chapter 58
He Qingyi held the white cat in his arms and whispered: "Don't worry, the escort agency will have an escort to Benzhou Island tomorrow. I will personally deliver a letter to you."
Xiyi said gratefully: "Thank you Miss He."
After saying that, he didn't dare to stay at Kangding Escort Agency anymore, and hurried out of the Escort Agency.
Seeing that he came out so quickly, the soldiers outside the door asked casually: "Has the white cat been sent to your lover?"
Xi Yi smiled apologized, "I'm here to deliver it, Miss He is happy! Thank you very much."
The soldier sneered and stopped talking.
When the two returned to the Liu family, Xi Yi thanked several soldiers again and entered the house.
Liu Hongqiu heard the noise outside the door, walked out of the room, saw that it was Xiyi, and asked, "Why are you back now?"
Xiyi walked over and whispered to Liu Hongqiu that there were soldiers outside the door and that he asked Miss He to deliver the letter.
After hearing this, Liu Hongqing sighed softly: "I just want not to implicate Miss He and his family..."
In fact, they were too worried. The soldiers guarding the door did not report Xi Yi's sending the white cat at all.
The next morning, Zhao Dongting was busy working in the weapons workshop.
He found that the weapons of the Song Dynasty were very heavy, but the quality was not very good, and he was thinking about improving the weapons of the army.
Suddenly, an imperial guard came to report, "Emperor, there is a woman in blue outside the palace asking for a visit!"
Zhao Dongting said in confusion: "Woman in green? What does it look like?"
The guard replied, "The tall one is just a little cold."
Zhao Dongting thought it was Le Chan, so he was surprised and hurriedly said, "Take me over quickly."
As he said that, he threw down the gun head in his hand and took Li Yuanxiu to trot outside the palace with the guards.
Of course, it was not Le Chan, who was waiting outside the palace, but He Qingyi who was holding the white cat.
The guards took Zhao Dongting to the door, pointed at He Qingyi and said, "Your Majesty, this woman is going to see you."
Although Zhao Dongting saw that it was not Le Chan, he did not drive He Qingyi away. Instead, he asked the guards to bring her over and asked, "The guards said you want to see me?"
He Qingyi knelt down and gave a big gift, saying, "The young lady came to deliver the letter to General Liu Hongqi, the commander of the Leizhou Flying Army."
Send a letter?
The commander of the Leizhou Flying Army?
Zhao Dongting's face became slightly solemn and said, "What letter is sent?"
His sense of smell has always been extremely keen. He knew that no one would send a letter for no reason, and there must be something strange about it.
He Qingyi handed the white cat in his hand to Zhao Dongting and said, "The letter is in the cat's mouth."
Li Yuanxiu took the cat first, opened the cat's mouth, took out the letter inside, and said to Zhao Dongting: "Your Majesty, there is really a letter."
Zhao Dongting spread out the letter paper, and the handwriting on the letter paper became a little blurred due to the sticky saliva, but it could still be seen clearly.
But he couldn't recognize some ancient characters, so he handed the letter to Li Yuanxiu and said, "I don't really look at some characters. My father-in-law, please read them to me."
Li Yuanxiu took the letter again and started reading the letter according to the words on it. At the end of the letter, he couldn't help but look angry.
Zhao Dongting was not surprised and asked Li Yuanxiu to hand over the white cat back to He Qingyi and said, "I'm sorry to you. I'll reward you when this matter is settled."
After He Qingyi thanked him, he was afraid that he would not dare to stay for too long, so he walked down the mountain.
Zhao Dongting narrowed his eyes slightly and looked into the sea, and his murderous intent gradually became stronger.
Although he had thought that Ge Lijun might rebel, he did not expect Ge Lijun to be so active. It was too late to make thunder again in four or five days.
After seeing this, it was not until midday that Zhao Dongting turned back to the palace.
Having just had a meal and had a rest, he asked Ying Er to come to Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, Chen Wenlong, Chen Jianghan and other humeral ministers.
When everyone arrived at Zhao Dongting's bedroom, he asked, "How is the cleaning of the battlefield going?"
Zhang Shijie bowed and said, "Report to the emperor, the battlefield has been cleaned, and the bodies of our soldiers and the bodies of the Yuan army have been gathered together to burn them. The weapons, armor, military horses, etc. have been sorted out and put into the warehouse."
He was the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, in charge of the country's troops and was fully responsible for this matter.
Zhao Dongting nodded and asked again: "How are our generals injured or killed?"
Zhang Shijie replied with a slightly depressed expression: "Lu Chuanyao, deputy chief of our army's guards, was unfortunately killed in battle. There were two other commanders of the squad, six commanders, two commanders of the imperial guards, and fourteen centuries, and all were unfortunately killed in battle, and the injured were not counted."
Wars are always both sides suffer, and it is difficult to win a battle.
Zhao Dongting also sighed softly, and then said, "My generals, the commander's family must be properly placed, and their descendants must be cultivated by the state treasury. The pensions for the fallen soldiers are paid twice the previous specifications. Do not let their families down. In addition, their ashes are kept properly and we will build temples and monuments for the fallen warriors in the Song Dynasty in the future."
The humeral ministers in the room were moved and all knelt down on the ground and shouted the emperor's wiseness.
Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said nothing.
After a while, Zhang Shijie said: "Emperor, I have something to report to the emperor and ask the emperor to decide."
Zhao Dongting asked casually: "What's the matter?"
Zhang Shijie had a bitter face, "Those surrendered soldiers... I really don't know what to do with them."
He has really been thinking about this for the past two days.
At this time, the Song army was left in total on the island of Juzhou, while the Yuan army surrendered more than 17,000 soldiers. It was difficult to manage if they surrendered and there were not enough food. However, if these surrendered soldiers were not taken in, they would not know where to arrange them.
Zhao Dongting pondered slightly and looked at Lu Xiufu and others, "What do you think is the right way to deal with it?"
These ministers obviously thought about this issue.
Su Liuyi answered first: "Your Majesty, our army is short of troops now, so it is better to surrender them and scatter them into the armies. But let's not give them weapons for the time being, so that there will be no big trouble."
"Inappropriate, inappropriate."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wenlong, the deputy general, opposed: "Since ancient times, he must be guarded against others. The Yuan army surrendered more than 17,000 soldiers. If he rebelled, even if there were no weapons, it would be too much trouble for our army. I think it would be better to send them to Qiongzhou and let them start mining in Qiongzhou, which would be considered as making some contribution to the court."
Su Liuyi said: "Now, where can the imperial court send them to Qiongzhou?"
Chen Wenlong was speechless.
Although 267 warships were harvested, the entire army could not be sent out and these prisoners were sent to Qiongzhou. In that way, the island of Yongzhou would be empty.
These humeral ministers had no idea either.
Chapter completed!