Chapter 190: Recruiting Soldiers and Craftsmen (2)
Chen Shan glared at Wen Yitao angrily and scolded in his heart: "You old thing, dare to ruin the good deeds of my lord, see that Lao Tzu will not kill you." ”
"This lord, the last general is a rough man, and I don't quite understand what the lord just said, what is meant by 'the vassal king recruits troops outside the territory under his jurisdiction'." Chen Shan glared at Wen Yitao angrily and said: "It is true that the lord of my family is a vassal king, but he is also a courtier of His Majesty, a son of Daqi, and Yongdi is also the land of Daqi;
According to what this lord just said, it seems that Yongdi was given to my lord by His Majesty, and it has nothing to do with His Majesty and the Great Qi Imperial Court, isn't this a blatant split!
My advice, my lord, is that you have time to go to the battlefield and look at the soldiers who are fighting for the country, who are throwing their heads and spilling their blood on the battlefield in exchange for the suspicion of you, a disloyal and unrighteous person, it is really shameless. ”
"You, you, you ......" Wen Yitao was speechless by Chen Shan's anger.
"Alright, you two don't quarrel." The emperor said in black: "Chen Shan, you are a young frontier general, you dare to speak out above the court, and you don't take me as the emperor in your eyes." ”
"Your Majesty forgives the sins, although the last general's words are rude, but what he says is the truth." Chen Shan knelt down and said.
"You're still hard-mouthed." The emperor angrily slapped the imperial case and said: "I remember the pillar of your country, and I will spare you from death, but the crime of life cannot be escaped, and I will fight forty court battles." ”
The emperor gave an order, and two gold-armored warriors who were on duty outside the palace walked into the hall, put Chen Shan out, and took off the iron armor on his body by dividing it by two. If the eunuch of the supervision has his feet apart to form a figure-eight, it means that he rises and falls, and he has to pass and pass; But if the eunuch's feet are together, it means that he will be beaten to death, and it is better to be killed with a stick.
"Smack, smack, slap......"
After being beaten with two sticks, Chen Shan found that his buttocks were not particularly painful; I only heard a soft voice floating into Chen Shan's ears and said, "Hurry up and call!" Otherwise, it's time to goof in a moment. ”
"Ahh Oops...... "Chen Shan let out a scream one after another.
After the execution of the forty court battles, Chen Shan was carried to the main hall.
"I have just negotiated with Zhongqing to authorize King Yong to recruit troops in Guanzhong, Gyeonggi and other places, but the food and ordnance required for the recruited soldiers and horses will be borne by Yongdi."
"No problem, just let the recruits do." Chen Shan said with a big breath.
"What a big breath!"
"King Yong is really rich!"
"I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!"
All the ministers in the court unfolded countless thoughts.
"Your Majesty, there is another one, the lord of my family said that he wrote it to you in the middle of the recital?" Chen Shan asked tentatively.
"The craftsman's business, I am also approved." The emperor approved: "I will ask the Ministry of Industry to prepare a thousand craftsmen of all kinds and send them to Yongcheng." ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Shengming......"
"Scattered Dynasty ......" Hai Zhong shouted loudly after the emperor got up and left the dragon chair.
The whole court seems to be a bit of a child's play, but it contains a lot of political significance; First of all, the emperor took the opportunity of the great earthquake and victory in the court to refute the rumors in the market; Secondly, allowing King Yongwang to recruit troops and send additional craftsmen is actually telling the courtiers that the emperor should vigorously support King Yongwang Guo Qi, and those who are usually not long-sighted should not come to touch the mold.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, the emperor summoned Chen Shan again in the imperial study.
"Tell me the truth! How many people are there in the Yongjun? What is the result? The emperor asked as he stared at Chen Shan with straight eyes.
"Your Majesty, what the last general said is true." Chen Shan said very apprehensively.
"Chen Shan, his hometown Chen Jiashan, used to be the leader of the Green Forest League......"
Hearing the emperor tell his words word by word, Chen Shan was completely stunned, Chen Shan never thought that his details would be checked by the emperor.
"Chen Qing, still refuse to tell the truth?" The emperor said with a straight face: "If I have to say it myself, then you will be guilty of deceiving the king, and you will punish the nine clans." ”
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, and the last general will know everything and say everything." Chen Shan was so frightened that he knelt down and said; "The Yongjun does seem to have five armies, namely the White Tiger Army, the Blue Dragon Army, the Vermilion Bird Army, the Xuanwu Army, and the Hussar Army;
The four armies of Qinglong, Baihu, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu were infantry troops, with 12,500 men in each army, and a total of 50,000 people in the four armies; The hussars, on the other hand, had five cavalry guards, each of which also had 6,000 men, for a total of 30,000 cavalry......"
Under the coercion of the emperor, Chen Shan knelt on the ground and honestly told the true situation of the Yongjun army and the truth of the battle of the Great Earthquake Pass.
"Okay, with a one-to-ten battle loss, Hu Qiong's battle is really a long face for Daqi!" The Emperor said with a smile.
After Chen Shan, who was kneeling on the ground, finished speaking, he thought to himself: "It's a bad plan, and I was cheated out by the emperor." ”
"Chen Qing, in this way, the losses of the Yongjun army are actually not big, so why do you have to recruit troops in Guanzhong and Gyeonggi and other places?" The Emperor then asked.
"Your Majesty, although the losses of the Yongjun army in this battle are not large, on the whole, there are still very big loopholes in the entire Longdi Mountain defense line;
According to the arrangement of the lord, an army was stationed in each of the four passes of Longdi Mountain, and the troops were too scattered, and it was easy to be broken by the Xirong army......
"How many troops is Qi'er going to recruit?"
"Fifty thousand."
"Does Yongdi have so much food to supply these 50,000 troops?"
"I don't know."
……
This time, the emperor in Chen Shan's mouth, the real situation of the Yongjun was all out, and after listening to Chen Shan's words, the emperor was both relieved and worried.
It is gratifying that Guo Qi, the king of Yong, has raised an army of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in such a short period of time, and the combat power is strong; What worries me is that now that King Yongwang Guo Qi has heavy troops, it will be difficult to control the big court in the future.
"Your Majesty, the western frontier is guarded by this strong army under the command of King Yong, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for Xirong to get any bargains from now on, why is Your Majesty still a little sullen?" Haizhong, who was standing on the side, asked again and again while serving the emperor.
"I'm worried that after a hundred years, Qi'er will go to the opposite side of the imperial court!" The emperor sighed with emotion: "The relationship between Zhan'er and Qi'er is not very good now!" ”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, you have forgotten that His Royal Highness King Yong is a general! After the war in Western Xinjiang is over, His Majesty can summon His Royal Highness King Yong back to Beijing and let His Royal Highness stay in Luodu for a few more days. ”
"It makes sense, as soon as the war in the western Xinjiang is over, I will summon King Yong back to Beijing."
On the other side, Chen Shan returned to the post station and rested for one night, immediately went out of the city, gathered all the people he had brought with him, and began to discuss the recruitment of troops.
Naturally, it is impossible for Chen Shan and others to recruit troops in Luodu City, so Chen Shan can only say that the location of the recruitment is in the surrounding area of Luodu, and the recruitment conditions of the Yongjun are very favorable, and the people who sign up to join the army are Wuyang and Wuyang, but there are very few people who are really qualified, and Chen Shan and others recruited 20,000 people in five or six days.