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Chapter 153 - Arrival of the Curved End

Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, October arrived!

During these two months, the structure of the imperial government had gradually improved! Li Ruoshui had already returned to Middle Han Area, and held the post of Minister of Imperial History! The officials of the six divisions, Chinese Book Province s and the Privy Council s had basically finished replenishing themselves!

It was just that the appearance of the military command center had greatly reduced the authority of the six divisions, Chinese Book Province s and Privy Council s. However, right now, the military command base was mainly dealing with military affairs, so their performance was not very obvious! But Li Gang had already realized that something was wrong!

Li Gang had visited Zhao Chen multiple times, wanting to make Zhao Chen withdraw from the military, but Zhao Chen had not agreed!

Zhao Chen's reasoning was also very noble. Establishing a military command center in this chaotic world could improve the efficiency in handling military affairs, it was essential! In fact, even if Li Gang wanted to restrict the authority of the Military Administration, Zhao Chen still wouldn't agree to it! It was convenient to deal with military affairs. However, restricting the authority of the military would greatly affect the efficiency!

Li Gang had no choice but to temporarily accept the existence of the military's security! In his heart, he was secretly thinking of a way to persuade Zhao Chen!

The first snow had already fallen and the entire training field had turned white! The mountains, wastelands, and trees in the distance were also spotlessly white!

When dawn arrived, the Imperial Guards and the Managed's soldiers had already woken up!

This time, they were going to carry out the training for a quick march!

Over 70,000 soldiers arrived at the Qin Mountains in three days! However, this time, the training effect was much better than last time. Last time, many soldiers were carried over by their comrades! This time, other than a small number of people, most of them had persevered until the end. There weren't many who had fallen behind!

The Imperial Guard and the Managed's soldiers would be staying in the Qin Mountains for a period of time to carry out mountain training!

Zhao Chen then brought Wang Shu to the Dazhang Pass!

The entire Dazhang Pass was also pure white!

Zhao Chen stood on top of the city gates while Zhao Zhe, Zhao Wu, Wang Shu and the rest stood beside him!

"Back then, Wu Jie and the rest had all been defeated by the Monk Yuan Jin Army in front of them! Zhao Zhe, defend the Dazhang Pass, and don't forget about Monk Yuan in front of you! " Zhao Chen laughed.

"Your Majesty, please be at ease. We also have our own warriors stationed at the front!" Zhao Zhe said.

"That's good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

His heart was filled with emotion. The last time he was here, he was fleeing for his life! At that time, Zhe Keqiu almost gave up on Dazhang Pass and directly entered Shu City! If that happened, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens for him to once again enter the Guan Shan! Fortunately, Wu Jie had defeated the Nvzhen at that time, allowing the situation to reverse! This time, he was inspecting the place using his true Monarch's physique. In his heart, he even had plans to counterattack the Nvzhen!

They were looking out at the country and talking about national affairs when, at this moment, a group of people appeared in the distance!

"Hey!" Zhao Chen could not help but be taken aback!

"Your Majesty, it's our soldiers!" Zhao Zhe said.

Zhao Zhe was an Innate Ranker, his vision was naturally much better than Zhao Chen. At this moment, Zhao Zhe had already seen that all those people were wearing Chinese military uniforms, and all of them were dressed like Chinese!

Immediately, Zhao Zhe sent people to investigate!

But before he could get close to those people, the rest of the Jingyuan Army's soldiers had already come up to report!

"Your Majesty, the generals are the Curved End s!" That soldier kneeled on the ground and said!

"What!" Zhao Chen was shocked, "Curved End?"

Zhao Zhe was also shocked, and said: "Curved End? We did not receive any news before this! "

Zhao Chen stabilised his mind and said: "You've seen it for yourself, is it really the Curved End?"

The soldier nodded his head: "Yes, Lord Qu! When I was at Jingyuan City, I also frequently saw Lord Qu! "

Zhao Chen laughed out loud, and said: "This is great! He finally came! Come on, let's go down and welcome him! "

Originally, it had been a long time since the Curved End came, but Zhao Chen was already somewhat uneasy in his heart! This Curved End was a wise man, and he had a fifty thousand elite army under his command! If the Curved End was not willing to submit to him, it would be a huge threat to him! In the future, if he wanted to deal with the true female disciples and the Emperor Kang s, he had to eliminate them first! Fortunately, at this point, the Curved End finally could not hold on and came to see him!

Immediately, the city gates of Dazhang Pass opened, and Zhao Chen, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Zhao Wu and the rest walked down from above, heading towards the passersby!

Gradually, they got closer and closer to the passersby, and Zhao Chen could already see the face of the person in the lead! He was tall and mighty, with a beard that was unshaven and eyes that were sharp and sharp, who else could he be other than Curved End?

Curved End had already noticed Zhao Chen, it was just that after a long time, Zhao Chen had changed a lot! Zhao Chen's figure was much taller than before, and in the past, Zhao Chen always gave off a kind of gentleness, but now that he held power, Zhao Chen already had a temperament that revealed his edge!

Very quickly, Curved End saw Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Zhao Wu and the rest who were beside Zhao Chen, and a complex look appeared in his eyes! These people were originally his subordinates, especially Wang Shu who had an extremely good relationship with him. He did not expect that these people would all betray him and come to the Middle Han Area! Thinking of this, he let out a long sigh!

The Curved End immediately took a big step forward, arriving in front of Zhao Chen and the others, he knelt down, and said: "Sinner's Curved End greets Your Majesty!"

Zhao Chen laughed loudly and helped the Curved End up, then said: "Lord Qu is now a Privy Envoys, how can you call him a sinner?"

Curved End said: "Your majesty is being bullied by Zhe Keqiu, if I don't save your majesty when I am surrounded by one hundred thousand troops in Jing Yuan, wouldn't I be guilty of a crime?"

Zhao Chen laughed: "It's not that this General Qu isn't willing to help us, it's just that we're temporarily dodging Zhe Keqiu's ambitions! Didn't General Qu send Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi and the rest to save us? Alright, let's not talk about the past anymore! From now on, Lord Qu will be a good leader of the Privy Envoys, and the country will depend on him for military matters! "

Zhao Chen spoke magnanimously, ignoring the past. In contrast, Curved End felt grateful in his heart, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

On the other hand, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Zhao Wu and the rest came forward to pay their respects, no matter what, they were previously Curved End's subordinates, but Curved End just coldly snorted and turned her head away, ignoring them, causing them to feel extremely embarrassed!

"General Qu was only here by himself? Who will command Jingyuan City's fifty thousand strong army? " Zhao Chen said.

"The fifty thousand strong army of Jingyuan City is now under the command of General Wang De! However, General Wang De was a general talent, able to become a great general, but not good at leading an army! I suggest for His Majesty to send someone else to take over the Jingyuan City! " Curved End said.

"Alright, I understand this principle! Wang De was a true general, not a handsome one! I think it's better if General Zhao Zhe goes to Jingyuan City, the fifty thousand army will be under General Zhao Zhe's command! From now on, General Zhao Zhe will still be under the control of the Jingyuan Army, and Wang De will be the deputy ruler! General Liu Qi will lead the Tsinghua Army to the north of Shu Dao to defend the Dazhang Pass! " Zhao Chen said.

"This humble subject accepts the order!" Zhao Zhe said.

Zhao Zhe was somewhat overjoyed in his heart! Initially, they had led fifty thousand Jingyuan Army s to the Middle Han Area, but after that, the fifty thousand Jingyuan Army s were split into two, under his command were thirty thousand troops while Liu Qi had twenty thousand. However, Liu Qi had annexed another thirty thousand Home Breaker s, thus causing Liu Qi's army to become fifty thousand! Now that he had the fifty thousand strong army of the Jingyuan City, Zhao Zhe's army had become eighty thousand people! Of course, since Wang De was the secondary ruler, he had to give his a portion of the authority! But he knew that Wang De was Zhao Chen's trusted subordinate, so Zhao Chen arranged for Wang De to stay by his side to monitor him!

"Immediately issue an edict, let Liu Qi lead a large army to guard the Dazhang Pass! General Zhao Zhe will only leave here after Liu Qi arrives! " Zhao Chen said.

Wang Shu and Zhao Zhe immediately agreed!

Wang Shu was the Grand Duke of the army, and the thing he was about to do was to go and do it! Wherever the Qing Dynasty Emperor went, there would be a Grand Duke following him. Zhao Chen was the same as well, wherever he went, Wang Shu would follow by his side, ready to carry out Zhao Chen's orders anytime!

Seeing that Zhao Chen's orders were directed at all directions, Wang Shu and Zhao Zhe did not disobey, Curved End could not help but sigh!

"Let's go, let's enter the Dazhang Pass first!" The weather is so cold! " Zhao Chen laughed.

Zhao Chen was extremely happy. Since the Curved End had come here, then the Jingyuan City would no longer be a threat. From today onwards, he would not have to worry about internal strife!

"How's the situation with the Western Xia people recently?" After a while, Zhao Chen asked.

Jingyuan Army was originally created to defend against Western Xia! Right now, it was normal for Zhao Chen to inquire about the situation in Western Xia!

"Ever since the Western Xia people were defeated by the female experts, they are currently struggling at death's door, unable to attack us from the south!" Curved End said.

During the process of the true female's rise, she had first defeated the Liao people, then defeated Western Xia, and then the Song Dynasty! The Western Xia also received a huge blow from the Nvzhen. To a certain extent, the Western Xia could be considered a vassal state of the Nvzhen! Within a few years, the people of the Western Xia would not even have the strength to go south!

"Very good! Since it was like this, the Jingyuan City did not need that many troops! On the contrary, Nvzhen is a greater threat to us than us. Zhao Zhe, I think that we can leave the Fengxiang Residence to guard. Tell me, what do you think of this idea? " Zhao Chen said.

After a round of discussion, everyone felt that Zhao Chen was right! Therefore, the Fengxiang Residence was also included in the defensive range of the Jingyuan Army! According to Zhao Chen's wishes, Zhao Zhe could guard the Fengxiang Residence, but he would still leave the Jingyuan City to Wang De. Of course, most of the Jing Road's army would go to the Fengxiang Residence!

"It has been almost two years since the Sorcerer's invasion! Last year they were recuperating, they were pacifying the rebellion in the north! This year, they should be moving again, right? " Zhao Chen said.

"That's right!" Your Majesty, in your humble subject's view, the Nvzhen will soon head south again! " Curved End said.

"Oh? Soon to head south? Doesn't that mean our Middle Han Area is in danger? " Zhao Chen said.

"In this humble subject's opinion, the Nvzhen may not attack the Middle Han Area! Last year, they lost to the Dazhang Pass. They also knew that the terrain of the Dazhang Pass and the Monk Plains was complicated, so the cost of capturing these places was extremely high. I think they will attack Jiangnan from the south! " Curved End said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was startled.

"That's right, we should attack Jiangnan! From the north to the south of the river, it was relatively easy to attack! On the other hand, attacking the Middle Han Area is more difficult, and even if they can take down the Middle Han Area, we can retreat to Sichuan! If they wanted to attack Sichuan through Sichuan, it would be even more difficult! Right now, the Middle Han Area is just like a chicken ribs. In comparison, the temptation of Jiangnan is much greater! " Wang Shu also said.

"So that's how it is! I understand! Tell me, if the Nvzhen attacks Jiangnan, can we take this opportunity to attack the Guan Shan instead? " Zhao Chen said.