The biggest enemy of the entire Xuanqing Guard, including the Black Flag Battalion, has always been the evil monks hiding in the dark.
Nearly 90% of the death lists submitted every month were soldiers who died fighting evil monks. Moreover, the number of casualties has increased from a dozen per month at the beginning to close to a hundred now. This is only the number of casualties in the Black Flag Battalion. If you include the casualties of the Xuanqing Guards in various places, it will be at least 200 per month.
Therefore, the Xuanqing Guards were seen in the city wearing brocade robes and showing off their power wherever they went, but in fact these people were the ones who died the most when there was no war in the Jingji Dynasty. Even because they are the emperor's private army, their achievements are difficult to record in history books or official lists, and will only fade away quickly in time.
In this way, it is basically difficult for Xuan Qingwei to feel "honor", so it can only be provided in kind. Otherwise, who would be willing to do such a job of licking blood from the edge of a knife? This gave the Xuanqing Guards a generous salary and compensation for those killed in battle that other yamen could not match.
Of course, Xuanqingwei's money does not go to the Household Department, but is all handled by the Emperor's Internal Affairs Office. If it is more generous, people outside can only envy it but cannot make irresponsible remarks.
In the same way, everything from salary to personal weapons and equipment and consumables are much better and more abundant than soldiers in the army. Just talking about talismans, as long as they go on a mission, Xiaoqi's team will be equipped with at least one thunder-controlling talisman. If the mission has foreseeable difficulties, they will be equipped with more, and even a higher-level thunder talisman. Not impossible.
People in the military often say that "one Xuanqing Guard is worth five elite battalions of soldiers." What they are talking about is not combat effectiveness, but the gap in weapons, equipment and consumables.
These differences are actually understandable. After all, in the army, even the soldiers of the elite battalion will most likely fight ordinary soldiers. Even if they encounter high-level monks, they will face them in a military formation. The Xuanqing Guards were different. They often encountered encounters, and the targets of the fights were rarely ordinary people. Evil monks and evil spirits accounted for the majority. Without more powerful equipment, it would basically mean death.
Xuanqingwei's equipment and consumables are better configured, but once the supply cannot keep up, it will be very troublesome. Casualties will increase rapidly.
This is why Wang Yiming and the other deputy commanders of the Black Flag Battalion tried their best to produce some consumables to cope with the shortage. Too many people died, it hurts!
But the deaths and injuries of people in Black Flag Camp are within their own scope. If they can bear it psychologically, if the scope of casualties is expanded and affects not only Black Flag Camp and even Xuanqing Guard, but ordinary people are also involved, Shen Hao will not be affected. is within the tolerance range.
"How much higher? Is there any comparison?" Shen Hao asked while quickly rummaging through the document in his hand for information about this section. Soon, he saw it on the fifth page from the bottom.
At the same time, Wang Yiming also introduced: "Looking at the overall situation in various places, there are 30% more evil attacks this year than last year. Especially in the past two months, evil attacks involving Dacheng and surrounding Dacheng have increased rapidly. Some The area has even doubled compared to last year.”
Wang Yiming only talked about the general situation, while the document in Shen Hao's hand contained a more detailed numerical comparison.
By the time Shen Hao finished reading the documents in his hand, his brows were already furrowed. The situation is not optimistic, and suddenly, the number of attacks has skyrocketed in just two months. It is simply impossible to say that no one is behind this.
As Wang Yiming said just now, Shen Hao also believed that this was an act of revenge carried out by evil monks against Xuanqing Guard.
Don't think that the evil monks have any awareness of "the injustice has its owner, and the debt has its owner". They are just rats in the gutter. They can't take the right path, and they will naturally resort to all kinds of revenge. How can Xuanqingwei be the most annoyed? That's how they come.
Therefore, diverting the blood from Xuanqingwei to ordinary people will put great pressure on Xuanqingwei. The effect of revenge is much higher than fighting Xuanqingwei to death.
"What's the reaction from the Qianhu Offices in various places?" Shen Hao didn't give his opinion first, but asked about the reaction from the Xuanqing Guard Qianhu Offices in various places. Compared with the Black Flag Camp, the Xuanqing Guard's Qianhu Stations in various places are actually the main combat force in dealing with evil spirits, including missionary work in remote areas. The Xuanqing Guard's Qianhu Stations in various places have also made great efforts. After all, in terms of size, there is still a clear gap between Black Flag Camp and Qianhu Hospital in various places.
Wang Yiming: "Returning to your Majesty, we have reminded thousands of households in various places, and they also expressed that they are aware of this problem. The current measures are internal prevention and external inspection, and we will discover traces of evil spirits in each jurisdiction as early as possible and deal with them. Annihilate. At the same time, strengthen the defense of major cities to reduce the occurrence of similar incidents in major cities."
"Tightly guard against the big city?"
"Yes sir."
"What about outside the big city? Don't the towns, villages, and villages have anything to say?" Shen Hao's tone was cold, obviously dissatisfied with the Xuanqing Guards' strategy of focusing on the big and letting go of the small.
Wang Yiming understood Mr. Shen's anger, but the Black Flag Camp could not influence the decisions of the Qianhu Offices in various places, just like the Qianhu Offices in various places could not influence the decisions of the Black Flag Camp.
"Sir, the purpose of the Qianhu Offices in various places is to keep an eye on the big cities, and other places are mainly for investigation. I heard that the talismans and spiritual stones that summoned the village chiefs and security chiefs in various villages, towns and villages were sent. If there is any abnormal movement, you can alert us as soon as possible.”
Shen Hao could only sigh. After all, the scope is too large, and Xuan Qingwei really cannot cover everything. Thinking of these measures is actually not slacking off. However, these measures still cannot prevent the invasion of evil spirits.
"Please remember, in the name of the commanding office of the Black Flag Battalion, I will send a document to the Governor's Office of the Fourth Front Army later. In view of the recent frequent occurrences of evil spirits, I hope they can provide appropriate support in various defense zones, such as garrisons in various places. Can you draw some cavalry teams to form patrols, etc. You can mention more specific ideas and let them choose. You can take the lead in writing it yourself and then show it to me after you finish it."
Finding front troops from various places to assist in defense is the most feasible way Shen Hao can think of. Moreover, he asked himself that he still had such a reputation in the military, and now that he was giving credit to all armies in the war, there was no reason why the other party should not give him this honor.
"It's my lord. I'll start working on it later."
"Okay, if you have nothing else, go out and call Wang Jian in."
Before leaving, Wang Yiming smiled and said: "My lord, there is one more thing. Lord Lin Chenlin and the other three deputy commanders want to hold a banquet to congratulate my lord on this breakthrough in cultivation. I have asked my subordinates to come down and ask my lord if you have time. "
"Lin Chen? Do you also have a share?" Shen Hao smiled, and seeing Wang Yiming's acquiescence, he continued: "Okay, you can decide on a place, just choose it in these two days."
