"Senior brother, just kill them. We in Tianyi Valley will never tolerate traitors."
Yuan Youying stared at the backs of the disciples who were in charge of the helm, and was about to take action, but as soon as she finished speaking, the tower mutinied.
A signal bomb bounced from the tower into the sky, piercing the night sky.
Wang Jian held his sword and led a group of city guards to fight Qu Lechang's men on the tower.
He shouted angrily,
"Who are you? What are you doing here on the tower?"
Xie You took two steps forward. He was wearing the battle armor of a general in the city defense army. He sneered,
"Look clearly what I'm wearing. I am the Zhonglang General of the city defense army. I said that I will take over the southern city. If you disobey orders, you will be dealt with according to military law."
The city guards on the city tower all turned to look at Wang Jian. South Line City was a newly built new city, and there were many newly settled wealthy people.
The city guards of the Southern Front City were also newly recruited.
They had no idea that Xie You, the lieutenant general, had rebelled.
Wang Jian looked upright,
"I don't know any Zhonglang general. From the first day I became a city guard, I knew that the only person I wanted to be loyal to was Princess Xiao Li. Unless the queen herself comes in person, no one can take over.
Southern Line City, even if the city guard comes, it won’t work!”
The city guard army was Princess Xiao Li's soldiers and was given to the empress by Prince Xiao Li. The southern line city was also built brick by brick by the empress instructing the Ministry of Works.
Why do you want to thank General Youzhonglang? I don’t know him, and it’s impossible to listen to a few words from him and then give up all the towers.
Xie You said angrily:
"Today's city defense army is so controlled by a woman that it has no military discipline. If I don't straighten you out, the city protection army will be finished."
After scolding, Xie You stepped forward and started fighting with Wang Jian.
Qu Lechang behind him also drew his sword and joined in the capture of the city.
Just listen to him yelling angrily:
"I am Chief Qu Le, and your Princess Li was once my fiancée. Since you are Princess Li's soldiers, I will ask you to listen to me now..."
"Bah, Qu Lechang! You still have the nerve to come back. Don't think that you can make us listen to you just by showing off a few old city guard generals. You're just dreaming!"
When Wang Jian heard that Qu Lechang had slandered Princess Xiao Li, he felt angry and yelled,
"Fight for Princess Xiao Li!"
"Fight for Princess Xiao Li!!!"
Earth-shattering slogans rang out all around, and the city guard on the tower was so powerful that they forcibly killed the people brought by Qu Lechang off the tower.
Xie You responded in a hurry and shouted to Qu Lechang:
"This won't work. Who knew the city guard could be so tough?"
The current city protection army is no longer the city protection army at the time of Xie Youzhonglang general. In the past, as long as the city protection army gave some benefits, anyone could take them away.
But now it is obvious that this team cannot be fooled at all.
Qu Lechang also felt that this situation was very difficult. He and Xie You led a group of former city guard rebel generals and fought their way out of the southern city.
Just after leaving the city gate, on the high ground in the distance, a man dressed in red and rustling brocade opened the bow in his hand.
The Southern Line City was not far from here. After receiving the signal sent by Wang Jian, Hua Jin immediately rode over, bumped into Qu Lechang and Xie You, and led a group of remaining soldiers to fight out of the Southern Line City.
When Qu Lechang looked over, Hua Jing had already loosened the tight bow string, and the sharp arrow shot out. Qu Lechang tilted his head, stretched out his hand, and pulled Xie You beside him in front of him to block it.
The tip of the arrow finally shot directly into Xie You's eyebrow behind him.
He stared at Qu Lechang, as if he didn't understand how hard he worked for Qu Lechang, how could Qu Lechang use him to block the arrow in the end?
Xie You didn't understand it until his death.
"Walk!"
Qu Lechang left Xie You behind and led a dozen remnants to escape under the city wall. As the night fell, they gained a glimmer of hope.
When Hua Jin came forward, Xie You was already dead.
Wang Jian chased him out of the city gate. In the dark night, he happened to see Wu Tian wearing the armor of a city guard general.
Wang Jian, who felt that Wu Tian looked familiar, was stunned. When he stopped, the city guards behind him also stopped.
A city guard quietly asked Wang Jian,
"Is it another fake?"
Wang Jian was a little unsure, so he puffed up his chest and shouted deliberately:
"Hey, what do you fakers want to do? Let me tell you, I can only..."
Before he finished speaking, Wu Tian raised his hand and threw a token in the shape of half a flower at him.
Wang Jian reached out and hurriedly took out the other half of the flower-shaped token in his arms. When he looked at it, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.
"I'll see you later, General! Thank you, General, for supporting the Southern Front City."
Wu Tian turned around, revealing Hua Jin holding a bow and arrow behind him, and said solemnly:
"I was not the one who rushed over immediately after seeing the flare today."
In the black night, there was a bright moon hanging, and the rustling red flower brocade stood in place. Wang Jian looked at it and was a little dazed for a moment.
"This, this is not..."
Isn't this the savior who inspired him to join the city defense army?
I remember that at that time, he fled to the north with his whole family. On the way, he was almost killed by Yuan Youying because he beat up a government servant. It was this fairy who saved him.
It was also this fairy who told him that the Northern City Guard Army was recruiting troops.
What's going on?? She is Princess Xiao Li?
He actually got enlightenment from Princess Xiao Li. Fortunately, he really came to join the army. Otherwise, otherwise... wouldn't it mean that he would never be able to repay her life-saving grace?
"Captain Wang!" Wu Tian frowned and reminded Wang Jian, "You must not make mistakes in front of your Majesty."
Wang Jian reacted and immediately knelt down on one knee.
"I will see you at the end of the day, your Majesty. Your Majesty Jin'an."
Behind him, the city guards knelt on the ground and shouted,
"See the empress, the empress Jin'an!"
"Everyone, get up."
Hua Jinyun raised her hand lightly, and her eyes fell on Wang Jianchen, who was covered in blood.
"You did a good job this time. This month's bonus will be tripled and you will be promoted to captain."
Then he looked at the city guards after Wang exercised. They were all covered in blood. Hua Jin said again:
"The same goes for you. The strength of an army cannot be separated from the bravery of you little soldiers. This month, your bonus will be doubled. If you have a human head in your hand, you can get an additional bonus of five taels of silver if you hold the head."
These words were like a shot in the arm, making Wang Jian and the city guards behind him smile heartily.
You must know that the military pay of the City Guard Army is different from that of the Shence Army and even all the military pay of the Tianjing Kingdom.
After Princess Xiao Li took over the city guard army, she proposed a rather complex military pay distribution model in the city guard army. Each city guard army has a basic military pay. Those who do not arrive late and leave early and stay on guard on time during the month will receive an attendance bonus.
Those who behave obediently and actively will receive an excellence award, and those who fight bravely will receive a performance award.
If you take the enemy's head on the battlefield, you can directly receive five taels of silver with the head.
In addition, there are also five insurances and one fund. It is said that this one fund can be used to purchase farmland, houses and shops in South Line City and Beidi City...
If you add up all this, an ordinary city guard can earn more military pay than a wealthy family can earn in a month.
Don't we all fight bravely to kill the enemy?
Just when Wang Jian and others were overjoyed, a government official came out of the city in a hurry and said:
"It's not good. Qu Lechang let those people from Tianyi Valley go. Now many disciples from Tianyi Valley have said that they have left Tianyi Valley and want to sign up to study medicine at Prince Li's Mansion Medical Center."
Prince Li's Medical Clinic has now become a brand. It started out as a small medical clinic in Beidi City, but now it has expanded and has opened a branch in Southern City.
She thought that Hua Jin's medical skills were rumored to be superb in Beidi City, so many patients would come to Prince Li's Mansion Medical Center to seek medical treatment. Of course, there would be more apprentices who wanted to come to the medical center to study medicine.
Hua Jin had no way to teach her, and thought this was a good opportunity to make money, so she invited the military doctors from the Shence Army to teach medical skills by selling classes.
The business is not bad. Putting aside the transportation fees and class fees for military doctors, it is enough to support a large medical clinic.
When Wang Jian heard this at the city gate, he immediately reported to Hua Jin that Yuan Youying and Bai Jinghong had arrived in the southern city.
"The two of them are planning to go to Prince Li's Mansion to find the prince, and want to use the power of the court to kill the demon sect man?"
Hua Jin was a little surprised. She repeated Wang Jian's words again, and then couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, let me go back and ask the prince if he is willing to kill me."
The city guards at the city gate couldn't help laughing. The solemn atmosphere for a while was diluted by the actions of Bai Jinghong and Yuan Youying.
However, when Hua Jin returned to the village not far away and was waiting to tell Li Yunqing about this funny thing, Lian'er hurriedly came forward and said hurriedly:
"My dear, it's not good, Duke Sun is preparing to rebel."
The smile on Hua Jin's face suddenly disappeared, "What's going on?"
Lian'er immediately handed over a note,
"Brother sent this urgently. Sun Guogong has hoarded 500,000 troops and horses in Guqi Prefecture. The money for hoarding troops and horses was dug out from our silver mines in the north."
Five hundred thousand soldiers and horses... How much money is needed to feed such a huge team? No wonder Li Yunqing sealed the mines in Beidi, and Sun Guogong jumped out in a hurry, determined to get Beidi
Mineral exploration map.
Hua Jin's heart sank and she asked again,
"Where is the prince?"
"The prince is changing his armor."
As Lian'er finished speaking, Hua Jin had already pushed open the room in front of her. Li Yunqing was in the room, replacing half of his usual heart armor and putting on heavy armor weighing dozens of kilograms.
Seeing Hua Jin standing outside the door, Li Yunqing explained while adjusting his gauntlets,
"As soon as Sun Guogong sends out troops, I will take action. The sword has no eyes on the battlefield. What deal do you have with that concubine of King Qi? If you want to save her and King Qi's lives, you must do it quickly before I take action.
"
Hua Jin stepped forward, took the gauntlet from Li Yunqing's hand, lowered her head and tied it on his wrist.
"You also said that swords have no eyes on the battlefield, so be careful."
"What are you afraid of?"
A low voice sounded above Hua Jin's head, and a long finger lifted her delicate chin and her face.
Li Yunqing lowered his head and asked again,
"Is my concubine looking like this worried about what might happen to the king on the battlefield?"
"What are you afraid of? I have fought against the Beirong people, so are you afraid of Duke Sun?"
In the dimly lit room, a ray of morning light passed through the window lattice and fell on Hua Jin's eyelashes. She raised her eyes slightly, looked at Li Yunqing with a pair of autumn water phoenix eyes, and reminded him softly,
"Beirong has 300,000 talents, and Sun Guogong has 500,000."
Moreover, he used Li Yunqing's money to raise 500,000 private soldiers.
But after careful planning, the Shence Army has only grown to only 70,000 soldiers so far.
Li Yunqing's narrow eyes had a hint of violence,
"It doesn't matter, even if there is an army of one million, I can let him eat as much as he wants and spit them all out."
The days are still long, and no one who bullies him, humiliates him, or harms him will be able to escape.
He lowered his head, moved his lips forward, touched Hua Jin's lips slightly, and kissed her while laughing softly,
"Do you know what I like to see most now? What I like to see the most is your worried look before I go on the expedition."
Does this prove that she still has him in her heart? The more worried she is about him, the more important he is in her heart.
Hua Jin was stunned and let Li Yunqing kiss her. It wasn't until Li Yunqing left for a long time that she raised her fingers and pressed her red and swollen lips with her green fingertips.
After a long time, she realized what she was doing, turned around and walked out of the room, telling Lian'er,
"Go to King Qi's Villa and have a look."
At the same time, an uninvited guest came to the inn where Sun Guogong was staying.
He was sitting in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, holding a cup of tea in his hand and looking at Qu Lechang, who looked a little pale.
"Treasonous general, what are you doing here?"
"Treason?"
Qu Lechang laughed self-deprecatingly and sat down opposite Sun Guogong.
"Who forced me to commit treason? Not that good prince."
Everyone knew that his fiancée was taken away by Li Yunqing, so it was understandable that Qu Le would be forced to commit treason.
He raised his hand to cover his seriously injured shoulder blade,
"The reason why I came to see Mr. Sun Guogong today is because we both have a common enemy. I know you have soldiers in your hands."
They were all in charge of troops, and Chief Qu Le had once commanded an army of 300,000 men, so he was very keen to detect any movement from Duke Sun Guo.
To put it bluntly, Qu Lechang wants to make a comeback now, but he is short of soldiers.
So this is the purpose of his coming to see Sun Guogong.
There was a hint of sarcasm in Sun Guogong's eyes,
"If I remember correctly, you held an army of 300,000 men and fought several fierce battles with the Shence Army, but failed to win any of them."
"What? Three hundred thousand Beirong troops are not enough for you, Huo Huo, and now you are targeting my few soldiers? Haha, Chief Qu Le, do you think too highly of yourself?"
One was Li Yunqing's defeated general, but he tried to take charge of the army for Duke Sun. Duke Sun didn't even know what to scold Qu Le.
Qu Le lowered his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, swallowed the breath of humiliation,
"If I can come to you, I naturally bring my certificate of surrender."
As he spoke, he placed a cubic box on the table.
When he opened it, he saw that it was the head of King Beirong.