"Brother Xiao! Isn't it just a matter between the Mongols and the Tibetans? You don't have to worry about it. I will take a division and take care of it for you in two months." Ao Canghai was shocked when he saw Li Xiao.

Li Xiao's face was flushed on the hospital bed, and a cloth soaked in cold water was placed on his head. He was coughing heartbreakingly, the veins on his neck were bulging, and his eyeballs seemed to bulge out of their sockets.

Ao Canghai was frightened. Although Li Xiao was only twenty-five years old this year, the Emperor of Weather also lived to be twenty-three! He could not imagine how many people in the world would be called Ming Dynasty today without Li Xiao.

Emperor. After all, there is no emperor in the capital now. The common people and officials are also adapting to the days without an emperor. It can be said that Li Xiao is the de facto emperor of the Ming Empire. However, Li Xiao did not want to do this.

"You should rest! You have a division of tens of thousands of horses, and you eat horse chews and ammunition. You know how much it consumes in a day. If your team goes to the plateau, how much logistics and baggage will I have to send to follow? Once we are cut off from food and ammunition,

, I should collect the body for you." Li Xiao curled his lips helplessly.

He knew that this was Ao Canghai giving you relief, but it was his fault that Li Xiao was determined to suffer. He was destined to have no way to retaliate for what happened in Lanzhou City. This time the Mongols had no intention of occupying Lanzhou, they just robbed things and killed people. Then

People walk away without even giving you a chance to retaliate.

"Then let's forget it?"

"What should we do if we forget about it? Should we send troops to Tibet in the middle of winter? Or go to the Ili Valley to avenge our hatred? Wake up, the Mongols are nomadic people. What is nomadic? They live in pursuit of water and grass without a fixed place.

Yinchuan is thousands of miles away from the Ili Valley, and just supplying supplies along the way will cost you your life. After fighting for so many years, you don't know the importance of supplies."

"As long as you can swallow it, I can swallow it." Ao Canghai looked indifferent.

"Actually, I should be blamed for this. I underestimated the relationship between Tibetans and Mongolians. Galdan, that damn name is a Tibetan. Attacking Lanzhou through Tibet is something I should have thought of long ago. No.

Zu Dashou should be placed in Xi'an as a reserve team, but should be placed in Lanzhou." Li Xiao lay on the couch with great regret.

"I always feel that delaying this in the Northwest is not an option. Should we also send our first division to the Northwest? With our three divisions in the Northwest, we can at least ensure that there will be no problem in Gansu. As long as there is no problem in Gansu, the situation in the entire Northwest will be stable.

Come down. No matter how fierce the Mongols are, they will not dare to infiltrate our three divisions. If they dare to come, I will let them come back." Ao Canghai disliked the climate of Jiangnan very much. In order to leave Jiangnan, he was even willing to go

The bitter cold northwest.

"No way! The purpose of coming to Jiangnan this time is to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan at once. Jiangnan is an important source of finance and food for the imperial court. Huguang has enough for the world. In addition to the money and food of Su and Song's second house, as long as Jiangnan is stable, the imperial court will

No more worries about food and salary!

You just heard that our arsenal can only produce more than 10,000 rifles a year. Why the output cannot increase? In addition to the reasons mentioned by Zheng Sen, the more important thing is that the court has no money. Without money, we cannot build more rifles.

Even if there are too many arsenals, we cannot build more schools and train more skilled workers.

I don't know that firewood and rice are expensive when I'm not a family member. I wanted to form a fifth division a few years ago. But I didn't have the money! I told Ai Husheng that I wanted to form a fifth division, and he almost burst into tears. We need to build schools, build railways, and...

We need to build factories. In such a big country, every place needs money to support it.

Hey...! Money!" Li Xiao lay on the couch and sighed.

Ao Canghai reached out and touched Li Xiao's face, and was so frightened that he quickly retracted it. Li Xiao was extremely burned now. No wonder what he just said was all nonsense, and this person was so burned that he was confused.

"Shunzi! Shunzi! How long has Brother Xiao been like this?" Ao Canghai became nervous. He was just joking just now, but now it seems that if Li Xiao can't get rid of his fever as soon as possible, he will die in Jiangnan.

It is unimaginable what kind of chaos would be caused if Li Xiao died in Jiangnan.

"We have dispatched an airship to pick up Mr. Li in the capital. Calculating the time, we should arrive today."

"Show everyone here to me. If anyone dares to reveal a word about Brother Xiao's condition, he will be killed!" Ao Canghai's face showed a fierce light.

"Master Ao! This...!"

"I have transferred the Second Regiment here. From now on, we will not go out or enter the Lakeside Palace. I will sit here. As soon as Mr. Li arrives, he will immediately send Brother Xiao back to the capital by airship. Regarding the Jiangnan matter, Yang Sichang and I

, Luo Yangxing dealt with it. Isn’t it just killing people? I started from Liaoyang and killed as many as 80,000 people along the way. Not less than these few!

If someone is spreading rumors and saying things that are not good for Brother Xiao and my Ming Dynasty, don’t blame me for being evil!" Ao Canghai sneered like a night owl, and Shunzi felt a chill go down his spine.

What Mr. Ao said makes it clear to everyone, including Shunzi!

Shunzi had no doubt that Ao Canghai really dared to kill the people around Li Xiao. And based on the friendship between Li Xiao and Ao Canghai, it was most likely that he would just kill him.

"No! The little guy arranged it!" Shunzi hurriedly greeted his subordinates and warned them not to get into trouble with Master Ao.

"Come here, bring the second regiment to me. If I hadn't been there, a rat would have run out of Linhu Palace, and I would have given him a big scar on his bowl." Ao Canghai ordered his messenger menacingly.

"Promise!" The messenger promised, ran out quickly, got on his horse and drove away.

"Commander! Master Ao...!" Shunzi asked carefully in Li Xiao's ear.

"Leave the affairs here to Master Ao, and you are all under the control of Master Ao." Li Xiao's voice was weak. In fact, he didn't even have the strength to pee. A person who has had a high fever for five days in a row has no physical strength.

The Second Regiment was stationed on the edge of Xuanwu Lake. After receiving Ao Canghai's order, they quickly surrounded the Linhu Palace. For a while, people on the edge of the Linhu Palace screamed, and the soldiers stood outside the Linhu Palace with loaded guns. As long as anyone came close to Baidu Palace,

Within a few steps, someone immediately came over and asked, what do you want to do?

If Zhizhiwuwu doesn't understand, the soldiers will immediately arrest the person and take him away.

What was even worse for the people in Linhu Palace was that a chamberlain didn't know the ban and had just quarreled with the sentry. He happened to meet Mr. Ao who was patrolling here. He carried the chamberlain over like a chicken, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at his temple.

One shot.

The pistol blew his head off, and the waiter didn't even scream when he died.

"If this happens again, stop talking nonsense and kill him!" Ao Canghai took the cloth handed over by his subordinates and wiped away the brain matter on his face.

The chamberlains in Linhu Palace were all as frightened as mice, and no one dared to shout at the soldiers anymore.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a huge roar in the sky. A huge airship seemed to emerge from the clouds. In the air, soldiers held flags and swayed vigorously.

Soon, the airship landed in the open space. The spiral staircase was lowered, and several nurses in white coats walked down. Behind them were Li Zhongzi and Tang Ruowang. Behind them was Tokugawa Chiki, and behind them was Tokugawa Chiki.

It's Zhang Huangyan in a long robe.

"Master Ao! How is the commander-in-chief?" Tokugawa Chiki asked eagerly, pulling Ao Canghai's sleeve.

"It's been five days, and the fever hasn't gone away. I can only feed him some rice porridge. I just came back this morning. My soldiers sealed this place, but I think the news should have been leaked long ago." Ao Canghai seemed to be answering Tokugawa.

Qian Ji looked at Zhang Huangyan.

"Well! The general's condition has indeed spread. Leave the matters here to me. Mr. Ao, you and others will escort the general out. Hurry up and get on the airship back to the capital. The treatment conditions here are not as good as the hospitals in the capital.

"After hearing Ao Canghai's words, Zhang Huangyan immediately changed his decision. Li Zhongzi and Tang Ruowang took care of him along the way, and hurried back to the hospital in the capital. In any case, the hospital's equipment and conditions are better than those of Linhu Palace.

Four guards carried Li Xiao's low couch. Next to it was a nurse in a white coat, carrying a glass bottle. There was a rubber tube attached to the bottom of the glass bottle, and a needle was inserted directly into the blood vessel in Li Xiao's hand.

This is the latest treatment method developed by Li Zhongzi. Penicillin solution can be directly injected into the blood, and the effect is very fast.

Li Zhongzi held a thermometer in his hand and looked very solemn.

"Mr. Li, how are you doing, Marshal?" Tokugawa Chiki asked eagerly, regardless of the crowd.

"The fever persists and the consciousness is blurred. The situation is very urgent. We need to return to the capital for treatment as soon as possible!" Li Zhongzi said in a very serious tone.

"Don't delay, get on the airship. I'll stay and direct the affairs in Jiangnan. Mr. Ao, you will accompany the commander, and you will rush back when you arrive in the capital. I cannot do without you in this matter in Jiangnan." Zhang Huangyan ordered loudly.

The old guy is a thief. If Ao Ye is not allowed to follow him to the capital, Ao Ye will definitely cause trouble. It is better to let Ao Ye follow him. He, Zhang Huangyan, will sit in Jinling and continue the affairs in Jiangnan.

Sure enough, Ao Canghai didn't say anything. He directed the guards to carry Li Xiao onto the airship. The airship soon roared again and flew north.

The airship was advancing at full speed in the sky, and even so, Ao Canghai still had to rush. The pilot, under the gun of Ao Canghai's revolver, drove the speed to the extreme.

Even so, it was already midnight when we arrived in Tongzhou.

It is snowing in the capital, and the Tongzhou landing field is brightly lit. In the sky, you can see the disk-like landing field in the distance. The pilot breathed a sigh of relief. No one wants to have a revolver next to their head.

.

The airship landed smoothly at the landing site, and several large horse-drawn carriages rushed under the airship like the wind. Li Xiu, who had just arrived from Qinhuangdao, was waiting under the spiral staircase in person. When he saw Li Xiao, who had been lifted off the plane with a face as bright as gold paper, he

I was so scared that I could hardly speak.

"Mr. Li, my eldest brother...!"

"Second brother, don't ask anymore. Send Brother Xiao to the hospital quickly!" Ao Canghai separated Li Xiu.

Li Xiu glanced at Master Ao with red eyes, then stepped aside and watched the guards carry Li Xiao into the carriage.

At the edge of the landing site, a hundred or so cavalry were already waiting. Under the wings of the cavalry, the carriage sped towards the hospital.

The seventeenth century was the information age, and the most valuable thing in this era was news. Countless officials had long been waiting at the hospital entrance. A dark crowd was waiting at the hospital entrance. Attitude was very important at this time.

Most people are betting that the young commander will not be as short-lived as Emperor Tianqi. When the commander is seriously ill, he prays for him in the hospital. If he is seen and remembered by the commander, then in the future Not yet a meteoric rise.

Facts have proved that no matter how hard it is, the officials can't stop their progress.

As soon as the carriage stopped, a man wearing a fifth-grade official uniform came over to lead the horse. Unexpectedly, the soldier who arrived first kicked him to the ground.

"Get out of the way! Get out of my way!" Li Xiu stood on the front carriage, holding a revolver in his hand. His eyes were already red. Whoever dared to stop the carriage from moving forward at this time would really kill someone.

The spirit of progress is still not as good as the deterrence of the revolver. The officials dispersed in an instant, the nurse in a white coat got off the carriage, and someone from the hospital pushed the cart out. Li Xiao was carried out of the carriage by the guards and put directly on the carriage. Push it into the car.

"The commander-in-chief is blessed with great blessings, God bless the Ming Dynasty, God bless the commander-in-chief!" A guy wearing a seventh-grade official uniform knelt on the ground and howled.

"Commander, great blessings to heaven, God bless the Ming Dynasty, God bless you, Marshal!" There is no fool who can become an official. The first person to call him out will be the second one. The ground suddenly became dark and a large number of people knelt down, black and white. Huhu couldn't tell who was who. He was so narrow-minded that he knelt under the electric light, and he knelt upright, for fear that the people on the carriage could not see his face clearly.

At this time, no one cared about the officials' little thoughts. Everyone got off the carriage and followed them into the hospital. When the officials wanted to follow, they were stopped by the guards at the door.

The corridor echoed with the sound of hurried footsteps. No one dared to breathe loudly for fear of disturbing the commander who was already confused with fever. The commander was not scary, but there were two man-eating beasts following him.

Li Xiu and Ao Canghai!

"Brother!" Li Hu, supported by Yan Rong and Xiao Hong, stood in the corridor and watched Li Xiao being pushed in. But at this time, Li Xiao failed to open his eyes and look at Li Hu.

"Brother...!" Li Hu, whose head was still wrapped in gauze, burst into tears.

"Brother!" Xiaoyu let out a heart-piercing scream and threw herself on Li Xiao. At this time, all the previous things had passed. In Xiaoyu's eyes, this was the elder brother who was dying of illness. The one who had risen from the dead. Inside, the big brother took her out.

"Little sister! Don't make trouble, big brother is not dead yet." Li Xiu pulled Xiaoyu away, and the nurses dared to push the cart forward.

"Master Ao! There is the rescue room ahead. These people are carrying diseases and bugs, so they cannot be allowed in." When Li Zhongzi saw these people, he immediately looked at Ao Canghai as if begging. He knew that only the one who could have the final say at this time was This Master Ao.

"Everyone, stop! Let Mr. Li treat Brother Xiao! No one is allowed in!" The nurse pushed the cart into the emergency room. Ao Canghai stood at the door of the emergency room, feeling like he was about to go to the emergency room.

Li Zhongzi made the right bet, Ao Canghai roared, and no one dared to take a step forward.
Chapter completed!