The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight broke through the shackles.
The Eight Mile Bridge camp also gradually became lively.
"Your Highness! The brothers are back." A soldier standing high up in the camp waved his arms and shouted.
Although everyone was a little surprised by the Gong Prince's unique way of shouting, in the Qing Dynasty, where the hierarchy was strict, the lower level would obey the higher level unconditionally.
Li Qing, who had been sitting for the whole night, was overjoyed when he heard the news that someone had returned. He did not even wash up and hurried to the entrance of the camp.
Li Qing, who had originally thought that a large group of people was returning to the camp, was a little disappointed when he saw only a few cavalrymen in front of him.
"It seems that history cannot be changed!”Just as Li Qing was sighing, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from afar.
Li Qing was so excited that he didn't care about any etiquette or danger. He went up the simple high platform by himself.
"Your Highness, it's dangerous up there!" With that, the generals walked up.
Seeing this, Li Qing's face turned pale. He shouted," Don't come up. This village gate is simple and crude. If a dozen of you 200-pound fatties come up again, then this king will really be in danger!”
After hearing this, the generals returned to their original positions with flushed faces.
"Zuo Ling, do you think the two princes will punish us if more than half of our troops are dead or injured?”Qimu Ge, who was riding on a horse, looked at the approaching camp and said nervously to the assistant leader who was carrying a dead body on his back.
"Don't worry!" the assistant replied expressionlessly. I gave the order, so even if His Highness punishes me, I will take responsibility. Besides, what is a little ninth-grade military officer like you worrying about?”
After being scolded by the assistant leader, Qimu Ge stopped talking. Looking at the dead Ba Tu, he felt a little guilty. If he had acted faster, many of his brothers might have died.
On the high platform.
There were about seven to eight thousand people! Looking at the continuously gathering cavalry, Li Qing's anxious heart finally relaxed.
Just as Li Qing was happily sticking out his chest, a deafening shout came from below,""Wangye Qiansui! Thousand years! Qian Qiansui!"
Looking at the Mongolian cavaliers brandishing their sabers, Li Qing was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes.
At noon.
After Li Qing ordered the Cooks 'Army to reward the returning warriors, Li Qing once again gathered the generals and the 20 assistant leaders who had participated in the plan last night.
Li Qing and Monk Greene Qin sat on the two chairs above, one on each side, listening to the clerk's statistics.
"As of noon! A total of 9,513 people returned to the camp, of which 286 were injured, but they were all fine. After three months of treatment, they would recover.”
Before the clerk could finish, Zorling Bala, who was standing at the bottom, could not bear the pressure and knelt down with a thud. He could not help but cry.
"Bala, what are you doing?" Monk Grinqin shouted. How can you profane the commander's tent?"
Li Qing looked at the hunk in front of him who had nearly ten bandages on his body and actually started crying. "Barazzo, why are you doing this?”
Ba La listened to the questions of the two kings. He wiped away his tears and said,"Replying to the Gong Prince, because almost all the brothers who died this time were under my command!"”
Li Qing's eyes turned cold when he heard that. He asked,"Can this king let the monk king tell you that the wolf pack tactic is to use numbers to fight numbers, to use prepared to fight unprepared?”
Bala nodded.
"Very good, go ahead! What exactly happened? I want to see what kind of temptation made you disobey the order!”
......
Li Xianzhuang, the Anglo-French alliance's Far East Command.
Meng Toban looked at the battle schedule in his hand and was furious for the first time. "Bastard, these damn barbarians actually beheaded all of our young men. I must make this Mongolian cavalry disappear from the face of the earth!”
"General Montoban, you need to calm down now. Although I also feel sorry for the loss of nearly 1,000 young men last night, your ammunition depot has been destroyed. Without the bombardment of cannons, it would be very easy to suffer if you only rely on firearms!”
Compared to Clinno, who did not stop the enemy from destroying the ammunition depot, and Yamen, who had just been taught a lesson by Montorban. Only Grant, the commander of the British army, who had just heard about the unfortunate news, said.
Montorban, who had been hit on the head by Grant's words, was like a defeated rooster. He held the table and said,""I'm sorry. Was I rude just now?"
"It's nothing, supreme commander. You have to understand that I have to consider the safety of the great young men of our Great Eagle Empire!”Grant said.
"Alright then! Clint, when will our ammunition arrive?”
"General, the commander of the Far East Squadron called back and said that it would take at least a week.”
"This is really a pity! I think we should go back to Tianjin. It's not safe in this damn place.”Grant spread his hands and said.
"No, the Faranci Third Reich does not have the habit of retreating!”Meng Toban said angrily. "Perhaps, we can negotiate terms. General Grant, I know that your British army also has cannons. Although they are not many, they are still much stronger than those barbarians!”
Grant saw that the always arrogant Montorban finally could not help but say what was in his heart.
Because the war was mainly fought by the Eagle Country, the spoils of war were divided according to the Eagle Country and the Hair Country's 30 - 70 ratio.
However, Grant, who had seen the wealth of the Qing Dynasty, was not satisfied with this. Just the government office in Tianjin alone had received nearly 500,000 taels of silver. He really could not imagine how much wealth the capital had.
Grant, who had been suffering from not having a chance, would not let go of this opportunity so easily.
Thus, Grant grinned and raised both his hands and said,""We'll split the spoils of war 50 - 50!"
"No, absolutely not!" Meng Toban hurriedly waved his hand.
Even Yamen and Clinno, who were standing at the side, looked at Grant with anger.
"Alright, how about this? I'll take 20% of the remaining 30% from the first floor. How about that?”
Montoban was moved. If his political opponents in Paris knew that his attack had been thwarted, his political life might end prematurely. This was something he could not accept. Moreover, he could get another windfall.
Thus, the four of them happily reached an agreement.
Before leaving, Montorban held Grant's hand and said,""Then let's make a deal. The morning after tomorrow, we will attack the Qing army!”
......
"What is it? You destroyed the French army's ammunition depot.”Li Qing asked incredulously.
Bala nodded." Indeed. If it wasn't for this humble servant not investigating clearly and misjudging the situation, so many brothers wouldn't have died!”
Li Qing smiled and said," Balazzo doesn't have to blame himself. You destroyed the explosives warehouse and that's the first merit. Monk King, what do you think about promoting Balazzo to the rank of commander and Qimu Ge to the rank of assistant commander?"”
"It's all up to Prince Gong to decide. If it wasn't for such a good tactic, we wouldn't have achieved the result of killing a thousand enemies!”
At this moment, the travel-worn Bao Yun came into the commander's tent under the lead of her personal guards.
The moment Baoyun entered, she knelt on one knee and said excitedly,""Your Highness, this lowly subject has not failed your mission. I have already recruited eight thousand young men from all over the world, and they are all honest and dutiful people!”
Li Qing laughed after hearing that,"Haha, looks like today is really a double blessing!"”
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