Chapter 160: The New Tiger Army, a Thousand-Mile Journey to Serve the King

Inside Mozhou City, the Tiger Guards' New Army Camp.

The mighty general Wu Sanjia, wearing armor and carrying a sword, had just finished inspecting the city's defense when he received the imperial edict sent by the current Empress Dowager Su Wan'er.

It took a lot of thought to get this imperial edict out of the city smoothly.

All the gates in and out of Jinling City were controlled by the Red Guards arranged by the current Prime Minister Qin Ruhui, just to prevent the Empress Dowager Su Wan'er's imperial edict from being taken out of the capital.

The person in charge of delivering the edict was the personal soldier of He Changdong, the commander of the Imperial Guards in the capital. He was disguised as a civilian laborer who put the imperial edict in the compartment of the dung cart, and then took the imperial edict out of the capital and sent it to Mozhou City at full speed.

This back and forth naturally delayed some time.

Therefore, King Jin Chen Huaian received the news from the Dragon City Internal Guards stationed in Jinling City and made military deployments in advance;

Wu Sanjia in Mozhou City received the imperial edict issued by Queen Mother Su Wan'er as the Emperor of Lingwu of Daxin.

"General, the matter is urgent, so let's skip the red tape of the imperial edict!"

The personal soldier in charge of delivering the imperial edict carefully took the imperial edict out of his arms, handed it to Wu Sanjia and said, "General, this is the imperial edict that grants the general the power to control the troops of the world;"

"The Queen Mother has spoken that after the imperial edict is delivered to Mozhou City, the general will set off immediately and lead the new tiger army back to the court to rescue the king!"

Hiss——

Wu Sanjia took a deep breath and carefully took the imperial edict from the hand of the personal soldier who delivered the imperial edict, which meant that he, Wu Sanjia, had reached the top of the power of the military generals of the Daxin Dynasty.

Then, with greedy eyes, he put the imperial edict to the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

Uh...

It smells a bit, and a bit stinky.

This, perhaps, is the smell of power!

Wu Sanjia thought so, and then spread out the imperial edict. Looking at the words "Appoint Wu Sanjia, the mighty general of the Daxin court, to control the power of the world's troops", and the imperial seal at the end, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Hahaha!

"Congratulations, general, congratulations, general!"

At this time, Zhao Kui, the deputy general who was Wu Sanjia's confidant, was the first to stand up and congratulate Wu Sanjia.

The personal soldier who was delivering the imperial edict seemed a little anxious and said, "General, the Queen Mother has completely torn her face with Prime Minister Qin in order to grant the general the power to control the world's troops;"

"Before I left, the Queen Mother and General He repeatedly told me to ask the general to lead his troops to Beijing as soon as possible to defend the king, so as to prevent the treacherous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui from jumping off the wall and harming the Queen Mother and the Emperor!"

Hmm!

Wu Sanjia nodded, and the words of the personal soldier brought his thoughts back to reality.

This imperial edict granting the power to control the world's troops will only count if the Lingwu regime of the Great Xin Dynasty still exists.

If the Emperor of Lingwu and the Queen Mother are both dead, this imperial edict will probably only be used to wipe their butts!

Wu Sanjia made a prompt decision and said, "General Zhao, there is no time to lose. I have decided to lead 3,000 iron pagodas and 30,000 light cavalry out of the city and rush to Yingzhou after nightfall;"

"You lead the remaining troops of the new Tiger Army to hold on in Mozhou City for a few more days to confuse the rebels of Longcheng outside the city, so that Chen Huaian will think that I am still in the city;"

"When the time is right, you abandon the city and go south directly to Jinling City to meet me!"

"I understand!"

Zhao Kui immediately patted his chest and said, "Please rest assured, General, I will not fail my mission!"

Yes!

Wu Sanjia nodded with a firm look in his eyes, and no longer said too much, but patted the deputy general Zhao Kui's shoulder heavily.

Then, he shouted: "Messenger, pass on my order, the new cavalry of the Tiger Guards and the heavy cavalry of the Iron Buddha will assemble immediately and prepare to march!"

"I have received the order!"

Outside the big tent, the messenger who was always waiting for orders immediately took the order and left.

Wu Sanjia even forgot to take off his Mingguang armor and packed up the confidential letters directly in the big tent.

He just took a few steps and suddenly stopped, turned around suddenly, as if he remembered something.

Then, he stared at the personal soldier in charge of delivering the order and asked: "Where is the military token?"

"Ah?"

The personal soldier who delivered the order was stunned and said: "General, what military token?"

Wu Sanjia said anxiously: "Of course it is the military token that controls the troops of the world. Did the Queen Mother only give you this imperial edict before leaving?"

Hmm!

The personal soldier who delivered the imperial edict nodded heavily and replied: "Reporting to the general, the Queen Mother did indeed only give me this imperial edict, and no other tokens!"

Ahem——

Wu Sanjia slapped his head and said to himself: "Look at my memory. The Queen Mother has already torn her face with Qin Ruhui, the dog thief, how could she possibly get the military seal that controls the world's military power from the Ministry of War!"

Ah——

Hearing this, the deputy general Zhao Kui was also surprised.

Then, he asked with a worried look: "General, if there is no military seal, the journey to Beijing to lead the new Tiger Army to defend the king may not be so smooth, right?"

"General, what should we do?"

"It has come to this point, we can only try our best!"

Wu Sanjia said, shaking the imperial edict in his hand, which still smelled, and said: "Now, we can only pray that the defenders of the cities along the way can recognize this imperial edict!"

"If they don't recognize it, hum——"

At this point, Wu Sanjia snorted coldly, his eyes suddenly became sinister and bloodthirsty, and he said sternly: "Then this general can only lead the troops all the way to Jinling City!"

"General, you are wise!"

Zhao Kui immediately bowed to Wu Sanjia and applauded!

Afterwards, he accompanied Wu Sanjia to sort out and archive the confidential military intelligence letters in the big tent, and packed them all away.

It was just after the hour of Xu.

In Mozhou City, the three thousand iron pagodas and thirty thousand cavalry of the Hu Ben New Army had assembled in the big camp.

Such a large-scale military assembly and mobilization, and it was carried out in broad daylight, naturally could not escape the eyes of Huang Silang, the minister of the Ministry of War of the court, who was planted by Qin Ruhui in the Hu Ben New Army.

Seeing the unusual movement of troops in Mozhou City, Huang Silang immediately took a few lackeys and rushed directly to Wu Sanjia's camp to ask for punishment.

"General Wu, why didn't you inform me of the troop movement in Mozhou?"

While speaking, Huang Silang had already entered Wu Sanjia's tent.

As soon as he entered, he saw Wu Sanjia ordering his personal soldiers to pack up his clothes and letters and take them away.

Considering the various abnormal situations between Wu Sanjia and Zhao Kui in recent days, Huang Silang immediately realized something.

He said sternly: "Wu Sanjia, what do you want to do?"

Hmph!

Wu Sanjia snorted coldly and replied without disguising: "This general, in accordance with the order of the Empress Dowager, led the new Tiger Army to the south to Beijing to rescue the king!"

"You——"

Seeing Wu Sanjia was so single, Huang Silang was choked and didn't know how to answer.

After thinking for a moment, he said in a pretentious manner: "Wu Sanjia, you secretly mobilized troops to enter the capital. Does Prime Minister Qin know about this?"

Before Wu Sanjia spoke, the deputy general Zhao Kui couldn't help but sneered: "Prime Minister Qin, the general was ordered to enter the capital this time to deal with the treacherous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui!"

"You, you——"

Huang Silang was shocked and said with his last courage and strength: "You are treason!"

Crack!

The next moment, Huang Silang felt a flash of white light in front of his eyes, his neck was cold, and his head fell to the ground.

Before his consciousness dissipated, he seemed to hear Wu Sanjia say in a trance: "Huang Silang, have you learned to answer quickly?"