"The Black Flag Camp is now under the direct control of Commander Pang Pang, and Wang Yiming is responsible for coordinating daily affairs and reporting them to the Commander's Yamen.
However, due to a problem with the elixir, evil monks took advantage of the situation. The Black Flag Battalion was punished many times, and several deputy commanders were all removed from their positions. Dai Zui remained in office and kept his respective camps for the time being. Observe the aftereffects. Even the commander was given a note of accountability by His Majesty..."
Because he lived in the City of Wasted Death, the information Tan Bin knew was not very detailed. But the narration still revealed the current situation and grievances of the Black Flag Camp on thin ice.
After hearing this, Shen Hao didn't say anything more, but fell silent.
The evil monks took advantage of Hong Sha's entry point and dragged the Jingjiu Dynasty into the quagmire of chaos. Does the Black Flag Battalion have any responsibility for this? Of course there is. I did not maintain my awareness of prevention against red evil spirits and failed to take emergency response measures under pressure.
But is it a big responsibility? This depends on what angle you look at it.
Shen Hao did not believe that Pang Ban, who was in charge of the Black Flag Battalion, would suddenly abandon the previously agreed prevention policies and strategies against the Red Evil due to the pressure from the evil monks. The expansion of the scope of application of Hongsha imitations must have a reason that Pang Ban cannot refuse, which affects the decision-making in this regard.
Who has the ability to influence Pang Ban? Naturally it can only be the emperor, Yang Shu.
On the one hand, there was the counterattack pressure from evil monks, the pressure of lack of personnel, and the denunciation of public opinion in the court. After several overlaps, Shen Hao imagined that the emperor would definitely seek a solution that seemed feasible. Moreover, the emperor's enthusiastic attitude towards the Red Devil will inevitably increase his confidence in the imitation of the Red Devil after a group of death row prisoners in the previous experiment successfully became "new forces".
The final decision is not difficult to imagine. After releasing the scope of use of the Red Devil again and again, and after achieving remarkable results again and again, this time-saving and labor-saving method will definitely be forced to lose control of use quickly. Finally, when it reaches the point of “recruiting death row prisoners nationwide”, it will be difficult to restore the situation.
After the thunderstorm, what else can Black Flag Battalion do besides stand up and take the blame?
The outside world may not know the grievances and involuntary actions of Black Flag Camp in this matter, but the emperor definitely knows. From the fact that with such a huge "responsibility", none of the four deputy commanders at the first level were beheaded, it was clear that this must be the emperor leaving a way out for the Xuanqing Guard Black Flag Battalion who took the blame for him. Otherwise, if he is really punished, all the deputy commanders, including Wang Yiming, will lose their heads.
But although Wang Yiming and the others escaped death, it was still a catastrophic disaster for Black Flag Camp.
Originally, the Black Flag Battalion was leading the confrontation with the evil monks, and together with the Xuanqing Guards as a whole, they formed the main combat force. Those death row prisoners who used imitation Red Devils also acted under the control of Black Flag Battalion. When thunderstorms occurred, Black Flag Battalion bore the brunt, and other Xuanqing Guards were also affected immediately.
Therefore, apart from the casualties of ordinary people, the Xuanqing Guard suffered the most casualties, and the Black Flag Camp was the hardest hit area in the Xuanqing Guard.
According to Tan Bin, almost half of the Xuanqing Guard soldiers on the front line were gone at that time, and only 23 out of 10 of the Black Flag Battalion remained.
With such casualties, coupled with the unfavorable wind direction of taking the blame and the temple, the entire Xuanqing Guard was forced to reduce its establishment by more than 20%. Among them, the Black Flag Battalion shrunk even more severely, with more than 30% of the establishment reduced, and the money allocated It was cut in half directly.
It is clear that evil spirits are rampant outside, and evil monks are causing trouble everywhere. However, as the main force against evil monks, they have been restrained to the extent of reducing their staff. This is really unbelievable. It stands to reason that Emperor Shu is not an emperor who will be restrained by the temple's civil and military affairs. Moreover, the Ministry of War and the civil service group can be said to be the people he selected himself. Shouldn't they cause any constraints to him?
Why did it develop to this point? Shen Hao couldn't figure out the reason for the time being.
In addition, the Black Flag Battalion is still having a hard time, and Blackwater, as its intelligence channel, is naturally not comfortable either. The City of Suicide area under the control of Tan Bin has also had its funding and manpower reduced by half. Now it can only hold on to a few important intelligence targets. As for expansion and other things, it can hardly do anything.
Tan Bin's own words describe it this way: I feel like if this goes on day by day, I will really become the leader of a carriage.
"Where's the news from Wusi City?"
"Compared to the turmoil in the Jingjiu Dynasty, the city has not changed much, except that there are many monks talking about the situation in the Jingjiu Dynasty. The amount of medicinal materials purchased by the Changsheng Gate in Sankui Shuri is almost 30% more than before, but we don't know yet. What kind of pills do they produce and where do they go from? However, judging from the types of medicinal materials they import, they include the medicinal materials that you have expressed concern about before.
In addition, the Zhengyang Sect has ceased since the civil strife broke out in the Jingjiu Dynasty. Instead of continuing to recall pseudo-evil monks from various places, the original channels for purchasing boys and girls were restored.
By the way, sir. The Zhengyang Sect incident that you arranged for your subordinates to investigate before the accident has actually come to an end. Those pseudo-evil monks who were recalled from various places by Zhengyang Sect have never shown their faces again, and they should all be dead. The subordinates thought that they should suffer the same fate as those boys and girls. "
Although the news has been delayed, it is still useful to Shen Hao. Now it seems that the Immortality Sect is not clean either, at least in terms of Hong Sha's matter, it is absolutely inseparable.
Also, it is now certain that the "blood food" and "life soul" needed by the Zhengyang Sect can be used not only for boys and girls, but also for the flesh, flesh, essence and soul of the pseudo-evil monks. Moreover, Zhengyang Sect also seems to be nourishing and repairing the remains of the three-eyed evil beast as Bai Wu said.
"Where is the sect? How will the Jingjiu Dynasty react to this chaos?"
Tan Bin shook his head and said: "The subordinates of the sect don't know. They can only see people from the Jingjiu dynasty sect during the opening season of the underground palace every year. However, in the past two years, the number of people from the Jingjiu dynasty sect has not been small, and there are no What a special move. I haven’t heard any other news.”
"..." After a moment of silence, Shen Hao said: "Don't send back the news about my escape yet. Lock it up for now. Arrange a boat for me and I will return to Jingjiu Dynasty tomorrow."
Tan Bin responded and did not dare to say anything more. He told Shen Hao the ship number that had been decided for tomorrow and said that he would make arrangements overnight. Then he said goodbye and left.
Shen Hao sat at the wine table and drank slowly, treating it as a rest. What was going over and over in my mind was the general news I just got from Tan Bin.
After being imprisoned for two years, Shen Hao originally thought that he would not be able to understand the world when he was released. After all, it was only two years, which was not too long even for ordinary people. But now it seems that the world is changing so fast that he really can't understand it.
