Chapter 78 First Arrival at the Shenwu Army

That night, neither Yunzheng nor Ye Zi slept well.

When they got up in the morning, both of them were yawning.

Even though they spent the night, they were still a little embarrassed when they met again.

Fortunately, Yun Zheng was quite thick-skinned and no one looked strange.

After breakfast, Yun Zheng rushed to the Shenwu Army with four guards.

Among the six imperial guards, only the Shenwu Army and the Yulin Guard are stationed in the city.

When they arrived at the Shenwu Army, Xiao Dingwu and his deputy were already waiting at the gate of the camp.

"See Your Highness Sixth Prince!"

Xiao Dingwu is Xiao Wanchou's eldest son and the commander of the Shenwu Army.

The number of the Shenwu Army is only fifteen thousand, but it is extremely elite.

Yun Zheng signaled Xiao Dingwu to abstain from courtesy, and then said: "Take me around the camp first!"

"it is good!"

Xiao Dingwu readily agreed, "The horses that His Highness won for us have solved our urgent need. I will take Your Highness to see our cavalry first!"

"Uh...good!"

Yun Zheng nodded, secretly scolding this guy for not opening any pot.

His five hundred soldiers only have twenty pitiful horses!

Du Guiyuan and the others used twenty war horses all day long for the soldiers to practice riding and shooting, and they had to take good care of the horses for fear of using them up!

Xiao Dingwu took Yun Zheng to the cavalry camp and said, "After today's meeting, my father specifically told me that I must ask Your Highness to come home for a light meal at noon! Don't refuse, Your Highness."

"no problem."

Yunzheng nodded, "By the way, how is the investigation of the corruption case going?"

Since he exposed this matter, he has never cared about it again.

Since he saw Xiao Dingwu today, he also took the opportunity to understand the situation.

"We found quite a few people."

When talking about this matter, Xiao Dingwu became angry, "However, I heard from my father that all those found were scapegoats, and the real big fish were hidden too deep, so they probably can't be found."

"That would be a pity."

Yunzheng smiled helplessly.

Corruption is a problem that no dynasty can eradicate.

No matter how harsh the criminal law is, some people will take desperate measures.

"It's a pity indeed."

Xiao Dingwu nodded and lowered his voice: "My father suspects that the biggest fish is that bastard Xu Shifu, and even His Highness is involved! Unfortunately, he has no evidence."

Xiao Wanchou and Xu Shifu were political enemies, and they disliked each other.

Xiao Dingwu naturally didn't have a good impression of Xu Shifu.

"If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense."

Yun Zheng shook his head slightly, then asked with a smile: "Did my third brother attend the court meeting today?"

"Why didn't you participate?"

Xiao Dingwu suppressed his laughter and whispered: "The Third Highness was carried to attend the court meeting today! The Second Highness and the others also have bruises and swollen faces. It seems that they have been taught a lesson by the Holy One again."

"My third brother was carried to attend the court meeting?" Yun Zheng was shocked.

"Isn't it?" Xiao Dingwu said with a bad smile: "The Holy One said that if you want to be a prince, you must bear the weight first! As long as they can still move, they have to attend the court meeting."

Listening to Xiao Dingwu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but laugh.

He is so cheap and I still know how to play!

But then again, what he said is not unreasonable.

Aren't those idiots trying to compete for the crown prince's position?

You don't even attend court to participate in state affairs, you're a bastard prince!

The two chatted all the way.

Xiao Dingwu probably inherited Xiao Wanchou's straightforward temperament and spoke more directly, which left a good impression on Yun Zheng.

Not long after, they arrived at the cavalry camp.

At this time, it was the time for the cavalry to take the bow, and a group of cavalry were riding horses to receive the bow.

Yun Zheng took a cursory glance and asked in surprise: "That's just so many cavalry? It should be less than two thousand, right?"

"Just over people."

Xiao Dingwu replied: "If His Highness hadn't won over the horses of the Beihuan Mission, the entire Shenwu Army would have less than a thousand cavalry!"

Xiao Dingwu knew that Yun Zheng definitely didn't understand the situation of the Six Guards of the Imperial City, so he explained to Yun Zheng again.

Prior to this, there were less than cavalrymen in the entire Imperial City Six Guards.

As palace guards, the Habayashi Guards had almost no cavalry.

After all, it is impossible for the Habayashi Guards to organize cavalry to train in the palace all day long.

The Shenwu Army originally had a thousand cavalry, but last year some old and weak horses were eliminated and no new horses were added, resulting in less than a thousand cavalry.

Like the Shenwu Army, the left and right garrison troops only had less than a thousand cavalry.

Even the left and right Cavalry Guards, which had the most cavalry, only had cavalry.

Listening to Xiao Dingwu's introduction, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.

He did know that the Great Qian Dynasty was in short supply of war horses.

But I didn't expect that war horses were so scarce.

There are so few cavalry even in the Sixth Guards of the Imperial City, let alone the troops from various states and counties.

The main cavalry of the Daqian Dynasty were probably deployed at various borders, right?

Looking at Yun Zheng's stunned look, Xiao Dingwu couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, war horses were not so scarce in the past. It was just that in the Battle of Shuobei five years ago, our court suffered too many losses."

Previously, the Shenwu Army and the left and right garrison had three thousand cavalry.

There are five thousand cavalry on each side of the cavalry guard on the left and right.

However, Emperor Wen personally conquered Shuobei and deployed a lot of cavalry.

After the war, the surviving cavalry and war horses were given priority to replenish the Beifu Army, and they became the pitiful appearance they are now.

"Ugh!"

Yunzheng sighed quietly, "It's all damned Beihuan's fault!"

"Who says it's not the case?" Xiao Dingwu sighed and said, "Your Highness now knows how much you contributed to winning horses, right?"

"Let's wait until we get it!" Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled.

"Too!"

Xiao Dingwu nodded, and said with a wry smile: "However, even if I get it, I will give priority to replenishing the Beifu Army and the left and right Cavalry Guards, and I will definitely not have my share."

Emperor Wen had already supplied him with fine war horses.

If there is another war horse, he will definitely not be replenished.

While the two were talking, the Cavalry Commander had already begun organizing the cavalry for training.

Yun Zheng saw this and couldn't help but nod.

It can be seen that Xiao Dingwu is still good at running the army.

These cavalry were very well equipped, equipped with bows, lances, sabers, and javelins for throwing, and their armor was also heavily armored.

I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to get this kind of equipment.

Yunzheng nodded and asked, "The cost of these cavalry for a year should be quite large, right?"

"A lot indeed."

Xiao Dingwu nodded and said: "Their weapons and equipment alone cost over a thousand taels of silver. The cost of one person and one horse per year is more than taels of silver..."

Listening to Xiao Dingwu's words, Yun Zheng was stunned.

He knew that raising a cavalry was very expensive in ancient times, but wasn't it too expensive?

According to this calculation, with the little money I have, I can only get a few thousand cavalry to survive?

Moreover, it must be with a war horse!

This is not a heavy cavalry!

The cost of heavy cavalry is certainly greater.

Without enough money and food, the cavalry is really unaffordable!

After that, Xiao Dingwu took Yun Zheng around the various camps again, and then returned to his own commander's camp and began to teach Yun Zheng some basic knowledge of leading troops in combat.

Although Yunzheng felt drowsy after listening, he still managed to cheer up and continue listening.

At almost noon, Yun Zheng followed Xiao Dingwu to Duke Yu's Mansion...