My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 22 Quarrel
Dai Quan looked around and made sure no one was around before whispering:
"General Feng, it is not His Majesty's original intention to send out the selected troops this time, but the intention of Mr. Tan Ge and Mr. Wang Ge.

Our family says this, do you understand? "

Feng Tang was not stupid, and he understood Emperor Changping's intentions as soon as he heard it.

It turned out that the two pavilions always wanted to fight three poles if there were dates but no dates. No matter whether the selected front camp could wipe out the bandits in Changping Mansion, they had no loss.

It would be better to annihilate them. If they could not annihilate them, they could take the opportunity to impeach themselves and force the emperor to withdraw them, so that they could take the opportunity to replace them with their own people.

This plan was even heard by the whole of Shenjing.

"So Your Majesty wants me to select a general to lead the troops on the expedition, so that no matter we win or lose, I can escape, is that right?"

"General Feng really knows everything!" Dai Quan smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Where is the silver? Your Majesty asked me to send troops, so I have to get rid of the silver."

"This..." Dai Quan had an embarrassed look on his face.

After murmuring for a long time, he said: "Your Majesty said, I owe you the Kaiba Silver for the time being. After the suppression of the bandits is completed, it can be deducted from the seizure."

"What!" Feng Tang almost jumped up.

"Okay, His Majesty's decree has been conveyed to our family, so we will take our leave now."

Seeing that Feng Tang was about to make a statement, Dai Quan hurriedly waved his fly whisk and scurried out with the two young eunuchs.

Feng Tang was left sitting in a daze.

After a long time, Feng Tang finally raised his head, with a wry smile on his lips.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you really have posed a big problem for me."

At this moment, Jia Yu also walked in under the leadership of his own soldiers.

Before Jia Yu could speak, Feng Tang ordered: "Just watch from the sidelines, watch more and talk less."

"Yes!" Jia Yu retreated to the corner of the tent and stood up without asking why.

Soon, a soldier quietly walked up to him and whispered: "General... Teng Jun, Zhu Zun and other five sentry officers are waiting outside the tent."

"Let them in."

Soon, five military attachés strode in wearing blue official uniforms with tiger patterns embroidered on their chest patches.

After arriving at the tent, the five people bowed to Feng Tang and said in unison.

"The last general will see the general!"

"Everyone, please sit down." Feng Tang pointed to the side.

"Thank you, General." Everyone sat down on both sides.

Feng Tang sat on the main seat and glanced at everyone, "Everyone, I have called you here because I have something to discuss with you.

Just now, His Majesty the Ming Dynasty conveyed the decree, asking us to send a group of troops from the Frontier Battalion to Changping Mansion to exterminate the bandits entrenched there.

I wonder what you guys have to say? "

"Suppress bandits?"

A keen person immediately understood the meaning of Feng Tang's words and asked.

"General, you just said that Your Majesty wants us to send some of our troops, not all of them?"

"That's right, it's one, and the officer who is responsible for suppressing the bandits is not going to go this time, so this mission will fall on you all."

There was a bad feeling in everyone's mind, and someone asked again.

"I don't know how many troops the general plans to send."

Feng Tang smiled faintly: "I have inquired about it. The number of bandits entrenched in Changping Mansion is only a thousand. We can just send out a sentry horse."

Several sentry officers looked at me and me, but everyone fell silent.

"What, no one said anything?" Feng Tang asked somewhat displeasedly.A sentry officer sitting at the lower left stood up and said awkwardly: "General, it's not that the last general is afraid of fighting, but that you know best the situation of selecting the vanguard camp.

We haven't been paid for three months, and the soldiers don't even have any money in their stomachs.

It's okay to stay in the military camp on weekdays, but if we want to go out to suppress bandits, we have to spend money, right?Who will work for us if we don’t have money? "

The sentry officer's words seemed to open a voice box, and everyone complained about their sufferings.

One said that the troops were poorly equipped, the other said that there was a lack of food and grass. In short, they all had the same idea, reaching out for money.

Feng Tang ignored everyone and just looked at them coldly.

After a long time... everyone gradually stopped talking.

Feng Tang said coldly: "Why...you mean you can't go?"

"grown ups!"

One of the sentry officers had the courage to say: "If you don't want to share your worries, I am really very powerful.

The bandits in Ping Mansion have been entrenched for many years, and the Changping Mansion garrison sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times without success. Why do the gentlemen above think that we can definitely wipe them out?

Besides, they won't even give us a tael of silver. As the old saying goes, the emperor never lacks hungry soldiers.We can't let our brothers work on an empty stomach, right? "

Looking at the people below who were talking and making noise, Jia Yu opened her eyes.

He didn't expect that when an order came from above to send troops to suppress the bandits, the people below not only prepared to execute it immediately, but instead started arguing over the money.

You must know that they are the capital camp that defends the capital. Theoretically, they are also the most elite troops of the Great Xia Dynasty. How come they are so stretched.

Looking at the quarrel among his subordinates, Feng Tang felt a little worried.

If he were to lead the team himself, he would be sure to suppress the dissatisfaction of his subordinates with his years of prestige and methods.

But now that Emperor Changping has explicitly prohibited him from leading the team in person, the problem has arisen.

If the commander-in-chief who leads the team doesn't go and doesn't pay the money, who the hell is going to work for you?

For ordinary officers and soldiers, without money, not even the King of Heaven can make me work hard.

In the end, the helpless Feng Tang could only ask everyone to step aside and discuss it tomorrow.

After everyone had retreated, he said helplessly to Jia Yu:

"Do you understand now how difficult it is for me to be the commander-in-chief?"

Jia Yu nodded, "I know from my humble position that raising troops is the most expensive thing. Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor, father and son, are fighting each other, and all of us have suffered unreasonable disasters."

"You really dare to say anything." Feng Tang pointed at Jia Yu and shook his head helplessly.

"But you are right, the fire at the city gate really affects the fish in the pond.

Your Majesty has asked us to suppress bandits, but because we are short of money and have no money, isn't this making things difficult for us people? "

Seeing Feng Tang's helpless expression, Jia Yu suddenly said: "How about...let me give the humble job a try?"

"Um...what..."

Feng Tang didn't understand for a while.

"The humble post is saying that since several sentry officers are unwilling to go, it is better for the humble post to lead the troops to Changping Mansion."

"Do you know what you are talking about?" Feng Tang's face suddenly became serious.

"Now that you have joined the military, you should know that there is no such thing as joking in the military.

Besides, you are just a team officer now, with only two hundred soldiers under your command. How dare you utter such arrogant words and send troops to suppress the bandits? "

Facing Feng Tang's solemn expression, Jia Yu showed no fear: "You also saw what happened just now. Instead of forcing the sentry officers to send troops, it is better to let the humble officers give it a try.

Even if we don’t succeed, our losses won’t be big, but if we succeed…”

(End of this chapter)