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Chapter 174: The General of the Poor Family

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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 174

    Early in the morning, the imperial guard camp in the eastern suburbs of the capital.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

    The dull sound of war drums reverberated in the Imperial Guards, and the ground seemed to shake. Many soldiers woke up from their dreams.

    "what happened?"

    "Who the hell is going crazy in the morning!"

    "Also keep people from sleeping!"

    The dull sound of war drums woke up the sleeping Imperial Guard soldiers, making them feel unhappy.

    "It seems to be gathering drums."

    The experienced veterans heard the clues from the rhythm of the drums, and their expressions became extremely unnatural.

    It has been a long time since the drums of the Imperial Guards in the royal capital were played. Although the generals were summoned, the soldiers in the camp couldn't sleep anymore, and they all got up cursing.

    The military discipline of the Imperial Guard camp was extremely lax. Officers had houses in the capital, and they usually stayed in the city overnight. Even many soldiers would not stay overnight in the barracks.

    Therefore, there were not many soldiers staying in the barracks. After they were awakened by the general drum, they were not restrained by the officers. They gathered together in small groups as usual to find out what happened.

    "Did the bandit army kill the king's capital?"

    "The thieves can't fly, they're not that fast, they were still in Xilin Mansion a few days ago."

    "Is Xilin Mansion really fallen?"

    "No."

    "There are hundreds of thousands of thieves, and they are so mighty that they cover the sky and the sun. How can the Xilin Mansion be able to defend it?"

    "I also heard that there are no people or animals left in the Xilin Mansion." Someone looked around and lowered his voice.

    After hearing this, the soldiers of the Guards who surrounded them all showed fear.

    "The bandit army is so strong, can we beat it?" a soldier asked in a low voice.

    Someone sighed: "Most of the black cavalry troops have been transferred to various places to counter the rebellion. Now the royal capital is our imperial guards. If we can't beat them, we can go there."

    "I'm talking about my brothers. I heard that His Majesty has appointed His Highness the Crown Prince to lead the army to meet the enemy. I reckon this is a fierce battle. If you are related, you should quickly transfer out of the army. Your life is the most important thing."

    While speaking, the soldier patted the shoulders of several soldiers and said, "Well, I won't accompany you, I'll go first."

    "Brother, where are you going?"

    "I already made some connections yesterday and was transferred to the City Patrol Division. Please be safe in the city."

    After the soldier of the Janissaries left the guard camp without looking back.

    Several soldiers of the Imperial Guard saw the familiar soldier leave, and after looking at each other, they all took action one after another, hoping to make some connections and be transferred to other places.

    When the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were panicking, the prince in uniform was sitting in the big tent of the Imperial Guard's camp.

    Around the big tent of the imperial guards, there stood the sturdy guards of the palace with swords, and the soldiers of the imperial guards who were originally in the tent of the Chinese army were driven aside.

    His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was temporarily appointed by the old emperor as the Marshal of the Garrison, commanding the various armies to defend the safety of the Gyeonggi Province and the capital.

    The prince has always been conscientious. He wanted to take charge of the army several times but failed. Facing the strong rise of other princes, he has a strong sense of crisis.

    Fortunately, this time Chen Ziang led his troops into the Gyeonggi province, and the prince finally persuaded the old emperor to gain the opportunity to take control of the military.

    The old emperor actually didn't want the prince to take over the military power so early, because he was not dead yet, and he was worried that the prince would force the palace after he took over the military power.

    But now he has also figured it out, instead of letting the military power be in the hands of the military family, it is better for the prince to control the army.

    Moreover, he felt that his body was not as good as ever. If the prince was not allowed to practice and improve his prestige, he was worried that after his death, the prince would not be able to hold back the scene.

    It was precisely because of various considerations that the old emperor asked the prince to personally lead the army to fight against the Qinghe army led by Chen Ziang.

    It is not easy for the prince to control the Imperial Guard, because the Imperial Guard has always been in the hands of the military family, especially the Yang family and the Lu family have a strong penetration of the Imperial Guard.

    However, the prince is also very clear that if he wants to overthrow the two super military families of the Yang family and the Lu family, he must first deprive them of their military power.

    Otherwise, if they jump over the wall in a hurry, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, the second day after the prince was appointed as the marshal of the guard, he hurried to the camp of the Imperial Guard, ready to leave? I am in charge of the army.

    The Imperial Guard Army is one of the units in the Central Army's battle sequence, and it was also a meritorious unit that followed the founding emperor to fight in the north and south.

    The imperial guards are now stationed in Gyeonggi province, responsible for the security of the royal capital, with a force of about 250,000 people.

    There are more than 100,000 guards stationed in the Imperial Guard camp in the eastern suburbs of the capital, and the other 100,000 troops are stationed in various prefectures of Gyeonggi Province.

    When the Fourth Prince led his troops to annihilate the Qinghe Army, the imperial guards mobilized a lot of people to go out, but there were still a lot of troops left.

    The prince ordered the guards to beat the Jujiang drum, but after waiting for a long time, a battalion general in disheveled clothes rushed to the central army tent.

    "The 25th Battalion of the Imperial Guard will pay a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince."

    After the bearded middle-aged battalion general entered the Chinese army tent, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted when he saw the prince in military uniform.

    "May I have your name?"

    Seeing this middle-aged battalion general with a shaggy beard but a tough look all over his body, the prince nodded in satisfaction.

    "Report to His Royal Highness, the last general Hu Ziyang."

    Hu Ziyang was also a young officer in the northern marching frontier army back then, and he went from a small soldier to a thousand-strong general abruptly.

    ?Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was recommended to serve as a battalion commander in the imperial guards at the age of only twenty-five.

    However, the imperial guards are no better than the frontier army. The frontier army can rely on their military achievements to advance step by step, but the imperial guards have been defending the king's capital all the year round, but they have no military merits to gain.

    ? In the Imperial Guard, the only way to get promoted is to rely on the help of the family's influence. It doesn't matter if Hu Ziyang is above him. He is still a battalion general even if he has not risen a step in the past 20 years.

    ?There is a large population in the royal capital, and the royal family walks all over the place. Even a small house costs tens of thousands of gold coins.

    Hu Ziyang has saved so many years of military pay, and he has no way to buy a house in the capital, so he can only live in the military camp, and he can't even marry a wife.

    The Imperial Guard's military discipline is loose, and there is nothing else to do except changing defenses and standing guard. Hu Ziyang has been wandering like this for twenty years.

    The last time the Fourth Prince went to war, Hu Ziyang proposed himself, hoping to follow the expedition to gain some military merits.

    It's a pity that the list of generals who went to the expedition was also the number one in the list, and he was swiped again, which made him disheartened.

    Now the crown prince suddenly arrived at the camp of the imperial guards and beat the gathering drum. Although Hu Ziyang drank a lot of wine last night to relieve his worries, he was still the first to rush over to gather.

    "Where are the other generals?"

    The prince saw that he had knocked on the two-way jujiang drum, and he had a bearded face, and his complexion was a little ugly.

    "Reporting to His Royal Highness, most of the generals do not stay overnight in the barracks, they all go back to the city to spend the night, so they must not be able to hear the general drum."

    While Hu Ziyang bowed to report, he was also secretly glad that he lived in the barracks, otherwise he would inevitably be reprimanded.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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