Nangong Ye turned the wine glass in his hand and pondered for a moment with a slightly worried expression. He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Kuang, Wanyan gave everyone a look.
"Brothers, this guy hasn't sent any messages to our Golden Eagle for several days in a row.
Do you think it's possible that this kid got into some trouble or something unexpected happened? "
Upon hearing Nangong Ye's words, Yunchong, Zhang Kuang, Hu Yanyu, and Yeluha all changed their faces slightly, and subconsciously glanced at each other.
Yun Chong took a sip of his drink, frowned slightly in silence for a moment, and cast his eyes hesitantly on Nangong Ye.
“Brother Nangong, you can’t, you must know that this boy has an army of 100,000 in his hands!
I really can't imagine what kind of troubles and mishaps he could encounter with a hundred thousand troops at his disposal. "
Wanyan Chizha casually changed his posture and gently took a puff of the cigarette.
“Nangong Shuai, Brother Yun is right.
With 100,000 soldiers and horses at hand, any trouble is not considered a trouble, and any accident is not an accident.
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses, not to mention the rebels on the Persian side, even if you look at any kingdom among the Western countries, they are an existence that can sweep across the world. "
Zhang Kuang raised the wine jar and took a few sips of fine wine before taking a deep breath of alcohol.
"That's not quite true."
As soon as arrogant words came out, everyone present turned their attention to him one after another.
"Zhang Shuai?"
"Zhang Shuai?"
"Old Zhang, do you have anything to say?"
"Brother Zhang, do you have any different opinions?"
Zhang Kuang looked at the people who were all looking at him, and casually raised his palm to wipe the wine from his gray beard a few times.
"Brothers, brothers, let me say something that is not pleasant to hear. We can't always think on the bright side!
It is true that this boy Dingbang has an army of 100,000 in his hands, and they are all top-notch elite soldiers and generals.
However, there is one thing you must not forget.
The 100,000 troops in the hands of this boy from Dingbang are certainly elite soldiers and strong generals, and they are certainly as powerful as a rainbow.
However, they are all new recruits who have never been on the battlefield.
All of us are old men who have experienced hundreds of battles. Don't you know the difference between new recruits and veterans?
No matter how elite the recruits are, they are still recruits. If they have not been on the battlefield, they have never been on the battlefield.
For new recruits, it is difficult to adapt to the first killing level.
The old pawn is different. As long as he goes to the battlefield, he doesn't hesitate at all to take action.
Because the old soldier knows in his heart that either you will die or I will die on the battlefield, there is nothing to hesitate.
I'm not afraid that this guy Dingbang and his 100,000 soldiers will become red-blooded on the battlefield.
I'm afraid that they will be merciful and be killed by the enemy.
Before this boy from Dingbang led his troops to fight against the rebellion in Persia, I suggested more than once that five or ten thousand elite soldiers should be sent to assist them.
However, this boy Dingbang always disagrees with my suggestion.
He insisted on leading 100,000 new soldiers to go out alone to help the Persians put down the rebellion.
It's okay now. I haven't sent any letters to us for seven or eight days.
Now, we don't know whether this kid is in trouble now.
It is true that we here are worried about him for no reason. "
As soon as Zhang Kuang's slightly unhappy words came out, everyone present couldn't help but fell silent.
Wanyan Chizha looked at the people who were all silent. After leaning over the table leg and knocking out the ashes from the smoke pot, Wanyan Chizha cheerfully picked up the wine glass and gestured to the people around him.
"Come on, come on, have a drink."
"cheers."
"Drink together, drink together."
"Do it first as a courtesy."
After Hu Yanyu drank all the wine in the glass, he picked up the pot and filled himself up with another glass of wine.
"Brothers Cheng Kai, Brother Fuji, Brother Ning Chao, and Brother Chu Jing.
You four brothers and Brother Duan are good brothers who share the same love as brothers.
Now, the boy Dingbang is the nephew that the four of you brothers regard as his own. What do you four brothers think about the current situation of the boy Dingbang? "
Seeing Hu Yanyu suddenly asking a few of them, Cheng Kai, Feng Buer, Ning Chao, and Chu Jing brothers looked at each other instinctively.
Arrogantly, Nangong Ye and the others also looked at Cheng Kai and the Ning Chao brothers with curious expressions.
Cheng Kai drank the wine in the glass in one breath, frowned slightly and let out a sigh of relief.
"Brother Huyan, this kid from Dingbang is not the kind of arrogant person.
Since he dared to choose to lead his troops alone, he must have a reason.
As for why he didn't send us a letter to report that he was safe for many days in a row, I think he must have been delayed due to some things. "
With Cheng Kai taking the lead, Ning Chao, Feng Buer, and Chu Jing all started to agree.
"Brother Huyan, Brother Cheng is right.
We brothers have watched this child Dingbang grow up. According to our brothers’ understanding of his character, he is not the kind of person who is aimless.
Since he dared to send troops to Persia to quell the rebellion on his own, he must be sure of it. "
"Brother Huyan, I have the same idea.
To be honest, considering the nature of this kid, I quite trust him. "
"Brother Huyan, brothers, the one hundred thousand troops in the hands of this guy Dingbang are indeed new soldiers who have never been on the battlefield.
However, I don’t know if you have noticed that the 100,000 recruits in his hands are somewhat different in terms of momentum from the recruits we have seen before. "
Nangong Ye was silent for a moment thoughtfully, then smiled and nodded.
"How should I put it, it is indeed a little different.
But what was different about it, I couldn't tell for a while. "
Hearing Nangong Ye's echoing words, Zhang Guang, Wanyan Chizha and the others narrowed their eyes with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Cheng Kai looked at Zhang Kuang, Yun Chong and the others, who looked thoughtful, and skillfully lit a pot of tobacco and took a long puff happily.
"Brother Huyan, brothers, there is one thing you probably don't know yet, right?"
arrogantly, Wanyan Chiezha and others looked stunned and looked at Cheng Kai with doubtful eyes.
"Um?"
"Um?"
"What? What happened?"
"Huh? Brother Cheng, what's going on?"
When Cheng Kai saw Zhang Kuang and the others looking at him with confusion, he chuckled and turned around and blew out a puff of smoke.
"Brothers, this boy from Dingbang has a book of war in his hand.
It was given to him personally by His Majesty before he led his army to the expedition.
The content of the military book is based on your Majesty's experience of all the large and small battles he has personally experienced in the past twenty years of conquering the north and south, and conquering the east and west. "
As soon as Cheng Kai finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed.
Immediately, Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye and others began to sigh softly.
"What? Is this happening?"
"This! This! Why have I never seen this guy Dingbang mention this before?"
"This brat has hidden his secrets really well."
"Your Majesty used his half-life personal combat experience to write down his experience. As long as this kid Dingbang can understand half of it, it will be enough for him."
"Hehehe, no wonder this brat is so confident."
"In this case, is this boy Dingbang a true disciple of the Emperor?"
Cheng Kai saw the sighing looks on Zhang Kuang, Wanyan Chizha and the others, he chuckled and raised his glass to signal around.
"Brothers, brothers, let's have a drink together."
"cheers."
"cheers."
"Drink together, drink together."
"drink!"
With a glass of wine in his stomach, Cheng Kai put down his glass, chuckled and took a puff of his cigarette.
"Dear brothers, brothers.
To tell you the truth, I only saw the military book in the hands of this boy in Dingbang by accident.
To be honest, I don’t know how to evaluate Dingbang’s current ability to command troops.
I am also an old man who has experienced hundreds of battles and has been on the battlefield for many years.
To be honest, I couldn't help but feel a little worried about the fact that a young man like Dingbang, who had never been on the battlefield, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces with a hundred thousand elite soldiers and horses.
I was worried whether he, a newbie, could be able to carry such a heavy burden.
Later, I thought and thought, thought and thought, and finally figured it out. "
As Cheng Kai spoke, he reached out to pick up his drink and drank it down in one gulp.
"call--"
"Brothers and brothers, do you know what I have figured out?"
"Appreciate further details."
"Brother Cheng, stop being so secretive and tell me quickly."
"Brother Cheng, tell me quickly."
"Speak quickly, speak quickly."
"Dear brothers, dear brothers.
Cheng Kai is not the only one who knows who our Emperor is and what his character is. Everyone here also knows it.
Do you think, if this kid from Dingbang is really difficult to hold a big position, would His Majesty think so highly of him? "
"Hiss, this."
"If you think about it carefully, it's really true."
Cheng Kai put down the wine glass in his hand, picked up a peanut with chopsticks and threw it into his mouth.
"Brothers, as I said just now, I have some doubts about the ability of this kid Dingbang.
After all, this is his first time on the battlefield, and none of us know what his ability to command troops is.
But, then again, even our Majesty believes in his ability to command troops and entrusts him with important tasks.
We seniors, or uncles, have no reason not to believe in his abilities.
In other words, we are not trusting this kid Dingbang, but we are trusting our Emperor.
Brother, I have followed His Majesty for many years, and I understand his character to some extent.
Based on my understanding of His Majesty, he will definitely not treat important matters of the country as trivial matters. "
After everyone present listened to Cheng Kai's long speech, they looked at each other a few times, and everyone fell silent as if thinking.
Zhang Kuang came to his senses first and lifted the wine jar on the table with a loud laugh.
"Hahaha, since these brothers have confidence in this guy Dingbang, then we have nothing to say.
In a word, just wait patiently for the letter from this guy.
Come on, come on, drink, drink. "
Hearing the wild and hearty laughter, everyone who was meditating came back to their senses one after another.
"Okay, okay, cheers."
"Brother Zhang, please."
"Lao Zhang, let's drink together, drink together."
"Zhang Shuai, brothers, I will do it first as a courtesy."
After everyone drank with each other, they started talking and laughing again.
Zhang Kuang dropped the bottomed wine jar in his hand, picked up another jar of wine and placed it on the table. He raised his hand and patted off the sealing mud on the wine jar.
"Brothers, according to the reports from the spies lurking in the Frankish country, in the past one or two months, the little king of the Frankish country has begun to become a little restless again."
After hearing the arrogant words, Nangong Ye quickly spat out the fish bones in his mouth.
"Is the news confirmed?"
Hu Yanyu, Wanyan Chiezha, Cheng Kai, Ning Chao and the others all looked towards Zhang Kuang.
"Yes, yes, is the news confirmed?"
Zhang Kuang took a big bite of the roasted hump in his hand, frowned slightly and sighed.
"well."
“I can’t tell you the specific situation.
After I received the letter from the spy, I sent fifty scouts in disguise to the Frankish country to find out the news.
What's going on? We still have to wait for the scout's golden eagle to send a message, or the falcon to send a message. "
"Old Zhang, what does the secret agent's letter say?"
"Yes, yes, brother Zhang, please tell us first what kind of situation the spies reported."
"According to the secret agent's report, in the past one or two months, the little king of the Frankish country has been having private discussions with the kings of the so-called country where the sun never sets, the country of Great Food in White Clothes, and the country of Prussia. Letters exchanged.
As for what they said in the letters, the spies didn't know.
However, considering the current situation in Western countries, what they talked about in their letters is most likely related to the matter of uniting to resist our dragon cavalry.
The specific situation depends on whether the scout brothers can use the offensive of money to penetrate into their interior. "
Nangong Ye stood up from the chair, picked up the wine glass and walked to the crenellations of the city wall. He looked at the scenery outside the city and breathed a sigh of relief.
"If His Majesty hadn't strictly ordered us to properly manage the territory we conquered and couldn't continue to march westward and use troops, why would we be guessing here?"
Wanyan Chizha was silent for a moment with his brows slightly furrowed, then stood up and walked towards Nangong Ye.
“Brother Nangong, considering the current situation, His Majesty’s order is very correct.
When the army set out for the western expedition, Your Majesty dispatched a total of 800,000 troops.
The two western expedition armies on the left and right plus auxiliary troops totaled 450,000 troops.
The soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate, plus the soldiers and horses of the countries in the Western Regions, totaled 350,000 troops.
An army of 800,000 is indeed a lot.
Looking at the whole world, no country can gather 800,000 troops at once for a thousand-mile expedition except for our Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty.
However, as our three armies attacked the city along the way, our forces gradually dispersed.
In addition, every time we fight, our troops are gradually depleted.
Now, of our 800,000-strong army, there are only over 700,000 left.
The remaining 700,000 of us have to take charge of 326 large and small cities.
Just like this, the troops we have are already stretched thin.
If we continue the Western Expedition, it will be easy for us to capture a city, but what kind of troops will we use to manage it?
Your Majesty may have anticipated this situation, so he sent another 100,000 troops to assist us.
However, for the vast territories of Western countries, adding another hundred thousand troops is still a drop in the bucket.
Just as His Majesty said, it is easy to conquer but difficult to govern! "
Nangong Ye finished the drink in the glass in one gulp, then turned to look at Wanyan Chiezha, and then glanced at Zhang Kuang, Yun Chong and all of them.
“I know all these things in my heart.
However, I am somewhat unwilling to do so.
I have been away from my hometown for four or five years, where is my hometown!
If this continues, will old guys like us still have a chance to return to our hometown? "
A voice suddenly came from the stairs inside the city wall.
"It seems that you have quite a lot of resentment towards this young master!"
