Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 123 Zhu Zhanhe: The military officer stays!
In the afternoon, Zhu Zhanhe brought Wei Jizhong back to the military camp.

As soon as he returned to the military camp, Qian Zhongcai came towards him.

"Sir!" Qian Zhongcai took big strides and ran towards him from a distance. As he ran, the fat on his face trembled, which was quite funny.

"Old Qian, this is Wei Jizhong. He has been assigned to the camp and is responsible for my daily life!

"Put him in a separate tent as close to me as possible. Do not send any troops! Do not patrol! Absolute martial law!" Zhu Zhanhe pointed at Wei Jizhong and ordered Qian Zhongcai.

"Don't worry, sir! I'll arrange it right away!" Qian Zhongcai lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhu Zhanhe's face. While lowering his head, he glanced vaguely at Wei Jizhong, who had a simple and honest look on his face. He felt a little confused, but still agreed firmly.

For some reason, Qian Zhongcai felt that Zhu Zhanhe, wearing an eye mask, was putting a lot of pressure on him today. He didn't even dare to look up!
Although Zhu Zhanhe usually put a lot of pressure on people, it was never as frightening as the current pressure. Qian Zhongcai felt as if the air around him was frozen, making it hard to breathe!

"Sir, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to the main camp and said he wants to inspect all the camps, including the logistics camps!

Many generals have now gathered in the big tent!
"Look, should we ask for some more horse officers and auxiliary soldiers?" Qian Zhongcai said quickly with his chubby mouth and head down, but the last part was actually the key point.

Who could have imagined that the Heavy Cavalry Battalion, one of the three great battalions of the Ming Dynasty, a pillar of support on the battlefield, would be short of such a crucial auxiliary personnel as the Horse Officer! Of course, there was also a shortage of auxiliary troops!
"Great! They are all here! I will go find them! My heavy cavalry battalion's horse officers and auxiliary soldiers are also missing!" Zhu Zhanhe was instantly unhappy after hearing Qian Zhongcai's words. Even his auxiliary soldiers were missing, let alone others. It can be seen how serious the problem of collecting ghost soldiers is now!
So, Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand and walked towards the place where the crown prince gathered all the generals.

Watching Zhu Zhanhe gradually walk away, Qian Zhongcai let out a long sigh, unconsciously wiped the thin sweat from his head, then turned his head and looked at Wei Jizhong beside him.

"Brother, I don't know your name yet. Are you our master's personal soldier?" Qian Zhongcai secretly inquired about Wei Jizhong's background to prevent him from doing anything wrong.

"At the princess's request, I have been watching the prince grow up since he was a child. I am his uncle!" Wei Jizhong stated his identity bluntly.

These words made Qian Zhongcai look very surprised.

"It's my uncle! Come on, come on, let's go back to the camp..." Qian Zhongcai was immediately surprised and smiled when he knew Wei Jizhong's identity. He knew in his heart that the man in front of him was the real boss! He must not neglect him!

On the other side, Zhu Zhanhe strode into the tent where Zhu Zhanji had gathered many soldiers.

"When I arrived, I saw that the carriages coming and going were filled with boxes of all sizes. These must be the luggage of the officers!
Why carry so much luggage when going to war! Whoever dies, the country will provide the coffin! " Before Zhu Zhanhe even entered the door, he heard the voice of the grandson Zhu Zhanji scolding everyone inside.

"Greetings, Crown Prince!" Zhu Zhanhe was not polite and simply opened the tent door and walked in, bowing to Zhu Zhanji.

"Stop being polite. Why are you here? Sit down!" Zhu Zhanji was standing up and preparing to continue talking. He was a little confused when he saw Zhu Zhanhe coming, but he still politely offered Zhu Zhanhe a seat.

The person next to him was very considerate and gave up a seat for Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe was not polite and sat down directly. He also saw Yu Qian squatting on the ground at the door, wearing a breastplate and looking at everyone present with disdain.

However, Yu Qian was surprised to see Zhu Zhanhe coming in, and then he quickly lowered his head. This was probably because Zhu Zhanhe was putting too much pressure on him, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Once you are outside the Great Wall, there are six words to describe it: build a strong camp and fight a tough battle. What does it mean to build a strong camp? There are front trenches, middle trenches, and rear trenches. The front trench needs to be four zhang wide and ten zhang deep..." Zhu Zhanji continued with his deployment requirements for many generals.

Zhu Zhanhe turned his head and glanced at the many generals around him, only to see that they were all dejected and worried, and it was obvious that they were really troubled by Zhu Zhanji's request!
However, Zhu Zhanhe didn't care about their emotions at all. After all, it had nothing to do with him, and he hadn't even started talking about his own affairs yet.

"Building a strong camp and fighting to the death is the style of our Ming army. Don't forget it! Let's disperse!" Zhu Zhanji continued to summarize and prepared to let everyone disperse.

"Yes!" Many officers stood up and responded, preparing to leave. "Wait a moment!" Seeing everyone preparing to leave, Zhu Zhanhe stood up and blocked the way at the gate.

Suddenly, everyone in the room looked at Zhu Zhanhe in front of them with a dazed look on their faces, not knowing what he was going to do. Even Zhu Zhanji did not say a word.

No one spoke up to comment on the situation. After all, they all knew Zhu Zhanhe's identity and couldn't afford to offend him!
Suddenly, the scene was silent.

"The horse officer stays! The others can go!" Zhu Zhanhe said this while looking at the people in front of him who had not left yet, and made way for the others to leave.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on the horse officer.

"Sir, please speak!" A middle-aged man in armor came out and saluted Zhu Zhanhe tremblingly. After all, no one present could afford to offend Zhu Zhanhe! Especially since he was a military cavalry officer!

Seeing that no one was leaving, Zhu Zhanhe didn't hesitate and spoke directly.

"In my heavy cavalry battalion, each man has three horses, but we only have a dozen or so horse officers!
You are a horse officer, I don't care what difficulties you have or what methods you use!
Before tomorrow afternoon, recruit all the horse officers of my heavy cavalry battalion!" Zhu Zhanhe narrowed his eyes and looked at the horse officers in front of him, stating his request.

"Sir, we really don't have so many people now." The military officer said with a bitter and sad face, talking about his difficulties. Although he was very afraid of the Prince of Han in front of him, he still opened his mouth to defend himself.

"That's your horse officer's business! If my heavy cavalry battalion loses a horse officer before tomorrow afternoon, I'll chop off your head!

You can try if I dare!
Of course, there are also your other military doctors, auxiliary officers, and other generals!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at the generals in front of him through his eye mask and began to threaten them.

"Sir, the military camp is indeed short of people now."

"Please forgive me, General Qian."

"Master Qian, please understand our difficulties."

……

Suddenly, many generals began to complain, and the scene was in commotion. Zhu Zhanji and Yu Qian watched all this with great interest, wanting to see how Zhu Zhanhe would solve this dilemma.

"Do you think I'm discussing this with you?!" In an instant, everyone in the tent felt as if the air had frozen and they couldn't breathe at all! It was as if a sledgehammer had struck them on the head.

"Plop, plop..." The sounds of people kneeling on the ground rang out one after another.

In an instant, all the generals who were standing together in the room knelt down on the ground, sweating profusely. They lowered their heads and did not dare to look up. They felt a huge pressure on their bodies and had difficulty breathing!
Even Zhu Zhanji, who was standing next to him, sat on a chair, staring at Zhu Zhanhe in front of him in amazement.

Yu Qian also looked at the tall and burly Prince of Han in front of him with horror, then mechanically turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanhe who was standing with a sword in his hand. He swallowed in horror, his face full of disbelief.

“Tomorrow, I’ll only wait until tomorrow!

All the auxiliary soldiers, horse officers, etc. of my heavy cavalry battalion have been replenished!
If there is one less, do you think I dare to kill anyone?" Zhu Zhanhe said again after taking a look at the many stunned officers in front of him.

"Grandson, I'm taking my leave!" Zhu Zhanhe also realized that he had lost his composure. After all, all the generals in the room were kneeling on the ground one after another.

Even Zhu Zhanji was lucky that there was a stool behind him, otherwise he would probably have fallen to the ground!
(End of this chapter)