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 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.

The officials in charge of the next request for increased reward expenses and soldiers' salaries 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, poor old emperor."

"However, it is also thanks to the incompetence of the old emperor, otherwise, I would not 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 were people above to support it if something went wrong.

If it really didn't work, he could also pull some people out to replace it.

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 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?"

Because of this, their cultivators will suffer a lot of losses.

Because they are not in defense, but in offense.

These 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 treasure gourd.

However, they knew that they were not the opponents of those beasts, so they 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, without paying any attention to 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, my family is smart, and 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 coupled with the random mobilization of troops, that gave those beasts and barbarians the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.

As a result, the army was defeated. However, Wang Jianjun took the benefits for himself and let others take the blame for the disadvantages.

However, what he coveted was basically the salary of those soldiers, and for the cultivators, it depended on the background.

Just as he was enjoying himself, suddenly, outside his room, there was a hurried sound of footsteps.

"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 won't be able to command the army to deal with those beasts and barbarians."

"Haha, you're exaggerating. Doesn't he still have his own men? Just let him send his men up." Wang Jianjun still didn't care.

He was holding the boxes of silver happily.

"These are all our treasures. This time, I've 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 cannot satisfy the emperor, he will 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, after many battles with these ferocious beasts and barbarians, they suffered heavy losses, and now there are less than one hundred thousand people left.

As for Wang Jianjun, he controls the dispatch of all immortal cultivators, but always lets these immortal cultivators deal with the king of ferocious beasts.

Just send it as you say. Can't you send some powerful immortal cultivators?

They always send some low-level ones, but as a result, none of them come back.

What's even more outrageous is that the immortal cultivators are not strong enough and must ask the sect to invite more powerful immortal cultivators.

At the same time, the empire was also asked to deploy more silver coins.

As a result, only one hundred thousand taels actually 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.

In other words, these soldiers are just cannon fodder, while the immortal cultivators are all like theatergoers.

This made Liu Guangjing particularly unhappy.

However, he was helpless. His appeal documents were either intercepted halfway or rejected.

In short, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and no one listens to anything Liu Guangjing says.

Liu Guangjing felt very resentful.

"Commander, without the help of the immortal cultivators, I am afraid that 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.

"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 have to 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 to Am I complicit like him?"

"Commander, if you don't do this, he won't send out the immortal cultivators easily."

"Hmph, damn it." Liu Guangjing also knew very well.

However, he knew that doing so would be a disservice to these soldiers who fought life and death for the empire.

Therefore, he did not agree.

Upon seeing this, the deputy general turned around and left, but a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

"Commander, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

In the view of the lieutenant, this commander was not the same person as them at all.

Furthermore, 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 the ranks of Wang Jianjun.

And Wang Jianjun is His Majesty's most trusted minister. If they join him, they will not be afraid of being discovered by His Majesty.

Compared to their own interests, what do the interests of those soldiers count?

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 his interests.

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 over.

This huge temptation made the deputy general's heart flutter.

However, Liu Guangjing did not know all this at this time. He was still commanding the soldiers.

"Everyone, be careful. Those barbarians may attack again at any time. Also, be careful of those flying ferocious beasts."

Although Liu Guangjing personally went to the city wall to calm the morale, the soldiers' strength not only did not improve, but also dropped a lot.

Because they thought that for all their hard work, they received less than one-tenth of the original silver reward.

They don't understand why the wartime rewards are less?

On the contrary, those cultivators were different. They were all treated well, but how many times had they actually fought from beginning to end?

If they had the help of immortal cultivators, they felt that they would not lose their position so easily, let alone so many people.

"Commander, do we really have hope?"

"What?" Liu Guangjing was suddenly stunned.

"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 must die a good death." Liu Guangjing looked at his soldiers, but he cursed Wang Jianjun thousands of times in his heart. It can be said that he hated him.

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