As Jiang Chen calculated, he and Jia Xu had already arrived at the place where the army was stationed.
After a simple reorganization of an hour, they immediately set off for the border of Liangzhou.
There, Ma Teng was waiting for him with hundreds of thousands of Qiang soldiers.
For seven to eight days, Jiang Chen's army had been traveling without stopping. Even Diao Chan, who was sitting in the carriage, seemed to have lost some weight.
They finally arrived at Qingyang City, the central part of Liangzhou.
After arriving here, it was a plain. It only took a day to reach the border of Liangzhou.
At this moment, a drastic change that was enough to shake the entire imperial court had occurred in Luoyang.
On the second day after Jiang Chen left, Dong Zhuo openly proposed to depose the court and make Prince Chen Liu Liu Emperor.
Under his forceful coercion, the officials were shocked and did not dare to make a sound.
Only Situ Wangyun, Minister Lu Zhi, and a few others objected, but Dong Zhuo ignored them.
In terms of power, they were not as powerful as Dong Zhuo, who had a strong army.
In terms of numbers, they were far inferior to Dong Zhuo's vassals and ministers who didn't dare to speak up.
Abolishing the emperor and establishing a new one was a foregone conclusion that could not be changed at all.
Young Emperor Liu Bian was deposed as King Hongnong, and the eight-year-old King Chen Liu Liu Xie ascended the throne.
Dong Zhuo, who had already become the Prime Minister, proclaimed himself as the county marquis and held the power of the Prime Minister. He also continued the series of privileges that he had previously enjoyed, such as not being named when he praised or worshiped, not being forced to enter the court, and walking on swords and shoes.
Dong Zhuo's power had officially reached a peak.
At the same time, he also roped in his trusted aides and put them in important positions, secretly cultivating his own forces.
He showed no mercy to those who were his enemies back then, framing those who were framed, and demoting those who were demoted.
In particular, the officials who had secretly befriended Jiang Chen were implicated even more deeply.
Only ministers with high prestige and status like Situ Wangyun and Grand Tutor Yuan Kui could temporarily obtain a trace of stability.
However, what was unexpected was that the officials who were on good terms with Jiang Chen were all demoted.
Jiang Chen, who had always been Dong Zhuo's enemy, had been promoted several ranks. He was now a general of the hussars and a marquis of the spirit army.
General of the Flying Cavalry was the second highest rank in the Great Han Dynasty, equivalent to one of the three dukes of the court.
Ling Wuhou was the highest rank in the military, and above that was the "King".
Since Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, killed the White Snake and rebelled to establish the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, he had made it clear that if it was not the Liu family, the king of the world would attack them together.
It was already a supreme honor for Jiang Chen to be conferred the title of Marquis.
This made many people confused. Why was Jiang Chen, who had always been against Dong Zhuo, not only not implicated, but also promoted several levels and was even sealed as a marquis?
This made them wonder if the two of them had reached a compromise.
However, some people could see that this was Dong Zhuo's plan to sow discord.
The imperial edict for Jiang Chen was sent to the border town of Liangzhou on the first day of the new emperor's ascension.
Although Jiang Chen said that he would leave a few days earlier, there were still many people and there was a carriage. Naturally, the speed was not as fast as a single horse.
Therefore, the imperial edict arrived on the day he arrived at the border town of Liangzhou.
Jiang Chen took the imperial edict that promoted him and conferred him a title of nobility. He casually browsed through it and then handed it to Jia Xu beside him.
Jia Xu received the imperial edict and smiled faintly after reading it. He immediately raised his hand and bowed."Congratulations on your promotion, General."
"Happy?"
Jiang Chen's expression was calm. He had won several battles in a row and had become a figure on par with the three dukes at such a young age. This did not make him feel any joy at all.
"It's just a piece of paper," he said indifferently."It's just an empty title.”
"It doesn't matter if I'm the General of the West or the General of the Flying Cavalry. What's mine is still mine, and what's not mine still needs to be fought for, snatched, snatched!”
Jia Xu shook his head slightly." That may be the case, but that's not entirely true.”
"Although it is not the truth, it has its name. Since it has its name, it will be much easier to turn it into reality.”
"That's true."
Jiang Chen nodded. If it wasn't for the fact that the title of General of the West wasn't big enough, he wouldn't have only 30,000 soldiers in four years.
With the reputation he had gained from killing outsiders in Liangzhou, coupled with the fact that he had never been harsh on the people, he could gather an army of about 70,000 to 80,000 people at any time he wanted.
Now that he had the title of General of the Flying Cavalry, he naturally had nothing to fear.
"But…why is Dong Zhuo like this?”
"Shouldn't he hate me? There must be something fishy about this.”
Jiang Chen was puzzled.
Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said,"There are only two reasons."”
"Firstly, to appease him. Although Dong Zhuo has a large army and Luoyang City is already in his control, he has only just taken full control of Luoyang and has done something like deposing an emperor and establishing a new one.”
"And when General was in Luoyang, he almost fell out with Dong Zhuo, to the point of wanting to fight.”
"The already delicate relationship has become even worse.”
"Although Ma Teng's Qiang Army is holding us back and we can't do anything for the time being, I believe Dong Zhuo also knows that Ma Teng's Qiang Army won't be able to stop us for long.”
"If we lead the army back to Luoyang after we have free hands, or take advantage of Dong Zhuo's trusted generals in Luoyang to seize his power in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo will never want to see this.”
"So this is Dong Zhuo trying to show goodwill to me and ease our relationship?”Jiang Chen said.
"Yes."
Jia Xu nodded and continued,"But that's only one of them. The second is Dong Zhuo's brilliance."”
"Oh?" Jiang Chen's eyes flashed.
"If I were Dong Zhuo, I would definitely demote those close to the general when I promote him.”Jia Xu looked at Jiang Chen.
"Discord?"
Jiang Chen had already guessed 70 - 80% of it.
"Although this plan is simple and obvious, there are many ignorant people in this world!”
"This scheme is so vicious!"
"He calculated that we're in Liangzhou, which is remote. It's difficult to prove anything even if we want to. Even if we know that this is a trap he set up, there's nothing we can do!”
Jia Xu narrowed his eyes.
"Proof?"
"Why should I prove it to those fools in the world?”
Jiang Chen asked.
His expression was calm and he looked extremely domineering.
"Even if these fools all become my enemies, I'm not afraid at all. They're just a bunch of idiots who only know how to talk big!”
Jia Xu looked at Jiang Chen and nodded slightly, his eyes revealing admiration.
"General, it's not bad to think this way. I'm worried too much.”
"However, that Dong Zhuo thinks that he can continue to lord it over us in Luoyang after pacifying us."”
"Little did they know that the hearts of the people still belong to the Han, and the power of the aristocratic families is not as simple as it seems.”
"He was in such a hurry to abolish the emperor and establish his own transcendental status, but he was too anxious. Instead, he let the world see his wild ambitions.”
"At this time, even if we don't send out our troops, someone will make a move.”
"The world is going to be in chaos!"
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