In Liu Hong's view, the earthquake just now was no less severe than the 5.12 earthquake of later years.

After calming himself down slightly, Liu Hong looked at the group of generals who had gathered around him and said loudly, "Issue my order: the entire army shall lay down all baggage and spare no effort to immediately split into three groups and head to the three surrounding counties for earthquake relief!"

"promise!!"

The officers responded loudly and quickly ran towards their respective units.

"Zhicai, Gongyu, you shall also go with the army to organize the government to pacify the people and prevent any unrest!"

"promise!!"

Xi Zhicai, Ju Shou, and the others nodded heavily.

Soon, the triumphant army split into three groups, each heading towards several nearby counties. Liu Hong, disregarding any attempts to stop him, personally led his troops towards Zhao County.

Just now, a strong tremor was felt throughout Zhao County. Countless houses collapsed, and the people in the city suffered heavy casualties. The screams, shouts, and groans of the people could be heard everywhere.

The people who crawled out of the ruins looked blankly at the surrounding rubble, as if they had no idea what had happened.

The earthquake was also felt to varying degrees in Weijun, Julu, Changshan, Shangdang and other places near Zhaojun, and many houses collapsed as well.

This was a major disaster that affected five counties and more than sixty districts.

Even in more distant areas such as Hanoi, Thanh Ha, Dong Gun, An Binh, and Ha Giang, slight tremors were felt.

Disaster is an order.

This was a decree issued by the emperor two years ago. Most of the officials newly dispatched to Ji Province came from humble backgrounds and had always acted in accordance with the emperor's orders.

Officials from various prefectures and counties who felt the slight tremors sent people to find out where the earthquake had occurred, and at the same time ordered people to urgently organize the yamen runners and doctors in the city to prepare for disaster relief.

Luoyang.

Inside the government office, Chen Fan, Hu Guang, Li Ying, Yuan Feng, Yang Ci, and Cao Song were gathered together, discussing with smiles the grand ceremony to be held after the emperor returned to the capital to select an empress.

As the group was drinking tea and chatting, Chen Fan suddenly noticed ripples in the tea on the table, as if someone had kicked it.

"Grand Tutor, gentlemen, something terrible has happened! A rolling dragon!!"

Just then, the Imperial Observatory also rushed up to Chen Fan and the others.