Chapter 232
Dragon Empire.
In the palace.
Emperor Long Tianzi looked at the battle report in his hand, frowned, and said:”What’s going on? Logically speaking, with so many immortal cultivators helping, this battle shouldn’t be lost.”
“However, Wang Jianjun asked me to ask for help from other sects.”
At this time, the later-named general standing next to him said:”Your Majesty, Wang Jianjun has already asked for help from various sects.”
“What? Emperor Long was a little unhappy and said,”What’s going on?””
“Your Majesty, Wang Jianjun said that the military situation was urgent. For the sake of Your Majesty’s safety, he had no time to report to you. Therefore, he immediately asked for help from all the major sects.”
“Wang Jianjun is interested.”Long Tianzi nodded with great satisfaction.
However, the general was very depressed.
Because he found that the emperor didn’t care at all.
However, thinking that he could also benefit, he didn’t care.
But at this time, Long Tianzi He was kept in the dark.
The officials in charge of the orders were informed one by one about the subsequent increase in reward fees and the soldiers’ salaries.
This also shocked the general because he was the first to contact him. He found that the emperor didn’t care at all when he pulled out the money. On the contrary, the officials in charge started their blood-sucking behavior.
Originally, the empire allocated a total of 5 million silver coins.
After layer upon layer of deprivation, those who arrived at the border had less than one million taels of silver.
This made the general feel terrified.
“What’s wrong with this country? Everyone is deceiving Your Majesty, poor old emperor”
“However, thanks to the emperor’s incompetence, otherwise, I would not have been able to earn tens of thousands of silver taels.”
He never expected that this time the border battle would actually make him rich.
As for the final success or failure of the border battle, that is not what he should care about. Anyway, if anything goes wrong, the higher-ups will take care of it.
It really doesn’t work. He can also recruit some people to replace him.
This is also learned from those corrupt people. The defenders in the border city, Luofeng City
, looked at the large number of barbarian troops and those ferocious beasts outside. , each of them felt their scalps numb, especially these ordinary soldiers.
“Why don’t those cultivators go to war? Is it always us who fights?”
“I heard that Wang Jianjun asked them to deal with those powerful kings of ferocious beasts.”
“ah?”
Because of this, their immortal cultivators will suffer a lot of losses.
Because they are not on defense, but on offense.
These immortal cultivators will only die if they go.
And among them, Meng Haisheng, Lin Yuting, etc. This time, they were sent to hunt down a ferocious beast king, and many disciples died due to mistakes in intelligence. In the end, they escaped with the help of Meng Haisheng’s treasure gourd.
Knowing that he was no match for those ferocious beasts, he could only ask for help from the sect.
Wang Jianjun seemed to understand the temperament of these immortal cultivators.
He was very polite to every cultivator and showed consideration for others.
However
, Wang Jianjun has one thing in common, that is, whether they are immortal cultivators or these soldiers, the rewards they receive are extremely large. Most of them fell into Wang Jianjun’s pocket.
At this time, Wang Jianjun couldn’t help but laugh when he looked at the boxes of gold and silver he had obtained through corruption.
“Hahaha, our family is smart and wants to take advantage of this to make this war last longer.”
“As for the loss of the city, it was due to the incompetence of the generals, and I cannot blame them.”
As everyone knows, it was precisely because he took away most of the reward money and arbitrarily mobilized his troops that he gave those ferocious beasts and barbarians a chance to take advantage of the opportunity.
As a result, the army was defeated. However, However , Wang Jianjun took the good things for himself and let others take the blame for the bad things.
However, what he was greedy for was basically the soldiers’ wages. For the immortal cultivators, it depends on his background. While he was enjoying himself so happily, suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside his room.
“Report.”
Outside the door, a person shouted
“What’s up?”
“Lord Supervisor, the commander-in-chief wants to see you.”
“See our home? Wang Jianjun said angrily:”What’s there to see?” When our family saw that stinky face, they wanted to vomit”
“Lord Supervisor, if you don’t go out, the commander will not be able to command the army to deal with those ferocious beasts and barbarians.”
“Haha, that’s an exaggeration. Doesn’t he still have his own subordinates? Just let him send his men up there.”Wang Jianjun still didn’t care.
He was holding the boxes of silver coins beautifully.
“These are our family’s treasures. This time we come out and make a lot of money. No wonder the other eunuchs like being this supervisor so much”
“No, if there is such a good opportunity next time, I must not miss it, but I must first please His Majesty.”Wang Jianjun knew very well that all this was given to him by the emperor.
If he could not satisfy the emperor, he would have no chance at all if he wanted to plunder the empire in the future.
At this time, Liu Guangjing, the commander-in-chief of the border army, was After hearing what the soldiers said, their faces were particularly gloomy.
Their border army originally had 200,000 troops. Now, after many battles with these ferocious beasts and barbarians, they have suffered heavy losses, and now there are only less than 100,000 troops left.
Wang Jianjun, he has the power to dispatch all the immortal cultivators, but he always lets these immortal cultivators deal with the king of ferocious beasts.
Just send them as you say. Can’t you send some powerful immortal cultivators? ?
Always send some low-level ones, but as a result, none of them come back.
What’s even more outrageous is that they say that the immortal cultivators are not strong enough, and they must ask the sect to recruit more powerful immortal cultivators. A lot of silver.
In the end, only a mere 100,000 taels came to the border army. As for the remaining 900,000 taels, Wang Jianjun said that it would be used to reward the immortal cultivators. They were all just cannon fodder, while the cultivators looked like they were just watching a show.
This made Liu Guangjing particularly unhappy. However
, he was helpless. His appeal documents were either intercepted or rejected.
The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. No one listens to anything Liu Guangjing says.
Liu Guangjing hates it very much.
“Commander, if we don’t have the help of the immortal cultivators, I’m afraid many of our brothers will die again.”
“We may even be unable to defend Luofeng City.”
At this time, Liu Guangjing’s lieutenant looked at him worriedly.
Liu Guangjing naturally knew it, but there was nothing he could do about it.
“The supervisory army is unwilling to cooperate, what can I do?”Liu Guangjing was very angry.
At this time, the deputy general gave him an idea
“Commander, if not… just tell Wang Jianjun to do it.”
“Listen to him? Liu Guangjing immediately became furious and said,”You want to know what you are talking about?” Wang Jianjun is a vampire. He sucks the blood of our border troops and the empire. Do you want me to be like him and complicit?”
“Commander, if you don’t do this, he won’t send out the immortal cultivators easily.”
“Huh, damn it.”Liu Guangjing was also very clear.
However, he knew that doing so would be a disservice to these soldiers who worked hard for the empire.
Therefore, he did not agree.
Upon seeing this, the deputy general turned around and left, but there was a flash of determination in his eyes.
“Commander, since you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust.”
In the view of the deputy general, this commander-in-chief is not the same as them at all.
Furthermore, although Wang Jianjun sucked the blood of soldiers, he did not suck the blood of high-ranking officers like them.
On the contrary, he gave them a lot of benefits, As long as they join Wang Jianjun’s ranks, and Wang Jianjun is His Majesty’s most trusted minister, they will not be afraid of being discovered by Your Majesty if they join him.
Compared to their own interests, what are the interests of those soldiers?
However, if he wanted to deal with Liu Guangjing, the deputy general knew that he had to make some preparations.
So he began to secretly contact other generals to explain the interests.
The reason why the deputy general worked so hard was because Wang Jianjun said that as long as Liu Guangjing came down. , he took the position.
This huge temptation made the deputy general excited.
However, Liu Guangjing did not know all this at this time, and he was still commanding the soldiers.
“Everyone pays attention, those barbarians may attack again at any time, and be careful of those flying ferocious beasts.”
Although Liu Guangjing personally went to the city wall to calm the morale, the soldiers not only did not improve, but also declined a lot.
Because they thought that for their hard work, they received less than one-tenth of the original silver reward.
They don’t understand why there are less rewards during the war.
On the contrary, the immortal cultivators are different. They are all treated well. However, how many times have they actually fought from the beginning to the end?
If they had the help of the immortal cultivators, They felt that they would not lose their position so easily, let alone so many people die.
“Commander, do we really have hope?”
“What?”Liu Guangjing was suddenly startled.
“We have paid so much for the border, but what we have received is……”
Originally, they could get ten taels per month, but now they only get one tael.
The above explanation is that the national treasury is in difficulty, so less money is issued. I hope everyone can understand.
However, they are risking their lives.
Moreover, they found that while they became more and more miserable, some officers became more and more nourished.
This left the soldiers extremely unbalanced
“Everyone, I know you have worked hard, but this is our home and we have no choice. Once we give up, this place will become a place of death. By then, more people will die at the hands of those ferocious beasts and barbarians.”
“Is this what you want to see?”
All the soldiers were silent.
This is thanks to them not knowing the truth of the matter. Otherwise, they would have to riot, and then it would be even less conducive to defending Luofeng City.
“Damn Wang Jianjun, you will not die well.”Liu Guangjing looked at his soldiers, but he scolded Wang Jianjun thousands of times in his heart. He hated him with all his heart.
