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

It was February 15th, the second year of Zhaowu in the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian issued an order to arrest all the four previous kings, their family members, and nine clans who were involved in secretly supporting the enemy, and transfer them to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.

At this time, just one month had passed since Chen Longxiang, the first prince of the Tang Dynasty and King of Jin, raised his troops to rebel and raised the banner of the restoration of the new king. Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian used iron and blood to cut off the rebels' internal contacts in the court;

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Before the counterinsurgency battle, kill the enemy first!

This time, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian's treatment of the four kings of the previous dynasty who secretly supported the enemy was many times faster and more ruthless than the last time he dealt with Wu Yi Bo Liu Ziyu's rebellion;

The four kings of the former dynasty and their nine families involved in the case, a total of more than 40,000 people, were all convicted and executed at lightning speed by the Ministry of Punishment under the instruction of Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian.

After this case, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian clearly felt that the civil and military officials in the court looked at him with deep fear in their eyes during the morning court;

Even a group of pedantic civil servants from the former dynasty, headed by Liu Huaiyi, the censor of the Supervisory Yuan, rarely remained silent on this case and stopped forming cliques to report: admonishing the emperor to be merciful and not to go on a killing spree. Power.

Sure enough, as an emperor, you must have benevolent governance and iron blood;

Only in this way can the people in the world be grateful to you, and the civil and military officials, princes and nobles above the court be afraid of you;

Only in this way can the foundation of the dynasty be stable for generations to come.

However, as the current emperor, Chen Huaian would inevitably be labeled as "cruel" by civil and military officials;

But, so what?

In the imperial study room, when Chen Huaian received a memorial from the Ministry of Punishment, reporting that the emperor was involved in "secretly sponsoring the enemy and restoring the previous dynasty", more than 40,000 Daxin people and their family members of the nine tribes, a total of more than 40,000 people, had all been executed today;

On Chen Huaian's handsome face, the starry gaze in his eyes became more determined;

In front of my eyes, it seemed as if the scenes of bloody massacres were flashing with swords and shadows, and I seemed to see the faces of countless innocent women and children shouting injustice, and I also saw the four kings of the previous dynasty yelling at me...

At this moment, his heart was as solid as a rock.

Chen Huaian knew that from now on, he would be one step closer to becoming a qualified founding emperor.

This step was taken through the blood and corpses of countless people.

He no longer has any compassion or regret.

He knew that this was something every emperor had to experience sooner or later.

In the past, he was unwilling to take this step;

Now, he has no choice!

A few more days passed.

The 500,000 Tang troops, led by Duke Chang Yuchun of Wei, the first of the six founding dukes of the Tang Dynasty, were divided into two groups and went to Goguryeo to put down the rebellion. They had arrived at the east of the Liao River in the Liaodong Peninsula and the Nanpu Port offshore Pyongyang, the royal city of Goguryeo.

The counter-insurgency war is about to break out.

On the coastal defense line of Nanpu Port, "Daxin" Regent Chen Longxiang, wearing a golden battle armor and holding a pair of drums, urns and golden hammers, personally sat in Nanpu Port and commanded the rebel navy to fight against the Tang Dynasty navy.

The news that the "Daxin" rebel army was arrested in response to the four kings of the previous dynasty in the Central Plains Dynasty has spread back to the Goguryeo Royal City in the past few days and reached the ears of the regent Chen Longxiang and the demon queen Su Waner;

Chen Longxiang blocked the news immediately, cut off the waterway connection with the Central Plains Dynasty, and completely sealed the Goguryeo Peninsula;

He knew very well that once the news leaked that the rebels' internal collaborators in the Central Plains Dynasty were uprooted by the imperial court, Gaozang, the treasure king of Goguryeo who had just defected, might have to sell him and take his head to the emperor. Brother, go and claim credit in front of the rebel Chen Huaian;

Chen Longxiang knew better that from now on, he had no backup or retreat, and the only way to have a chance of survival was to fight to the death.

"Report——"

"Reporting to the Prince Regent, the enemy commander Chang Yuchun sent an envoy to ask for an audience!"

In the rebel camp and in the Chinese army's tent, Daxin Regent Chen Longxiang suddenly received news from the messenger.

Um?

Chen Longxiang raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand and ordered: "Bring it up!"

"The general will get the order!"

Soon, the envoy sent by Wei Guogong Chang Yuchun was carried by several rebel soldiers and brought to the Chinese army's tent. A black hood was also covered on his head. It seemed that he was afraid that the imperial envoy would find out what was inside Nanpu Port. The deployment of rebel forces and the artillery configuration of the Shenji Battalion.

brush!

The next moment, when the black hood on the envoy's head was taken off, the rebel central army's tent, together with the regent Chen Longxiang on the throne, and the rebel generals on both sides, all jumped out of the tent. He stood up in his seat, looked at the envoy involuntarily, and then hurriedly moved away in shame, as if he did not have the courage to look at the envoy at all;

Because this envoy who came alone was none other than Chen Qingzhi, the South Korean Duke who was the first of the six founding Dukes of the Tang Dynasty (tied);

Chen Qingzhi, the former deputy marshal of the left army of Longcheng Soldiers and Horses, and the former commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Tang Dynasty stationed in Goguryeo Peninsula;

All the rebel generals present were, without exception, former subordinates of Chen Qingzhi;

At this moment, the two sides are in different camps.

These rough and tumble men in the army were somewhat ashamed. After His Highness the King of Jin held high the banner of restoring the previous dynasty, these generals, no matter how stupid they were, could have realized that it was not the Dukes of the Five Kingdoms of the Tang Dynasty who rebelled against the imprisoned Emperor. It was him, the emperor's younger brother, the first prince of the Tang Dynasty;

However, at this point, these generals who had been tied to the warship of the Jin Wang's rebellion had no way out. Not to mention whether they would be executed by Emperor Zhaowu for raising troops to rebel on the Goguryeo Peninsula, if they did not obey the order of Jin Wang Chen Longxiang, they would probably die in Goguryeo on the spot;

In this way, there was only one way before them, that is, to follow Jin Wang Chen Longxiang and go all the way to the end of the road of rebellion in exchange for a moment of survival.

So, when they saw their former commander Chen Qingzhi, bravely breaking into the "enemy camp" alone, they immediately lowered their heads in shame and dared not look at him.

For the young Chen Longxiang, he never thought that this Korean Duke Chen Qingzhi would dare to take risks alone and break into his own camp alone;

Could it be that this Korean Duke was not afraid that he would not follow the martial ethics and directly "behead the envoy in front of the battle" to boost morale?

Or is it that this Duke of Korea Chen Qingzhi is not afraid of death, and he would rather risk his life to fight for a place in history, even if it means he has fought for the wealth and power he has earned in the first half of his life?

For a moment, Chen Longxiang was a little confused.

However, he was very clear about one thing, that is, Duke of Korea Chen Qingzhi came alone today, and no matter how he dealt with it, it would bring a big blow to the morale of the generals under his command.

"Your Highness, I am Chen Qingzhi, and I pay my respects to the prince!"

While Chen Longxiang was still in a daze on the main seat, Chen Qingzhi in the central army tent had already taken the initiative to greet him: "Long live the King of Jin, long live the King, long live the King--"