245: Chapter 245 Local Extermination

At dinner time, Qin Hongxue did not appear.

Chen Hu scanned with his Spiritual Sense and immediately understood what was going on.

After receiving his guidance, Qin Hongxue felt a Breakthrough was imminent and was currently in her room, attempting to break through to the Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm.

Tonight's meal was exotic beast donkey.

Ordinary donkey meat is already delicious.

Needless to say, the taste of the exotic beast donkey was even better.

After dinner, Chen Hu took a trip outside the city.

The six recruits today totaled 22,087.

Chen Hu began the process of taking in underlings.

After completing the process, the number of his underlings soared by over twenty thousand.

He was not stingy and arranged for fifty fat pigs to be slaughtered and fed to the newly recruited underlings.

He returned to his study at home.

He pulled up the System panel.

The number of underlings had skyrocketed to 53,464.

After the settlement at midnight tonight, he would be able to obtain over fifty thousand underling points.

Just as Chen Hu was preparing to wash up and then find Liu Xiangyue to cultivate the Yin Yang Heaven Technique together, Wang Quan suddenly contacted him via sound transmission gu.

Wang Quan: "Brother Hu, I just received news that the Yellow Heaven Sect's army has occupied all the prefectural and county cities under the jurisdiction of Feilong Prefecture. Currently, only the isolated city of Feilong Prefecture remains."

Chen Hu was also a bit surprised: "So fast?"

Wang Quan: "I didn't expect it either. It's mainly because the Feilong Prefecture officials are just too damn useless. Some surrendered after minimal resistance, and others surrendered directly. Of course, the Yellow Heaven Sect's rebel army couldn't have been so smooth without the support of the remnants of the previous dynasty."

Chen Hu pondered slightly and asked: "Is there any reaction from the imperial court?"

Wang Quan said: "I'm not sure about that, but the fall of an entire prefecture is a major event. It shouldn't be long before the imperial court issues an order to suppress the Yellow Heaven Army."

The facts were just as Wang Quan had analyzed.

The royal capital had already received intelligence about Feilong Prefecture.

Emperor Jingren summoned Prime Minister Xie, Marquis Weiwu, the Minister of War, the Minister of Revenue, and several dukes to the palace overnight.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

As Emperor Jingren arrived, several ministers bowed and saluted.

"There is no need for such formalities, my ministers!"

Emperor Jingren waved his hand and sat on the dragon throne.

His cloudy, aged eyes swept over the people below: "My ministers, I have just received news that in Lingzhou's Feilong Prefecture, except for the Prefecture City, the entire territory has fallen. What are your thoughts on this?"

Marquis Weiwu, Wei Zhenjiang, said dismissively: "They are just a bunch of low-level rebels. As long as Your Majesty permits me to lead ten thousand Imperial Guards to go there, I am confident that I can quell the rebellion within three months!"

"Since the Marquis has said that they are just some low-level rebels, there is no need for the Marquis to go personally. Why not let the Governor of Lingzhou suppress the rebellion locally?" Prime Minister Xie said with a smile.

Marquis Weiwu's title and position were already high enough.

If he were to successfully suppress the rebellion again, his title would likely have to be elevated further.

He already had trouble keeping him in check now; if he returned after successfully suppressing the rebellion, it would be even harder to keep him in check.

"The Prime Minister's words make sense!"

The Minister of Revenue immediately agreed. As long as there is a war, money and grain will be consumed.

Although Marquis Weiwu stated that he only needed to lead ten thousand Imperial Guards to suppress the rebellion, the treatment of the Imperial Guards far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers.

The money and grain required for ten thousand Imperial Guards were at least comparable to an army of two hundred thousand.

Letting Lingzhou suppress the rebellion locally meant the Ministry of Revenue wouldn't need to allocate money and grain, so he naturally supported Prime Minister Xie's proposal.

At this time, Duke Chen spoke: "That Yellow Heaven Army was able to occupy the entire Feilong Prefecture in a short period. I fear it is not as simple as imagined, so it cannot be underestimated. If we cannot suppress the rebellion in a short time, I fear that some ambitious people will think our Great Yong Kingdom is weak and easy to bully, leading to more rebellions. However, Marquis Weiwu needs to guard the royal capital and indeed should not leave. Therefore, this old official suggests sending the Second Prince to lead the army to suppress the rebellion!"

The current Crown Prince is just a mascot.

The ones with the best chance of inheriting the throne are the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince.

The Second Prince has a good reputation in civil governance, but is slightly weak in military virtue.

If he could successfully annihilate the rebel army, he would fill that gap in military virtue.

"Duke Chen, I have a different opinion!"

At this time, Duke Liang followed up: "The Second Prince is virtuous and must help Your Majesty handle state affairs, so it is not appropriate for him to leave the royal capital. Why not let the Fifth Prince lead the army to expedition?"

Everyone knows that Emperor Jingren does not have many years to live.

Therefore, they couldn't even be bothered to pretend.

They all put who they supported out in the open.

Therefore, Duke Chen supports the Second Prince, and Duke Liang supports the Fifth Prince.

Seeing the two dukes arguing, a look of disdain flashed in Marquis Weiwu's eyes.

Unfortunately, his nephew was still young; otherwise, he could have recommended him to lead the army.

"Why not let the Eighth Prince lead the army to suppress the rebellion?"

Just when the two dukes were arguing endlessly, the Minister of War suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince is already adept at leading troops, and his forces have reached one hundred thousand. If he leads the troops to suppress the rebellion, it would be the most appropriate!"

The two dukes, who were still arguing, heard the Minister of War recommend the Eighth Prince and immediately stopped arguing.

Duke Chen said: "No, the Eighth Prince cannot move!"

Duke Liang said: "The Eighth Prince already holds the military and political power of Zhongzhou. If he achieves merit again, how should he be rewarded!"

"That is correct, Your Majesty!"

Marquis Weiwu also stood up and said: "The Eighth Prince has been away for years; one must be on guard!"

Although the Eighth Prince is not in the royal capital, no one dares to ignore his existence.

His position as the Governor of Zhongzhou was already enough to make people wary.

If he were allowed to successfully suppress the rebellion, that would be disastrous.

"This won't do, that won't do, why don't you give me a solution!" Emperor Jingren said impatiently, especially since the quarreling of these ministers made his head buzz.

Finally, after some discussion, the ministers decided to let Lingzhou suppress the rebellion locally.

Emperor Jingren saw that none of the ministers objected, so he immediately had a eunuch write an imperial edict. After stamping it, he arranged for someone to send the imperial edict to Lingzhou by fast horse.

Time flew by, and it was already midnight.

It was time to open cards again.

Chen Hu directly added the fifty thousand plus underling points to his cultivation.

This caused the Protective Aura in his Dantian to exceed ninety percent. At the latest, by tomorrow night, his Protective Aura would reach saturation.

First, he opened the good luck card, obtaining 5x good luck.

Then, he opened all the material and item cards.

Next, Chen Hu opened the technique card and obtained a top-grade technique—Spirit Sword Technique.

This Spirit Sword Technique can directly transform Origin Qi into swords; it is both a single-target technique and an area-of-effect technique.

If only one spirit sword is condensed, the maximum power can kill a Blood Refining Martial Artist.

If thousands or tens of thousands of spirit swords are condensed, the power of a single sword can reach the Tendon Refining level at most.

Opened the soul weapon card and obtained a top-grade soul weapon—Nine Dragon Heavenly Pearl.

After using this soul weapon, one can summon nine fire dragons.

The more fire dragons summoned, the more Soul Power consumed.

With Chen Hu's current Divine Soul Realm, he can summon at most three fire dragons.

But the strength of each fire dragon can reach the Late Stage of Blood Refining.

After Chen Hu received it into his Primordial Spirit, he continued to open cards.

He opened the connection card and obtained a Grade D connection, which he ignored directly.

He opened the identity card and obtained the identity of a minor eunuch in the palace.

After using it, Chen Hu began to read the other person's memories.

Unexpectedly, this minor eunuch happened to be serving by Emperor Jingren's side.

Therefore, he was also present when Emperor Jingren summoned the ministers to discuss sending troops tonight.

Learning that the imperial court would let Lingzhou send troops locally to suppress the Yellow Heaven rebel army, Chen Hu felt it was a bit precarious.