Dingjiangshan

Ning Yan: "..."

He folded the note calmly and put it in his bosom, at least to save some face for the "National Master" in front of the two servants.

"Okay." Ning Yan waved his hand and said, "Go down."

"Your Majesty." Shili said again: "The frontline army reported that General Zheng lost to the Xinyang defenders and has temporarily withdrawn to Zhengyang County."

"Hmm." Ning Yan didn't look surprised, and asked, "What else?"

"As for the prince, he also left for Tongbai County earlier." Shi Li said, "There has been no news since then."

Ning Yan frowned, he guessed that Ning Huaijin would not sit still and would always find a place for Zheng Shaohui at the other end, but when he heard that the other party ran to the battlefield, he was still worried.

But Tongbai County is not a big place, even if it is a hard attack, one day and one night is enough to take it down.Such a small county is just right for Ning Huaijin to practice. Ning Yan has already planned these things before, so he is not too flustered now.

Zheng Shaohui is a new general, and Ning Huaijin is no better than him. Although Prince Gong had trained in the Xie Family Army for two years when he was young, it was more than ten years ago. A few of them together are not as good as one Xie Jue.

A long time ago, Ning Yan had already discovered that these generations have been stable, and there have been no major wars in the outside world. The court and the central government prioritize civility over military affairs, and there are not many generals who can be used.

Apart from the Northwest United Defense Office and the Xie Family Army, Manchaoli could not pick out a single well-known general.

If it is said that he wants to defend the world, these are enough, but Ning Yan is far from satisfied. He is young and vigorous, and has a wider world in his heart, so it is inevitable that he is dissatisfied with this situation.

And Ning Zheng happened to be a very good whetstone, not only for grinding Ning Yan, but also for a young general like Zheng Shaohui.

"Pass down the order and tell Zheng Shaohui that you don't have to be too restrictive. It's good to be cautious, but you don't have to be too timid." Ning Yan pointed out: "Since Xie Jue is also in Tongbai County, I don't think he should Will watch him suffer."

Shili responded, got up and was about to go out to deliver the letter.

Ning Yan had already finished speaking and picked up the pen, but he felt uneasy and stopped him again.

"By the way - if there is news from the prince, no matter how late it is, report it to me as soon as possible." Ning Yan said.

Outside the gate of Xicheng City in Tongbai County, Ning Huaijin got off her horse and looked back at the sky.

The dark clouds covered the sky and the sun, and the faint moonlight fell out from the gaps in the clouds, and was overshadowed by the successive torches on the ground.

Half an hour ago, Ning Huaijin's Youjun and Qin Liuli Yingwai opened the gate of the west city. Although Feng Yuan wanted to resist, most of the barracks had been burned down and the city gate had been breached. The guards of the team escaped through the gap in the east city that Ning Huaijin had intentionally left earlier.

The siege battle was difficult, but fortunately, Qin Liu's fire made Feng Yuan completely give up the idea of ​​defending, and it can be regarded as a complete victory.

In fact, Ning Huaijin understood that he was taking advantage of the strange soldiers. Qin Liu's fire made a lot of noise. Feng Yuan must not know how many people had sneaked into the city, thinking that Ning Huaijin had already deployed in the city in advance. That's why I don't know what to do.

If not, he probably wouldn't have abandoned the city so easily.

——Shadow Guards are worth one hundred, it really is not a waste of fame, Ning Huaijin thought, although this method is not easy to use every time, it is worth using once in a while.

After the city was broken, Qin Liu did not pursue Feng Yuan fiercely, but returned to Ning Huaijin naturally to return to his command.

He was wearing tattered enemy light armor at the time, and was almost mistaken for the enemy by the lieutenant general, almost making a joke.

After the right army entered the city, it first took control of the city wall, and then the deputy general led several teams to search for the remaining enemy troops in the city, and cleared the field in the direction of the county government.

Ning Huaijin stood outside the city gate for a while, and saw Qin Liu coming out from the city.

He didn't know where the tattered armor he was wearing was thrown away. Now he was wearing a simple night suit, with half of his face covered by a black cloth torn from nowhere.

"My lord." Qin Liu said, "The main road is almost cleared up, and we can enter the city."

Ning Huaijin looked away and breathed a sigh of relief.

The tension in his heart didn't relax until now. Ning Huaijin staggered and staggered, but Qin Liu hurriedly supported her.

"Is the prince injured?" Qin Liu asked nervously.

Ning Huaijin didn't say a word for a while, and waved at him, indicating that it's okay.

The wound on his left arm wiped out by Liu Ya was not that serious, the blood flow was not too much, the main reason was that he lost his strength a bit.

Calculating carefully, apart from the last attack on the city, this was Ning Huaijin's first time commanding the battle. The life and death, advance and retreat of the soldiers of the Manchu army depended on him.

"Where are the wounded soldiers arranged?" Ning Huaijin asked.

"In Beicheng." Qin Liu said: "That area was originally used by Feng Yuan to temporarily accommodate the people entering the city. There are ready-made tents and porridge sheds, so they were placed there."

Ning Huaijin nodded, and didn't say whether the arrangement was good or not, but took a deep breath, drew back her hand and stood firm.

"This king is going to see the wounded soldiers." Ning Huaijin said: "You have worked hard these days, go and rest."

The shadow guards were originally Ning Yan's people, even if Ning Huaijin ordered them to do something, he was much more polite than Ning Yan.But how could Qin Liu dare to leave? When Ning Yan released him back then, he gave him the will to "protect Ning Huaijin's safety". As a result, Prince Gong was wiped out with such a big wound by Liu Shi right under their noses. Knowing how Ning Yan felt distressed.

Qin Liu has been in the Shadow Guard for more than ten years, not to mention large and small wounds, and even bloody human lives. It is the first time that he is so concerned about such "small wounds".

"My lord." Qin Liushao said when he had so many things to do, "You are so precious, go back to the county government to clean up first, and then go to Beicheng in time."

Ning Huaijin saw his embarrassment, and after thinking about it for a while, she knew that Ning Yan probably ordered something in private.

At any rate, Qin Liu had just made a contribution. Although the shadow guard didn't care about it, Ning Huaijin didn't want to embarrass him. He could only nod, got on the horse again, pulled the rein and headed towards the county government.

Seeing that Ning Huaijin listened to the persuasion, Qin Liu heaved a sigh of relief, hurriedly disappeared, and followed him.

The county government office was previously Feng Yuan's residence. He left in a hurry this time, and some servants and belongings could not be taken away. When Ning Huaijin arrived at the county government office, the deputy general had already cleared out these things, and locked people and belongings in. A small courtyard, just waiting for Ning Huaijin to pour his hands out.

Ning Huaijin was indeed a little tired, but he couldn't rest yet.The situation in Tongbai County must be closed, the garrison brought in must be settled, and the situation in Tongbai County must be written into a military newspaper to inform the entire army.

Ning Huaijin had to take a look at these things, whether they were too much or too little.

The injury on his left arm tended to crack again due to activities, and it throbbed with pain, and the cloth strips wrapped around the injury were stained with blood.

Cheng Yuan followed Xie Jue with the army, and the military doctor who was called temporarily was a rural doctor in Tongbai County, who had never been seen by the "Prince", and his hands were shaking when he removed the cloth strips.

Ning Huaijin even suspected that if he looked at him a few more times, this doctor would be able to shake himself apart.

So he simply looked away and called out, "Come here."

The deputy general who was listening to the military newspaper outside the door heard the sound and asked, "Does the lord have any orders?"

"How many casualties outside?" Ning Huaijin asked.

"The wounded soldiers are still being counted, and two doctors have been invited to see them." The lieutenant general said, "Except for those with minor injuries, there are more than [-] wounded until now."

Ning Huaijin pursed her lips, looking a little sad.

"Find some good doctors to take care of their wounds. Don't worry about the medicinal materials and food, just use them. If the military salary is not enough, I will pay them from this king." Ning Huaijin paused, and then continued: "...As for the serious injuries and deaths Soldiers, write it down according to the list, bury it properly, and give the family a pension."

"Yes." The deputy general agreed, "Don't worry, my lord."

The old doctor finally took care of Ning Huaijin's wound with trembling hands, and stammered, "My lord, it's done."

"Thank you." Ning Huaijin pulled up his skirt, made a gesture of invitation, and said politely: "Please also ask the doctor to go and see the wounded soldiers in the king's army, and the medical fee will be paid later."

The doctor didn't dare to ask for his money, he said a few words "I dare not" and "I should" upside down, and then tremblingly followed the lieutenant general.

Ning Huaijin put on her clothes again, twisted the folded neckline out and smoothed it out, and fastened her belt again.

Prince Gong took care of himself, sat in the warm and dry main hall of the government office and drank two cups of tea slowly, finally felt the energy that was lost all over his body began to return to his limbs and bones.

The gate of the government office was open, and Ning Huaijin could easily hear the noisy footsteps on the main street outside. The smell of gunpowder smoke from the war still lingered in this small county town, invading every corner.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Ning Huaijin finished her tea, stood up and walked behind the desk.

The things that belonged to Feng Yuan have been cleared away long ago, and now the desk is so clean that it can be called rudimentary, with only a sudden knife mark running across the table, it is not difficult to see how much resignation Feng Yuan pretended to be when he left .

Ning Huaijin sat down behind the desk, lit the candle with an iron chimney, and planned to finish writing the routine military report while she was still busy outside.

The share for Xie Jue was okay, just write it truthfully, but the share for Ning Yan was truthful, which made Ning Huaijin have a hard time.

Ning Huaijin first wrote a well-regulated military newspaper, fearing that Ning Yan would be worried, and omitted his injury, and only wrote down the casualties of this siege, the time it took, and the next deployment, etc. wait.

But when he finished writing and was about to hand it over to the scouts, Ning Huaijin hesitated again.

He suddenly remembered what Ning Yan had told him about "sharing joys and sorrows", so with a thought, he threw the military report he had written just now into the brazier beside him, and picked up another piece of paper.