Long before this court meeting, that Gao Qiu had already deployed the five thousand troops and horses under my command?
Does Gao Qiu really have such good intentions?
Or maybe he selected the so-called old, weak, sick and disabled for me this time, and used this method to clean up the rubbish in his imperial army?
Wu Zhi had long known from other sources that Gao Qiu was very 'good at living', and whenever he had free time, he would order his imperial soldiers to cultivate farmland and create profits for himself.
Of course, not all of the Forbidden Army are strong and healthy people. Occasionally, there will be some who are weak and sick, or who are too old and weak to hold a hoe and cannot do the work.
In this way, he would have to take part of the silver allocated by the court to support what he called a bunch of waste, and those old and weak veterans would not be able to cultivate farmland for him and create more profits.
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So over time, Gao Qiu became extremely disgusted with those people who had no use value at all.
Could it be that Gao Qiu wanted to take this opportunity to stuff all those weak and sick veterans into my camp?
If that's the case...
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi suddenly sighed helplessly in his heart.
Thanks to my flexible mind and abundant cleverness.
Otherwise, he would have been tricked to death by those corrupt officials long ago.
Of course, all the above are only Wu Zhi's guesses.
As for the actual situation, he had to go to the military camp to investigate in person to find out.
When Wu Zhi came to the outskirts of his barracks on a tall horse with extremely complicated emotions.
The scene that appeared in front of him immediately made him dumbfounded.
In the past, in his impression, the camp where soldiers and horses were stationed would be a place where the sound of killing and the galloping of horses would be loud.
But at this moment, what reflected in Wu Zhi's eyes was a scene like a nursing home.
The sun sets in the west.
Not to mention the scene of galloping war horses and loud killing noises in the entire barracks, there was not even a group of soldiers patrolling back and forth with their heads held high and their chests held high, spears in hand.
Wu Zhi looked around and saw the following scene:
farthest.
There were several old men with white hair and beards, wearing tattered armor, supporting each other and sliding back and forth.
Next to the tent, there were several middle-aged men with injured legs and broken feet, sitting on a large protruding rock, chatting with each other.
A little further away.
Several soldiers with injured arms and blind eyes were working very hard to set up the stove and cook.
When the open fire rises, it always arouses cheers from the veterans in the distance.
After all, it would indeed be quite difficult for a few soldiers with broken arms and blind eyes to light a fire and cook the rice.
Just when Wu Zhi's heart was like a galloping horse, and he was about to greet all the eighteen generations of Gao Qiu's ancestors.
He then felt a sudden pain in his chest.
Just when he didn't know why, he slowly looked down.
As a result, he saw a young man with a height of only 1.3-4 meters who was holding a large gun with a wooden handle. At this moment, he was pressing the tip of the gun against his chest and glaring at him:
"Who are you?"
"Why did you come here to see our vanguard camp?"
"Could it be that you are a spy sent by the Jin and Liao countries?"
As soon as these words came out, the corner of Wu Zhi's mouth immediately twitched several times before he came back to his senses:
"This little brother, that's not the case."
"I am an authentic citizen of the Song Dynasty, and I am by no means an intelligence spy as you say."
"I'm going here this time..."
When Wu Zhi said this, he paused cautiously.
He really wanted to say something at this moment, I am the highest officer of this pioneer camp, why not come here to investigate?
But as soon as that thought arose in his mind, he suppressed it secretly.
He couldn't help but secretly think in his heart, what kind of ghosts and snakes are the people in this camp?
With such equipment and soldiers, they were not allowed to go into battle to kill the enemy. Even if they were to line up and walk in unison, it would be an unparalleled task for them.
If I take over now, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi immediately lost the courage to tell the truth, and instead lied to the little brother in front of him:
"I originally wanted to visit my relatives in the capital, but unexpectedly I took a sidetrack and ended up here by accident."
"how about you?"
"Why are you here?"
That half-grown boy may look young, but he is very energetic.
When he heard the other party asking about his identity, he immediately stood the big wooden-handled gun beside him and said with a strong voice:
"I am the captain of this vanguard camp!"
"At this time, I am preparing to lead my soldiers to patrol around the camp!"
Wu Zhi looked at the half-grown boy who was no taller than a large wooden-handled gun, and then looked behind him.
After seeing no one there, a series of questions arose in his heart.
"Since you are a captain of ten, what about the soldiers under your command who patrol with you?"
"them……"
"Where again?"
When the half-grown boy holding a big gun with a wooden handle heard this, his face suddenly became stunned.
Immediately afterwards, he said rather awkwardly:
"They, they are all cooking, they haven't finished cooking yet."
"So now, I, the captain of ten, can only handle military affairs temporarily."
Even though Wu Zhi was usually eloquent and had a bright tongue, at this moment, he really didn't know what to say.
So he could only give a rather hollow compliment:
"nice one……"
"What a heroic and heroic Commander-in-Chief. All right, Comrade Commander-in-Chief, you can go about your military duties first. It's time for me to return to the capital."
"we……"
"See you soon!"
After Wu Zhi said this, he smiled lightly.
He then jumped on his horse and walked slowly towards the capital.
The feeling of facing the sunset is undoubtedly very good.
The sunshine is gentle but not dazzling, and the feeling of the endless rays reflecting on the earth really makes people feel extremely comfortable.
But Wu Zhi's state of mind at this time formed a huge contrast with the color of the sky.
There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of an army composed of weak veterans, seriously injured sergeants, and child soldiers who are not as tall as a gun can be high.
If Wu Zhi really takes this army to the battlefield after this, what is the difference between killing them for no reason?
Although Wu Zhi was not the direct cause of the tragedy in the whole incident, if he did so, it would be no different from killing these innocent people himself.