Zhang Liang came over and gave Qinghuai a military salute with his remaining arm.
Qinghuai returned the salute and said with a smile: "You are now the minister of the Ministry of War and the commander-in-chief of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. Your official position is higher than mine. You can't salute me first in the future!"
There is no one under Jin Feng and Ninth Princess available now. Zhang Liang now has a lot of titles, Minister of War and Commander of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau are just two of them. If it is true, Qinghuai is indeed under Zhang Liang's jurisdiction.
Qinghuai didn't feel unbalanced when his former subordinate became his current boss. He knew that Zhang Liang deserved this.
Zhang Liang followed Jin Feng when he was hunting rabbits in the mountains. He worked hard and was loyal to Jin Feng.
"If it weren't for Lord Marquis, I might have died on the battlefield long ago. Salute is appropriate." Zhang Liang smiled and shook his head.
He knew that Jin Feng once proposed to the Ninth Princess that Qinghuai should also serve in the Ministry of War, but the Ninth Princess, perhaps to avoid suspicion, said that Qinghuai did not have much military exploits in Sichuan and Sichuan and was not qualified for the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, so she refused.
Zhang Liang even suspected that the Tielin Army's support this time was a meritorious service arranged by Jin Feng for Qing Huai.
The Tielin Army's reinforcements were so timely. Coupled with Qinghuai's own military ability and influence, even if Jin Feng asked Qinghuai to be the Minister of War, he would still be qualified.
When most generals encounter the current situation, they will be more or less humble and say something flattering to Zhang Liang.
But Qinghuai has never liked officialdom, nor the politeness in officialdom, so he changed the subject abruptly and asked: "Where is sir?"
"Sir is in the house!"
Zhang Liang pointed to the small courtyard behind the clearing.
After lighting the beacon fire, Jin Feng returned to the small courtyard again and concentrated on making bullets. Although the sound of bombing outside resounded throughout the valley, he did not come out to take a look.
Because Jin Feng also knows that the overall situation has been decided, and it doesn't matter whether he can get out or not.
What Jin Feng wanted to pacify was not the battlefield of Brass Gou, but the entire world.
Therefore, he wanted to mass-produce rifles and bullets as soon as possible so that there would not be a second Battle of Brass Trench.
"Then I'll go find Mr. and report the battle situation."
Qinghuai turned around and was about to walk to the small courtyard, but after taking only two steps, he saw Jin Feng coming out of the stone house.
Just now Jin Feng told Ajuan who was guarding the door to call him out if Qinghuai came.
It wasn't that he wanted to hear Qinghuai's report on the battle situation, but he hadn't seen Qinghuai for a long time and Jin Feng wanted to see him.
This battle sacrificed too many familiar people. Although Jin Feng knew very well that this was the price that had to be paid for the war, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Qinghuai strode up to Jin Feng, straightened his back, saluted Jin Feng with a military salute, and shouted loudly: "Tielin Army Qinghuai reports to sir!"
"Qinghou, thank you for your hard work!"
Jin Feng patted Qinghuai on the shoulder: "Let's go inside and have a drink of hot water."
Others don't know why Qinghuai appears here, but Jin Feng knows.
Although Jin Feng is somewhat idealistic, he is not a complete idealist.
He knew that Dangxiang's agreement to start trade with Sichuan and Shu was not sincere, so Jin Feng was not unprepared.
When the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce was transporting goods to Party Xiang, they hid some strategic materials in several caves in advance, mainly food, hot air balloons, grenades and kerosene.
When Qinghuai led the Tielin Army into the mountains, many people thought they had turned into bandits. In fact, they were just looking for supplies.
However, neither Jin Feng nor Tang Xiaobei expected to use these things so soon, so the plan was not perfect.
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Qinghuai had to meet up with these guys first, and then he could come to support Jin Feng, which wasted a lot of time.
Although Qinghuai didn't say it, Jin Feng knew that it would definitely not be easy along the way.
Qinghuai's face and hands were covered with frostbite, and his ears were red and swollen. Qing Mulan almost didn't recognize him just now.
The group walked into the combat command room and sat down around the stove. Jin Feng picked up the teapot on the stove and poured a cup of hot water for Qinghuai.
Qinghuai quickly stood up, took the water glass with both hands, and then asked: "Sir, I left ten hot air balloons at the copper coin mouth, what should I do next?"
Tongqiankou is a pass more than ten miles away to the north. It is only a dozen meters wide. The terrain is easier to defend and difficult to attack than Brass Valley. It is just because it is not long enough and there is no water source nearby. If you want water, you can only get it from Brass Valley.
Jin Feng did not choose that side at first, but chose Brass Valley which was more suitable for garrisoning.
Hot air balloons cannot move independently and cannot bomb back and forth like airships. Before Qinghuai arrived, he knew that it was impossible to kill all the party members with just one bombing, so he left ten hot air balloons at Tongqiankou.
If the Southern Expeditionary Army wants to escape back to Dangxiang, Tongqiankou is the only way to go.
Blocking the copper coin port blocked Li Lingrui's only escape route.
The fact was as Qinghuai expected. After the bombing of the hot air balloon, many party soldiers did survive. He got off the hot air balloon just to ask Jin Feng for instructions on how to deal with these people.
Zhang Liang, Qing Mulan, Han Feng and others also raised their heads and looked at Jin Feng.
They all know that Jin Feng has a kind character, and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau's policy towards prisoners has always been to recruit and surrender.
This can not only bring a group of free labor force to the construction of Sichuan and Sichuan, but also can divide the will of the besieged enemies to prevent them from jumping over the wall and fighting to the death.
Surrender has gradually become one of the common principles used by the Zhenyuan Escort Agency in treating prisoners.
But this time there were too many Shu soldiers who died in the Brass Valley. The soldiers who were still alive were holding their breath and thinking of avenging their comrades.
Zhang Liang was worried that Jin Feng was soft-hearted and was about to make an order on his own, when he heard Jin Feng speak.
"Kill them all!"
Zhang Liang turned around and saw that Jin Feng didn't even raise his head, and was still holding the kettle to pour himself water.
The tone of his speech was also very calm, but it conveyed a murderous aura.
"yes!"
Qinghuai took a sip of the water Jin Feng poured for him, then stood up and walked out of the command room, came to the open space, and gestured to Zhong Wu who had just come over.
Zhong Wu nodded, took out a firework from his waist, and lit the fuse.
A cloud of purple smoke burst into the air and dispersed with the wind.
Then Zhang Liang and the others saw that the hot air balloon in the sky was divided into two parts. One part continued to fly southward with the wind, chasing the fleeing King Qin's army, while the other part quickly took off to find a suitable wind layer.
Soon, the second batch of hot air balloons rose into the sky and turned into small black dots.
Zhang Liang and others walked out of the command room and looked up at the sky.
But Jin Feng was still sitting in the room, drinking tea leisurely.
Zuo Feifei came over and gently held Jin Feng's left hand.