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

Following the order from the great eunuch Liu Zhen, several Imperial Forest Army soldiers wearing armor and holding knives stepped forward, their right hands already holding the hilts of the knives.

Liu Zhen snorted again, glanced at Shen Guangming, Minister of the Ministry of War, and walked into the emperor's camp in a swagger.

"Eh--"

Shen Guangming lamented, holding tightly the document in his hand that Anxi General Guo Dingfang had dispatched 800 miles from Longcheng territory overnight to deliver it to the Ministry of War.

In the fold, it was reported that the Tubo Zanputama took advantage of the situation when Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of Anxi Province, dispatched 100,000 Anxi frontier troops to Longcheng to quell the rebellion according to the emperor's order, and led a large army to attack the Longyou and Hexi prefectures, causing the four Anxi towns and The passage to the General Military Mansion and the imperial court was interrupted.

This means that the four Anxi towns that protect the Great New Dynasty's overland Silk Road to the countries in the Western Regions will become a lone army fighting on their own.

If the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions take this opportunity to jointly send troops to attack the four towns of Anxi, the consequences will be disastrous!

Shen Guangming looked at the leaving figure of the great eunuch Liu Zhen, looked up to the sky and cursed angrily: "The eunuch is harming the country!"

"I, Shen Guangming, the Minister of War of the New Dynasty, want to meet the emperor, but I can't pass the test of being an eunuch. If the late emperor knew about it, he would be so angry that he would climb out of the mausoleum and scold me, Shen Guangming!"

However, Shen Guangming had no choice but to look up to the sky and lament. He could only continue to kneel and wait outside the emperor's camp.

at the same time.

Thousands of miles away, the King of Jin fiefdom was in Longcheng. Outside the city was the Beichuan area, where the Anxi frontier army camp was located.

Inside the Chinese army's tent, Guo Dingfang, the Anxi general of the Great New Dynasty and the general of Zhenxi, was pacing back and forth anxiously in the tent, looking solemn and restless.

Zhang Yude, the deputy general who was left behind in Chang'an City, sent an urgent letter of 800 miles a day, informing Guo Dingfang that the Longyou and Hexi prefectures were in urgent need, and asked the general to send troops to return as soon as possible.

At the beginning, when Guo Ding was hesitant about the yellow bows and arrows rewarded by Emperor Zhao Qian and the expedition order, he received urgent military information from Tubo Zampodama, who was leading an army to invade the Daxin border.

At that time, Guo Dingfang naively believed that Dama had done a good deed that would save him and his Anxi frontier army from a fight with Chen Huaian's Longcheng Polu Army.

Who would have thought that when he submitted the urgent military information about the Tibetan invasion to the Ministry of War, which then forwarded it to the Emperor Zhao Qian, not only did he fail to be dismissed by the emperor as he wished, but he also issued an order to Guo Dingfang to set off immediately, and he must do so before winter. Capture the Dragon City, the fiefdom of King Jin.

As for the Tubo invasion of the Daxin border, Zhao Qian didn't take it to heart at all, and even blamed Guo Dingfang for being timid and afraid of fighting.

It is said that Anxi has tall city walls and sufficient food and grass. Even if a hundred thousand Anxi frontier troops were dispatched to Longcheng to quell the rebellion, they could still defend the city with strong weapons.

After Zhao Qian personally conquered and suppressed the rebellion, he led his army on a westward expedition to destroy Tubo in one go.

As a result, Guo Dingfang finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and dispatch 100,000 border troops to Longcheng to quell the rebellion.

As soon as he left, Tubo Zanputama personally led an army to attack Longyou and Anxi states.

As soon as Guo Dingfang led his troops into the territory of Longcheng, he received an urgent call from Lieutenant General Zhang Yude, informing him that the Longyou and Hexi prefectures had been lost, and the four towns in Anxi had also lost contact with the General Military Mansion.

Moreover, Dama, who had successfully occupied the Longyou and Hexi prefectures, was still not satisfied, and had the potential to directly attack the Chang'an General Military Mansion.

"Damn it, this bastard Dama really knows how to pick his time. None of the remnants of the Polu army stationed in Longyou and Hexi states are good!"

Guo Dingfang cursed and yelled in the camp: "If it weren't for the remnants of the Polu army to cooperate inside and outside, this bastard Dama could conquer the Longyou and Hexi states in such a short period of time. I write the character "Guo" backwards!"

"Commander!"

"exist!"

Guo Dingfang shouted outside the tent: "Is there any news from the Ministry of War?"

Outside the tent, the messenger replied: "Reply to the general, not yet!"

Guo Dingfang said: "Pass this general's order and send another 800 miles to rush to ask the emperor and the Ministry of War to quickly decide the war in Anxi!"

"General, we have sent two cavalry 800 miles away this morning to hurry up!"

"Send again, all the way to the Ministry of War to report back!"

"The general will get the order!"

...

Dragon City, Jin Palace Meeting Hall.

Chen Longxiang, the young prince of the Jin Dynasty who stayed at the base camp, Chen Qingzhi, deputy marshal of Longcheng troops, black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao, and a group of generals gathered together to discuss the war.

The news that Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of Anxi, led 100,000 Anxi frontier troops to the territory of Longcheng to resist Beichuan and set up camp thirty miles outside Longcheng had been sent back to the palace.

Along with this, the news was also passed back to the palace that Tubo Zanputama led an army of 200,000 to conquer Daxin. He successively conquered the Longyou and Hexi prefectures and directed his troops towards Chang'an Prefecture.

For a time, Chen Qingzhi, as the deputy marshal of Longcheng troops and horses and fully responsible for the military operations of Longcheng, suddenly became excited, preparing to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared, and give the Anxi frontier army who came to counter the rebellion a blow.

Before the battle, Chen Qingzhi thought about it and finally decided to communicate with the young prince Chen Longxiang and Dongfang Xiao, the mentor of His Highness Prince Jin.

In the meeting hall, Chen Qingzhi bowed his hands to Chen Longxiang and Dongfang Xiao respectively, and said: "Young prince, master, the Anxi frontier army of the imperial court has set up camp in Jubeichuan."

"My general wants to take advantage of the situation when the enemy's troops are exhausted and their morale is unstable. I will take the initiative to lead the Xuanjia Army to attack and attack the enemy head-on!"

"good!"

After hearing this, Chen Longxiang, who had become somewhat adult-like after some experience, immediately stood up and clapped his hands in applause. He deliberately put on an old-fashioned attitude and said:

"What General Chen said is absolutely true. We should take the initiative to attack when the enemy's foothold is not stable and the men and horses are exhausted, so as to catch the enemy by surprise!"

With that said, Chen Longxiang patted his chest and continued: "I am willing to be a vanguard general and go to the front of the formation to meet with the enemy general Guo Dingfang in person!"

As Chen Longxiang spoke, he glanced at the old monk Dongfang Xiao from the corner of his eye.

When he saw the latter, his half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and two sharp dagger-like gazes shot at him, Chen Longxiang quickly added:

"Master, don't worry, I will only kill the enemy's generals and will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, hehe!"

Dongfang Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not pay attention to Chen Longxiang.

Seeing this, Chen Qingzhi frowned slightly, looked at Dongfang Xiao and asked, "Master, what do you have in mind?"

Dongfang Xiao smoothed his gray beard, stood up and said with a smile: "General Chen, there is a saying in the art of war. The first is to attack with troops, then to attack with friends, and then to attack with troops!"

"Those who are good at using soldiers will subjugate others instead of fighting!"

Chen Qingzhi said: "Master, how do you say this?"

Dongfang Xiao smiled mysteriously and said: "General Chen, the young prince, this poor monk thinks about it..."