Chapter 1872: Chapter 7: Turmoil and Flames of War, Gentlemen Become Fierce
The purpose and reason for summoning He Ruoqinhu by the emperor into the palace was no other than the emperor Jiang Yuan being somewhat flustered by the widespread outbreak of war and turmoil—even though the total number of rebels doesn’t exceed a hundred thousand.
But the occurrences are too dense and too frequent.
It looks extremely frightening.
There is also disappointment in the heart of He Ruoqinhu, he wished to leave in a huff, but he couldn’t. His daughter had previously gone home in tears, telling him that she was already pregnant with the emperor’s child, hoping her father wouldn’t stand idly by.
Empress He Ruo, with tearful eyes, cried out: "Could it be that father is willing to let his daughter and grandson die in this chaotic world for the sake of mere fame!"
He Ruoqinhu’s steely heart could not ignore his daughter in such a state.
This is his youngest daughter, the most beloved since birth, and now with such matters and lineage, even though He Ruoqinhu is angry at Jiang Yuan’s actions, he cannot but continue to obey.
The emperor is extremely respectful and courteous to him.
Offering a seat, personally serving tea, when He Ruoqinhu held the tea, he felt a little dazed, as if seeing that twilight year, when the Azure Dragon was still full of ambition, with a grand smile and composure, that was the Great Emperor of Ying Country.
Only this time several years have passed.
The bones and fierce blood of the Azure Dragon have cooled off in this chaotic world.
He Ruoqinhu looked at the emperor, dressed similarly, youthful and handsome, yet with a pleading look on his face.
This blur between illusion and reality felt like seeing that magnificent emperor turn into this Jiang Yuan, for some reason, his heart was sorely pierced, causing pain.
Life is not that simple.
There is baseness, and there is greatness, there is the valor towards the world, the courage to die for the country, hesitation for benefits, and yet softness due to children’s plea, but to He Ruoqinhu, the most unforgettable time of his life is when he met Jiang Wanxiang at the age of ten.
Heroic and candid.
The battlefield fires of 60 years, dreamlike.
He Ruoqinhu thought of the words Jiang Wanxiang said multiple times before his death.
He said that there are too many connections and exchanges on him, said he should not be burdened by this, suddenly silent, thinking of the king’s gaze at that time, He Ruoqinhu couldn’t help but suspect that Jiang Wanxiang then foresaw the current possibility.
"So, these damn traitorous rebels can only be entrusted to the General."
He Ruoqinhu’s mind returned, and said: "...Yes."
"Entrust it to the minister, please Your Majesty raise the troops, let the minister, rather than venture forth."
Only at this moment, He Ruoqinhu saw a look of hesitation and awkwardness on Jiang Yuan’s face, saying: "The General must not leave this place, the world is chaotic, the empress is pregnant, what if villains come here?"
He Ruoqinhu looked at Jiang Yuan.
He himself is a fierce general on the battlefield, at this moment almost wished to laugh out loud, to expose Jiang Yuan’s fear of death and timid nature, but he could only hear his own silence, in response:
"Most rebels are common people, coerced by hunger, lacking armor and crossbows, not adept at military formation, seemingly a hundred thousand, but with three thousand Tiger Barbarian Cavalry, it’s enough to easily break them."
"The only trouble is these bandits are too dispersed."
"Ignore Dou De, Dan Xiong."
"The rest of the traitors are insignificant, just send the younger generation of the nation, generals of the Fifth Layer Heaven, Sixth Layer Heaven, can easily defeat them."
Jiang Yuan was overjoyed, hurried forward, both hands holding He Ruoqinhu’s arm, saying:
"This is excellent!"
"All affairs of my country entrusted to General He Ruo!"
He Ruoqinhu merely nodded in agreement, after all, he is one of the top five famous generals in the world, in that previous intense chaotic world, peerless and commanding, only defeated by Chen Fubi, also suffering from underestimating the enemy and rashness.
Settling the mind now, deploying troops and generals, within the Ying Country’s army, if faced with Qin Country’s Qilin Army, Grey Wolf Guard, Beiwei Army, such top-notch elite troops, then naturally not opponents.
But what are so-called rebel soldiers?!
Just knights of the Martial World who are not adept at formation, just because of hunger and intolerance, taking up knives to rob food, in this chaotic world, the gap between armies is as vast as mountains and seas.
Three thousand heavy-armored Qilin Army can scatter tens of thousands of ordinary border troops.
But ordinary border troops wielding knives, in the defending city troops are top-notch in bravery.
And even if just using city defense, bandit hunting troops as the core gathered together, it’s still armored, wielding swords, heavy shields, crossbows, some cavalry, mounted archers, and led by middle-level chaotic world generals of the Fifth Layer Heaven, Sixth Layer Heaven.
A regular army skilled in formation, understanding tactics and strategy.
Dealing with common people is too easy.
Soon, many ’rebels’ were eliminated, General of Ningyuan Baili Chen sighed: "Just some starving people, luckily only starving people, if somewhat like those within Qin Country with some martial arts in them, gathered in such a large force, it wouldn’t be easy."
"Emperor Qin is ultimately of peasant origin."
"Actually handed [swords] to ordinary peasants."
"Utterly foolish, how could it be like us, easily winning, obtaining military merit?"
He bound these people, preparing to hand them over to Your Majesty for punishment, when Jiang Yuan learned of the great victory, he was ecstatic, laughing loudly: "Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
