Chen Shen accepted the order and bowed, and all the officials congratulated him, which made him look majestic.
Before returning in triumph, Chen Shen was a third-rank lieutenant general; now, he is already a second-rank official, holding the rank of general, and has received a new title from His Majesty Jinkou: Flying General!
Zhongyonghou, flying general.
The addition of double titles can fully demonstrate his high status and the great favor he has received.
Even a true first-rank official would not dare to be presumptuous in front of Chen Shen - who made him a double-titled general?
This young man himself is of the second rank. Due to his title, he is half a rank higher than the official rank, which is equivalent to being a first rank.
Moreover, he is also a "super first-rank" with two titles. Compared with ordinary first-rank officials, he has no greater concessions in terms of status and power!
"Your Majesty, this is a blood contract obtained by the general from the Northern Yi barbarians. Their so-called barbarian gods will testify and swear that they will not offend me in Daxia for ten years."
Facing the emperor's favor and being congratulated by the ministers, Chen Shen did not forget the military order he had made. He first took out a piece of contract and presented it with both hands.
The great eunuch Li Zongming was very discerning and trotted up to Chen Shen to receive the contract and then forwarded it to the King of Daxia.
The latter slowly opened it, scanned a few lines, and nodded: "Yes, yes, yes. However, the Northern Yi barbarians were beaten to a pulp by Chen Aiqing, and they will not be able to get in touch with our northern half of the Great Xia for decades."
Cun. It doesn’t matter if you have this contract or not!”
"Your Majesty said yes!"
"Hahahaha...those Northern barbarians are all homeless dogs now, so what's there to be afraid of?"
The King of Daxia raised his hand slightly, and after all the officials were silent, he spoke again: "Beiyi won a great victory in the battle. I am so relieved. I will reward the three armies heavily!"
"Come here and prepare a decree——"
"All soldiers in the Knight Cavalry will be rewarded with a one-time salary of three years, and those below the rank of captain will be promoted to half a rank."
"Those who are above the rank of captain will have one additional level of merit, will be promoted to half a level, and will enjoy the collective honorary title of 'Flying Knight General'!"
"Thank you, Lord!" Upon hearing this, Li Dezhi and others were overjoyed and thanked the Emperor for his kindness.
For soldiers, honor is often higher than status. The King of Great Xia not only promoted them, but also gave them collective titles. This is definitely an unprecedented reward for the generals of the Xiaoqi Army!
"Xue Xuewei has no military status and cannot be rewarded for military merit, but he can be given gold foil."
Xia Yuanlong said cheerfully: "According to the salary standards of the Xiaoqi Army, I will reward him with ten years of coins, silver and spiritual stones to show his merit!"
Several Chen family elders headed by Chen Qibing all kowtowed in thanks: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Immediately, Xia Yuanlong faced Chen Shen and asked in a pleasant manner: "Chen Aiqing has made extraordinary achievements. What do you want to reward you for? But it doesn't matter!"
Chen Shen said without hesitation: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I will not dare to ask for reward."
The young man's words were sonorous: "I only hope that I can lead my army to southern Xinjiang as soon as possible, kill the rebellious ministers and traitors Xia Chunqiu, wipe out the Huainan rebels and Taikoo traitors, restore our Daxia rivers and mountains, and avenge my grandfather's shame!"
When Xia Yuanlong heard this, he couldn't help but raised his palms: "How magnificent!"
"Chen Aiqing's ambition is also the ambition of being lonely!"
The emperor walked quickly and walked up to Chen Shen in a few steps. He lifted his slightly hunched body up, held hands and said very close to him: "Now the war situation in our southern border of Daxia is not optimistic.
"
"The three Jiangcheng gates in Huainan were successively conquered ten days ago. Except for the Northern Front Army that you commanded before, the East, West, and South Front Armies, totaling three million troops, were all injured under the attack of Tai Kou and Xia Chunqiu.
heavy."
"Nowadays, Gu Gu urgently needs a general to lead the elite division to Huainan in order to stabilize the situation."
"Chen Aiqing, are you willing to step forward and help me turn the tide?"
Chen Shen nodded decisively: "It is my duty to be the last general!"
"Okay, okay. Come, let's have a banquet at the Winter Sea Palace. I want to personally honor Chen Aiqing." The king of Daxia said with a spring breeze on his face.
"Your Majesty, please wait."
"kindness?"
Chen Shen cupped his hands and clasped his fists and said, "I have something to ask for your Majesty's permission."
Xia Yuanlong's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, and he thought to himself: "Is this little brat trying to mention Chan'er?"
The little princess Xia Qingchan is Xia Yuanlong’s pet peeve!
During this period of time, the princess studied talismans diligently every day, but her heart was always thinking about Chen Shen who was marching north. She would even go to the city gate regularly every day and look northward, the longing in her eyes was beyond words.
Xia Yuanlong had a clear view of all this and wanted to stop it, but he was helpless.
When the King of Daxia thought about it, if Chen Shen didn't have the one-year lifespan, he might have agreed to let this young man become his consort.
But the question is... he knows that the other party is a short-lived ghost, is it possible that he still wants his precious daughter to marry him and become a widow?
A few days ago, Xia Yuanlong knew that Chen Shen would return in the near future, but in order to prevent the little princess from seeing Chen Shen again and losing control of her emotions and leading to a "tragedy", he found an excuse to find a reason to find fault with her.
Xia Qingchan was placed in solitary confinement.
But now...
"You brat, you'd better be wiser..." Xia Yuanlong smiled, but an imperceptible glare flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself: "If you make it difficult for Gu Ye, Gu Ye will definitely not make it easy for you.
!”
Chen Shen turned a blind eye to the sharp light flashing in the eyes of the man wearing the dragon robe.
Well, others may not notice the strangeness of King Daxia, but how keen is Chen Shen's sense of soul now?
He immediately caught the fierce look in the other party's eyes, but he just didn't want to go into details with him, so he said to himself: "General, this time I am going to the south, I want to be of my own, and not be affected by the great national master or Wang Xingba."
The general’s rule.”
"Huh, so that's what happened..." Xia Yuanlong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the stern look in his eyes disappeared: "You mean, you want to be the commander of a lone army without being restricted by anyone on the battlefield.
?”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Oh, I'm afraid..."
Xia Yuanlong looked troubled, pacing back and forth in the main hall. After shaking his head repeatedly, he looked confused: "Originally, you are already a C-level general. According to the etiquette, you can command 300,000 people."
"But if you insist on being the leader of the Gu Army, I'm afraid I won't be able to give you too many troops."
"After all, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Territory has already decided that the great national division will be the military advisor and Wang Xingba will be the commander-in-chief. If you are ordered to go for reinforcements, but the large army does not listen to their orders, this may not be in line with military discipline."
"The general will not dare to embarrass His Majesty."
Chen Shen's expression remained indifferent, showing no signs of happiness or anger at all: "Then according to what Your Majesty said, the final general will only bring 20,000 brave cavalry and 3,000 bloody guards, and will not ask for the rest of the troops. He will definitely be able to save the current crisis in Huainan.
, open up the situation for our army!"
When Xia Yuanlong heard this, his eyes lit up: "Is Chen Aiqing serious about what he said?"