Looking at the defense map, the eyes of all the generals in the camp became eager.
Wang Si was the first to say: "Commander Commander, this is a great achievement of opening up territory and expanding the territory. We must protect Jiangling Ferry."
Zhao Wu also spoke: "Commander Commander, please give the order. I will lead the army up immediately and we must protect the land north of Qingjiang River."
Inside the camp, the atmosphere suddenly became heated.
The warriors were originally the most eager to expand their territories, but now they saw how they could sustain themselves with a large area of land.
Zhou Yuan struggled a little: "This is the land of Qi. If the Qi people come to seize it and start provocations on the border, if our country cannot be Qi's army, then..."
Su Lu waved his hand, "If you want to eat meat, you still have to be strong. How can you expand your territory without paying a price?"
"Pass my military order, Su Ping, you lead a cavalry camp and go ahead. You must arrive at the Jiangling Ferry within three hours and set up defenses along the ferry to prevent the Qi army from crossing the river."
"Cao Hua, you lead an army and march along the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River to sweep the Qi army's garrison on the north bank of the Qingjiang River. Try not to cause any casualties and focus on persuading them to surrender. The people here are all our subjects of the Han Kingdom."
"Zhao Wu, you lead an army and march along the lower reaches of the Qingjiang River to sweep the Qi army downstream, also focusing on persuading them to surrender."
"Everyone, prepare to move the camp and move to Jiangling."
Soon, the Han army moved forward. Su Ping led the army first, followed by a cavalry guard camp, and headed straight for Jiangling Ferry.
Cao Hua and Zhao Wu also successively set off with their armies to sweep the upper and lower reaches of the Qingjiang River.
The army also set off one after another, heading straight for Jiangling. Before departure, the messengers dispersed, and several teams of messengers conveyed to the capital the information that the Han army had defeated the Qi army and occupied a land hundreds of miles north of the Qingjiang River.
The army marched forward at the vanguard, and Qiu did not touch anything along the way.
When Su Lu's troops passed through again, the people hiding in the villages along the way began to emerge.
When the team passed a village, the former army suddenly stopped.
When Su Lu was confused, a school captain came running over in a hurry.
"Commander Commander, a village woman from the former army blocked the road and asked our army to return their daughter."
Su Lu's expression changed. Could it be that when Su Ping's army passed by, he snatched the daughter of a good family?
"Lead the way."
Su Lu's face was a little dark, and at the same time he was a little excited. Could it be that Su Ping met the woman he liked? This was a good thing. Of course, his behavior was undesirable and must be punished.
As the carriage approached, Su Lu saw the woman blocking the road.
A short figure with gray hair, wearing a coarse shirt and skirt, was blocking the road in the middle of the road, crying.
"Damn you guys, give me back my daughter."
"My poor son, you are dead, what should I do?"
"Give me back my daughter"
Su Lu ordered Qingfeng next to him: "Go and ask if her daughter was kidnapped by Su Ping's people?"
Qingfeng jumped out of the carriage, squatted down next to the woman, and asked in a gentle tone.
Qingfeng's words in Guangnan dialect quickly made the woman relax her vigilance. After some questioning, Qingfeng's face darkened.
"It wasn't our guards who did it."
Qingfeng reported to Su Lu: "From his description, it should be Qi Jun who did it. This group of beasts, inferior to pigs and dogs, even robbed their own people."
Su Lu was a little disappointed when he heard this. He was not snatched away by Su Ping. This... he was happy for nothing.
When the woman blocking the road figured out the situation, she was stunned. This was not the Qi army, but the army of the country to the north. She was so frightened that she shrank aside.
The carriage stopped next to the woman. Su Lu signaled Qingfeng to bring some steamed buns to the woman, and asked as usual:
"Auntie, are you and your daughter the only two people left in your family?"
The woman took the steamed bun and swallowed it in three mouthfuls, then another three in two mouthfuls.
Su Lu hurriedly asked the guard to pass the water bag. The old lady was going to choke to death before she was full.
After drinking some water, the old lady ate half of the steamed bun in her hand, carefully wrapped the remaining half in a cloth, and put it into her bag, her face full of satisfaction.
Qingfeng asked the woman: "Auntie, are you and your daughter the only ones left in your family? Where are the others?"
When the woman heard Qingfeng's question, her face turned bitter and tears flowed from her eyes.
Wiping the tears from the corner of her eyes, the woman choked and said: "Hey, mother and daughter are the only two left to depend on each other. The old man was infected with the longevity ointment and ate up all the family property."
"My son took the longevity pill and sold his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and finally got himself involved."
"I am left alone, an orphan and a widowed mother, barely surviving on two acres of thin farmland, and my daughter was kidnapped by the soldiers of God."
Qingfeng secretly wiped the corner of her eyes and said in a low tone: "Auntie, yesterday there was a battle between Han and Qi. The Han army defeated the Qi army in the north and captured countless Qi soldiers. You can go over there and ask, maybe there is your daughter.
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After hearing this, the old lady got up on her hands and knees and strode north to find her daughter.
Qingfeng's eyes were red, and he asked Su Lu: "Master, you are a noble person, can you make it easier for the old lady to see if her daughter is still alive in the army, so that her mother and daughter can be reunited."
Su Lu gave a few instructions casually.
After the team marched for a while, it became completely dark. After choosing a location to set up camp, nearby villagers gathered around and watched eagerly as the guards set up camp.
As night fell, the smell of food also floated in the camp, and the guards began to eat.
The villagers outside the camp were lying on the camp wall, looking greedily at the guards who were eating through the fence.
Wang Si threw two steamed buns out, which immediately caused a commotion. After a while of noise, the two little babies sat on the ground and cried loudly. Their thin arms and legs were covered with blood stains.
The guardsmen who were eating were all stunned. Looking at the skinny baby, several guardsmen who had begged their wives couldn't stand it anymore. They threw down their rice bowls, pulled out their swords and left the camp.
Ma Ping, who was holding the knife, thought of his little nephew.
Before the prince came out, he had not been a soldier, and the few acres of thin farmland at home were not enough to survive. The little nephew was often hungry, and his arms and legs were as thin as this little kid.
Later, I joined the army and received more salary and rewards, and my family's life gradually improved. When I came home from my last break, my nephew had grown into a tiger-like head, and the family's farmland had increased by several acres, which was enough to support the family.
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With the prince here, even if he dies, his eldest brother and father can still support the family.
I didn’t expect that Qi State also had such a tragic image.
Ma Ping put the steel knife in the neck of the man who had snatched the buns, and cursed fiercely:
"You bitch, you bastard, you can kill such a small baby, I'll cut off your head."
The man ignored Ma Ping at all, and the other man who grabbed the steamed bun also ignored Ma Ping's robe and just wolfed down the steamed bun, as if the next moment his head was divided, he would also eat the steamed bun.
"Damn it, I'll chop your little son of a bitch."
Pao Zeha Lao Si waved the knife in his hand.
Ma Ping grabbed the knife and said more: "He is hungry. People who are hungry are like this. You have never been hungry, so you don't know what it feels like."