Chapter 60: Your Highness Prince Jin, Do You Want a Princess?

Chang'an City, Anxi General Military Mansion.

Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of Anxi in the Great New Dynasty and the general of Zhenxi, also received an imperial edict from the imperial city of the capital to rush 800 miles away, as well as the yellow ax bow and arrow gifted by Emperor Zhao Qian.

It shouldn't be said that the second emperor Zhao Qian was a fool, but he still did a pretty good job in winning over people's hearts.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, but Huang Yue's bow and arrow are advancing first.

These two items, which symbolized the highest courtesy of the imperial power, were of extraordinary significance to the ancient military generals who had loyalty, filial piety, justice, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism engraved in their bones.

Guo Dingfang, the commander-in-chief of Anxi and the general of Zhenxi, is no exception.

As the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp of the late Emperor Zhao Mang of the Great New Dynasty, Guo Dingfang followed the late Emperor in his expeditions in the north and south for many years, and saved many people in danger several times, which can be said to be a great achievement in battle.

However, in the end, the first emperor Zhao Mang only made him the general of Zhenxi, and the official position of northwest general was only appointed after the second emperor Zhao Qian succeeded to the throne.

Now, Zhao Qian gave him the yellow axe, bow and arrows. How could Guo Dingfang not shed tears of gratitude and express gratitude to the emperor for his great kindness?

However, the content of that edict made Guo Dingfang undecided and in a dilemma.

On the one hand, it was because the Western Region of the Great New Dynasty was not as stable as it appeared on the surface, especially since the Tubo Kingdom, which was at its peak after the completion of the unification, repeatedly invaded the Great New Kingdom's borders.

If at this time, in accordance with the imperial edict, the news that one hundred thousand Anxi frontier troops were dispatched to Longcheng to suppress the rebellion would once reach the ears of Tubo Zampodama.

This Tubo Zampu, who is known for his bravery and fierce fighting, is bound to take advantage of the chaos to invade the Daxin border, and even use coercion and inducement to unite the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions to overturn Daxin's control in the Western Regions.

On the other hand, nearly one-fifth of the soldiers in the four Anxi towns border troops under Guo Dingfang were disbanded and reorganized Polu troops, and they had a natural affinity for Jin King Chen Polu and his eldest son Chen Huaian.

Although, after Guo Dingfang took office as the commander-in-chief of the Anxi Army, he has been sparing no effort to promote the "de-polu transformation" in the Anxi army. He has already purged all the front-line commanding generals with more than a thousand households in the original polu army.

But he was not 100% sure that if these former soldiers of the Polu Army were to turn around and attack Dragon City, the fiefdom of King Jin, whether these grassroots soldiers would use their full strength or even defect before the battle.

What's more, this Polu army is worthy of being the first army of the Great New Dynasty. Its combat effectiveness is far superior to that of other armies. After being dispersed and reorganized into the Anxi Frontier Army.

Whenever there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the soldiers of the former Polu Army must rush to the front line, repeatedly defeating more with less, and defeating the enemy until the enemy is frightened and defeated.

If Guo Dingfang was to lead the Anxi frontier army, which had eliminated the Polu Army, to go on an expedition to Longcheng and fight against the most elite Longcheng defenders among the Polu Army, he really wasn't completely sure.

In particular, the elite troops in Longcheng, under the command of Chen Huaian, the prince of the Jin Dynasty, had just defeated the 300,000 Yun army and went north to destroy the Turks.

As the former emperor's imperial camp commander, Guo Dingfang had the honor to follow Zhao Mang and Chen Polu in their two expeditions to Mobei. He knew better than anyone else how brave and difficult the Turkic cavalry was.

At that time, Jin King Chen Polu made five expeditions to Mobei but failed to complete the feat of destroying the Turks.

Nowadays, Chen Huaian's Northern Expedition went straight to the Turkic royal court, forcing the remaining Turkic tribes to flee to Monan. This military exploit alone was enough to make Guo Dingfang, the general of Zhenxi, fearful.

"Hey, you said this is the same for the Emperor. Hasn't King Chen Polu of Jin already handed over his military power obediently? Why bother to kill everyone in the Jin Palace?"

Guo Dingfang muttered to himself in the study, "As the saying goes, rabbits bite when they are anxious. Doesn't this force Chen Huaian to rebel?"

"In all this fighting, the military power of the Great New Dynasty has been lost. In the end, wouldn't it mean that the barbarians like Hu Ma, a foreign race, have gained an advantage?"

"It is hard to disobey the emperor's order, this move is not easy to make!"

Just when Guo Dingfang was hesitant, a soldier's announcement suddenly came from outside the door.

"Report——"

"Reporting to the general, urgent military situation, Tibetan army invades our border!"

"What?"

In the study, Guo Dingfang suddenly stood up from his chair, grabbed the sword on the desk and walked out.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly slapped his head and suddenly realized: "Hey, didn't someone bring a pillow just as I was about to take a nap?"

"Dama, Dama, you bastard finally did something good, hahaha!"

Immediately, Guo Dingfang was seen shouting to the outside of the house in high spirits: "Who is it? Immediately notify the generals of the Anxi frontier army to urgently discuss strategies to defend against the enemy!"

"In addition, we dispatched 800 miles overnight to rush to the capital to report to the court that the Tibetan thieves invaded our Daxin border, and asked the emperor and the Ministry of War to make a decision!"

"I will obey your orders!"

...

Dragon City, the residence of the Prince of Jin.

Chen Huaian and the black-robed monk Dongfang Xiao walked side by side in the palace garden.

Seeing Dongfang Xiao's gloating expression, Chen Huaian became angry.

It turned out that after receiving the request from Wuning King Liu Xinwu that day, Chen Huaian thought over and over again and finally decided to help. When Princess Liu Shujun was on his way to Huihe to get married, he sent a surprise force to rescue him.

For Chen Huaian, this is not a difficult problem.

It can even separate Wuning King Liu Xinwu from this matter and save him from Zhao Qian's liquidation.

As for the old monk's suggestion to "marry the princess and take Youyun directly", Chen Huaian did not adopt it.

As a time traveler, and a son of a plane with a [born emperor’s fate], he is quite disgusted with this kind of political marriage.

In particular, he has never seen the face of Wuning King’s daughter Liu Shujun, and he has no idea how tall, short, fat, thin, or what she looks like.

He has seen Wuning King Liu Xinwu several times. Although he is not ugly, he is definitely not handsome.

From a genetic point of view, it is difficult for Chen Huaian to have beautiful fantasies about the appearance of his daughter Liu Shujun.

Just like when the Turkic Khan Timur proposed to form an alliance with Chen Huaian to overthrow the rule of the tyrant Zhao Gan.

If Chen Huaian did not have a system and 800,000 private soldiers, he might have considered it repeatedly.

Now, when the old monk Dongfang Xiao proposed to "marry the princess and take Youyun directly", Chen Huaian also had the same considerations and plans.

He is determined to get the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

But, it is definitely not through political marriage.

He had reason and unconditionally believed that Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal of the Longcheng Army and the general of the Northern Expedition, could take down the remaining fifteen states except Yunzhou in one go.

After all, when this first general of the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, it took only one year to recover all the sixteen states of Youyun.

Who would have thought that the old monk Dongfang Xiao would ask Zhuge Yunsheng, the housekeeper of the Wuning Palace, to sign a marriage contract between the Jin Palace and the Wuning Palace without his knowledge.

He also threatened others, saying that Liu Xinwu could protect his daughter for a while, but he could not protect her for a lifetime.

Isn't this rushing to find a wife for us?

After hearing the news, Chen Huaian was overwhelmed.

At this moment, he still had some hope and asked: "Master, did you really propose that day that the Jin Palace and Wuning Palace should form a marriage alliance?"

Dongfang Xiao nodded with a big smile and said: "Your Highness, do you think I am joking with you?"

"Report--"

"Your Highness, the Jin Palace, the Wuning Palace's secret envoy wants to see you!"