Chapter 70: Unbelievable

Accompanied by the opening of the city gates, the soldiers erupted with the greatest enthusiasm, each heading straight for the enemy camp at the fastest speed.

The order was issued simultaneously, but it took time for the message to be transmitted.

The colleagues who received the news a step late all had expressions of annoyance on their faces.

Waking up, not only did they miss the top credit, but even picking up heads was a step slow.

Knowing that the enemy camp had experienced a change last night, they didn't know to send people out to join in the fun; many people's intestines were green with regret.

The most miserable were the people from the Beicheng Company Commander's office, who thought that sitting in the inner city with the Regional Commander was a good job.

Never did they expect that the massive rebel army was only massive in momentum, and their true combat effectiveness was trash.

Other teams had fought with the enemy, and a credit for defending the city couldn't run away.

They didn't even touch the enemy, and when it came to grabbing heads at the end, they didn't get anything hot.

Other units were stationed along the city walls and rushed out directly upon receiving the order, but those stationed in the inner city were miserable.

By the time they assembled the troops, others had already finished the work, just in time to deal with the corpses.

"Regional Military Commissioner, we patrol the streets day and night; even if there is no credit, there is hard work!

Look at the battle report, can you distribute some heads to..."

Before the Battalion Commander Su could finish talking about taking credit, he was met with a round of eye-rolling.

Are you kidding? These rebel heads were all grabbed by everyone based on their own ability; how could they be divided just like that?

Relationship backgrounds were useless here; everyone present was a well-connected person.

The Beicheng Company Commander's office ranked last in the Wucheng Infantry Division, which also meant that the connections of the officers appointed there were at the bottom among officers of the same rank in the yamen.

"Don't say I don't take care of you; there are quite a few corpses of enemy soldiers buried in the moat.

You didn't catch up to pursue the remnants, so you are responsible for cleaning up the riverbed, which can also count as a share of the credit.

Be quick; the temperature is high now, and the corpses are prone to rot.

Those guys in the Ministry of War are the most demanding; they won't recognize rotten rebel heads."

The Marquis of Wuyang said with a difficult expression.

It's not easy to be a Regional Commander; it's truly too difficult to keep a bowl of water level.

But military merit is something that has always been grabbed, never given away.

Hard work is worthless in the Great Dayu Dynasty.

"This subordinate obeys!"

As soon as Su Xiaofei agreed, the group of playboy descendants assigned to his command instantly refused to buy it.

It was simply too bullying; earlier, when interrogating salt merchants for benefits, they were squeezed out.

Now, when dividing military merit, there were only some leftovers, not putting them in their eyes at all.

Although they didn't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, their ranks were high; not only were there many nominal Deputy Regional Military Commissioners, but there were even nominal Regional Military Commissioners.

"My Lord, this is inappropriate!

We maintain order in the city and capture accomplices of the rebels, which is also a great contribution.

If it weren't for us stabilizing the order in the city, Yangzhou City would have been lost long ago; how could there be the current great victory.

The military merit of the frontline generals should at least have half of ours!"

As soon as Regional Military Commissioner Rong's words came out, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became heavy, and countless gazes full of killing intent locked onto him.

Li Mu, who originally felt that the Emperor was ruthless and could even abandon his own relatives for the sake of salt reform, suddenly felt that Emperor Tianyuan hadn't done it thoroughly enough.

He had seen stupid ones, but never one this stupid.

Military merit is good, but you have to be alive to take it.

If you really want to share a piece of the pie, privately spend money to buy some heads; everyone is happy, and no one will expose it.

Wanting to divide half of everyone's credit out of thin air directly offended all the powerful factions present; it would be difficult to return to the capital alive.

"Company Commander Li's proposal is good; everyone is a colleague, so we must give opportunities to make a name for ourselves.

The rebellion war has just begun, and there will be no shortage of big battles later.

How about this: when subsequent battles occur, let's rotate the tasks.

Let colleagues who haven't been to the battlefield go up to make contributions first!"

Li Mu smiled and dug a big pit.

As the first meritorious official of this battle, people were climbing on his head; if he didn't have any reaction, he shouldn't mix in the army.

"Regional Military Commissioner Rong's bravery is famous in the capital.

I think cleaning up a few rebel remnants is not a problem!"

After East City Company Commander Zhao Yawei finished speaking, the scene burst into laughter.

Regional Military Commissioner Rong was indeed brave, but not on the battlefield, but on women's bellies.

This person created a record of night-riding seven women; the specific battle situation was unknown, but he was carried back anyway.

The matter caused a huge stir in the capital; Emperor Tianyuan was furious when he found out, and if it weren't for the Imperial Consort in the palace pleading, this guy would have gone to hell long ago.

The cannon fodder sent here basically all had similar glorious achievements.

Either they had embarrassed the royal family, or they had shamed their own families.

Each one was a character hated by people and ghosts, but they had elders in their families protecting them, making the power holders of each family very troubled.

"The two are right; I think Regional Military Commissioner Rong should serve as the vanguard for suppressing the rebellion, leading the temporarily organized battalion to wipe out the rebels entrenched in Taizhou and Nantongzhou in one fell swoop!"

West City Company Commander Tang Jincheng, who was behind, also added a knife.

The three major company commanders started, and the generals followed suit to apply eye drops.

Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere was right, a group of playboy descendants also foolishly followed suit, directly cutting off Regional Military Commissioner Rong's path of refusal.

"Good, since Regional Military Commissioner Rong is the public choice, then if battles occur later, Regional Military Commissioner Rong will lead the temporarily organized battalion as the vanguard."

The Marquis of Wuyang said with a tired heart.

It was obviously a group of military nobles digging a pit, and these guys actually dared to believe it.

No matter how easy the rebels were to bully, they weren't something a group of playboys could handle.

Perhaps in the eyes of these people, everyone was the same.

After all, these company commanders and platoon leaders often frequented brothels and taverns just like them before they became officials.

Forget it, if these people want to court death, let them go themselves, so as not to implicate him.

When allocating troops earlier, there were people grabbing the young and strong, but the five major company commanders of the temporarily organized battalion pushed them back and forth and didn't want them.

It's good that the pig teammates are courting death themselves; the Emperor's nephew also repeatedly exhorted him before the expedition to find a way to scrape the bone and detoxify the empire.

The Lianghuai noble families holding the salt industry were tumors, and these playboys who harmed the empire were also tumors.

The small episode ended, and a battle report spread from Yangzhou to all directions.

Nanjing Ministry of War.

"Impossible!"

"Just relying on that group of trash from the Wucheng Infantry Division, they could defeat tens of thousands of rebels and behead tens of thousands.

This is simply a huge joke!"

Minister of War Tian Zhisheng determined at the first moment that this was reporting false military intelligence.

Nominally they were an army, but the true business of the Wucheng Infantry Division was similar to yamen runners and police inspectors.

Inside were the most well-connected people in the empire, and they didn't look like they could train a strong army.

"My Lord, this battle report was sent by the Marquis of Wuyang.

We verified from the Zhenjiang side; when transporting supplies, the rebel army besieging Yangzhou City no longer existed.

Since the Marquis of Wuyang dares to let us send people to verify the heads, the content of the battle report is mostly true."

Vice Minister of War Yin Dengjia explained hurriedly.

The Nanjing Ministry of War was not like the Ministry of War in the north; it wasn't that tough.

If they didn't send people to verify the heads in time, and were impeached for dereliction of duty by that group of foreign relatives and nobles, it would be enough for them to drink a pot.

"This is not normal!

The rebellion of the seven great Lianghuai families is not something ordinary rebels can compare to.

Those salt workers are very fierce, and ordinary imperial troops are no match for them.

The Marquis of Wuyang doesn't look like someone who can lead troops either.

Could it be that that group of noble descendants really inherited the bravery of their ancestors?"

Tian Zhisheng's question had no one to explain it.

The Marquis of Wuyang's battle report only had battle results, and the combat process only had the night raid burning the enemy's granary and the whole army attacking to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop.

The Marquis of Wuyang's battle report only contained the results; the operational process only mentioned a night raid to burn the enemy's granaries, followed by the entire army launching an attack to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop.

From the data, the Wucheng Infantry Division fought this battle very beautifully.

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