Chapter 58 General Tiance, Commanding 500,000 Troops

Jinling City, Daxin Palace.

In the Jinluan Palace, in the court.

The civil and military officials of the court had been waiting for a long time, but Emperor Zhao Gan failed to attend the court on time as usual, so everyone had to wait patiently in the court, whispering to each other.

The topic of discussion was naturally the emperor's personal expedition to Longcheng to quell the rebellion of Chen Huaian, the prince of Jin.

It is worth mentioning that after the last court meeting, Prime Minister Qin Ruhui was dismissed by the violent Zhao Gan for three days, and then reinstated, and was also asked to lead the six ministries and be fully responsible for the emperor's personal expedition to quell the rebellion.

Interestingly, Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites, who repeatedly contradicted Zhao Gan and risked his life to advise him in the court that day, was not angered by Zhao Gan and was still a third-rank official in the court.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Suddenly, a sharp eunuch's announcement came from outside the Jinluan Palace. The emperor is here!

The next moment, Zhao Gan walked up the steps of the Golden Palace with brisk steps, and finally sat on the dragon throne, which symbolized the supreme power of the Great Xin Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Wen Renyu, the favorite concubine who used to be inseparable from Zhao Gan and hung on him like an octopus, did not attend the morning court with the emperor today.

This abnormal scene made the court officials seem a little uncomfortable.

In the end, under the leadership of Prime Minister Qin Ruhui, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down to salute.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

On the dragon throne, Zhao Gan waved his hands impatiently and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up!"

Then, he said directly, "Prime Minister Qin, I ordered you to lead the six ministries. How is the progress of the plan to quell the rebellion?"

Qin Ruhui said anxiously, "Reporting to the emperor, the memorial to quell the Longcheng Rebellion has been written. I will present it to the emperor now!"

As he said, Qin Ruhui took out the memorial that had been prepared long ago, raised his hands and was about to hand it to the eunuch under the steps of the hall.

However, Zhao Gan on the dragon throne had no interest in reading it himself, but directly ordered, "Prime Minister Qin, you can just read it directly. I am too lazy to read it myself."

Uh...

Qin Ruhui hesitated for a moment, thinking that this memorial to quell the Longcheng Rebellion was a secret of the court. He read it out in front of the civil and military officials. He was not afraid that someone with ulterior motives would hear it and then inform Chen Huaian!

This Jin Wang Chen Polu has been operating in the Daxin court for decades. There may be remnants of Jin Wang hidden in the court!

"Qin Ruhui, I asked you to read, but your ears are stuffed with donkey hair!"

On the dragon throne, Zhao Gan roared, scaring Qin Ruhui who was in a trance.

The latter could not care about anything else and had to read the memorial:

"Your Majesty, I am in charge of the six ministers. I have been collecting intelligence from all parties for several days. Finally, I have formulated a plan to suppress the rebellion with the opinion of Shen Guangming, the Minister of War, as the leader-"

Then, Qin Ruhui began to express the contents of the memorial in front of Zhao Gan and the civil and military officials.

In order to quell the rebellion in Longcheng, Qin Ruhui learned from the experience of Wu Qingyun, the general of the Northwest, who was arrogant and underestimated the enemy, which led to a disastrous defeat. From the beginning, he showed an attitude of going all out.

First, Qin Ruhui, together with Shen Guangming, the Minister of War, summarized the deployment of the troops throughout the country of the Daxin Dynasty:

It was finally decided to draw 200,000 soldiers from the coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong to prepare for the Japanese invasion; draw a total of 200,000 Tiger Guards from the Fifteen Prefectures of Youyun; and draw 100,000 Anxi Border Army from the Anxi General's Office, totaling 500,000 troops to form a rebellion-suppressing army.

The army was divided into two routes. One route went north from Shandong, passing through the Fifteen Prefectures of Youyun, and finally assembled in Yingzhou, from east to west, attacking the Yunzhou City actually controlled by the rebel Chen Huaian;

The other route went south from the Four Towns of Anxi, and finally assembled in Chang'an Prefecture, from west to east, attacking the base camp of the rebel Chen Huaian, the fiefdom of the King of Jin, Longcheng.

The commanders of the two rebellion-suppressing armies were Guo Dingfang, the general of the Anxi General's Office and the General of Zhenxi; and Li Jingyu, the son of the famous Daxin general Li Kuang and the Flying General of Youzhou.

Guo Dingfang, the commander of the Imperial Camp of the previous Emperor Zhao Mang, had followed the previous Emperor in his campaigns and made great military achievements. He was later appointed as the commander of the Anxi General Office of the Great Xin Dynasty, commanding 300,000 Anxi frontier troops to guard the Western Regions.

Li Jingyu, the son of the famous general Li Kuang of the Great Xin Dynasty, had followed his father Li Kuang in battles for many years. He was the vanguard commander of the Xin Dynasty to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and commanded 100,000 Tiger Guards to garrison Youzhou.

Both of them were famous generals of the Great Xin Dynasty and were loyal to the Zhao family's imperial power.

Finally, Qin Ruhui said: "Reporting to the emperor, the above is the strategy for suppressing the rebellion that I and the six ministers have discussed together. Please make your decision!"

On the dragon throne, Zhao Gan, who had listened to Qin Ruhui's report, nodded and partially agreed with this strategy for suppressing the rebellion.

He said: "Prime Minister Qin, the strategy for suppressing the rebellion you and the six ministers have formulated is very good. Whether it is the attack strategy or the combat troops, in my opinion, there is no problem."

"But--"

At this point, Zhao Gan suddenly changed the subject and continued: "Have you forgotten one thing? I will lead the army in person to suppress the rebellion this time. I didn't hear it at all in the memorial you just reported. You put me in the position of that army?"

"Your Majesty--"

Hearing this, Qin Ruhui immediately prepared to explain.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gan didn't give him this opportunity at all, and interrupted Qin Ruhui directly: "Prime Minister Qin, no need to say more, I know what you want to say!"

"It's nothing more than fearing that there are risks in leading the army in person, and be careful not to let Chen Huaian, the traitor, disturb the emperor, right?"

After a pause, Zhao Gan continued: "A mere Chen Huaian is not enough to scare me!"

"I have decided--"

"I will call myself the General of Tiance and lead 500,000 troops to Longcheng to quell the rebellion. The Anxi Border Army will still be led by Guo Dingfang. The 200,000 Japanese soldiers and 200,000 Tiger Guards will be led by me personally."

"As for Li Jingyu, let him be a vanguard commander beside me!"

"It's decided, let's withdraw from the court!"

"Your Majesty, you can't do this, Your Majesty!"

At this time, an untimely voice of opposition suddenly sounded in the Daxin court.