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

On the wall of Shule City, the garrison commander Deng Yucheng looked at each other angrily.

The soldiers under his command were standing ready with swords, guns, swords and halberds, ready to fire arrows at the Dragon City Guan Ning cavalry outside the city.

As a former "Prince's Party" and a die-hard supporter of the tyrant Daxin II, Deng Yucheng hated Jin King Chen Huaian and the Longcheng Polu Army under his command as much as Deng Yucheng, who had forcibly attacked Shule City for several months. Barbarian soldiers from the Western Regions.

In Deng Yucheng's eyes, Chen Huaian, who raised troops in Longcheng and rebelled under the banner of Jingnan, was undoubtedly the number one traitor of the Great New Dynasty, and he should kill the nine tribes!

Especially after he learned that Chen Huaian led his troops to ambush the Jian'an Emperor Zhao Qian in Tumubao, causing the emperor to commit suicide due to the humiliation, he even labeled Chen Huaian as "regicide and treason."

Moreover, when the barbarian soldiers in the Western Regions besieged the city, they did not forget to worship the Daxinbao Zong Zhao Qian from thousands of miles away. They built a tomb for Zhao Qian in Shule City and called on the entire city's soldiers and civilians to worship for three days.

From that time on, Deng Yucheng's hatred for Chen Huaian was deeply rooted in his bones.

Therefore, when he discovered that the reinforcements that rushed to the aid of Shule City and frightened the 50,000 Western Region barbarians who attacked the city and fled, turned out to be the Longcheng rebels who were sworn in with him, he immediately aroused Deng Yucheng's desire for revenge. .

Seeing that Shule guard general Deng Yucheng was ignorant of good and evil, Tan Li, the general who called the gate at the gate, immediately moved out his immediate boss, Anxi General Soldier and Zhenxi General Guo Dingfang.

Tan Li said earnestly: "General Deng, this is wrong!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin raised troops in Longcheng to appease the emperor. It was actually to clear the emperor's side, eliminate traitors, consolidate the foundation of the country, and stabilize the country. Furthermore, he followed the late emperor's edict. How can we treat His Highness the King of Jin as a rebellious minister and traitor?"

"Furthermore, General Deng has been trapped in Shule City for a long time and is unaware of the general order from the Anxi General Military Mansion. General Guo Zongbing, the general of Zhenxi, has issued a general order declaring the 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to be loyal to the King of Jin. This general order has been It will take effect in early October of the first year of the new era!”

After a pause, Tan Li continued: "General Deng, His Royal Highness the King of Jin personally led the Dragon City elite cavalry this time, traveling thousands of miles to aid the four towns in Anxi, not only to understand the siege of the four towns in Anxi;"

"It is also to lead the Anxi frontier army to go straight to the home of Huihe and reproduce the glory and splendor of the Han nation on the Silk Road!"

"General Deng, open the city gates to welcome His Highness the King of Jin into the city. Let His Highness the King of Jin lead us to pacify the countries in the Western Regions, so that barbarians will not dare to invade our Han border and massacre our Han border residents for a hundred years!"

"shut up!"

Suddenly, Deng Yucheng shouted loudly from the top of the tower and said angrily: "Coward Tan Li, don't try to disturb the morale of our army by talking nonsense. That Guo Dingfang is just like you, he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is an unfaithful and unjust person."

"If Guo Dingfang hadn't disobeyed the Holy Will and was reluctant to lead troops to attack Longcheng, why would he have allowed Chen Huaian, a rebellious minister, to lead his troops to ambush Emperor Jian'an in Tumubao, resulting in the death of the emperor, widespread civil strife in the dynasty, and great disaster for the people? ?”

"Even if Chen Huaian traveled thousands of miles and led his troops to the aid of the four towns in Anxi; even if he defeated the countries in the Western Regions and restored the glory of the Han nation on the Silk Road; so what?"

Deng Yucheng continued to roar: "Does this change the fact that Chen Huaian raised an army to rebel and committed regicide and treason?"

"I, Deng Yucheng, and the frontier soldiers in Shule City would rather die on the battlefield or be buried in horse leather than collude with rebellious officials and traitors like Chen Huaian!"

"As long as I, Deng Yucheng, am still alive, the rebellious officials and traitors will never be able to enter the gate of Shule City!"

After speaking, Deng Yucheng pointed his sword and said sternly: "All the officers and soldiers of the Anxi border army obey the order and prepare for war!"

brush!

Following Deng Yucheng's order, the Anxi frontier army's crossbowmen on the walls of Shule City aimed their strong bows and crossbows at the outside of the city.

"Deng Yucheng, are you trying to disobey orders?"

Under the city, Tan Li was also angry and said: "The entire Anxi frontier army has declared allegiance to His Highness the King of Jin, but you, a small garrison of Shule City, dare to go against the grain. You are trying to rebel!"

"It's you who want to rebel, not me, the general!"

On the city wall, Deng Yucheng grabbed a bow, raised his hand to draw an arrow, and shot an arrow at Tan Li below the city wall without any ceremony.

Whoosh!

The arrow almost passed by Tan Li's side, which was enough to show that Deng Yucheng was merciful with this arrow.

"General Tan, be careful!"

Outside the city, the officers and soldiers accompanying Yanqi City's border army immediately issued a warning.

Tan Li was also startled. He didn't expect Deng Yucheng to fire an arrow directly at him, and he rode back dozens of steps.

"Deng Yucheng, how dare you shoot me with an arrow!"

Tan Li was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, but there was nothing he could do about Deng Yucheng, so he had to ride his horse back to the Guan Ning cavalry formation in disgrace.

At this time, Jin King Chen Huaian, wearing a golden battle armor and a seven-star Longyuan sword tied around his waist, appeared on horseback outside Shule City in no hurry, just in time to have a panoramic view of the conversation between Tan Li and Deng Yucheng.

"Your Highness——"

Tan Li came to Chen Huaian in disgrace and said proactively: "This Deng Yucheng is a former prince of the party, and the order to promote him to the guard of Shule City was personally issued by the second-generation tyrant Zhao Qian."

"so"

Tan Li hesitated to speak, but finally bit the bullet and said: "Your Highness, the officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army in Shule City are all first-class good soldiers!"

"I would like to boldly implore Your Highness, for the sake of the loyalty of the soldiers on the border of Shule City and the barbarians from the Western Regions who fought bloody battles to protect the city, please do not order a forcible attack on Shule City for the time being!"

"General, I am willing to pledge my head to the frontier soldiers in Shule City. They must be willing to be loyal to His Highness the King of Jin!"

"General Tan, I would like to tell you, General, what do you have to say to these remaining soldiers in the city?"

Before Chen Huaian spoke, the powerful general Lan Yu beside him could not sit still, and immediately said: "Your Highness, I am willing to lead Guan Ning's cavalry to attack Shule City!"

As he spoke, Lan Yu pointed behind him. The Western Region barbarians who besieged the city hurriedly evacuated and took away the siege equipment before they had time, and continued:

"Your Highness, the large-scale siege equipment is all ready. The general will be able to capture Shule City in just three days and supply food, grass and baggage for the army!"

"Your Highness, please don't attack Shule City by force!"

Upon hearing what Lan Yu said, Tan Li hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the defenders of Shule City are also part of the Anxi Frontier Army and are loyal to His Highness the King of Jin. This storming of Shule City will not cause a flood." If you flood the Dragon King Temple, will your own family fight your own family?”

Lan Yu stiffened her neck and said: "General Tan, who is a family member with us? Have you ever seen someone shoot his own family members with arrows? Have you ever seen your own family members block their lord out of the city and prevent him from entering the city? person?"

Tan Li: "I"

The two were arguing endlessly, but Chen Huaian watched calmly.

He actually believed that with Lan Yu's personality, if he hadn't been suppressing him here, he would indeed be able to do such a thing as storming Shule City.

Not to mention the current defenders of Shule City, who have not yet declared their allegiance to the King of Jin and joined the Longcheng army camp.

Even if the dragon city defenders dared to block Lan Yu outside the city, this guy would probably attack the city anyway.

After all, Lan Yu has a criminal record.

The bombardment of the Ming army defending the city at Xifeng Pass was clearly done by Lan Yu.

"Your Majesty, the general is willing to go to the city alone to lobby for a way out for the frontier soldiers in Shule City!"

At this time, Tan Li suddenly said: "Your Highness, if this trip fails to convince the Anxi frontier army in Shule City, it will not be too late for Your Highness to let General Lan Yu lead his troops to attack the city!"

"In order to prevent Anxi's soldiers from fighting with each other, I am willing to risk my life!"

"I hope His Highness will give you permission!"

After saying that, Tan Li got off his horse and knelt down straight in front of Chen Huaian.

Having said this, Chen Huaian naturally could no longer refuse Tan Li's sincere loyalty.

He immediately ordered: "Lanyu, pass the order, the army will retreat ten miles to set up camp."

Then, he said to Tan Li: "Tan Li, I will only give you one night. At noon tomorrow, the army will attack the city on time!"

"The general will get the order!"