Chapter 272 271 A group of big men watched Ma Zhongjun jump into the fire pit
When An Xin heard about the adopted son of Duke Cheng'en, he guessed that it should be the sickly beauty, Jiang Xuan.
I don't know, these past events and the border between the two countries seem to only allow his Bei Ming soldiers to jump around here, but what does it have to do with becoming a restricted area for Da Qian soldiers.
Chai Hongzhuang continued to recall, "After Duke Cheng'en and his son died in battle, the one who was sent to take over the war was the young general at the time, now General Yuchi."
He led two other young generals, Gao Feng and Chen Gang, and a group of generals, and in less than three years, they defeated the arrogant soldiers of Bei Ming and drove them back to their hometown.
When General Yuchi was here, the border between the two countries was a playground for our Daqian soldiers.
At that time, those bastards in Bei Ming dared not easily come to this land."
When he said this, Chai Hongzhuang's eyes sparkled.
All of a sudden, he thought of something terrible and suddenly his teeth started to squeak.
“This happened five or six years ago, less than two years after General Yuchi and several other generals were recalled to the capital by the emperor.
Our Daqian soldiers encountered a group of Beiming soldiers here. Perhaps they knew that General Yuchi had left and came here deliberately to provoke us.
The two gangs started fighting after just a few words. "
When Chai Hongzhuang said this, veins on his forehead popped out, showing how unwilling and angry he was inside.
An Xin continued quietly, "Is it true that the Daqian soldiers lost the battle, and the officers who stayed behind to guard the place not only did not help them get back their position, but also severely punished them."
"You...how do you know?" Chai Hongzhuang looked at her in surprise.
Although An Xin's guess was not completely accurate, it was close to 80% or 90%. "It's more than that."
An Xin frowned, his eyes gradually turning cold, "You won't tell me that those soldiers were captured by the Beiming garrison.
But the general guarding northern Hebei did not bring anyone to retrieve it?!"
Under An Xin's cold and oppressive gaze, Chai Hongzhuang nodded with difficulty, "Yes."
His answer instantly made the not-so-warm tent even colder.
Now Chai Hongzhuang was not the only one who was so angry that veins were bulging on his head.
Yuchi Yi and Gao Tai, Shen Qiang and Zhao Pengyuan all wanted to pick up knives and stab people.
Damn, what the hell.
He was bullied to the extreme, but he didn't even dare to ask for the captured soldiers back. This general guarding northern Hebei is such a coward.
An Xin's eyes were cold, but his tone was indifferent: "No wonder the border between the two countries has become a playground for others and a restricted area for our Daqian soldiers."
Chai Hongzhuang didn't know how to respond to this.
He was promoted from a centurion to the sixth-rank captain only a few years ago. At his level, he cannot have a say in many things in the military camp.
Let alone talking about going to the enemy’s garrison to ask for people.
An Xin also knew that since Chai Hongzhuang held a low position in the military camp, it was not his turn to make the decision on such matters.
"How many soldiers are there at the Jibei border now, and how many are there at the Beiming border?"
Chai Hongzhuang lowered his head and was about to answer without thinking when he heard An Xin ask this question.
But when he looked up, he didn't know what he was thinking of, and suddenly looked at her with bright eyes, "My Lord, you want to..."
"I didn't think about anything." An Xin said quietly.
"Yes, yes, I'm overthinking it." Chai Hongzhuang did not answer this question casually, but after thinking carefully, he said: "Because the Jibei border is an important defensive place, in the absence of war, the general garrison should be around 100,000.
The enemy's defenders also have about this many people."
An Xin saw that after Chai Hongzhuang finished answering, he frowned, as if he had something unfinished.
She didn't rush to ask, but took a few pieces of firewood from the side and threw them into the fire, then just waited quietly for him to think it through before speaking.
At this time, Yuchi Yi on the side glanced at Chai Hongzhuang with an obscure look, then turned to An Xin and said, "I'm afraid what Captain Chai wants to say is that someone at the Jibei border receives military pay for 100,000 soldiers from the imperial court every year.
But the actual number of troops stationed here is less than 80,000."
"Ah!" Chai Hongzhuang was surprised: "How did you... Little General know?!"
Yuchi Yi remained silent and did not answer the question.
He just felt that the people here treated him and Gao Taizhen as the stupid sons of the landlord who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.
We thought that when they came here we would provide them with delicious food and drinks, and then when the time was up, we would send them away respectfully.
If they had not been students of a treacherous and violent teacher like An Xin, they would not have been taught by her who told them all kinds of military strategies as stories and forbad them to tell them about others.
The person in front of them had already taught them the principle of knowing both yourself and your enemy, and thus being able to fight a hundred battles without defeat.
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He and Gao Tai came to the border, seemingly doing nothing, but in fact they had already secretly sent people to find out most of the situation here.
If he and Gao Tai were really so incompetent and stupid, the person opposite would probably expel them from the sect.
"Ha! Eating empty salaries." An Xin looked at the fire that was burning more and more vigorously and laughed sarcastically: "This is a group of people pretending to be deaf and dumb and watching that old guy Ma Boteng jump into the fire pit."
Chai Hongzhuang looked back and forth at An Xin and Yuchi Yi in surprise, wondering how a boy who had just arrived knew all these things in the army.
And what did the Lord of the Imperial Court mean by what she said?
An Xin had no intention of explaining for Chai Hongzhuang.
Could she say that the emperor did not want to send capable and prestigious generals like Yuchi back to guard the border when there was no war?
That is why they turned a blind eye to what Ma Boteng, a man of mediocre ability, self-righteousness, and stupidity, did at the border.
Ma Boteng thought he could embezzle military pay without anyone noticing.
However, little did they know that this matter was not only known to General Yuchi, who had his confidants at the border.
I'm afraid that even the fox-like old Emperor Sheng'an has known this for a long time, but these cunning people have their own considerations, which is why they haven't come to deal with Ma Boteng, this self-righteous fool, until now.
An Xin rubbed his forehead and finally said, "I will take everyone back to the city tomorrow. We are tired after a day, so let's go back and rest."
"But what should we do if the people at the city gate are not allowed to enter?" Chai Hongzhuang asked with a frown.
An Xin raised the corner of his mouth, "Didn't you say that we arrested Ma Boteng's beloved illegitimate brother, his cheap brother-in-law..."
Then An Xin gave instructions to Chai Hongzhuang, Yuchi Yi, Gao Tai, Shen Qiang and Zhao Pengyuan, and everyone left to rest.
On the way back from An Xin's tent, Zhao Pengyuan asked Yuchi Yi with half-belief and half-doubt, "Young General, what did the chief priest say?
At that time, he will take one person to the city wall first, and then open the city gate to let us in. Is this realistic?"
Yuchi Yi narrowed his clear eyes, curled his lips and smiled wickedly, "Whether it is possible or not, you can open your dog eyes and see for yourself."
It’s okay to doubt his ability, but it’s not okay to doubt his wife.
(End of this chapter)