Chapter 697: Soldier cards are distributed to various guards
In front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, there were many Imperial Guards on duty.
Su Lu stood up and dismounted. Lu Zhan had already verified his official credentials with the captain guarding the gate, and the imperial guards guarding the gate had already let go.
Throwing the reins to Gao Dabao, Su Lu strode towards the Yamen.
Inside the yamen, officers in regular robes and officers from the Ministry of War in official uniforms were all coming and going in a hurry. When several officials passed by Su Lu, they did not notice that Su Lu had arrived at the Ministry of War.
Yan Tong, who was wearing a lake-green official uniform, walked in a hurry. When he came out of the former minister's office, he turned around an arch and bumped into Gao Dabao who was opening the way. The book in his hand flew all over the floor.
"Why did you leave?"
"You don't have eyes?"
The scolding voices of Yan Tong and Gao Dabao sounded almost at the same time. You two looked at me and I looked at you.
"Lord Yantong"
"High Commander"
Recognizing each other, the two of them were stunned. Damn, these are acquaintances.
Gao Dabao hurriedly squatted down, helped Yan Tong pick up the scattered folds, and said with a smile:
"Master Yan is laughing. I didn't come here with the prince. The prince was impatient. General Mo was walking too fast and bumped into Mr. Yan. Please forgive me."
Su Lu had already stepped forward and asked Yan Tong:
"Has your Ministry of War discussed the matter of the murder of the captain of the first government?"
Yan Tong stood up with the fold in his hand, his face full of anxiety:
"Your Majesty Mingjian, this matter is really big. Several adults have been discussing it for several days. Several groups of forbidden troops have been sent to deliver the news. The news returned is all kinds of. I can't tell you what the reason is."
Su Lu walked through the arch without stopping and gave instructions:
"I understand. Send the order and ask the sergeant who delivers the message from the local guard to come over."
With that said, Su Lu had already pushed open the door of Cao Hua's office and entered the new minister's office, which was originally Zuo Shilang's office.
In the office, Cao Hua stood up quickly and gave a military salute to Su Lu:
"Cao Hua has met the prince."
Su Lu sat down on the chair in front of Cao Hua and asked:
"Tell me, what is it that prevents you from reaching a conclusion until now?"
Gao Dabao took the lead, entered the office, and stood behind Su Lu. The other guards quickly distributed around the office and were ready.
Cao Hua rubbed his eyebrows, sat down, and said with a smile:
"Master, it's really hard to talk about this."
"The captain who was killed had made military exploits in northern Xinjiang and had outstanding achievements. The Ministry of War really couldn't understand why such a captain with outstanding merits died on the way to suppress bandits."
Looking at Cao Hua, Su Lu frowned slightly. To put it this way, it was not because the captain of the Wei Mansion was careless.
"But the bandit is too strong?"
Su Lu could only think that the reason was that the bandit was too strong.
Cao Hua smiled bitterly:
"I also thought that the bandits were too strong, so I sent Ningyun there specially. I didn't expect that it was just a small village. The bandits were not weak, but compared with the generals who roamed the battlefield, they were still far behind."
As he spoke, Cao Hua rummaged through the piles of military affairs books on the desk, took out a military newspaper, and handed it to Su Lu.
"According to the post-war summary made by Ning Yun, it can be seen that these bandits are not strong at all. If the captain uses military formations, he can completely defeat these bandits."
"But Ningyun also asked some surviving sergeants afterwards. According to them, the Wei army did indeed set up an attacking formation, but the attacking formation was not strong and was attacked by several bandits with stones.
collapsed."
Su Lu looked confused. After several stone attacks, the military formation collapsed.
Even without the bonus of the Weapon Card and Formation Card, it would be too easy for you to collapse.
No, there is no military formation card bonus. It seems that the problem lies here.
Thinking like this, Su Lu understood.
The captain's defeat was because he did not have the power of the military formation to support him. In addition, most of the guards under his command were local warriors. The veterans who had experienced the battle formation were stoned to death.
By a strange combination of circumstances, he was defeated by the bandits.
In the past, I didn't pay enough attention to the various places in the Wei Mansion, but now it seems that I have to pay more attention to the Wei Mansion.
The war has been going on for more than ten years, and more and more veterans have retired one after another. They are used to fighting fiercely with the support of military formations. Now they have returned to the various guard houses, without the support of military formations.
If you hit and rush hard under the circumstances, the danger will begin to appear.
Su Lu asked and said:
"How many cases of losing troops and generals occur in various guards' offices?"
Cao Hua rummaged through the table for a while, found a booklet, presented it to Su Lu, and said with a wry smile:
"It's become more common in the past few years. Ever since we started eliminating redundant troops, allowing veterans to retire, and forcing retired brothers and their sons to stay in the military, things like this have started to happen in various health bureaus."
Su Lu Xindao did not have these old troops leading the battle in the past. The main force was the local guards from all over the country. When facing bandits, they would not provoke or deal with them. Even if they encountered them, although they did not abandon their armor and flee with the soldiers, they would still have to go around them.
Follow the road.
However, when the old army returned home and took up a position in the Wei Mansion, he began to point fingers at the Wei Mansion. If someone became the deputy captain of the Wei Mansion, the Wei Mansion's behavior would become braver.
"I know about this matter. I will come up with a solution later so that the Ministry of War no longer has to waste energy on this matter."
Su Lu ordered.
Cao Hua was a little stunned, we just talked for a while, Master, you found a solution to the problem?
Did I just say something?
I... didn't seem to say anything!
"Master, what kind of solution have you found to solve the problem?"
Su Lu laughed and said, "Okay, don't worry too much. I will discuss with His Majesty to improve the strength of the various guards, or add a batch of stronger armor or weapons to them."
Cao Hua reminded Su Lu and said:
"Master, there is a sentence in this booklet that you may not have noticed. It was this sentence that Sun Xiaowei muttered several times before he died. The doctor who rescued Sun Xiaowei also heard it."
"What words?"
Su Lu asked curiously.
Cao Hua pointed out the words in the booklet to Su Lu.
After seeing the content, Su Lu looked helpless. It was indeed the lack of effect of the military array card that cost the newly promoted captain of the Wei Mansion his life.
Why is there no military force?
Why can't the military formation restrain the sergeant?
Waste.
Su Lu thought to himself, as the captain of the Wei Mansion and the commander-in-chief of an army, how could you possibly have the power of a military formation if you don't even have a card on your body.
It seems that the card needs to be raised to the level of Captain of the Weifu to ensure the smooth progress of counterinsurgency in various places.
But in what name is it used to improve their strength?
Su Lu was a little worried. The Han State had hundreds of counties and counties, and there were hundreds of Wei Mansion. His own military formation cards were not enough. Besides, they were all hung up on the captains everywhere.
How can the generals who lead the armies in battle win the battle without this card? How can they be expected to win the battle?