My father is a Confucian sage, but the system forces me to be a crude warrior

Chapter 159 The results of the Yuanyang Army's battle have been returned to Beijing

"Thirty-seven...thirty-eight...forty..."

"Count again, count again... one, two... forty..."

"God!!!"

Tears sparkled in the captain's eyes.

His grin was huge.

Tears flowed from the corners of my eyes into my mouth.

He couldn't taste saltiness.

I don’t know whether I am crying or laughing.

"forty……"

"That's forty..."

"Not one is missing..."

Everyone's eyes were extremely confused.

They can't believe it.

All this in front of me.

Did you make it yourself?

This……

"Go down the mountain!! Go back to the city!!"

The captain's voice was extremely hoarse.

He raised the long sword in his hand, and his voice was extremely firm:
"The Mandarin Duck Formation is invincible in the world!!"

……

"What??"

In the military tent.

Ji Qing's pupils were somewhat dilated.

As he listened to the numbers reported by the newly trained Mandarin Duck Army in front of him, he felt that the world was a little unreal.

"A total of eleven new armies of Yuanyang."

"The total number of troops in this exercise is 426."

"Destroyed four hundred and seventy enemies."

"Sixteen of our soldiers were killed and forty-seven were wounded."

Just a few simple sentences to report.

This made Ji Qing, the commander-in-chief of the three armies who had fought several major battles with the demon clan, at a loss.

"Twenty teams of Yuanyang troops... have only been training for two months..."

Ji Qing felt like his brain wasn't enough.

"How can it really be so powerful on a steep mountain road?!"

He whispered softly.

at that time.

A breeze passed by.

The next moment, a familiar figure appeared in the tent.

Dean Shi of Qilin Academy.

He still has white hair and a youthful face, and his expression is calm.

"I heard the results of the military exercise are out?"

There was no emotion in his voice.

Ji Qing looked up in a daze, and nodded:

"Out."

"How's the battle report?"

"You...see for yourself."

……

The tent fell into silence for a long time.

at last.

"Clap."

There was a soft sound.

Then came Dean Shi's voice:

"Quick! Report this victory to His Majesty!!"

"Duke Tian Ji of Wei! He will be famous all over the world!!!"

……

royal palace.

In the imperial study room.

When Emperor Jianhong's eyes fell on the people in front of him.

His eyes were a little gloomy.

At this time, Emperor Jianhong was sitting in the center of the Imperial Study.

He sat in the chair without saying a word.

There were five figures standing in front of him.

Li Zhen, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Duke Tian Ji of Wei.

Zeng Shilin was the Minister of War and Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace.

Minister of Revenue Lou Yingqi.

There was another figure who was extremely respectful, standing behind the others, not conspicuous.

It was the eunuch Si Zhongxiao who was in charge of writing.

At this time, the atmosphere in the imperial study was extremely quiet.

No one spoke.

"Tell me what you are worried about."

Emperor Jianhong took a deep breath, and he sat on his chair and stared coldly at the ministers in the room:

"When we fought Bixuan, we had concerns, so Ji Qing also led his army to fight!"

"Later, the demon tribe in the northern border rioted, and you still had concerns! I also sent Ji Qing and Dean Shi to suppress it."

"And then there were floods and droughts, and you still had concerns! The money from the Ministry of Revenue was also allocated to the victims without a single cent missing!!"

"You still have concerns about attacking a tiny country now!!"

After saying that, Emperor Jianhong slammed his hand on the table.

There was a loud "bang" sound.

"What? My Great Holy Dynasty is now in tatters and beyond repair?!!"

At this point, Emperor Jianhong's voice had already brought the atmosphere in the entire venue to freezing point.

"Pfft~"

Si Zhongxiao knelt down directly.

Hearing him kneel, several people in the field knelt down without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Li Zhen knelt on the ground, his voice neither salty nor bland.

"Calm down?!!"

Emperor Jianhong looked at him coldly.

His expression was as sharp as ice:

"Huang Yuangao!!"

"Huang Gong!!"

"You have worked diligently and conscientiously for our Great Saint Dynasty for decades!!"

"He was murdered by villains and assassinated by the demons!!"

"The dragon survey map of Fengqi Road is lost!!"

"How can you calm me down?!"

"How can you calm the anger of the people of the world? How can you calm the anger of the people of the world?!"

……

Li Zhen didn't say anything.

Lou Yingqi, kneeling on the ground, sighed deeply.

Duke Tian Ji of Wei State gritted his teeth and slowly raised his head and said:

"Your Majesty, I am fully aware of your anger and am extremely heartbroken."

"The blame for Mr. Huang's death lies with us, his subjects, and has nothing to do with Your Majesty."

"We are eager to avenge Mr. Huang!"

At this point, Tian Ji smiled bitterly and continued:

"However, the focus of this battle is not on King Nan of Jiang State."

"It's the demon tribe. If we want to take over the Southern King's fiefdom, we must send troops to blockade the demon tribe in the Demon Mountain in the southern border."

"Otherwise, if Xiangliu gets the news when our army is attacking the city, he will send the demon army south to attack us. Our army will be caught in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides..."

"Humph!"

Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes and looked at Duke Tian Ji of Weiguo:
"Then block it!"

Tian Ji smiled bitterly, and he extended his hand to Emperor Jianhong and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to stand up and speak."

Then Father, Lou Yingqi, and Li Zhen all looked up.

He looked at Emperor Jianhong innocently.

Only Si Zhongxiao was still kneeling on the ground with his butt raised high.

"Get up!"

Emperor Jianhong waved his hand impatiently.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After a few people stood up.

Tian Ji took a deep breath and walked towards the largest map in the imperial study.

He pointed to the southern border on the map and circled a very clear area:

"Your Majesty, the fief of the King of Jiang State is located in the north of a mountain called Baideng Mountain. This mountain is extremely steep."

"But below the mountain is a huge plain."

"If we want to station troops on this plain to intercept the monster, I'm afraid we'll need at least... 300,000 soldiers to barely occupy this plain."

"What? Three hundred thousand?" Lou Yingqi was shocked when he heard this.

He looked at Tian Ji in disbelief: "Duke, are you crazy? The treasury is tight now, and you still want 300,000 soldiers? No! We can't afford it! It's impossible to afford it!!"

"Even if we are tired from the journey and each county manages the food, the consumption of food and fodder for 300,000 troops is quite huge... I definitely cannot afford it from the Great Saint's treasury."

Lou Yingqi simply shook his head and waved his hands. He was not afraid of boiling water and saluted to Emperor Jianhong:

"Your Majesty, if you really want to dispatch 300,000 troops to the southern border just to attack the fief of the King of Jiang Nan, you might as well take my head off first."

"Otherwise, the Duke of Wei will never be able to take a penny from the treasury."

……

Emperor Jianhong's brows turned gloomy again.

He was not gloomy because of Lou Yingqi's words, but because of the 300,000 troops mentioned by Tian Ji.

Indeed, the fatigue of three hundred thousand soldiers...

Duke Tianji of Weiguo sighed helplessly when he heard Lou Yingqi's words, then raised his head and looked at Emperor Jianhong, his voice full of solemnity:
"I have a second strategy."

"Speak." Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes.

"In addition to setting up troops on the plain below the mountain, if we want to stop the demon army from invading, then we can set up the battlefield on the mountain path of Baideng Mountain."

At this point, Tian Ji took a deep breath and said:
"The Baideng Mountain Road is extremely steep and narrow. It is the only way for the demons to go south. It was also the main road that the coalition forces of the two countries of Shengjiang wanted to use to block Bixuan seven years ago."

"If we can deploy troops this way, we only need 10,000 guards..."

"It's just..." Tian Ji's expression turned ugly when he said this:

"These 10,000 Weilin troops need to hold out for half a month and prevent the demons from coming out to interfere with our main force."

"Within half a month, I am confident that I can conquer the fiefdom of King Nan of Jiang State."

As soon as these words came out.

No one spoke again.

half a month.

The battle between the Great Saint Dynasty’s army and the demon tribe.

The battlefield is still in the mountains.

Can be imagined.

After half a month, how many of the ten thousand soldiers are left?

Even total annihilation is not impossible.

And Wei Lin Army.

It is considered the strongest army in the entire Great Holy Dynasty!

They are well-equipped and fearless of death.

"Ten thousand Wei Lin troops..."

Emperor Jianhong narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers slowly between his sleeves.

His idea is simple.

Now that things have come to this, all the Great Saint Dynasty can do is try its best to recover the losses.

It is currently known that the Great Sage Dynasty has lost Huang Yuangao's life.

Martial arts map of Fengqi Road.

There is also a high probability of losing 10,000 Wei Lin troops in the future, which will be a huge loss to the national treasury.

And the losses during the siege.

What can be recovered from all these losses is:
The emperor's face.

The dignity of the Great Holy Dynasty.

There are also two cities that can block the throat of the demon clan’s Wan Yao Mountain.

Emperor Jianhong was calculating silently.

"Neither!"

Dad stood up at this time.

He looked at Tian Ji righteously, his eyes gloomy and he said:
"Duke Weiguo, the Weilin Army is the trump card army of our Great Saint Dynasty, which was passed down from the time when Taizu was on the battlefield. Do you know how much it would cost to train 10,000 Weilin Army soldiers to be ready for battle?"

"The cost of daily training and medicinal baths alone is not much less than that of 300,000 military horses."

"Will such a Wei Lin Army be abandoned?"

The old man's eyes sparkled: "My Ministry of War will be the first one to disagree!"

"Your Majesty, if you want to send these 10,000 guards to the border, that's fine."

"Hmm?" Emperor Jianhong looked at his father indifferently.

"Behead me first."

There was no trace of fear on Dad's face.

……

This just doesn't make sense.

Emperor Jianhong's eyes darkened.

Just when he was about to lose his temper again.

A young eunuch came running in from outside, panting.

"Your Majesty, there is something important to report to the northern border."

This sound.

It attracted the attention of all the ministers in the small court meeting.

Ji Qing...

The eunuch Si Zhongxiao remained silent, squinted his eyes and looked at the eunuch.

Li Zhen, Father, Duke Weiguo, and Lou Yingqi all looked puzzled.

"Yes."

Emperor Jianhong suppressed his anger and looked at the eunuch calmly.

"Yes."

……

As Emperor Jianhong tore off the sealing wax on the letter in his hand.

After opening the letter, read it word by word.

After reading it, Emperor Jianhong's body was shaken.

Then he suddenly raised his head and looked towards Tian Ji.

There was an unconcealable joy in his eyes.

Duke Tian Ji of Wei saw this look.

A possibility emerged in my mind.

His eyes widened as he looked at Emperor Jianhong.

"Your Majesty... Could it be... the Yuanyang Army..."

"Ha ha ha ha!!!!"

Emperor Jianhong's hearty laughter instantly broke out of the imperial study.

He waved his hand and threw the letter in his hand to Tian Ji:
"look by youself!"

Tian Ji did not dare to delay and stepped forward to take the envelope.

When he saw [470 enemies killed. 16 of our soldiers killed and 47 wounded. ]

After seeing this extremely exaggerated casualty ratio, there was a hint of shock in the pupils of his eyes.

"Gudong~"

A mouthful of saliva rolled down Tian Ji's throat and was swallowed by him.

"Hahahahahaha!!!"

What followed was Tian Ji’s hearty laughter.

After laughing, he suddenly raised his head and looked towards Emperor Jianhong:
"His Majesty!!"

There was even a tremor in the voice:

"No more, five thousand! Just give me five thousand!"

When he said this, he couldn't help but get excited, and even paced back and forth and said:
"If we can train 5,000 of these troops, then we can attack the King of Jiang State and succeed!!!"

"Attack and defense change form!!"

"Attack and defense change form!!"

"Hahaha!! That kid really wasn't bragging!!"

"Your Majesty, this is a great achievement! Worthy of a great achievement!!"

This experienced Duke Tian Ji of Wei.

Finally I lost my composure.

"what happened……"

Li Zhen frowned slightly, looking at His Majesty and the ecstatic Duke Weiguo in confusion.

Only Dad narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing the words "great achievements".

There was an extremely sharp light flashing.

"reward!!"

Emperor Jianhong looked at Tian Ji, who looked like a madman, and had no intention of blaming him for being disrespectful in front of the emperor.

Instead, he showed a puzzled smile and said something even more puzzled:
"Reward Zeng Anmin!!"

"With this military formation, reward them for their military merits!!"

"First, I will give you 100 kilograms of gold, 10 beauties, 1,000 pieces of cloth, and 10 BMWs!"

"As for the reward..."

Emperor Jianhong touched his chin, pondered for a while, then looked up at his father:

"How do you think we should appoint officials?"

The corners of Dad's mouth curled up slightly.

Just as he was about to answer, he was interrupted by a voice.

"Your Majesty, could you please let us know what exactly happened?"

Li Zhen stood out expressionlessly and stood between his father and Emperor Jianhong.

……

Dad looked at Li Zhen's back with great displeasure.

However, he was not in a hurry to speak, but waited for Emperor Jianhong to explain to Li Zhen.

Emperor Jianhong said with a smile: "Haha, I specifically asked for this matter to be kept secret, so it is normal that you don't know."

"This happened during the last imperial examination. Zeng Anmin, the son of Minister Zeng, participated in the imperial examination..."

"I will pass this military formation map to the border and let Ji Qing train the troops..."

"Today, the fruits of the military formation have arrived."

"Our army has won a great victory!"

……

At this time, Tian Ji also handed over the results of the battle in his hand.

After Li Zhen finished reading, his slightly cloudy eyes narrowed slightly.

In the corner that no one can see, there is a dangerous light flashing.

Finally, Li Zhen raised his head and looked at his father with a smile:

"Congratulations to Minister Zeng for having this unicorn child."

"I don't deserve such praise from you, Lord."

Dad stroked his beard modestly:
"My son is naughty, it's just a coincidence of graffiti, no need to praise, no need to praise..."

But his voice clearly floated into the sky.

"hehe."

Li Zhen chuckled, then slowly turned his gaze to Emperor Jianhong's face:
"Your Majesty, I don't think you need to be so anxious about ennobling Zeng Anmin."

……

As soon as these words came out.

The entire imperial study fell silent.

The old man's hand that was stroking his beard stopped immediately.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Zhen's back.

(End of this chapter)