When Qin Xiao returned to Songyang Grassland, it was late at night a few days later.

The Black Mountain bandits first attacked the barracks. Qin Xiao used fire and thunder formations to kill many Black Mountain bandits. However, the old camp site was abandoned because of this, and a new camp was built twenty miles east.

Everything was in order. The camp was surrounded by wooden fences and arrow towers were built at the four corners. People were guarding the towers day and night.

Although he returned in the middle of the night, he was quickly discovered by the guards on the arrow tower. Qin Xiao arrived outside the camp gate alone. Just as the guards were about to shout, Qin Xiao had already raised the brim of his hat. The guards saw that it was Qin Xiao who was

When he was about to salute, Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "You guys have never seen me."

The guards were also smart. Someone had already opened the camp gate, and Qin Xiao urged his horse to enter.

Except for a few patrols, most of the people in the barracks have gone to bed.

Qin Xiao rode directly to the outside of Gu Baiyi's tent. He seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves outside. The tent door quickly opened and Gu Baiyi poked his head out. Qin Xiao got off the horse and walked forward quickly. Gu Baiyi

Let Qin Xiao enter the tent, and after Qin Xiao sat down on the bank, he poured a cup of hot water for Qin Xiao with his own hands, put it in front of Qin Xiao, looked up and down, and sighed: "Let me talk about you first.

situation, and then I will tell you some major things that happened after I left."

"Big deal?" Qin Xiao was startled, wondering if something had happened. However, the barracks looked orderly and everything was as usual. Nothing much had changed.

"I killed him!" Qin Xiao whispered: "I chased him to Pinghuyi and cut his throat at night."

Gu Baiyi stared at Qin Xiao and said, "Is the person you are talking about Wang Dongjun?"

"yes."

"Have you ever considered the consequences of a mistake?" Gu Baiyi said slowly: "The Liaodong Army has been entrenched in the Northeast for many years, and Wang Xingchao has been in power for nearly twenty years. They have deep roots in the Northeast. There are several people under General Anton's sect.

It’s not surprising that there is a fourth-grade master. This time Wang Dongjun went to the grassland, they naturally thought that there was no need for a fourth-grade master to come out, but if there is really a fourth-grade master hidden beside Wang Dongjun, do you think you can really escape unscathed? "

Qin Xiao sighed: "Maybe I was impulsive. It's just that he sent people to attack the team and killed and injured many people. These people came to escort the horses and swords, and they all made this trip because of me. He was killed on the way.

, leaving orphans and widowed mothers, even if Zhen Yubu and He Gubu knew that Wang Dongjun was behind everything, with their strength, they would not be able to repay this blood debt from Wang Dongjun."

"So you're here to get this debt back?"

"Those people came to escort the supplies for me, so they were kind to me." Qin Xiao looked at Gu Baiyi and said calmly: "Wang Dongjun's people killed them because they had a grudge against me. In life, grudges must be repaid.

There’s nothing to be vague about.”

Gu Baiyi smiled calmly and said: "You are born with this temperament and cannot change it. In my opinion, you are more suitable to be a knight-errant who enjoys revenge and revenge, rather than a general who commands thousands of troops."

"Brother Gu, are you...are you blaming me?"

"As a person of flesh and blood, I admire your courage and praise your conduct." Gu Baiyi said: "But as a ranger general of the Long Rui Army and a subordinate of yours, I feel that your impulsive behavior this time is very inappropriate.

Once you fail and even fall into the hands of the Liaodong Army, regardless of whether you survive, the Long Rui Army will be completely destroyed. Your ambition to regain Xiling will come to an abrupt end and will never be achieved again.

"

Qin Xiao nodded and said ashamedly: "I was indeed too impulsive this time."

"After killing, can you leave evidence?"

Qin Xiao immediately said: "Don't worry, even if they suspect that I did it, they can't get any evidence."

"Today is the ninth day of winter. Xiaolou and the others rushed back to the station at midnight on the seventh day of winter." Gu Baiyi said: "I also deliberately let everyone know that you came back with Xiaolou and the others at midnight on the ninth day of the lunar month. Before that, you

No one knows your whereabouts, but now many people know that you went to the grassland."

Qin Xiao was extremely smart and knew what Gu Baiyi meant.

After the team was attacked, Qin Xiao separated from the team and chased Shen Hao and others alone, and even went all the way to Pinghuyi to assassinate Wang Dongjun.

After the troops were divided into two groups, Lu Xiaolou and his men returned to the barracks at the normal time, but he was two days late.

If Lu Xiaolou returned to the camp based on the time it took him, of course he would not have time to rush to Pinghu Station, which is hundreds of miles away. However, if someone knew that he returned to the camp two days later than Lu Xiaolou, the two days late would

, which means there is time to commit the crime.

Now Gu Baiyi made everyone think that Qin Xiao rushed back at midnight on the seventh day of the lunar month, so there was no time to commit the crime.

"I have disposed of the body of the leader of the assassins." Qin Xiao said: "I also found a remote place to bury the bodies of his men. It has been snowing for the past two days. After the winter snow melts,

They couldn't find the place where the body was buried, so they were delayed for some time on the way."

Gu Baiyi nodded and said: "When Xiaolou and the others came back, they brought back the bodies of several grassland brothers. As for the assassins, they left them there and ignored them. The Liaodong Army did not dare to admit that those bodies were theirs.

"After a pause, he said: "They attacked first and killed many of them. The Liaodong Army neither dared to admit it nor made trouble for it. Wang Dongjun's matter...!" After a moment of pondering, he said:

"I have already told Xiaolou and Ximen Hao that everyone will bite you to death because you came back in the middle of the night. If you don't have time to commit the crime, Wang Xingchao won't be able to catch anything."

Qin Xiao said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work, brother."

"Let's not talk about it for now." Gu Baiyi said, "I have a few important things to tell you." He raised his hand and said, "Drink some hot water to warm yourself up first."

Qin Xiao picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water. Gu Baiyi then said: "On the other side of the Black Mountain, the people in Baimuzhai have surrendered. Du Zitong left them and fled to the Zhenyu tribe. The bandits were leaderless. In desperation, they could only go to the Zhenyu tribe.

Xuanyuan Chong begged to surrender. Now Xuanyuan Chong has controlled the entire Montenegro. Xiaolou also told me that Du Zitong was shot and killed. Now the Montenegro bandit leader Zhou Hongji and the fourth son Du Zitong are both dead. Xuanyuan Chong and Shen Xuangan rose up together, and five

The leader, Zhou Yuanbao, has also defected to Xuanyuan Chong, and everyone in the Black Mountain tribe has settled in his own camp for the time being. They can only go to Heishan to announce the decree after the imperial court's decree to recruit them."

The prerequisite for the establishment of the Heishan Trade Center is that Heishan must be under the control of Long Ruijun and surrender to the Heishan Army. Qin Xiao naturally hopes that the sooner the better.

After all, the Black Mountain Army was a rebel identified by the Anton Protectorate. Only after accepting the imperial court's recruitment could they truly join the Long Rui Army, and only after that could Qin Xiao truly control the Black Mountain Army.

Although Qin Xiao sent people to rush Zhezi to Kyoto, it was impossible to arrive without two months of imperial envoys from the imperial court.

"But there is one more thing that is not clear yet." Gu Baiyi said: "Before Du Zitong led his troops to attack the Long Rui Army barracks, we received an informant letter. That letter was not sent by Xuanyuan Chong. Now we can conclude that

, that letter should have been sent by Shen Xuangan. As far as I know, among the leaders of Montenegro, Xuanyuan Chong has always been willing to be recruited, but others are very opposed to it. Shen Xuangan and

Du Zitong has always advised Zhou Hongji not to be recruited. But this time Shen Xuangan first sent someone to send a secret message, and then fully supported Xuanyuan Chong in seizing control of Black Mountain, and then surrendered to us together with Xuanyuan Chong. The contrast between the two was huge.

Why did it change? I’m afraid there’s something fishy about it.”

Qin Xiao said: "Don't worry for the moment. After the recruitment is over, we will find out what happened."

"After Baimuzhai surrendered to Xuanyuan Chong, General Yu Wenlang also led his troops back to the barracks." Gu Baiyi stared at Qin Xiao and said, "But he is not in the barracks now. He went to Liaoxi County at noon yesterday."

Qin Xiao was surprised and said: "Liaoxi County?"

"I'm going to tell you a bad thing next, but you don't have to be too anxious." Gu Baiyi said: "Before Xiaolou and the others came back the night before yesterday, Mr. Fei Xinfei, the deputy director of the Armament Department, came from Shunjin Fucheng and informed him of something.

event."

The Arms Department was specially established by the sage for the Long Rui Army. The government office was located in Shunjinfu City, Yingping County, more than 200 miles away from Songyang Grassland. On the recommendation of Qin Xiao, Yuwen Huaiqian and Fei Xin, one of them was the Arms Department.

The chief responsibility of the Arms Department is to ensure the logistics of Long Rui's army.

Feixin suddenly came from Shunjin Fucheng. Things must not be simple.

"Before Mr. Yuwen and Mr. Fei left the customs, they had already raised a sum of cash and transported it to Shunjin Fucheng with the help of Jiangnan Lin Hong." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "The expenses these days have been spent with

This amount of money was spent. You also know that you previously raised several million taels from the Jiangnan Family and sent it to the inner treasury of Kyoto. The Jiangnan Family did not have enough cash in hand. Lin Hong did not dare to delay Long Ruijun's affairs.

The lieutenants of the army have to pay for food, drink and military pay, and they need a lot of money every day, so the Jiangnan family urgently raised 250,000 taels of cash and sent people to transport it out of the customs."

"Before I left Beijing, I discussed with the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are more than 7,000 officers and soldiers in the Long Rui Army. In a bitterly cold place, everyone's monthly salary is calculated as four taels of silver, plus other consumption expenses. When I first arrived,

The Long Rui Army in the Northeast needs at least 60,000 to 70,000 taels of silver for military expenses every month." Qin Xiaodao: "Finally, we confirmed with the Ministry of Household Affairs that at least 60,000 taels of silver will be guaranteed to enter the account of the Armaments Department every month. The Hangzhou Ministry of Household Affairs

One of the important responsibilities of the Qing Officials Department is to supervise the Jiangnan family to send at least 720,000 taels of silver to the Northeast Arms Department every year. This time, 250,000 taels are sent, which is four months of military expenses."

Gu Baiyi shook his head and said: "I'm not trying to calculate how much military expenses are needed with you. I'm telling you that the team transporting military expenses was attacked. The 250,000 taels of silver raised by the Jiangnan family have been robbed. Where is that money now?

The local area and the Armaments Department don’t know anything about it.”

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