Starting with choosing a wife, creating the most powerful Xia

"What? Zhao Jianhuan is going to die?"

Chu Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "How is Tan Yun's injury?"

Chu Ling'er replied, "Several doctors from Qingzhou have examined Tan Yun and said he is incredibly lucky. He survived being slashed more than seventy times. In the last hundred years, Tan Yun is probably the only one who has done so!"

This was the only good news Chu Xuan had heard recently. After hesitating for a moment, Chu Xuan asked, "Are there still any of those life-saving herbs?"

Chu Ling'er nodded quickly: "Yes, I'll go prepare it for you right away!"

After Chu Ling'er left, Chu Xuan rubbed his face hard twice, his mind constantly filled with thoughts of Zhao Jianhuan.

Judging from Chu Xuan's interactions with Zhao Jianhuan, Zhao Jianhuan has a bad temper.

But working under this old guy, he really rewards you for your achievements!

Moreover, given Zhao Jianhuan's intelligence, he probably already guessed that Chu Xuan would definitely expand his army in secret.

However, Zhao Jianhuan turned a blind eye to this matter, acting as if he knew nothing about it.

If it weren't for the barbarian army's sudden realization that forced Zhao Jianhuan into a situation where he had no one else to rely on, he probably wouldn't have so easily made the solemn promise to employ Chu Xuan.

Overall, this is a superior who is not very likable, but certainly worthy of respect.

From a national perspective, Zhao Jianhuan's military leadership was the best deterrent to the powerful clans and lords when the imperial power of the Great Xia Dynasty was waning.

If it weren't for Zhao Jianhuan, the barbarians outside Linchuan County and the major families within the Great Xia territory would probably have already divided the Great Xia up completely.

If this person were to die at this time, I fear that true chaos would soon follow.

After Chu Ling'er and the others had finished packing up the life-saving medicine and other supplies, Chu Xuan hurriedly took two guards and rode his horse towards the military camp.

When the guards in the military camp saw someone riding towards them, they immediately tried to stop him. Chu Xuan drew his sword and said, "I have a matter of life and death to attend to. Anyone who tries to stop me will die!"

The Great Xia army had finally ended the war with the barbarians, and many generals were now gathered in Meng Cheng's military tent to discuss their achievements.

Hearing the commotion outside, Meng Cheng asked with some displeasure, "What happened?"

A guard soon came to report: "Marshal, people from Lucheng have arrived, saying they want to visit their General Zhao!"

Gao Chong had already brought Meng Cheng's personal guards to the military camp, so he had some impression of Chu Xuan. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Is it that Chu Xuan?"

"Yes!"

Chen Ji complained, "Marshal, there are military laws in the camp. How can we tolerate this person acting so recklessly?"

Meng Cheng looked coldly at Chen Ji: "Why don't you go to our rear and lead two thousand men to guard He Liuhunlu's position for two hours?"

He Liuhunlu was nothing in front of Zhao Jianhuan, but for Chen Ji and his ilk, he was a household name.

After all, before Zhao Jianhuan brought his troops, they had suffered many losses at the hands of He Liuhunlu.

Faced with Meng Cheng's favoritism, Chen Ji could only keep quiet.

At this moment, Chu Xuan barged into Zhao Jianhuan's tent. Seeing Zhao Jianhuan sitting there with a pale face, he threw the cloth bag slung over his shoulder to the ground and said in a cold, mocking voice, "Oh, you're still not dead?"

Zhao Jianhuan glanced at Chu Xuan indifferently: "I'm lucky I won't die, so how did I know I was coming to the military camp?"

Chu Xuan stood there coldly: "Of course I've come to ask General Zhao for a promise!"

Zhao Jianhuan scoffed: "Isn't life and death on the battlefield normal?"

Chu Xuan was already furious at being tricked by Zhao Jianhuan, and when he heard Zhao Jianhuan say this, he exploded: "What do you mean by 'life and death are normal'?"

"Your men promised to come to my aid within four hours, but my men have been holding out for eight hours!"

"Two thousand men were wiped out!"

"My captain of the guard has been slashed more than seventy times!"

Zhao Jianhuan said coldly, "Then should I kill all those generals and make them apologize to your soldiers in the underworld?"

Chu Xuan remained silent with a cold expression.

It hurts!

They painstakingly cobbled together and trained an army of two thousand men, only to lose it all in one battle!

Zhao Jianhuan shouted towards the outside of the tent, "Men, bring Gao Chong and Zheng Kewen in here!"

Several officers escorted Zheng Kewen and Gao Chong in, and they all knelt on the ground together.

"Enough," Zhao Jianhuan said coldly, "You promised to arrive in four hours to provide support, but you only arrived after eight hours. How is that any different from breaking your military order?"

"Guards, take him away and chop him up!"

Several lieutenants shouted in unison, "General!"

Zhao Jianhuan waved his hand, signaling them to pull Zheng Kewen and Gao Chong away, before leisurely asking Chu Xuan, "Satisfied?"

Chu Xuan said coldly, "The families of these soldiers must enjoy the same treatment as the fallen soldiers in the imperial court!"

Zhao Jianhuan readily agreed, and after seeing that Chu Xuan had no other requests, she casually tossed a folded booklet from the bedside table over: "Take a look at this!"

Chu Xuan opened the document and was surprised as soon as he saw the first part: "You actually want to incorporate Lucheng into Linchuan Prefecture?"

Zhao Jianhuan scoffed, "Is that not allowed? Or do you really want to associate with the Chu family?"

Nanyang Commandery was the territory of the Chu family.

If Chu Xuan were to become the guerrilla general of Nanyang County, he would inevitably have to deal with the Chu family, which was clearly something Chu Xuan did not want to see.

Now that he has broken ties with Chu Lian, it would be best for him to have no further contact with the Chu family.

Seeing that Chu Xuan remained silent, Zhao Jianhuan added, "If you serve as a guerrilla general in Linchuan County, I can petition the court to allow you to command five thousand troops in the future!"

An ordinary guerrilla general only has two thousand men under his command, and even a general in a smaller area probably doesn't have five thousand men.

Chu Xuan was silent for a moment at Zhao Jianhuan's sudden act of goodwill, then looked at Zhao Jianhuan with suspicion: "Are you really that kind?"

Zhao Jianhuan simply smiled and asked, "Do you know about our battle with the barbarians this time?"

Chu Xuan got angry when this was brought up: "I've gone to such lengths to help you stop the barbarian army, how could I not know?"

Zhao Jianhuan asked, "Do you know the final outcome of this battle?"

Chu Xuan was taken aback: "The final result?"

After completing the interception mission, Chu Xuan returned to Lucheng. As for the outcome of the battle, he didn't send anyone to inquire about it!

Seeing Zhao Jianhuan's state, Chu Xuan asked, "So you didn't lose for nothing?"

Zhao Jianhuan shook his head.