Chapter 109: The People Are in Favor, Shouting Long Live

Chen Huaian, who was riding on the yellow horse, accepted Yanqi City Guards Tan Li's kneeling with a calm expression.

The two of them were old acquaintances. They met three years ago at the late emperor Zhao Mang's sixtieth birthday party in the imperial city of the capital.

At that time, Chen Huaian was just a good-for-nothing prince in the eyes of the world who was "weak, weak and unfit for great use", and Tan Li was only a fourth-grade general in the Anxi Frontier Army.

Sure enough, after three years of separation, people should look at each other with admiration.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the person who traveled thousands of miles to help Tan Li and save Yanqi's soldiers and people from the danger of massacre would be the good-for-nothing prince who was looked down upon by the civil servants and generals in the court.

Due to the Tubo invasion, Yanqi City had cut off its connection with the Anxi General Military Mansion three months ago.

The news that Anxi commander-in-chief Guo Dingfang led 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to surrender to Jin King Chen Huaian in Longcheng has not yet reached the four towns of Anxi.

Even the news that Emperor Zhao Qian, the second emperor of the Xin Dynasty, died in Tumubao, Tan Li heard about it from the mouths of the Uighurs who besieged the city.

Therefore, when Tan Li knelt down to worship Chen Huaian, he did not stand up, but continued: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, General Tan Li, is willing to lead the troops and people of Qi City to surrender to the King of Jin!"

"From today on, wherever His Highness the King of Jin's sword points, that's where I, Tan Li, and the soldiers from Yanqi City's Anxi Frontier Army's sword will go. We will go through fire and water, no matter how hard we die!"

After saying that, Tan Li solemnly and solemnly held his sword in both hands and handed it to Chen Huaian respectfully.

Behind him, the more than a thousand surviving soldiers of Yanqi City's border army also knelt down one after another, offering their weapons like General Tan Li.

They roared in unison with great force: "Wherever His Highness the King of Jin's sword points, that's where the swords of the soldiers from the west of Yanqi City's An are going. They will go through fire and water, no matter how hard they die!"

Hahaha!

Seeing this, Chen Huaian on horseback laughed so boldly that he burst into the sky.

Xiao Po, who was the commander of the Jinwu Guard and was demoted to the flag bearer of the Jinwang Imperial Camp due to negligence, immediately stood up with understanding and took the initiative to say to Tan Li:

"General Tan, you may not know something. As early as three months ago, Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of the Anxi Army and the general of Zhenxi, had announced in Longcheng, the fiefdom of the King of Jin, that he would lead 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to be loyal to His Highness the King of Jin!"

ah?

Hearing this, Tan Li, who was kneeling on one knee, was startled at first, and then after reacting, he knelt down to Chen Huaian again and said, "Your Highness, I blame this general for his ignorance and overstepping. I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

"General Tan, all officers and men of the Anxi Frontier Army, please rise!"

Until then, Chen Huaian finally spoke. He smiled and said: "The second-generation tyrant Zhao Qian was stupid and incompetent, and trusted treacherous people, which made the Daxin court a mess. The loyal ministers and good generals were allowed to be persecuted. The whole country and the people were in dire straits."

"This king raised troops in the fiefdom of Longcheng to appease Nan, in order to uphold the law of heaven and obey the people's will below."

"Guo Dingfang, the general of the Anxi army and the general of Zhenxi, led 300,000 Anxi frontier army officers and soldiers to join the Longcheng Jingnan army, which further demonstrated the loyalty and bravery of the frontier army officers and soldiers."

Chen Huaian paused and said word by word: "You officers and soldiers of the Anxi frontier army are loyal to the Han national dynasty, not the Zhao family!"

"The Dragon City army under my command is loyal to the Han dynasty, not to me, Chen Huaian!"

As Chen Huaian spoke, he rode his horse up to the surviving generals of Qian Yu'an's Western Front Army. His firm and deep gaze swept over the weather-beaten cheeks one after another, with eyes full of loyalty, bravery, and determination.

He continued: "Now, the Daxin imperial court is falling apart, and Tubo, Uighur, and other countries from the Western Regions are invading our borders and wantonly massacring and destroying the Han people on our borders;"

"There are treacherous ministers in the dynasty, and two kings have rebelled and proclaimed themselves emperors. It can be said that there are internal and external troubles;"

"I have walked all the way from Longcheng. I have seen ten houses and nine empty houses along the way, and people have died of hunger for thousands of miles. This Zhao family's great new country has long been rotten from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside;"

"The Han people under Zhao's rule not only had to face the imperial court's tyranny, but also faced the scourge of weapons from foreign countries!"

As he spoke, Chen Huaian suddenly raised his voice and said sternly: "There is an old saying: In troubled times, heavy codes are used, and strong medicine is used for serious illnesses! The current Great New Dynasty has reached a time when it must be completely changed. Everyone -"

"Are you willing to work with me to overthrow this dark new imperial court and this turbulent world where people are struggling to survive, and restore the glorious glory of our Han nation on the Silk Road in the Western Regions?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

"willing!"

For a time, Yanqi City was filled with roars from the bottom of his heart.

Even the garrison commander Tan Li, who was kneeling on one knee, couldn't help but stand up and raise his arms and shout, with hot tears falling from his firm eyes.

"His Royal Highness, Prince of Jin, I was once a flag bearer of the Polu Army. I followed the late king on two expeditions to the Western Regions. I had the honor to witness the late king's attack on the capital of Uihe, and the scene where the Uihe man knelt down to beg for peace and bowed his head as vassal;"

At this time, among the surviving border troops in Yanqi City, a veteran suddenly stood up from the kneeling crowd, looked directly at Chen Huaian on horseback with fiery eyes, and asked with a somewhat expectant tone:

"Your Highness, this time you led your troops to attack thousands of miles to aid Yanqi City. Can you lead us to the capital of the Huihe people like the former king led the Polu army to conquer the Western Regions?"

brush!

As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy city inside and outside Yanqi suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Countless pairs of eyes looked directly at Jin Wang Chen Huaian who was at the center of the storm.

Among the surviving frontier soldiers, a considerable number of them were former soldiers of the Po Lu Army. After the former king Chen Po Lu was deprived of his military power by Emperor Zhao Gan, they were disbanded and incorporated into the frontier armies in various places.

These soldiers not only have a natural affinity with the two generations of Jin kings, but also have a deep hatred for the enemy Huihe army.

In addition, they have just experienced the tragic ten-day defense of Yanqi, and a considerable number of former comrades fell under the knives of the Huihe people.

Most of these low-level frontier soldiers are uneducated and rough, and they don’t understand the great principle that a gentleman’s revenge is never too late.

It is in line with their straightforward and loyal character that they don’t wait until the next day to have a grudge.

Only then did the brave soldiers bravely ask the Jin King Chen Huaian what he had just said.

Facing the question from the former Po Lu Army soldiers, Chen Huaian answered solemnly: "Everyone, I, Chen Huaian, would like to express my position here-"

"The Dragon City Army's expedition to the Western Regions is not only to relieve the siege of the four towns of Anxi, but also to completely defeat the 36 countries in the Western Regions, including the Huihe;"

"We must make these barbarians from foreign countries never dare to offend the people of our Han land again within a hundred years!"

"Are you willing to go with me to the Huihe capital Harabalegas to witness with your own eyes how the Huihe barbarians kneel down to ask for peace and submit to our Han people?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Inside and outside Yanqi City, a roar like a tsunami broke out again.

Chen Huaian immediately announced that the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Anxi Border Army in Yanqi City would join forces without stopping, and directly follow the direction of the fleeing Western Region barbarians and head straight for Shule City.

At the same time, a notice was posted in Yanqi City, announcing that from the day the Longcheng Army entered the city, the people of Yanqi would be exempted from taxes for five years and reduced by half for ten years.

When this decree was issued, the people of Yanqi, who had just experienced a three-month siege and another fierce battle, cheered.

They even affectionately called the Longcheng Army the King's Army. When they knelt down to see off the King of Jin to the expedition to Shule, they spontaneously shouted loudly:

"Long live the King of Jin, long live, long live!"