After the discussion, Liu Ben arranged for someone to deal with the gifts.
After waving his hand to signal the three of them to sit down, Li Lin asked,"I have something to ask the three of you.”
"Your Highness is too polite."
The three of them said they didn't dare.
"Today, I inspected the military camp and saw that it was too spacious. Many places were not used and were instead left unused. On the way back, this king thought that each guard army has a certain number of auxiliary soldiers in charge of logistics.”
"So, this king wants to ask, how is this fixed number determined? Also, if you want to select auxiliary soldiers and put them in the military camp, is it possible?”
"Your Highness, are you planning to expand the army?" The three of them understood immediately.
"Ancestors, it's the Ancestors." Li Lin emphasized with a smile. The three people sitting on the chairs below also smiled tacitly.
"Of course, it's to support the soldiers." Zhang Zhao nodded.
"White Cloud City is a border city, and war can break out at any time. It's also convenient to gather the auxiliary soldiers into the camp. If war suddenly breaks out, we can react quickly and not be caught off guard.”
Fa Zheng smiled and nodded, giving a reasonable explanation.
"Fa Sima is right." Bai Fu also came out to play the supporting role." In the past, when there was a war in White Cloud City, we had to mobilize the people in a hurry to help transport the supplies and city defense equipment to the city. It took a lot of time.”
"If the auxiliary soldiers are brought into the camp, they will be able to react immediately when the battle starts, saving a lot of time. It will be very useful in defending against the invasion of the non-humankind and quickly putting the city defense equipment into use.”
"The three of you are right!" Li Lin nodded.”
"Then how much is the specific quota?" Li Lin asked again.
"There is no specific quota for the number of auxiliary soldiers.”Fa Zheng, as a military commander, was naturally the best to speak at this time.
"Depending on the situation of the army, the Imperial Court or the Military Headquarters will recruit different numbers of auxiliary soldiers to assist in transporting supplies and equipment.”
"Usually, the number of auxiliary soldiers will be determined based on the distance of the march, the number of troops, the amount of supplies and equipment needed.”
"Normally speaking, the auxiliary soldiers can't compare to the main army in terms of combat strength, so they don't have much training in military formations. For example, if we use a hundred thousand soldiers as an example, the fixed number will usually be between ten thousand to fifty thousand.”
"If the distance is not too far, we won't even arrange for auxiliary soldiers to follow.”
"Fa Sima is right!" "For example, more than ten years ago, when the Turkic wolves suddenly invaded the south, the 100,000 Heavenly Army soldiers of the Youzhou Governor's Office arrived at White Cloud City in two hours.”
"That time, they didn't bring any auxiliary soldiers.”
"I see." Li Lin frowned.
"Your Highness, how many auxiliary soldiers do you want to recruit?”Zhang Zhao saw Li Lin frown and immediately stood up to ask.
Weren't these officials here to clear up King Jing's doubts?
Now that King Jing was troubled, they would definitely think of a way.
"I originally wanted to double the number of troops, so that we have a total of sixty thousand. At least 50,000 troops were needed. After all, our enemies are too strong and too many. If we place our hopes on the reinforcements from Youzhou, there will be too many variables.”
" In that case, we need at least 20,000 auxiliary soldiers..."
The three people below also frowned.
After all, they only had 50,000 auxiliary soldiers out of 100,000 soldiers. They had to march a long distance and the supply route was very long.
White Cloud City was basically a defensive city. It was impossible to increase the number of auxiliary soldiers by 20,000.
"I don't care!"
Suddenly, Li Lin slapped the armrest and said,""Xiaozhi, order Gao Shun to add a battalion to the northern army. It will be called the logistics battalion.”
"Your Highness, do you want to reconsider?" Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment before saying.
"Zibu, write a memorial and send it to the Divine Capital to explain the situation.”
"Your Highness, are you trying to probe the Emperor's intentions?”Zhang Zhao asked.
Li Lin smiled and said,""If we move here, the Imperial Censorate's spies in White Cloud City will definitely send out news. We have to send out the order before they do.”
"That Imperial Father of mine shouldn't mind.”
"Now, we have a firm foothold in White Cloud City. Li Yi, the governor of Youzhou, also acted as if he didn't mean anything.”
"But he definitely won't be at ease."
"Therefore, at this time, his biggest worry should be Li Yi. We only added 20,000 auxiliary soldiers. The 20,000 new soldiers from before did not ask for a single cent from the Imperial Court.”
"If there are officials who impeach him, at most, he won't be released.”
"Your Highness is right." Fa Zheng supported Li Lin's opinion and said,"The Emperor is His Highness 'father after all. The previous matter was already very harsh on His Highness.”
"In addition, there's Li Yi, a real threat. As long as Zi Bu says this in the statement, it means that His Highness is worried about the wolf tribe in the north and doesn't dare to place his hopes on Youzhou's reinforcements. I think the Emperor won't oppose it openly.”
"Hmm, since that's the case, I'll write a statement later and send it to the Divine Capital!”Zhang Zhao nodded.
"Alright, let's do that!"
……
In the camp, the generals whose strength had reached the Connate Realm and could absorb spiritual energy to cultivate and temper themselves noticed the abnormality of the camp immediately.
When they cultivated at night, whether it was the speed of refining natural treasures or the speed of absorbing spiritual energy into their bodies, they were several times faster.
Lu Tong thought that he had broken through and his physique had improved.
However, he did not expect it to be Li Lin's problem.
As for Gao Shun, Li Cunxiao, and the Tiger Guard General, they all understood that this was something good that the Young Master had created.
However, they only knew about these thoughts silently and did not say them out loud.
In a small alley in White Cloud City, four warriors in black clothes, wearing leather armor made from the fur of high-level fierce beasts, gathered here.
One of them took out a small black jar and opened it. Then, a little bug crawled out. After its antennae moved, it flew out.
"Let's go."
The four warriors moved and followed the flying spiritual insects.
Not long after, the spiritual insects flew over the wall and into King Jing's mansion. The four warriors looked around before one of them flew up the wall and waited for two breaths before jumping down.
Not long after, the signal was sent, and the other three people also climbed over the wall and entered the mansion.
He concealed his aura and avoided the patrolling guards before entering the rear residence.
The huge rear residence was quiet. Other than the patrolling guards near the fourth entrance, there was not a single person walking around.
"Scatter!"
The four of them spread out, but they maintained contact with each other and quickly followed the spirit insects in front of them.
Outside a courtyard, the four of them met up outside the courtyard wall when they saw the spirit insects enter. After exchanging a glance, they looked at the main courtyard door.
The leader's eyes flickered. A moment later, he made a hand gesture and entered the courtyard in batches.
After going around the rockery pond, the pavilion garden, the four of them approached a two-story building in the middle of the courtyard.
The spirit insect stopped there.
Just as one of the four pushed open the door and was about to enter while the other three provided cover…
Chi!
A black light flashed, and the man in black who had reached out to push the door stopped.
Then, the smell of blood spread out.
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