mesbooks Chapter 970: Returning To Beijing
Chapter 970: Returning To Beijing
Today's Zhenxi Army is not as good as before.
The main forces were scattered everywhere, and all the elite were dispatched.
It can be said that since King Ming's rebellion, the elite and main force of the Zhenxi Army were no longer in the west.
Without the main force of the Zhenxi Army, King Ming would not have been defeated so quickly.
But even so, Long Wu never complained to the imperial court about the lack of soldiers and poor armor.
He has been training the soldiers in his hands with all his heart and guarding the western border of Zhao State.
Now the Zhenxi Army has regained the scale of elite soldiers.
Long Wu can be said to be an absolute handsome talent. He manages the people's livelihood in the border states in an orderly manner. Even a recruit can form a strong fighting force in his hands as long as he is given a little time. Even if the number of troops is seriously insufficient, Long Wu can also Use these limited forces to make the most of it.
He forcibly created the miracle of winning more with less, several times.
Except for the last time because the Zhenxi Army was so empty and lost the land of two states, other times they won more and lost less.
It's a pity that Zhao Huang is stupid, he listens to slander, and even a good victory can be reduced to land cession and compensation.
It can be said that without Longwu guarding the western border, Zhao's capital might have fallen long ago.
Due to the influence of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Zhao would instinctively be afraid of generals who could not be controlled.
And the emperor of Zhao State is not as good as one generation after another.
Zhao Huang of this generation is even worse, he is afraid of generals who are stronger than him...
It can be said that it is not that the state of Zhao has no good generals, and the number of good generals in the state of Zhao is actually no worse than that of Chu and Zhou.
But either they will not be reused or they will be dismissed and investigated after reuse.
Even civil servants and even eunuchs who have never fought at all will be sent to the frontier to compete with the general for the right to rule, forcibly killing good generals.
These are all things done by the current Emperor Zhao.
King Xian and Emperor Zhou feel distressed every time they hear such news!
Especially for rulers like the virtuous king who are thirsty for talents.
These are the generals and handsome talents of their Central Plains!
How does Zhao Guo deserve to have such a general?
Now, due to Zhao Guo's constant killing and micro-manipulation, he finally forcibly disabled Zhao Guo's general system.
At present, there is only one seedling of General Long left.
The imperial decree from Zhao's court soon reached Zhenxi Army.
This is a seemingly ordinary imperial decree to transfer Longwu back to Beijing to report on his duties.
Xin Honggao, the lieutenant beside Longwu, said, "General, why is your majesty transferring the general back at this time before it's time to report on his duties? Since Shezhao's retreat, your majesty has never stopped transferring the elite and main force of the Zhenxi Army to Zhao. Filling up in the army from all over the country, and now that the transfer has just been completed, 80% of the Zhenxi Army's quota is vacant, and the general will return to Beijing to report on his duties before they can be replenished in the future? The general can't figure it out!"
I really can't figure it out.
In the past two years, His Majesty has been mobilizing troops back and forth under various pretexts, either to prevent rebellion or to enrich the imperial army.
Now that the Zhenxi Army has almost become an empty shell and most of them are still recruits, at this time the chief will return to Beijing to report on his duties?
Because the Zhenxi Army has been controlled by His Majesty in the capital for the past two years, General Long is only training troops on weekdays.
Is there anything to report on?
Thank you Your Majesty for continuously mobilizing troops in the past two years?
It's not logical at all!
Long Wu looked at Xin Honggao and said: "You can be regarded as watching Binger grow up, take care of Binger for me during my absence."
Xin Honggao asked: "The general won't return to Beijing with Bing'er this time?"
Long Wu shook his head and said, "Don't let this girl go back."
Xin Honggao had no choice but to accept the order.
Long Wu looked at Xin Honggao and said: "If there is any accident in the Zhenxi Army, you can have someone escort Bing'er to Chang'an."
Xin Honggao was puzzled when he heard General Long's words: "General, do you mean that Shezhao may take advantage of the emptiness inside the Zhenxi Army to counterattack during your absence?"
Long Martial Dao: "You can also think so. Although this girl has always wanted to make a career on her own and didn't want to grow up under the wing of the general, the general still only has such a daughter after all. Commander, I would have been able to fight bloody battles, but as a father, I still have some selfishness in it."
Xin Honggao said: "The general will remember."
After instructing Xin Honggao, Long Wu came to Long Binger's tent again and chatted with Long Binger.
When Long Binger learned that her father was going to the capital, she still wanted to go back with her father to see her mother. Now that the Chinese New Year is almost here, maybe they can still spend a good year with her mother.
It has been a long time since the family has spent a full New Year together.
But Long Wu rejected Long Bing'er's request, saying that the Long family always wanted to leave one of them at the border to deter the Shezhao, only in this way these Xiao Xiaoxiao dare not act rashly.
When Long Bing'er asked when the family could celebrate the New Year together, Long Wu's answer was, next time for sure.
...
The news that Long Wu was going back to Beijing to report on his duties not only spread to the Zhenxi Army, but was also intercepted by Chu State's intelligence network, but what was intercepted was not only the information on his duties, but also other information.
The production process of this set of imperial edicts, whoever drafted it and who passed through the hands, were all found out by the state of Chu.
Chang'an City, Hanwang Mansion
There is a charcoal fire in the quiet room.
King Xian and King Ming, who were still playing backgammon, stopped at this moment, holding a piece of paper in each hand.
The content recorded on the two sheets of paper is roughly the same.
King Xian and King Ming said in unison after putting down the information: "Long Wu must not be allowed to go back!"
King Ming said: "My people are already on the move, they will stop him halfway and tell him the truth."
King Xian just stood up and walked outside.
King Ming looked at King Xian and asked, "I've already sent someone to stop me, what are you going to do?"
The virtuous king said: "What are you stopping? This king sent spy shadows to snatch people directly! You are the dog emperor of Zhao!"
King Ming: "..."
Xu Qing had just returned from shopping with the three little ones when he ran into a virtuous king who rushed out of the mansion angrily. He had never seen such a virtuous king, as if someone had robbed his wife.
Xu Qing looked at King Ming who came out of the quiet room and asked, "What happened?"
King Ming handed Xu Qing a piece of paper and said, "Look for yourself."
After reading the contents of the paper, Xu Qing cursed: "The dog emperor of Zhao!"
King Ming: "..."
...
Zhao Guo Xijiang
After meticulously arranging all the affairs of the Zhenxi Army, Long Wu started to return to the capital, with only twenty personal guards with him, and nothing else.
Even in winter, the southwestern border of Zhao State, where there is very little snow, is snowing all over the sky at this time, and the road is extremely slippery and difficult to walk.
It seemed that the heavens did not want General Long to return to the capital.