"So ambitious? I'm so far away from your sister!" Chen Shen cursed in his heart, but his face was still as calm as water, without any emotion or anger.
After pondering for a moment, he spoke again: "Your Majesty asked the general to select 10,000 elites from each army to form an army. I am a thick-skinned person. If your Majesty asks me to choose, I will definitely pick the best one!"
"In that case, the other generals will definitely have opinions, right? It doesn't matter if the general is angry at that time, but it would not be good if they are dissatisfied with your Majesty's authorization."
"Of course, I also know that my request is a bit excessive... Why don't I take a step back and ask Your Majesty to equip me with 20,000 brave cavalry troops, 20,000 hard-armed bows and arrows, and 3,050 bloody horses?
, nothing else, nothing to ask for!”
As soon as these words came out, the King of Great Xia suddenly twitched his eyes and cursed in his heart: "Grandma, this little brat really dares to say it! Even if he has 20,000 knights, he still needs the bow and arrow equipment of the archers?"
"In addition, the young man also asked for another three thousand and five blood-stained horses... Is this for his blood-sucking guards?"
"Damn it, grandpa, are you treating Gu as a god to quickly build a camp? And you keep saying that asking other generals for help will offend others... Are you taking Gu as a victim?"
Xia Yuanlong's eyes became colder and colder, and his chest under the golden dragon robe was also heaving violently. He exhaled rough breaths from his nose, which was quite annoying.
After a long while, the King of Daxia calmed down his anger and thought: "He only has two years to live anyway. In order to avenge his grandfather, maybe he is not afraid of offending the military attachés of the dynasty... If Guzhen lets him go somewhere else."
If you select people under the general's rule, you may really cause trouble."
"Well...this little brat isn't even afraid of being alone, how can he be afraid of them?"
For a moment, the King of Daxia was helpless.
He knew very well that although the tone of Chen Shen's words just now sounded polite, the content already showed a threatening tone.
If you dare to threaten the king of a country, you are obviously not afraid of losing your head!
This kind of person who dares to risk everything, but actually has some strength and is worth relying on, is often the most troublesome to the ruler.
Xia Yuanlong sighed secretly, and finally said in a cold tone: "Okay, it's up to you to do it alone."
"But you have to remember that I am especially kind to you because of your filial piety to avenge your loved ones. Young man, you must know how to do things in a proper way in the future, do you understand?"
"I don't want it to happen again... Okay, just step back!"
"Yes! I will leave at the end!" After Chen Shen bowed his hands, he decisively turned around and left without hesitating for a moment.
After watching the other party step out of the hall with vigorous steps, the King of Daxia smiled bitterly and murmured: "This stinky boy... If others were intimidated by Guhan's voice, their legs would become weak and they would kneel down to beg for mercy! It's better for him to leave.
That’s called free and easy.”
The young man went out of the palace, and while there was still half an hour before the court, he rode the red rabbit and left the palace like wind and fire, and went to the VIP room of the teahouse where he secretly communicated with Qian Miaoling.
Lifting the table leg, I didn't find a message underneath. I guess the news about grandpa hasn't arrived yet.
The three days that Chen Shen and the King of Daxia fought for were said to be for the clansmen to make preparations, but in fact they were to wait for the news to come back from the Qianjia.
The young man firmly believed that if his grandfather was injured but survived, the only one who could save his old man was his only ally - Qian Jia.
Within the next two days, they should have news back to Qian Miaoling...
Then, the young man put on the clothes of the master of Tianqi Pavilion and came to Tianqi Bao Pavilion. He told Ling'er, Shun Lao and other senior officials about what he had done that night.
The people mentioned here do not include Chen Qibing’s youngest son Chen Si and his apprentice Wang Qi.
The true identity of Tianqi Pavilion Master is not yet known to them, so the matter was not mentioned to the two of them.
"Second uncle, is my grandfather's soul jade still in good condition?"
"Well, it's still cracked but not broken." Chen Xiaohai had two black bags under his eyes. It looked like he was nervous and had not slept all night.
Chen Shen nodded: "Nothing has happened for so long. Grandpa should be safe. Second uncle, don't worry too much. Just have a good sleep. I will take care of other things."
"Well, you should be careful yourself. If you need uncle's help, please ask at any time."
"I know. It's getting late. I still have to go to court as a loyal and brave general. I will bother you all with the internal affairs of Tianqibao Pavilion!"
"Don't worry!" Zhang Yidao, Lu Yijian and others all nodded vigorously in agreement.
Not long after, "Tianqi Pavilion Master" changed back to "Chen Shen", riding a tall horse and appeared in the Jinluan Hall.
This new face surprised all the civil and military officials——
"Eh? Isn't this the grandson of General Chen?"
"He is a loyal and brave marquis with only a virtual title. How can he be qualified to come to court?"
"Yes! And you're not wearing court clothes yet. This, how inappropriate is this!"
"This is too outrageous..."
Chen Shen turned a deaf ear to the teasing comments in his ears.
This young man was like a different kind, standing among the civil and military officials, minding his own business with his eyes closed.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Not long after, the slightly shrill singing voice of the great eunuch Li Zongming sounded, and all the ministers knelt down to worship, but Chen Shen was the only one who refused to kneel in front of the emperor.
After the ministers performed the ceremony, the King of Daxia had a sullen face, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and said word by word: "I have a sad thing to tell you."
"Last night, the King of Huainan sent back news of the war in the south: Old General Chen Zangfengchen and the three thousand personal guards he led were all killed at the hands of the Taikou traitors!"
"ah?"
"What?"
"This...what should I do?"
"The general, actually, actually... alas!"
The whole hall was filled with excitement for a while.
Many people with a keen sense of smell can already guess from this incident why a young boy like Chen Shen lives in the palace.
What the King of Great Xia said next confirmed their guesses, and there were no more than three points -
First, Chen Shen was promoted to the rank of Zhongyong General, with the rank of fourth-grade general.
In addition to the blood-burning bodyguards organized voluntarily by his tribe, he will also command the 20,000 brave cavalry troops from his grandfather's old tribe, equipped with fine bows and powerful arrows.
Second, the general was killed in battle and the border was in crisis. It is expected that within five days all the generals will be gathered to lead the army to march south, and the title of the commander has not yet been decided.
Third, the Military Treasury Department immediately allocated the baggage and food supplies used by the million-strong division to go ahead, and sent messages to all local towns to be ready to respond at any time to ensure the logistics support of the army during its march.
It’s okay not to mention the last two. But the first one is related to Chen Shen himself, which really surprised all the civil and military officials——
This young boy was given the title of fourth-grade general as soon as he came up, and he was asked to lead an army alone?
However, they are led by 20,000 elite knights that every general in Daxia covets. This is incredible!
Some generals who were already at odds with Chen Zangfeng immediately jumped out to object: "Your Majesty! I think that Major General Chen is still young and far from qualified to lead an army on his own."