[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

Qi Hong gathered the defeated soldiers and captured them, escorted them to a warehouse near the county seat, counted the number of people, and kept them under guard, then went to the city to report to Xue Xun.

The city was silent and looked extremely solemn. The only people walking back and forth on the street were the patrols.

Originally brought a few teams to the city to watch the battle and adapt, but the landing battle did not start at all, and the battle was only fought at sea.Education was of little significance, so Xue Xun sent everyone back.Everyone understands the cruelty of war. The people in the city dare not run around and stay at home obediently. Even the naughtiest children dare not go out and quietly guard their parents.The adults have already prepared good places to hide, such as cellars, secret rooms, and beams, and are ready to hide the children as soon as there is any movement.

The publicity team in the city has called it a day, because no one has come back to listen to them talk about storytelling.

"Master, in the battle on the beach, 59 people were injured, seven people were killed, two enemy clippers were sunk, and 120 enemy soldiers were captured, including three people from a hundred households." Qi Hong knelt on one knee and presented the list of prisoners.Time is tight, so only the approximate number of people and important personnel are counted.

"Thank you, please get up." Xue Xun stood up and solemnly supported Qi Hong with both hands.

"Don't dare to be Commander Tie...he is the one who works hard." Qi Hong said in a low voice.

Xue Xun remained silent. The naval battle tactics were decided by Tie Xue after discussing with him. He also knew what kind of path Tie Xue had chosen. If Tie Xue didn't come back, Qi Hong would be handed over to Qi Hong as the commander of the guard battalion.Xue Xun once objected to such a way of sacrificing one's life with one's life, but Tie Xue asked, "Does the master have a good plan?" Xue Xun was speechless.What can he do?He was at a loss what to do, with no replenishment of troops, no replacement of artillery shells, no professional generals, the city of Hangzhou could not be opened, and Cixi was just a small county.

"So, don't let him down!" Xue Xun patted Qi Hong on the shoulder, and said, "You will also take over the guards in the city, and you will be in charge of the guards and battles. Go get busy."

Qi Hong clasped her fists in response, and went to work again.

They didn't chop off their regrets and scolded themselves for being incompetent, but that kind of unspeakable aggrievedness really... really drove people crazy.

Xue Xun suddenly became dazed, but he was not in the mood to do anything while he was busy.

"Master, Iron Blood is so powerful, he will definitely come back safely, you have to do a good job of logistics for him, and if there is an emergency, you still need to make up your mind, don't be discouraged!" Golden Beast persuaded with red eyes, from entering Cixi At first, he hadn't closed his eyes for four days.

Looking at the haggard face of the golden beast, and looking around again, the person sitting in this study is not exhausted. After staying up for several days and nights, why should he be depressed? He bears the lives of these people on his body, and behind him is his lovely wife son.

"Master, you should find out first." Yinshuang blew in like a gust of wind, bearded and red-rimmed, completely devoid of manners.

"Any news about Iron Blood?" Xue Xun said in surprise.

"No, there is a new discovery about Nan'an's defeat. There are guards who participated in the battle asking for an interview. The master will understand immediately." Yinshuang signaled Xiao Qi who was waiting outside to come in.

"Xiao Qi has met the master." Xiao Qi held an arrow and entered the door to bow down.

"Please get up quickly, you are a hero who participated in the war, I should worship you, you are injured, you don't need to be polite, sit down." Xue Xun hurriedly jumped off the chair to support Xiao Qi, helped him to sit down on the chair, and said softly "What do you find to tell me?" he asked.

Xiao Qi stroked the arrow in his hand, slowly handed it to Xue Xun, and said: "This is the arrow that Captain Wang Long pulled out from me. He said that this is not the standard in the army, and the arrows in the army have barbs. When he left, he told me to tell the master."

"Wang Long is right. He is a good captain. He is brave, careful, brave and loyal. When he comes back, I will reward him personally. Your whole team will also reward him." Xue Xun could tell when he heard that Wang Long participated in the Death Squad mission. Yes, my heart is full of sadness.

"Will Mr. Wang come back?" Xiao Qi asked anxiously, grabbing Xue Xun's hand.

"Yes, of course, Mr. Wang is so powerful, there is no reason not to come back, right?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Wang is so powerful, if I can come back, he will definitely come back too." Xiao Qi said.

"Good boy, he will come back." Xue Xun patted the top of his head lightly, Xiao Qi in front of him still had fluff on his lips, but he was just a teenager, Xue Xun couldn't bear it.

"Master, when Mr. Wang comes back, I will recognize him as my elder brother. I don't have a surname. My husband picked it up. Before, I always wanted to serve my master well. In the future, I will ask Mr. Wang to give me the surname Xue. Now I want to follow Mr. Wang's surname." , master, you will not be angry..."

"Of course I won't be angry. I'm very happy. When Mr. Wang comes back, I'll be your witness. From now on, you will be brothers." Xue Xun tried his best to put on a smile.

"Well, dear brother." Xiao Qi nodded fiercely, his face flushed.Xue Xun covered Xiao Qi and grabbed his hand, patted it lightly to comfort him, only to find that Xiao Qi was scalding hot when he touched it, and when he reached out to touch his forehead, it was terribly hot.

"Doctor, doctor..." Xue Xun exclaimed anxiously, Xiao Qiqiang was struggling to fulfill his wish, and now he has passed out.

Yinshuang quickly gave her hand and carried the child out.

Xue Xun picked up the arrow that was left on the ground, looked at it a few times, handed it to the golden beast and said, "What do you think?"

The Golden Beast pulled out the dagger from the boot, and slowly cut the arrowhead, only to see that the arrowhead began to have a gap, and it was cut off as soon as it exerted force.Cut the arrowhead in half, the hardwood inside.

"Sure enough, you cut corners." The Golden Beast's dagger is a high-quality product, but the real military arrows will not be cut so easily. I don't know if there is something tricky in the middle, and who is playing tricks inside.What is the difference between shoddy military supplies and collaborating with the enemy and treason?

"These people are too bold. Now that the surrounding area is suffering, the Central Plains is in civil strife, and natural disasters are raging. If they are not careful, it will be a matter of changing the dynasty. How dare they tamper with military equipment." Xue Xun sighed.

"Master thinks of these people too noblely, maybe what he did was to change the dynasty." Golden Beast sarcastically said.

Xue Xun didn't think so. Those who could do anything about military supplies must be high-ranking officials, and those without background couldn't even touch the gate of the arsenal.This time the leader of the army is the King of Nan'an County, and the deputy general is the prince's uncle. Could it be that the prince of the court is attacking the prince?If the princes are all at this level, then the court is really going to end!

Xue Xun and Jin Beast guessed aimlessly, and the silver frost came in again like a whirlwind, "Master, good news!"

"Iron Blood is back!" This was the news Xue Xun most wanted to hear.

Yinshuang restrained her smile, there is no news about Iron Blood yet, the soldiers they sent to watch at sea have not returned to report.Brothers were fighting for their lives on the battlefield, Yinshuang put back his smile, not because he forgot about Iron Blood, but because it was so hard to get good news in this chaos.

"I was the one who made such a big fuss, tell me what news." Xue Xun calmed down faster than Yinshuang, and asked softly.

"There are two good news, one is that we got in touch with the second master." Yinshuang said with joy: "The second master has already led the fleet across Ryukyu, and will reach Hangzhou in a few days. people blocked."

"Okay, okay, it's indeed good news. With my second brother, I won't be so passive." Xue Xun stroked his hands. He waited for Xue Yue for half a month, and finally got his news.

"Is there another one?" Xue Xun asked.

"The intelligence network with Beijing has also been reconnected, and it will not be broken easily from now on. This is a secret letter from Beijing." This is also good news, but the content of the letter is too heavy, which makes people happy to fill in stand up.

Xue Xun read the papers one by one. After reading them, he felt inconceivable, "Are you sure about the news?" This kind of poaching of one's own corner was indeed done by the prince.

Just now, Xue Xun and Jin Beast were still guessing, which force replaced the navy's equipment and shoddy it, resulting in the failure of the naval battle.The most likely one is civil opposition forces, such as Little White Dragon King. The second possibility is the prince who wants to fight for the throne but has no overall perspective. Who would have thought that it would be too dry?

"This is the prince of our Daqing, who actually exchanged military equipment privately. He was born to the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom!" Xue Xun was almost pissed off.

"Why is that? I can't live with myself." Jin Beast couldn't believe it, the world will belong to him in the future.

Yinshuang also couldn't understand the prince's crazy thinking, so she pulled out a note from the tray and handed it to the golden beast for him to read.

"So, the prince is trying to stabilize his position?" Jin Beast raised the note in surprise, can you imagine?The crown prince's defeat in the battle would have been discussed by the government and the public, not to mention the abolition of the crown prince, at least there would have been a period of cold reception.However, after the defeat in the naval battle, typhoons came one after another. Natural disasters caused a flood of refugees, and the refugees were rampant. The neighboring countries were all staring at each other. In order to consolidate the rule of the Central Plains dynasty and show its orthodox identity, the emperor gritted his teeth and refused to abolish the crown prince. Let him Go ahead and make a sign.

Because of this, the prince was very "smart" and realized that when the country was in crisis, his position would be more stable.

Xue Xun didn't want to complain about what kind of insanity this is, isn't he afraid of taking it off?At that time, Daqing will be gone, so who cares about him, the crown prince of Daqing, go play with the prince's seal by yourself.

This bastard who ruined the country and the people!

Xue Xun was so angry that he scolded the prince for being an idiot. After drinking three cups of tea, he suppressed his anger and asked: "Since our people can sniff out news, others can too. Are there no people of insight in the court?" Why do you want to watch the prince ruin the country and the country?"

"According to the law of news transmission, the emperor, the princes, and high-level officials should be able to inquire about this news, but so far I haven't heard that the emperor has abolished the prince. Maybe Jingzhong has already started to act, but we are still waiting for it. No news." Yinshuang explained.