The Poor Son-in-Law of the Tang Dynasty

Back at the base camp in Jingzhou, the original 5-person military camp has become empty now.

Many people returned to their tents, seeing that the beds around them were empty, and they all felt unhappy.

"Generalissimo! Someone from the Ministry of War is here!"

Ye Chen returned to his military camp, just sat down when Dian Wei rushed in.

"General Ye!"

Li Ji, who was then Minister of the Ministry of War, walked in with a smile.

Ye Chen stood up politely and cupped his hands: "I met Li Shangshu."

Li Ji is the minister of the Ministry of War, the chief executive in charge of the country's military affairs, and belongs to Ye Chen's immediate boss, so Ye Chen should treat him with courtesy.

Besides, this person deserves Ye Chen's respect.

"Ye Chen, I'm here this time to pick you up."

Li Ji's tone was soft, and he seemed to be very careful when getting along with Ye Chen, for fear of offending him.

Picking him up was basically depriving him of his military power, and he felt like throwing it away after use. Li Shimin was afraid that Ye Chen would have something in his mind, so he sent Li Ji to pick him up in person.

Ye Chen knew that now that the battle was over, he should naturally hand over the military power.

This is the case in this era, military power can never be in the hands of any one person for a long time, it will always come alternately.

Of course, no matter how they alternate, military power will always be in the hands of the aristocratic family.

Military power and political power are almost monopolized by the family.

They depended on each other and formed a huge group to fight against the imperial power and suppress the emperor.

Now Ye Chen has not yet formed his own family power, if Liu Yuxin is replaced by Li Yingzi, or the daughter of a powerful family, then Ye Chen will also be included in the family.

However, Ye Chen does not intend to rely on political marriage to bind the aristocratic family.

His purpose is to build the Ye family into a brand new family, create a brand new super noble family, let others depend on him, instead of him relying on others.

Only in this way can he truly gain a foothold in this world.

Of course, this process will be very long, and may take a lifetime to create.

"Okay, I'll pack up and go with you, but Li Shangshu shouldn't have any objections if I want to take away my own direct line troops?"

The direct troops Ye Chen mentioned are the few remaining Qin Ruishi, Baima Yicong, Tiger Leopard Cavalry, and Shenjiying.

At the beginning, Li Shimin promised him that although he was a loose official, his core troops could be kept, and they would be assigned to him when needed, and they would be incorporated into the regiment guards to accept their jurisdiction when they were not in use.

"Of course I don't mind."

Li Ji nodded, and said with a smile: "With your current status, His Majesty allows you to have no more than [-] direct troops. After you go back this time, if you get a high title, the number may be even higher."

"Ok!"

Ye Chen nodded lightly, and then asked Dian Wei to make arrangements.

Li Yingzi's women's battalion was also taken away by Ye Chen this time. When he returns to Chang'an this time, he will continue to develop the women's battalion. The number of women's battalions does not need to be too many, but at critical times, it will be very useful.

It can be seen through this battle.

In combat, although women are not as powerful as men, in some respects, women have inherent advantages.

For example, on the battlefield, many men will habitually despise women, thinking that the opponent is not capable, resulting in a situation of underestimating the enemy, and thus it is easy to be counter-killed.

In addition to this aspect, women also have sufficient advantages in assassination, detection, camouflage, and disrupting the enemy's sight.

Especially assassination.

Roses with thorns are the prettiest, that's why.

After sending people to tidy up the troops, Ye Chen was distressed to find that all the direct troops under him could not even make up 3000 people.

There are not many Qin Ruishi left, less than 300 people left.

There are still about 300 people in Baima Yicong, 100 people in tiger and leopard riders, plus dozens of people from Shenji Battalion and Women's Battalion, and some support staff, and it can barely reach 3000 people.

So Ye Chen simply put Baima Yicong and Hubaoqi together, and Shenjiying and Qin Ruishi together.

After tidying up, Ye Chen set off.

As for these brothers in the standing army, the generals brought by Li Ji will naturally take over the jurisdiction.

The next day, Ye Chen and Li Ji returned to the imperial court with their mighty formal squad.

……

Two days later.

Outside Chang'an City, the army returned to the station, and Ye Chen followed Li Ji to the city.

As soon as he entered the city, what Ye Chen didn't know was that a large army quietly surrounded his troops and controlled all the personnel, including three hundred soldiers from the Shenji Battalion.

"Chen Guogong, I heard that the [-] Shenji Battalion have shown great success in this battle, Your Majesty is quite afraid of them!"

"Cheng Mingzhen, can you die if you talk less?"

Chen Guogong Hou Junji rode a white horse, looking at the troops brought back by Ye Chen with cold eyes.

Hearing Cheng Mingzhen's words, he resented him very dissatisfied.

"Why is Chen Guogong so angry?"

Cheng Mingzhen didn't understand.

"Your Majesty said that the matter of the Shenji Battalion is a top secret among top secrets. Ye Chen got these Shenji Battalions and those powerful weapons from somewhere. This matter is no small matter. Ye Chen decided to do it without authorization Such a unit, and it has not been reported, I guess he will be killed this time!"

"You are so bluffing, the secret is leaked, who is responsible?"

After listening to Hou Junji's words, Cheng Mingzhen couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Isn't it? Ye Chen has made such a great achievement, so His Majesty will punish him severely if he doesn't reward him?"

"Such a powerful army is invincible throughout the entire Tang Dynasty! Now there are only 300 people, and it can explode with such a powerful force. What if it is 3000 people, or 3 people?"

"Ye Chen has the ability to create such an army. If you were His Majesty, what would you think?"

Hou Junji said coldly.

Cheng Mingzhen couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and he was a little surprised: "That's true, so from this point of view, Ye Chen is afraid that this time will be miserable!"

"Not necessarily!"

Hou Junji shook his head and sighed: "Although Ye Chen's ability is frightening, why is it not a sharp knife? If he can be loyal, His Majesty may remove his suspicions about him, and he may be directly promoted to the highest level." position, continue to serve His Majesty."

"Now, it depends on what Ye Chen thinks. If Ye Chen chooses one, he will go to heaven. If he doesn't choose well, he may go straight to hell."

Hou Junji's words made Cheng Mingzhen tremble all over and felt a little bit of fear.

It seems that being a minister or an official, too outstanding ability is not a good thing.

If he cannot be controlled by the imperial power, then Ye Chen is a ticking time bomb, posing a great threat.

But the question is, with Ye Chen's temper, how could he be willing to be controlled by the imperial power?