Chapter 50 The Old Slave is Incompetent
The Beijing troops were not the army that Fu Youde had ever led. Moreover, Fu Youde did not even fight against the army of hundreds of thousands. Under the instruction of Zhu Yuanzhang, all of them had gone south and stationed in Guangxi Prefecture, ready to attack Yunnan and Yunnan at any time.
Everyone was stunned by Zhu's bold move, and Fu Youde was even more at a loss. But seeing that Mu Ying and others were also waiting for the final imperial edict in Yingtian Prefecture like him, he could only wait helplessly.
After the troops of the Beijing camp spent almost a month to enter the territory of Guangxi Prefecture, the new news of the Jinyiwei was finally placed on Zhu Yuanzhang's desk.
During this period, Zhu Chong was not idle either. Of course, he had no choice. The population was increasing rapidly every day, and he had no time to rest.
Fortunately, the eight urn cities have been built and are almost connected together, forming an independent outer city of Songming City. It is like a prehistoric beast lurking on the hills outside Songming City, appearing particularly magnificent and domineering.
But behind this magnificent and domineering aura is Zhu Chong's endless "blood and tears". The total number of subjects under his command has exceeded two million!
A city with a population of two million is definitely a terrifying number. After all, the entire Songming City, after expansion, is only one hundred square kilometers, but it can accommodate such a large population. The occupancy rate of Songming City has reached complete saturation.
Even though there is now a city wall to help share the pressure, the pressure Zhu Chong is facing now has reached an unprecedented level.
After all, there is only one Songming City, and no matter how good its resources are, they are limited. Zhu Chong must start considering the construction of a new city, so he began to expand his army.
The purpose of expanding the army is to build a new city, because the first batch of troops he brings must be mostly military. Without the protection of the army, leading this group of people to walk in Yunnan, which is surrounded by wolves, is like delivering meat to someone's doorstep, isn't it?
Therefore, Zhu Chong could no longer stay in Songming City. Without him in charge of the new city, even if it could be built, it would not last long.
Therefore, over the past month, Zhu Chong has been working hard to prepare for the new city. Points have flowed into the system like water and have been exchanged for the talents that Zhu Chong wants.
Because of the construction of the new city, Zhu Chong planned to use the old team that had experienced the construction of Songming City. He planned to take Li Xiuning, Yuan Chenghuan and others away, so he paid special attention to the people left in Songming City.
Zhu Chong does not have to worry about the loyalty of the talents exchanged by the system, but what he values is the strength of the talents.
After all, he had to manage the talents of millions of people for him, and the talents given to him by the system were all randomly selected, so Zhu Chong spent a lot of time and effort on this.
I don’t know if the system was joking or intentional, but when Zhu Chong first exchanged for talents, the system gave him only women.
Zhu Chong himself did not deny that the talents exchanged by the system were all capable and worthy of their corresponding grades, but Zhu Chong always felt that he could not get over the hurdle in his heart about leaving women behind to guard the city.
You can call him a male chauvinist or whatever you want, but in his opinion, women should not be allowed to appear in wars. The appearance of women on the battlefield can only prove one thing, that is, all the men in Songming City are dead!
But in this case, Zhu Chong was in a dilemma, because all the people assigned to him by the system were really extraordinary.
Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying, Sima Yi's wife Zhang Chunhua, the female prime minister Shangguan Wan'er, Han Shizhong's wife Liang Hongyu, and the world's number one female scholar Fu Shanxiang.
Looking at these historical celebrities appearing in front of Zhu Chong, Zhu Chong honestly felt a numbness in his heart when he saw them for the first time.
Not only because they all possessed the wisdom and skills that he had read about in ancient biographies, but also because they were all young women in their twenties who had never married.
This gave Zhu Chong a headache, and he didn't know what to do. After all, each of these women cost Zhu Chong 100,000 points. If he didn't let them help, it would be unacceptable, and it would also be difficult to explain to Li Xiuning.
Fortunately, Zhu Chong finally exchanged for a capable fighter, the black-robed general Yuchi Gong, one of the twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion. With this talented general and the group of exchanged women, they were more than enough to protect Songming City.
At this time, Old Zhu, who was far away in Yingtian Prefecture, was furious with Mao Xiang.
"Did I hear correctly? The Imperial Guards have been given so much time, and yet they still haven't figured out a tiny Songming City?"
"This old servant is incompetent!" Mao Xiang kowtowed vigorously, his whole body trembling as he explained, "It's really that Songming City is too difficult to enter. The entire Songming City now does not accept any outsiders."
"The Jinyiwei broke in more than 30 times, using various methods, but they were always discovered and driven out before the enemy's city walls."
"According to reports from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, within fifty miles of Songming City, there are scouts and cavalry patrolling the area. There's a sentry every three steps and a guard post every five steps. It's almost impossible for even a bird to fly in."
"But there is one thing that I find extremely strange. The people of Songming City can see through any outsider, even those in disguise, at a glance. And no one in the city has ever been bribed."
"However, I was unable to find out the inner workings of Songming City. This was all due to my incompetence, not the Embroidered Uniform Guards. The Embroidered Uniform Guards have already discovered that the population of Songming City is probably over 300,000, but this number was set three months ago."
"Three months ago?" Old Zhu's expression turned even more sullen upon hearing this. "So, in these three months, the Jinyiwei have only managed to find out such a worthless piece of information? We've kept you here just for this?"
"I wish death!" Mao Xiang kowtowed heavily, but was unable to refute. He had even made plans for the worst. He really didn't expect that the omnipotent Jinyiwei would suffer such a heavy defeat in a small city like Songming.
Seeing that Mao Xiang did not explain, refute, or make any excuses for himself, Lao Zhu's temper subsided, but the gloomy light in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
After a long pause, Old Zhu waved his hand and said, "I'm very disappointed with the Jinyiwei incident, and it's all your fault, Mao Xiang. So, I'll fine you half a year, demote you one rank, and you'll still be the acting commander of the Jinyiwei. Get out!"
Hearing what Lao Zhu said, Mao Xiang could hardly believe his ears, but he knew Lao Zhu's character too well, so he quickly thanked him and left, not daring to stay in front of Lao Zhu and be an eyesore.
After Mao Xiang left, Old Zhu was the only one left in the entire imperial study.
When he was alone, what Lao Zhu loved to do most was to daydream, and he thought even more today. He never imagined that a mere city in a wild land could not even be penetrated by the Jinyiwei, whom he was so proud of.
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