Wu Shigong said: "My son-in-law suffered too many casualties yesterday. I want to take my son-in-law to rest in Luanzhou City, but the three-city kid behind me doesn't want to go."
"This should be no problem. This Luanzhou City has been chewed down by us, and the next three cities should also be given a try by the main force." Qin Liangyu immediately agreed to Wu Shigong's request.
Preserving one's own strength is the instinct of every Ming Dynasty general, and even Qin Liangyu, who was loyal to the emperor, was no exception. Besides, Qin Liangyu still had to arrange some manpower to take care of the property captured in the camp.
"I have one more request. Will my godmother not mention my contribution when reporting my merits this time?"
"Why?" Qin Liangyu was very surprised by Wu Shigong's request. This was the first time Qin Liangyu had encountered this Ming Dynasty general who had achieved military merit but did not receive any credit. Of course, Qin Liangyu didn't know that this was not the first time that Wu Shigong had to be denied military merit.
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Qin Liangyu's question made it difficult for Wu Shigong to answer. After all, Wu Shigong couldn't tell the truth, which would be hurtful to Emperor Chongzhen. Wu Shigong had no choice but to say this: "Godmother, you also know that life in the Marquis Yangwu family is not easy now. The boy was there at that time
I also offended some people when I was in the capital, so I wanted to go to the capital to avoid the limelight. I was afraid that after I achieved military success, I would be transferred back to the capital."
Qin Liangyu nodded and said: "I understand, you will be measured in your affairs." Here, Qin Liangyu actually understood something wrong. She thought that Wu Shigong just didn't want to return to the capital, not that he didn't want military glory.
Seeing what he had done, Qin Liangyu agreed, and Wu Shigong bowed and said goodbye. He went outside the Yamen and arranged for soldiers to join the white-pole soldiers, and began to move the seized property and all useful things in Luanzhou City to the camp outside the city.
Go in.
Afterwards, Wu Shigong returned to the camp with his bodyguards. As soon as he entered the camp, in addition to arranging for Deng Qifan to write two letters to his father and father-in-law, Wu Shigong immediately went to the tent where the injured were rescued.
After comforting a circle of wounded people, Wu Shigong left the tent, and Zhizhi followed Wu Shigong's signal. Wu Shigong asked: "How are the conditions of these wounded people?"
Zhizhi shook his head and said: "Two more died just now. So far, seven have died. There are still a dozen more who are not in good shape."
Wu Shigong asked: "What? Isn't the medicine enough?"
"There are enough medicinal materials, but there are too few people who know how to heal, and even a young monk can't take care of them. Alas—!"
Wu Shigong looked at Zhi Zhi's red eyes and knew that Zhi Zhi must not have slept all night yesterday. Wu Shigong could only say: "Thank you for your hard work, master. There are indeed too few doctors. When we go back, we can find more doctors in the army."
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After finishing all this, Wu Shigong returned to his big tent. As soon as he saw Wu Shigong coming in, Mrs. Qi stood up immediately, her eyes were red and she shed tears.
Wu Shigong had no choice but to wait quietly on the sidelines. After Mrs. Qi calmed down a little, she asked about the whole story.
Mrs. Qi told Wu Shigong: The city where the magistrate of Qi was appointed as the magistrate happened to be on the route of the Jin army entering the customs this time. The magistrate of Qi immediately summoned the people to defend the city. However, after seeing the Jin army, it came fiercely and in the city
The military attache responsible for guarding the city took advantage of Magistrate Qi's unpreparedness, killed Magistrate Qi, opened the city gate and surrendered to the Tatars.
Mrs. Qi didn't say what happened to her later or how she survived in Luanzhou City, and Wu Shigong didn't ask. But Wu Shigong could figure out what happened to her.
At the end, Mrs. Qi said to Wu Shigong: "Wu Qianhu, I'm asking you to do something for me. I also have a son and two daughters who were kidnapped by the Tatars. I beg you, for my sake, find a way to save them."
return."
Wu Shigong replied: "I met County Magistrate Qi, and I will definitely try my best on this matter. But I don't want to lie to you. I can only say that there is little hope."
Mrs. Qi nodded with great understanding and said, "Wu Qianhu will do his best. This slave family will feel relieved."
Seeing Mrs. Qi looking haggard, Wu Shigong said to her: "I will arrange some food for you first, and then you can go to the bed in the inner tent and lie down for a while to rest."
Then, Wu Shigong left the tent and arranged for people to cook. At this time, Deng Qifan showed Wu Shigong the two letters he had written. After Wu Shigong read them, he immediately arranged for several guards
, took the letter to Luanzhou City to find Qin Liangyu, and went to the capital with the messenger she sent.
The man who cooked for Mrs. Qi made a bowl of egg noodles, so he brought the noodles over soon. However, he did not send the noodles to the tent, but gave them to Wu Shigong.
Wu Shigong was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he refused to enter the big tent because of the differences between men and women. So Wu Shigong took the bowl of noodles and entered the big tent.
But as soon as he entered the tent, he saw Mrs. Qi standing on a chair, putting a rope loop hanging on the top of the tent around her neck. Wu Shigong secretly yelled "No," and immediately threw away the rope in his hand.
Faced with him, he stepped forward to stop Mrs. Qi's suicide.
But at this moment, the entire tent suddenly collapsed, covering Wu Shigong and Mrs. Qi inside with their heads covered. This tent was not a house, so it could not bear the weight of Mrs. Qi's hanging.
The soldiers around them quickly stepped forward and rescued Wu Shigong and Mrs. Qi. However, the rescued Wu Shigong and Mrs. Qi hugged each other, and the scene seemed quite ambiguous. The soldiers around them could only pretend that they had not seen them.
After the soldiers helped repair the tent, Wu Shigong was afraid that Mrs. Qi would commit suicide again, so he did not dare to leave Mrs. Qi and stayed in the tent to persuade her. Wu Shigong knew that in the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, Mrs. Qi never returned to her husband.
It is no longer possible to return home or return to my parents' home.
Wu Shigong had no choice but to say to Mrs. Qi: "These are all my confidants, and your story will definitely not be spread out. When the time comes, you change your name, and I will give you another sum of money and find a place where no one knows you."
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After hanging herself once, Mrs. Qi's will to die was basically gone. At this time, she only had Wu Shigong to rely on, so Mrs. Qi said pitifully: "My lord, I am afraid of going to a strange place."
Wu Shigong scratched his scalp, thought for a moment and said: "Then you can return to Defu with me and live in my Qianhusuo fortress. As long as you don't leave the inner house, no one will know you.
When the time comes, I will build a small courtyard for you in the inner house to live in first. We will talk about the rest later."
Wu Shigong stayed with Mrs. Qi until night. Even after the lights were turned off, Wu Shigong moved a camp bed and slept outside the inner tent where Mrs. Qi slept.
Because he was busy last night, Wu Shigong fell into a deep sleep as soon as his head rested on the pillow. In his sleep, Wu Shigong had a very... dream. This scene seemed quite real. When Wu Shigong kept touching her
, and even a seductive moan came from my ears.
Wu Shigong suddenly woke up and found a naked and hot body lying next to him. Although he already knew roughly who was lying next to him, Wu Shigong still blurted out and asked: "Who are you?"
Mrs. Qi next to her suddenly burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty is willing to find flesh and blood for me, but the slave family has nothing to offer in return. Do you think your Majesty dislikes the ruined flower of the slave family?"
When Wu Shigong heard this, he knew that Mrs. Qi was overly worried. But at this time, whatever he said was getting more and more wrong. Wu Shigong could only comfort him: "Don't worry! I will definitely let go of County Magistrate Qi's matter."
It's in your heart. Just stop thinking about it. Put on your clothes and go to sleep."
"But my lord..."
"I usually charge a price for doing things. But since Magistrate Qi died fighting a Tatar, I won't charge anything in return. Besides, I'm not a prostitute."
In the next two days, Wu Shigong was busy directing the soldiers to move everything from Luanzhou City to the camp. He also borrowed two female guards from Qin Liangyu and asked them to watch over and take care of Mrs. Qi.
Wu Shigong was basically relieved when he saw that Mrs. Qi's diet was normal and she did not seek life and death, and she also changed her name to Qiong Niang.
The main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou did not dare to advance towards Luanzhou City after the withdrawal of Amin's Jin army. Fortunately, at this time, another group of Ming troops led by Sun Chengzong arrived.
Not long after Sun Chengzong set out, he received the battle report from Qin Liangyu. Qin Liangyu's vanguard had captured Luanzhou City. After receiving this news, all the Ming troops were like a chicken blood shot and increased their marching speed.
The fastest. They all want to go to Luanzhou City to get a vote.
Therefore, on the afternoon of the third day after Qin Liangyu captured Luanzhou City, Zu Dashou's thousand Liaodong cavalry, the leading force of the Ming army, arrived at Luanzhou City under the leadership of Zu Dale.
When they arrived, it happened to be when Wu Shigong was carrying the last batch of belongings. They saw Qin Liangyu and Wu Shigong doing this. They did not dare to use force because there were few people. However, Zu Dale immediately sent someone to inform the back of the situation.
Therefore, these Ming troops speeded up again and arrived at Luanzhou City in the early morning of the fourth day.