Chapter 0156 - Inch by Foot
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It has been half a year since the imperial capital handed down the decree, and the dead soldiers of Tianjian Mountain have not been completely exterminated.
Wu Bai begged the imperial capital for the rations belonging to General Youhu, and since the beginning of the year, he has submitted the table to the imperial capital seven times in a row.
The first six times were rejected by the imperial capital for such strange reasons as 'Tianjian Mountain has not been destroyed, and the general is still guilty'.
The last time he submitted the table, Wu Bai directly explained to the imperial capital that his subordinates were all composed of former neighbors, and they had lost nearly half of their battles last year, and the logistics and supplies could not keep up, so how could they talk about exterminating the dead soldiers in Tianjian Mountain!
His words are also reasonable, and no one knows the specific process of the shadow guard's destruction of the Tianjian Mountain stronghold in Xichuan County.
According to the normal situation, the extermination of 1,000 dead soldiers and the loss of 1,000 soldiers are considered a great victory. In a duel with a dead soldier who doesn't take his life seriously, the soldier is already on the disadvantageous side.
In this way, Wu Bai, who is the general of the young tiger, said that the losses of the soldiers under his command were close, but half of them were very close to reality.
At the end of February, the imperial capital finally decided not to withhold the normal ration of General Youhu, and Wu Bai didn't bother to bother with it now, and when he stepped into the imperial capital in the future, he would settle accounts with them one by one.
After the conscription permission was issued, it was stipulated that Wubai could only recruit soldiers in the three border cities. At the same time, it was also clarified that Wu Bai's command would be under the command of Weihuwei in the future, responsible for guarding the border of Lanling.
In principle, the number of troops led by a general fluctuates greatly between thousands and tens of thousands. But not more than fifty thousand.
The commander of the army with a scale of more than 50,000 can only be the titled general, the so-called titled general of the Dazhen Emperor, referring to the four towns of Si'an, Siping and Sizheng.
The imperial capital stipulates that the number of corporal under General Youhu shall not exceed 10,000, in other words, in the eyes of the imperial capital's ministers, General Youhu is just a miscellaneous general who cannot be put on the stage.
Even if the number of soldiers should not exceed 10,000, the regular supplies issued were actually rationed according to the number of four lieutenants and 8,000 soldiers.
In other words, the imperial capital nominally gave General Yu Youhu a scale of 10,000 soldiers, but in fact it was clear that he was only allowed to control 8,000 soldiers and horses.
As for Wu Bai, if he wants to gather 10,000 people, he can pay for the materials needed by the remaining 2,000 soldiers!
What's even more infuriating is that the imperial capital actually wants to send three seven-rank deputy generals to come, and they are called assisting General Youhu to guard the border of Lanling. But anyone can see that this is to plant nails next to Wu Bai.
Wu Bai can tolerate anything, but this point must not be tolerated, because he knows that as long as he loosens his mouth and accepts the three lieutenant generals this time, it will give people with ulterior motives the illusion that 'General Young Tiger is very talkative'.
They will have to encroach on their power step by step, and even at some point, they will not hesitate to calculate the power in their hands.
Therefore, Wu Bai would rather leave a bad image in the emperor's heart, and would never open a hole in this kind of power.
He directly crossed the official post of the Lanling County Shoufu and the military post of the Weihu Guard. Go to Huan's Mansion and ask Huan Zhiwu, the second master of the Huan family, to ask him to present his own music to Huan Zhiru in the form of a family letter.
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Imperial capital, Huan Mansion.
When Huan Zhiru received the piece presented by Wu Bai, he read it carefully. He scolded with a gloomy expression.
"Moth-eaten An dares to make such a mess and eat my bone marrow!"
From Huan Zhiru's scolding, it can be heard that he has no idea about this matter. Even Emperor Wen, who lived in the palace, did not dictate this.
He paced back and forth in the courtyard, and after thinking about it, he felt that it must be punished severely. General Young Tiger has thousands of elites under his command, and if he is forced to fall to Zhao by this group of moths who have not done enough to do more than anything, Lanling County will lose its barrier in an instant.
Once Lanling County is lost, the Weihuwei of Langya County will definitely become a lone army hanging outside Dazhen. At that time, the last portal of Dazhen will no longer exist, and Zhao Guotieqi will be able to sweep all the way into the hinterland of Dazhen, which will directly threaten the imperial capital.
Although Huan Zhiru knew what the young tiger general's temperament was, it was related to the safety of Dazhen, and he didn't dare to measure it with his own senses.
Moreover, when the people in the court wantonly suppressed his father Wulong, the tiger of Dazhen, if Wu Bai had no resentment in his heart, Huan Zhiru was the first to disbelieve it.
"Come on, go to the Taiwei Mansion to inform Lord Taiwei, just say that the old man has something important to meet the emperor, this matter is related to the military department, please go to the emperor's study room for a gathering!"
The staff took the order and left, Huan Zhiru went back to the room to tidy up his appearance, and went straight to the imperial city.
All the way unimpeded, the imperial city guards and many chamberlains saw Dazai hurriedly go straight to the study, and they couldn't help but secretly guess in their hearts what happened to make Dazai so anxious.
In front of the door of Shang Shufang, Huan Zhiru bowed his hand to the chief attendant.
"The tired chief reports to the emperor, and the old minister has something important to do!"
The head of the chamberlain hurriedly returned the salute, saying that he did not dare to be a gift to Lord Dazai. As the head of the chamberlain, he can naturally distinguish the priorities, and seeing that Huan Zhiru was in a hurry, he did not delay, directly pushed open the door gently, and entered the study room silently.
At this time, Emperor Wen had just dealt with the urgent report from Padang and was about to stretch his body when he saw the chief attendant come in.
"What?"
"Back to the king, Dazai-sama came to present, and looking at his hurried appearance, it seems that there is something important!"
Emperor Wen rubbed his temples, got up from the desk, and walked towards the door, obviously intending to greet Huan Zhiru.
Since ancient times, there have been many important ministers who can welcome kings, but there are very few who can enjoy this treatment almost every time! Huan Zhiru of the Dazhen Empire counts as one, and Wu Mu counts as one.
It can also be seen from this point that the current emperor is definitely a king who misses the old love. Huan Zhiru and Wu Mu put him on the throne, and he gave them supreme authority while giving them a lifetime of respect.
After Huan Zhiru was welcomed into the study room by Emperor Wen, he directly presented Wu Bai's recital to the king. Emperor Wen was curious, what kind of music could make Dazai ignore the rules of the court and present it directly to himself?
The three dukes of Dazhen, in addition to the auxiliary Dazai, the captain in charge of the army, and the Taifu who supervises the hundred officials and manages the chapter at the same time.
Huan Zhiru crossed the Taifu and directly presented the official chapter to the king, and there was no suspicion of exceeding the rules.
However, at their level, there are some things that cannot be constrained by the rules and regulations that govern the officials. Taifu Guo Huai is now recuperating from illness, and he does extraordinary things at extraordinary times.
After Emperor Wen finished reading Wu Bai's recital, he frowned directly. He didn't think about the content of the cantata at the moment, but looked beyond the cantata to see the hidden dangers in the depths.
He realized a problem, no matter how wise he was, he couldn't stand the moths under his hands from holding him back!