Chapter 24: Turkic Envoys, Arrogant and Conceited
At Haishi, Longshan camp.
With the defeat of 100,000 enemy troops in the Battle of Dragon City, Chen Huaian no longer hid the 80,000 Xuanjia troops under his command. Instead, after cleaning the battlefield, he openly entered the Longshan camp and repaired the barracks with great fanfare to train the soldiers. .
Suddenly, the Longshan Camp of the Polu Army, which had been abandoned for half a year, returned to its former glory of people and horses roaring with joy, and their morale was astonishing.
When Chen Huaian rushed from Longcheng to the Longshan camp, Chen Qingzhi had already led most of the Xuanjia Army into Longcheng after receiving the oral instructions from the King of Jin from Fan Wuji, and fully took over the defense of Longcheng.
At this time, the Longshan Camp, which could accommodate an army of 100,000 men, seemed empty. On the contrary, the barracks had just been vacated for another elite force summoned by Chen Huaian from the system.
He came to the school grounds alone, united his thoughts, and summoned the system.
【Ding! 】
[The Born Emperor Life System was successfully launched! 】
With the cold mechanical system synthesis sound in his mind, the vision in front of Chen Huaian suddenly switched to a system light screen, and the balance of points that can be used to redeem system reward soldiers and summon historical legendary generals was particularly conspicuous.
"System, exchange for 125,000 soldiers!"
【Ding! 】
[125,000 soldiers are being exchanged...the exchange was successful! 】
As soon as the system announcement sounded, the school grounds of Longshan Camp were suddenly surrounded by a thick fog, which continued to spread and dissipate.
Soon, groups of strong young men wearing coarse linen clothes began to appear where the fog dissipated.
Seeing this scene, Chen Huaian was not surprised. Instead, he was joking in his mind that the white soldiers given by the system were indeed white enough. Apart from a pair of coarse linen clothes and shoes, they didn't even have an extra fire stick. .
"See His Royal Highness King Jin!"
On the school grounds, the dark crowd of strong young men fell to their knees.
Chen Huaian looked at the endless group of strong young men in front of him. They were all physically strong and could immediately go into battle to kill the enemy with just a little arming.
Chen Huaian had already made plans for the rationing of weapons and equipment for this new army.
The main combat mission of this new army, led by Chang Yuchun, the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty, was to attack cities and demolish strongholds.
In the Battle of Longcheng, one hundred thousand Yun troops under Wu Qingyun were either killed or captured, allowing the Polu army to capture a large amount of infantry equipment and siege equipment. These ready-made weapons and equipment could be used by the new army.
Subsequently, Chen Huaian equipped the new army with a complete set of equipment from the system [Arms] mall, enough to arm 20,000 elite soldiers, from helmets, black armor, ring-headed knives, spears, long knives, and halberds to black feather bows, birch iron Arrows, etc. are all available.
The words "Points -10,000, -30,000, -50,000" in the system light screen kept flashing, and finally settled on the words "Points Balance -1 million", which made Chen Huaian feel a lot of pain!
【Ding! 】
[Twenty thousand elite infantry soldiers are equipped with equipment...the equipment is successful! 】
As soon as the system finished speaking, a white light flashed, and the 20,000 strong young people standing in the front area of the school suddenly turned into elite soldiers wearing armor and swords. Chen Huaian finally showed a slightly satisfied smile on his face.
He said to himself: "Well, yes, having 20,000 elite soldiers in armor and swords as a greeting gift will not make this king look too shabby when he first faces the Ming Dynasty's most powerful general, Chang Shiwan. "
Afterwards, Chen Huaian's thoughts flashed again, and he first exchanged 3 million kilograms of grain and 1 million kilograms of war horse grain and stored them in the Longshan Daying Grain Depot. Then he continued to communicate with the system with his mind and summoned the legendary military general Chang Yuchun.
【Ding! 】
[The most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun, is being summoned... The general summons was successful! 】
In an instant, a ball of golden light appeared out of thin air.
In a few moments, a tall and sturdy man with a great physique and long arms came out of the dissipated golden light. His feet made the wooden floor of the school review stand creak. It was Chang, the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty. Yuchun’s true form.
"The last general, Chang Yuchun, pays homage to His Highness the King of Jin!"
In the blink of an eye, Chang Yuchun strode up to Chen Huaian and knelt down in worship.
Chen Huaian couldn't hide his excitement and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Chang Yuchun up: "General, please get up!"
Looking at the most capable deputy marshal under Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Huaian immediately ordered:
"General, there are 125,000 elite soldiers here, and there are 25,000 surrendered troops in Dragon City. They will be under the general's full command from now on!"
"There are still 50,000 shi of food and grass in the camp, which is enough for the army to last for more than a month!"
"Now, I will promote you to the rank of General of the Southern Conquest. The Deputy Marshal of Soldiers and Horses will lead an army of 150,000 people to march south to Yunzhou on a certain day. There must be no mistakes in conquering the rebels!"
"The last general takes command!"
Chang Yuchun immediately raised his hands to show that he accepted the order.
Afterwards, Chang Yuchun began to arrange various matters for marching and fighting.
After doing all this, Chen Huaian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the scene at the foot of Longshan Mountain during the day today when he led the Eighteen Cavalrymen of Dragon City and one Cavalry Juechen to chase Yunhui Army General Wu Qingyun and former Army General Liang Erhu as they fled in panic, panicking and choosing their own way.
Wu Qingyun and Liang Erhu, who had only a dozen soldiers left to protect them desperately, were already trying to catch a turtle in a urn, but Chen Huaian used a cat-and-mouse method to chase them all the way to the dead end of Beichuan.
Just when Wu Qingyun and Liang Erhu thought that today was inevitable and they would die.
Chen Huaian suddenly turned around and let Wu Qingyun and Liang Erhu think they were nothing.
Before leaving, he turned around and glanced at Wu Qingyun, who looked as pale as death. The resentful look in the latter's copper bell eyes made Chen Huaian still want to laugh when he thought about it now.
How to describe this feeling?
It's just - I like the way you can't stand me but can't kill me!
As Wu Qingyun judged himself, Chen Huaian deliberately let him go and spared his life, which was an absolute conspiracy.
It was to tell Wu Qingyun clearly that I, Chen Huaian, would fight you in any way I wanted to, and you had to fight me according to my ideas.
It was like Chen Huaian invited Wu Qingyun to dinner, but the plate in front of Wu Qingyun was filled with shit.
And Wu Qingyun could only pinch his nose and stuff it into his mouth and swallow it into his stomach when he knew that the plate was filled with shit.
Of course, Wu Qingyun could also choose to turn over the table and not eat.
But the price of doing so was that he would never have the opportunity to eat shit at the table in the future.
Therefore, whenever he recalled Wu Qingyun's resentful eyes that looked like he had eaten shit, Chen Huaian couldn't help but want to laugh. He felt happy and happy!
At this moment, Wu Qingyun, the old man, was probably still dreaming of letting the 200,000 Yunhui troops stationed in Shuobei and Yunzhou unite and fight Longcheng again to avenge the previous shame!
Unfortunately, the 200,000 troops under my command will probably not give you, the old man, the opportunity to unite again!
If you want to unite, go to hell!
In the next few days, Chen Huaian was busy with various preparations before the army went out.
He had already made strategic arrangements to divide the troops into two routes to capture Shuobei and Yunzhou.
Taking Shuobei and Yunzhou will form a strategic situation of three-legged tripod with Longcheng as a horn.
You can attack or defend, whether you are a leisurely prince in a corner or competing for the throne of the Central Plains, you can advance and retreat freely.
That day, in the Palace of the King of Jin, in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Chen Huaian summoned his generals and the local chiefs of the 36 counties of the King of Jin's fiefdom to discuss matters in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and issued his first decree after inheriting the title of King of Jin.
It is worth mentioning that the current imperial envoy, Minister of Rites Sun Heling, also attended the meeting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"The King of Jin's decree--"
"Since I started my army in Longcheng and went south to fight against the rebellion, the soldiers and civilians of the King of Jin's fiefdom have been united in resisting foreign enemies. I am grateful to the people of the fiefdom for their deep understanding of justice and for donating silver and grain to the soldiers in the south to supplement the military funds..."
"I have decided that from now on, the taxes of the people in the 36 counties of the fiefdom will be halved, and all taxes will be exempted for five years for military families. Young and middle-aged people in the family who join the army from now on will also enjoy the decree of exemption from all taxes for five years!"
Swish!
As soon as the King of Jin's decree came out, everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was shocked.
Taxes will be halved for ten years, and those with military service members will be exempted from taxes for five years!
This is a great boon to the people of the Jinwang fiefdom, who mainly rely on farming!
The chief officials of the thirty-six counties and prefectures present looked at each other in shock and disbelief.
Taxes are the foundation of the local economy and the basic guarantee for the army to march and fight. The first decree of Jinwang Chen Huaian after inheriting the title was to reduce the tax burden of the people. In the future, he can only pay out of his own pocket to support the army and yamen officials!
The Jinwang cares about the world and the people, and rests with the people. Compared with the dog officials in the surrounding counties and prefectures who only know how to levy heavy taxes on the people and don’t care about the lives of the people, they are a million times better!
Among the civil servants in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, someone immediately shouted loudly: "Jinwang is wise, Jinwang is wise!"
"Jinwang is wise, Jinwang is wise!"
Then, the local chief officials of the thirty-six counties and prefectures stood up and shouted, each with tears in their eyes, and were extremely excited.
Even Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites, was shocked by the decree announced by Chen Huaian.
When he looked at Chen Huaian, the Prince of Jin, who was sitting on the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony again, his eyes showed a light of respect from the bottom of his heart.
When a scholar is away for three days, he should look at him with new eyes.
When a king is away for three days, he should look up to him!
Sun Heling suddenly recalled that in the more than ten days since he was ordered to rush from the capital to Longcheng to convey the decree, His Highness Chen Huaian not only completed the transformation from the prince to the Prince of Jin, but also his temperament has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The young man who was worried and lost when he knelt in front of the Prince of Jin's mansion to receive the decree has now become the second-generation Prince of Jin who looks down on the world on the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and his every move has the demeanor of a founding emperor.
Sun Heling didn't dare to think about what kind of achievements and merits the Jin Wang Chen Huaian would achieve in the future.
But he was very sure of one thing, no matter what Chen Huaian's future status was, he would definitely be a broad-minded person who cared about the people of the world.
Thinking of this, Sun Heling finally showed a gratified smile on his face. The Jin Wang was like this, and it was worth it for him to risk the crime of deceiving the emperor and send the imperial edict of the current emperor to seize power and change the title to Chen Huaian in advance!
"Report--"
"Report to the Jin Wang, the messenger of the Turkic Khan Timur wants to see you!"
Just when the Taihe Hall of the Jin Wang Palace was still immersed in the momentum of "Jin Wang's wisdom", the sudden voice of the military messenger outside the hall suddenly sounded.
The identity of the messenger who reported was more sensitive. He was the envoy of the Turkic Khan Timur of the Mobei, who was incompatible with the Daxin Dynasty!
Speaking of which, this Timur was one of the mortal enemies of the previous king Chen Polu.
In those days, Chen Polu went on five expeditions to the northern desert to fight against this Turkic Khan Timur.
In the 20th year of Zhenwu's reign, the late king Chen Polu personally led the Polu army in an expedition to Mobei. The last battle was fought at the Onan River in Yumuchuan and Timur's entire army was wiped out.
In the end, there were only thirteen people, thirteen horses and thirteen pieces of armor left, and they fled in a hurry, thus ending the war in Mobei in one fell swoop.
However, as Chen Polu led the Polu army to withdraw from Shuobei City, an important town in Mobei, on the order of the prince, he handed over Shuobei to Wu Qingyun for guarding.
In just ten years, Timur once again swept across Mobei with thirteen pairs of armor, and once again became the Turkic Khan who ruled the entire grassland nomads.
This time, Jin King Chen Huaian had just raised his troops in Longcheng to appease Nan. Temur, who was far away in Mobei Grassland, received the news and sent envoys to Longcheng to meet Chen Huaian. People had to doubt his move. The conspiracy behind it!
All the civil servants and generals in the Hall of Supreme Harmony murmured among themselves, saying bluntly that Timur's move was actually a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken - it was really not a good intention!
On the dragon chair, Chen Huaian remained calm.
He waved his hand and shouted domineeringly: "The Turkic envoys are here to see you!"
"Xuan, the Turkic envoy came to the palace to see you!"
Soon, several large foreign men wearing tough leather and iron-inlaid clothing appeared outside the hall amid a fierce quarrel and pushing, and were then stopped at the door by soldiers of the Polu Army wearing armor and carrying knives.
"We are the envoys of Timur Khan, and we represent the Turkic Empire. We will not remove our armor when we are alive, and we will not surrender our swords when we die. This is the rule of our Turkic warriors. You Han people have no right to ask us to hand over our swords to you!"
"No, no one is allowed to bring swords to the palace without the king's order. This is the rule of our Polu Army. You must abide by it!"
"What if I have to hand over this knife?"
As he spoke, the leading Turk made a move to break into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Then don't blame me and my brothers for their blind swords!"
The general of the Polu army stationed outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony was none other than Xiao Po, the flag bearer of the Eighth Regiment who had killed more than 130 enemy troops at the Xiguan wall of Longcheng.
When he was seriously injured and fell into coma, Chen Huaian ordered that he be revived at all costs.
This Xiao Po was also a man of extraordinary talent. He was as strong as an ox and could get out of bed with a bandage in three days. The frightening-looking sword wounds on his skin were of no consequence to him.
Now, Xiao Po is the vanguard of Jin Wang Chen Huaian's personal bodyguard and the commander of the Jinwu Guard.
How could such an iron-blooded man, who had repeatedly fallen and stood up from the sea of blood and corpses, be afraid of the power of a few Turkic northern barbarians?
Xiao Po gave an order: "Jinwu Guards, draw your sword to protect you!"
Clang, clang, clang!
For a moment, the sound of swords being drawn could be heard outside the hall.
Seeing this, the Turkic envoy angrily shouted into the hall: "Your Highness, King Jin, don't you Han people have an old saying that friends come from far away to entertain you with good wine and good food?"
"Look at the soldiers under your command. Are they using this kind of hospitality to welcome the distinguished guests from the Turkic Empire?"
"His Royal Highness King Jin, our Great Khan Timur, regardless of past grievances, has sent you a massive wealth that will be equally distributed across the world. Are you going to turn it away too?"