Early the next morning, Nie Chen left the county town with King Pingxi and others.
Once outside, they asked the army to break camp and set off towards the east.
King Pingxi brought 20,000 people, including 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry, to escort this trip.
Nie Chen, on the other hand, only had two thousand cavalry.
Before setting off, King Pingxi looked at the two thousand cavalry behind Nie Chen and frowned,
"You only brought two thousand people?"
"yes."
"Then what should we do if we encounter danger? Are these two thousand people enough for you?"
"Isn't this you?"
Nie Chen said matter-of-factly.
King Pingxi blinked his eyes, calmed down for a moment, and said,
"You don't even care about the guards?"
"Yes, I don't have much food and grass with me, so I have to count on you, Your Majesty, to help me out."
"You even use food and grass?"
"No, I have money with me. I can give it to you."
"Then what if my soldiers and horses cannot resist the enemy?"
"Then I'll run. I'm leading cavalry and they can run fast."
Seeing Nie Chen's innocent and shameless look, King Ping Xi was so angry that he almost drew his sword and killed him.
Nie Chen blinked and said,
"What? Your Majesty, do you think I have too few troops? It's too late to go back and mobilize troops now. Why don't you lend me some?"
King Pingxi turned around and got on the carriage, and left a message that Nie Chen was not allowed to enter.
He was afraid that if he continued to chat with Nie Chen, Nie Chen would be angry to death.
Borrowing troops? Who in the world doesn't know your ability, Nie Chen, to borrow troops without repaying them?
With the end of the war during this period, Nie Chen has become well-known in the entire Feng Kingdom. After all, he is also the number one big shot.
And many things have spread with his reputation.
Two of them are the most talked about.
One thing is that King Pingxi lent Nie Chen 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight against the county, and then Nie Chen kept these 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Another thing was that Nie Chen and Ning Wushuang borrowed a hundred thousand troops to fight against the barbarians. After the battle, not even the commander and his troops returned, and they were all absorbed by Nie Chen.
From this, there is also a saying that is widely circulated among the people.
Nie Chen borrowed troops - never returned what he borrowed.
After all, ordinary people are not interested in boring wars. They prefer to gossip about the anecdotes of big shots.
An army of more than 20,000 people marched toward the east in a mighty manner. They walked very slowly along the way, because it was only November and there was still nearly a month before the Beijing Conference, so they were not in a hurry.
The journey was uneventful, and no bandits came to rob us, which was a lot less fun.
Half a month later, they arrived at the junction of Gyeonggi County and Jinshui County.
The land of Gyeonggi is one of the few plain areas in Feng Kingdom. It is located on a vast plain with countless fertile fields and fertile soil. It has been a major grain-producing county since ancient times.
The terrain here is also destined to be rich in commerce and agriculture in Gyeonggi, and it is also a battleground for military strategists.
All other counties in the Feng Kingdom were divided by the four kings, but the capital was left unoccupied. It was also because the capital was here, and none of the kings wanted to bear the reputation of being a rebellious minister and traitor.
The capital has also become the last place of dignity for the imperial court.
Nie Chen's carriage was traveling side by side with King Ping Xi's carriage, walking on the wide official road.
Nowadays, the weather is cold and the wind is biting. Just when Nie Chen is warming up the brazier with Weng Qiuchan in his arms and lamenting the warmth of the hibiscus tent, someone suddenly comes to report from the front.
"Report! Report to the prince, there are troops blocking the road ahead!"
Hearing this, Nie Chen frowned, opened the curtain and looked over, and saw that there were indeed figures in front of him, and someone was blocking the way.
"Who is so blind that he dares to stop us on the official road?"
Hirano Bozhengchuan rode over and asked with a frown.
"Uncle Qi, the flag the other party is flying is the imperial flag. It looks like the royal army."
Report from the Detective Network.
The royal family has an army, but it only has 20,000 people in total.
Because the counties in the Feng Kingdom no longer paid tribute to the court, but paid tribute to their respective kings, the court could only control the Gyeonggi area.
However, there are royal families, princes, nobles, and officials of various sizes in the capital city. It is simply too stretched to support the capital alone. There is no way to maintain such a large army.
Even though Nie Chen only had one county, he didn't have so many royals, princes, nobles and officials to support, and he had various business dealings to support the army.
Moreover, his army did not rely solely on the people of Weihu County to recruit them. There were people from King Pingxi, soldiers who had surrendered from Weihu County before, Ning Wushuang's army of 100,000, and bandits who were recruited. There are also migrating barbarians and so on.
The number of people who can really be recruited by the common people is only a few hundred thousand, but this is also the limit of Weihu County.
Nie Chen also faced the problem of insufficient food and grass. It was simply impossible to support an army of 300,000 people in Weihu County alone, so he turned his attention to the rich Hanzhong County in the south.
As long as he gets through this winter, he will march south.
I'm going a bit far, so let's get back to the point.
At this time, King Pingxi came out of the carriage, no longer wearing black iron armor, but wearing a python robe, which symbolized the identity of the prince.
Nie Chen always wears a green robe. He doesn't like to wear official uniforms or armor.
After King Pingxi got off the carriage, he got on his horse silently and rode forward.
When Nie Chen saw this, he wanted to join in the fun and see who was so blind.
He rode a horse and hurried over, behind Zhou An, Lin Guang and the escort team caught up with him.
They came to the front of the team and looked at the army in front of them.
The one flying on the opposite side is also a gale flag, but the difference is that there are also some golden dragon flags.
Those flags of the Praetorian Guard.
At this time, a young general in silver armor came over on horseback, hugged King Pingxi and said,
"Sima Nan, the general of the Imperial Guard, has met Prince Pingxi."
King Pingxi looked at him coldly and said,
"After paying your respects, get out of the way. A good dog won't get in the way."
Hearing this, the young general's face turned red and turned the color of pig liver with anger. He was young and energetic and almost wanted to charge with a gun.
But considering that the other party was King Pingxi, he suppressed his temper and said,
"Your Majesty, the imperial court has issued an order that when vassal princes and county guards from all over the country come to Beijing, they are not allowed to lead troops into the Gyeonggi County. Please also ask the prince to leave the army and go there with the guards."
Are you not allowed to bring troops in? interesting.
A sneer appeared on Nie Chen's lips.
King Pingxi said lightly,
"Did His Majesty the Emperor personally order this?"
"What? Is there any difference between the emperor's decree and the court's order?"
The young general frowned.
King Pingxi sneered and said,
"Since when can the imperial court represent the emperor? Or do you regard yourselves as the emperor?
You are so arrogant and arrogant that you use the name of the emperor to bully our vassal kings. It seems that you are going to rebel? "
