Returning by the original route, Zhao Xi did not issue any attack orders, but instead had the entire army, except for necessary reconnaissance patrols, enter the mountains to rest and recover.

  To tell you the truth, since entering Annan from Yongping Stockade, we have been on the move all along, and our soldiers have not had a good rest yet.

  Human energy is limited and cannot be infinitely excited, even if it's always victorious.

  "Reconnaissance must also be covert, with a focus on reconnaissance in all directions, at a distance of no less than fifty li."

  This is Zhao Xi's order for reconnaissance cavalry.

  "Your Highness, the Annan army supporting Lang Song is in the tens of thousands."

  This is the An Nan army that came to support Lang Song's return. Di Qing understood, but this seemed to be at odds with Your Highness's creed.

  "Di Sui, supporting Lang Song's return journey should not be the entire original army returning. Since we have already learned that we have entered Annan territory, we will definitely worry about Lang Song being attacked again, and leaving some troops to fill in Lang Song's defense is a must."

  "The troops supporting Lang Song, in the situation where Lang Song has not been occupied by the king's army, will originally lower their vigilance by one degree. In other words, they will be more relaxed on the way back than when providing support."

  This is not a fight, but a test of people's hearts.

  Di Qing had to admit that in this regard, he was no match for him.

  The entire process of the Crown Prince's deployment was watched by Di Qing, who always stopped when he thought it was time for a decisive battle and then turned to another target.

  It just so happened that they were able to achieve a miraculous effect, and the soldiers suffered almost no casualties, yet they threw all of northern Annan into turmoil.

  For many days, the Western army had been fighting continuously and hadn't seen the Guards Regiment unfold the squares on their backs. This time was a real rest, only to discover the use of this thing.

  It's also possible to have a good sleep in this damp forest of Annan.

  The whole person goes in, leaving only one head outside, and then puts a few mothballs... no need to worry about mosquitoes.

  Then, the Western Army, from the commander on down, formed up and came to Zhao Xie's camp...

  This behavior is quite unexpected, even Zhao Xi was startled.

  How to say, these days' intensity is indeed a bit big, and there hasn't been a day's rest, constantly rushing around, with some complaints unavoidable.

  It shouldn't be to the point of chaos, right?

  Di Qing has also fallen asleep, and these soldiers... Zhao Xi even held the fire extinguisher in his hand.

  Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian were fully armed and on high alert...

  No, it seems like none of them are armed, and they don't even have armor...

  "Your Highness..."

  "Your Highness... We were thinking..."

  Looking at your shy appearance, I'm afraid you have some request.

  "Unable to speak in refined language, so I use rustic colloquialisms."

  A group of rough men, still wanting to speak refined words in front of Your Highness, mumbled for half a day but couldn't get it out.

  "Your Highness, we are from the Imperial Guard...that...that..."

  Sleeping bag.

  "Right, it's that sleeping bag, I was thinking, is it possible for the imperial court to equip the Western Army with sleeping bags?"

  What a big deal! It's indeed a pretty big deal. Not to mention sleeping, just having this one piece on your back, being chopped by someone, is equivalent to adding another layer of armor...

  Alas... Several years ago, Zhao Xi thought of promoting it widely when selecting soldiers in the guard camp. Unfortunately, the items displayed during the selection were most popular with tables, chairs and stools.

  It's really impossible to reason with these soldiers.

  "Your Highness... we take our leave..."

  Seeing Zhao Xi's unpleasant expression, Yang Wenguang spoke directly.

  What is the Imperial Guard? Everyone knows that, without mentioning their abilities and qualities, just talking about their nature as a unit, even if it's the Western Army or the National Dynasty, they can't be compared to the Imperial Guard. That is the Emperor's personal army.

  "Wait... everyone, I, Zhao Xi, will give you a sentence today. Within five years at most, the imperial army will be fully equipped!"

  It's really not worth much money, Zhao Xi thought, even if the entire East Palace was in debt, he could still afford to support her.

  Sometimes it's really annoying those people in the imperial court, but reality is like this.

  Jun Han doesn't play in the imperial court, but he can command at this level, no fool. Even Zhao Xi's words are understood...

  "Zhong Zheng, go out and say it, when the guards are on duty, let them have the sleeping bags."

  The warriors of our country should be the easiest to move, just these two sentences, a group of big men, looking at them is about to shed tears, with slightly red eyes.

  This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not some other literary minister. They also relied on their familiarity with these days and having won battles to dare to have an audience with His Highness late at night.

  Your Highness doesn't blame them and still treats them like this...

  Generally speaking of military law, being flogged and demoted, some were even beheaded.

  Only Your Highness...

  Everyone had left, but Di Qing rushed over in a hurry, still holding his sword.

  "Di Shuai, they just want a sleeping bag!"

  Zhao Xi sat there in a daze, her eyes unfocused and her mind somewhat absent. Even when she saw Di Qing's anxiety, she only raised an eyebrow slightly.

  "When selecting troops for the Imperial Guard, I invited all high-ranking officials of the fifth rank and above from the imperial court. It was not to let them see the military skills of the selected soldiers, but just to show everyone some equipment and training methods, so as to promote them throughout the country."

  "A weak country has no diplomacy. Given the current situation where our country is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and given our interactions with Xia and Liao, we can only nitpick over words to preserve that fig leaf."

  Then try not to think of the deaths and injuries of border warriors, do not think of the annual arrival of the season like the grass valley, do not think of the officers who died in defeat again and again.

  "In the annual reports of past years, they meticulously calculated the number of people killed and the number of times they were defeated, and thus came to the conclusion that the country's victory rate was very high."

  Zhao Xi didn't pretend, completely entering a world of her own, where she muttered to herself, without even noticing Di Qing's wide-eyed stare.

  "A few years ago, Mr. Pang asked me: how do you view the distinction between civil and military officials in our country? I said that a person cannot walk on one leg. But after several years have passed, our country is still limping!"

  "Di Shuai, I am not a militarist, nor am I a civilian. I just want our imperial court to have military strength that makes neighboring countries fearful, on the basis of cultural prosperity. Why is this so difficult? It's like today's soldiers wanting a sleeping bag."

  "Generals are all good generals, these days have been very exhausting, but no one has complaints. All immersed in victory, just this point of victory, I'm afraid it's also something that the country has never had before?"

  "On the imperial court, one cannot see, and will never truly understand the hearts of the warriors..."

  Zhao Xi himself couldn't find the topic, and didn't even know what he wanted to say. He just threw out sentence after sentence, each one hitting Di Qing... He really regretted it, if he had known that those fools only wanted to sleep, he wouldn't have come to listen to the Crown Prince's speech.

  Di Qing even had a mind to dodge, but the words spoken by the Crown Prince were all in his heart. He accompanied him with trepidation, listening.

  He found it strange that these two eunuchs didn't seem surprised at all?

  "I've misspoken again! General Di, please forgive me."

  "Your Highness and Qing discussed military strategy late at night, with no improper remarks."

  Di Qing's words made Zhao Xi stunned for a moment... Indeed, with Di Qing's temperament, it was already not bad that he didn't run away, let alone expecting him to agree.

  Forget it, let's just see how things go.

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