Xie Ming

Chapter 445: Meeting Qi Gang
General Xiao will stop the disputes after thinking about it and issue an order!

First he said he would go to the east and south, and then take a roundabout way to the southwest hinterland, and then he tilted his head to stare at Li Huchen's face!
"Li Huchen!" Xiao said.

"I am here!" Hu Chen replied in a rough voice.

"As for you, bring Zhao Yingyuan and Gao Jinku with you. You will be in charge of the three contracts!"

"We will also go around the southwest and head straight to Yanzhou!"

"When you arrive in Yanzhou City, I will give you two tasks!"

"First, send out the cavalry to investigate the specific situation of Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's garrisons!"

"Keep an eye on these two for me!"

"If there is any true or false news, please inform me immediately!" Xiao Shiling.

"Yes!" Hu Chen followed.

"Secondly, Minglu and Qi Gang had set up some temporary bases in the mountainous areas near Yimeng Mountain!"

"We also started to get some basic military supplies!"

"You have stationed troops in Yanzhou before, so I think you know this!"

"This time, we'll try to clean up all those places that are backed by mountains and ravines!"

"If a powerful enemy invades from the south and we cannot escape for a while, we can force them to attack our hinterland. We can then use guerrilla tactics in the mountains to deal with the enemy!" Xiao Ming said again.

"Yes! Hu Chen understands!"

After Hu Chen finished his response, Xiao Yi said nothing more!
The moon is dark and the wind is strong, and the rain is pouring down! It won't stop for even a second!

Push to the first quarter of the hour of Hai (after 21: pm)!
After hastily reorganizing the troops, Xiao's army regrouped and had no choice but to set off again without any further rest!
The troops were divided into three routes and moved in the east, south and southwest directions!
That night, Xiao Jingchuan and his troops knocked on the north gate of Jinan!
After some questioning, he successfully opened the gate and entered the city!
Then he was sent back to the provincial government office in the city. Huang Degong also responded. It was inevitable that he would be warm and polite to others.

After Huang and Xiao got warm and talked for a while, Xiao quickly led the conversation back to the main topic!
First, Xiao made a preliminary inquiry and asked about the specific military intelligence of the past month in the South Bank!
Huang Degong reported one by one, saying that the garrison in Jinan City was strict, and the rest of the southern prefectures, which had been assigned the task of raising food and military pay, had also made great progress in cooperation with Ma Minglu!
Besides, compared with the public opinions of Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong actually reported the truth in a tactful way.

It is said that since these two military headquarters were stationed in Jining and Linyi, there have been occasional vicious incidents of looting in nearby villages and counties!
But overall it seems that he is still keeping quiet and hasn't made a big deal out of it or caused a bigger mess!
Afterwards, Huang Degongye asked Kanwen about the war situation on the north bank and expressed his concern!
As for Xiao Jingchuan, he had no choice but to pick out some important military passes and report them truthfully!

It took more than two quarters of an hour to go back and forth!

And in the meantime!

The most important!
It would also be a good thing for the imperial court to issue three consecutive edicts, demanding Xiao Lang to return to the court!

Xiao Jingchuan waited and waited, and had almost said everything he needed to say. Then Huang Degong pretended to have omitted something, and suddenly he slapped his thigh and started talking about the imperial edict!

Later, I finally saw the details of the imperial edict. It said that the emperor was truly grateful for General Xiao's contribution in defending the northern border against the enemy, so he was specially invited to return to Nanjing as soon as possible to receive the title and become a saint!

As for this, Huang Degong would not say much about the pros and cons of it. He just kept praising it and said it was a great joy and he was proud of it!
Out of consideration for the emperor's kindness, I want to urge General Xiao to set off overnight to the capital!
Don't be late, it will go against the emperor's will, which will be bad!
Seeing this, Xiao Jingchuan just remained silent, saying that they had been marching hard for days and the most important thing was to wash up and eat before heading south, meaning it was not too late!
The two of them just went about their routine business and gave a few superficial speeches!

Huang Degong left the front hall, and Xiao Yikan had time to retreat to the backyard. After taking a bath and changing clothes, he sent Changting to order the small kitchen to make some hot noodle soup. He wanted to take advantage of the heat to warm up his body and get rid of the cold before he could do anything else!

After all, I've been busy all day and I'm really hungry now!

But it is also at this critical juncture!

Suddenly!

Another guard soldier ran in from outside the door and reported that someone wanted to see him!
Xiao Jingchuan was just about to put a mouthful of hot noodles in his mouth when he heard someone say that he wanted to go to the city to surrender and there was no time to waste!

So, after putting down the hot soup in his mouth, Xiao Yi hurried to the front hall to see who that person was!

Unexpectedly, the man in straw raincoat and hat outside the yamen came closer and took a closer look, and it turned out to be Qi Gang himself!
Seeing Qi Gang's face, Xiao Zixi's brows were raised with joy, as if the severe drought was just a reminder of the rain!
Then he hurriedly grabbed his arm, ran back to the back hall, dismissed the attendants, and left only the chief courtroom alone, then he spoke urgently!
"Ha ha ha ha."

"oops!"

"Qi Gang, Qi Gang!"

"You boy!"

"But I really think it's so hard!" Xiao Kuyu Nanlai's imperial edict was unmatched, and now Qi Gang suddenly showed up, how could it not be a surprise? !

"Yes!"

"You, you... hehe, you are too elusive!" Changting added.

"Before we entered the city, the commander sent me to the village you set up outside the city to ask the old man who stayed there!"

"You said you were following De Minglu and the other two. Now, they have all gone to Qingzhou and Laizhou!"

"The commander-in-chief received the urgent imperial edict, but there was no one around to investigate the details. We were really worried!" Chang Ting was delighted to see that it was Qi Gang who suddenly appeared in the night, and he kept talking!
Seeing the situation, Qi Gang took off his hat and raincoat and shook off the rain on his body.

"Hehehe"

"It's my fault for not being well prepared, which has caused the commander-in-chief to worry!" he responded.

"Hi?! Nothing's wrong!"

"Never mind the rest!"

"quick!"

"Tell me quickly, why are you hiding in Jinan alone?!"

"Aren't you going east?!"

"Has Minglu come back too?!" Xiao Zuo asked anxiously.

"Haha, that's not the case!"

"Minglu is still in Laizhou Prefecture, coordinating with the east side to raise food and soldiers!"

"Uh"

"I sneaked back this time because of that urgent decree!"

"Three days ago, he quietly returned to Jinan Prefecture!"

"But this is such a bad coincidence!"

"I really didn't expect that the South Bank would be attacked so quickly by enemy soldiers!"

"I still ran into him head-on!"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be trapped in the city, and we wouldn't have arrived in front of the governor only now!" Qi Gang responded to the inquiry properly.

"Ah! It's okay!"

"It's good to see you!"

"But from what you said, you came here on purpose to intercept me!"

"Uh"

"Is there really something fishy behind the urgent edicts sent by the imperial court?!"

"Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong)!"

"That's right!"

"It must be Feiyu who has a secret letter for me, right or not?!"

Xiao Lang is worried tonight about how to respond to the imperial edict to return to the capital.

Logically speaking, it would only take more than a month to defend the north bank against the enemy, and they had been operating in Shandong all along, let alone pose any threat to the officials in the Southern Court!
Keeping an enemy for your own benefit is not even remotely related!
So he said that some people in the court were very afraid of him and it was really hard to convince him!
When I think about it, I always feel that the possibility is very slim!
PS: I’m really sorry! This chapter ends a little abruptly!

I wanted to write a few hundred more words to wrap up Qi Gang's story, but I really can't bear it any longer!

The work pressure has been so high these days that it’s really overwhelming!
To be continued in the next chapter! To be continued!
(End of this chapter)