Empire

Zhang Dayuan, the commander of the Qinghe Army, looked at the high-spirited generals and nodded with satisfaction.

Now their Qinghe Army is strong with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, while the Dynasty garrison in the capital city has only more than 10,000 people. They can be said to have a sure victory.

"Luo Dagang——"

As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family. After looking around, he stopped his gaze on a deputy general who was like an iron tower. This was his trusted general.

""I am here!"

Deputy General Luo Dagang stepped out of the line and glanced provocatively at the other general who was competing with him for the chance to go into battle.

"I order you to command 20,000 troops to capture the provincial capital within two days."Zhang Dayuan ordered.

""I obey your command!"

Luo Dagang agreed loudly. He knew that the commander was deliberately taking care of him, because he was the confidant of the commander Zhang Dayuan.

The commander Zhang Dayuan named several generals and ordered them to assist Luo Dagang in attacking the city.

Without exception, these generals were all Zhang Dayuan's confidants. He took this opportunity to let them establish meritorious service.

Seeing that the commander Zhang Dayuan was so partial to his own people, the other generals were indignant, but they did not dare to say it to his face, because the deputy commanders Chen Ru and Xu Fu did not speak.

Chen Ziang belonged to the faction of the deputy commander Chen Ru in the Qinghe Army, so their 9th Battalion only got the task of blocking the area west of the provincial capital and cutting off the communication between the city and the outside world.

The military meeting ended soon, and Chen Ziang returned to the camp of their 9th Battalion and summoned the officers to arrange the tasks.

"What? We are asked to block the road? What kind of bullshit is this?"

When the officers heard that their 9th Battalion did not get the main attack mission this time, not even the auxiliary attack mission, they were immediately very dissatisfied.

"Sir, we can't just watch them eat the meat while we don't even get to drink the soup, right?"

"Yes, sir, please go talk to the commander-in-chief and ask him to let us attack together. Our brothers are all crying out for help."

"Our 9th Battalion was the first to charge, so this time we have to watch the show from behind. That's fine."

The 9th Battalion had won several victories in a row, and every officer and soldier had made a lot of money. They had tasted the sweetness and were addicted.

Therefore, when faced with the wealthy provincial capital, they also wanted to rush in to get a piece of the pie, but the result was contrary to their wishes, which made them clamor.

""Bang!"

When the officers were shouting, Chen Ziang slammed his fist on the table with a sullen face, shocking everyone's eyelids.

"What, you've won a few small victories, so you're so proud of yourself, right?"

Chen Ziang looked around at the noisy crowd with a cold gaze, and everyone finally quieted down.

"If anyone shouts again, get out!——"Chen Ziang couldn't help but scold

"Sir, please don't be angry, the brothers are just complaining, I will beat them up later."

Seeing Chen Ziang's angry face, the deputy battalion commander Zhang Bao laughed and hurriedly winked at everyone, asking them to stop talking nonsense.

"I tell you, the military order was issued by the Marshal, and we have to execute it whether we like it or not! If everyone bargains like you, then our Qinghe Army will be in chaos, right?"

"Sir, it's not that we don't follow the commander's orders, but we just feel that we can't explain to the brothers below that we can't even get an assist when we see others attacking."The thousand-man general Lin Yu couldn't help but speak.

"There is nothing difficult to explain. I will obey the orders of my superiors unconditionally!" Chen Ziang emphasized in a cold voice.

"Yes!"

After hearing this, Lin Yu shut up and dared not complain anymore.

"I know what you are thinking. You just want to join the siege and make some money in the city.

Chen Ziang looked at these drooping officers and pointed out their inner thoughts, which made them look embarrassed.

"Do you think the provincial capital is so easy to attack?" Chen Ziang couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"The provincial capital has high walls and thick defenses. Although the garrison is only over 10,000 people, the city has sufficient weapons and food, and the inspector Yang Fang who commands them is also a tough guy."

After hearing Chen Ziang's words, Zhang Bao and others calmed down, because they realized that this was a piece of meat with bones, and if they were not careful, they would really break their teeth.

"So let's not join in the fun this time, or we might not get to eat the meat and end up with broken teeth."

"You are still wise, sir!"

After thinking for a while, Lin Yu felt that Chen Ziang was right, and immediately flattered him silently.

"Don't flatter me, kid. I won't fall for that."

Chen Ziang's expression softened and he scolded with a smile. The others burst into laughter and the atmosphere in the military tent suddenly relaxed.

"Although we didn't get the mission of the main attack this time, we have blocked off the west area of the city, so we can't let any fish escape from our blockade area!"

""Don't worry, sir. Not to mention people, even a bird can't escape from our blockade!" Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang Bao vowed.

Chen Ziang nodded with satisfaction. Although their 9th Battalion was usually careless, they never hesitated in carrying out their missions. He was sure of this.

"Our 9th Battalion is now fully equipped, with only a thousand soldiers capable of fighting. So this time, in addition to blocking the west area of the city, we also have an important task, which is to recruit soldiers to make up for the vacancies."

"Sir, how many people should we recruit this time?" Deputy Battalion Commander Li Lang asked.

Chen Ziang held up four fingers and said,"Four thousand people"

"Sir, isn't it too few? Lieutenant General Chen Xiaoyu's 10th Battalion now has 8,000 people. Deputy Battalion General Zhang Bao couldn't help but say

"Do you think recruiting soldiers is a good deed? Go and look at their 10th Battalion, most of them are old, weak, women and children. Can those people fight in the battlefield?"

Chen Ziang couldn't help but roll his eyes at the deputy battalion commander Zhang Bao.

Chen Xiaoyu is the daughter of the deputy commander Chen Ru, who is in charge of the 10th Battalion. Although she is as brave as men in fighting in the battlefield, she is still a little soft-hearted. She recruited 8,000 people, most of whom are old, weak, women and children with families.

"I'm going to make a rule here. We must recruit strong and healthy people. We don't want those with families. I can't afford it."

Now there are already 3,000 family members of the soldiers in the 9th Battalion. If they recruit a large number of family members, they won't be able to fight this war.

Moreover, they are an army. Marching and fighting are very risky. Having too many family members is not only a burden.

And once the two armies confront each other, the risk is too great, which will harm them instead. So Chen Ziang doesn't want to be a good guy.

"But our Qinghe Army has always been open to recruiting soldiers. If we set such strict rules, I am worried that we won’t be able to recruit many people. Can the conditions be relaxed a little?" Deputy Battalion Commander Li Lang said with a worried look on his face.

Chen Ziang said:"Then we can recruit as many as we can. The quality of the soldiers is not the number. We must ensure that every one of them can go into battle and kill the enemy."