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

Chen Huaian, who was riding on a yellow steed, accepted Yanqi city guard Tan Li's kneeling with a calm expression.

The two of them were old acquaintances. They met three years ago at the late emperor Zhao Mang's sixtieth birthday party in the imperial city of the capital.

At that time, Chen Huaian was just a good-for-nothing prince in the eyes of the world who was "weak, weak and unfit for great use", and Tan Li was only a fourth-grade general in the Anxi Frontier Army.

Sure enough, after three years of separation, I should be looking at each other with admiration.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the person who traveled thousands of miles to help Tan Li and save Yanqi's soldiers and people from the danger of massacre would be the good-for-nothing prince who had been looked down upon by the civil and military officials in the court.

Due to the Tubo invasion, Yanqi City had cut off its connection with the Anxi General Military Mansion three months ago.

The news that Anxi general Guo Dingfang led 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to surrender to Jin King Chen Huaian in Longcheng has not yet reached the four towns of Anxi.

Tan Li even heard the news about the death of Emperor Zhao Qian in Tumubao from the Uighurs who besieged the city.

Therefore, when Tan Li knelt down to worship Chen Huaian, he did not stand up, but continued: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, General Tan Li is willing to lead the troops and people of Qi City to surrender to King Jin!"

"From today on, wherever His Highness the King of Jin's sword points, that's where my Tan Li and Yanqi Cheng'anxi frontier soldiers' swords will go. We will go through fire and water, no matter how hard we die!"

After saying that, Tan Li solemnly and solemnly handed his saber to Chen Huaian respectfully with both hands.

Behind him, the more than a thousand surviving Yanqi City border army officers also knelt down one after another, offering their weapons like General Tan Li.

They roared in unison with great force: "Wherever His Highness the King of Jin's sword points, that's where the sword of the soldiers of the Anxi frontier army of Yanqi City will go. They will go through fire and water, no matter how hard they die!"

Hahaha!

Seeing this, Chen Huaian on horseback laughed so boldly that he burst into the sky.

Xiao Po, who was the commander of the Jinwu Guard and was demoted to the flag bearer of the Jinwang Imperial Camp due to negligence, immediately stood up with understanding and took the initiative to say to Tan Li:

"General Tan, you may not know something. As early as three months ago, Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of the Anxi Army and the general of Zhenxi, had announced in Longcheng, the fiefdom of the King of Jin, that he would lead 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to be loyal to His Highness the King of Jin!"

ah?

Hearing this, Tan Li, who was kneeling on one knee, was startled at first, and then after reacting, he knelt down to Chen Huaian again and said: "Your Highness, I blame this general for his ignorance and overstepping. I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

"General Tan, all officers and men of the Anxi Frontier Army, please rise!"

Until then, Chen Huaian finally spoke. He said with a smile: "The second generation tyrant Zhao Qian is stupid and incompetent, trusting traitors and traitors, which has led to the chaos in the Daxin Dynasty. The loyal ministers and good generals are allowed to be persecuted. The whole country and the people are in dire straits."

"This king raised troops in the fiefdom of Longcheng to appease Nan. He upheld the law of heaven and obeyed the people's will below."

"Guo Dingfang, the general of the Anxi army and the general of Zhenxi, led 300,000 soldiers of the Anxi frontier army to join the Longcheng Jingnan army, which further demonstrated the loyalty and bravery of the frontier army officers."

Chen Huaian paused and said word by word: "You officers and soldiers of the Anxi frontier army are loyal to the Han national dynasty, not the Zhao family!"

"The Dragon City army under my command is loyal to the Han dynasty, not to me, Chen Huaian!"

As Chen Huaian spoke, he rode his horse up to the surviving generals of Qian Yu'an's Western Front Army. His firm and deep gaze swept over the weather-beaten cheeks one after another, with eyes full of loyalty, bravery, and determination.

He continued: "Now, the Daxin imperial court is falling apart, and Tubo, Uighur, and other countries from the Western Regions are invading our borders and wantonly massacring and destroying the Han people on our borders;"

"There are treacherous ministers in the dynasty, and two kings have rebelled and proclaimed themselves emperors. It can be said that there are internal and external troubles;"

"I have been walking all the way from Longcheng. I have seen ten houses and nine empty houses along the way, and people have died of hunger for thousands of miles. This Zhao family's great new country has long been rotten from top to bottom, from the inside out;"

"The Han people under Zhao's rule not only had to face the imperial court's tyranny, but also faced the scourge of weapons from foreign countries!"

As he spoke, Chen Huaian suddenly raised his voice and said sternly: "There is an old saying: In troubled times, heavy codes are used, and strong medicine is used for serious illnesses! The current Great New Dynasty has reached a time when it must be completely changed. Everyone -"

"Are you willing to work with me to overthrow this dark new imperial court and this turbulent world where the people are struggling to survive, and restore the glorious glory of our Han nation on the Silk Road in the Western Regions?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

"willing!"

For a time, Yanqi City was filled with roars from the bottom of his heart.

Even the garrison commander Tan Li, who was kneeling on one knee, couldn't help but stand up and raise his arms and shout, with hot tears falling from his firm eyes.

"His Royal Highness, Prince of Jin, I was once a flag bearer of the Polu Army. I followed the late king on two expeditions to the Western Regions. I had the honor to witness the late king's attack on the capital of Uihe, and the scene where the Uihe man knelt down to beg for peace and bowed his head as vassal;"

At this time, among the surviving border troops in Yanqi City, a veteran suddenly stood up from the kneeling crowd, looked directly at Chen Huaian on horseback with fiery eyes, and asked with a somewhat expectant tone:

"Your Highness, this time you led your troops to attack thousands of miles to aid Yanqi City. Can you lead us to the capital of the Huihe people like the former king led the Polu army to conquer the Western Regions?"

brush!

As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy city inside and outside Yanqi suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Countless pairs of eyes looked straight at Jin Wang Chen Huaian who was at the center of the storm.

A considerable number of the surviving border army officers and soldiers were former soldiers of the Polu Army. After the former king Chen Polu was deprived of his military power by Emperor Zhao Qian, they were dispersed and incorporated into the border armies in various places.

This group of soldiers not only had a natural affinity for the two generations of Jin kings, but also had a deep hatred for the Huihe enemy troops and a blood feud that was irreconcilable.

In addition, after having just experienced the brutal ten-day defense battle of Yanqi, a considerable number of their former comrades fell under the sword of the Uighurs.

Most of these low-level border soldiers are rough men with little education and do not understand the principle that a gentleman's revenge is never too late.

It is in line with their straightforward and loyal character that they will not stay overnight if they have any grudges.

Only then did a brave soldier have the courage to ask Jin Wang Chen Huaian what he had just said.

Facing the question from the former Polu Army soldier, Chen Huaian replied solemnly: "Everyone, I, Chen Huaian, would like to express my opinion to everyone——"

"The Longcheng army's expedition to the Western Regions is not only to relieve the siege of the four towns in Anxi, but also to completely defeat the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, including Uighur, in one battle;"

"We must make sure that these barbarians from foreign lands will never dare to offend our Han people again within a hundred years!"

"Would you like to go with me to the capital of Huihe, Harabalegas, to witness with your own eyes how the Uyghur barbarians knelt down to beg for peace and bowed their heads to our Han people?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

"willing!"

Inside and outside Yanqi City, roars like mountains and tsunami erupted again.

Chen Huaian immediately announced that the Guan Ning cavalry and the Anxi frontier army in Yanqi City would not stop at any place, but would go straight to Shule City in the direction in which the barbarians in the Western Regions fled.

At the same time, a notice was posted in Yanqi City that from the day the Dragon City army entered the city, the people in Yanqi territory would be exempted from all taxes for five years and halved for ten years.

As soon as this decree came out, the people of Yanqi, who had just experienced a three-month siege and another fierce battle, cheered.

He even affectionately called the Dragon City Army the King's Army. When he knelt down to see off the King of Jin on his expedition to Shule, he even spontaneously shouted loudly:

"Long live King Jin, long live, long live!"