Chapter 90

While they were thinking, Chen Ming came back.

After noticing the difference, of course, Chen Ze won't do nothing, but quietly let Chen Ming find an empty place and leave the team while the army is going through the city.

"Childe, as you think, the whole people in Xichuan city are restricted!"

As soon as he arrived at the camp, Chen Ming couldn't wait to report to Chen Ze.

"My subordinates investigated the city and found that at least a thousand patrol teams were wandering in Xichuan city. The closest place they deployed was the settlement of the people in the city!"

"As for the military aircraft department, there are heavy troops on the other side. There is no way to sneak in and check the situation inside."

"My subordinates spent some time sneaking into the folk houses, and the information they got back is also very limited."

Speaking of this, Chen Ze suddenly interrupted, "wait, how many people are there in each patrol team?"

Chen Ming said, "there are ten people, but they are closely distributed. As long as there is a noise in one place, nearly a thousand people can come around without ten breath!"

"Ten people, that is, more than ten thousand?"

Chen Ze pondered for a moment, then nodded, "you continue."

Chen Ming frowned and said, "my subordinates investigated three houses. According to the people inside, they don't know what happened. They only know that an army entered the city the day before yesterday, and then declared martial law in the city. No one is allowed to move in the city!"

Chen Ze raised his eyebrows. "Is there an army entering the city? Did you say how many troops it is?"

"That's not true."

Chen Ze shook his head and said, "the army in the city has been mobilized frequently these days. Most of the people have the idea of not causing trouble, so they won't be close to the army."

After thinking, he said, "maybe someone knows, but they are not in the three households investigated by their subordinates."

Chen Ze nodded to show understanding.

There are tens of thousands of houses in this city. It's not easy to find a person who knows the truth.

"Brother, what do you think?"

After listening to Chen Ming's report, Meng Yang and others looked at each other and were confused for a time.

Chen Ze frowned and said coldly, "rebels!"

"Rebel..."

As soon as this remark came out, the people's faces changed greatly. Xu Qing, who had the highest rank among the soldiers, couldn't help exclaiming: "no?"

Chen Ze looked at him and knew why he couldn't accept it.

The world soldiers will be separated.

No matter how high your rank is, you can only have followers who worship in the court. The main source of strength is still in the barracks under the unified management of the military aircraft department.

In other words, you may be one wave of people this time, and another wave of people next time.

It will not be like Chen Ze's previous life. There are no Yue family army, Yang family army and so on.

The purpose of doing so is that there are many more generals in Haotian mainland than in previous lives. If everyone has their own private soldiers, there are not so many sources of troops to distribute to them. Therefore, most low-level generals, even middle-level generals, will become bare handed commanders and fall into a situation where there are no soldiers available.

In addition, for security reasons, you are not given the opportunity to support the soldiers and respect yourself. Every time you borrow and transfer troops, you have to pay them back after the war is over. Even if you force them not to pay them back, the soldiers' sense of belonging does not lie in you, but in the Empire. When a war is over, the soldiers will no longer obey you, but feel resistant to forcing them not to return.

In the final analysis, soldiers are also people and have families. Where their fetters are, people will naturally go back. Unless you get all the fetters of soldiers out, don't think about it.

In addition, although the military aircraft Department has the management and dispatching power of soldiers, it does not have the duty of marching and fighting, so the chief officer of the military aircraft department can not personally pull up a force to fight on the battlefield.

In other words, those who have ideas have no soldiers, and those who have soldiers have no ability to command. As for soldiers... As long as they are not squeezed too much, everyone is making a living. Who has nothing to rebel?

So, rebels?

Xu Qingzhen hasn't heard the word for a long time.

"I can't think of any other explanation except this."

Chen Ze shook his head, his face full of dignity.

"You can think about it. If it wasn't for the Empire's own army, how could it easily enter Xichuan city without being obstructed?"

"The patrol team in the city adds up to nearly 10000 people. Even if there are a part of Xichuan city's own troops, it is not a small number!"

Xu Qing opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't refute it.

"Don't forget, Lord Zheng passed Xichuan city twice not long ago. If there are signs that the city has been attacked, he can't be unaware!"

"So these troops entered the city without blood, or the defenders of Xichuan city let them in. Why did they let them in?"

After a slight pause, Chen Ze said word by word: "because these people are clearly friendly forces, the defenders of Xichuan city will directly put them into the city!"

Silence.

The five people present, including Chen Ming, admired Chen Ze's wisdom, otherwise they would not be loyal to him.

Moreover, his analysis is not unreasonable.

"Actually..."

After thinking about it, Chen Ze frowned and said, "it's not accurate to say it's the rebels, because most soldiers don't know what they're doing."

"The soldiers will only obey the orders of the executor before they receive orders that obviously violate the interests of the Qingyang empire."

"It's a time of war, and the complexity of the situation is beyond the imagination of the soldiers. They won't tell whether the orders issued above are fishy or not. It's not impossible."

"Well..." Meng Yang looked at him and scratched his head. "What shall we do now?"

Chen Ze looked at Xu Qing and asked, "you just said that you used to work in Xichuan city. How much do you know about the soldiers here?"

Xu Qingwei was stunned and hesitated: "the permanent force of Xichuan city is about 100000. I know only a small part of the soldiers of the urban defense force."

Chen Ze asked again, "but when you were at the gate, you didn't know any of the soldiers there, did you?"

"This..." Xu Qing recalled and nodded: "I didn't remember any of them, so I was surprised at that time. Because the soldiers of the urban defense forces don't return to the barracks, they are basically responsible for the urban defense. They can always see one or two familiar soldiers every time."

"But this time, none!"

After Xu Qing's confirmation, Chen Ze turned to Chen Ming and said, "you don't have to disturb the people this time. Just take him to hide in the dark."

"What you have to do is observe in the dark and find out the people you know in the thousands of patrol teams!"

The latter sentence is the task given to Xu Qing.