After hearing this, the other two lieutenants immediately expressed their support for the eldest prince's accession to the throne, and even secretly regretted not suggesting it first. [26nbsp;] The eldest prince originally wanted to ascend the throne as soon as possible, but now he naturally agreed after hearing the suggestions of his three confidants. But
, the new king's accession to the throne is a big event, and usually requires several days of celebration. Now Qingshui City does not even have enough food to satisfy his hunger, so the celebration ceremony for the accession has become a problem.
The food rations provided by the troops in Qingshui City have now dropped to less than four taels a day. The troops have continued to have conflicts during the food collection process. There have been more than a dozen conflicts between soldiers with more than 100 soldiers. The morale of the troops is loose and chaotic. In order to appease the troops, the army officers have
The soldiers began to slaughter the war horses, which temporarily relieved the urgent need.
Now that the eldest prince has ascended the throne, he simply does not have enough materials to hold a celebration. The most important thing is that the morale of the military and the people have been weakened, and they are even full of hatred for the Wuhu Kingdom. Naturally, there will be no spontaneous celebrations by the people. The only thing that makes the eldest prince
What was reassuring was that the troops said that General Wang, who was guarding Bishui City, promised to deliver the food within three days.
The think tank said: "Your Majesty is dead. If your Majesty does not ascend the throne as soon as possible, he will lack the authority to issue orders to the generals and soldiers. Your Majesty can temporarily slaughter some war horses and distribute them to the troops and residents after he ascends the throne, which will allow your Majesty to rule the country legitimately."
, we can also take this opportunity to boost morale. Since the supplies can be delivered within three days, we don’t have to worry about food and grass for the time being.”
"Your Majesty must do something grand when he ascends the throne. He will not hesitate to slaughter some war horses to make the troops and residents feel happy. Morale and people's hearts will naturally surround Your Majesty. Now 80% of our country's troops are hoarded in Qingshui City. As long as these people support Your Majesty, even if
There are a few people with evil intentions who dare not make any changes."
Hearing this, the eldest prince excitedly slapped the table and said, "Okay, let's do as you say. I will make you a general when I ascend the throne."
Seeing the jealousy and envy in the eyes of the other two lieutenants, the think tank immediately saluted and said: "I thank your Majesty for your kindness. However, to celebrate your Majesty's enthronement, all officials should be ennobled so that all ministers can enjoy some of His Majesty's blessings."
Of course, the eldest prince is not a fool. He immediately understood what he said and said: "What Aiqing said is exactly what I want. The three of you are the arms of the lonely king. General Chen was promoted to general, and the two Aiqing were also promoted to generals. For the time being,
Second, the commander of the third legion and other officers will also be rewarded by the solitary king. You go and prepare. Tomorrow the solitary king will issue an edict to distribute the rewards."
In small and medium-sized kingdoms, the standard configuration of a legion is 10,000 soldiers, which is also the highest military position besides the general. The marshal is only set up by medium and large countries. Of course, during wars, some countries will also temporarily appoint a marshal.
The commander-in-chief of the army, as a marshal, is usually the king or other royal relative.
Although the other two lieutenants were not generals, they were promoted to army commanders and were among the first-line ministers of the kingdom. They immediately stood up and saluted and thanked them. The three of them discussed the details of the next day's ceremony with the eldest prince, and then left to prepare separately.
Although the eldest prince also felt sad because his father was killed, he was soon diluted by the joy of being on the throne.
According to the plan, the Qingshui City troops will slaughter 5,000 war horses the next day and distribute them to the troops and residents. In ordinary kingdoms, cavalry is the most important combat force. Only super kingdoms can have Warcraft legions. Due to the natural conditions of Wuhu Kingdom,
With a good agricultural environment, the country is relatively wealthy. There are 30,000 cavalry in the country, which is the highest proportion of cavalry among countries of the same size.
However, as an officer with a background in fighting on the battlefield, war horses are like a second life. After hearing the news, several lieutenants from the original legion immediately came to dissuade him and even gave words of advice, please let the eldest prince keep everything simple and shorten the enthronement ceremony.
The result, of course, made the eldest prince who was in high spirits furious, and kicked several officers out of the city lord's mansion where they were temporarily staying.
The three lieutenants currently employed by the eldest prince spend most of their time in the military headquarters. Naturally, their theoretical foundation is not a problem, and their scheming is even better than that of ordinary generals. However, they are slightly less familiar with the emotions of soldiers and have less experience in actual combat, so they will not hesitate to do so.
He was distressed and proposed to slaughter the war horses, but he was trapped in the city by Xu Sancai's suspicious soldiers and did not dare to fight.
Of course, the eldest prince would not begrudge the war horses. The reason why he was so angry was that the officers regarded the war horses as more important than his coronation ceremony. He felt that those officers despised him, and he was even more determined to make the coronation ceremony a success.
It may be grand. In the heart of the great prince, nothing is more important than his enthronement, and everything must make way for the enthronement ceremony.
After a day's preparation, the grand prince's coronation ceremony was successfully held early the next morning under the auspices of the lieutenant-general. More than a dozen officers, including the lieutenant-general, received various rewards, including those who had admonished the great prince yesterday.
Of course, it was thanks to the advice of the wise man about the prince's officers, otherwise, the eldest prince would have almost wanted to punish those officers.
The ceremony was grand, and five thousand war horses were slaughtered and distributed to the troops and residents, which made the residents who were worried about food really happy. The conditions for distributing horse meat are very simple, as long as you go to the square or main road supply point in the city
Those who chanted "Long Live the King" could get half a pound of horse meat. The whole Qingshui City was bustling all day long, but as a result, there was not enough horse meat, so more than two thousand more horses had to be slaughtered.
The lively scene in the city made the eldest prince, oh, now the new king, very satisfied, but several cavalry officers were heartbroken. But when the new king was so proud, no one dared to dissuade him and could only follow him.
Congratulations and thank the new king for the reward.
However, General Wang from Bishui City did not transport the grain and grass as scheduled. It turned out that although General Wang recruited civilians again, it took most of the day. And because Xu Sancai continued to lead his troops to harass and attack, and because he had already
After being ambushed once, the guards did not dare to pursue him. As a result, the civilians not only had to avoid attacks, but they also did not dare to work at night.
Construction at night must be done with torches, which will become the best target for archers in the dark. General Wang also tried to arrange overtime work at night for emergency repairs, but Xu Sancai led his troops on foot in the dark for a sneak attack, causing serious losses to the troops. As a result,
The speed of road repairs by civilians has been greatly slowed down, and the guard troops are still losing money.
On the third day, the road construction was less than two miles away. In order to resist the cavalry and archery attack, General Wang mobilized two thousand shield soldiers from the city. However, Xu Sancai showed no mercy this time and asked the soldiers to attack the civilians with bows and arrows. Life was lost.
Feeling threatened, the people naturally had no intention of working, and as a result, the construction progress was much slower than General Wang expected.