strictlysupreme Chapter 2202 Taking Away 1 Palace Soldiers
Chapter 2202 Taking Away 1 Palace Soldiers
On the second day,
Wang Xuance went to the governor's office to hand over affairs, while Li Shen brought his men to the military camp of Xizhou Prefecture.
When they heard that Prince Ji had arrived, someone immediately came out to greet him.
"Your humble servant Liu Shanming, the commander of Guazhou, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
"Your humble servant Song Baoqi, the commander of Ganzhou, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
"Your humble servant Wang Jinyuan, the commander of Suzhou, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
A dozen officials came before Li Shen, bowed, and reported their official positions and locations.
They were all soldiers mobilized from various Zhechoufu, some of them were medium-level Zhechoufu, and some were high-level Zhechoufu.
Li Shen knew about this matter. He had heard his father talk about it with the prince. Li Shen also knew that it would be impossible to mobilize 10,000 people from just one Zhechoufu.
Firstly, there are not so many people, and secondly, even if there were, they would not all be mobilized here, as the local Zhechoufu is also responsible for stabilizing the local area.
So each Zhechoufu mobilized some people, but Li Shen didn't expect that there would be so many people.
"No need to be polite. Do you have a general from the Wei Palace leading the team?"
Li Shen nodded and asked, this kind of large army of 10,000 people needs to be led by a general from the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Court or the Six Guards of the Prince's Palace.
Unlike the Imperial Guards, in which a General of the Household could lead 10,000 men, the General of the Household was only of the fourth rank.
Almost all of these Zhechou Duwei were fourth-rank officials, but they could only lead one thousand to twelve hundred men.
"Your Majesty, we came here after receiving the order and were asked to obey your orders.
The court did not send any generals from the Wei Palace."
Liu Shanming, who spoke first, replied.
They all come from different places and did not come here together. They have never left since they came here.
The order they received was to obey the orders of the commander-in-chief of the Kunqiu Road Army, that is, Prince Ji Li Shen.
Li Shen nodded after hearing this. It would be better if there was no other solution, so as to avoid all kinds of trouble.
"In that case, from now on you will obey my unified command."
Li Shen stretched out his hand and Shi Tou behind him quickly pulled out a box and a token.
Li Shen opened the box, took out the fish symbol inside, and threw it to Wang Shanming together with the gold medal.
"Let's go through the process. I will go in and see the soldiers first."
As he said this, he strode in, leaving a group of Zhechou captains gathered together to begin verifying the fish talisman.
Just as Li Shen said, this is just a procedure. The imperial edict has come down, so what is there to doubt?
They only obey the orders of His Majesty. They will listen to whoever His Majesty tells them to listen to.
Soon Wang Shanming followed with a group of Zhechou captains, and handed the fish token and gold medal to Li Shen with both hands.
The stone on the side immediately stepped forward and collected it.
"You have been here for more than a month. Have you encountered any difficulties? Do you have enough food and fodder?"
Li Shen pulled a palace soldier aside and asked him in a friendly manner.
The palace soldier was a little confused when Li Shen held his hand. Who are you?
However, the palace soldiers saw that Li Shen was dressed in luxurious clothes and knew at first glance that he was no ordinary person, so they did not dare to say it out loud.
The sight of his captain following the young man respectfully made the soldier a little flustered.
“My lord, I am quite used to it. We have enough food and grass, and the court has shown mercy and has not allowed us to provide our own food and grass.
I heard that it was directly transferred to us from the granary of Anxi Protectorate, so we can have enough to eat every day."
A simple answer, without any frills, can show their true attitude.
In fact, Li Shen was already prepared to lose his temper. Since he was in charge of the military camp, it was natural for him to make the first move as a new official.
It would be best to kill a few people to establish your authority.
But the soldier's answer left Li Shen no chance to lose his temper.
Unexpectedly, the prince had already arranged everything and he didn't need to worry about anything.
Li Shen asked a few more people, and the results were the same, except that someone suggested not having meat.
"Don't you usually give them meat to eat?"
Finally finding an excuse, Li Shen turned around and angrily spoke to the group of captains behind him.
This sentence confused all the captains. Isn't it normal to have no meat?
It's good enough to be full, but you still want meat? What kind of family is this?
"Well... Your Majesty, we have no meat." A captain from the Zhechou Mansion answered cautiously.
"No..." Li was about to perform as a group, when Shi Tou behind him whispered a reminder in Li Shen's ear.
"Your Majesty, it is normal that there is no meat in Zhechong Mansion."
"Really?" Li Shen turned his head with doubt in his eyes.
Shi Tou said nothing, but nodded heavily.
Okay, Li Shen compromised.
"Give orders to break camp immediately, pack your bags, and set out with the king at noon."
"Yes, I will take your orders."
The captains immediately saluted and accepted the order.
At three quarters after noon, there was a bustling crowd in front of the Xizhou Prefecture gate. Tens of thousands of soldiers gathered outside the city, and there were countless large and small carts.
"Pei Ziyu, I will leave Xizhou Prefecture to you two for now. I have some important matters to attend to, so I will be back in a month at most, or half a month at least.
You must take good care of Xizhou Prefecture. If you encounter any problems, go to the workshop to find me.
And we must be on guard against the rebels stealing the city."
Li Shen was making arrangements before leaving.
"Don't worry, Your Highness Prince Ji, we will definitely protect Xizhou Prefecture." Pei Ziyu immediately assured.
"That's good. If there is anything, please inform this king immediately."
After saying this, Li Shen jumped on his horse.
"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
With a group of officials seeing him off, Li Shen urged his horse forward and led his team away.
Everyone felt relieved. The plague god was finally gone. Although it was only for a short time, it brought a moment of peace of mind.
They had a chance to catch their breath and were no longer so nervous.
Li Shen led the team to the workshop area that night and left 5,000 men to guard each workshop.
He brought another 5,000 troops to the Xizhou villa overnight.
After washing off the dust, Li Shen came to the study. Although it was late at night, Li Shen still called Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui and others over.
"Is there some urgent matter that the prince summoned me for so late at night?" Xue Rengui asked.
"I have brought the 10,000 soldiers here. It's time for us to start implementing the plan." Li Shen said after taking a sip of juice.
"We will follow the prince's orders." Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance immediately saluted solemnly.
Only Zhou Daowu was still confused and didn't understand what the plan was that King Ji had come up with.
"Daowu, tomorrow the king will take you to the military camp. You will be in charge of these 10,000 troops under the name of the Right Guard General."
Li Shen first spoke to Zhou Daowu, who was the Inspector General of the Right Guard, affiliated with the Sixteen Guards and the General of the Guard Mansion.
It is legitimate for him to lead these 10,000 troops.
"Yes, I obey your command." Zhou Daowu took the fish token handed over by Li Shen and bowed.
"Rengui, send someone to inform Li Tiejun that the mission has officially begun. I will send someone to inform him of the specific time. Let him prepare first."
Li Shen looked at Xue Rengui and ordered.
(The government troops were usually led by a Zhechou Duwei, with a maximum of 1,200 men. When a large army went out on an expedition, a general from one of the sixteen guards would be sent to lead the army.)