Chapter 394: Soldiers Report

The first day of May.

Just as he was about to have lunch, the door of Shen Hao's office was knocked hurriedly, and Wang Yiming walked in quickly with a rubbing document.

"My lord, the latest news from the south is here!"

"Huh? Bring it."

Shen Hao reached out to take the document handed over by Wang Yiming, and after reading it quickly, his brows were furrowed.

This is actually a brief bulletin, signed by the Yamen of the Southern Military Daoist, which is the frontier military organization under the command of the military chief Zuo Yuliang. It has Zuo Yuliang's signature on it, and it was reported to the Ministry of War in the form of a formal report, and then issued to the various ministries within the Jingjiu Dynasty system after the Ministry of War made a unified decision.

Letter to:

On the morning of March 21st in the twenty-ninth year of the Jing old calendar, I received a report from the Hongli Chamber of Commerce that the slave hunting team under the Chamber of Commerce found that a large-scale barbarian army had formed a raiding team in the southern barbarian territory, and was raging near Baitouxia and Jianchuan, An organized barbarian military village was found in the Huzhuyuan area.

Then, in order to verify the situation reported by the Hongli Chamber of Commerce, three forward battalions were sent south out of Konhuo Pass to Baitouxia, Jianchuan, and Huzhuyuan to investigate the situation.

On the fifth and sixth day of April, the vanguard battalions headed to Jianchuan and Huzhuyuan respectively encountered barbarian wolf cavalry after crossing Wuhu Lake. Then the two vanguard battalions were unable to advance eastward, and camped southeast of Wuhu Lake to wait for reinforcements.

Only the Vanguard Battalion, which was in the middle of the Baektou Gorge, arrived smoothly, and found a large military camp sixty miles away from the Baektou Gorge, which is estimated to hold 100,000 people.

On the ninth day of April, three mixed battalions with a total of 15,000 people were sent to reinforce in three directions, and at the same time led the heavy battalion to restart the supply stations along the way.

On April 21st, set up three fronts, the upper, middle and lower, 70 miles east of Wuhu Lake. At present, the main focus is on defense, to curb the passage of the barbarians westward, and to withstand their unfinished pincers.

During this period, there were more than ten small collisions between the two sides, most of which were sentinel and vanguard battalion's trials. The cumulative number of enemies wiped out reached more than 1,500, and the cumulative casualties were more than 800.

At present, the situation in the south is becoming more and more tense. The barbarians have a clear heart to rebuild the royal court. The morale of the frontier troops in the south is high, and they will surely keep the enemy out of the country.

Very simple and formulaic instrument. I briefly introduced the situation in the south, and at the same time took out several previous battle examples to imply that the combat effectiveness of both sides is still the absolute advantage. Finally, he expressed his determination to wipe out the stubborn enemy.

Shen Hao believed that what was in this document was definitely not the original that Zuo Yuliang reported to the Ministry of War, not even the second and third ones. There are too many things left unsaid. It's just for setting the tone.

What is toning?

It is to tell all the people in the old system of the Jingjiu Dynasty: Everyone pay attention, there may be a war soon, everyone should be tense, if you make a mistake at this time, it will be a big trouble.

So there is absolutely no such thing on the real report note about military affairs, and it has been a month since the beginning of April. It is impossible for Zuo Yuliang to do such a little action in such a long time, otherwise he is not worthy of being called "" Military Excellence" commander.

"What about our internal news? Is there any?"

"not yet."

What Wang Yiming was talking about was the news sent back by the inspectors in the frontier army. Except for one copy at the beginning, the rest were all scattered and useless news. Compared with the "supervising army" of the Ministry of War and the civilian group, Xuan Qingwei's voice in the army is ridiculously weak.

"Master Kuang, have you read this? What do you have to say?"

"At present, Master Kuang is still discussing with several Deputy Qianhu lords. It should be in accordance with the past practice to let Xuan Qingwei immediately enter the state of wartime."

Why don't you call me for a discussion? Shen Hao thought to himself. It stands to reason that he is the chief officer of the Black Flag Battalion, and his title is from the fifth rank, which is at the same level as the Deputy Thousand Households in the Thousand Households Office, but Kuang Shengyuan left him alone.

Is this playing confrontation? Shen Hao didn't think so, Kuang Shengyuan wouldn't be foolish enough to go back to Wu Changhe's old path. It should be playing the "isolation" trick. To put it simply, "you play yours, I play mine", which vividly distinguishes the two communities of Heiqiying and Xuanqingwei.

Anyway, I don't say it clearly, and I don't oppose you, but I just want everyone to slowly feel that "Black Flag Camp and Xuanqingwei are not the same thing".

The advantage of doing this is that Kuang Shengyuan can increase his control over the people below, and at the same time reduce the most advanced limelight of the Black Flag Camp.

What else could Shen Hao do besides finding it funny? If people don't play with you, you can't run to kneel and lick, right? At least it's much better than Wu Changhe, it's not bad if he doesn't feel constrained.

"You also go to say hello to the brothers in the station in advance, read this document to him, and do all the preparations that need to be done in advance, so don't be in a hurry when it comes to the end.

By the way, you should come up with an order as soon as possible, so that the headquarters of the Black Banner Battalion will immediately start to keep an eye on the flow of materials on their respective sites, and follow... um... according to the standards of the previous Clean West operation. Once something is found to be wrong, it will be strictly investigated immediately, and no slack is allowed. "

"It's my lord, I'll do it right away."

Not long after Wang Yiming left, Wang Jian, who hadn't seen him for many days, knocked on the door of Shen Hao's office again.

"I was looking for you, but you came in time. Sit down."

"My lord is looking for a subordinate?"

"Well, I want to ask you how the progress in the south is going."

"It's a coincidence, my lord, I came here to report this matter to you. Didn't you ask me to investigate Wu Kai's situation before? I arranged for a few spies to go to the Tuntian in Haixia to work as shopkeepers. The soldiers of An's family approached Wu Kai. But Wu Kai had very few excuses, and he was actually one of the few decent generals who led the army in Haixia.

He is not greedy for military resources and military merits, and he is generous to the soldiers below. He has never been special in eating and living with the soldiers, and he is active in training.

If there is a real clue, it is that Wu Kai seems to often buy stolen goods in a supply camp in Haixia. "

"Stolen goods?" Shen Hao was a little surprised. He thought that Wu Kai's previous virtue should be worse in private, but he didn't expect that he was still a diligent and honest person?

"It's military stolen goods embezzled by the supply battalion, and then sold in the army with clearly marked prices. Wu Kai has bought stolen goods many times in the past year. This is also a felony under military law."

"What a felony!" Shen Hao shook his head, dissatisfied with Wang Jian's results. "You should make a record of this matter first, continue to investigate, and be careful not to be caught by Wu Kai, but you must always let him know that there are people around him, so that he is always tense. Understand?"

"My lord! The subordinates understand." Isn't it just to scare the other party to make mistakes when they are in a panic and then pull their pigtails? Wang Jian knows this trick well.

"Go ahead." Shen Hao leaned back in his chair, signaling Wang Jian to continue. The news from the south is more than just about Wu Kai.

"My lord. In addition, we connected with that Liu Qi."