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

Of course Guo Dingfang was willing, only a fool would not be willing!

All the generals in the Hall of Supreme Harmony could see that this was His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin giving Guo Dingfang and the Anxi Frontier Army a chance, and he did not abandon Guo Dingfang because of his temporary failure of duty.

This move was also a reassurance to the old generals of the Great Xin Dynasty who surrendered to the Longcheng Army.

After dealing with the affairs of Guo Dingfang and the Anxi Frontier Army, Chen Huaian finally set his sights on Chen Qingzhi, the deputy marshal of the Longcheng Army.

As the first meritorious official in pacifying the Tubo Rebellion, Chen Huaian naturally had to reward him.

He only heard a stern shout: "Chen Qingzhi, the deputy marshal of the Longcheng Army, listen to the title!"

"I am here!"

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Chen Qingzhi, who was slightly drunk, stood up and accepted the order, neither humble nor arrogant, and had the demeanor of a Confucian general.

Chen Huaian said: "During the Longcheng army's suppression of the Tubo Rebellion, Deputy Marshal Chen Qingzhi made great contributions. This king decided to promote Chen Qingzhi to the Grand Commander of the Jin Wang's fiefdom to take charge of the military and political affairs immediately;"

"Assist this king in handling the military and political affairs of the fiefdom. During this period when this king led his troops to the south, he will be responsible for assisting the young prince Chen Longxiang in handling the military and political affairs of the fiefdom!"

"I have received your order!"

Chen Qingzhi's expression was indifferent, neither surprised nor happy, as calm as ever.

Such an appointment was also carefully considered by Chen Huaian.

Now, Dongfang Xiao, the black-robed old monk on Fengming Mountain, has decided to retire to Qixia Temple, which has led to the lack of a think tank like "Black Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao" around Jin Wang Chen Huaian to share the political affairs of the fiefdom.

Although Chen Qingzhi was born a military general.

However, he was well-read and knowledgeable, so he was temporarily asked to assist him in handling the political affairs of the fiefdom, which was just an emergency.

The most important point is that Chen Qingzhi is 100% absolutely loyal to Chen Huaian. There is no need to worry about Chen Huaian leading his troops to attack the city and capture the stronghold on the front line, and then his home will be robbed.

Therefore, Chen Huaian took advantage of the Dragon City's Western Expedition to quell the Tubo Rebellion and promoted Chen Qingzhi to the position of the Grand Commander in Chief of the Jinwang's fiefdom, who is in charge of military and political power.

At the same time, Chen Huaian had to start focusing on recruiting talents for future governance.

It's impossible to let these military generals under his command replace the civil officials to govern the newly established dynasty for himself, right?

Talent is a scarce resource at any time!

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, all the Dragon City generals who returned from the Western Expedition, whether they were rewarded for their merits or made meritorious contributions while serving their sentences, have been properly arranged.

Only the general Wang Jian stationed in Dragon City had a gloomy look on his rough face.

It is also true that this great general Wang Jian, as one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, was the backbone of the King of Qin's conquest of the world.

He did not catch up with His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to sweep across the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, nor did he catch up with the thousand-mile raid to quell the Tubo Rebellion. Even when the army marched south to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and took Jinan Prefecture directly, he still failed to catch up, and only had the task of garrisoning Longcheng, the fief of the King of Jin!

No reward without merit, this has always been the traditional system of the Longcheng Army.

When seeing that the other generals in the army were all rewarded, the proud general Wang Jian would inevitably look a little lonely.

Wang Jian, who was in his prime, was at a great opportunity for him to capture cities and make achievements on the battlefield.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin's order to let him garrison Longcheng, his fief.

With Wang Jian's personality, how could he be willing to be inferior to others?

"General Wang Jian!"

Suddenly, Wang Jian, who was drinking alone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, seemed to hear the voice of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin.

"I am here!"

The next moment, Wang Jian straightened his body as if by reflex, and responded with full strength.

On the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, King Chen Huaian of Jin said with a smile: "Wang Jian, watching the various armies of Longcheng fighting north and south, while you are sitting in the base camp of Longcheng, your fiefdom, are you itching to do something?"

Wang Jian clasped his fists and replied: "Your Highness, I am indeed a little itchy, and the soldiers of the Qin Ruishi under my command have long been eager to expand the territory and make achievements for Your Highness on the battlefield;"

"But-"

As he said, Wang Jian changed the subject and continued: "Military orders are like mountains. Since Your Highness ordered me to lead the Qin Ruishi to garrison Longcheng, then I and the soldiers of the Qin Ruishi will strictly execute Your Highness's orders."

"Good!"

In the hall, Chen Huaian shouted, "What a good military order is like a mountain. The general is right. The army should obey orders and prohibit them. Only on the battlefield can we be invincible and invincible!" As he said, Chen Huaian sternly He said: "General Wang Jian, listen to my orders!"

"I am here!"

"The Qin soldiers have been stationed in Longcheng for several months, and the soldiers have had enough time to rest. Now the front line of Longcheng's southern expedition is in a tight situation, and it is urgent to send more troops to the south to fight;"

Chen Huaian said word by word: "I have decided that General Wang Jian and his 50,000 Qin soldiers will be incorporated into Longcheng's southern expedition army from now on, and I will lead them to the front line of Jinan Prefecture;"

"The defense of Longcheng will be fully transferred to the hands of the Grand Commander Chen Qingzhi, and the Xuanjia Army returning from the Western Expedition will be responsible for the defense of Longcheng, the fiefdom;"

"Wang Jian, I order you to complete the transfer of city defense with the Grand Commander Chen Qingzhi within three days, and then follow me to the southern expedition to Jinan Prefecture, without any mistakes!"

"I have received your orders!"

Almost at the same time, Wang Jian and Chen Qingzhi stood up together and bowed to Jin Wang Chen Huaian in the hall to express their acceptance of the order.

After everything was arranged, Chen Huaian also stood up from the dragon chair, and a servant from the palace immediately filled his glass with wine.

Chen Huaian raised his wine glass high and said to the Dragon City generals in the hall: "Everyone, raise the wine glasses in your hands!"

brush!

The next moment, all the generals in the Hall of Supreme Harmony raised their wine glasses.

Chen Huaian said: "With this glass of wine, let us jointly wish Longcheng's southern conquering army a triumphant victory!"

"Done!"

"Dry!"

In an instant, under the leadership of Chen Huaian, all the generals raised their necks and drank all the wine in their glasses.

Chen Huaian showed the bottom of his cup, raised his arms and shouted: "Dragon City's army is mighty!"

"The King of Jin is mighty!"

"Dragon City's army is mighty!"

"King Jin is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

...

The banquet held by Chen Huai'an in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was not only a celebration banquet for the triumphant victory of Longcheng's Western Expedition Army, but also a feast for Longcheng's Southern Expedition reinforcements.

Three days later, outside the Yongding Gate of Dragon City.

One hundred thousand soldiers of the Southern Reinforcement Army are already ready to go.

In addition to the 50,000 Qin Rui soldiers under General Wang Jian, there were also 50,000 new troops to break the Dragon City.

These 50,000 new Polu troops were recruited and trained by Chen Huaian from Longcheng to Jingnan, using the original Longcheng Polu army as the framework.

After months of training, it was time for this new army, which carried the soul of the Polu Army, to be brought to the battlefield to be baptized and tested by the fire of war.

The King of Jin, Chen Huaian, was wearing a golden battle armor and riding his old companion, a yellow gelding, standing proudly in front of the three-army formation.

Behind him are General Wang Jian, who is wearing armor and carrying a sword, as well as Guo Dingfang, the former Anxi general who was incorporated into the southern expedition army, and his deputy general Zhang Yude.

Just arrived.

On the wall of Yongding Gate of Dragon City, the horn for the army was sounded, and the governor Chen Qingzhi personally beat the drum for the southern army.

Amid the loud beats of drums and the thrilling sound of horns, King Chen Huaian of the Jin Dynasty, riding a yellow gelding, decisively issued the general order for the Southern Expedition:

"Dragon City's southern expedition army, set off!"

"Leave!"

Soon, the 100,000-strong Dragon City army marched south in an orderly manner in a long snake formation, aiming for Jinan Prefecture!

at the same time.

In the pavilion on Fengming Mountain not far from Dragon City.

The old monk Dongfang Xiao, wearing a black monk's robe, stood alone in the pavilion where he first discussed world affairs with Jin Wang Chen Huaian.

Those deep and wise eyes have been silently looking in the direction of Dragon City.

When Dongfang Xiao's ears faintly heard the sound of horns and war drums coming from the walls of Dragon City, he knew that it was the signal for King Chen Huaian of Jin to march south again.

Dongfang Xiao touched the gray beard on his chin and said to himself: "Let's conquer the south again to determine the world, to determine the world!"