Li Luo was in the central army's tent, looking at the secret documents sent back from Zhuocheng with a light.
On the night of the gun test with Wuta, Li Luo wrote a secret letter and ordered Ni Qing to send it to Prince Chun and Yang Wanli of the Privy Council in an expedited manner. He did not allow the third party to pass. On the third day when the army was stationed in Shahu, the letter was sent back from Zhuocheng. Ni Qing took the secret letter and quietly submitted it to Li Luo.
After reading the secret documents, Li Luo sighed slightly, put the letters on, blew out the lights, and sat alone in the darkness.
The next day, Li Luo summoned all the generals and King Huai to the Central Army to discuss matters.
King Huai has been indulging in the camp these days, and many soldiers in the army have known it. In addition, King Huai and Dou Sheng are arrogant on weekdays. Although Li Luo rectified several times on the way, it was not painful in the end. He was tiring to do so, and the morale of the army was somewhat fluctuating.
Seeing this, Liu Ce carefully hinted at Li Luo and took measures earlier.
However, Li Luo only issued a strict order, ordering all units in the army to build camps. If they fail, their generals will be punished before the camp. The army must build a camp before the first heavy snowfall.
The camp was chosen by several generals in the army after investigation. The army was stationed on two mountains. There was a stream about five feet wide in the valley in the middle, with abundant water. Fifty miles ahead was the defense line fortress set up by Di Jie. There was a flat mountain between the two places, and the weather was better. You could see the curling smoke rising from the fortress ahead.
When Dingzhai, King Huai tried every means to obstruct the army and wanted to retreat fifty miles. Li Luo just refused. King Huai was secretly angry. No one in the army except Dou Sheng agreed. Li Luo looked as usual and ignored King Huai's unreasonable trouble. After the military order was issued, the three armies immediately built camps and ignored King Huai's noise.
King Huai then looked for Li Luo again and urged Li Luo to return to the capital earlier, not wanting to stay in the Western Prefecture for a long time. Li Luo has also helped build a camp in the army these days. When he heard King Huai talk in his ears, he just smiled and refused to agree.
King Huai had no choice but to go back to the tent to have fun every day, so naturally he would be inseparable from bad words seriously hurt Li Luo, causing himself to suffer from wind and sand, and be frightened and afraid.
By the time King Huai arrived at the Central Army tent, all the generals had arrived. Since the first day of the Central Army meeting, King Huai has been the last one every time. All the generals were very dissatisfied except Dou Sheng and Qi Shaobing. However, the commander Li Luo was not unhappy, so the generals had to secretly slander themselves, but their anger gradually accumulated.
As soon as King Huai entered the central army tent, he said rudely: "The weather in the Western Palace is getting colder and colder, and the water is frozen at night. I am suffering and freezing here, guarding the border, and those idle and incompetent people in the royal city don't know where to stay and drink wine. Let's go back soon. What if the soldiers in the camp are frostbite?" After saying that, he sat down in a big manner on the position of the general in charge of the army.
Several generals looked bad, and Hu Cha Dongchan showed even more about Yan Biao. Since passing Qiquan Mansion, King Huai has any trouble and said something that is not in line with the military supervisor.
Once, Hucha Dongchan was annoyed and drank a few drinks in the military tent with King Huai and Dou Sheng. In the past, Hucha Dongchan had a lot of alcohol in the throne. For some reason, he got drunk without much drinking that day and was dizzy. As soon as Li Luo came over and told King Huai about something, he sent Hucha Dongchan back to the front army.
The next day, I got up and had an unbearable headache. I took a long rest for a long time before I recovered. When the guards saw Hucha Dongchan, they laughed at him. Hucha Dongchan thought it was the guard who joked about his poor alcohol tolerance and was not angry.
After a while, Hu Cha Dongchan felt something was wrong. The wine drunk in the military tent was probably a scam, so he angrily picked up the Xingsu Sword and went to find King Huai.
On the way, he changed his mind and went to find Li Luo again. Li Luo looked surprised and said that he was not clear about the meaning of Huzha Dongchan's words. Huzha Dongchan was so angry that he almost bit his silver teeth, but he had no evidence, so he had to give up.
Seeing King Huai again at this point, Hu Cha Dongchan looked angry and murderous intent. King Huai was also feeling a little scared. As soon as he arrived in the Western Palace, he urged Li Luo to decide the next day of returning to the capital earlier.
King Huai continued, "Nephew, what's wrong with coming here today? After saying that, let's leave early. Why is it so cold in your tent? You didn't ask anyone to add more braziers. The Central Military Council would be better off in my tent next time, so it's better to open it in my tent, so it's still warm." After saying that, the fox fur wrapped around his body, and it shrank into a ball.
The generals were commonplace for King Huai to look like this. Li Luo sat upright in the position of commander, wearing plain clothes, and only added a cotton coat. Li Luo looked at the generals in the camp and said calmly: "I'll recruit you to the Central Army tent for one thing, and I'll make a break today."
Liu Ce's heart moved and looked at Li Luo, and suddenly felt a little shocked. In the past, Li Luo often led the old man surnamed Shen in the Chinese Army Parliament. Sometimes Chu Ying'er would be there, but today, in addition to these two people, Wuta is also in the tent.
Without waiting for the generals to respond, Li Luo took out a letter from his arms, opened it, took a look, and said slowly: "This is from the Privy Council of the Royal City. Lord Zong Yang wrote by himself. Please listen carefully."
After a brief pause, Li Luo said: "The nephew of Xuanlou personally opened his post. According to the letter of the nephew, he fooled the Privy Council to organize it. From the army of the Western Expedition, he left Zhuocheng, passed through Zhuozhou, Yuegong, Quan, and Hulu, and finally stationed in Shahu. There were 27 prefectures in five counties and 19 prefectures in three counties and 1.84 million taels of silver, 53 maids, and only 46 returned home. In addition, the army of the Western Expedition had more than 117,000, but the priest's mansion received a grain collection order that was enough for 170,000 troops. I will not read the rest." After saying that, Li Luo placed the letter on the case table in front of him.
There was silence in the tent, and everyone was surprised, angry, fearful, or embarrassed. Their faces changed constantly, and only the heavy breathing could be heard.
Shen Xiangdong was extremely surprised. He did not expect that Li Luo would reveal the matter in this way, and he did not even have any room for maneuver.
Li Luo said lightly: "You can tell me what you think. The army plundered money all the way west, and the court saw it, which made the local people hate it. We should have defended our country, but who knew that in just a few days, we all became people who harmed the country and the people."
Liu Ce bowed and said, "General, this matter is of great importance and needs to be carefully collected. It is better to wait until you return to the royal city and then go to the Privy Council for detailed investigation."
Li Luo frowned and said, "General Liu, when it comes to marching and formation and rigorous military governance, General Liu is the leader of our army in the Western Expedition. Even in the Great Gansu Army, in my opinion, not many people can match General Liu, but they just."
Li Luo paused and looked at Liu Ce and said, "What has destroyed General Liu's courage? Joining the army is about conspiracy and conspiracy. Sometimes it is not an exaggeration to be ruthless, but if the blood is cold, what's the use of joining the army? General Liu, I always remember that little girl. You and I always need to be the hope in some people."
Liu Ce silently lowered his head and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.
Hucha Dongchan glanced at his brother, stood up and said, "General, Dongchan has something to say."
"Princess, please speak." Li Luo nodded and said.
"The army of the Western Expedition has been plaguing local prefectures and counties, and corruption and abuse of laws must be investigated, and violations of discipline in the army must be investigated. If it is not investigated, how can one explain to the 100,000 generals in the army? How can we fight this battle if the army is unstable? If it is not found out, hum, Dongchan and the Muzhou Front Army are the first to be dissatisfied."
King Huai and Dou Sheng looked at each other and saw the fear and ruthlessness in each other's eyes.
King Huai laughed and said, "Prince must be careful when speaking. If it is too much, it will easily cause unstable morale to the army. In this way, the princess marched along the way, led a army with a woman, and led a dozen female guards to rush in the army. If anyone could not see it, he would teach a lesson. Along the way, at least hundreds of soldiers in the army had suffered under the princess's hands. In this way, how can the morale of the army be stable? I don't know who the princess is supporting her behind her back?" After saying that, he glanced at Li Luo in the position of commander.
"Okay, yes, what the military supervisor said did happen." Li Luo ignored Hu Cha Dongchan and nodded in anger, "If you have any other violations of discipline, you can tell me, let's understand them together today."
Hu Chajing stood up and said, "General, the military supervisor said that the sister of the Mo General was committing a murder in the army. These people only saw that the sister of the Mo General was beautiful and became tempted by the sarcastic cicada. If they violated the military rules, the first thing is the military supervisor. The military supervisor is not allowed to bring his family and maids. However, the military supervisors and soldiers all heard about it. Isn't that count?"
King Huai snorted coldly, "General Hucha seems to have complaints about me. Can you please your sister take the maid and not allow others to have maids in the camp? Humph, who knows what maids in the former military camp are for?" As soon as he finished speaking, Hucha brothers and sisters were both furious, Hucha Dongchan said angrily, "Li Chengyue, you have a clean mouth. You have left many difficulties with me along the way. Did you make trouble in the wine you gave me last time?"
Hu Chajing was stunned, then furious and shouted: "Old man!" He pressed the hilt of the knife and was about to jump out. Li Luo's eyes suddenly surged, and he forced Hu Chajing to stop him. Liu Ce quickly pulled Hu Chajing and said: "Sit down quickly, there is a general in everything."
Hu Chajing was extremely angry, but at these times in the army, he respected Liu Ce very much, suppressed his anger, and sat on the general's position.
King Huai said with his triangle eyes open and said in a silence: "Hmph, let's not talk about Hucha Dongchan for now, and slander me. You just said crazy words, I will be able to dismiss your military position and let you go back to your hometown to herd sheep. Li Luo, if there is nothing else, I will go back and be in a mess!" After saying that, he gave Dou Sheng a color and got up to leave the account.
Li Luo glanced at the tent indifferently and said, "The matter is not over yet, no one can leave this tent of the army."
Chapter completed!