There was no cement road in Dakang, so the war horses galloped wildly, bringing up smoke and dust that made it difficult for Qing Mulan to see the person coming. She thought it was a bandit looking for someone to come to the rescue, so she quickly urged Jin Feng to go up to the tower.
The veterans and female soldiers on the tower also promptly turned some of their heavy crossbows to face the outside and prepared for defense.
But Jin Feng, the others and the personal guards did not move.
"Don't be nervous, it should be Da Liu and the others."
In the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, it is rare to see tall grassland war horses. Only Jin Feng in the entire Jinchuan County has the strength to gather such a large horse team.
When the cavalry arrived a few hundred meters away, they began to slow down and the smoke cleared. Qing Mulan saw that the leader was indeed Da Liu, and then she signaled the female soldiers to release their defense.
"Sir, all the war horses have been received. Except for the ones I brought, the rest have been sent back to Xihewan."
Da Liu stroked the war horse with his left hand, much more tenderly than he did with his own mother-in-law.
"I thought Qinghou didn't receive my letter." Jin Feng said with a smile.
He wrote to Qinghuai very early that he wanted a batch of war horses. According to time, it should have been delivered long ago. However, it was not until yesterday that someone sent a message saying that the war horses had arrived.
"By the way, this is Qinghou's letter to Mr. and Miss Mulan."
Da Liu wiped his hands on his clothes, took out two letters from his arms, and handed them to Jin Feng and Qing Mulan respectively.
After reading the letter, the two looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
"These dudes run faster than the other when they are fighting, and they run even faster when they are trying to grab credit and trophies!"
Qing Mulan said: "It's so shameless."
"I hope your brother is okay."
Jin Feng also smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"My brother will definitely be fine. Who is Zhang Qiwei from the Dening Army? Is he worthy of being compared with my brother?"
Qing Mulan said angrily: "When he ran away from the battle, it was because my brother was looking out for the overall situation. If it were me, it wouldn't be as simple as breaking his legs. I would just chop off his head!"
Since the battle in Weizhou City ended, those dandy boys who were scared away have returned with their men.
Each one of them shamelessly said that they had also participated in the battle, and asked General Fan to report it to the court and reward them for their merits.
The dignitaries in the court are not good at fighting, but they love the tall war horses on the grassland very much. If anyone goes to court without a horse drawn by a grassland war horse, or if the escort rides a horse other than a grassland war horse, they will be laughed at and looked down upon. They feel that this
The court officials are so incompetent that they can't even get prairie war horses.
Therefore, those dandies were even more enthusiastic about robbing captured war horses than they were about robbing military honors.
General Fan is also an old man in the court, and he is very aware of the forces behind these dandies, and the credit this time is too great for him and Qinghuai to eat. If they insist on eating, they will probably be starved to death.
Therefore, we can only give up a lot of military achievements and exchange some interests with the forces behind these dudes.
This is also the reason why Jin Feng stopped when he saw a good situation and retreated in time.
The water in the court was too deep, and it was beyond the control of a man of science and engineering. If he insisted on staying on the border to claim credit, he might not even know how he would die.
It was not that Qinghuai didn't understand this truth. When General Fan divided the work, he also agreed.
Until Zhang Qiwei also came with someone...
When this fellow saw that Jin Feng had won the battle, he rushed to get a share of the credit, but General Fan couldn't hold him back.
In the end, Jin Feng only asked him to guard the prisoners of war. He failed in such a simple task and was let go by several traitors.
If Jin Feng hadn't been prepared and retreated to the mountain, he would have really been in trouble that time.
As a result, after Zhang Qiwei discovered that the prisoners of war had mutinied, he did not think about taking remedial measures, let alone rescue the Tielin Army. Instead, he immediately chose to abandon his team and escape with his guards.
When Qinghuai heard about this, he was so angry that he went to chop him with a knife regardless of his injury.
Unfortunately, Zhang Qiwei believed that Weizhou City could not be saved, so he did not enter the city at all, but directly fled back to the capital with his people.
It was Zhang Qiwei who made Jin Feng realize that Dakang Chaotang was hopeless.
Such a general who escaped from the battle not only did not receive any punishment after his return, but he prospered and boasted everywhere that he had fought with party members with real swords and guns.
Some time ago, he was sent back to Weizhou City to demand military honors and war horses on behalf of the Zhang family.
If it were another family, Qinghuai would have accepted it, but when he met Zhang Qiwei, he couldn't bear it.
If Jin Feng hadn't turned the tide, the Tielin Army would have been wiped out by Zhang Qiwei that time.
Now you actually have the nerve to ask for military honors and war horses?
Even if the clay figurine still has some anger, let alone Qing Huai, who has made great achievements in battle.
Zhang Qiwei's results can be imagined.
Not only did he not receive military honors or war horses, his legs were also broken by Qing Huai in front of a group of dandies.
"Your brother is a little impulsive this time. After all, Zhang Qiwei is the representative of the Zhang family. If he really wants to get angry, he can just sap him secretly. Now he is almost at odds with the Zhang family and will fight to the death."
Jin Feng sighed, a little worried for Qinghuai.
But as the younger sister, Qing Mulan didn't have any worry on her face, only anger.
"Sir, you still don't understand the court."
Qing Mulan said: "Actually, as long as there are enough benefits, there is nothing that the nobles will never stop fighting for. And I guess brother Qinghuai is not impulsive, he should do it deliberately."
"On purpose, why?" Jin Feng asked curiously.
"Brother Qinghuai has been in the limelight enough over the years. He has reached the level of marquis, and the next level up is the duke."
Qing Mulan asked: "Sir, do you think your Majesty will allow the father and son of a family to be the Duke of the country?"
"That's definitely not the case." Jin Feng somewhat understood what Qing Mulan meant.
"Sir, you may not even know that your contribution this time is too great. For those dandies, it is a pleasure, but for Brother Qinghuai, it is poison."
Qing Mulan said: "The victory of Qingshui Valley can almost be said to have been achieved by my husband and the Tielin Army alone. No one can deny the contribution of the Tielin Army, my husband and brother Qinghuai.
In fact, Your Majesty has not been knighted for many years, but this time he made an exception to grant a knighthood to Mr. It is also for this reason. Otherwise, you really can’t stop everyone from talking about it.”
"In other words, even if Qinghou didn't want the credit, he still had to take it, so he broke Zhang Qiwei's leg, which gave the court officials an excuse to attack him and offset the credit, right?
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"Yes." Qing Mulan sighed helplessly.
Jin Feng couldn't help but feel grateful for his original decision, and also felt sad for Qinghuai.
You have made a great contribution, yet you still have to go to such great lengths to reject it.
Jin Feng didn't know how to evaluate this matter.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this terrible thing. Please explain to Da Liu and come with me."
"can I go now?"
Qing Mulan's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Where are you going?"
"Go to the county house and witness Xiaobei and I receiving the marriage certificate. Don't say we were secretive again!"
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