I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 531 Parties
Hetao Dusi.

Niu Zhongxia stood on a high platform in the open space in the middle of the tribe, and the platform was crowded with tribesmen.

"My fellow tribesmen, I just received news that our Khan was murdered by a treacherous minister and is now in the capital, his life or death is unknown." Niu Zhongxia shouted.

As soon as Niu Zhongxia said this, the people below were shocked and started to discuss. This news was really shocking.
Niu Zhongxia finally managed to quiet everyone down, and continued to shout, "Tian Khan's brother, His Royal Highness Prince Wu, wants us to go to the capital to rescue our Tian Khan. Are you willing to go?"

"I'm willing to go! Everything we have was given by Tian Khan!" Someone immediately stood up.

"I am willing to go too. I have been fighting in the Western Regions with Tian Khan for three years. Tian Khan is the person I admire the most. I want to chop into pieces the person who harmed Tian Khan."

"Count me in!"

"I'm going too. If I don't go, am I still a human being?"

Guihua City.

"General, there's another urgent report from the capital," an officer pushed the door open and said.

"Let it go here!" said He Song, the general of the Hetao Commandery.

"Yes!" The officer put down the urgent report and walked out.

He Song picked up the urgent report, opened it, looked at it for a few seconds, then sighed and put it aside.

"This is the third urgent report from the capital. Let's return to the capital immediately. You already know the situation. Where should we go?" He Song said to the two people in the room.

These two people were Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng, deputy generals of the Hetao Regional Command.

Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng looked at the urgent report in their hands and asked in confusion: "Since it is an urgent report from the capital, why didn't the general follow orders?"

"Because this order is inappropriate and weird." He Song sighed.

"Unsuitable? Weird? What do you mean?"

"The first urgent report was from Jiang Bin, ordering us to return to the capital in the name of the admiral of the Guards. The second one was sent in the name of the General Staff. And the third one was from His Majesty, personally ordering me to lead the army back to the capital." He Song said.

"Then what is there to hesitate about? Just execute the order directly! What's wrong with it? I think there is no problem with the seals on these three urgent reports." Meng Hongjin said as he flipped through the three urgent reports.

"I think the most inappropriate thing is that the 2 guardsmen withdrew to the capital, and Hetao was completely empty. The three urgent reports just asked us to return to the capital, but did not mention how to arrange Hetao after we withdrew to the capital. So it's very strange. Chief of Staff Jiang and His Majesty would not issue such an order. Moreover, the urgent report did not mention why we were going back to the capital, and we were withdrawing to the capital in this weather, which is even more strange," said He Song. Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng exchanged glances, and they saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"General He is right. This urgent report is indeed strange." Meng Hongjin said after hesitating for a moment.

"Take another look at this," He Song took out another letter.

"This is." Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng quickly read the letter.

"Such a thing actually happened in King Wu's capital." Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng said in great shock, and then fell into deep thought.

"Who should we trust? What should we do next?" Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng suddenly understood why He Song was in such a dilemma.

"Although the urgent report from the capital is strange, there is no problem with the seal and other things. It is already a formal military order in terms of procedure. It is always right to obey military orders. Moreover, we are too far away from the capital, and there is no way to verify the truthfulness of what King Wu said," Meng Hongjin said hesitantly.

"What if what the King of Wu said is true?" Xue Jincheng said immediately, "If we obey the military order, wouldn't that harm His Majesty? Besides, the King of Wu only asks us to remain neutral and continue to stay in Hetao to defend the territory."

"Even if what the King of Wu said is true, can the King of Wu win under such circumstances? If the King of Wu cannot win, what will happen if someone uses these three urgent reports to make trouble in the future?" Meng Hongjin retorted.

Xue Jincheng stopped talking. This is really tricky.
"Actually, we can't go back to the capital now," He Song suddenly said.

Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng immediately looked at He Song
"We have lost the logistical support of the Royal Group and we can no longer use the railway. None of us can drive a train and we can hardly move forward now," He Song said meaningfully.

Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng's eyes suddenly lit up. They suddenly understood why King Jing only asked them to remain neutral, because this was their best option now. Getting involved in this struggle was simply too dangerous.
The three of them immediately understood each other and reached a tacit understanding.

Just then, there was another knock on the office door.
He Song asked the people outside to come in, and the young officer came in again and said, "Three generals, there are unusual movements in the naturalized army."

After understanding the situation, the three people fell into thought again.

"Should we stop the naturalized army?" Meng Hongjin said hesitantly.

"Aren't we supposed to remain neutral?" He Song said softly.

Meng Hongjin and Xue Jincheng looked at each other again, and saw the answer from each other's eyes.
"Your Highness, we have issued conscription orders to more than 250,000 retired veterans of the Guards," Chen Hong reported to Zhu Houxuan.

The Guards are recruited soldiers, not hereditary soldiers like the Guards, so the Guards have a complete retirement system, including sick retirement, injury retirement and normal retirement. The Guards' soldiers are constantly flowing, rather than relying on the same 150,000 people to fight. After all, long-term fighting will always produce war-weariness, so maintaining a healthy flow of personnel is helpful to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Guards.
The Guards were no longer limited to miners as they were at the beginning. Instead, they were recruited from all walks of life and selected the best. The Guards' annual recruitment quota was extremely popular, and ordinary people saw it as a shortcut to social advancement. Because the Guards were victorious in every battle, they could accumulate military merits, and even after retirement, the Royal Group would arrange a decent job for them.
In fact, the Guards is a melting pot and a university. Veterans who have retired from the Guards have a high degree of organization and execution, which is very favored by various units of the Royal Group. After all, even if the Guards veterans are asked to work as workers, it is better than recruiting a farmer from the countryside as a worker.
Now the Imperial Guards have been established for sixteen years, and there is also a large group of retired Imperial Guards in the civilian population, with a number of more than 250,000 people. This is also Zhu Houxuan's biggest reliance now.
"How many Old Guards do you think will respond to my call?"

(End of this chapter)