Early in the morning, when the door to the Shen residence opened and Shen Hao walked out in a black cheongsam robe, he looked up and saw that many people were already waiting on the street in front of his house.

The first few people are all familiar faces, but they haven't seen each other for more than two years, and there are some changes in their appearance.

Wang Jian, Wang Yiming, Tang Qingyuan, Lin Chen, Chen Sheng...

These people were actually waiting outside the Shen residence before dawn, and they didn't knock on the door. They quietly tacitly waited for Lord Shen to see him for the first time when he was on business in the morning.

"My subordinates see the commander!"

The sound was uniform and loud, so that people half a street could hear it clearly. The stall who had made friends and set up a stall not far away was already frightened and turned pale, and pushed the stall to move far away, swearing in his heart that he would never appear here again no matter what.

Looking at the subordinates who were kneeling at the door, Shen Hao smiled and waved his hand, signaling everyone to get up, and said, "Let's go, go to the yamen and talk about it."

After that, Shen Hao spent the whole morning in the council hall of the commander's office of the Black Flag Battalion. The deputy commanders of the black flag battalions all over the place had a lot of things to report to Shen Hao. During the period, there will be some secrets that Wang Jian will stand up for further explanation.

"The subordinates and others are not doing well, please punish them severely!"

It is actually reasonable for these people to plead guilty. After all, for them, what was the Black Flag Camp like when Shen Hao left? What was the Black Flag Camp like when Shen Hao came back? The difference is not that big. Besides, the Black Flag Camp has never had the habit of making excuses to shirk its responsibilities. No matter what, if you don't do it well, you don't do it well, and you must consciously show the attitude of asking for guilt.

Shen Hao, who was sitting first, saw that what he had guessed before was even worse. It can even be said that the entire Xuan Qingwei's current situation is much worse than he expected.

Previously, Tan Bin said that Xuan Qingwei's staff had been reduced by 20%. In fact, it is about three and a half. And because the casualties were too high, 90% of the recruits were ordinary soldiers, and they were new recruits. They were not recruited from the military as before. As for the supplementary monks, they barely accounted for the remaining 10%. The cultivation bases are all people in the first realm of Qi Refining, and most of them are loose cultivators. Whether it is spells or combined attacks, they are very lacking.

combat power? That's down at least half from two years ago.

Compared with Xuan Qingwei, the Black Flag Camp couldn't bear to look directly. Except for Blackwater, an intelligence organization that does not participate in front-line operations, the Black Flag battalions in various places have almost replaced half of their blood. Some were sacrificed, some were forcibly transferred to the Xuanqingwei Qianhu House, and the rest, apart from the newly recruited rookies, were wounded remnants.

To be punished? Looking at Tang Qingyuan who is missing an ear, Lin Chen who is missing an eye, and Wang Yiming and Chen Sheng who are quite messy and obviously have internal injuries, Shen Hao can't say the words of scolding. What's more, he hasn't been there for the past two years. The Black Flag Camp is a baby without a father. If he can't starve to death, he will be able to support himself, and can he expect others to be tall and strong?

"Get up. Keep the crime of unfavorable conduct first, and then punish you if there are any omissions." He waved his hands and asked the people who were kneeling on the ground to get up and sit down again.

After a pause, Shen Hao asked again: "What's the attitude of the giants now? With such a huge gap in Xuanqingwei's personnel, and the evil cultivators so rampant, there should be some countermeasures, right?"

Shen Hao's voice fell for a moment, and Wang Yiming stood up. As the person who was exceptionally promoted by Pang Ban to the "Deputy Commander" during this period and was in charge of coordinating the Black Flag Battalion, he should answer this question.

"My lord, Dangda has thought of many ways. For example, increasing pensions, offering better salaries, and increasing the number of talismans and magical equipment. However, whether it is military or loose cultivators, they are all willing to participate in Xuanqingwei's recruitment. It was very indifferent. There were even clear actions in the army that contradicted Xuan Qingwei's recruitment.

On the other hand, the scattered cultivators were distracted by the sect. In the past year or so, all the lower and middle-level sects suddenly widened their gates, recruited a lot of casual cultivators, and created an "outer sect system", placing the stragglers who had already exceeded the number of them recruited at the foot of the mountain, nominally returning to the sect. Disciple, but in fact only enjoy some basic magic teaching, but there are still a lot of people.

Under such circumstances, the giants could only take the second place, and when they had the right to recruit a certain number of soldiers, they would then assign some seniors to be responsible for training to make up for the casualties on the front line. At the same time, I had to shrink the fronts that Xuan Qingwei participated in, and have basically given up all the villages and towns far from the big city..."

boom! The armrest of Shen Hao's seat was subconsciously smashed into pieces by him. It also interrupted Wang Yiming's narration, and the whole hall was silent.

"What are the military and Zongmen doing?"

stuff at this level. UU reading www.uukanshu.com Of course, Shen Hao was also uneasy in his heart, and subconsciously shouted out.

I don't understand. The army is to obey the orders of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is to obey the will of the emperor. Why did it obviously drag Xuan Qingwei back and delay the war? Does the emperor care? Coupled with the previous reduction of Xuanqingwei's personnel, Shen Hao couldn't understand the emperor's position in this matter.

In addition to the sect, they actually jumped out to join in the fun. Didn't you always look down on loose cultivators? Now, in order to hold Xuan Qingwei to recruit people, they have made an exception to release the entry restrictions, and even created an "external door system" to provoke Xuan Qingwei so much. Who gave them the courage?

Although one of these two incidents was caused by the army and the other was caused by the sect, it seemed unrelated, but Shen Hao dared to use his head to guarantee that there was definitely a connection between them, and the purpose was to drag Xuan Qingwei's hind legs. . It is even holding back the entire Jingjiu Dynasty's actions against the evil cultivators.

"From now on, I will regain the command of the Black Flag Battalion. After you wait, start shrinking the troops in your hands, and give up all the areas outside the big city. If you want to shrink, you should be thorough. Just watch the big city, and it will be treated as a repair. Follow-up I'll make other arrangements for the matter. Come on down."

Raise objections. Now that Lord Shen is back, they also have the backbone after a long absence, so they should not think about the things they shouldn't worry about. And it's been refurbished.

After everyone left, Shen Hao didn't go back to the public house to ask Wang Jian about the situation of Heishui alone. Because of what happened this morning, Shen Hao found out that the Black Flag Camp's own problems, or the entire Xuan Qingwei's problems were not the focus. The real focus lies on the level above Xuan Qingwei and above Pang Ban.

He walked straight to the outside of the yamen, and as he walked, he instructed: "Prepare the car and go to the imperial city."