Chapter 410 Rebellion against the Heavenly Gang, Massacre of the Tang Army

Under Su Wan'er's persuasive words, Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin, who was already mentally unstable, finally made up his mind after going through four stages of mental journey: "vigilance, anger, wavering, and acceptance".

He gently stroked Su Wan'er's prominently protruding belly, but did not express his opinion on the spot. He simply said, "Wan'er, I'm sorry to have troubled you with my affairs."

"Regarding the matter of supporting Xiao Lingwu to reclaim the throne and restore the Great Xin dynasty, I will allow myself some time to consider before making a decision!"

As he spoke, Chen Longxiang stood up, removing his hand from Su Wan'er's protruding belly. He then picked up his removed golden armor and said to the astonished Su Wan'er, "It's getting late, Wan'er, you should rest early."

"Tonight will likely be anything but peaceful. I will personally go to the military camp to take command."

"Whether I choose to raise an army to quell the rebellion or restore the Great Xin Dynasty, everything will be predicated on my ability to stabilize the situation on the Goguryeo Peninsula."

"If the 500,000 troops left behind on the Goguryeo Peninsula refuse to obey my orders, then there's no need to think about what to do next or what flag to fly. Just prepare a coffin for me!"

After saying that, Chen Longxiang left the Goguryeo royal palace without looking back.

Su Wan'er was left standing there, stunned, watching Chen Longxiang's figure disappear outside the hall, muttering to herself, "This, this simple-minded fool, has he finally figured it out or not?"

......

At the same time.

A mutiny is unfolding in the camp of 100,000 Tang Dynasty soldiers stationed outside the Goguryeo capital.

Just as Chen Longxiang had predicted, when he swiftly seized the military command token of the Tang Dynasty's general stationed in Goguryeo and, as the vanguard general, issued orders to control the various armies, it indeed provoked a strong reaction from some of the lower-ranking officers and soldiers.

Of the 500,000 Tang soldiers left behind in Goguryeo, more than half were produced by the [Born to Be an Emperor] system, and they were 100% loyal to their host, Chen Huai'an.

Therefore, when Chen Longxiang forcibly seized the military command tokens of the various generals and attempted to use them to command the three armies, the Tang soldiers produced by this system refused to carry out Chen Longxiang's orders without exception, and confronted those Tang soldiers who were loyal to Prince Jin, Chen Longxiang.

In the Tang army established by Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huai'an, it seemed that the troop movements of the dynasty were all uniformly allocated by the Ministry of War of the imperial court.

In fact, there are indeed two completely different systems in actual troop movements;

Among them, the soldiers produced by the system only recognize the person and not the tiger tally (specifically, the system's centurion obeys the system's chiliarch, the system's chiliarch obeys the system's lieutenant general, the system's lieutenant general obeys the system's deputy general, and the system's deputy general directly obeys the historical legendary general, and the historical legendary deputy general directly obeys Emperor Zhao Wu Chen Huai'an).

The surrendered soldiers of the former dynasty and the new recruits of the Tang dynasty recruited and trained locally were subject to the orders and troop deployment tallies issued by the Ministry of War, recognizing the tallies but not the soldiers.

However, only Emperor Zhaowu, Chen Huai'an, knew the secret of this troop movement of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, when Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin took the military command token to mobilize the army, he found that a considerable number of officers and soldiers in the camp did not obey their orders at all.

They closed the camp gates tightly and confronted the Prince of Jin's confidants outside the camp, brandishing swords, spears, and halberds.

As the number of troops on both sides increased, an internal conflict between the Tang Dynasty armies was about to erupt.

"Fan Bao, what's going on?"

Just as tensions were about to rise, Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin, carrying a pair of golden hammers and riding a yellow horse, rode up and loudly asked his trusted deputy general Fan Bao: "Didn't I give you the order to ride? Anyone who refuses to obey my orders shall be considered a traitor and shall be executed!"

"Why are we still in this standoff with the rebels in the dead of night?"

"Could it be that the red-coated cannons of your Shenji Battalion are just for show?"

"Your Highness, this humble general—"

Fan Bao, a third-rank military officer of the Tang Dynasty, was the nephew of Fan Wuji, the Duke of Ying, who died in battle in the capital of Nanyue. He was only a little over twenty years old and just two or three years older than Chen Longxiang, the Prince of Jin.

This trip to Goguryeo with the Tang Dynasty's eastern expeditionary force, and his inclusion in Prince Chen Longxiang's personal guard, can be seen as a form of care for the descendants of the Duke of Ying.

However, this Fan Bao is just as his name suggests; he's a real character.

He still carried the arrogance and domineering nature of a "noble son," and while he was all bark and no bite, he did plenty of things by borrowing the power of others, but he had no real skills.

When Fan Bao, who was used to being arrogant and domineering, carried the general's order and the tiger tally for mobilizing troops from the camp outside the city, he was immediately caught off guard after encountering fierce resistance from the officers and soldiers inside the camp.

He had neither the will nor the courage to personally lead the guard battalion into battle and teach the officers and soldiers in the main camp a lesson for refusing to obey orders. He was no match for the seasoned veterans of the Tang Dynasty in the main camp!

In the end, they had no choice but to keep sending people over, trying to "use their power to intimidate" the veterans in the camp and force them to submit.

As more and more soldiers gathered outside the camp, even the most foolish veterans inside could tell that someone was plotting a rebellion against Emperor Zhaowu, Chen Huai'an!

The veterans immediately assembled into battle formation under the command of the centurions and chiliarchs in the camp, ready to fight the rebels to the death to defend the supreme imperial power of Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huai'an.

The standoff between the two sides continued until the arrival of Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Deputy General Fan Bao stammered, unable to utter a sound even after being struck three times.

Chen Longxiang glared at him, which startled the latter so much that he instinctively shrank back.

Seeing this, Chen Longxiang understood what was going on.

Immediately afterwards, he rode forward and shouted to the Tang soldiers inside the tightly closed camp, who were armed and ready for battle: "Listen up, you inside—"

"I am Chen Longxiang, the First Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, the younger brother of Emperor Zhaowu, and the vanguard general of the Great Tang Dynasty's eastern expeditionary army;"

"Now, I command you to immediately open the camp gates, lay down your weapons, surrender, and submit to my orders;"

"Otherwise, I will punish you for refusing to obey orders according to military law!"

Inside the camp, there was complete silence and no one responded.

Chen Longxiang gritted his teeth and directly ordered: "Fan Bao, pass down the order to bring half of the Shenji Battalion's red-coated cannons over here, to blast open the camp gates for me and kill the rebels!"

"Your subordinate obeys!"

Soon, all one hundred red-coated cannons of the Shenji Battalion were mobilized, their dark muzzles all aimed at the military camp full of veteran Tang soldiers.

On horseback, Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin had a ferocious expression and his eyes flashed with a fierce light. Without hesitation, he gave the order to fire the cannons.

He had long since forgotten the warning he received from the old monk Dongfang Xiao, who was dressed in black, at Qixia Temple on Fengming Mountain in Longcheng: "Never commit indiscriminate killing."

"fire!"

"fire!"

"fire!"