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

Yumen Pass.

Located at the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor, it guarded the chokepoint from the ancient Central Plains to the countries in the Western Regions. Its strategic position is extremely important.

After passing Yumen Pass, you will reach Khotan, one of the four towns in Anxi.

As the sun sets, this ancient pass, which has stood in the frontier fortress since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, looks like a lonely watcher, gazing at the desert beyond the fortress, silent and solemn.

Following the civil strife in the New Dynasty, the Tubo army launched a massive attack on the Anxi prefectures. As the choke point of the Hexi Corridor connecting the Western Regions, Yumen Pass was naturally harassed by the Tubo bandits.

Although the two thousand Anxi frontier troops stationed at Yumen Pass resisted desperately, they still could not escape the end of the city being destroyed and people perished.

The ancient city of Yumenguan, which was originally crowded with merchants and bustling with merchants, was transformed into an isolated city with ten houses and nine empty houses under the slaughter of the Tubo thieves.

Thousands of Han girls in the city were kidnapped by the barbaric Tubo people and sent to other countries in the Western Regions. They were sold at a price of five gold coins and lived a miserable life from then on.

Unitary hour.

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses led by King Chen Huaian of Jin have entered Yumen Pass in batches.

The ten rooms and nine empty rooms in front of him, with white bones everywhere, could not help but move Chen Huaian, who was riding on horseback.

prosperity, the people suffer;

Death, people suffer!

Since ancient times, the change of dynasties has been accompanied by the suffering of the people at the bottom.

This also strengthened Chen Huai'an's determination to build a strong and prosperous new country.

The Dragon City army quickly passed through Yumen Pass, and the next march was through endless deserts and deserts, and the temperature difference between day and night began to increase.

Another hour passed.

The army scouts finally found a place for the army to camp in the desert. A stream gurgled through the desert. The clear and delicious water was enough for the army to drink.

Chen Huaian immediately decided to camp here.

Soon, the accompanying heavy troops began to camp in the leeward area.

Chen Huaian also jumped off his horse, followed the last rays of the setting sun, climbed onto a sand dune near the camp, and looked at the endless desert beyond the wall.

He didn't notice at all that in the sand not far away, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes secretly observing him and the 100,000 Dragon City army encamped in the camp.

This is already the third day that this group of people dressed in exotic costumes have been secretly following and observing the Dragon City army.

"Miss, I have found out clearly that this army coming from the Han mainland is the Dragon City soldiers and horses under the command of King Chen Huaian of Jin!"

At this time, a middle-aged man with a weathered face immediately reported the information he had found to the eldest lady in the house.

The eldest lady in the man's mouth is wearing a veil and a headscarf, and her face cannot be seen clearly.

There is only a pair of smart almond eyes, bright with an elusive depth.

She stared intently at Chen Huaian who climbed up the sand dune, and was almost certain that the young man in front of her was Chen Huaian, the leader of the Dragon City bandit army and the culprit of the chaos in the Western Regions.

The exotic beauty waved to her subordinates, motioning for the servants to gather around, and gave them some instructions in a low voice.

a long time.

After all the servants looked at each other, they all nodded heavily.

The weather-beaten faces may be young or old, but at this moment, they are all filled with the determination to regard death as home.

This exotic beauty gently waved her hand again, and the servants gathered around her suddenly dispersed. She was the only one who remained where she was. She glared at Chen Huaian's back fiercely for a few more times, and then slid down the sand dune.

At night.

The sand dunes outside Yumen Pass are desolate and mysterious.

The bright moonlight shone on the camp of the Dragon City army, giving off a cold sheen, which then quickly dissipated in the night wind. It seemed that even the moonlight was afraid of the bitter cold in the late night outside the Great Wall.

There were burning bonfires everywhere in the camp.

The soldiers on duty gathered around the campfire in twos and threes to keep warm.

The remaining soldiers lay down in the tent early to rest and recover their strength.

In the main tent of the Chinese army, Jin King Chen Huaian did not lie down to rest, but looked at the march map thoughtfully with a solemn expression.

Outside the tent, the Jinwu Guards soldiers on duty yawned and fell asleep.

No one noticed that several servants who were doing odd jobs in the camp had passed back and forth in front of the Chinese army's tent several times carrying trays.

Finally, this group of servants gathered in a corner not far from the Chinese army's tent.

It was the group of people who appeared on the sand dunes in the afternoon and spied on Chen Huaian and the Dragon City army.

No one knows how they managed to sneak into the heavily guarded military camp, and how they were able to pass freely near the Chinese army's tent.

This group of people had been communicating with gestures. After finally determining the division of labor, they disappeared into the darkness again and touched the tent where Chen Huaian was from all directions.

"who?"

Suddenly, one of the Jinwu guards on duty opened his eyes. Two guys carrying trays had reached the door of the big tent.

"Sending supper to His Highness!"

The visitor didn't even raise his head, he just raised the tray in his hand high.

Among the trays, one contained steaming barbecue, and the other contained a pot of fine wine and several wine glasses.

"oh?"

The Jinwu guard frowned slightly and said to himself: "I didn't hear that His Highness ordered midnight snacks!"

As he said that, he sternly said: "You guys just wait here, I'll go and report it!"

After saying this, the Jinwu Guard turned around and walked towards the tent.

Suddenly, the two servants delivering supper turned the trays in their hands outwards, revealing the sharp daggers hidden under the trays. With lightning speed, they pounced on the two Jinwu guards on duty.

The two men were very skilled and moved quickly. The two careless Jinwu guards were wiped on the neck by the assassin before they could even realize what was going on.

The two assassins didn't even let Jin Wuwei fall, and dragged the two corpses away, one on the left and the other on the right.

Almost at the same time.

Several black shadows jumped out from the left and right sides of the big tent, directly opened the curtain of the big tent, holding sharp blades, and broke in with murderous intent.

In the big tent, Chen Huaian seemed to have laid down and rested.

Several men in black rushed towards the bed, slashing and poking at the quilt.

Then, he suddenly opened the quilt and saw that there was only one pillow inside.

"No, I was fooled!"

"withdraw!"

The leader, a woman, made a prompt decision and ordered a retreat.

However, it's too late!

"It's not that easy to leave just as you're here!"

While they were talking, the men in black felt a flash of white light in front of their eyes.

The next moment, blood spurted out uncontrollably from his neck. No matter how many people covered their necks, they could not cover up the splattering blood.

Only the leading woman had the veil covering her face cut off by the sword.

As the black veil slipped away, what was revealed was an exotic beauty with a face that would captivate the entire country!