Godly City, Ningguo Mansion.
At this time, everyone with dignity and respect in the inner courtyard gathered in a small courtyard.
Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Youshi, Qin Keqing, Yuanyang, Xiangling, Dayu'er, etc., there are many of them. In addition, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan and others were also gathered together.
Everyone looked at the door anxiously, not even caring about the blazing sun in the sky.
Lin Daiyu said anxiously: "Why has it been so long and there is still no movement? I am really anxious."
Xue Baochai looked at the door but said nothing. She was also a little anxious.
Li Wan smiled and said, "We can't rush into this kind of thing. We just need to wait quietly."
Youshi also said: "The midwife said that Miss Ping'er's fetus is in a very positive position and there will be no danger. Sister Lin, don't be too anxious."
Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Sister Lin is eager to become a step-mother."
Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and said, "If Brother Cong was at home, I wouldn't have to be so anxious, but who told Brother Cong not to be at home."
Shi Xiangyun said: "Do you think Sister Ping will give birth to a boy? Or a girl?"
Xichun said: "Who knows? If a boy resists being beaten, it is best to have a boy. If he disobeys, he can be beaten."
Yingchun smiled and said, "Fourth sister, please stop talking. What if he hears it and is too scared to come out?"
Xichun said carefully: "No way, he can hear it from so far away?"
Shi Xiangyun chuckled and said, "Fourth sister, you beat the third brother's son, be careful that the third brother beats you."
Xichun said arrogantly: "Tsk, my brother won't beat me."
Lin Daiyu said: "Then do you believe that I will beat you?"
Xichun rolled her eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, if you dare to beat me, when my brother comes back, I will tell him that you bullied me and ask him to take revenge on me and beat your ass."
Lin Daiyu said with a wicked smile: "Your brother is not at home now. Believe it or not, I will beat your ass to pieces right now."
Seeing that Lin Daiyu didn't seem to be joking, Xichun was startled. Her brother was not at home, but no one could cure this female devil, so she had better compromise.
He chuckled and said, "Sister-in-law, my sister is joking. Don't take it seriously. When my brother comes back, I will definitely put in a good word for you. That's alright."
Everyone laughed when they heard her words.
After this interruption, everyone was not so anxious. You said something and I started to have fun.
I don't know how long it took, but a loud cry of "Wow" came from the house and reached everyone's ears.
"It's born, it's born."
Everyone was attracted by the cry of a baby.
After a while, the midwife came out with a baby in her arms and said with a happy face: "Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen, the baby is a boy. Mother and baby are safe."
"Wow, I have a little nephew and I'm an aunt."
Xichun jumped up and ran forward to hug the child.
Lin Daiyu pushed her aside, stretched out her hand to hug the child, and said with a smile: "Zijuan, watch and enjoy."
When the midwife heard this, she thanked her profusely: "Thank you, madam, thank you madam."
Xichun curled her lips. She didn't dare to provoke Lin Daiyu at this time, so she went up to take a look at her little nephew.
Seeing the wrinkled little face, he couldn't help but frown, and said with a look of disgust: "Why are you so ugly?"
Li Wan smiled and said: "What do you know, little girl? Children are like this when they are born, and they will be fine after a few days."
After everyone took a look, Lin Daiyu carried the child into the house and placed him next to Ping'er.
Ping'er knew he was a son and was very happy. When he saw Lin Daiyu coming in, he shouted anxiously: "Mrs."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "You are a great contributor to our Ningguo Mansion. Take good care of you. I will have someone take care of you."
The news should be told to Brother Cong as soon as possible. Brother Cong will be very happy to know that he has a son. "
Ping'er said touchedly: "Thank you, madam. Madam, please give the child a name."
Lin Daiyu thought for a moment and said, "Let his father name him. I will tell Brother Cong about it as well."
Others also came up to talk to Ping'er. Wang Xifeng said: "Ping'er has just given birth and needs a good rest. You all should go back first and come to see her another day. I will stay with her for a while."
Xue Baochai said: "Ping'er, rest peacefully. We will come see you later."
Seeing everyone leave, Wang Xifeng said with envy: "You are so lucky, girl. You gave birth to a son for Brother Cong all of a sudden. You are so lucky."
Ping'er looked at the child and smiled and said, "Grandma is right. I didn't expect it to be a son. God bless me."
Wang Xifeng said: "Ningguo Mansion has a small population. You gave birth to a boy this time, but you are a great contributor to Ningguo Mansion, so you must take good care of the child."
Ping'er nodded and said, "Grandma, don't worry, I know what to do."
The news of the new baby in Ningguo Mansion spread quickly.
After Jia's mother found out, she came over to see the child in person. After giving some instructions, she left with everyone cheering her.
In order to celebrate the birth of a new child in Ningguo Mansion, Lin Daiyu ordered all the people belonging to Ningguo Mansion to distribute monthly profits for three months at a time to celebrate.
At the same time, he sent his servants to Shaanxi to deliver the news to Jia Cong.
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Jia Cong led the imperial army out of Yulin and headed south, aiming straight for Yan'an Prefecture.
Several teams were sent out along the way to wipe out all the rebels in the counties and towns along the way, and all the merchants and wealthy households who had close contacts with the rebels were investigated for banditry.
Some of the seized grains were taken out and stored directly in warehouses to stabilize the place and appease people's hearts. The remaining grains were all used as military rations.
In addition to the military supplies, 40% of the remaining money captured went to individuals, and 20% was given to generals at all levels. The whole army was overjoyed, morale was boosted, and generals from all battalions were invited to join the army. Go to war.
Jia Cong took turns sending soldiers from each battalion to sweep the surrounding counties and small towns. The marching speed was not very fast.
Along the way, there wasn't much fighting.
It was not until a month later that the army arrived at Yan'an Mansion. After a brief repair, Jia Cong directly issued an siege order.
This time Jia Cong did not use other means, but directly commanded the army to attack Yan'an Mansion.
The purpose was to familiarize himself and his army with siege operations and prepare for the next attack on Chang'an City.
One day after the strong attack, Yan'an Prefecture was captured. Seeing the city's destruction, the rebels in the city fled directly from the south city. The imperial army successfully recaptured Yan'an Prefecture.
After the battle was completely over, Jia Cong led people into the city.
When the team walked to a street, the doors and windows on both sides of the street suddenly opened, and sharp arrows with a cold glow and a sharp sound of breaking through the air were shot at Jia Cong in the team.
"No, there are assassins protecting the commander."
Qingwen, Li Biao, Chun Xia Qiudong and others reacted the fastest. As soon as the doors and windows on both sides of the street opened, they realized something was wrong and quickly protected Jia Cong in the middle.
The soldiers around him were all experienced warriors. They quickly held up their shields and built a shield wall around Jia Cong and the others, protecting them firmly in the middle.
There was a clanging sound, and most of the arrows were blocked by shields.
Some of the ones that missed were knocked away by Li Biao and others with their sabers.
Immediately afterwards, another round of arrows was shot out, and then a group of people came out of the door with long knives and fought with the soldiers who rushed over.
"Brothers, follow me and kill Jia Cong's son to avenge Chief Li."
Jia Cong frowned. There were more than a hundred assassins rushing out from both sides of the street, and they all had extraordinary skills.
Li Biao said: "Commander, are you okay?
Bar? "
Jia Cong said: "If you keep me in the middle, what can happen?"
Seeing arrows still being shot from the buildings on both sides, Jia Cong reached out from Chunlan's waist, took out a grenade, pulled out the safety, knocked it on the armor, threw the grenade through the window and threw it into the right In the side house.
Seeing this, Chunlan, Xia Zhu and others also took out grenades and threw them into the houses on both sides of the street.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."
Following the bursts of violent explosions, vague screams could be heard. During the explosion, the houses on both sides directly "boomed" and collapsed into a pile of ruins, killing the assassin inside. , and they were all buried underneath.
Jia Cong said: "Li Biao, you take people to kill all these assassins. Just keep Qingwen and Chunlan here to guard them."
Li Biao cupped his hands and said, "I obey."
He turned to the soldiers beside him and said: "Brothers, these assassins dare to assassinate the commander. They are really brave. Come with me and kill them all. Kill every one."
Except for Jia Cong, who had fifty personal guards left with him, all other soldiers participated in the battle to kill the assassins.
Jia Cong was sitting on the Cloud-Stepping Horse and saw that several assassins were extremely skilled. They were able to beat his own soldiers and were considered real masters. He reached out and took off the bow and arrow from the horse, bent the bow and nocked the arrow, and shot at one of them.
With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp arrow shot out, with lightning speed, and penetrated into the opponent's chest.
The other party let out a scream of "Ah", clutched his chest, and fell down unwillingly.
An accomplice nearby shouted angrily: "Brother Liu..., brothers, Brother Liu has been killed, we will fight with them."
Li Biao snorted coldly and said, "It's just a fight between trapped beasts. Today is your day to die. Kill them for me."
Jia Cong shot several masters again and then stopped. With Li Biao joining in, the battle soon came to an end.
Qingwen, Chunlan and others did not participate in the battle, but guarded Jia Cong's side, vigilantly observing the surrounding movements and guarding against the appearance of another assassin.
Fortunately, no other assassins showed up until the end of the battle.
After talking for so long, the real battle ended in just five minutes. The other generals have not yet received the news, and all the assassins have been killed.
Although these assassins are all elite, they are still far inferior to Jia Cong's personal soldiers.
In addition, these assassins did not wear armor in order to hide their identities and not be discovered, while Jia Cong's soldiers were fully armed, and the gap was even greater.
However, these assassins were not afraid of death, and their strategy of almost dying together also caused some trouble for Jia Cong's soldiers.
Fortunately, the strength gap was not small. Jia Cong's soldiers did not suffer too many casualties, only fifty or sixty people suffered minor injuries.
Looking at the end of the battle, Qingwen frowned and said, "So many assassins must have planned to assassinate the commander in advance. The people of Tiezhu didn't discover it in advance. It's really derelict of their duty."
Jia Cong said: "This is no wonder Tiezhu. We all knew the news that the rebels wanted to assassinate me, but we didn't expect that these assassins would take advantage of this moment to take action. However, the team responsible for clearing this area seriously neglected their duties. , so many assassins are hiding here without being discovered, it’s really incompetent.”
Li Biao said: "Commander, no matter which team they are, they have made such a serious mistake, we must not let them off lightly."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Inform all the generals and go to the government office. I want to see which team made such a serious mistake and give a warning to the generals."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, my subordinates will go and deliver the order right now."
Li Biao arranged for his own soldiers to go down and deliver the order, and Jia Cong rushed directly to the government office in the city.
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The news of Jia Cong's assassination quickly spread throughout the army.
After receiving the order, all the generals rushed to the government office to meet Jia Cong.
Jia Cong sat in the lobby, glanced at the generals below, and opened his mouth.
He said: "Tell me, who is responsible for cleaning up that street? Stand up and tell me why there are so many assassins hiding there."
The generals below looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said a word.
Jia Cong shouted angrily: "Why, you don't even dare to admit what you have done? Do you want me to go and investigate it myself?"
Guo Dazhi said: "Commander, the people who cleared that street were people from the death camp, and they have nothing to do with us."
It makes sense that they are actually people from the death camp. After all, those people are prisoners and were rebels in the past. It makes sense to cover them. It seems that we need to kill another group of people to establish our authority. Just be kind. It will not work without deterrence.
"Where's Xie Qiong, why aren't you here?"
Guo Dazhi said: "At the end of the day, I saw him returning to the camp in a hurry."
Jia Cong frowned and said to Li Biao: "Go to some people and see what's going on?"
Before Li Biao could agree, Xie Qiong walked in covered in blood. Without saying a word, she knelt down in front of Jia Cong.
"Commander, this subordinate is here to apologize."
Jia Cong said calmly: "Tell me, what's going on? And how did you get all this blood?"
Xie Qiong said: "Reporting to the commander, the streets that the commander passed by were the ones responsible for the cleanup. Among the 200 soldiers responsible for the cleanup, someone had an affair with some assassins and covered them up. Those 200 people have been I will kill them all. The general’s lack of supervision has caused the commander-in-chief to be in danger, and the blame cannot be evaded. I also ask the commander-in-chief to convict him.”
Jia Cong took a long breath and said: "Since everyone has been killed, forget it, but as punishment, all the seizures of your death camp in this battle must be handed over, and you must not keep a penny. In addition, you As the leader, I also have joint responsibilities, so go down and get fifty military sticks."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, I will take your orders."
