Chapter 994 Fengwujun’s biological son and godson!
Jingchu, Tanzhou Prefecture
In a luxurious mansion, Duan Zhibao, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Fengwu Army, and several of his important subordinates were drinking and having fun...
The drunken commander of the Fifth Army, Zhao Dapeng, kept groping Little N in his arms. Stimulated by the alcohol, he immediately became bolder and spoke loudly and angrily:

"Damn it, does the Fengwu Army really treat us brothers like little girls?"

"Lord Duan personally submitted a memorial to them, saying that the Zhennan Army was coming, but they only gave them 10,000 taels of silver, 300 Weiyuan guns, and 10 Tiger Crouching Cannons!"

"What do these sons of bitches mean?"

"Is this a beggarly act?"

"Damn it! Even though these Fengwu troops have entered Hanyang now, as long as you, Lord Duan, give the order, brothers will immediately drive them out. If Ye Mingsheng wants to be the emperor, Lord Duan can also be the King of Chu!"

Duan Zhibao, who was sitting in the main seat, was secretly delighted when these words were spoken. Originally, according to the promise of the Fengwu Army, he would be made the commander of the Fifth Army after conquering Jingchu. However, in the end, he failed to become the commander and only became a deputy commander!
Fortunately, the Fengwu Army did not set up the Fifth Army Commander. Although he, the commander-in-chief, was not a commander in name, he was still a commander in reality!

In addition, the Fengwu Army gave him a lot of money, so Duan Zhibao just accepted it and didn’t care about the position of commander anymore···························
However, although the Fengwu Army gave a lot of silver to the rebel generals headed by Duan Zhibao and Li Zhengyong, in order to enable the Jingchu Army to surrender smoothly, the Fengwu Army also made a promise at the time that as long as the Jingchu Army surrendered, it would be reorganized and treated according to the Fengwu Army's troops.

Duan Zhibao and Li Zhengyong also told their subordinates the same thing. However, because the Fengwu Army continued to fight with the Golden Horde in the north, the financial hole was getting bigger and bigger!

Therefore, the money was barely enough to pay the salaries of his own troops, so where would he get the money to pay his adopted sons of the Fifth Army?

Therefore, although the reorganization of the Fifth Army was already in the plan, it had been delayed in implementation and became a building in the air and a bubble in the water!

This made the Jingchu Army a little anxious. They were worried that the Fengwu Army was cheating them, so many people came to Duan Zhibao and Li Zhengyong to ask for an explanation. They wanted these two adults to come forward and have a good talk with the Fengwu Army to implement the treatment that should be implemented!
Duan Zhibao, Li Zhengyong and others naturally also came forward to look for them, but the Fengwu Army had only one word - no money!
Although the Fengwu Army said they had no money, according to what Duan Zhibao, Li Zhengyong and others learned, the First Division in Kangyin and the Fourth Army in Anqing had not missed any of their military pay and benefits!
So there is no doubt that the Fengwu Army’s high-ranking officials only care about their own sons and ignore their godsons·························
Although Duan Zhibao and Li Zhengyong were also very angry about this, and felt that the Fengwu Army had gone back on its word and gained benefits, which was not fair, they did not reduce their share of the Fengwu Army at all. In addition, the Fengwu Army and the Golden Horde had won victory after victory, and their reputation was unparalleled!
Therefore, Duan Zhibao, Li Zhengyong and others are very optimistic about the future of the Fengwu Army and believe that the Fengwu Army will soon be able to unify the world.

And when Marshal Ye founded a new dynasty, he and others would be founding heroes, and their wives and children would be honored and their descendants would benefit from it!

Therefore, with such a beautiful wish, Duan Zhibao and his men were not willing to get too stiff with the upper echelons of the Fengwu Army for the sake of these poor brothers and offend the bigwigs of the Fengwu Army!

After all, now that they have surrendered, they still have to stay in the Fengwu Army and rely on others for promotion and wealth!
Therefore, the generals of the Fifth Army had to accept it reluctantly. In order to ease the pressure on their subordinates, Duan Zhibao, Li Zhengyong and others told the soldiers of the Fifth Army that the Fengwu Army was at war with the Khanate of Qincha and was facing financial difficulties!

Now we are members of the Fengwu Army. We should be able to understand the difficulties faced by those above us and not make things difficult for them!

We must believe that the big guys above will not go back on their words. Now that the Fengwu Army has defeated the Golden Horde, they will be able to return to the court in triumph soon. By then, there will be no more wars, and the big guys above will give money to our Fifth Army!
In a word, Duan Zhibao, Li Zhengyong and others painted a big and delicious pie for the masses of the Fifth Army, and then found some excuses to punish some of the people who led the riots. With such kindness and power, they barely suppressed the public resentment of the Fifth Army...

Although the public grievances were barely suppressed, everyone knew that this was only temporary, so the most important thing was to get money from the Fengwu Army!
It happened that at this time the Zhennan Army sent some reinforcements to Jingchu. Although the number was not large, only a few thousand soldiers, Duan Zhibao's advisor Liu Caimao offered Duan Zhibao a plan!
This plan was actually very simple. It was to falsely report the number of Zhennan Army supporting Jingchu, and then say that they were under great pressure and the situation was very urgent and they needed support from above, otherwise Jingchu would not be able to be defended!

Duan Zhibao thought about it and felt that this plan was very good and highly feasible. His advisor Liu Maocai thought that since they had to make up a story, they should make it big and say that the Zhennan Army supported Jingchu with 50,000 men. This way they could ask the Fengwu Army's top leaders for more silver and food.

However, Duan Zhibao felt that 50,000 people was really too ridiculous, and the Fengwu Army's Coordination Office was not there to do nothing.

Everyone knows that the Zhennan Army is going to cause trouble in Anqing, and its main forces are gathered there. It is impossible for them to support the 50,000 troops of Jingchu!

So considering the reputation of the Coordination Office, Duan Zhibao thought it over and decided that it would be better to be conservative, and reported a number of 20,000 people in the memorial!

At the same time, Duan Zhibao also knew that the Fengwu Army was in financial difficulty and there was not much silver in the treasury, so he tactfully stated that if there was no silver, more support in the form of firearms and armor would also be fine...

Of course, Duan Zhibao and his men did this not because they understood the difficulties of the Fengwu Army, but because they wanted to help them solve their problems.

They are nothing but a group of political speculators. They are only trying to curry favor with the Fengwu Army now that it has become prosperous. They have no feelings towards the Fengwu Army at all!
Duan Zhibao wanted firearms and armor simply because everyone in the world knew that Fengwu Army's firearms and armor were the best, so Fengwu Army's firearms and armor were top-notch hard currency in the black market, and many buyers wanted to get some to expand their strength!

Moreover, because the Fengwu Army has very strict control in this regard, very few of them are circulated on the market. As a result, the prices of Fengwu Army's firearms and armor on the black market remain high, and there is no demand for them!

For Duan Zhibao, as long as he gets the firearms, then whether these firearms and armor are sold or damaged in the battle with the Zhennan Army is up to him alone!
And a certain Duan can make a good fortune from this. Of course, he will not eat alone. He will also share some with his brothers below and give some to the big boss above. In this way, he can connect the upper and lower levels. Who can do anything to him?

Originally, Duan had not intended to make such a huge fortune. At one point, he also wanted to build a career and earn a reputation for himself before and after his death!

However, after seeing the distinction between close and distant relatives in the Fengwu Army, he felt a little disappointed. After realizing that he was just the godson of the Fengwu Army, his mentality changed. He felt that no matter what, money was the most practical...
However, just when Duan Zhibao had already found a buyer in advance and was fantasizing about making a fortune and counting silver until his hands cramped, he was dumbfounded and angry when something happened. Although the top leaders of the Fengwu Army did not hesitate to give him a penny for his request for help!
But he only gave 10,000 silver coins, 300 Weiyuan guns, and 10 tiger squat cannons, and nothing else. Even the red cannon and armor that Duan Zhibao requested were not given!

Although Duan Zhibao knew that their Fifth Army was a godson born to a stepmother in the eyes of the bigwigs in the Fengwu Army, not to mention that it could not be compared with the three direct armies of the Fengwu Army, its status was also not as good as the Fourth Army reorganized from the original Qilu Army!
However, Duan Zhibao never expected that the Fengwu Army would be so disrespectful and only give him such a small thing!
You have to know that their Fifth Army has more than 80,000 people on the list, and actually has nearly 50,000 people. But they only gave them 10,000 taels of silver, 300 Weiyuan guns, and 10 tiger squat cannons. To put it bluntly, this is a bit too insulting!
You should know that the First Division stationed in Kangyin has a battalion of more than 5,000 people, and the annual salary is more than 10,000 taels of silver!

As for the Weiyuan guns, they have been eliminated. They are equipped with the best and most advanced Fengwu guns of the Fengwu Army, with a total number of thousands. There are more than ten tiger squat cannons, not to mention the red cannons...
Comparing the two, although Duan Zhibao was very angry and aggrieved, and felt that the Fengwu Army was too disrespectful to him! However, he also realized that the big guys in the Fengwu Army were not fools, and they knew what he was planning, so sending these things to him was also a subtle warning!

Even so, Duan Zhibao was still very angry, so when he heard his subordinate Zhao Dapeng scolding the Fengwu Army, he was very happy!
However, when Duan Zhibao heard that Ye Mingsheng could be the emperor and he could be the King of Chu, he was immediately shocked and threw the wine glass at Zhao Dapeng, then angrily cursed:
"You bastard! You don't know what you are after drinking two cups of horse urine?"

"Compared to Marshal Ye, I am nothing! It is our honor to follow Marshal Ye!"

"If you dare to disrespect Marshal Ye again, I will kill you first without anyone else having to deal with you!"

"Zhao Dapeng, slap yourself in the face right now!"

"Hard slap!"

After being scolded by Duan Zhibao, Zhao Dapeng sobered up a little and realized that what he had just said was very inappropriate. When he thought about what would happen if these words were heard by the Coordination Office, Zhao Dapeng's face turned pale, and then he gritted his teeth and slapped himself hard several times...
While slapping himself, Zhao Dapeng said:
"I'm not a human being. I drink a few glasses of wine and then I start talking nonsense and spewing shit!"

"I didn't mean it. Marshal Ye is my biological father. I never dare to disrespect him in any way!"

Seeing Zhao Dapeng slapping him more than a dozen times, with both sides of his face swollen, Duan Zhibao felt a little bit sorry and said:
"That's enough! You, a piece of shit, wouldn't dare to disrespect Marshal Ye!"

After saying this, Duan Zhibao looked around and the people in the room said coldly:
"I have already severely punished Zhao Dapeng for his drunken remarks. He has already realized his mistake and he will never dare to do it again!"

"If any of you are still gossiping behind my back, don't blame me for being ruthless. Do you hear me?"

"heard it!"

Under Duan Zhibao's threat, the dancers, musicians, and several generals of the Fifth Army in the room all spoke in unison:

Seeing this, Zhao Dapeng, who had been beaten into a pig's head, looked at Duan Zhibao with gratitude. He knew that his old leader Duan Zhibao was saving him!

After what happened with Zhao Dapeng, Duan Zhibao lost interest today, so he asked everyone to go home.

However, what Duan Zhibao did not expect was that one of his subordinates, Li Xin, quietly returned to the mansion shortly after he left...

Looking at Li Xin who had returned, Duan Zhibao said with some surprise:
"Do you have anything else to do?"

Li Xin immediately got straight to the point in his sermon:

"Sir, after the Zhennan Army found out that the Fengwu Army didn't fulfill its promise, they sent someone to contact me!"

Duan Zhibao was shocked when he heard this, and he lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Why did the Zhennan Army contact you?"

Li Xin preached very respectfully:
"My troops are stationed at Xiaowu Mountain, which is a must-go place for our army's food supply. So the Zhennan Army wants me to rebel so that they can threaten our food supply!"

After finishing speaking, Li Xin continued with a smile:

"The Zhennan Army promised me that if I complete this task, they will give me 100,000 taels of silver and make me the deputy governor of Jingchu!"

Seeing the smile on Li Xin's face, Duan Zhibao realized something, and let go of the murderous intent in his heart and continued to ask;
"Li Xin, what do you think?"

Li Xin stopped smiling when he heard this and said with a serious face:

"I was raised by you, Lord Duan. You have been very kind to me. Although I, Li Xin, am not talented, I will never repay kindness with enmity and harm you, Lord Duan!"

“What’s more, although the Zhennan Army’s promise is good, we still have to live to see it…”

(End of this chapter)