Chapter 106: Long Live the Emperor
Chen Kaizhi read the urgent report and his face looked very dull.
What he unexpected was not the reaction of various countries, because in his opinion, this was a psychological game. The monarchs and ministers of various countries had their own plans. After the Hu people released the news, once they thought that this matter was extremely likely, how could they resist the huge temptation?
On the contrary, the people of Northern Yan actually remained silent, which exceeded Chen Kaizhi's expectations.
The only thing Chen Kaizhi could do was to immediately order the army to move eastward and quickly return to the pass.
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Hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and horses have left half of them.
This mighty but low-spirited team was moving forward together between the battalions. After all, this was an unobstructed field, and Zhu Shou, the commander of the pioneer battalion, rushed to the forefront.
Soon, he discovered some strange signs, such as the place where the Hu people were getting closer and closer, but there were almost no Hu people here. Logically speaking, the Hu people should have sent a large number of scouts.
Not only that, he also saw a large herd of scattered cattle and horses. These cattle and horses were clearly domesticated by the Hu people. The Hu people valued their property particularly important. The cattle and horses and sheep were their lifebloods. Even if men went to war, they would still let children and women look at their wealth. It was too unusual to abandon them in the wilderness like this.
The vanguard camp led by Zhu Shou had more than 7,000 people, which were the elite of the Western Liang Army. Zhu Shou was also an experienced general. Judging from all the clues, it seemed... something must have happened a hundred miles ahead, but what happened?
At present, even a scout from Hu was missing, which made Zhu Shou even more suspicious.
Because of the suspicion, he decided to temporarily garrison the Pioneer Battalion, and then let someone go to send messages to the Central Army's national division, tell him about the abnormal situation here, and ask the national division to decide.
But soon, the central army more than ten miles behind sent news. The National Division's order was reprimanded, and the general idea was that the Hu people formed an alliance with Xiliang, and the emperor even surrendered to the Hu people's Khan. At this time, the Hu people summoned the Xiliang army to meet and fight with the Han army. At this moment, we should not miss the opportunity to fight. We ordered the Pioneer Camp to immediately set off the camp and advance without any mistakes.
Zhu Shou had no choice but to dare not disobey the Xiliang national teacher. He knew that once he offended the national teacher, his life would be lost. Moreover, his family was all in Wuwei City. Due to the ruthlessness of the national teacher, he would be afraid that his family would be destroyed.
He hurriedly summoned the officers and soldiers and ordered to continue moving forward.
Although it was an elite vanguard camp, Zhu Shoun could clearly feel the morale of Xiliang was depressed, and almost everyone was depressed. Many officers and soldiers whispered to bite their ears, and their resentment towards the national army was getting deeper and deeper.
Zhu Shou often pretended to ignore such people and would not stop them because he knew very well that there were too many such people in the camp. If he really wanted to be punished, it might arouse public anger.
Such an army can fight?
He sneered in his heart.
But then he thought that the decisive battle with Chen army was just the Hu people after all, and the Xiliang army and horses were just a substitute.
He thought in a mess, but at this moment, a group of people had arrived.
They were from the east, but they were not Hu people, but messengers carrying the banner of the Great Khan.
The leader was the Hanlin of the Great Chen, named Liu Tao. He came with dozens of people and pegasus, and the flags they held were clamoring.
The Xiliang army was in an uproar.
The Han army is here.
They actually sent envoys, how did their envoys send out to surround their Hu people?
These countless questions lingered in their minds.
When Liu Tao came towards him, he shouted: "I came on the order of the Emperor of Han, and the Hu army was destroyed. You are waiting for the Han Dynasty to receive the order!"
Dozens of guards behind him shouted: "I came at the order of the Emperor of Han, and the Hu army was wiped out. You are waiting for the Han Dynasty to receive the order."
Suddenly, the Xiliang Army became more and more uproar.
Most people seem unbelievable.
They knew better than anyone else that the Hu people dispatched this time was a huge force of the country, with hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry covering the sky and the sun. Even if the Chen army was not defeated, it would be at most equal in size. How could the Hu army be destroyed?
But when they saw the messenger coming towards the Pegasus, they galloped in a stern manner without any fear.
Not only that... Someone whispered: "If the Hu army was not destroyed, how could they come here? Will the Hu scouts allow them to pass?"
"Can it be really destroyed?" Someone was stunned.
If the Hu army was really destroyed, then... this would be terrible. Just a few days ago, the Hu people urged the Xiliang army to join forces and fight the Han army to decisively. In these few days, hundreds of thousands of Hu army were destroyed. So, how terrifying the strength of the Han army is. Even the Hu army is like this, what about the old, weak, sick and disabled in Xiliang?
"It's not wrong. The Hu army was destroyed! Otherwise, why did our scouts have no news yet? If they really encountered the Hu people, the Hu people and us were allies. Will they still detain them? It must be that our scouts were intercepted by the Han army. How could these envoys come here safely and the Han won!"
"The great man won! The great man won!"
I thought that the entire camp would be wailing. After all, the Hu people were their ally. Only by defeating the Han army can Xiliang be protected from attacks by the Han army.
But when many people shouted that the big man won, they actually had a surprise tone.
"The big man won!" As if he was blowing up a camp, within a few miles, everyone was roaring at the news one after another. There were many people who seemed extremely excited.
They... are also Han people.
Although he lived outside the pass, he spoke the same language, wrote the same words, and maintained the same customs just like Da Chen.
And now... the big man has won.
Someone cried with joy and kept wiping his tears with his hands.
Then, someone shouted: "Long live the big man!"
This is a very taboo thing.
At least in the Xiliang army, it was obviously a slogan of entanglement. At the very least, it was exiled, and at the worst, it was beheaded.
But as soon as the words "Long live the Great Man", after a brief silence, suddenly, countless people responded: "Long live the Great Man!"
"Long live!"
"Long live the emperor!" someone shouted.
This emperor naturally would not be the emperor of Daliang. Daliang no longer has an emperor. In this Western Region country, everyone only knows that there is a national teacher, but not the emperor. Therefore, it is natural that who the emperor here is, it is self-evident.
Chapter completed!