Jiao Jinhu adjusted the establishment of the barracks last year. Now the establishment of a battalion is 1,500 people. Adding in the accumulation today, and the total of the staff commander Shi Na, more than 3,000 people have been lost.
One hundred and two hundred can only be said to be a small fuss. When the number of more than three thousand came out, Chen Xihua collapsed on the spot.
A group of people shouted "General" and surrounded him.
Qi Yong stood outside the crowd and looked at them, frowning.
It doesn't make sense, it's impossible. Their troops are far more powerful than the other side. How come more than 3,000 people are gone in one fell swoop, including the most elite scouts in the army.
"Martial law, be on guard!" Qi Yong suddenly shouted in a loud voice, "More than 40,000 people are being tricked by thousands of people. Are you embarrassed?"
Whether it is Chen Xihua or Qi Yong, this is destined to be a long night.
Qi Yong no longer stayed in the camp and personally led people to check the defense.
Because they came to Hengxiang this time with the mentality of reclaiming the land, how could they prepare so much defense equipment? Even if they had to dig a long trench on the ground, they didn't have that many tools.
The so-called horse-rejecting gun was even more ridiculously crude. It was cut and made on the spot, and it didn't even have enough nails or hemp rope.
When the sun rose in the east, the latest report from the Staff Director's History reported that the number was already five thousand.
There was no such thing as the annihilation of the whole army like the Fuyang Camp, but piecemeal, the opponent kept reducing their numbers.
Qi Yong, who had not slept all night, also collapsed and was put in the carriage, and the team continued to set off towards Hengxiang Mansion.
Throughout the night, fast horses rushed between Chen Xihua and his colleagues' residence and Hengxiang Mansion from time to time.
After Xia Zhaoyi woke up, a pile of military reports were waiting. She glanced at them for a few times and then pushed them aside and opened the book she had compiled with Xu Yinjun yesterday.
Before going to bed last night, the people she sent to Qingyue Pavilion brought back the small bronze square utensil that Kang Jian said was found in the back garden of Qingyue Pavilion. It was indeed an ancient object, but it was too old, and this
Bronze craftsmanship, like that of Zhuzhou.
It is not ruled out that some people use things from other places as their own burial objects, but such an ancient thing should not just be washed up in the pond in the backyard of Qingyue Pavilion.
After Kang Jian was attacked, all the servants of Qingyue Pavilion were arrested by Wang Fengnian.
If Xia Zhaoyi hadn't mentioned it, Wang Fengnian would have almost forgotten that these people were still in the county jail.
Another soldier came to convey military information and said at the same time: "Second Miss, General Shen's army has also arrived."
"Shen Lie's army?" Xia Zhaoyi raised his head.
"A total of 80,000 people and 18,000 war horses."
Xia Zhaoyi blinked his eyes, paused, and said in a low voice: "No wonder I sent someone to Qingyue Pavilion yesterday to deliver the ribs. When they came back, they said he was not here and had gone out of the city. So, where are these soldiers and horses now?
Where?"
"Qiuyan Village, three miles northeast of the city."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Eighty thousand people and eighteen thousand horses.
At this scale, one can already dominate one side and gradually expand its power, and finally compete for the world.
But Shen Lie, does he want to dominate?
At noon, Wang Fengnian arrived at Zhiyu Water Pavilion.
Li Sanding and the others, who had not seen the light of day for a long time, were all brought here. Since Kang Jian was still physically inconvenient, they were taken directly to the Yuan Pavilion where Kang Jian was.
Xu Yinjun helped Kang Jian out of the house and leaned on the wicker chair brought by the maids. Seeing Kang Jian, Li Sanding and others stood up one after another as if they had come to life: "Brother Kang! We didn't do anything wrong. Brother Kang, save me."
Save us!"
Kang Jian looked at Xia Zhaoyi and Wang Fengnian.
"Miss Ali, this is..."
"We were wronged," one person wailed. "After Brother Kang was attacked that day, Manager Wang arrested us all!"
At this time, a little girl was being pushed towards the criss-crossing waterside pavilions.
After noticing the movement behind them, Li Sanding and the others turned around.
Shu Xiaoqing's big round eyes glared angrily at everyone, and finally stopped on Xia Zhaoyi's face.
"Ah Li!" Shu Xiaoqing wanted to scold her when they saw her.
"Don't call me big sister anymore?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Be honest!" The person behind her pushed her hard.
"Bah, you are worthy of being my sister!" Shu Xiaoqing shouted.
Wang Fengnian smiled slowly and leisurely: "Anyone with a little self-awareness would not be able to say this."
Shu Xiaoqing was so angry that her teeth were sore, and she turned her eyes to look at Kang Jian on the wicker chair.
"Are you the one who was almost beaten to death by Chu Zheng?"
"Her name is Chu Zheng?" Kang Jian said.
"Mrs. Yan's subordinate is a very skilled female assassin, but..." Shu Xiaoqing looked back at Xia Zhaoyi unhappily, "Compared with her, she is far behind."
"Why did Chu Zheng want to kill me?" Kang Jian asked.
"I don't know," Shu Xiaoqing looked at her from top to bottom, "but you also injured her badly. There was blood in her nose and her whole face was swollen."
"I don't know, so you want to kill me?"
"Isn't that strange?" Shu Xiaoqing smiled, "That's Chu Zheng!"
"Chu Zheng, what kind of person is he?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
Shu Xiaoqing glanced at her sideways and shrugged: "A bad person, always competitive and unwilling to admit defeat, especially not to lose to a woman. Later, when she offended Mrs. Yan, she became even crazier. Anyway, she has no heart, look.
If you feel unhappy, you can kill anyone you want. I think maybe," Shu Xiaoqing looked at Kang Jian, "She just saw that your house was well built and wanted to go in for a visit, but you guys bumped into her. She just wanted to
I'll kill you. As a result, both sides will suffer losses, and she herself will be done with it."
Kang Jian frowned and looked at Wang Fengnian.
Wang Fengnian also frowned tightly, paused, and looked at Li Sanding and the others uncomfortably.
The reason why these people were arrested in the first place was because Qingyue Pavilion was extremely low-key. Suddenly a killer came in, and it was not for money, but just for human life. Then we could only suspect these servants in Qingyue Pavilion.
As a result, Shu Xiaoqing said this now...
"Big boss," Wang Fengnian decided to admit his mistake and get beaten, "I was wrong. These servants in Qingyue Pavilion..."
Xia Zhaoyi gently raised her hand and interrupted him.
"In those days, which of you often went out?" Xia Zhaoyi asked Li Sanding and the others.
After a few people paused, they felt relieved and took another breath.
"I, we..." One person thought and looked at his companion.
Li Sanding's scalp was numb and his whole back was straight.
"Tell me." Xia Zhaoyi said to him.
The other two companions immediately looked at Li Sanding.
Li Sanding was about to cry, sweating like rain, resting his hands on the ground, trembling.
"Ah, yes!" A servant pointed to him, "Li Sanding! Li Sanding has been going outside for the past few days!"
"He kept saying that he had diarrhea and would always say that he wanted to buy medicine. Suddenly I remembered that he was holding two small medicine bottles back and forth in his hand!"
