Chapter 990: The General Returns in Glory

Liu Zheng does not want Longyan to be in chaos.

It is because he truly does not want to see war, especially a large-scale civil war, occur within the borders of Longyan.

At this historical juncture, Longyan cannot afford such turmoil.

Why have France and Britain not emerged yet? According to the historical trajectory of his past life, they should have arrived long ago.

The reason lies in the fact that the current Longyan is too powerful.

Powerful to the point that they dare not come over to harass it in the slightest.

However.

Once a civil war breaks out, that is no longer certain. Everyone knows that the country of Britain makes trouble wherever it goes.

Of course.

Liu Zheng does not hope for it, but that does not mean it will not happen. Frankly speaking, the probability of a civil war occurring in the current Longyan is very high, super high.

It is too complex.

It is estimated that none of the previous imperial power successions were as complex as the current Longyan.

The previously favored Crown Prince is dead, and the second most favored, Xie Ling, died long ago. The unfavored Xie Ming, on the contrary, has become a hot commodity. In this situation, what Liu Zheng worries about most is actually the Feudatory Kings in various regions.

These Feudatory Kings were certainly well-behaved when Xie Tianyao was around.

But what if Xie Tianyao is no longer here?

Longyan is too vast.

With over a dozen provinces, hiding dragons and crouching tigers, the Xie Family has branched out, and there are too many princes of various kinds. Any one of them who raises an army can pull out a reason that they are the true Son of Heaven. Even if the Liangzhou Army is strong, what can it do? Once those Old Aristocrats band together, with a million-strong army marching south, who can withstand it?

Even if one could withstand it, how much suffering would it cause, and how many corpses would litter the fields?

Old Aristocrats.

Scholar-officials.

After studying the map of Longyan for a while, Liu Zheng could not help but smile bitterly: "The pressure on the Prince of Wei is immense."

The Prince of Wei was closing his eyes to rest his mind; hearing this, he laughed heartily: "A bunch of rabble, what can they do to me?"

The location of Qingzhou is indeed surrounded by the forces of the Old Aristocrats. It is Qingzhou that has been surrounded.

"If these scoundrels really want to make trouble, you can rest assured and fight elsewhere; leave the entire North to this Mandarin!"

The Prince of Wei laughed loudly, full of confidence.

Liu Zheng smiled without a word.

Just at this moment.

Qin Zhangfeng knocked on the door of the horse carriage.

Liu Zheng opened the carriage window, and Qin Zhangfeng handed over several secret letters.

Returning to the carriage, Liu Zheng smiled slightly and slowly opened them.

This was a stack of statistics from the Liangzhou Chamber of Commerce regarding people entering and leaving Jinghua in recent days, which had then been processed by a stronghold established by the Liangzhou Chamber of Commerce in Jinghua, through strict statistics, comparison, and screening of these people's clothing, skin color, accents, and occupations...

The big data of Liangzhou had become detailed to an outrageous degree.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng looked for a moment and could not help but laugh out loud.

The Prince of Wei and the Prince of Jin also came over one after another.

Liu Zheng discovered one item that was specially marked with a red line.

Five hundred people had entered Jinghua within seven days, breaking into small groups and using various identities, occupations, and disguises.

The big data summarized the characteristics of these five hundred people.

All were martial arts practitioners, all had Youzhou accents, none had more than ten taels of money on them, none brought their families, and they rarely showed their faces after entering Jinghua City.

"Youzhou?"

"The Prince of Zhao?"

When the Prince of Wei and the Prince of Jin saw this, their expressions changed one after another.

Liu Zheng smiled: "Whose man is the Deputy Commander of the Duqi?"

Hearing this question, the two of them gasped in unison.

Liangzhou.

"Ah!!!"

A miserable scream resounded through the sky.

"Still not

getting up, are you a pig!"

Hu Xi'er's high-pitched voice, along with Mo Chen's scream, made everyone in Yintan City shiver all over.

"I'm up, I'm up!"

Mo Chen hurriedly scrambled off the bed.

Hu Xi'er put her hands on her hips: "My Brother Jiang Xuan is coming back today, hmph, if you are late, see how I deal with you!"

Only then did Mo Chen climb up with a bitter face; he had been doing experiments until too late last night and almost forgot this big event!

Jiang Xuan is back!

General Jiang!

At this time, the entire Liangzhou was already prepared to welcome the hero Jiang Xuan. The Xiliang King Liu Dahao had even temporarily set aside the pregnant Feng Sanniang and rushed over from Liangzhou.

Zou Sheng and Zhai Shiqing, who had started to rise to fame in Liangzhou, had all come one after another.

Yinzhou was bustling.

They had long since begun hanging lanterns and decorating with streamers, beating gongs and drums. One must know, this Jiang Xuan was a true, native-born son of Yinzhou. This time, Jiang Xuan's reputation had reached all the way to the Ottoman Empire! One could even say that the internal strife in the Ottoman Empire was quelled by Jiang Xuan alone; what kind of concept was that!

General!

Jiang Xuan had truly become a hero and a famous general of this Liangzhou.

As fellow townsfolk, how could they not be happy, how could they not feel a sense of shared honor?

Mo Chen had been dragged to the welcoming scene by Hu Xi'er by his ear; only after arriving did he realize, good heavens, the people here were already a vast sea, and many commoners and merchants from Yinzhou and other places had all gathered together, preparing to line the streets to welcome them.

Qing Yangshuo and Liu Dahao had also come.

This truly gave Jiang Xuan plenty of face.

So many people had waited for a long time.

Finally, at midday, a War Horse came galloping back from the front.

"The General is back!"

"The General is back!"

"The General returns in glory!"

"The General returns in glory!"

Everyone could not help but become excited.

In the distance, a travel-worn troop could be seen moving slowly.

Under the intense sunlight, the sturdy and upright figures of the troop moved the onlookers.

It had been over a year.

A full year and more.

Since its inception, this troop had traveled far to the Central Asia battlefield, mysterious and powerful.

At the scene, the gongs and drums began to clamor, and everyone waved their hands, shouting Jiang Xuan's name.

"The General returns in glory!"

"The General returns in glory!"

"General Jiang!"

"Dark Night, Dark Night!"

The high spirits at the scene suddenly made the men of the Dark Night Legion feel excited as well.

"What are you doing? Behave yourselves!"

Seeing these brats about to lose control, Jiang Xuan gave a cold shout.

The brothers under his command could only suppress their homesickness.

Yet.

Feelings of homesickness often bring a sense of trepidation as one nears home.

For a moment, the eyes of these brothers who had returned from the expedition all turned red.

How were their fathers and mothers?

How were their wives and children?

How was that young lady they had always been thinking of?

Had that little sister next door married yet?

Did the dog at home still recognize them?

Thinking of this, these elite soldiers and fierce generals, whom Jiang Xuan had personally selected from among young men, could not help but feel ripples in their hearts.

"The General returns in glory!"

"The General returns in glory!"

Slowly, the three thousand members of the Dark Night Legion finally returned to the gates of Yinzhou City.

"General Jiang!"

"Jiang Xuan!"

"Brother Jiang Xuan!"

Liu Dahao, Qing Yangshuo, Hu Xi'er,

and Zheng Yueru all looked over with smiles.

Jiang Xuan could no longer hold it back; he couldn't keep his composure, and tears flowed out. The pop-ups have been severe lately; you can click to download to avoid pop-ups.