Chapter 159 The Yuanyang Army's victory has returned to Beijing
"Thirty-seven...thirty-eight...forty..."
"Count again, count again... one, two... forty..."
"God!!!"
Tears welled up in the captain's eyes.
His grin was enormous.
Tears flowed from the corners of my eyes into my mouth.
He couldn't taste saltiness.
I don’t know whether I am crying or laughing.
"forty……"
"That's forty..."
“Not a single one is missing…”
Everyone's eyes were extremely confused.
They couldn't believe it.
All this in front of me.
Did you make it yourself?
this……
"Go down the mountain!! Return to the city!!"
The captain's voice was extremely hoarse.
He raised the long sword in his hand, and his voice was extremely firm:
"The Mandarin Duck Formation is invincible!"
…
"What??"
In the military tent.
Ji Qing's pupils were somewhat dilated.
As he listened to the numbers reported by the newly trained Mandarin Duck Army in front of him, he felt that the world was a little unreal.
"A total of eleven new troops."
"The total number of troops in this exercise is 426."
"Four hundred and seventy enemies were annihilated."
"Sixteen of our soldiers were killed and forty-seven were wounded."
Just a few simple reports.
This made Ji Qing, the commander-in-chief of the three armies who had fought several major battles with the demon clan, confused.
"Twenty teams of the Mandarin Duck Army... have only been training for two months..."
Ji Qing felt that his brain was not enough.
"How can it really be so powerful on a treacherous mountain road?!"
He whispered softly.
At that time.
A breeze blew by.
The next moment, a familiar figure appeared in the tent.
Dean Shi of Qilin Academy.
He still has white hair and a youthful face, and his expression is calm.
"I heard the results of the military exercise are out?"
There was no emotion in his voice.
Ji Qing looked up in a daze and nodded:
"It's out."
"How's the battle report?"
"You...see for yourself."
…
The tent fell into silence for a long time.
finally.
“Pah.”
A soft sound.
Then came Dean Shi's voice:
"Quick! Report this victory to His Majesty!"
"Duke Tian Ji of Wei! He will be famous all over the world!!!"
…
Imperial Palace.
In the imperial study.
When Emperor Jianhong's gaze fell on the people in front of him.
His eyes were a little gloomy.
At this time, Emperor Jianhong was sitting in the center of the imperial study.
He sat in the chair without saying a word.
There were five figures standing in front of him.
Li Zhen, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Duke Tian Ji of Wei.
Zeng Shilin, the Minister of War and Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace.
Minister of Revenue Lou Yingqi.
There was another figure who was extremely respectful and stood behind the others, not conspicuous.
It was the eunuch Si Zhongxiao who was in charge of writing.
At this time, the atmosphere in the imperial study was extremely quiet.
No one spoke.
"Tell me, what are your concerns?"
Emperor Jianhong took a deep breath, then sat on his chair and coldly stared at the ministers present.
"When we fought Bixuan, we had concerns, and Ji Qing also led his army to fight!"
"Later, the demon tribe in the northern border rioted, and you still had concerns! I also sent Ji Qing and Dean Shi to suppress it."
"And then there were floods and droughts, and you still had concerns! The Ministry of Revenue allocated every penny of the money to the victims!"
"You're still worried about attacking a tiny country now!!"
After saying that, Emperor Jianhong slammed his hand on the table.
There was a loud "bang" sound.
"What? My Great Holy Dynasty is now in tatters and beyond repair?!!"
At this point, Emperor Jianhong's voice had already brought the atmosphere in the entire venue to freezing point.
"Pfft~"
Si Zhongxiao knelt down directly.
Hearing him kneel, several people in the field knelt down without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Li Zhen knelt on the ground, his voice indifferent.
"Calm down?!!"
Emperor Jianhong looked at him coldly.
His face was as sharp as ice:
“Huang Yuangao!!”
"Mr. Huang!!"
"You have worked diligently and conscientiously for our Great Saint Dynasty for decades!!"
"He was murdered by a villain and assassinated by the demon clan!!"
"The dragon exploration map on Fengqi Road is lost!!"
"How can you calm me down?!"
"How can you calm the anger of the people of the world? How can you calm the anger of the people of the world?!"
…
Li Zhen didn't say anything.
Lou Yingqi, kneeling on the ground, sighed deeply.
Duke Tian Ji of Wei gritted his teeth and slowly raised his head and said:
"Your Majesty, I am fully aware of your anger and am deeply distressed."
"The blame for Mr. Huang's death lies with us, your subjects, and has nothing to do with Your Majesty."
"We are eager to avenge Mr. Huang!"
Having said that, Tian Ji smiled wryly and continued:
"However, the focus of this battle is not on King Nan of Jiang State."
"It's the demon tribe. If we want to take over the Southern King's fiefdom, we must send troops to blockade the demon tribe in the southern demon mountain."
"If Xiangliu gets the news while our army is attacking the city, he will send the demon army south to take advantage of the situation and attack us. Our army will be caught in a difficult situation where we are attacked from both sides..."
"snort!"
Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes and looked at Duke Tian Ji of Weiguo:
"Then block it!"
Tian Ji smiled bitterly. He extended his hand to Emperor Jianhong and saluted, "Your Majesty, please allow me to stand and speak."
Then Dad, Lou Yingqi, and Li Zhen all looked up.
He looked at Emperor Jianhong innocently.
Only Si Zhongxiao was still kneeling on the ground with his butt raised high.
"Get up!"
Emperor Jianhong waved his hand impatiently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After a few people stood up.
Tian Ji took a deep breath and walked towards the largest map in the imperial study.
He pointed to the southern border on the map and circled a very clear area:
"Your Majesty, the Jiang Kingdom's Southern King's fiefdom is located to the north of a forested mountain called Baideng Mountain. This mountain is extremely steep and dangerous."
"But at the foot of the mountain is a vast plain."
"If we want to station troops on this plain to intercept the monster, I'm afraid we'll need at least... 300,000 soldiers to barely occupy this plain."
"What? Three hundred thousand?" Lou Yingqi was shocked when he heard this.
He looked at Tian Ji in disbelief: "Duke, are you crazy? The national treasury is tight now, and you still want 300,000 soldiers? No! We can't afford it! It's impossible to afford it!!"
"Even considering the fatigue of the journey and the fact that each county manages its own food supply, the cost of rations and fodder for 300,000 troops is enormous... my Great Saint's treasury definitely can't afford it."
Lou Yingqi simply shook his head and waved his hands. He was not afraid of boiling water and saluted Emperor Jianhong.
"Your Majesty, if you really want to mobilize 300,000 troops to the southern border just to attack the fiefdom of the King of Jiang Nan, you might as well take my head first."
"Otherwise, the Duke of Wei will never be able to take a single penny from the treasury."
…
Emperor Jianhong's brows became gloomy again.
He was not gloomy because of Lou Yingqi's words.
But it was the 300,000 troops that Tian Ji mentioned.
Indeed, the fatigue of three hundred thousand soldiers...
Duke Tianji of Weiguo sighed helplessly when he heard Lou Yingqi's words. He then looked up at Emperor Jianhong, his voice solemn.
"I have a second strategy."
"Speak." Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes.
"In addition to stationing troops on the plains below the mountain, if we want to stop the demon army from invading, then we can set up the battlefield on the mountain path of Baideng Mountain."
Having said that, Tian Ji took a deep breath and said:
"The Baideng Mountain Road is extremely steep and narrow. It is the only way for the demon tribe to move south. It was also the key route that the coalition forces of the two countries of Shengjiang and Shenjiang used to encircle Bixuan seven years ago."
"If we can deploy our troops this way, we only need 10,000 guards..."
"It's just..." Tian Ji's expression turned ugly when he said this:
"These 10,000 Weilin troops need to hold out for half a month and prevent the demon tribe from coming out to interfere with our main force."
"Within half a month, I am confident that I can conquer the fiefdom of the King of Jiangnan."
As soon as these words were spoken.
No one spoke again.
Half a month.
The battle between the Great Saint Dynasty army and the demon clan.
The battlefield is still in the mountains.
You can imagine.
After half a month, how many of the 10,000 troops are left?
Even total annihilation is not impossible.
And the Wei Lin Army.
It is considered the strongest army in the entire Great Holy Dynasty!
They are well-equipped and fearless of death.
"Ten thousand guards..."
Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers slowly between his sleeves.
His idea is simple.
Now that things have come to this, all the Great Saint Dynasty can do is try its best to recover the losses.
It is currently known that the Great Sage Dynasty has lost Huang Yuangao's life.
Martial arts map of Fengqi Road.
There is also a high probability of losing 10,000 Wei Lin troops in the future, which is a huge loss to the national treasury.
and the losses incurred during the siege.
What can be recovered from all these losses is:
The emperor's face.
The dignity of the Great Holy Dynasty.
There are also two cities that can block the throat of the demon clan's Wan Yao Mountain.
Emperor Jianhong was thinking silently.
“No way!”
Dad stood up at this time.
He looked at Tian Ji righteously, his eyes gloomy and he said:
"Duke Weiguo, the Wei Lin Army is the ace army of our Great Saint Dynasty, passed down from our ancestors during their campaigns. Do you know the cost of training 10,000 Wei Lin Army soldiers to be ready for battle?"
"The cost of daily training and medicinal baths alone is not much less than 300,000 military horses."
"Will such a Wei Lin Army be abandoned?"
Dad's eyes flashed with brilliance: "My Ministry of War will be the first to disagree!"
"Your Majesty, if you wish to send these 10,000 Guards to the border, that's fine."
"Hmm?" Emperor Jianhong looked at his father indifferently.
"Behead me first."
There was no trace of fear on Dad's face.
…
This just doesn't make sense.
Emperor Jianhong's eyes darkened.
Just when he was about to lose his temper again.
A young eunuch came running in from outside, panting.
"Your Majesty, there is an important report coming to the northern border."
This sound.
It attracted the attention of all the ministers in the small court meeting.
Ji Qing...
The eunuch Si Zhongxiao remained silent, squinting his eyes and looking at the eunuch.
Li Zhen, his father, Duke Weiguo, and Lou Yingqi all looked puzzled.
"I will take it from you."
Emperor Jianhong suppressed his anger and looked at the eunuch calmly.
"yes."
…
Emperor Jianhong tore off the sealing wax on the letter in his hand.
After opening the letter, read it word by word.
After reading it, Emperor Jianhong's body was shocked.
Then he suddenly looked up and looked towards Tian Ji.
There was an unconcealable joy in his eyes.
Duke Tian Ji of Wei saw this look.
A possibility emerged in my mind.
His eyes widened as he looked at Emperor Jianhong.
"Your Majesty... Could it be... the Yuanyang Army..."
"Ha ha ha ha!!!!"
Emperor Jianhong's hearty laughter instantly burst out of the imperial study.
He waved his hand and threw the letter in his hand to Tian Ji:
"Look for yourself!"
Tian Ji did not dare to delay and stepped forward to take the envelope.
When he saw [470 enemies killed. 16 of our soldiers killed and 47 wounded.]
After seeing this extremely exaggerated casualty ratio, there was a hint of shock in the pupils of their eyes.
"Gudong~"
A mouthful of saliva rolled down Tian Ji's throat and was swallowed by him.
“Hahahahahahaha!!!”
Then came Tian Ji's hearty laughter.
After laughing, he suddenly looked up at Emperor Jianhong:
"His Majesty!!"
There was even a tremor in the voice:
"No more, five thousand! Just give me five thousand!"
When he said this, he couldn't help but get excited and even paced back and forth and said:
"If we can train 5,000 of these soldiers, then we can attack the King of Jiang State and succeed!"
"Offense and defense change form!!"
"Offense and defense change form!!"
"Hahaha!! That kid really wasn't bragging!!"
"Your Majesty, this is a great achievement! A truly great achievement!"
This weathered Duke Tian Ji of Wei.
Finally, I lost my composure.
"What's going on? This is..."
Li Zhen frowned slightly, looking at His Majesty and the ecstatic Duke Weiguo in confusion.
Only Dad narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing the words "great achievements".
There was a flash of extremely sharp light.
"reward!!"
Emperor Jianhong looked at Tian Ji, who looked like a madman, and had no intention of blaming him for being disrespectful in front of the emperor.
Instead, he showed a puzzling smile and said something even more puzzling:
"Reward Zeng Anmin!!"
"With this military formation, reward them for their military merits!!"
"First, I will give you a hundred pounds of gold, ten beauties, a thousand pieces of cloth, and ten horse-drawn horses!"
"As for the reward..."
Emperor Jianhong touched his chin, pondered for a moment, then looked up at his father:
"What do you think the officials should be appointed to?"
The corners of Dad's mouth curled up slightly.
He was about to answer when he was interrupted by a voice.
"Your Majesty, could you please explain to the ministers what exactly happened?"
Li Zhen stood out expressionlessly, standing between his father and Emperor Jianhong.
…
Dad looked at Li Zhen's back with great displeasure.
However, he was not in a hurry to speak, but waited for Emperor Jianhong to explain to Li Zhen.
Emperor Jianhong laughed and said, "Haha, I specifically requested that this matter be kept secret, so it's normal that you don't know."
"This incident occurred during the last imperial examination. Zeng Anmin, the son of Minister Zeng, participated in the Illusion Array Imperial Examination..."
"I will pass this military formation map to the border and let Ji Qing train the troops..."
"Today, the fruits of the military formation have arrived."
"Our army has won a great victory!"
…
At this time, Tian Ji also handed over the results of the battle in his hand.
After reading it, Li Zhen narrowed his slightly cloudy eyes slightly.
In the corner that no one can see, there is a dangerous light flashing.
Finally, Li Zhen raised his head and looked at his father with a smile:
"Congratulations to Minister Zeng for having this unicorn child."
"I don't deserve such praise from the Lord."
Dad stroked his beard modestly:
"My son is naughty. It's just a coincidence of my casual graffiti. There's no need to praise him. There's no need to praise him..."
But his voice had clearly floated into the sky.
"hehe."
Li Zhen chuckled, then slowly turned his gaze to Emperor Jianhong's face:
"Your Majesty, I don't think there's any need to be so anxious about ennobling Zeng Anmin."
…
As soon as these words were spoken.
The entire imperial study fell silent.
The old man's hand that was stroking his beard stopped immediately.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Zhen's back.
(End of this chapter)
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