Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 62 Li Yi: Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword!

Zhao heard this, smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"Yesterday's scene was too chaotic. I'm still confused now. Let Caiyu talk to you."

Luo Caiyu heard this and spoke.

"Yesterday, after Brother Li was transferred to the vanguard by the military advisor, Mr. Feng ordered the female battalion of the rear fourth army to march together with the female battalion of my father's army in order to take care of them."

"After the two units joined forces, my father asked me to take care of my godmother."

"Later, we followed the main force of the army and marched along the Xunjiang River. Unexpectedly, halfway through, we were suddenly attacked by the Qing demon cavalry."

"In the chaos, the rear army and the women's camp were scattered, and I had no choice but to protect my godmother and retreat."

"We wanted to join the central army, but the Qing Yao cavalry went straight to the central army. In order to avoid the Qing Yao cavalry, we could only flee north to Zijing Mountain."

"After entering the mountain, we got lost. We walked all night but couldn't find the direction. When we were tired, sleepy and hungry, we happened to meet your people."

As she said this, Luo Caiyu's stomach coincidentally growled.

The girl's cheeks suddenly turned red, and there was a hint of shyness in her eyes as she looked at Li Yi.

The reason is simple: Li Yi really has a good-looking appearance.

He has handsome features, deep eyebrows and eyes, a very standard face, a tall and straight figure, and an extraordinary heroic appearance.

This appearance is extremely lethal to a young girl like Luo Caiyu who is inexperienced in the world.

From the first moment Luo Caiyu saw Li Yi, her eyes never left his face.

After listening to Luo Caiyu's narration, an idea suddenly came to Li Yi's mind.

He finally figured out why Xiao Chaogui, who was fighting well yesterday and was on the verge of victory, suddenly withdrew his troops.

It turned out that the rear army and the women's camp were defeated by the Qing cavalry!

Li Yi, who was worried about the safety of the auxiliary barracks, did not notice the girl's blushing, but continued to ask.

"What about the other members of the women's battalion? Do you know their whereabouts?"

Luo Caiyu shook her head.

"We were all dispersed by the Qing Yao yesterday. The battlefield was in chaos. I really don't know anything."

Li Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.

At this moment, his heart was once again filled with gratitude towards Feng Yunshan and Luo Dagang.

Fortunately, Feng Yunshan arranged for his auxiliary battalion to cooperate with Luo Dagang's female battalion, and fortunately, Luo Dagang let his daughter take care of his mother.

Otherwise, Li Yi might never see his mother again.

If Xiao Chaogui hadn't been such a traitor, Li Yi might not have been able to make up his mind to leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Just at this moment, the curtain was lifted, and Li Kang and his men walked in carrying two trays.

On the tray were two large bowls of white rice and a pot of fragrant pheasant soup.

Li Yi told Zhao and Luo Caiyu to eat first and to come to him if they had any problems, while he continued to take his men to reorganize military affairs.

In order to restore the troops' combat effectiveness as soon as possible!

When Li Yi turned and left, Luo Caiyu was still staring at his tall back in a daze.

Although Li Yi noticed this, he didn't take it to heart.

Although Luo Caiyu was quite pretty, with a graceful and fit figure, a pretty face full of heroic spirit, and she had not yet bound her feet, she was very much in line with Li Yi's aesthetic.

But the disastrous defeat at Dahuangjiangkou was still fresh in his mind. Li Yi was now busy with military affairs and lawsuits. He really had no time to waste on women or engage in any romantic relationships.

……

After Li Yi led his men out of the military tent, Zhao said with a smile to Luo Caiyu who was still in a daze.

"Everyone has left. It's time for Caiyu to come back to her senses."

Luo Caiyu's pretty face instantly turned red when she heard this, and she said shyly, "Godmother, what are you talking about? I... am just worried about my father."

"It has nothing to do with Brother Li."

Now that they have lost contact with the main force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Luo Caiyu can't help but worry about what is happening with Luo Dagang.

After hearing this, Zhao continued to tease the little girl.

"Commander Luo is a lucky man, and he is staying with the main force of the army. They can take care of each other, so I believe he will be fine."

"But, godmother, I didn't say anything just now. You said it yourself, little girl."

The girl's little thoughts were exposed, and Luo Caiyu spoke more shyly.

"My godmother keeps teasing me, but I won't..."

Upon seeing this, Zhao looked at the girl's slender figure for a few times and then spoke.

"Although Yi'er is already young, he has not yet married. It is not a good idea for him to be without someone to take care of him for a long time."

"Caiyu girl, if you are willing, wait until we meet up with the main force of the Heavenly Kingdom. I will go talk to your father. If you and Yi'er can achieve good things, it will be a good story..."

Li Yi is already twenty years old this year, but because the Li family has been in financial difficulty in recent years and has not been able to find a family of equal status, Li Yi's marriage has been delayed.

Zhao couldn't wait to hold her grandson!

Now that she saw that Luo Caiyu was interested in her son, she couldn't help but try to bring them together.

Although Zhao did not understand politics, she knew the benefits of marriage.

If his son could marry Luo Dagang's daughter, the father-in-law and son-in-law would be able to take care of each other in the Taiping Army in the future, which would definitely be a good thing.

Well, Zhao didn’t know yet that Li Yi had actually made up his mind to leave the Taiping Army.

Hearing this, Luo Caiyu nodded shyly.

"It's all up to godmother!"

When Zhao heard this, she understood that she was right. The little girl was indeed interested in her son.

Otherwise, what she would have said was not that it was all up to her godmother, but that she wanted to stay by her father's side for a few more years and be filial to him.

……

Under Li Yi's command, the troops under his command began to reorganize and resume training.

After several days of training, the combat effectiveness of Li Yi's troops was not as strong as it could be due to the casualties in the Battle of Dahuangjiangkou.

But a considerable part of it has been recovered!

It is worth mentioning that after setting up camp and settling down, Li Yi spent money to buy a batch of foreign guns from the mall panel.

But this time he no longer bought old muzzle-loading rifles, but a batch of Dreiser 1841 breech-loading rifles.

Due to its more advanced technology, the price of the Dreiser rifle is much higher than that of the Charleville rifle.

The unit price in the mall panel is eight taels of silver per piece, and it comes with a matching bayonet and twenty rounds of bullets.

Li Yi bought 200 of them, spending 1,600 taels of silver.

After purchasing these 200 foreign guns, the balance on Li Yi's shopping mall panel was only 500 taels left.

Li Yi is not planning to use these five hundred taels for the time being.

He wanted to keep it for emergencies and to buy bullets for foreign guns.

Today's China is not the industrial Cthulhu of later generations. It is completely blank in terms of industry. At most, there are a few handicraft workshops, and it has no ability to produce the bullets needed for breech-loading rifles.

They had run out of bullets and had no place to resupply.

If Li Yi did not want the muskets in his troops to become firewood sticks, he had to keep some silver for buying bullets.

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