Xu Qian just wanted to retort, but when he saw the fierce Eagle Brigade cavalry around him, he swallowed his words alive, and then a trace of extremely hypocritical apology appeared on his face.
"General Chen is right to scold me. This time I failed in my duty. Thanks to General Chen's timely arrival, this chaos was able to be quelled.
"However, the bandits in the mountains attacked the camp at night. No one could have predicted it. The camp also suffered heavy losses. We should first count the losses, compensate the fallen soldiers, and then regroup. No matter how we hold people accountable afterwards, I will have no complaints."
Chen Ping was surprised that Xu Qian was surprisingly reasonable.
Ma Ning, who was next to him, kept winking at Chen Ping, implying that Xu Qian was just a clever talker who took the opportunity to delay the military intelligence report.
Chen Ping also understood that a country is easy to change and its nature is hard to change, but Xu Qian was not killed by the enemy, and as a warlord, his posture was so low.
Even if he wanted to retaliate, he could only swallow his anger in his stomach.
"That's it! As Sir Xu said, we must immediately count the losses and compensate the fallen soldiers without delay. The officers and soldiers of the Eagle Brigade listened to the order and immediately surrounded Qingyu Mountain to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to come back."
Seeing Chen Ping leaving, Xu Qian also turned around and returned to the tent. The moment the curtain fell, his face turned extremely gloomy.
At this moment, a small voice suddenly came from behind.
"Sir, I have something to report."
Xu Qian looked through the gap in the door curtain and discovered that the person coming was the Prime Minister of Pingcang County.
Since the attack in Pingcang County, county officials have sworn revenge, and the county magistrate Liu Qing came with the ten remaining guards in the city.
Although he screamed fiercely and said that he would make the bandits in the mountains pay with blood, when he actually encountered the bandits, he was so scared that he ran faster than anyone else.
Fortunately, no one noticed Liu Qing, a little person.
Previously, when he saw Chen Ping scolding Xu Qian in public, Liu Qing knew that his opportunity had come!
If you can embrace Xu Qian's thigh, your meteoric rise will be just around the corner!
Sensing Xu Qian's guarded and unkind eyes, Liu Qing did not dare to hesitate and quickly explained the purpose of his visit: "Sir, I just saw Chen Ping choose the messengers with my own eyes, and I am afraid that he wants to report tonight's events to the front line." I know that in order to suppress the thieves, I have worked hard and exhausted my mental strength, but I really can’t bear to see you being harmed by traitors, so I risked being beheaded by the minions of the Eagle Brigade to come and report to you.”
Hearing Liu Qing's words, Xu Qian was greatly relieved, thinking that there were still sensible people in this military camp.
Seeing that Xu Qian's expression improved, Liu Qing quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Sir, do you really want to wait until the army has rested before you think of a way to solve tonight's matter? If so, I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold. There is a saying that I don't know whether I should say it or not. .”
Now that we have talked about it, there is nothing else that should be said that should be said.
Xu Qian put his hands behind his back and pretended to be serious: "Just say what you say, I will forgive you."
Liu Qing's face was full of gratitude: "The Eagle Brigade cavalry under Chen Ping is only five miles away from our Chinese army camp. Normally, if the camp is attacked, Chen Ping will be able to support it in less than a cup of tea. However, by the time the enemy attacks the camp, All the troops had disappeared, and he was so late that he was clearly doing it on purpose!
"Besides, just now Chen Ping embarrassed Your Excellency in public and raised some messengers in an attempt to go to Shangfeng to sue Your Excellency at night.
"Taken together, these pieces of information are enough to show that Chen Ping wants to abolish the position of military governor, and then monopolize the power and credit!"
Xu Qian and Chen Ping were already at odds with each other. Now after hearing Liu Qing's words, he hated Chen Ping even more.
It's just that the camp has just been attacked by enemy invaders, and it depends on Chen Ping and his Eagle Brigade to stabilize the position. Xu Qian really has no good way to deal with Chen Ping.
Seemingly sensing Xu Qian's helplessness, Liu Qing quickly offered advice: "Sir, at this time, we need to cut through the mess quickly and immediately send people to the frontline camp to report the situation of the army to suppress the bandits.
"Chen Ping repeatedly disobeyed military orders and watched the fire from across the bank without exerting any effort, which caused repeated setbacks in Qingyu Mountain's suppression of bandits."
"Chen Ping should be demoted to General Ya, and the military power of the Eagle Brigade should be temporarily removed. Your Excellency should be temporarily in charge. After the bandits entrenched in Qingyu Mountain are wiped out, we will discuss how to deal with Chen Ping."
Liu Qing's words reached Xu Qian's heart.
But after all, Chen Ping is the brother of General Chen Si, and he has led the Eagle Brigade to many military exploits. How easy is it to remove his military power?
At this moment, Liu Qing cupped his fists and saluted, and volunteered: "If your Excellency can trust me, I will handle this matter. If Chen Ping cannot be brought to justice, I am willing to come and see you."
Xu Qian was moved by Liu Qing's loyalty, and as he was short of useful people around him at this time, Xu Qian couldn't help but smile: "Liu Xian Cheng, from now on, you will be the deputy general of the Qingyu Mountain Suppressor, and you will be directly under my command. Deploy. I’ll leave it to you to go to the frontline camp and report the military situation.”
Liu Qing felt excited in his heart. Although the title of deputy general for suppressing bandits did not have a clear official status and could only be regarded as a temporary promotion of honorary military rank, he was already regarded as the second-in-command of the bandit-suppressing army.
Liu Qing will naturally have a share in the success of suppressing thieves in the future. Coupled with Xu Zhizhou's good reputation, it will be difficult not to be promoted.
Liu Qing quickly thanked him and immediately turned around and left.
Xu Qian watched Liu Qing leave with a sinister look in his eyes: "Chen Ping, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"
At the same time, there was a busy scene on Qingyu Mountain not far away.
The two hundred Tianji battalion guards were divided into three teams.
A team of one hundred people, under the personal leadership of Qin Feng, continued to intensify the reconstruction on the top of the mountain.
The second team of ninety people set traps on the enemy's only path, and this time the traps were more lethal and more secretive.
The third team of twenty people, led by Ning Hu, patrolled around the foot of Qingyu Mountain to prevent any possible sneak attacks.
Although Qin Feng did not think that the search and suppression army would still have the guts to attack the mountain at this time, after all, only with caution can the Wannian Ship be defeated.
At this time, Qin Feng had used the "exploding wedge method" on the top of Qingyu Mountain to "flatten" all the boulders that were convenient for the enemy to climb.
There is only a small road left in the south direction, which can create an offensive route for the enemy, allowing Qin Feng to concentrate his strength to block the enemy. On the other side, it is also convenient for the guards to transport materials to the top of the mountain.
Located at the highest point of Qingyu Mountain, Qin Feng built an observation tower using stones, wooden piles, branches and other basic materials that he could find at hand.
Due to the strong wind on the top of the mountain, we dare not build it too high, and there is no need to build it too high. At first glance, it looks like a simple "field bunker."
No defense facilities were built around the watchtower.
Firstly, the base of the watchtower surrounded by stones is enough to provide cover. Secondly, if the enemy wants to attack, their bows and arrows must be fired upwards. In addition, the watchtower is too far away from the "attack platform", so there is no need to worry about arrows shooting. Come up.
