Chapter 836: Three Hundred Miles in a Hurry

Almost a season has passed since his Liang army set out to invade China. Inside the imperial palace in Daliang City, the increasingly hot weather has made the Liang emperor distracted from state affairs in recent days. At this moment, he is lying on his couch taking a nap, with four palace maids standing around him, fanning him with fans.

When he woke up, he couldn't help but think of the war on the front line again.

In previous wars with neighboring countries, Emperor Liang had already witnessed the power of the Centaur mercenaries.

Now, Emperor Liang, who once again spent a huge amount of money to hire Centaur mercenaries as his thugs, had already started dreaming of ruling the Central Plains and unifying the world on the first day of the army's expedition.

[According to the time, there should be good news coming back by now, right? ]

Just as he was thinking this, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard outside the palace.

The voice came before the person arrived! "Report——"

"An urgent message from the border from three hundred miles away!"

When Emperor Liang heard this, he was immediately filled with ecstasy.

"Hurry up and announce it!"

Upon receiving the order, the dusty messenger hurried into the hall.

Without waiting for the other party to salute, Emperor Liang couldn't wait to ask.

"But there's good news from the front?!"

The messenger, who had been running all the way, was exhausted both physically and mentally. When he heard this, he was unable to react for a moment, and just spoke out the only information in his mind as quickly as possible.

"The West Territory, the West Territory was attacked by an unknown enemy, and Plain City fell!"

As these words were spoken, Emperor Liang was struck by lightning. The ecstatic expression on his face froze completely. After two seconds of being stunned, his face twisted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he grabbed the messenger by the collar.

"What did you just say? Say it again?!"

The messenger was frightened by Emperor Liang's action and turned pale, but he still repeated the urgent message with difficulty.

"The West Territory was attacked by an unknown enemy, and the Plain City fell."

“…”

After hearing the news again, Emperor Liang took a deep breath after a brief silence, and then kicked the messenger to the ground.

"Impossible! How dare you lie about military intelligence? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor! Someone, come! Drag him away and behead him!!"

When Emperor Liang's order came, the guards outside the palace did not suspect anything and rushed into the palace, grabbed the messenger and dragged him out of the palace.

"It's unfair, it's unfair! Everything I said is true! I definitely didn't lie about military intelligence!!!"

The messenger shouted at the top of his lungs, but he had already exhausted all his strength on the journey, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free from the grasp of the two guards.

As the sound faded away, Emperor Liang was unable to calm down. Instead, he fell into great anxiety.

"Plain City has fallen? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

While muttering to himself, Emperor Liang looked outside the palace again.

"Pass on my order and send a cavalryman to rush to Plain City to confirm the situation as quickly as possible!"

Originally, after his nap, Emperor Liang wanted to cheer up and handle some government affairs, but now he has completely lost the mood to do so.

He spent the entire afternoon in anxiety.

No matter how fast the cavalry moves, it still takes time to get from Daliang City to Pingyuan City on the border.

But as long as he doesn't get a definite answer, Emperor Liang's anxiety will not be eliminated.

For the next week, he was completely immersed in an intense anxiety.

"Report——"

"An urgent message from Donghe City, three hundred miles away!"

On this day, while the court was in session, another urgent message came from three hundred miles away, and it came from Donghe City, which was also in the western border.

This made Emperor Liang's expression obviously become uncertain, but he finally gritted his teeth.

"Xuan!"

The messenger walked quickly into the hall and forced himself to tell the news he had brought back after traveling day and night.

"Donghe City was attacked and has fallen!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, causing Emperor Liang's brain to go blank in an instant. He then stumbled and sat directly on the dragon throne behind him.

The court officials below were so frightened that they fell to their knees, shouting, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself!"

But Emperor Liang could no longer hear their voices.

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It was the height of summer and the heat was unbearable, but at this moment, Emperor Liang, who was slumped on the dragon throne, felt cold all over and his body was shaking uncontrollably.

At the same time, he kept muttering...

"Impossible, this is impossible..."

It was unknown how long he had been resting on the dragon throne, but Emperor Liang finally forced himself to stand up.

"Where on earth did this enemy come from to be able to capture two cities in the western border of our Liang State in such a short time?!"

His Liang State had only six cities in total. With the fall of two of them, it can be said that he had lost nearly one-third of his territory.

Not to mention that once Donghe City was breached, the enemy's current position would allow them to directly reach his capital, Daliang City! ! At this moment, facing the angry questioning of Emperor Liang, all the court officials lowered their heads and looked at each other.

I also had no idea what was going on and I couldn't say anything.

"Waste! They are all a bunch of waste!!"

During this period, because of the sudden news coming from the Western Territory, Emperor Liang was already extremely anxious and unable to sleep or eat, and his overall mental state became increasingly weak.

Now, looking at this group of courtiers who were totally incapable of helping him to solve his problems, Emperor Liang was so furious that his eyes went dark and he actually fainted.

Emperor Liang's stupidity threw the entire court into complete chaos. The scene was in utter confusion.

Afterwards, no one knew who leaked the news, but the news of the fall of two cities in the western border of Liang State spread like wildfire and quickly spread throughout the entire Liang city.

At the same time, compared to the Daliang City which was already in chaos, Zhuo Ge and Bai Tu, who had successfully captured Donghe City after capturing Pingyuan City, were now in the military camp in Donghe City, discussing the next actions.

"Old Bai, what do you think? Should we go straight to the capital city of Daliang, or should we take down the two nearby cities first?"

At this moment, Drogo was gesturing on the map in front of him.

This battle was really too easy for them, not only because they had city-breaking weapons like the three-bow crossbow.

In addition, another very important point is that the number of troops they have for this expedition is 3,500! Zhou Xu recruited soldiers twice, 2,000 the first time and 3,000 the second time. The 2,000 troops he recruited in the first time were basically all transferred to Anling City for defense, and the 3,000 troops he recruited in the second time were all transferred to Feiyan City.

At that time, the total number of soldiers in Feiyan City was as high as 4,000! Among them, 500 soldiers stayed in Feiyan City, and the remaining 3,500 followed Zhuo Ge and Bai Tu all the way through the mountains and rivers and arrived at the western border of Liang State.

Just relying on the military strength, coupled with the three-bow crossbow, a powerful weapon for breaking down cities, the Liang State can be easily killed by the current Great Zhou army!

The only thing that slows down their efficiency is the distance between cities.

(End of this chapter)