Chapter 198: King An passed away!
As the news that Jiang Chen was conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo spread, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked.
This is one of the highest titles in Xia Kingdom!
So, for a while, Jiang Chen's mansion, which had not yet hung the plaque of Duke of Zhenguo, welcomed many officials who came to congratulate him.
Among them, the regent's confidants, led by Jiang Haiping, brought several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.
"Hahaha, Lord Jiang, it looks like I'll have to call you Lord Duke from now on."
Jiang Haiping spoke loudly as he walked into Jiang Chen's mansion.
"General Jiang, why do you and I still care about this title?"
"We are all subjects of the Emperor, so we shouldn't worry about these details."
Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Haiping and said with a smile.
Seeing Jiang Chen being so polite, Jiang Haiping nodded with satisfaction.
In his opinion, Jiang Chen's courtesy towards him showed his loyalty to the Regent.
In this way, Jiang Haiping was completely relieved about Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen also officially gained the trust of the Regent's confidants!
After seeing off a bunch of officials who came to congratulate him, Jiang Chen's mansion finally became quiet.
Looking at the piles of gifts sent by officials, Jiang Chen immediately called Du Mingyu.
"This humble general greets His Excellency the Duke!"
Du Mingyu, who was summoned, walked into Jiang Chen's study and bowed quickly.
"Stand up, General Du. There's no need to be so polite."
"I summoned you here to discuss with you the details of the expansion of the Blue and Blue Battalions."
Jiang Chen helped Du Mingyu up and slowly told him the purpose of his visit.
After hearing what Jiang Chen said, Du Mingyu also became serious.
For Du Mingyu now, the loss of two thousand Blue Letter Camp can be said to be a huge loss.
And now being able to merge with the Qingzi Camp may be the best outcome.
Although this meant that he went from being the commander of an army to being Jiang Chen's deputy general.
However, for him who had already joined Lin Feng, this was nothing.
On the contrary, he himself was finally relieved about it.
If it were not for the order of the Regent, he would probably be forced to obey the orders of the other commanders of the five battalions of the Northern Army.
Because there is an unspoken rule among the five battalions of the Northern Army, that is, if the number of people in one battalion is less than that of the other four battalions.
This battalion with fewer men will be disbanded, and its numbers will be divided equally among the other four battalions.
As Jiang Chen was conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo, the Blue Camp and the Green Camp were merged, and the Blue Camp avoided being disbanded.
Therefore, Du Mingyu is now even more grateful to Jiang Chen.
"The emperor asked us to select personnel from the imperial guards. How are you doing?"
As he spoke, Jiang Chen looked at Du Mingyu.
"Your Excellency, I have already selected 13,000 men from the Imperial Guards to supplement the establishment."
"Now, you just need to decide on the new name after the merger of the Blue Camp and the Blue Camp."
Du Mingyu bowed slightly and reported to Jiang Chen.
“Yes, very good!”
"It seems that it was worth it for me to recruit you so early."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Excellency the Duke!"
Facing Jiang Chen's praise, Du Mingyu did not dare to be arrogant because of his achievements.
"Well, in that case, the new camp after the merger will be called the 'Tiger and Leopard Camp' !"
After thinking for a while, Jiang Chen chose a name that sounded very powerful from among his favorite names in his previous life.
"Tiger and Leopard Camp?!"
"Your Excellency, this is such a good name!"
Hearing the name Jiang Chen gave, Du Mingyu praised from the bottom of his heart.
In this way, the predecessor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that would shock the seven nations in the future was officially established!
After confirming the name of the new camp, Jiang Chen and Du Mingyu discussed the specific matters together.
In the end, the two of them unanimously decided that the 13,000 new recruits to the Tiger and Leopard Battalion should be temporarily trained by Du Mingyu and Han Zhong before making a decision.
While Jiang Chen began to make drastic changes to the Green Camp and the Blue Camp, inside Prince An's army camp.
"Young Prince, the Prince..."
One of Prince An's generals spoke slowly to the young man sitting at the top with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Tell me quickly, what happened to father!?"
The young man who was handling military affairs immediately panicked when he heard this.
Hearing the young man's questioning, the general could only sigh helplessly and continued.
"The prince has passed away!"
Hearing this, the young man froze in place for a moment, his expression becoming painful.
"Nonsense! Father was in such good health, how could he die?"
"You must be deceiving me, come here, drag him out and behead him!"
The young man was in great pain and cursed loudly. He couldn't believe that his father had passed away at such a critical moment!
"My young prince, spare my life!"
"Everything I said is true. I have not lied to you!"
When the general heard that the Prince of Prince An wanted to execute him, he hurriedly knocked his head heavily to the ground.
At this time, a young man in Confucian robes came in and spoke to the Prince of An who was sitting at the top.
"Brother, please spare this general."
"He is also a veteran who has followed my father. If he is executed at this time, the morale of the army will probably be greatly disrupted!"
After hearing the words of the young man in Confucian robes, Prince An slowly came back to his senses.
The panicked heart caused by the sudden death of Prince An gradually calmed down.
"Brother, once our father dies, how can you and I stop this 120,000-man army?!"
Looking at the young man in Confucian robes, Prince An asked helplessly.
This young man in Confucian robes was none other than Prince An’s second son—Yu Shuo!
Although Yu Shuo is the second son of Prince An, he is not inferior to Yu Yu, the crown prince, in both literary and military strategy.
Moreover, the relationship between the two brothers is very good.
It was not like what was rumored by the outside world that the two brothers were constantly in conflict over the position of heir to Prince An.
Seeing that his brother had lost his composure, Yu Shuo shook his head helplessly.
"Brother, the most urgent thing now is to conceal the news of our father's death!"
"Otherwise, the 50,000-strong Canglang Nation army and the various forces that are attached to us will probably abandon us and leave."
After hearing Yu Shuo's words, Yu Yu, the prince of An, thought for a while and then nodded slowly.
"Let's do as my second brother says. I hope it's not too late..."
Just like that, as Yu Yu made the decision, that night, in the camp of Prince An’s army, the hundred personal guards who were originally guarding Prince An’s tent were killed silently.
The news of Prince An Yu Anguo's death was concealed by the brothers Yu Yu and Yu Shuo.
However, at the same time when the two brothers were silencing each other, Prince Huai'an in far away Jiangnan and Jiang Chen in the imperial capital simultaneously received the news of Prince An's death.
