strictlysupreme Chapter 232
Chapter 232
Dragon Empire.
In the palace.
Emperor Long Tianzi looked at the battle report in his hand, frowned, and said, "What's going on? Logically speaking, with the help of so many immortal cultivators, this battle shouldn't be lost."
"However, Wang Jianjun asked me to ask for help from other Sects."
At this time, the famous military general standing next to him said: "Your Majesty, the Wang Supervisor Army has already asked for help from all sects."
"What?" Emperor Long was a little displeased, and said, "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Jianjun said that the military situation is urgent. For His Majesty's safety, he has no time to report to you. Therefore, he immediately asked the major Sects for help."
"Wang Jianjun has a heart." Long Tianzi nodded very satisfied.
However, the military commander was very depressed.
Because he found that the emperor didn't care at all.
However, it doesn't matter to him thinking that he can also reap benefits.
But at this time, Emperor Long was kept in the dark.
For the reward fees that are required to be increased next, as well as the soldiers' salaries, the officials in charge of the order are notified one by one and paid out.
This also shocked the general.
Because he was the first contact person, he found that the emperor didn't care at all when he pulled out the money.
On the contrary, those responsible officials began their blood-sucking behavior.
Originally, the salary allocated by the empire was 5 million silver coins.
However, after going through layers of deprivation, only less than one million taels of silver reached the border.
Seeing all this, the military commander was also terrified.
"What's wrong with this country? Everyone is deceiving His Majesty, poor old emperor."
"However, thanks to the incompetence of the old emperor, otherwise, I would not have earned tens of thousands of taels of silver."
He never expected that this border battle would actually make him rich.
As for the final success or failure of the border war, that's not what he should care about. Anyway, the higher-ups are responsible for any accidents.
If it doesn't work, he can also pull out some people to replace him.
This is also learned from those corrupt people.
The border city, Luofeng City.
The defenders in the city felt their scalps go numb looking at the large number of barbarian troops and those ferocious beasts outside.
Especially these ordinary soldiers.
"Why don't those cultivators fight? We always fight?"
"I heard that Wang Jianjun asked them to deal with those powerful beast kings."
"ah?"
Because of this, their immortal cultivators will have a lot of losses.
Because it's not on defense, it's on offense.
These immortal cultivators will only have to die if they go.
Among them, Meng Haisheng, Lin Yuting and others were also included.
This time, they were sent to hunt down a beast king, and many disciples died due to intelligence errors.
In the end, relying on Meng Haisheng's treasure Calabash, they escaped.
However, because of this, he knew that he was not the opponent of those fierce beasts, so he could only ask Sect for help.
And Wang Jianjun seems to have figured out the temper of these immortal cultivators.
He treats every immortal cultivator very politely, and shows that he is always considerate of others.
But dealing with ordinary soldiers is like rubbish, without the slightest attention.
However, Wang Jianjun has one thing in common, that is, whether it is the immortal cultivator or these soldiers, most of the rewards they receive fall into Wang Jianjun's pockets.
At this time, Wang Jianjun couldn't help laughing when he saw the boxes of gold and silver treasures he had embezzled.
"Hahaha, our family is smart, and we want to use this to make this war last longer."
"As for the loss of the city, it's because of the general's incompetence, no wonder I."
Little did he know, it was precisely because he took away most of the reward silver, coupled with the random deployment of troops, that gave those ferocious beasts and barbarians a chance to take advantage of it.
As a result, the army was defeated. However, Wang Jianjun took the good for himself, and let others take the blame for the bad.
However, what he is greedy for is basically the salaries of those soldiers, and for immortal cultivators, it depends on the background.
Just as he was enjoying himself so happily, suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside his room.
"Report."
Outside the door, someone shouted.
"What's up?"
"Master Supervisor, the commander wants to see you."
"See our family?" Wang Jianjun said angrily, "What's there to see? Our family feels like throwing up when they see that stinky face."
"Master Supervisor, if you don't go out, the commander-in-chief will not be able to command the army to deal with those beasts and barbarians."
"Hehe, that's an exaggeration. Doesn't he still have his own men? Just let him send his people up." Wang Jianjun still didn't care.
He was holding the boxes of silver taels beautifully.
"These are our family's treasures. This time, we got a lot of money. No wonder the other eunuchs like being the supervisor so much."
"No, there is such a good opportunity next time, I must not miss it, but I have to please His Majesty first." Wang Jianjun knew very well that all this was given to him by the emperor.
If he couldn't satisfy the emperor, he would have no chance at all if he wanted to grab the empire's wool in the future.
At this time, Liu Guangjing, who was the commander of the border army, had an extremely gloomy expression after hearing the words from the soldiers.
Their border army originally had 200,000 troops.
Today, they have fought against these fierce beasts and barbarians many times, and they have suffered heavy losses. Today, there are less than 100,000 people left.
As for Wang Jianjun, he controls all the dispatching rights of the immortal cultivators, but always lets these immortal cultivators deal with the kings of fierce beasts.
You said you would send it if you sent it, can't you send some powerful immortal cultivators?
Always send some low-level ones, and as a result, one by one never returns.
What's more, he also said that the immortal cultivators are not strong enough, and that more powerful immortal cultivators must be invited from Sect.
At the same time, it also allowed the empire to transfer more silver taels.
As a result, only one hundred thousand taels actually came to the border army. As for the remaining 900,000 taels, it was said by Wang Jianjun that it would be used to reward the cultivators.
In other words, these soldiers are just cannon fodder, while the immortal cultivators look like they are watching a show.
This made Liu Guangjing extremely upset.
However, there was nothing he could do. His appeal documents were either intercepted halfway or rejected.
In short, the emperor was far away, and no one listened to what Liu Guangjing said.
Liu Guangjing hated it very much.
"Commander, without the help of the immortal cultivators, I'm afraid we would have lost quite a few brothers."
"Even, maybe we can't defend Luofeng City anymore."
At this time, Liu Guangjing's lieutenant looked at him worriedly.
Liu Guangjing naturally knew it too, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"The supervising army is unwilling to cooperate, what can I do?" Liu Guangjing was very indignant.
At this time, the deputy general gave him an idea.
"Commander, how about... just tell Wang Jianjun what to do."
"Listen to him?" Liu Guangjing was furious immediately, and said, "You have to know what you're talking about? Wang Jianjun is a vampire. He sucks the blood of our border army and the blood of the empire. Am I the same as him, complicit?"
"Commander, but if you don't do this, he won't easily send out immortal cultivators."
"Hmph, Damn it." Liu Guangjing was also very clear.
However, he knew that by doing so, he would be sorry for these soldiers who fought for the empire.
So, he didn't agree.
Seeing this, the deputy general turned around and left, but a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Commander, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous."
From the deputy general's point of view, the commander-in-chief was not on the same side as them at all.
Furthermore, although Wang Jianjun sucked the blood of soldiers, he did not suck the blood of senior officers like them.
On the contrary, there are a lot of benefits for them, as long as they join the ranks of Wang Jianjun.
And Wang Jianjun is His Majesty's most trusted courtier, joining him, they are not afraid of being discovered by His Majesty.
Compared with their own interests, what are the interests of those soldiers?
However, if he wanted to deal with Liu Guangjing, the lieutenant knew that he had to make some preparations.
So, he began to secretly contact other generals to explain his interests.
The reason why the deputy general worked so hard was because Wang Jianjun said that as long as Liu Guangjing came down, he would take over.
This huge temptation moved the lieutenant's heart.
However, Liu Guangjing didn't know all this at this time, and he was still directing the soldiers.
"Attention everyone, those barbarians may attack again at any time, and be careful of those flying beasts."
Although Liu Guangjing personally went up to the city wall to appease the morale, the soldiers not only did not improve, but dropped a lot.
Because they thought of their hard work, but received less than one-tenth of the original reward.
They don't understand why the rewards during the war are less?
On the contrary, those immortal cultivators were different. They were treated well, but how many times did they really fight from the beginning to the end?
If they had the help of immortal cultivators, they felt that they would not lose their position so easily, let alone so many people die.
"Commander, do we really have hope?"
"What?" Liu Guangjing was taken aback suddenly.
"We paid so much for the border and got..."
Originally, they could get ten taels a month, but now they only get one tael.
The above explanation is that the national treasury is in difficulty, so less money has been issued. I hope everyone can understand.
However, they are fighting with their lives.
Moreover, they found that they became more and more bitter, but some officers became more moist.
This leaves the soldiers extremely unbalanced.
"Everyone, I know you have worked hard, but this is our homeland, we have no choice, once we give up, this place will become a place of death, and more people will die at the hands of those ferocious beasts and barbarians. "
"Is this what you want to see?"
All the soldiers fell silent.
This is also thanks to the fact that they don't know the truth of the matter, otherwise, there will be riots, and it will be even more unfavorable to defend Luofeng City.
"Damn Wang Jianjun, you have to die." Liu Guangjing looked at the own soldier, but in his heart he scolded Wang Jianjun thousands of times, it could be said that he hated him to the core.