20demayo Chapter 232
Chapter 232
Zhonglong 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 should not be lost."
"But, 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?" Long Tianzi was a little unhappy and said: "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Jianjun said that the military situation is urgent. For the safety of your majesty, he has no time to report to you, so he asked for help from major sects as soon as possible."
"Wang Jianjun is thoughtful." Long Tianzi nodded with satisfaction.
However, the general was very depressed.
Because he found that the emperor didn't care at all.
But thinking that he could also benefit, he didn't care.
At this time, Long Tianzi was kept in the dark.
As for the reward expenses that were required to be increased, as well as the soldiers' salaries, the officials in charge were notified one by one and allocated.
This also shocked the general.
Because he was the first contact, he found that the emperor did not care at all when he took out the money.
On the contrary, the officials in charge began their blood-sucking behavior.
Originally, the salary allocated by the empire was as much as 5 million silver taels.
However, after layers of deprivation, less than one million silver taels reached the border.
All this made the general tremble with fear.
"What's wrong with this country? Everyone is deceiving your majesty, the poor old emperor."
"However, it's also thanks to the incompetence of the old emperor, otherwise, I wouldn't have made tens of thousands of silver taels."
He never expected that this border war would make him rich.
As for the final success or failure of the border war, that was not his concern, anyway, there would be support from above if something went wrong.
If it doesn't work, he can also pull out some people to replace them.
This is also learned from those corrupt people.
Border city, Luofeng City.
The defenders in the city, looking at the large number of barbarian troops and those fierce beasts outside, they all felt their scalps tingling.
Especially these ordinary soldiers.
"Why don't those immortal cultivators go to war? It's always us who go to war?"
"I heard that Wang Jianjun asked them to deal with those powerful beast kings."
"Ah?"
It is precisely because of this that their immortal cultivators will suffer a lot of losses.
Because they are not in defense, but in offense.
These immortal cultivators will only die if they go.
And this also includes Meng Haisheng and Lin Yuting and others.
This time, they were sent to hunt a beast king. Because of the intelligence error, many disciples died.
In the end, they escaped with the help of Meng Haisheng's magic gourd.
However, he knew that he was no match for those beasts and could only ask for help from the sect.
And Wang Jianjun seemed to have understood the temper of these cultivators.
He was very polite to every cultivator and showed that he was considerate of others.
But he treated ordinary soldiers like garbage and ignored them.
However, Wang Jianjun had one thing in common, that is, whether it was the cultivators or the soldiers, most of the rewards they received fell into Wang Jianjun's pocket.
At this time, Wang Jianjun looked at the boxes of gold and silver treasures he had embezzled and couldn't help laughing.
"Hahaha, we are smart. We want to use this to make this war last longer."
"As for the loss of the city, it was the incompetence of the generals, not my fault."
Little did he know that it was because he took away most of the rewards and randomly mobilized the troops that gave the beasts and barbarians the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
Therefore, the army was defeated. However, Wang Jianjun took all the benefits for himself and let others take the blame for all the disadvantages.
However, what he coveted was basically the soldiers' salaries, and for the immortal cultivators, it depended on their background.
Just as he was enjoying it so happily, suddenly, there was a hurried sound of footsteps outside his room.
"Report."
Someone shouted outside the door.
"What's the matter?"
"Sir, the commander wants to see you."
"To me?" Wang Jianjun said unhappily: "What's there to see? I want to vomit when I see that stinky face."
"Sir, if you don't go out, the commander will not be able to command the army to deal with those beasts and barbarians."
"Haha, you are exaggerating. Doesn't he still have his own men? Just let him send his people up." WangThe military supervisor still didn't care.
He was holding the boxes of silver happily.
"These are all our treasures. This time, we have made a lot of money. No wonder other eunuchs like to be the military supervisor so much."
"No, there will be such a good opportunity next time. I must not miss it, but I have to please His Majesty first." Wang Jianjun knew very well that all this was given to him by the emperor.
If he couldn't satisfy the emperor, he would have no chance to fleece the empire in the future.
At this time, Liu Guangjing, the commander of the border army, looked particularly gloomy after hearing the words sent back by the soldiers.
Their border army originally had 200,000 troops.
Now, they have fought against these beasts and barbarians many times, and they have suffered heavy losses. Now there are less than 100,000 people left.
And Wang Jianjun, who controls the right to dispatch all the immortal cultivators, always lets these immortal cultivators deal with the kings of the beasts.
You said you would send them, but couldn't you send some powerful immortal cultivators?
You always sent some low-level ones, and as a result, none of them returned.
What's more outrageous is that they said that the strength of the immortal cultivators was not enough, and they had to invite more powerful immortal cultivators from the sects.
At the same time, they asked the empire to transfer more silver.
As a result, only 100,000 taels of silver actually came to the border army. As for the remaining 900,000 taels of silver, Wang Jianjun said that they would be used to reward the immortal cultivators.
In other words, these soldiers were just cannon fodder, while the immortal cultivators were like watching a show.
This made Liu Guangjing particularly unhappy.
However, he had no choice. His appeal documents were either intercepted halfway or rejected.
In short, the emperor was far away, and no one listened to Liu Guangjing.
Liu Guangjing was very hateful.
"Commander, if there is no help from the immortal cultivators, I'm afraid that many of our brothers will die again."
"We may even not be able to defend Luofeng City."
At this time, Liu Guangjing's deputy general looked at him worriedly.
Liu Guangjing naturally knew it, but he was helpless.
"What can I do if the military supervisor is unwilling to cooperate?" Liu Guangjing was very angry.
At this time, the deputy general gave him an idea.
"Commander, why don't you... just do what Wang Jianjun said."
"Listen to him?" Liu Guangjing immediately became furious and said, "Do you know what you are talking about? Wang Jianjun is a vampire. He sucks the blood of our border troops and the blood of the empire. Do you want me to be like him and go along with him?"
"Commander, but if you don't do this, he won't easily send out the immortal cultivators."
"Humph, damn it." Liu Guangjing also knew it very well.
But he knew that doing so would be unfair to these soldiers who fought for the empire.
So, he didn't agree.
Seeing this, the deputy general turned around and left, but a look of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Commander, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
In the eyes of the deputy general, this commander is not the same as them.
Moreover, although Wang Jianjun sucked the blood of soldiers, he did not suck the blood of senior officers like them.
On the contrary, there are a lot of benefits for them, as long as they join Wang Jianjun.
And Wang Jianjun is the most trusted minister of His Majesty. If they join him, they are not afraid of being discovered by His Majesty.
Compared with their own interests, what are the interests of those soldiers?
However, in order to deal with Liu Guangjing, the deputy general knew that he had to make some preparations.
So he began to contact other generals secretly to explain the benefits.
The reason why the deputy general worked so hard was because Wang Jianjun said that as long as Liu Guangjing came down, he would take the position.
This huge temptation made the deputy general moved.
However, Liu Guangjing didn't know all this at the moment, and he was still commanding the soldiers.
"Everyone pay attention, those barbarians may attack again at any time, and be careful of those flying beasts."
Although Liu Guangjing personally went to the city wall to appease morale, the soldiers' morale not only did not improve, but decreased a lot.
Because they thought of their hard work, but they got less than one-tenth of the original reward.
They didn't understand why the rewards during the war were less?
On the contrary, those immortal cultivators were different. They were treated well, but how many times did they really fight from beginning to end?
If there were the help of immortal cultivators, they felt that they would not lose their positions so easily, and so many people would not die.
"Commander, do we really have hope?"
"What?" Liu Guangjing was suddenly stunned.
"We paid so much for the border, but what we got was..."
Originally, they could get ten taels a month, butYes, now I only get one or two taels.
The explanation above is that the treasury is in trouble, so the money is less, I hope everyone can understand.
However, they are risking their lives.
Moreover, they found that they were getting more and more miserable, but some officers were getting more and more comfortable.
This made the soldiers extremely unbalanced.
"Everyone, I know you have worked hard, but this is our home, we have no choice. Once we give up, this place will become a dead place, and then more people will die at the hands of those beasts and barbarians."
"Is this what you want to see?"
The soldiers were silent.
This is also thanks to them not knowing the truth of the matter, otherwise, they would have to riot, and then it would be even more difficult to defend Luofeng City.
"Damn Wang Jianjun, you will not die well." Liu Guangjing looked at his soldiers, but cursed Wang Jianjun thousands of times in his heart, and hated him so much.