This just gave these hungry soldiers an advantage. They didn't care about decency and etiquette, nor did they care that the rice dropped on the ground was stained with sand and dust. They didn't even have time to look for bowls, chopsticks and cutlery, so they just picked up the steaming rice with their bare hands. Put it in your mouth.
When the other defeated soldiers saw this scene, they were afraid that their rice would be eaten up by others, so they all rushed to get up and grab the rice.
When Qiu Yizhi saw such a scene, he was already furious. He pushed Zhang Qi away who was still laughing and replying in front of him, and said fiercely: "Okay! Since you can't restrain your subordinates, then I will restrain them for you!"
After that, Qiu Yizhi pulled the "black-necked toad" beside him and shouted: "Toad, you shouted at the top of your lungs and told the people in front to stand up and line up immediately. If they dare to disobey, they will be dealt with immediately by military law!"
After he finished speaking, he added: "If you don't stop shouting at them, I will punish you first with military law!"
Seeing Qiu Yi's serious expression, "Black-necked Toad" quickly cleared his throat, took a deep breath, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "General Qiu has ordered that you all stand up and line up immediately. If you disobey, you will be punished by military law!"
He was afraid that he would not shout loud enough and would be beaten with a military stick from exhaustion, so he shouted three times in a row, each one louder than the last. He shouted so hard that everyone's eardrums swelled, and his own throat almost exploded.
The rebels who were lying on the ground stuffing rice into their mouths were startled by the shouts of "black-necked toad". Sure enough, they stood up, still swallowing rice grains in their mouths. But those who didn't get the meal got the opportunity to lie down on the ground and start eating.
Upon seeing this, Qiu Yi was furious and glanced at the "black-necked toad" fiercely.
The fierce "black-necked toad" also shrank at the sight of him. He was afraid that his butt would be hit, so he didn't ask for permission. He quickly stepped forward and picked up two defeated soldiers who were eating freely on the ground with one hand. Throw it in front of Qiu Yi.
Qiu Yizhi glanced at the frightened expressions of the two defeated soldiers, sneered, and ordered Zhang Qi: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you give me military justice? Please help General Zhang do it himself!"
Zhang Qi was startled and was about to speak when he saw someone handing a military stick to him. He had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his throat. He took two steps forward and pushed a defeated soldier down with his kick. "Crack, hit, hit" and hit him randomly on the butt.
The defeated soldier was beaten so hard that he grinned and screamed for mercy at first. Later, he was beaten until he lost his breath, and only the sound of "Hmm" came out of his nostrils.
Seeing this, Zhang Qi, who was holding the stick, gradually stopped beating, and cupped his hands towards Qiu Yiyi and said: "Sir, I think this man has learned a lesson, please use the military law!"
Qiu Yizhi laughed ferociously: "I had an order first, asking them to line up to eat. If they don't follow the rules now, it's either that they don't know the order or you don't convey the order clearly. Humph! Beat him to death. If you can't kill him, you Just die!"
Zhang Qi was frightened by Qiu Yizhi's few murderous words. He quickly rolled up his sleeves and hit the defeated soldier hard on his buttocks which were red, swollen and cracked.
After all, Zhang Qi was a military commander and had a solid foundation in kung fu. He hit him with a few sticks with all his strength. After a few blows, the man lying on the ground was no longer alive.
Another defeated soldier who was mentioned by the "black-necked toad" in front of Qiu Yi's eyes turned pale with fright when he saw this scene. He shouted "Sir, spare your life" and "Sir, spare my life" and even fainted from fear.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Qiu Yizhi laughed again and said loudly to the already silent crowd: "Look at you soldiers! You will be frightened and faint when you see a dead man. How will you go into battle to kill the enemy in the future?" I want to show you what a real army is!"
After that, Qiu Yizhi gave a loud order: "Zhao Chengxiao, order your subordinates to form a team!"
Zhao Chengxiao guessed Qiu Yizhi's intention and ordered people to beat the war drums. The troops heard that the beat of the war drum meant formation, so they quickly gathered without saying a word, and arranged the three formations according to their usual booths, looking heroic and majestic.
At this time, a gust of mountain wind blew by, bringing a few dark clouds, and a few drops of rain began to fall.
Qiu Yi's hand went to the countryside and Yong naturally remained motionless in the rain, as if the weather had not changed at all, but the defeated soldiers were looking for shelter from the rain.
Qiu Yizhi saw what they were thinking and shouted again: "Stand where I am. If anyone dares to take a step forward, whichever foot is in the way will be cut off. If you walk on both feet, then both feet will be cut off." Cut it off!"
These people had just seen Qiu Yizhi's methods and knew that he would do what he said. They were afraid of being killed by the military stick and becoming a cripple with missing legs and hands, so they stood still and did not dare to move.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, so Qiu Yizhi braved the rain and continued: "You are all defeated, defeated armies. And not only were you defeated by the Lingnan Army, you were also defeated by these rural warriors in Shanyin County. Victory or defeat is It is nothing special for military strategists. However, as the saying goes, "Knowing shame is close to courage", I see that none of you have the word "shame" or "shame" on your face. People like you are shameless and have no courage. , staying here is just a waste of food, just kill him!"
When everyone heard this, they were frightened half to death by him. Some of the quick-responsive people had already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy loudly: "We are ashamed!", "Sir, spare my life!", "Please let me go!" "
Qiu Yizhi was just trying to scare them. He didn't want to go on a killing spree here, so he snorted and said, "What you say sounds nice, but I only believe half of it. You all heard clearly—"
He deliberately prolonged his tone and paused. The audience held their breath and listened to him. Then he felt slightly satisfied and then said: "You are all soldiers from Jiangnan. What's the matter with going to Huguang to join General Wei? Give me everything." Stay here, and I will reward you with a meal, and you must train me carefully. When the time comes, you will fight back and suppress the rebellion and kill the enemy, and you will certainly have a share of the credit. Do you understand?"
Everyone sparsely replied: "I understand."
Qiu Yizhi's face was wet with rain, but she didn't wipe it off. She turned around and said to Zhang Qi: "A person can't do anything without a heart, and a snake can't do anything without a head. You brought these people here, and they will be under your command from now on." ”
Zhang Qi looked embarrassed and said: "Sir, I am just an inspector. There are four to five thousand people here. How can I take them?"
Qiu Yizhi calmly took out an object wrapped tightly in bright yellow silk and satin from her arms, unfolded the satin, lifted the object high up, and said to Zhang Qi: "Zhang Qi, I am I will promote you to the rank of Zhonglang General, and you will be rewarded for your military exploits in the future!"
Zhang Qi was startled after hearing this: You are a seventh-grade county magistrate. Although I am down and out of rank, you still want to make me a fourth-grade lieutenant general. Could it be that you are dizzy from the rain
Just as he was thinking about it, he looked up and saw that the object held high in Qiu Yi's hand was a command arrow made of gold. He was immediately frightened and took several steps back. He quickly knelt down on the muddy ground and walked for three seconds. He kowtowed nine times and shouted: "Long live, long live, long live the emperor!"
Seeing Zhang Qi's frightened look, all the troops were still confused when they heard Qiu Yizhi shouting loudly: "Here are the gold medal arrows. If you don't pay homage, are you being treasonous?"
When all the troops heard these words, they realized what they were saying. They all knelt down and shouted like parrots: "Long live, long live, long live the emperor!"
Qiu Yizhi nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Zhang Qi who was kneeling on the ground: "Zhang Qi, I have been ordered by the emperor to make you a fourth-grade Zhonglang general. Lead the five thousand troops under my command and listen to Qiu Yizhi. Commander, do you dare to resist?"
Although Zhang Qi didn't know why the sesame mung bean official in the backwoods in front of him had a gold-medal arrow that could mobilize the troops of the world, he also knew that this thing was of great importance. Counterfeiting was punishable by Lingchi, so he never dared to doubt this I didn’t dare to defy the authority of such an item, so I kowtowed a few times and said, “Thank you for your kindness!”
Qiu Yi said: "Okay, you get up first. You are now a lieutenant general. Select a few capable and capable people from your subordinates to serve as generals for hundreds of households and thousands of generals at your disposal. Remember to be meritocratic. , Don’t be obsessed with official positions, let alone selfish motives. I have a gold medal to issue orders on behalf of the emperor. Who can’t be appointed? "
Zhang Qi kowtowed a few more times and finally agreed.
Qiu Yizhi thought for a while, and then said: "Get up first, restrain your subordinates, and line up for dinner in order for me. If things like this happen again in the future, be careful of the king's ruthlessness!" After that, Qiu Yizhi said Then he lit up Tuan Lian Xiang Yong, who had been standing in the wind and rain for a long time, and passed through the west gate of the city wall among the ignorant defeated troops and entered the city.
It was almost late autumn, and the weather was already very cold. Qiu Yizhi was caught in a burst of autumn rain, and when he returned to his bedroom, he was shivering from the cold.
When Wen Lingjiao heard that Qiu Yizhi had been caught in the rain, she hurriedly ran over in the rain, pulled him up and said, "It's very cold here. I have lit a charcoal pot in my room. You can go over and change clothes first to keep warm." ." After that, he pulled and dragged Qiu Yizhi into his boudoir.
He'er was burning charcoal in Wen Lingjiao's room. When he saw Wen Lingjiao and Qiu Yizhi coming in, he quickly squatted down and then timidly retreated.
Wen Lingjiao watched He'er close the door tightly from outside the house, then walked to Qiu Yizhi, wiped the rain off Qiu Yizhi's forehead with the scented handkerchief she carried with her, and took off his soaked clothes for him. Next to the charcoal fire, bake slowly.
Qiu Yizhi was in such a warm house, and received such attentive service from Wen Lingjiao. The anger and depression in her heart had disappeared, and she only felt that her muscles and bones were now relaxed.
He looked up again and saw that Wen Lingjiao's clothes had become wet from going back and forth, so he pulled her over, held her in his arms and took off her outer clothes one by one.
Wen Lingjiao's face was already red and hot, but she didn't want to resist. She just said angrily: "What are you doing? It's not dark yet, is there any etiquette in this?"
"Etiquette? Of course it is! It's the courtesy of Duke Zhou!" Qiu Yizhi said, licking his face.
Wen Lingjiao was amused by his words, and her flushed face returned to normal, leaving only two clusters of blush on her cheeks.
Seeing her shy look, Qiu Yizhi was already distraught. He put one hand around Wen Lingjiao's waist, put the other hand through his collar, and rubbed it slowly...
While the bed was warming up, I heard Lang Lang's laughter coming from outside: "It's such a blessing to see the autumn wind. The wind and rain have stopped outside. I'm afraid Master Qiu doesn't know yet, right?"
It was Lin Shuhan's voice.
But then I heard a woman's voice coming from outside the window: "It's rare for Fusheng to have half a day to spare. It's rare for adults and Miss Wen to have a few gentle words to say, but you disturbed me again."
Qiu Yizhi heard Wu Ruofei's voice, and knew that it must be him and his wife outside, so she quickly pushed Wen Lingjiao away from her arms, put on warm clothes, tidied herself up, and pushed He opened the door and said, "It turns out Mr. Lin and Miss Wu are here too. Why don't you come in and talk."