you waiting for us? When the time comes, all the generals will be in danger. Isn't he afraid of forcing everyone in Nanjing to rebel and join Wang Qi?"

There is some truth in this statement!

Sitting on the chair, Wu Xiang nodded numbly. In desperation, there was no better way.

You can't really surrender Wang Qi, right?

"Come here! Take care of father, I'll gather the generals and direct the retreat south!"

After saying that, Wu Sangui picked up the knife and turned around to leave.

Wu Xiang was left alone in the tent, fussing and fussing, not knowing why.

"Follow me from the Guards Camp!" Wu Sangui came out of the camp and mounted his horse with a long knife in hand: "Gather the soldiers in the camp, whoever dares to take the opportunity to rob the finances and create chaos will be killed without mercy!"

As he was talking, Wu Sangui saw a thousand officials not far away robbing soldiers of their finances and gathering them away.

"Death!" With a roar, Wu Sangui bent his bow and drew an arrow, without even aiming, and loosened his fingers: "Go!"

Whoosh! ! !

The next breath, a long arrow was stuck straight between the eyebrows of the Qianhu official.

With a thud, he fell to the ground, dead.

When the group of defeated soldiers saw that their chief officer was dead, they were frightened and stayed where they were, not daring to move.

"The general ordered the camp to retreat. The infantry will go first, and the cavalry will follow! Evacuate in an orderly manner, and the guard camp will follow behind me. Anyone who dares to take the opportunity to cause chaos will be killed without mercy! This person is an example!"

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

This is a ruthless person!

"Young man, please obey your orders!"

If someone directs the retreat, the generals will have a backbone.

The originally chaotic camp finally regained some order after the general issued the order to retreat.

Those who led the horses led the horses, those who gathered the grain gathered the grain, and the baggage vehicles began to move quickly.

In less than an hour, when it was getting light, most of the camp had been withdrawn, leaving only Wu Sangui and his guards.

"The army has withdrawn. Sir, shall we leave too?" He personally stepped forward and reported to Wu Sangui.

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

"The Liaodong Army is coming."

In a daze, Wu Sangui felt that he should have some kind of fate with them.

"Sir, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"

"Let's go," Wu Sangui sighed silently. The Liaodong Army was strong, and relying on the soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, it would be difficult to make the Northern Expedition in this life.

"withdraw!!!"

After saying this, Wu Sangui took the lead and walked away with his whip raised.

"Drive, drive, call!!!" After burning the incense, when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to come, looking at the messy ruins and the smoke and torches that had just been extinguished, he felt a little ridiculous.

Overnight, where was the army of King Qin from Nanjing City?

After reining in his horse and turning its head, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the swamp to the north and frowned: "Go and check to see if there are any traces of the march of the army?"

Lu Xiangsheng felt a little anxious. This group of troops wouldn't want to take advantage of the night to sneak up on him, right?

However, fortunately, he left more than 8,000 infantrymen. As long as they persisted for a moment and returned to fight, they could still win.

Not long after, the scouts returned.

"Sir, there are no traces of the march of the army in the swamps to the north, but on the way south, there are many ruts and traces of the chaotic departure of people and horses."

Withdraw south?

Lu Xiangsheng opened his mouth.

Without firing a shot, those Nanjing soldiers and horses retreated when they saw him for the first time?

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

"Sir, what about us?" The deputy general stepped forward on his horse: "Do we still want to give chase?"

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

Qin Erbao had already led his army into Xuzhou Mansion. Lu Xiangsheng felt that there was no need to put his troops on the Yangtze River line - it was too arrogant to set up a long snake formation.

It's better to reply to the chief sir and make plans later.

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July 13th, Beijing.

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

"Usually it won't be this hot in July!" There were people chatting under the awnings of tea shops on the street.

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

The young man in blue coat looked around and then whispered: "I'm telling you, you can keep it a secret!"

"You tell me, tell me, I'm famous for my tight mouth!" The chubby man said as he fanned himself.

"What kind of society is there at the bottom of Yuquan Mountain outside the capital city?" The young man in blue coat frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Oh, it's called the Science Society. It blasts mountains and mines day and night, and builds blast furnaces under the mountains, saying it wants to smelt iron. That’s why the mountain god was offended and the weather was hot.”

"Ah? Why do you build such a high furnace for making iron?" The chubby young man asked: "Beijing city has so many blacksmith shops, isn't it good?"

"Who knows?" The young man in blue coat laughed, with a mean expression: "I heard that Duke Qi wanted to make an elixir. I heard that the higher the furnace, the more effective the elixir will be!"

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

"What do you do with elixirs? Immortality elixirs? How old is the Duke of Qi? Twenty-one, right?" The chubby man obviously didn't believe it: "What kind of rumors are these?"

"What do you know? Who said you were refining the elixir of immortality?" The young man in the blue coat had a look of contempt on his face. He looked around again and then whispered: "You are looking at that whirring furnace. What does it look like?" ? Let me tell you, it’s Albiziaca pilosa.”

"Ah?" The chubby young man looked surprised, then quickly lowered his head, his eyes shining: "It seems that Duke Qi wants to refine the Albizia Julibrissin Pill. I heard that Hai Lanzhu is the most beautiful woman in Horqin! No one can stand it. It’s a struggle every day.”

"What you're saying is boring," the man in the blue coat chuckled, "It's not Hai Lanzhu!"

"That is..." The chubby young man was stunned and said coquettishly: "Is it Princess Ningde?"

"No, no," shook his head, and the young man in blue coat took a deep breath: "This is what I'm telling you."

"Who?" the chubby man asked.

"The current queen, Zhang Yan!"

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

Nowadays, the queen is the most beautiful in the world, that is something everyone knows

But, the Duke and Queen of Qi?

After a long while, the fat man's face became more exciting: This is a sexy and wild history that people like to hear about!

At this time, it was at the foot of Yuquan Mountain, a hundred miles away from the capital.

Dozens of blast furnaces have been erected. Looking from a distance, they indeed look like the objects rumored to be under a man's crotch.

At this moment, dozens of furnaces were emitting billowing black smoke and thick fog was spewing out, which was truly astonishing.

"The quality of the iron produced by this kind of furnace is three to five grades higher than that of ordinary blacksmiths. It does not require repeated forging and contains fewer impurities." Xu Guangqizheng and Wang Qi stood in the distance. In the pavilion, a modified steel-making furnace was introduced to him.

"Where's the efficiency?" Wang Qi looked at the furnaces in the distance. He didn't quite understand the principle of high temperature, but those furnaces did have the prototype of the steel-making furnaces in later factories. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, Xu Guangqi would This thing was tinkered with.

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

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

Xu Guangqi chewed for a long time, and the word "efficiency" was indeed concise.

"Currently, the time cannot be shortened, it may even need to be longer, and its yield rate is not high. It needs to be continuously improved," Xu Guangqi used it flexibly, and the word 'yield rate' popped out of his mouth.

"Well, it doesn't matter. We have plenty of time and plenty of opportunities for trial and error," Wang Qi nodded, and the two of them walked down the mountain together.

A waiter set up a cool umbrella for the two of them.

"What is the current enrollment progress of the Science Society?" Wang Qi asked about the society.

"Formal students of the Science Society need to pass three examinations before they can enter. However, the examinations of the Society are different from those of Mingjing Jinshi. Their test questions are about the investigation of one subject: such as water conservancy, such as farming, such as explaining some common things in life. The phenomenon is acceptable if it has something to say, makes sense, or can be demonstrated with examples."

Xu Guangqi was half a step behind Wang Qi. As he walked, he said: "There are currently 370 people who have passed the preliminary screening. They still need to be further inspected, and"

Xu Guangqi paused before continuing: "As for the main participants in this steelmaking, I also intend to directly promote them to the association and become full members."

"Yes, it will be submitted to the seven-person parliamentary group for deliberation and approval." Wang Qi nodded: "In short, formal members of the Science Society and formal students must be cautious. They are the main players in the future development of the entire society. The driving force and the hope for the future.”

Wang Qi turned to look at Xu Guangqi: "Mr. Xu, in some aspects, the importance of parliament is not even as important as learning. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, I have devoted almost all my efforts in this life to the society. If the society prospers, that will be my lifelong wish!" Xu Guangqi nodded heavily.

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

"Sir, I'm from Nanjing," the personal attendant handed the letter to Wang Qi: "I just arrived in Beijing."

Letter from Nanjing?

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