280. Chapter 278
After demarcating the theater of operations for which they are responsible, the major army corps will return to their respective stations for defensive deployment, and so on.
Haoyue City organized a team to return to Haotian Capital, headed by Du Long, and there were Du Zhentian, Prairie King, Kang Tuo, Luo Hao, Qin Hanfan and other legion generals!
In the three war zones, each of the main generals was left to be responsible for daily affairs, and the rest returned to the capital with Du Long to accept the face-to-face audience and commendation of His Majesty the Emperor!
In the team returning to the capital, there was also Gais, the commander of the slave army, who returned to the Haotian Empire with Du Long this time to reorganize his army of 400,000 slaves into a new legion.
Under the escort of tens of thousands of elite soldiers, this team from the direction of Yulin Pass, all the way north to Haotian Capital, along the way, Haotian people welcomed the road, the scene is naturally lively......
Blue Moon Empire, above the palace hall!
"You rebel! I objected to letting you control an army of one million at the beginning, but you repeatedly promised that you would defeat the army led by Du Long and return to victory! As a result, you actually threw down the army of one million and fled from the battle! It is really hateful!" The emperor angrily reprimanded the figure kneeling down and trembling slightly in front of the civil and military officials.
"Father...... Originally, according to Erchen's plan, Grandpa Grandpa came forward to kill Du Fengzhong and other spiritual level masters, shake the military heart of the Haotian Coalition Army, and then break it in one fell swoop! This plan was also approved by Grandpa?!
As a result, Grandpa and several of their spirit level masters failed, and the hearts of the army were shaken, but it became our side, coupled with the betrayal of the slave army, it would be strange not to defeat the battle!" The second prince kneeling below had a slightly trembling voice, and loudly retorted to himself.
"Hmph!" On the dragon throne, the emperor snorted angrily, obviously agreeing with the sophistry of the second prince, and what he said was not unreasonable.
"Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the Second Prince said is very true, and he is no wonder in this battle, all kinds of plans are perfect, no one expected that Du Long actually had two fifth-order strength demon beasts, and even the old man Park Sang-ho was killed!"
"That's right, all of this, that Du Long is too insidious, no wonder His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"
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Above the court, those officials who originally supported the second prince opened their mouths to defend him, saying that since they chose the camp of the second prince, from now on, they will be grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they can only help each other in the same boat!
"Your Majesty! Although what the second prince said was reasonable, he abandoned the million-strong army and fled, causing hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to be leaderless, and only then was he easily defeated by the Haotian Coalition Army! This crime must not be forgiven, otherwise, other generals will have an excuse to escape in the future, and I am afraid that it will be ...... at that time."
"That's right! If it weren't for the main general to escape, then even if the Haotian Coalition Army is more than us, if you want to defeat us, you will have to pay a heavy price, and we don't have to face the Haotian Coalition Army that has grown like a snowball now!"
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The camp of the eldest prince, who has been favored by the second prince and kept a relatively low profile, finally began to take the opportunity to counterattack, such a good opportunity, if you don't overthrow it, wouldn't it be a waste?!
On the dragon throne, the emperor looked at the ministers below with a gloomy face, and finally spoke: "The battle of the Hexi Corridor! There is no problem with the plan set by the second prince, and in the end it fell into an unfavorable situation because the plan was broken, and it is also possible to escape from the battle! Therefore, I decided to take it lightly as appropriate, remove the second prince from the post of commander of the Northeast Army, and fine me for three years, within half a year, let me think about the past behind closed doors!"
Airplanes......
For such a light punishment of the emperor, the ministers below discussed it for a while, and it felt very incredible, such a light punishment, if the public will follow suit in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable!
The second prince kneeling below hurriedly kowtowed loudly to admit the guilt, for the emperor's decision, he has recently tried his best, including letting his queen mother have been pestering endlessly, annoying the emperor so much.
The reason why he, the second prince, can be so favored is also one of the main reasons for his noble birth, and the eldest prince's background is a little low, and his biological mother is just a civilian woman from the people in the harem.
"The general of the defeated army, Zheng Kaiyuan and Zheng Kaitai brothers are here to meet!" After solving the matter of the second prince, the emperor finally began to solve the problem of the Zheng brothers.
The Zheng brothers fled back to the capital of the Blue Moon Empire in disarray, and only a few thousand of their 400,000 soldiers returned, and in the emperor's opinion, they were many times more defeated than their own sons.
After the Zheng brothers entered the palace and bowed, they never heard the emperor let them flat, so they knelt down and waited for the emperor's will.
"Zheng Kaiyuan, Zheng Kaitai, as the commanders of the two major legions, you were actually shaken by a young man who had not dried up in public, and finally threw down hundreds of thousands of soldiers, broke through and escaped from Haoyue City alone, and finally swam across the Hans River naked in embarrassment, which really lost the face of our Blue Moon Empire soldiers!" On the dragon throne, the emperor looked gloomily at the Zheng family brothers kneeling under His Royal Highness.
"The general of the defeated army is willing to be punished by the emperor!" His Royal Highness, Zheng Kaiyuan straightened up and pleaded loudly.
"Hmph!" On the dragon throne, the emperor snorted angrily: "The Zheng family brothers, as the commanders of the two major legions, escaped from the battle and threw hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Haoyue City, their crimes are extremely serious, remove Zheng Kaiyuan and Zheng Kaitai from all military positions, and send them to Dali Temple for investigation!"
Airplanes......
The ministers below broke out again into a buzzing discussion, and the Zheng family brothers were trapped in Haoyue City, preferring to die rather than surrender, and finally Du Long shook the army's heart with a secret that everyone in the world knew, so they had to lead the crowd to break through.
As a result, when he came to the emperor, he escaped from the battle, and the crime was extremely serious?!
On the contrary, it was his own son who led an army of millions to confront Du Long, and it was just a matter of not winning the battle, but it was really an escape, but it became excusable? !
But everyone understands that the emperor has been holding his stomach for a while, and he is worried that there is no place to vent! Coincidentally, the Zheng family brothers sent it to the door, and they happened to use it for surgery!
For a while, above the court of the Blue Moon Empire, a small number of relatively upright officials seemed to faintly see that the empire was falling rapidly, and those corrupt officials were too lazy to care about the rise and fall of the empire!
After dealing with the problems of the second prince and the Zheng brothers, the emperor began to discuss with his ministers how to deal with the problems of the Haotian Empire next, and soon, one after another orders began to be issued!
The Blue Moon Empire began to send many envoys to visit the southeastern and southwestern countries, expressing their willingness to continue long-term friendship with these countries, hoping to consolidate their friendship with these countries, and so on.
Such a funny show, for several small countries adjacent to the south of the Blue Moon Empire, although it is funny in their hearts, they can't offend others to death.
After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and people can stone themselves to death if they pluck a single hair down, so they can only be vain!
At the same time as the envoy group visited the southern countries, the Blue Moon Empire began to dispatch troops, from the southeast and southwest theaters of war each to transfer 600,000 troops to the north, plus 600,000 in the central theater, and a large number of slave troops recruited into the army, a total of 2 million troops, began to move closer to the northern Hans River valley.
When he received this news, Du Long had just arrived in Haotian Capital, and he only smiled at this: "Let them toss! Among their so-called two million army, there are nearly one million slave legions, if they dare to cross the river to the north and go north, they are just here to send us a corps!"
As he expected, after the so-called two million troops of the Blue Moon Empire went north, they did not dare to cross the river, but divided into three war zones and stationed on the south bank of the Hans River, obviously just to prevent the army of the Haotian Empire from continuing to cross the river to the south.
In the capital of the Haotian Empire, the emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials personally went out to welcome the soldiers who returned in triumph!
The monarch and the ministers saluted, Du Long and the generals knelt down on one knee during the march to salute, and after being polite, he began to introduce several generals around the emperor: the king of the grassland, Kang Tuo, Gaisi and other major generals.
The emperor also magnanimously greeted these generals who had heard of his name and had not seen his appearance one by one!
The emperor didn't dare to snub these generals, he had to do his best to win over these talents, so he was extremely enthusiastic about them, the king of the steppe felt very normal, and Kang Tuo and Gais, the generals who were originally slaves, were a little flattered!
After the emperor and hundreds of officials warmly greeted them, and left tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp outside the capital for other entertainment, Du Long, these senior generals, followed the emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials, and entered the city together and came to the palace hall!
Naturally, the emperor rewarded many meritorious generals in front of the civil and military officials, and others can not mention it, and here we should focus on the changes in the positions of several people.
First of all, Du Long and his father Du Zhentian have been promoted from the second rank to the first rank, and the apparent general position remains the same, but Yu Lu has changed, and a bunch of false names and titles have been sealed!
The Du family is a double expensive, which makes hundreds of officials in the hall look sideways!
After the Du family's father and son, the king of the grassland has also been given many false names and titles, and there are some monetary rewards, and he has no opinion on this, after all, he is the king of the Federation, it is impossible to have a grade or something, right?
In the end, with his outstanding performance in this war, Kangtuo finally straightened his position as the chief general of the Guide Legion and became the official second-grade general of the Haotian Empire - General Guide!
And because of the slow surrender of Gais, he failed to catch up with the achievements of this war, so the army of 400,000 slaves under his command could only be reorganized, according to the emperor's wishes, this new army will be the first deputy general of Gais!
The New Slave Legion was renamed the Second Regiment of Guide, and the garrison was also assigned to Guide City in the Qingyun Grassland, and the Second Regiment of Guide also became a reserve legion!
The Haotian Empire has always had a reserve corps, and Gais's new Second Legion of Guide has just become the reserve army of the First Legion of Kangtuo's Guide!
After the big reward, it's time to put on a celebration feast!
In the palace, on the square specially used for feasting the ministers, a banquet was held again today to welcome these triumphant generals!
For a time, as the most dazzling star of this battle, Du Long became the target of toasting among hundreds of officials and even emperors and queens, and his scenery was unparalleled for a while!
Just when Du Long was drunk and dizzy, the queen loudly announced one thing in front of all the ministers, that is, at the end of the year, Du Long's concubine Ma Ye and Princess Huofeng would be married!
When he heard the news, Du Long was so drunk that he woke up a little on the spot!