Chapter 214: Outstanding Person
It is impossible to plug the nostrils.
It smells so good, even if you can’t eat it, you should still smell it.
Not only were the soldiers guarding the walls intoxicated by the aroma, but the soldiers waiting in the streets and alleys also stretched their necks to catch the wisps of fragrance brought by the night wind.
When a group of Chengtian Army generals who were enjoying a delicious meal in the restaurant smelled this aroma, the food in their bowls instantly lost its fragrance.
The chef was called over immediately.
"Give us the same pot."
The chef's face was wrinkled like a bitter melon: "My dear generals, this pot should be made with the base of butter, but we don't have butter in our restaurant."
"No, you won't buy it?"
Chef: “…”
"General, butter comes from the cow. Where can we buy cows in the middle of the night?"
Generals: "..."
If they had known this earlier, they would have captured all the cattle in the countryside.
"The traitor Ji Changqing must have figured out that we wouldn't be able to eat it, so he deliberately used this butter pot to tease us."
A deputy general gritted his teeth and said.
"When they rest in the middle of the night, we will attack from the city and kill them all."
The commander said indifferently, "You knew they were deliberately provoking you, but you still went to die?"
The deputy general clenched his fists and said, "We also have five or six thousand people. We may win."
"Two thousand of them can defeat five thousand," the commander said without raising his eyelids. "Everyone, stay in the city quietly. Wancheng is well-walled, and we have enough food in stock. We can hold out for a month or two without any problem."
"If they can't take it in three to five days, they should leave."
The lieutenant generals had no choice but to hold back.
However, they can hold themselves back, but their soldiers may not be able to.
Many people quietly walked up to the top of the wall, breathing in the fragrance coming from not far away.
Only when you are satisfied will you go back to rest.
Most of the soldiers' attention was on the dozens of large pots, and only a few noticed that there were dozens of piles of wormwood burning in the camp of the capital's soldiers.
However, they just thought that it was used by the other party to repel mosquitoes and did not take it seriously.
Little did they know that there was a sleeping pill in the pile of wormwood, and the smell of the pill mixed with the aroma of the beef hotpot was inhaled into their stomachs.
At the hour of Yin, everything was quiet. The eyelids of the soldiers who should have been alert and on guard were as if glued together. They could not open them no matter how hard they tried, and finally closed them tightly.
The dogs in the city also fell into a deep sleep.
Two hundred soldiers walked out of the capital camp, trotted to the bottom of the city wall, and threw out twenty grappling ropes to hook the battlements.
The agile ones grab the grappling rope and climb up first, and then lower the ladder.
The rest of the soldiers also climbed up the city wall by grabbing the ladders.
After sneaking into the city, they captured several soldiers and tortured them to find out the residence of the general defending the city. Then they split up and took the general's life.
The generals had guards on duty in shifts, and should not have been killed so easily. However, the guards were not as skilled as the attackers, and they had inhaled a lot of drugs, so their movements were slow, and they died before they could react.
After slaughtering the generals of the Chengtian Army, the soldiers opened the city gates and welcomed the large army into the city.
When the soldiers of Chengtian Army saw that their generals' heads were held in people's hands, they knew that the situation was hopeless and they had no choice but to surrender.
Admiral Xuan was now completely impressed by Ji Changqing.
"Without sacrificing a single soldier, he captured a city. Lord Ji is truly a legendary general!"
He said with admiration.
"If you were to join the army like your brother, no one would dare to invade the border of Daxi."
Ji Changqing shook his head and said, "This siege strategy is not what I had in mind."
Admiral Xuan widened his eyes.
"If this isn't your plan, sir? Whose hand is this?"
Ji Changqing looked towards Feng Qingsui and said with a smile, "It was my sister-in-law's idea."
Admiral Xuan: “!!!”
"It's true that 'if you're not from the same family, you won't marry,'" he sighed sincerely. "Everyone in your family is an outstanding person."
A smile appeared on Ji Changqing's lips.
When the accompanying officials heard the conversation between the two, they all looked at Feng Qingsui in disbelief.
The feng shui of the Ji family's ancestral tomb is too good. It's scary that a daughter-in-law who married into the family with a tablet in her arms is so smart.
No, it seems that Ji Changqing has opened a separate ancestral hall and set up a separate cemetery.
Which hill is the cemetery on?
I'll have to ask later and buy the hill next door to get some good luck.
Facing the officials' compliments, Feng Qingsui smiled modestly and said, "I only came up with an idea. The capture of Wancheng was entirely due to the bravery of all the soldiers who took the risk to sneak in and fight bravely."
Admiral Xuan sighed inwardly.
Why didn't this smart, humble and medically skilled girl marry into his family?
Although the ranks of his two sons were not as high as Ji Changfeng's, one was a third-class imperial guard, and the other was a fourth-rank commander. Among the younger generation, they could be considered promising young men.
He usually keeps himself clean, never flirts with other women, and has no bad habits.
They saved all their salaries to use for marrying wives.
With such a character, it shouldn't be considered an insult to her to be with Doctor Feng, right?
The Xuan family never erected a chastity arch. If a son died in battle, the daughter-in-law would remain with him if she wanted to, or remarry if she wanted to. They didn't care whether the daughter-in-law had been married before.
Doctor Feng is so young, why should he devote himself to guarding Ji Changfeng's tablet all his life?
Qi was a kind-hearted person, and Ji Changqing had also supported Princess Yongning's remarriage, so they seemed to be open-minded people. As long as Doctor Feng was willing to remarry, they and their son would not stop her.
After thinking for a moment, he decided to return to Beijing and find someone to find out what Feng Qingsui was saying.
The treatment of the surrendered troops in Wancheng was similar to that in Zhicheng, except that Qu Mingzhang had just taken over Zhicheng, and Ji Changqing was not in a position to transfer him to Wancheng.
I had no choice but to turn my gaze to Pei Yunzhan.
"Master Pei, are you willing to take over Wancheng temporarily? You only need to be in charge until the court appoints a new county magistrate."
Pei Yunzhan was stunned.
He thought he was only responsible for the water conservancy department during this trip, but he didn't expect Ji Changqing to let him serve as the temporary county magistrate...
In the past, he would definitely not be willing to do it.
As the head of a county, the county magistrate has to take care of all the affairs, big and small, in the county. These affairs are both trivial and tedious, and he has always been impatient to deal with miscellaneous tasks.
And he doesn't like dealing with all kinds of people.
but……
Thinking that he, Ji Changqing and Qu Mingzhang were all of the same rank, Ji Changqing was now in a high position and could change the fate of the people with just a few words. Although Qu Mingzhang had been delayed for many years by his status as a son-in-law, he was able to stand on his own and quickly restore order in a place.
Because he disdained officialdom and did not want to associate with those who were greedy and despicable, he traveled around the world, indulging in the mountains and rivers, but achieved nothing except a travelogue.
He didn't care about achievement.
But along the way, seeing Feng Qingsui spared no effort to treat the wounded, Ji Changqing made plans like a god to save the people from danger, and the soldiers of the third battalion tried their best to fight against the rebels.
He couldn't help but ask himself: Am I in this world just for pleasure?
Because you don't want to go along with the crowd, you do nothing, look down on the world from a high position, think you are compassionate, but in fact you are selfish and cold-hearted?
After a moment's silence, he replied to Ji Changqing: "I will definitely live up to your trust."
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