Miss Li's carriages and horses frequently passed through the streets.
Soldiers and horse generals also often rushed to Li's house. In addition, there were also soldiers carrying a banner with the character Li on their backs to Huainan Road.
"Miss Li wrote a letter to Xiang Weizhi on Huainan Road." The people on the street quickly got the news, "ask him for help. To protect Huainan Road, we must also protect Jiangnan Road. The two roads are closely related."
Huainan Road and Jiangling Prefecture have always had contacts. When Jiangling Prefecture was besieged by rebels, Magistrate Hu asked for help from all directions. Mrs. Chu from Huainan Road sent reinforcements. Now there is still a Chu army fighting against the rebels in Jiangnan Road to defend the city.
But that was just a friendship between Wei Dao and Da Xia. In this world, the loyalty between officials and soldiers is not very reliable. To put it more closely, some generals pretend to be good to me on the surface, but secretly lead others to rob them.
The territory was being snatched for food and grass. Far away, in the battle of Linzhou, Governor Xiang faced the battle from the front, but the soldiers and horses of the Southeast Road who were assisting from the rear ran away.
But things are different now. Xiang Nan came to Huainan Road, and Miss Li came to Jiangling Mansion. The couple are one family, so Huainan Road and Jiangling Mansion are also one family.
Friends in the same profession can be ruthless and unjust, but a family cannot. A father and his son go into battle to fight against a tiger and a brother.
If Jiangling Mansion is in trouble, how can a husband sit idly by and ignore it? Jiangling Mansion is free of worries, so even though there are frequent troops and horses running around, the people are relaxed.
The atmosphere in Li's house was a little tense. This time, another group of soldiers came. Instead of waiting outside the door, they rushed in directly.
"Let Miss Minghua come out!"
"Give us an explanation for this matter!"
"What? The eldest lady makes the decision?"
"Then let the eldest lady come out!"
These soldiers and horses were menacing, not as majestic as the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road. If they were not wearing military robes, they would look like a group of bandits. They were holding flags in their hands. Even though these flags were about to poke into the faces of the guards, everyone still did not
Dare to block or capture.
There is only one word on the flag, Chu.
They rushed into Li's house carrying the Chu-character flag, until Li Minghua came out and yelled at the generals to come in and talk. Half of the group of soldiers withdrew, and the other half except for one general were all soldiers.
"I, Locust, now have five thousand people under my command."
When Li Mingqi came back and entered the door, she heard the general saying loudly that he was not good-looking. He was sitting crookedly on the chair and showed no sense of etiquette. There were two rows of guards standing behind him.
Half of the Li family's hall was occupied. They all had weapons on their bodies and in their hands, and the military flags were as high as people.
"Isn't it normal for a general like me to have dozens of personal guards around me? Is there anything against the rules?"
The rogue was so confident that Li Mingqi pursed her lips and smiled.
Li Minghua, who was sitting on the other side, did not smile and said: "Even if you have five thousand people as your bodyguards, it is still within the rules, but what are your rules for breaking into my private house?"
Tu Locust slapped the table: "Private residence? Miss Minghua is not a private person. She is the person who ordered the troops and horses of Jiangnan Road in Jiangling Prefecture. The place where she is located cannot be regarded as a private residence."
Li Mingqi saw it. This locust slapped the table and glared menacingly, but there was no anger towards Li Minghua in his eyes. Li Minghua scolded him with a serious face, and there was no fear in his eyes. They should be very familiar with each other.
"I am the one giving the order now," she said, "If you have anything to say, please tell me."
Nian'er also shouted: "The eldest lady is here."
Li Minghua stood up. Tulocust was originally sitting, but when he saw Li Minghua standing up, he reluctantly stood up too.
"Miss, did you order us to be transferred to Huaiyu Mountain?" He said directly, "Huaiyu Mountain does not need so many troops, but Fuchuan is very important. If we transfer away, the southeast side will not be safe.
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Li Mingqi said: "How can the southeast be difficult to protect? There is a southeast road in the southeast."
"Southeast Road is not Jiangnan Road." Tulocust shouted, glaring at the eldest lady covered by the power fence, "Are you the eldest lady of Jiannan Road? Your father is the particularly powerful governor? Do you know how to do it?
fight?"
Li Minghua shouted: "Shut up."
The locust curled his lips and said no more.
"Since you are a general with five thousand subordinates, you know that military orders are like a mountain. Not only do you not obey the military orders, you actually dare to question and roar? I won't tell you." Li Minghua said, "Let Captain Zhou come."
Tu Locust snorted: "Captain Zhou, Captain Zhou, I'll go and invite him."
After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and walked out, still mumbling.
"If you don't tell me, tell Zhou Shitou, wouldn't the truth be the truth? Zhou Shitou is not as good-tempered as me."
A group of people carried the flags and left with a roar. Li Mingqi turned around and watched them off, not anxious or annoyed.
"These are the soldiers and horses of Mrs. Chu. They are indeed very powerful." Her voice was still smiling, and she turned to look at Li Minghua again, "They listen to you Minghua very much."
"We worked together to relieve the siege of Jiangling Prefecture and share the hardships." Li Minghua said, not mentioning this anymore and looking at Li Mingqi, "You have mobilized a lot of troops recently?"
Li Mingqi said yes, and walked into the hall, saying: "It's been different recently. After Ankang Mountain defeated the capital, the other rebels went crazy and were in panic everywhere. Mr. Hu and the generals asked me,
After everyone discussed it, we redeployed our defenses."
After that, turn around.
"Minghua, you won't be angry if I didn't tell you these things, right?"
"The main reason is that my fourth uncle is also taking care of these things. He wants you to rest more and not worry about these things."
Li Minghua said: "I won't be angry if you don't tell me, but I will be angry if these deployments are unreasonable."
Li Mingqi said: "Is it unreasonable? We all agreed together, what?"
Li Minghua walked to the map in the hall, looked at it for a moment and said: "Huaiyu Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the rebels will not look for trouble. Fuchuan is much more critical than Huaiyu Mountain. This transfer is indeed unreasonable."
Li Mingqi came over, pointed and said: "But Huaiyu Mountain is very important to our eastern defense line. With this place, we can face the rebels from the northeast and south."
She turned around and grabbed Li Minghua, lifted her veil, her eyes brightened and she smiled sweetly.
"There is Xiang Nan in the north. Do you know him? He is so powerful now. Mrs. Chu gave him the entire Huainan Road."
Mrs. Chu's handing over Huainan Road to Xiang Nan has long been spread in Jiangnan Road. Soldiers and people also privately said that Xiang Nan was powerful, but the meaning of "powerful" was still different from what Li Mingqi said.
His sister, and this Xiang Nan is not Li Mingqi’s real husband. Li Minghua doesn’t mention this.
"But Fuchuan is dangerous," she said. "The southeast side of Jiangnan Road will be chewed away."
Li Mingqi put his hand on hers and held her arm: "But this side is dangerous, and the Southeast Road is also dangerous. Troops must be sent to the Southeast Road."
Li Minghua frowned and looked at her: "You want to send troops to the Southeast Road? Doesn't this mean that you are cutting yourself off and forcing others to do harm to others?"
Li Mingqi shook her arm, leaned close to her ear and whispered: "As long as the Southeast Road sends troops, we will send troops together with the Huainan Road to attack Ande Zhong from both front and rear."
Li Minghua made a sound, looked at the map and pondered.
"Minghua, what do you think?" Li Mingqi asked, "My fourth uncle also knows."
Li Minghua said: "I don't know much about fighting. I want to ask everyone."
Li Mingqi held her face and stared: "Minghua thinks I can't fight? Does he not believe me?"
With this familiar gesture, Li Minghua stretched out his hand and pinched her face: "Don't do this gesture. It's useless to be coquettish at this time. This is not about someone eating an extra snack or asking for an extra new dress or jewelry. This is a relationship number.
Thousands of soldiers put people to death."
Li Mingqi hugged her arm and smiled: "I know, so we sisters are careful and work together to protect our home."
She put her head on Li Minghua's shoulder and spoke with a faint voice.
"I thought I would never go home again, Minghua, it's really different outside than at home."
Just like a kitten crawling on the shoulder, no matter how hard the bones are, they can't help but soften. Li Minghua sighed softly and reached out to pat her: "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen to our family."
Li Mingqi hugged her tightly, and the two sisters hugged each other for a moment in front of the map.
"I will go to the military camp and ask them to summon the generals." Li Mingqi stood up and said with a smile, "Minghua, you are familiar with the Chu army. You go and invite their generals, and then you all come over together."
Li Minghua nodded and said hello.
Li Mingqi put on her veil again: "Then I'll go right away, and you can go out as soon as possible."
Li Minghua nodded: "I know."
Li Mingqi waved to her and walked out accompanied by Nian'er.
"Miss, you just came back and are going out again, and you haven't rested yet."
"Why take a break? Everyone is very busy. I also have Minghua to help me. Previously, Minghua only had one person."
"Yes, it's not easy for Miss Minghua."
Li Minghua stood in the hall, listening to the master and servant's casual thoughts and watching them go away. He couldn't help but smile. Nian'er, this girl, hasn't changed at all. Mingqi has at least learned to pretend not to be squeamish.
"Miss Minghua." The maid Ah Yue came over and saluted, "Are you going out? I will help you change your clothes."
Li Minghua glanced at her, hummed, turned around and walked in, followed by Ah Yue with her head lowered.
The carriage shook, the noise outside the curtain was still noisy, the voices calling for the eldest lady kept coming, and soon the carriage drove out of the city.
Nian'er hurriedly closed the curtain, her eyes shining brightly.
"Miss, are you ready?" she asked in a low voice.
"Get ready. As soon as she rides out of the city, the soldiers and horses will tie her up and go directly to Shannan Road." Li Mingqi looked at her little finger and said lazily, "What can I prepare for? Miss, just say,
You can move a house, let alone a person."
Nian'er clapped her hands happily: "Great, I finally sent this annoying Miss Minghua away."
"She's not annoying, she's quite powerful." Li Mingqi said, "She's so powerful. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to go to Jiannan Road and Mingyu's side to help?"
Nian'er nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, the eldest lady is so considerate."
She took out the teapot and snacks from the car and placed them one by one.
"Fortunately, I prepared food. Miss, after working so hard, she didn't even have a drink of water when she got home."
Li Mingqi picked up a piece of snack and said, "When the work is done, the cook at home will take it back from the village first."
Nian'er also stuffed the snack and nodded, swallowing it: "That's right, the eldest lady can also eat the food at home."
She almost vomited after eating the food cooked by the Jiannan Dao cook.
The master and servant were chatting and laughing in low voices while eating. Suddenly Li Mingqi frowned: "There seem to be more soldiers and horses outside?"
Nian'er said vaguely: "It's not peaceful recently, please have more soldiers and horses to protect the young lady."
Li Mingqi said something was wrong, stretched out her hand to lift the curtain, and the voice behind the veil was surprised: "Where are you going?" Then she looked at a guard beside the car, "Who are you?"
The road outside is not to the military camp, and this guard is not her daily personal soldier.
The unfamiliar guard turned his head and said with a solemn face: "Miss, I have been ordered to send you back to Shannan Road to reunite with the governor."
Nian'er choked, opened her mouth, stared, and couldn't breathe. Li Mingqi's voice exploded in her ears.
"Bold! Whose order do you take?"
"We are under the orders of Miss Minghua."
(I’ll be back for a day tomorrow, so there will be no updates. Don’t wait. Have a happy holiday.)