I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

This scene was not deliberately done by Chen Huaian to show off to the exotic beauty assassin Gu Yi Naza.

He doesn't have the skills, let alone the leisure, to engage in any kind of tender drama, in order to try to impress the assassin who stabbed him at night, or stage some drama of a beautiful exotic girl falling in love with me.

In fact, when he entered this desert village and saw a group of old and weak women and children who were driven out of their dens by the army's vanguard scouts, he immediately felt compassion.

The young people in the village, both men and women, were abducted by the barbaric Tubo people. They were either forced into the army and worked as coolies, or they were sold to various countries in the Western Regions and became the playthings of local powerful people.

The only remaining old and weak children are even more naked and have no food to eat.

If Chen Huaian does not lend a helping hand, the hundreds of old and weak people in the entire village will definitely not be able to survive this cold winter.

Because of this, Huo Qubing, the cavalry general who was responsible for exploring the way for the army, finally couldn't bear to kill a village of old, weak, women and children even though he had already received military orders, and instead handed over the handling power to the Jin Dynasty. Wang Chen Huaian.

Although, in Chen Huaian's conversation with the old lady in the village, he already learned that they were the family members of the group of assassins who assassinated him.

However, Chen Huaian still did not blame them.

Instead, he ordered the baggage troops to leave enough food and tea bricks for them to survive the winter.

Then there was a touching scene of the whole village, young and old, walking out of the village entrance and waving goodbye to Longcheng's march to the west.

This was Chen Huaian's unintentional move, but it invisibly affected Gu Yinaza, who wanted to assassinate Chen Huaian.

The army set off again, and Guinaza, who was tied to the baggage carriage and went with the army, looked at the long back of the long horse riding the yellow horse with her bright and deep almond eyes, and the hatred in her eyes seemed to have disappeared. Not as deep.

Dragon City's western expedition army continues to march in the desert filled with yellow sand.

After passing Dunhuang, the army was divided into two.

Along the way, 30,000 tiger and leopard cavalry led by Hussar General Huo Qubing marched towards Khotan, one of the four towns in Anxi;

On the other way, King Chen Huaian of Jin personally led 70,000 cavalry out of Dunhuang, passed Gaochang, and solved the siege of Yanqi, Qiuci, and Shule.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Lingwu is the traditional Laba Festival of the Chinese nation.

At this time in previous years, Yanqi Town, one of the four towns in Anxi, was already buzzing with firecrackers and gongs and drums, creating a lively scene to welcome the New Year.

Caravans traveling between the mainland and the Western Regions often followed the local customs and transported large quantities of red lanterns, couplets, candies and other items from the mainland to the market in Yanqi City for sale.

The twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month of each year are also the most prosperous times for various towns.

However, on this year's Laba Festival, the city of Yanqi was desolate.

Except for the officers and soldiers of the Anxi frontier army who wore armor and carried swords, who patrolled the city from time to time and went to the tower to change defenses, there were few ordinary people coming in and out of the huge Yanqi city.

Only 20,000 Anxi troops were stationed in Yanqi City.

Outside Yanqi City, the 100,000 Western Region Allied Forces personally led by Huairen Khan of the Uighur Khanate, Pei Luo, had already completely surrounded Yanqi City.

Since September of the first year of Lingwu, Tubo launched a massive attack on Hexi and Longyou, cutting off the connection between the four towns of Anxi and the imperial court, and then in late October the Western Region Allied Forces besieged the city.

The Anxi frontier army in Yanqi City has not had contact with the outside world for almost three months.

Commercial exchanges were also completely interrupted after the strong army Peiro led the siege of the city.

At present, the reserves of grain, grass and meat in Yanqi City can last for three to five months without any problem.

However, the supply of tea bricks, fruits and vegetables had been cut off a month ago.

The reserves of fine salt are also about to run out.

If there are no fruits, vegetables and tea bricks to supplement vitamins, the soldiers and civilians in the city can grit their teeth and persevere. But if the supply of fine salt is cut off, within half a month, the soldiers may not even have the strength to defend the city with a sword.

By that time, Yanqi City will be destroyed!

On this day, in the meeting hall of the Yanqi City Guards Mansion.

The top military commander in the city, the third-rank military officer Tan Li, was convening the generals of his Anxi Frontier Army to discuss matters of defense against the enemy.

"General, the last general has personally gone to the supply camp to take stock of the grain and grass reserves!"

The speaker was Yanqi City garrison deputy general Lin Chun. He continued to say in front of the general Tan Li and all the Yanqi garrison generals:

"At the moment, the food and grass supplies are enough to feed the soldiers and civilians in the city for more than three months, but the tea bricks and fruits and vegetables have long been exhausted. The people in the city have become sick with scurvy. The number has increased sharply in recent days, and a small number of soldiers have begun to get sick in the military camp. ”

"Furthermore, the fine salt reserves in the city are about to be exhausted. At most, they will be enough to feed the soldiers and civilians in the city for a month."

"In the past few days, the general has tried many methods and sent many elite soldiers out of the city to ask for help, but they have been unable to break through the enemy's blockade in Huihe."

"If we rely on the strength of the Yanqi City defenders themselves, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the supply of supplies that are in short supply in the city."

In the meeting hall, General Tan Li, who was sitting on the main seat, nodded tiredly.

Then, he ordered: "Vice General Lin, please prepare a notice to inform the people in the city that from today on, the supply of fine salt to the people in the city will be changed from one supply every three days to one supply every seven days. The fine salt will be given priority to the army soldiers."

"If ordinary people don't eat salt for a few days, at best they won't have the energy to work."

"If the soldiers don't eat salt for a few days, Yanqi City may not be able to defend it!"

Tan Li waved his hand and said: "The next topic is, is there any news about the messenger sent to the Anxi General Military Mansion?"

In fact, as soon as Tan Li asked this question, he reacted suddenly.

At present, the 100,000-strong army of Huihe Khan and Peluo have already completely surrounded Yanqi City. Not even a sparrow can fly over, let alone the messengers.

"Report to the general, no!"

Soon, his generals responded to Tan Li.

Tan Li added: "Today is the Laba Festival. In previous years, at this time, the army would kill cattle and sheep to celebrate the festival. This year, the situation is special. Please tell the kitchen to cook some Laba porridge for the brothers!"

"I still have some candies in the general's house. You can take them to the kitchen and give them to the chef later!"

As he spoke, Tan Li continued with a wry smile: "Perhaps, this is the last Laba Festival that everyone celebrates. It is the general's kindness to let the brothers have a sip of sweet Laba porridge!"

"Report——"

"General Qi, I sent an envoy back to Hehe to ask for an audience, which is under the city wall!"

At this time, the voice of the messenger suddenly came from outside the meeting hall.

oh?

Hearing this, Tan Li frowned slightly and said to himself: "Gu Li Pei Luo is like a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken - he has no good intentions!"

After saying this, he suddenly stood up from the chair and said sternly: "Come here, put on your armor for me. I will go to the tower in person to meet with the envoys to see if these barbarians from the Western Regions have any tricks up their sleeves." Use it!"

"The general will get the order!"