Chapter 83: Chen Yan is putting us under house arrest in disguise!

One hour later.

Longjishan mountainside.

Yuwen Ze and the others returned to Chen Yan's side and reported: "Brother, after the selection just now, we have obtained more than four thousand seven hundred combat-ready soldiers and eighty-three usable squad leaders!"

They followed the steps and rhetoric demonstrated by Chen Yan, led people to act separately, and carried out an ideological baptism (brainwashing) on the surrendered soldiers in each camp.

And from them, they carefully selected combat-ready soldiers with clean backgrounds who were not from the Qinzhou aristocratic clans.

That adds up to nearly six thousand five hundred soldiers... Chen Yan heard this, quickly did the addition in his heart, nodded, and responded: "Good."

He paused and cast his gaze on Yan Maoxing, who was following Yuwen Ze, and ordered: "Break all these people up and mix them into the Qinzhou soldiers..."

"Make it so that there is me in you, and you in me!"

"At least one Qinzhou soldier must supervise two surrendered soldiers!"

Chen Yan had studied that person's troop expansion method of 'one hundred thousand out of the pass, one million back'.

It was to use veteran soldiers as the core and melt the surrendered soldiers into heavy swords.

Then use surrendered generals as blades and temper new soldiers into sharp knives.

Use ideology as a weapon and promise benefits as bait to assimilate the surrendered soldiers into combat power that he could use like his own arms.

"Understood."

"This subordinate will go do it right now!"

Yan Maoxing, who received the new task, nodded, without any shirk, cupped his fists and saluted, and responded repeatedly.

When he turned to leave, his eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement.

Although the task was heavy, he had been promoted again, from commanding two thousand people to more than six thousand...

He had climbed several steps higher!

Chen Yan glanced sideways at the neat camp at the foot of the mountain, thought for a moment, and said: "A Ze, I'll give you another task..."

"Brother, please speak." Yuwen Ze stepped forward and said.

"You take people to continue to educate the newly reorganized Qinzhou soldiers!" Chen Yan smiled indifferently and ordered.

The previous ideological baptism was just an appetizer.

To completely subdue the surrendered soldiers and transform them into usable immediate combat power, rather than burying hidden dangers, it was necessary to continue to deepen the ideological work.

This was the prototype of the Party branch.

Since the Great Chancellor had handed the Prince Heir to him, Chen Yan, he naturally had to temper him well.

"Yes."

Yuwen Ze responded, without any hesitation, took the order, and left.

"Old Gu."

"Here."

Chen Yan called Gu Yuci, who was waiting for orders, and ordered: "Arrange a few reliable confidants to lead a team to gather and integrate the Qinzhou soldiers who were scattered as bait..."

"And order them to send the remaining surrendered soldiers to station outside Linwei!"

Chen Yan had not forgotten that the old, weak, sick, and disabled soldiers would continue to exert their remaining heat.

Consolidating, settling, and monitoring the surrendered soldiers who were left over...

Specifically not letting them enter Linwei City was also an extra insurance policy added by Chen Yan.

Just in case.

"Understood."

"This subordinate will arrange it immediately!"

Gu Yuci nodded and walked quickly to execute it.

"Old You, bring the map..."

"My Lord, here."

You Xian heard this, quickly took the Qinzhou map, and spread it out in front of Chen Yan.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, stared at the map, thought for a long time, and said: "Let's set up camp five li outside Shanggui City tonight!"

"Right here!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and his fingertip landed on a point on the map.

The night was like ink.

Slowly soaking into the place where the army set up camp.

The land that had been shaking with fighting during the day was now shrouded in dead silence.

The camps were continuous, like silent giant beasts lying on the earth.

The flags swayed weakly in the night wind, making a dull sound.

In the camps, some soldiers had already fallen asleep, making even snoring sounds.

But there were always some people tossing and turning, unable to sleep...

For example, Qinzhou Governor Mo Zhengxi and others...

Inside the camp.

"Old Cheng, did you notice?"

"Since the great battle during the day, the Zhuque Guard Embroidered Attire Envoys brought by Chen Yan have been following us..."

Mo Zhengxi pulled the outer robe draped over his shoulders, pointed to the tent, and said in a low voice.

"Hmm."

Cheng Yinan nodded and responded softly: "Even when going to the toilet, they follow us without leaving an inch..."

Cheng Yinan had also noticed these anomalies long ago.

It was called personal protection, but in reality, it was monitoring them...

So that they would not escape his control.

"Heh!"

Mo Zhengxi snorted coldly and said playfully: "This deep-scheming kid really has one trick after another, emerging one after another..."

Even Mo Zhengxi, who had been an official for many years, had his eyes opened.

From the moment they arrived in Linwei and used a plan to seize power, that kid surnamed Chen had refreshed his understanding again and again.

He was seasoned and thorough, not like a young man who had just started.

He was more like an old slicker who had been immersed in the officialdom for I don't know how many years...

"No wonder Yuwen Hu would send him out..." Cheng Yinan sighed long and laughed at himself.

His peripheral vision glanced toward the northeast, the direction of Chang'an.

Cheng Yinan finally understood why Yuwen Hu, a dignified Great Chancellor, dared to send a wet-behind-the-ears kid with three hundred cavalry to quell the rebellion...

"Chen Yan is putting us under house arrest in disguise!" Mo Zhengxi stared at the Embroidered Attire Envoys guarding outside the tent, as if he had realized something, his pupils shrank.

"Old Mo, what do you think he really wants to do?" Cheng Yinan asked.

Mo Zhengxi smiled but didn't smile, clenched his fists, and said gloomily: "Afraid that we will interfere and affect his complete control of the Qinzhou military power!"

"He wants the entire Qinzhou to have only his voice!"

At that moment, Mo Zhengxi clearly felt that Chen Yan's ambition was not small...

With the authority to regulate and mobilize Qinzhou's military and political power, plus the authority to act conveniently, he was nominally in charge of Qinzhou.

But because these people had been operating in Qinzhou for many years, they might secretly interfere in various ways...

Therefore, to carry out his will to the end, he must control them!

That vision was truly far-reaching!

Chief Clerk Li Yi, who had been listening silently, suddenly said: "Two Lords, if Chen Yan can put us under house arrest in disguise today, he can be even more arrogant tomorrow..."

"We can't let him have his way!"

Even a mud figure has three parts of anger.

They were all living people, high-ranking officials in charge of Qinzhou, how could they be manipulated by others?

"Chief Clerk Li's words are reasonable!"

Li Yi's words hit Mo Zhengxi's heart, and he deeply agreed, saying: "If we really let Chen Yan have his way, maybe in a few days, he will want our lives..."

After saying that, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

Cheng Yinan had a different view and asked: "Although Chen Yan doesn't play by the rules, he wouldn't dare to be so reckless, would he?"

"We are all Imperial officials..."

House arrest in disguise and direct murder were completely different in nature.

Cheng Yinan knew that Chen Yan had methods and courage, but he didn't believe he dared to be so lawless...

"He didn't even take five thousand people seriously, you don't think he would care about this?"

Mo Zhengxi was amused, grabbed Cheng Yinan's shoulder, and sneered: "Didn't you hear what he said during the day? Those who achieve great things do not care about trifles!"

He paused and continued: "What if Yuwen Hu's order to him included getting rid of us, the old troops of Dugu Gong?"

Chen Yan's military means gave Mo Zhengxi a great shock.

It also made him recognize this kid's ruthless style of doing things.

Plus, with Yuwen Hu's protection, I'm afraid there was nothing Chen Yan wouldn't dare to do...

"Yes!"

Li Yi nodded, lowered his voice, and echoed: "Yuwen Hu and Dugu Gong are at odds, we must be on guard!"

"Two Lords, we must not sit and wait for death!"

As he spoke, his peripheral vision glanced at the Embroidered Attire Envoys guarding outside the tent from time to time, carefully guarding.

"Is there any good strategy to deal with it?" Cheng Yinan was persuaded and asked.

Mo Zhengxi heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled: "Old Cheng, you have commanded troops for many years, surely you have many direct lines in the army?"

"Secretly contact them..."

But before he finished speaking, a rich, strange fragrance flooded into the tent.

"Wait!"

"What is this fragrance?"

Cheng Yinan was the first to keenly notice the anomaly.

"Why do I feel dizzy and weak in my limbs?" Mo Zhengxi covered his forehead, his body swayed, and his voice began to become weak.

"I have the same feeling..."

Li Yi also had similar symptoms, "My body is soft, I have no strength..."

Cheng Yinan was startled, his brain running at high speed, and he suddenly reached a judgment: "It... it's Soft Bone Fragrance!"

"You guessed it right!"

Just then, several people in black cloaks walked into the tent silently.

Mo Zhengxi was shocked and asked weakly: "Who!"

"Who are you people!" ===== CHAPTER 84 =====