PFC Chapter 317: Crying to Bid Farewell to the Benevolent King and Recommending Generals
Chapter 317: Crying to Bid Farewell to the Benevolent King and Recommending Generals
Liu Feiyun asked his subordinates to wait outside the tent and went into the tent alone. He saw more than a dozen generals standing on both sides of the tent, and General Wang Jue and another general were chatting with a eunuch.
Liu Feiyun already knew that the one leading the reinforcements was Yuchi Chong, the commander of the Qinglong Army.
"General Liu Feiyun pays respect to the two military commanders! My Lord, I am honored to meet you!"
After Liu Feiyun entered the tent, he saluted neither humbly nor arrogantly under the gaze of everyone.
"Oh... this is General Liu Feiyun! It's true that heroes emerge young! No wonder the late emperor praised you so highly!"
The eunuch looked Liu Feiyun up and down before speaking.
"Military commander? The late emperor?" Liu Feiyun was stunned.
"Liu Feiyun! Commander Liu! Before the late emperor passed away, he promoted you to the commander of the Desert Suppression Army!"
Seeing that Liu Feiyun didn't react for a moment, Wang Jue hurriedly explained.
Then he said to the eunuch and the general: "Eunuch Chen, Brother Yuchi, now that everyone is here, let's start announcing the decree!"
Liu Feiyun's heart was trembling: The late emperor!? Could it be that... the emperor passed away! The new emperor ascended the throne? Then wouldn't the world be in chaos soon!
Liu Feiyun was lost in thought as he followed everyone out of the tent.
A temporary platform had already been built, and Eunuch Chen walked onto it. Wang Jue and Yuchi Chong were the first to kneel down, followed by the generals and officers in front of the platform, who also knelt down one by one.
Soon, more and more people fell to their knees, and the movement quickly spread to the entire camp. Except for the soldiers on duty, everyone knelt!
"The late emperor issued an order: ..."
The eunuch unfolded the imperial edict and began to read it aloud.
Soon, the imperial edict was read out, but the eunuch did not step down. Instead, he continued to speak loudly: "The new emperor's oral order:..."
The late emperor issued an imperial edict, and the new emperor gave an oral instruction, which added up to several hundred words.
The imperial edict makes people excited and happy, while the oral order makes people sad and heartbroken!
After Eunuch Chen finished his oral instructions, he burst into tears.
As for the officers and generals below the stage, they were already crying.
Soon, the crying spread.
“The Emperor Ren has passed away!” “The Emperor Ren has passed away!” “The Emperor Ren has passed away!”
This sentence was passed on by word of mouth, and the crying continued to spread, soon filling the huge camp.
Liu Feiyun knelt on the ground, listening to the crying sounds, feeling a lot of emotions in his heart:
Son of Heaven! No! Now he should be called the late emperor!
He was definitely not a wise ruler, and could even be considered a mediocre ruler. But it was undeniable that in the minds of most Chen people, he was a benevolent ruler.
Gu Cangsheng is the name of this benevolent emperor.
As the name suggests, the former emperor has a solid reputation and has repeatedly implemented benevolent policies! Under the premise of not affecting the fundamental interests of the powerful and the wealthy, he has shown his kindness and wisdom to the people as much as possible!
He advocated frugality and disliked luxury throughout his life, and was lenient to both the people and the officials.
However, many of his policies of grace were distorted in their implementation by corrupt officials and local tyrants!
The emperor is benevolent, but the villains are trying to hinder him!
This is the evaluation of the previous emperor's dynasty by many ordinary people.
It’s a pity that this benevolent emperor is gone!
What will happen next to the stubborn former crown prince, who is also the new emperor?
After crying for a while, Liu Feiyun stopped crying and stood up at the scolding of Eunuch Chen and the two commanders of the Beijing army.
Afterwards, the two generals began to issue orders and arrange specific matters for the withdrawal.
Which group will withdraw first! Which group will withdraw later! Which group will escort the supplies! Which group will escort the people! Which group will take which route! Which group needs to be adjusted!
There are so many complicated things to do!
Fortunately, most of these things have nothing to do with Liu Feiyun, he just waits quietly!
As the generals led their subordinates to leave one after another, the crowd in front of the platform became smaller and smaller!
Finally, it was Liu Feiyun's turn.
"General Liu, the most important thing for you now is to build up the Zhenhuang Army as soon as possible! The required supplies and food will be deducted from the spoils of war you captured! You can withdraw three months' expenses first. In addition, you should also draw up a list of generals at all levels in the Zhenhuang Army as soon as possible so that I can approve it with my seal!"
Wang Jue said.
Speaking of Wang Jue, he has many official positions, including deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, commander of the Imperial Guards, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and so on! He is definitely the second-in-command of the military.
Upon hearing this, Liu Feiyun hurried forward to receive the order!
Wang Jue reminded again:
"Remember, after the main army leaves, you will be the only army left in the entire Northern Wilderness. Moreover, you will have to stay in the Northern Wilderness for at least a year, and you will have to fight against the Northern Wilderness barbarians! You must consider the supplies you leave behind carefully!"
"In addition, I'm afraid your army is seriously lacking officers and elite soldiers. I allow you to select from the local soldiers! In addition, you can recruit 10,000 militia to assist in the war, in preparation for replenishing the casualties!"
"The late emperor entrusted you with an important task, and the new emperor is also your senior in the School of Literature. You must remember to fulfill your duties and live up to the emperor's grace!"
Liu Feiyun hurriedly bowed again and said, "Feiyun dares not to die! To repay the emperor's grace!"
The Yunliu Division was upgraded to the Zhenhuang Army, which was part of the frontier army and could be considered as an imperial guard directly under the emperor.
The emperor deceived the enemy into giving them a 50,000-man army, which could be organized into thirteen brigades.
Liu Feiyun divided the thirteen brigades into three divisions and one direct brigade.
The deputy commander of the army was naturally still his confidant Qin Jiu.
The three division commanders were Tuoda Jun, Huyan Pingping, and Changsun Chu who was found in the Xuehen Army.
Chang Sunchu was originally a commander of the border army. He was captured by the barbarians in the early spring of last year and used as a coolie. Later, he was rescued by Liu Feiyun and his army. He made many military achievements in the Xuehen Army and eventually became the commander of the Xuehen Army.
Among the seventeen brigade commanders, eight were from the Student Camp, six were from the Revenge Army, and there were three vacancies. Liu Feiyun planned to use them to recruit officers from other local militias who were going to assist in the war.
In this northern expedition, more than 200,000 local soldiers were dispatched, all of whom were carefully selected and capable of fighting. After the war, more than 100,000 people remained, including many outstanding generals and elite soldiers.
Since Wang Jue said that he could recruit people from the local militia, how could Liu Feiyun be polite?
After the battle, the Yunliu Division suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and the Xuehen Army also suffered more than 60,000 casualties, with more than half of them being killed or wounded.
Logically speaking, with such a high casualty rate, the Yunliu Division and the Xuehen Army should have collapsed long ago.
However, because the officers and soldiers had been slaves in the Northern Wilderness for several months to two years, their determination to win this battle was strong enough that they could barely hold on.
In this reorganization of the Zhenhuang Army, the Yunliu Division retained 12,000 people, the Xuehen Army retained 30,000 people, and the remaining nearly 10,000 people were recruited from local soldiers.
As for weapons, armor, horses, and other supplies, they are all available.
That day, Liu Feiyun sent people to the military camps in various villages to publicize and recruit soldiers from them. In particular, the three brigade commander positions were only recruited on that day, after all, Wang Jue would return to Beijing early the next morning.
Soon, dozens of rural military camp commanders came to apply.
After a series of tests and investigations, Liu Feiyun finally admitted seventeen people and selected the three most satisfactory ones to be appointed as brigade commanders.
That night, Liu Feiyun presented a list of more than twenty generals under his command to Wang Jue.
"Hmm...? Why are there so many names of Northern Wild Barbarians in your list? Isn't that too many? Moreover, one of them is the commander-in-chief. Isn't that a position too high?"
Wang Jue looked at the list and asked calmly.
Liu Feiyun hurriedly explained: "Reporting to the commander! Although these people are from the Northern Wilderness Barbarians, their hearts are all yearning for our Great Chen! This time, I was able to successfully disrupt the barbarian rear, and they played an indispensable role!"
"Is it just because they have made great contributions in the war?"
"Of course not. Besides, doing so would be like buying a horse's bones for a fortune! After all, my Zhenhuang Army only has tens of thousands of soldiers, while the remaining barbarian army still has at least 300,000 or 400,000 soldiers! It would be difficult for my Zhenhuang Army alone to fulfill the late emperor's last wish! So..."
"So you want to recruit more barbarians as thugs, so as to use the barbarians to control the barbarians! Your idea is not bad, but remember to grasp the scale, don't make things worse and end up hurting yourself!"
"Thank you for your reminder, Commander. I know what's going on. Tuo Dajun grew up in Anping County since he was a child. It has been more than ten years now. He is no different from the native Chen people. Tu Shiti Luo also has relatives as hostages in Anping County. As for the other man, he has already proved his loyalty to the Chen with the heads of countless barbarians!"
“So best!”
After Wang Jue finished speaking, he took out the seal and the military archive files and certificates. After signing with the seal, the military positions and ranks of the generals of the Zhenhuang Army were officially certified by the court.