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"Of course." Ji Na immediately thought that this was Chinese Army Generals getting to know the situation from him, and said honestly, "Second Prince has sixteen civil officials, twelve generals, and twenty-four thousand soldiers. They are all ministers and generals of Old King, and soldiers are the regular army of Fuyu Nation. Being able to withstand the attacks of over fifty thousand Gaoguellian, they are also very capable of fighting. "

"Oh …" Huang Zhong nodded, and asked: "Are they all loyal to the Second Prince?"

"Not necessarily." Ji Na thought that Huang Zhong wanted to get rid of the supporters of the Second Prince, so he did not want to harm the ministers and generals: "Old King suddenly passed away, and did not have the time to make a will, so everyone does not know who the king is. It was only because the Second Prince held the support of Yu Gong's regular army that they chose to join the Second Prince. As for whether or not he was loyal to the Second Prince, that would depend on whether or not the Second Prince could become king. To be precise, they were loyal to the King Fuyu. Of course, there are also some generals and ministers who are resolutely loyal to the Second Prince. "

"Oh …" Huang Zhong turned his head, looked at the mountains in front of him, and fell into deep thought. It would definitely not be possible for the Han army to declare the Second Prince king in front of everyone. Was he really going to make a move against the helper? That would be inconsistent with Lord General's strategy of conquering the helper.

Ji Na also saw Huang Zhong's hesitation and knew that Huang Zhong was in the midst of making his decision, so he hurriedly said: "Two sirs, Ji Na is sincerely welcoming the Chinese army. If Sir has any misgivings, why not tell Ji Na that Ji Na is willing to share your worries."

"Is that so?" Huang Zhong turned his head, his eyes staring straight at Ji Na, but he couldn't understand anything. He thought for a moment, then bluntly said, "Sir, you are also a scholar, you should understand the imperial court's rules. Don't you understand? How can something as important as a king or a marquis be decided by a general? "

"To tell you the truth, I have already guessed the result. This is the reason why I did not follow Ba Lu back. To be honest, I do not wish to see the Han army and helper fight. No matter what happens, the helper cannot afford to take such a blow anymore. "

As Ji Na said till this point, his eyes started to turn red and his voice became choked with sobs. He was really thinking for the helper, and did not want to see his suffer another disaster. If abandoning the Second Prince could be exchanged for peace with the helper, he was truly willing to cooperate with the Han army.

"Can the two sirs tell me who the Darky Court is planning to establish as king?"

Since the words had already been said, Huang Zhong felt that there was no need to hide it from Ji Na anymore: "Let me be honest with you, we also don't know who the imperial government is planning to appoint as king. The orders we have brought here is for us to send Second Prince s, Third Prince s and Ninth Prince s to the Youzhou, for the imperial government to inspect them before deciding on the person to be the king. "

"Understood." As intelligent as Ji Na was, he immediately understood the imperial court's intentions. No matter who the emperor was, they would still have a false reputation. On the bright side, they were like princes, enjoying the taxes of their fiefdom. On the bad side, none of the princes could ever return to the support of others.

The Han Dynasty also had many subordinate countries, such as Zhongshan, Zhao, Chen, Pei, Lu, Jinan, and so on. The emperor's brothers were all conferred kingdoms, and those kingdoms were their fiefdom. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom had been changed to become the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, and was appointed by the Imperial Court. The State also had the mission of supervising the King, which provided that the various marquis could not rule over the civil affairs and could only "rent taxes", that is to say, the status of the Kingdom was no different from that of the Hanzhou Region.

Ji Na who was familiar with the history books was pleasantly surprised. If his judgement was right, then Fu Yu would become a direct subordinate of the imperial government in the future. The imperial government would help the remaining troops to ensure the safety of the helper, which was not necessarily a bad thing for the remaining commoners!

However, with Ji Na's understanding of the Second Prince, he would not easily admit defeat. The reason why he was willing to follow the command of the Han army was because he hoped that the imperial government would make him king. Now that he could not be king, he was sure to take the risk. Ji Na thought about it, then cupped his hands towards Huang Zhong.

"Milords, Second Prince is a very smart and scheming person, and his actions are very decisive. If you want him to go to Youzhou for an investigation, he definitely will not accept it.

What Huang Zhong was most worried about was fighting with the rest of the army, which were more than 20,000 regular soldiers. Even if he could win in a battle, it would definitely result in heavy casualties. More importantly, once a conflict broke out, a seed of hatred would be planted between the helper and the Han Chinese, making it extremely difficult for them to assimilate and fuse with the helper.

"Sir, according to your estimate, how should the Second Prince prepare?" At this point, Huang Zhong had to prepare for the worst. Although he did not want to fight with the helper, but at the most crucial moment, he would still kill him.

Ji Na thought for a while, then said to Huang Zhong: "Masters, our mountain stronghold is divided into two parts, the South Village and the North stronghold, and when the Gaoguellian attacks, they are divided into two sides. I am sure that the Second Prince has gathered a portion of his army in the northern stronghold and is waiting for the Lord to announce him as the King. The other armies were already prepared to fight in South Village. If it is not as good as he wants, he will not hand over the military power, and it will most likely turn into a war. "

Huang Zhong was still hesitating, but Wei Yan, who was at the side, could not hold it in. His expression changed, and he said coldly: "Once we enter the mountain stronghold, we will control Second Prince and his generals, and ministers. They will even overturn the heavens!"

"The problem is, many of the loyal generals of the Second Prince are currently in the South Village, so once the northern stronghold changes, they will attack the northern stronghold. At that time, the matter will become even more troublesome." Ji Na shook his head and laughed bitterly.

"When the time comes, we will still have to use force. Even if they were the regular army, they would still be completely annihilated! " Wei Yan didn't think as much as he did, he looked ahead, waved his hand, and said fiercely.

Ji Na could not help but shiver. He immediately thought, to the Han army, this was just a battle, and they would definitely win. For Fu Yu, this was a great disaster. He frowned deeply, thought for a while, and said slowly, "Two sirs, I think that Darky Court is working hard, and would definitely not want to see the Han Army and the helper fight. Two sirs be careful."

In the distance, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan saw the Second Prince leading Wen Chen and the generals lined up neatly at the entrance of the camp, warmly welcoming Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and the burly officer. The Second Prince found a few long horns from somewhere, and the long horns echoed in the mountains.

However, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan frowned, they could vaguely see the hidden killing intent in the camp. But they had no way out, regardless of whether it was the Blade Mountain Flame Sea Guild or the Dragon Pool Tiger Lair, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan had to give it a shot.

When they reached the entrance of the camp, the long horn sounded out once more. Second Prince, together with the Minister and the Generals, welcomed them. Huang Zhong raised his right hand, the entire troop stopped moving, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan jumped down from their horses and walked towards Second Prince and the others.

"Greetings, milords." The Second Prince cupped his fists in greeting, as if greeting each other. This was the meeting etiquette he had planned, polite and dignified at the same time.

"Greetings His Royal Highness." Huang Zhong and Wei Yan also cupped their fists and bowed, showing neither haughtiness nor contempt. As the general of the imperial government, there was no need to carry out such a big gift to the princes of the subordinate states.

Second Prince was surprised, his round fat face could not help but move. The other party calling him His Royal Highness instead of His Majesty the King immediately alerted him. He turned his head to look at State Advisor Ba Lu, only to see that Ba Lu's face was also filled with bewilderment.

"Milords, please!" Second Prince hesitated for a moment, but still made the gesture of invitation. After all, the Han army had yet to proclaim him king, so it was understandable to call him prince. You can't keep them out of the camp and let them give orders.

"His Royal Highness, please!" Huang Zhong and Wei Yan made a gesture of guidance, retreated two steps, and jumped up onto their horses. After that, they turned their heads and waved towards the great army, and shouted loudly: "All troops, enter the fort."

More than twenty thousand cavalrymen with puffed up chests walked in an orderly line in front of Second Prince, heading straight for him. Bright armor, tall war horses, long sabers, strong crossbows, a strict military presence, a strong murderous intent spread out endlessly in the wilderness.

Not only the Second Prince, all the other ministers and generals were also somewhat shocked. No wonder the Chinese army was so strong. Their equipment was so good! Just with the equipment they had, the helper would not be able to keep this army alive.

In the northern camp of the Second Prince. The reinforcements had been standing under the sun for a long time now. Seeing the well-equipped and high morale big sized cavalry, the Fuyu Soldiers soldiers were shocked. Although they were also regular soldiers, their equipment was much worse, and even their war horses were much shorter.

"Two lords, the Fuyu Soldiers has been waiting for you on the field for a long time. I would like to request the two sirs to meet with the soldiers on the field and read out the imperial edict in front of the crowd, in order to console the hearts of the soldiers. " As expected, it was just as Guo Xiangji had said. The moment Huang Zhong and Wei Yan walked into Fu Yu Dazhai, the latter impatiently asked Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to go and read out the order.

"His Royal Highness, according to the orders of the Lord General, in order to command them as one, we must take over all the armies of the helper within our borders. Therefore, we ask the His Royal Highness to hand over the military power and let the Han army take over the Southern and Northern Dazhai. " When they were on the way, Huang Zhong had already thought about it. No matter what, he had to control the Dazhai first.

"Very good!" The Second Prince had long expected that the Han army would take the lead and control the Dazhai, thus he had already thought of a countermeasure. He said without hesitation, "My two lords, we will hand him over to the northern camp today and then hand him over to South Village tomorrow."

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were helpless, they had no choice but to agree to hand over to the northern camp. Besides, the soldiers of the northern stronghold had been waiting for a long time. If they did not go and take a look, they would not be able to live up to their expectations. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan nodded, and ordered their guards to head towards the training grounds of the camp.

The Second Prince was well-prepared, not only were all the soldiers gathered and decorated, there were even incense tables placed on the stage in front of the training grounds, offering up their division's gods, waiting for Huang Zhong to proclaim him as the King Fuyu.